technical fields. Thetarget audience for the event includes middle schools girls, together with one or more of theirparents, their teachers, and their counselors. Attendance is limited by the number of computersavailable in a small to medium-sized laboratory (ideally 20 or less) so that attendees may receiveindividual attention. Each element of the recruitment event is designed for a specific purposethat aligns with a best practice to encourage more women to participate in STEM subjects.Introduction The National Science Foundation awarded a four-year, $2,469,000 grant in 2004 toestablish a Regional Center for Convergence Technology (CTC) in North Texas. The award wasmade to a group of three colleges: Collin County Community College as the
. Grygiel, Junior Callie Ann Jakuszeit, Senior Joseph Briski, Senior Paul F. Penko, Faculty Advisor Baldwin Wallace University AbstractPurpose of this project is to develop a practical, working fuel cell that utilizes naturally occurringbacteria that decomposes organic material producing hydrogen ions that combine with oxygen inair to produce electrical power. A laboratory model was built and tested for purposes ofunderstanding how a device could be designed for practical use in a sewage-treatment plant,cesspool or manure pond and how it would have to be scaled to
here, students conduct a LCA of a solar panel actually used in the laboratory course withthe intent of providing practical recommendations for environmental improvement. It is importantto point out that the focus of the project is to acquaint students with the LCA approach inconjunction with the details of the solar panel life cycle. This paper begins with a brief explanationof life cycle assessment, including streamlined life cycle approaches. In addition, the project usesGABI software to provide much of the data for the analysis.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is charged with the task of“Quality assurance in higher education” for programs in applied science, computing, engineering,and technology. Institutions
and BA in Spanish language & literature from North Carolina State University, and a MS/PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Interactive Physical Experiments in an Advanced Undergraduate Structural Dynamics CourseAbstractThis paper describes a number of physical models and hands-on lab activities incorporated in anadvanced undergraduate structural dynamics lecture and laboratory course pairing offered withinthe Architectural Engineering department at California Polytechnic State University – San LuisObispo. These course modifications were designed and implemented in the Winter
without the knowledge, skills, and confidence required forengineering design success. With these shortcomings in mind, we integrated design experiencesacross our BME curriculum and evaluated student design performance throughout.Methods: Four engineering design project assignments were developed and integrated intosophomore- and junior-level BME laboratory courses, establishing a continuous design thread inthe curriculum. Through the sequence of projects, student teams worked to design (1) fracturefixation plates, (2) electromyogram-controlled motor systems, (3) compact spectrophotometers,and (4) drug dosing devices. We also developed a common instructional Design Module andused it in each course to build student understanding of the BME design
Group’s ’Tutorials in Introductory Physics’ system and ’Physics by Inquiry’ curriculum in comparison to labatorials as well as observed their ongoing physics laboratory reform.Dr. Mandana Sobhanzadeh, Mount Royal University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Comparison of Labatorials and Traditional Physics Labs Franco La Braca1, Calvin S. Kalman1 , Mandana Sobhanzadeh21 Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada Phone-1-514-848-2424x32842 Department of General Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6, Canadaintroduction The physics lab has long been a distinctive part
. Especially true in the first year course,where material is rapidly introduced. They want to have a better sense of underlying conceptsthan that which is presented in laboratories. In the Intro to ECSE class, I do find that the moreinvolved students are sometimes unsatisfied with the short attention we can give topics. Anumber of times I did stay late, trying to provide a deeper insight while not overwhelming themwith math. At a higher level, I credit the Circuits Beta labs for strongly encouraging students togo beyond the classroom. I have tried a similar approach in Intro to Electronics, though, withoutquite the same incentives. I still have about 20% of the class doing extra work, some of which isvery creative and beyond the scope of anything I
University. During the course of our studies, several students(graduate and undergraduate) worked under the supervision of faculty members to understand theforensic aspects of real world attacks on SCADA hardware as well as the network used by thesystem. This new laboratory is intended to be used for Computer Science, Digital and CyberForensic Engineering Technology, and Engineering Technology programs at our university. Withthe availability of this laboratory we have a realistic SCADA/ICS system which can be used tostudy real-life experiments such as penetration assessment and testing, vulnerability assessmentand testing, and the SCADA forensics research. In addition to aforementioned research activities,the laboratory will also serve to develop
