Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

D.M. Hummels; D.J. Rawnsley; Bruce E. Segee

Communication Laboratory at the University of Maine. The Communications Lab,among other things, analyzes Analog to Digital (A/D) converter output to provide a meansof compensation for the error introduced by the device. Software to support automated testsfor data acquisition from A/D test boards has become difficult to maintain as the number oftest boards and test instruments grows. A variety of test instruments such as logic analyzers,signal generators, and data caches connect and communicate to workstations using a GeneralPurpose Interface Bus (GPIB). Software to control test instruments that are physicallylocated on separate workstations within the lab as illustrated in Figure 1 are extremely timeconsuming or impossible to configure. Moving

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael W. Jennings; Jamal A. Ghorieshi

pursuance ofanswering the question: “What should be taught to engineering students?”, theinstructional changes intensified sharply since 1970. The engineering curriculum Page 3.155.1progressed from stand-up lecture and laboratory demonstration format to problem-solving 1mode, visualization, and experimentation. This paradigm shift is encouraging innovation,creativity, design, hands-on experience, solution of real world problems, interdisciplinaryintegration, and response to industrial, economic and social sensitivity. Major emphasis isto teach processes that lead to a life-long learning in order to lengthen the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

afashion that lends itself to a sequential presentation of mathematical concepts that evolveover the 14 week semester.Lab Structure:There are eight laboratory sessions that were set up to achieve two goals: emphasizemathematical concepts, and introduce an aspect or two of the engineering disciplines.These two-hour lab sessions were developed with two constraints in mind; portability andminimal use of computers. Portability is needed because of the desire that anyengineering faculty member should be able to teach this course in any classroom in theengineering building or on campus. The second constraint is to enhance the courseportability, and to limit computer use to outside classroom assignments, and homework.So, even though the course includes

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Brewer, Northern Illinois University; Brett Speiser, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

inductance, L1 2 mH Filter inductance, L1 2 mH Load resistance, R 75 ΩExperimental resultThe solar battery charger is developed and tested in the laboratory. Experimental setup is shownin Figure 2. Efficiency of the SEPIC converter is tested with different input voltage from thesolar panel. The efficiency η is determined by (1). Test result of the efficiency is shown in Table3. Pout ϕ? (1

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-958: AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT AND PROJECT IN THE FIRSTMEASUREMENT COURSEBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the department and is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He has served as the Chair of the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Studies (DELOS) as well as the Mechanical Engineering Division of

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Albert Sun, St. Mary's University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2010-511: COMMUNICATION NEEDS IN COLLABORATIVE AUTOMATEDSYSTEM DESIGNSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh is an Associate Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent A Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

their analysis, and although engineering students generally havecourses on experimentation, such courses are rarely combined with any significant theoreticalmodeling activities.1.2 A Low-Cost Joint Design Project1.2.1 Course StructureIn order to address the disconnect between theory and real systems that often occurs inengineering education, we developed a low-cost design project, administered jointly between atheory-focused course on heat transfer (ME450) and an experimental laboratory course inthermo-fluid systems (ME495). Note that the heat transfer course has been renumbered since theprevious implementation of the design project, when the number was ME350. The ME450course is focused on the physics of heat transfer, calculating and

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative Energy Concepts

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ignacio B. Osorno, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-212: APPLIED MODELING OF SOLAR CELLSIgnacio B. Osorno, California State University, Northridge I have been teaching and researching Electrical Power Systems for over 25 years, and currently I am a professor of ECE. Published over 20 technical papers and given several presentations related to the ”smart grid” and electric power systems. Consulting with several major corporations has been accomplished in the areas of power electronics and solar energy. I am the lead faculty member of the Electric Power Sys- tems Program. I have established the electrical machines and microprocessor-relay laboratories and power electronics laboratory (in progress). Research interests are solar energy, wind energy, power

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Essinger, Drexel University; Ryan Coote, Drexel University; Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School; Jason Silverman, Drexel University; Gail Rosen, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2013: REFLECTIONS AND MEASURES OF STEM TEACHING ANDLEARNING ON K-12 CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTSSteven Essinger, Drexel University Steve Essinger is a graduate student at Drexel University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research involves applying machine learning techniques to the study of microbial communities. He has designed bioinformatics computer laboratories and improved image processing laboratories for the K-12 classroom.Ryan Coote, Drexel University Ryan Coote graduated from Drexel University in 2009 with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering.Pete Konstantopoulos, CAPA High School Pete Konstantopoulos is a mathematics teacher at the Creative

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University; Mansur Galikhanov, Kazan National research Technological University; Alina Guzhova, Kazan National Reserch Technological University

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

a certificate of professional development.According to students, the most effective educational technologies helping to better grasp the studymaterial are practical (laboratory) classes and seminars, during which the teacher discusses thepractical and professional issues from different perspectives.During the process of program revision the proportion of laboratory studies was increased and theyhave become more practice work-oriented. The program students and faculty noted the highefficiency working in the format of "round table" which allowed not only to listen to a report or alecture, hear about the final project and ask questions but also to jointly discuss the details of theprocess, consider the problem areas and discuss possible

