Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caye M Drapcho, Clemson University; Lib Crockett, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the growingbiofuels and bioprocessing industries. A highly successful aspect of this program wasimplementation of Summer Teaching and Learning Institutes for pre- and inservice educators -primarily those in secondary agriculture programs in the state. The Institutes focused on thescience, technology, engineering, mathematics, and agriculture of sustainable biofuelsproduction and bioprocessing in the Southeast US. A major component of the Institutes wasextensive hands-on instruction including fabrication, field and laboratory modules that utilizedengineering and laboratory equipment that were provided to each participating inservice educatorfor use in his/her school. A total of 33 inservice and preservice educators participated in theSummer

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin T. Garner, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #7895Programming Printers Printed by 3D PrintersProf. Gavin T. Garner, University of Virginia Gavin Garner holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Colby College and Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia. His primary area of expertise lies in the burgeoning field of mechatronics (aka robotics). Over the past decade, he has built UVA’s mechatronics program from scratch, developing over 50 hours of unique laboratory experiments as well as dozens of open-ended design projects. Through this experience, he has gained valuable insight into how to engage

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sara E. Wilson

process steps and reflections on learning. For the structured example above, points could be assigned for each step of the process that outweigh the score of the final paper. Points can also be awarded for the process of reflection on learning.Implementing a New Approach in a Computer Programming CourseME 208 is a 3-credit hour programming course for first-year students in Mechanical Engineering.In Fall 2022 the course had 83 students and in Spring 2023 the course had 77 students. The coursehas a 50-minute lecture, a two-hour laboratory, and a 50-minute discussion period. During a typicalweek, students complete an active learning exercise in the lecture period, an individual laboratoryassignment during the laboratory period, and

Conference Session

Technical Proficiency and Cybersecurity Awareness in ECE Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Xiaobin Le, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

a weekly structure of a 2-hour lecture, 2-hour lab, for a 3-creditcourse. For the laboratory activities, 5 PLC labs and 2 projects were designed. All labs and projectswere done individually. Click Model C0-12DRE-2-D (Automation Direct, Cumming, GA, USA)PLCs were used in the course. Features of the Click Ethernet Analog PLC include 24 VDC power,ethernet and serial ports for communications, discrete Input (4-point, DC), analog input (4-channel, voltage), discrete output (4-point, relay), and analog output (2-channel, voltage). Theutilized programming software was Click programming software v2.20 or later. Table 1 shows the nine labs and the objective of each lab. Table 1. List of Labs and

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

James Kribs

graduate research assistants. These types of projects have been developedin the sciences, and specifically biology and chemistry undergraduate programs (Ballen et al.,2017; Corwin & La, 2014). These courses are used as an alternative to conventional laboratorycourse with fixed objectives and predetermined results. The intent is to show undergraduatestudents how higher-level research is completed, without the standard “training wheels”.Students observe new unique outcomes, and get experience in a laboratory environment,including common practices within the field of study, as well as teamwork and collaborationwhile conducting research with unknown results (Ballen et al., 2017; Corwin & La, 2014).These types of projects have expanded into the

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu; E. Asmatulu; A. Yourdkhani

. • Students, workers, engineers and scientist who are working on nanomaterials and devices are recommended to wear a disposable, typically plastic, body covering over their work clothes during high exposure activities and wear long gloves pulled over sleeves to 5 minimize wrist exposure. Other recommendations can be antistatic shoes to prevent ignition by static charges, sticky mats at laboratory entrances to prevent accidental nanomaterials transfers in and out. • Hazardous effects of nanomaterials needs to be reduced during the production and processing. The waste of nanomaterials should be limited. Outputs are sometimes more hazardous than products or

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Steve Watkins

ethics emphasize theresponsibility of engineers to consider the “safety, health, and welfare of the public” [2,3].Regulations, standards, laboratory practices, etc. reflect the importance of safety in engineeringwork. Also, the negative consequences associated with safety-related failures such as accidentsand product defects make such issues a priority for industry. Creating a safety culture isdifficult. It involves the performance of proper actions and the avoidance of improper actions.Any definition of safety must specify what is considered proper, what is considered improper,and what is an acceptable degree of risk.In engineering education, practical safety concerns are necessarily part of laboratory courses andsafety concepts are often