Paper ID #23445Hk Maker Lab: Creating Engineering Design Courses for High School Stu-dents (Evaluation -or- Other)Dr. Aaron Kyle, Columbia University Aaron Kyle, Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. Dr. Kyle teaches a two semester series undergraduate laboratory course, bioinstrumentation and Senior Design. Senior Design is Dr. Kyle’s major teaching focus and he has worked diligently to continually enhance undergraduate design. He has taught or co-taught the BME Design class since January 2010. Dr. Kyle has spearheaded the incorporation of global health technologies into Senior
degree programstogether with a limited number of master degree programs. Since 2015, all engineering studentsat our institution have followed a common first year syllabus, taking Engineering Physics I(hereafter EP 1) in the fall of their freshman year concurrently with Calculus I, and EngineeringPhysics II in the spring of freshman year concurrently with Calculus II.We believe that teachers, who demonstrate curiosity and passion about physics, will motivatestudents to learn at all costs. Physics is one of the subject where the theory learned in the lectureroom can be complemented with real life experiments in laboratories [3,4]. Physics courseevaluations and feedback studies [5-8] are extremely important at the freshmen level to provide
Stanford University. Subsequently, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, also at Stanford University. He has been with the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Illinois since 2006, where he now serves as Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, where he leads a research group that works on a diverse set of projects (http://bretl.csl.illinois.edu/). Dr. Bretl received the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award in 2010. He has also received numerous awards for undergraduate teaching in the area of dynamics and control, including all three teaching awards given by the College of Engineering at
Laboratory on a project that aimed at a description of non-adiabatic electron ion dynamics. He received the NSF CAREER award, the ONR YIP award, and the ACS PRF doctoral new investigator award.Prof. Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dallas R. Trinkle is a professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2003. Following his time as a National Research Council postdoctoral researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He was a TMS Young Leader International Scholar in 2008
industrial partners neededmore pneumatics and PLC control than local manufacturing employers in the steel, automotive,and rail industries. The principles of pneumatics and control of pneumatic circuits lends itselfparticularly well to productive laboratory experiences in an instrumentation & control ormechatronics context to serve as a first introduction to PLC control.Pneumatic actuators and solenoid valves are relatively inexpensive and can provide fast motionthat catches the eye in lab when incorporated into an appropriate trainer. However commercialpneumatics trainers or PLC trainers are expensive and limited in what they can demonstrate. Fig. 1 Final 80/20 Cart without Components InstalledWe have prototyped a PLC
: while minorities) (internal/external) Relationship building for cultures vary within engineering Department networking (e.g., research with departments, the college culture heads government government funding is unique and like-minded agencies national agencies (NSF, NIH, within the engineering faculty labs /industry DoD, DOE, AFSOR, community partners) national laboratories) Reinforcing environment of Awards and and industry excellence for recruitment and
Laboratory (San Jose, California), and Com- piler Developer at Kuck & Associates (Champaign, Illinois). He has held a visiting research position at the US Air Force Research Laboratory (Rome, New York). He has been a Nokia Distinguished Lecturer (Finland) and Fulbright Specialist (Austria and Germany). He has received the NSF Career Award (USA). He is a Fellow of the IEEE.Dr. Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park Ayush Gupta is Assistant Research Professor in Physics and Keystone Instructor in the A. J. Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland. Broadly speaking he is interested in modeling learning and reasoning processes. In particular, he is attracted to fine-grained analysis of video
points assigned to that part of the project.After successfully building and testing the oscillator circuit, thestudents build and test the required (FM) modulator circuit and thepower amplifier which are all provided to students, and thesecircuits do not have a design component. Students connect allcircuits together, and to antenna which is 8 inches magnetic wire(AWG #19) to transmit frequency modulated signal to severalAM/FM radio receivers located in the electronics laboratory. TheseFM communication receivers (88MHz to 108MHz) band wereconstructed as project by each student in the firsttelecommunications course (ELEC225).This project is designed for four weeks, and each team orindividual student submits a complete report, and also doPowerPoint