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Corporation

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

latest HP technologies, high quality learning solutions, faculty trainingand enablement. Page 21.58.4This brief youtube video shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIHncvmLJs the goalsof the HP Institute and students’ testimonials.Other HP Programs for Higher EducationHP Laboratories Interns and PostDocs Opportunities8 9While HP corporate laboratories (HP Labs) has a long tradition of hosting postdocs andinterns (e.g., every year, HP Labs hosts about 100 interns at its Palo Alto facility), during thelast few years it has been providing postdocs, MS/PhD students and recently graduatedengineers opportunities to collaborate in R&D projects with our

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Banzhaf

120 volt AC power cord Figure 2 - Prototype of Transmission Line Demonstrator Board Page 10.692.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationQuantitative ResultsSimple measurements of voltage and current, done with standard laboratory instruments, allowstudents to see the vast increase in efficiency (power out/power in) that using high voltageprovides. The table in Figure 3 provides quantitative evidence of

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

build deeper conceptual understanding of disciplinary skills. Theemphasis on building products and implementing processes in real-world contexts gives studentsopportunities to make connections between the technical content they are learning and their professionaland career interests.Standard 6 -- CDIO WorkspacesWorkspaces and laboratories that support and encourage hands-on learning ofproduct and system building, disciplinary knowledge, and social learningDescription: Workspaces and laboratories support the learning of product and system building skillsconcurrently with disciplinary knowledge. They emphasize hands-on learning in which students aredirectly engaged in their own learning, and provide opportunities for social learning, that is

Conference Session

New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson

integrate those courses thatsupport design of machinery with a challenging project and with supporting lectures. LECTURE SERIESThe lecture series in this course is divided into the following areas. • Safety • Project management • Process analysis • Introduction to plastics • Applications of heat transfer • Industrial Controls Basic relay circuits Motor starters Motor speed control Programmable logic controllers Wiring practiceThe first lecture session and part of the first laboratory session is dedicated to safety. Since students willbe expected to work with voltages as high as 220 volts and with pressurized, molten

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Patton; Daniel Crunkleton

electrical and mechanical systems. Thesestudents are excited about the opportunity to create the control strategy and beginimplementing this plan with actual equipment. The size and scope of the project appearsto be more appealing to them than the laboratory experiences they have seen so far.Finally, in Year One, ChE students have taken the first steps to designing a reformer forethanol that could eventually be used within the vehicle. The students have gathered datafrom the literature to learn the current state-of-the-art in reformer technology and haveinitiated contacts with researchers in this field. This information is being used along withHYSYS to create an initial design for a reformer. This technology is very new and,admittedly, ambitious for

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Kardys; Abraham Michelen

, design, specifications,materials, application notes, and many other important activities in the daily life of andengineer. Without Globalspec, or a tool similar to it, the essential task of locating a specificcomponent for a design would take many hours of browsing in manufacturer’s catalogs. Page 10.1409.1All these tasks are accomplished by just linking to the Globalspec site. This is the reasonwhy many engineers at important industrial manufacturers as well as research laboratories “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Young; Sanjiv Sarin; Xiaochun Jiang

inmathematics and calculus. Additionally, students were orientated to the college campusexperience through faculty and student mentored activities including group rap sessions,extracurricular activities, and industry tours. NC-LSAMP funding provided Allianceinstitutions the opportunity to increase the number of participants and facilitated thesuccessful recruitment of highly talented minority high school graduates.NC-LSAMP students participated in Summer Research activities at Alliance institutionsand national laboratories. North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina StateUniversity and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported LSAMP andother STEM students for summer research on their campuses. Students participated

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin

Communications. Background: The Communication Disorders Department at Saint Louis University has an audiology laboratory to train students in the clinical aspects of screening hearing-impaired people. One of the tests consists of generating signal of different amplitudes at specific frequencies and plotting the client's amplitude –vs.- frequency response for each ear. The shape of the curve and its level indicates the type of hearing impairment. There is a need to provide a set of simulated clients for student practice i.e. an electronic device that will simulate the response of a variety of hearing impaired people. The Problem Design a simulated client with hearing impairment that will use the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Case; Binaya Acharya; Bruce Segee; Isaac Horn

Session 2559 Microprocessor Networking with a Minimum Number of External Connections Dr Bruce E. Segee (email: segee@eece.maine.edu), Binaya Acharya (email: bacharya@eece.maine.edu), Isaac Horn (email: isaac.horn@umit.maine.edu), Michael Case (email: michael.case@umit.maine.edu) Department Of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research Laboratory University of Maine, OronoAbstract Networking refers to the connection of multiple systems together to allow

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Workman

hours of coursework each semester.The MET and CIMT degrees have considerable emphasis on manufacturing, design, andproduction. CGT has a manufacturing graphics track, which also promotes the manufacturingarea. Typical with technology degrees, there are also a large number of laboratoriesaccompanying these courses. A partial listing of the laboratories includes materials and materialtesting, metrology, non-destructive testing, instrumentation, thermo-fluids, a machine shop withmanual and NC machines, and a foundry.Each student progressing through the MET, CIMT or, CGT (manufacturing graphics track)program is required to take a manufacturing processes course, which in part covers the art andscience of metalcasting. The CIMT students are also