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ramazan Asmatulu; Waseem Khan; Humphrey Wamocha; Adebayo Adeniji

careers innanoscale science and engineering [6-10]. Our team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State Universityalready started developing a nanotechnology laboratory. The objective of this laboratory is todesign, fabricate, analyze, and test structures and systems at nanoscales. In this laboratory, ourstudents will learn nanotechnology to improve their skills, which will also improve their job 2finding opportunities and leadership in the near future. We strongly believe that laboratoryexperiments in nanoscale research and development are essential for engineering students toenhance their practical knowledge after fundamental concepts. For this reason, following testsare

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David Hergert

with ten community colleges. Students complete a two yearengineering technology degree at the community college, then complete the bachelors primarilythrough live videoconferencing. One of the most challenging aspects of this program is thestudent laboratory experience. The focus of this paper is on a bottling process that allows forremote monitoring and control.Comments on Engineering Laboratory InstructionIn the last thirty years there has been “major paradigm shift in technology, starting from analogto digital, macro to micro, from fixed (or wired) communication to mobile (or wireless)communication, etc.”1. Tiwari also notes that there is a lag in traditional engineering laboratoryexperiences, especially with regards to remote monitoring

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Kenneth Markowitz; Aparicio Carranza

cultivate a mentor network, enabling CUNY graduatestudents who are only a subway ride away, to become role models for STEM undergraduates atCity Tech. The goal is to increase the number of students receiving associate and bachelor’sdegrees within science, technology, engineering and math, by conducting the following activities: 1. Development and institutionalization of two three-credit courses, one in the sciences and math, the other in engineering technologies, that emphasize academic preparation through development of laboratory techniques, communication, team work and creative thinking skills. 2. Academic year mentoring of undergraduates by teaching assistants in STEM, and block programming of the summer cohort in

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jenn Rossmann; Karina Skvirsky

development, implementation, and assessment of this team-taught course at LafayetteCollege will be discussed.IntroductionFlow visualization is a family of techniques used to reveal the details of fluid flow. Leonardo daVinci is widely recognized to be one of the first practitioners of this scientific art. He spentmany years in his makeshift laboratory and in the field observing the movements of water andair. During his research, he maintained detailed notes and drawings to record his observations. Asketch from Leonardo’s notebooks of a free water jet issuing from a square hole into a poolrepresents perhaps the world’s first use of visualization as a scientific tool to study turbulentflow.As the quintessential “Renaissance man,” Leonardo would likely

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Edward F. Glynn; Frank E. Falcone

creation of a new fall semester, sophomore-year course titled Civil Engineering Fundamentals. Fundamentals is a 4-credit course that hasthree 50-minute lectures and one 150-minute laboratory session each week. There are twosections with a limit of 30 students per section. The course includes material that had beenpreviously presented in four courses, two of which are no longer part of the BSCE curriculum.Fundamentals is designed to help the students develop analytical, experimental, interpretive andfield-based skills and procedures for use in subsequence courses. Fundamentals is a criticalcourse in the curriculum because it serves as a foundation for most of the technical courses thatfollow. The faculty in the CEE Department provided input for the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project MAJ Ryan A. Ebel, United States Military Academy MAJ Donald S. Abbott-McCune, United States Military Academy MAJ David Chang, United States Military AcademyAbstractThere is a real need to educate our engineering students in the application of electronics, controls,mechanics, and software; this multidisciplinary initiative has led to the creation of an undergraduateMechatronics courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and many other universitiesaround the world. The focus of these courses is to emphasize application and hands on laboratory work ingeneral, and design projects in particular. This paper presents an

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

) through out the course and laboratory. Before the test could be performed,students had to state the predicted maximum load the beam could hold. These values were later employedwhen evaluating the effectiveness of the beams.ResultsBefore 2007, from the students’ perspective, the main objective of the project was to design a beam thatwould be able to achieve a maximum load before it reached failure when subjected to a three-pointbending6. There were no restrictions in terms of the shape. These students were enrolled in the Strengthof Materials course; therefore, the project had a direct connection with the topics discussed in class.Table 2 and Figure 2 present the pictures and the results of the three-point bending test of the beamsconstructed in

Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shari J. Klotzkin; Howard S. Kimmel

Using Working Model Simulations in a First Statics Course Shari J. Klotzkin (Cincinnati, Ohio) Howard S. Kimmel (NJIT, Newark, NJ)IntroductionIntegration of computer activities into the engineering classroom enables students to gain hand-on activelearning experiences without the expense of laboratory experiments. In addition, they can gain valuableexperience with exercises that are closer to practical real-world problems than those that can be solvedwith pencil, calculator and paper. These kinds of problems enhance the students’ understandingcomplement the textbook problems because students would focus on analysis and interpretation of theresults. Students feel