, CONTRACTS& FELLOWSHIPS (Summaries) Total Grants & Contracts Participation Exceed $10 million Grant I: (PI- Cyril Okhio) Period: 1993-1996 Amount: $600K Agency: NASA Lewis Research Center Title: Tocarry out research under a unit titled ”Research Laboratory for Engineering and Technology” (ReLEnT)at Central State University. Grant II - (Proprietary: PI - Cyril Okhio) Title: ”Research Facility To StudyFlows Through Annular Diffusers” Agency: GE/NASA-LRC Amount: $ 469K Period: 1994 - 1998 GrantIII: (PI - Cyril Okhio) Title: NPARC - CFD Code Validation Experimentation for Component Designs.Agency: NASA Glenn Amount: $ 360K Period: 1996 - 1999 Grant IV: (Co-PI – Cyril Okhio) Title:Tertiary Education Linkage Program TELP Team: Collaborative - MIT
understanding of physical phenomena,and Aristotle’s ideas are well alive in students’ minds. Many physics concepts and laws arebased on well controlled experiment, such as in vacuum. On the other hand, Aristotelian theoryis derived from everyday life experience, so it is accepted naturally in the 18+ years of students’life experience. Therefore, when the physics concepts and theories are introduced, conflicts arisein students’ minds. The Aristotelian pre-concepts are often more powerful, so it takesconsiderable amount of effort to turn the table around. Lillian C. McDermott and the PhysicsEducation Group developed a set of laboratory-based modules that offer a step-by-stepintroduction to physics, and through an in-depth study of a few fundamental
Dr. McCullough was afforded the opportunity to work with Dr. Brian Adams, a well-known hand surgeon. In the summer of 2006, he began a post-doctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic, working on orthopaedic biomechanics and physiology cellular imaging laboratories. This provided the opportunity to work with outstanding clinical and research mentors like Drs. Kai-Nan An, Kenton Kauf- man, Gary Sieck, Ann Reed, Harold Kitaoka, as well as others. His research at that time focused on non-invasive imaging of muscle tissue as well as cadaveric studies of the foot and ankle. Dr. McCullough is a faculty member of the first bioengineering program independently housed at a Historically Black College or University and is a part of
Paper ID #9184Works in Progress: Development of a need-based BME design course focusedon current NICU challengesMr. Kyle Steven Martin, University of Virginia Kyle Martin is a graduate student at the University of Virginia in Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler’s laboratory. Kyle’s research is focused on agent-based modeling of skeletal muscle function and fibrosis. He is equally interested in teaching and has been both a TA and co-teacher, as well as attends workshops and seminars concerning teaching methods and academic jobs.Dr. Pamela Marie Norris, University of Virginia Pamela Norris is the Frederick Tracy Morse Professor of
classes. Further, most classes on heat transfer did not have a laboratory section and it was particularly challenging to find time for students to complete even short experiments. In addition to class time, set-‐up time was a challenge as well. To address these challenges, we have re-‐developed our activities in the following ways: • Web-‐based computer simulation of the activity • Thought experiment replication of the activity These specifically remove the expense of laboratory equipment, and the second removes the expense of web-‐accessible computers/phones. We are testing these activities through several implementation
component in the curricula we develop, and final projects must involve some form of discrete circuit component. • We have emphasized the concepts of sensors, signals, and signal processing when teaching programming and electronics. Many labs, homework exercises, and activities involve interpreting signals generated by using sensors and circuits of the student’s creation, interpreting those signals using programming, and making design decisions based off of those interpretations. • All laboratory exercises in the first half of the courses are designed to be carried out in groups of two or three, and be significantly open-ended (see Tables 1, 2, and 3). This prepares students for the open-ended
@mtu.eduAbstractThe traditional way engineering and engineering technology courses are taught is based ontraditional lecture and laboratory experiments, which are still the most frequent teaching methodsused nowadays around the world. On the other hand, active learning methodologies grounded inscientific research in education have been attracting considerable attention over the past yearswith numerous research studies indicating the efficacy of such learning styles.In this article, the author addresses the main challenges and shares active learning strategies usedto encourage active learning and engagement among students in face-to-face ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET) courses. The implementation of active learning, cooperativelearning and problem