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ayre; Julie Mills

other western countries. Curriculum reformis recommended to improve recruitment and retention of students from all of these groups too.What is an inclusive curriculum?Early approaches to teaching diverse students aimed to ensure that ‘different’ students wereincluded, as opposed to excluded, in lectures and laboratories, giving rise to the term ‘inclusive’teaching. Faculty were urged to examine their teaching practices and to ensure that in theassumptions they made about students’ backgrounds, in the examples and metaphors they used,and in the attention they gave to individual students, they were not excluding those students whocame from cultures which differed from the dominant culture represented in the class (usuallyyoung, white and male

Conference Session

Combining Research and Teaching

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Grant; Semsi Ensari

flood control channels on the coastal waterquality. As part of a class project, 14 undergraduate students, consisting of ChemicalEngineering and Environmental Engineering majors, performed this study during rising (flood)and falling (ebb) tides, and showed the distribution of FIB in flood control channels. While thestudents were exposed to field work and laboratory procedures for the water quality, the resultshave important implications in the design of the diversion systems during dry weather.IntroductionOnce viewed as being a sub-set of civil or chemical engineering, the discipline of environmentalengineering has established a status in its own right worldwide1-3. The industry requires that newgraduates have both increased knowledge in the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jihad Albayyari; Bob Lahidji

that the engineering technology curriculum iscomposed of 33% mathematics and sciences, 25% liberal studies, and 40 to 45% in themajor field of study. Approximately 67% of the coursework in the major field of studyare Engineering Technology subjects that involve some type of laboratory activities3.(Israel, 1995).Accreditation:The Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of the Accreditation Board forEngineering Technology (ABET) requires a minimum of 124 semester hour credits forthe baccalaureate degree. In addition, the engineering technology curriculum mustinclude the following components:The first component is the 48 semester hours of credit in the following areas:Technical science: Subject matter in this area requires the use of

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Tien Yee; Sunanda Dissanayake, Kennesaw State University

then slowly extends into more advanced concepts. Whenthese concepts are presented, checkpoint activities are provided to participants to self-check theirunderstanding. The checkpoint activities are then used as classroom discussion items forparticipants to interact and share knowledge among themselves. Once participants had gonethrough the checkpoint activities, the training proceeded to allow them to extend theirunderstanding using laboratory activities. It was believed that by doing this, participants have theopportunity first to learn and then enhance and reinforce their learning and proceed by applyingconcepts during the lab independently. This same cycle is then continued to the next importantconcept or section.The planned training

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

OpticConcentration. Both programs are supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grantsand they are pioneer in MEMS education and training offering Associate in Applied Science(A.A.S.) degree in this field.Dakota County Technical College (DCTC):Nanoscience technology program at Dakota County Technical College prepares students forcareers in nanobiotech, nanomaterials, and nanoelectronics industry. The curriculum is a lectureand laboratory experience with hands on use of nano scale equipment. Nanoscience technologistswork in multiple business environments including research, production, testing, training andmarketing. A total program requirement is 72 hours. Table 1 shows the degree plan fornanoscience technology at Dakota County Technical College

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Drew Witte, IUPUI; Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

program from the previous owners, the student worked in the university PLC laboratory to confirm that the program was operational. This work includednetworking the Allen Bradley components and modifying the ladder logic of the PLC controller.The student also built a “breadboard” test platform to simulate the 60 electrical sensors andactuators on Old Blue (see Figure 3). Finally, the PLC controller and HMI were delivered back

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeeyeon Hahn, Purdue University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

measures. Future work related to theObserver function is also presented.IntroductionClassroom observation tools can be useful in providing real-time feedback to instructors’teaching practice not only in a traditional lecture-based classroom, but also in more recentengineering courses, which often include team-based, laboratory activities and some problem-based and/or project-based learning activities. The latter often requires multiple pedagogicalskills, such as the skills to motivate students and guide in their problem-solving processes, theability to arrange team-based learning activities and other classroom management skills, whichcan be challenging for new instructors or graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) before they gainenough teaching

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #7008The Quality of Engineering Decision-Making in Student Design TeamsMr. Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nicholas is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Purdue University. His research interests include engineering design, team learning, and instructional laboratories. He has conference publications on cooperative learning, engineering laboratories, innovation, and design.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Tanima Zaman, Ivy Tech Community College, Northwest

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

- ious capacities. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Fa- cility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatronics Technicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Ranil Wickramasinghe

. Bates is on the advisory board for the Cell BiologyEducation Consortium and utilizes CUREs in his classes to allow students the opportunity to usetissue culture to produce phytochemicals. His laboratory research focus is oxidative stress onplants and human cells.Dr. LaShall BatesLaShall Bates, Ph.D. is a full professor of Biology at Northwest Arkansas Community Collegewhere she teaches both majors and nonmajors. She works with Upward Bound to allow Highschool students the opportunity to do initial types of research. Dr. L. Bates is on the advisory board © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencefor the Cell Biology Education Consortium, and she