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bryndol Sones; Frank Wattenberg

classrooms have evolved into activity-based studios for student learning and assessment, and Physics Education Research (PER) has emerged as a research field at many universities. This philosophical change in the way teachers think about student learning has been accompanied by new classroom technologies that included video analysis techniques, student response cards (clickers), and a robust suite of sensors that bring classrooms and laboratories to life with the ease of plug-and-play data acquisition. PASCO Systems is one such sensor suite adopted at West Point in its introductory physics and math courses. In the context of studying a vertical spring-mass system, a motion sensor that uses the echo of

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shahryar Darayan; David Olowokere; Xuemin Chen

survey, Graduating senior survey, Lecturesurvey, Laboratory survey, Faculty survey, and the result of outcomes a-k. Once the change hasbeen agreed upon the present process makes no attempt to link the change to any one of theassessment tools. A summarized list of the assessment and evaluation feedbacks is as follows: Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 87Course-Level Assessment:Mechanisms used in course-level assessment include the course, lecture, laboratory, exit surveys,senior seminar, comprehensive (exit) examination

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yaseen Mahmud; Masud Salimian

but as an enhancement to the learning process. The growth of the Internet and the ubiquitous nature of students’ access to multimedia materials and the wealth of amateur and professional videos on a wide range of manufacturing processes make their inclusion in the classroom and lab a logical expansion and necessity. The manufacturing related courses are among the natural candidates for such experiments. They often require instructors to attempt to describe processes that the schools laboratories lack the equipment to demonstrate. This paper reports an on-going effort to investigate whether such an approach yields better learning results and the degree and best

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lawrence Fong; Brian P. Self

tobe a motivational and fun way to help students learn about rigid body dynamics. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 284IntroductionAt Cal Poly, students have always been encouraged to utilize a hands-on approach towardslearning. In our coursework, we have found that real-world type of problems help students learnthe material more effectively, as well as prepare them for careers in engineering. Throughout allthe laboratories and student projects, Cal Poly's "learn by doing" motto is evident - in how weapply the principles of engineering towards realistic

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Kenneth Markowitz; Aparicio Carranza

cultivate a mentor network, enabling CUNY graduatestudents who are only a subway ride away, to become role models for STEM undergraduates atCity Tech. The goal is to increase the number of students receiving associate and bachelor’sdegrees within science, technology, engineering and math, by conducting the following activities: 1. Development and institutionalization of two three-credit courses, one in the sciences and math, the other in engineering technologies, that emphasize academic preparation through development of laboratory techniques, communication, team work and creative thinking skills. 2. Academic year mentoring of undergraduates by teaching assistants in STEM, and block programming of the summer cohort in

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jenn Rossmann; Karina Skvirsky

development, implementation, and assessment of this team-taught course at LafayetteCollege will be discussed.IntroductionFlow visualization is a family of techniques used to reveal the details of fluid flow. Leonardo daVinci is widely recognized to be one of the first practitioners of this scientific art. He spentmany years in his makeshift laboratory and in the field observing the movements of water andair. During his research, he maintained detailed notes and drawings to record his observations. Asketch from Leonardo’s notebooks of a free water jet issuing from a square hole into a poolrepresents perhaps the world’s first use of visualization as a scientific tool to study turbulentflow.As the quintessential “Renaissance man,” Leonardo would likely

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gautham Das; Rishi Cariappa

investigations where undertaken and various geotechnicaltests were conducted. Students assisted in obtaining soil samples and were involved in both thefield and laboratory geotechnical testing.Student Activities and InnovationsStudents were involved from preliminary investigations to all aspects of design and constructionof the road. One of the initial activities was to survey the existing ground surface and make surethat the road blend into the existing ground. Certain parts of the road were laid out previouslyhowever the road had to be modified to meet the existing requirements as set by MOST.Students were involved in all surveying activities; a rotary level was used to determine theground surface elevations. Once the elevations were identified and