number of insights are gained through thisassessment. These include information regarding students’ achievement of learningoutcomes, effectiveness of instructional methods, quality of instructing faculty, anddeficiencies in areas such as text -books, laboratory equipment, and other facilities. Theassessments done during each year is used to propose recommendations that are acted onduring the following year.Table 3 summarizes the PAR assessment conducted during the academic year 2012. Asillustrated, each PLO was assessed using two direct methods and one indirect method. Evidence Means Collection Fiscal PLO
, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Marcia Pool is a Lecturer in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In her career, Marcia has been active in improving undergraduate education through developing problem-based laboratories to enhance experimental design skills; developing a preliminary design course focused on problem identification and market space (based on an industry partner’s protocol); and mentoring and guiding student teams through the senior design capstone course and a translational course following senior design. To promote biomedical/bioengineering, Marcia works with Women in Engineering to offer outreach activities and is engaged at the national level as Executive Director of the biomedical
’ hands-on exploration of aconcept occurs prior to formal instruction. In the course, student exploration of fundamentalstructural engineering concepts was facilitated through the following activities: (i) full-classphysical demonstrations led by the instructor during lecture, (ii) small-group experimentation ina laboratory setting, and (iii) case studies highlighting both failures and exemplarynatural/engineered structures presented via instructor lectures and supplementary multi-mediamaterials. The objective of this paper is demonstrate how the “exploration before theory”approach can be implemented and what is required to accomplish the hands-on, inquiry,discussion, and formal teaching aspects that comprise this teaching style. Associated with
58 over the last four years. Program graduateshave taken up employment as chemical engineering technologists in process industries, includingpetroleum (ARAMCO, SAMREF, YASREF), petrochemical (SABIC Group, PETRORABIGH,NATPET), environmental protection (RCEPC), desalination units (MARAFIQ), and wastewatertreatment plants (MARAFIQ). The program educational objectives are that graduates will: possess the technical knowledge and skills needed for employment in jobs related to laboratory applications, analysis, design, control, technical support and supervision of chemical processes; have the understanding and commitment to protect the public interest, health, safety and the environment, and to maintain the
and civil engineering. Currently he is the program coordinator at Westville campusProf. Masoud Mojtahed, Purdue University Northwest Dr. Mojtahed is a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University Northwest. His areas of ex- pertise are theoretical and experimental mechanics, fracture and failure analysis, finite element methods, and dynamic systems. Dr. Mojtahed served as the ABET evaluator for six years. He also served as a Summer Faculty Visitor and as a consultant at Argonne National Laboratory for five years. Dr. Mojtahed is the recipient of the Air Force Summer Research Award. He also served as the Coordinator of Tech- nical Assistance Program and the coordinator of Mechanical Engineering Program
levels of Bloom’sTaxonomy. The semester ended with a final exam, with questions at the higher levels of Bloom’sTaxonomy.Project DescriptionsThe students are simultaneously enrolled in a laboratory course, where the experiments requiremultiple operators and two or three hours to collect data under different initial conditions. Theseprojects were not meant to replace the lab. They were developed to allow students additionalopportunities to see how things work, and to encourage them to observe engineering principles ineveryday activities. The learning objectives for the projects were also different from thelaboratory experiment objectives. Details of the projects and their learning objectives will bedescribed when the project is complete. Data for
instructing courses in industrial management, financial management, computer technology, and environmental technology, as well as leading seminars in the uni- versity’s general education program. Prior to academia, Mr. Hilgarth was employed as as engineer in the aerospace industry in laboratory and flight test development, facilities management, and as a manager in quality assurance. He has contributed papers on management, ground-test laboratory and flight test facilities, and ethics to several technical and professional organizations. In education, he has served as a consultant and curriculum developer to the Ohio Board of Higher Education and the Ohio Department of Education. He holds an M.S. in engineering management