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Douglas E. Dow; Stephanie Cheney

auditory, the struggle to learn fromthe traditional lecture and textbook reading format inhibits learning. Educational methods existto reach more of these students and provide an engaging, relevant learning experience for theclass as a whole. Interactive delivery of content and assessment enhance learning for manystudents. Additionally, utilizing a variety of assessment methods provides a more holistic viewof a student's mastery of concepts. Interactive web sites can be integrated into learning modulesutilized as homework or laboratory assignments within a traditional course. Another approachcould involve interacting with large databases that are accessible on the web, such as databasesrelated to patents, journal articles, genomic sequences

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Andrew C. Foley; Eben H. Phillips

Immediate linking of tolerance theory to hardware fabrication in a sophomore design course. Dr. Andrew C. Foley P.E. LCDR Eben H. Phillips P.E. U.S Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTAbstract This paper describes a teaching methodology where in order to bring a sense ofimportance to the potentially “dry topic” of tolerances, classroom theory is linkedimmediately to practical machining and assembly exercises. An introductory sophomoredesign course at the U.S Coast Guard Academy involves a substantial laboratory elementembracing basic drafting and more advanced 3D CAD instruction followed by

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yves Ngabonziza; Hendrick Delcham

forthermodynamics academic institutions, specifically for the engineering I. INTRODUCTION disciplines. The main problem is the provision of relevant and Enhancing learning and research experiences for meaningful practical experience where laboratory resourcesundergraduate students has been a subject of a number of such as hardware and infrastructure are limited [12, 13].educators and researchers; different pedagogies and

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Hammad Afzal Quddus, Mercer University; Landon James Yarbrough, Mercer University; Megan Elizabeth Batchelor, Mercer University; Chandan Roy, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Student Papers

0.024 W·m−1·K−1 [1], andthus prevents an efficient heat transfer from the processor to the heat sink. Imperfect surfacecontact between the processor and the heat sink is a major limiting factor for creating newelectronics. Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) are thermally conductive materials used toimprove surface contact with a thermally conductive material, displacing the air and increasinginterfacial heat transfer between the heat sink and processor and this prevents overheating of thesystem.The objective was to produce repeatable and reliable results using a setup, which costssignificantly less than commercial testers. This would make TIM testing more accessible to highschool laboratories and developing nations. The goal of this project was

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

) through out the course and laboratory. Before the test could be performed,students had to state the predicted maximum load the beam could hold. These values were later employedwhen evaluating the effectiveness of the beams.ResultsBefore 2007, from the students’ perspective, the main objective of the project was to design a beam thatwould be able to achieve a maximum load before it reached failure when subjected to a three-pointbending6. There were no restrictions in terms of the shape. These students were enrolled in the Strengthof Materials course; therefore, the project had a direct connection with the topics discussed in class.Table 2 and Figure 2 present the pictures and the results of the three-point bending test of the beamsconstructed in

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project MAJ Ryan A. Ebel, United States Military Academy MAJ Donald S. Abbott-McCune, United States Military Academy MAJ David Chang, United States Military AcademyAbstractThere is a real need to educate our engineering students in the application of electronics, controls,mechanics, and software; this multidisciplinary initiative has led to the creation of an undergraduateMechatronics courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and many other universitiesaround the world. The focus of these courses is to emphasize application and hands on laboratory work ingeneral, and design projects in particular. This paper presents an

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu; Rajan Chandra; Phyllis Nelson; Jolly Kuo; Shailesh Sujanani

understanding and receive feedback on their progress with self-test problems(c) Verify their results, as well as and investigate the effects of parameter variations and other modifications of a circuit with CircuitLab and,(d) Validate their results by building the circuit and testing it with the myDAQNone of the above activities require specialized laboratory facilities, so a student can work on all phasesof circuit analysis and design in their normal study environment (for example, their dormitory room).This flexibility allows students to actively explore circuit concepts and remedy deficiencies outside ofthe traditional classroom and laboratory. The use of the myDAQ supports a key requirement ofengineering pedagogy: comparing actual measurements

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Kirti M. Yenkie, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Sean Curtis; Michael Fracchiolla; David Anthony Theuma

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

most promise were explored further via carefully designedhands-on experiments in lab, the partnering plant which also prompted the team to create a smallpilot plant operation that mimics the industrial process but also allows to test for alternativeapproaches and solutions. Furthermore, the students were also trained in skills such as projectorganization, record keeping, professional conduct, laboratory functions and laboratory safety,design and execution of project plan, technical awareness, process design, process control,process optimization, application of modern engineering tools, interpretation of results, andawareness of impact of project in societal/global context.5. Application of Fundamentals from Relevant CourseworkThrough multiple