and Alterna- tives Laboratory. He is the recent recipient of a major $2.1M microgrid research project from the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund. Dr. Mowry’s research interests vary widely. His current research is focused on reliable, robust, and economic microgrids, alternative energy systems, power electronics, graphene, and biofuels. Microgrids have a wide variety of commercial and humanitarian applications. Humanitarian microgrid projects require non-traditional design approaches since their operation requires minimal human intervention and maintenance. Furthermore, users typically become dependent on the reliable operation of these systems hence premature failures can have serious negative consequences.Dr
Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Low-Cost Satellite Attitude Hardware Test BedAbstractRecent technological developments surrounding CubeSats and Commercial Off-The-Shelf spacehardware have drastically reduced the cost of producing and flying a satellite mission. As thebarriers to entry fall, space missions become a viable option for more students and researchgroups. Many of these missions require accurate spacecraft pointing and attitude control.Consequently, exposing students to the practical elements of spacecraft attitude sensing andcontrol is more important than ever. To help address this challenge a novel low-cost test-bed forattitude control has
is focused on enhancing educational access for deaf and hard of hearing students in mainstreamed classrooms. He worked in industry for over five years before returning to academia and disability law policy. Towards that end, he completed a J.D. and LL.M. in disability law, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science.Mr. Gary W. Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology Gary W. Behm, Assistant Professor of Engineering Studies Department, and Director of NTID Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology. Gary has been teaching and directing the Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory at NTID for five years. He is a deaf
as a poster presentation at a formalresearch forum.Project DetailsSpecifically, students are given a detailed problem statement with objectives, idealcharacteristics, required features, required constraints, and specific tasks. Excerpts from theproblem statement are given in this section. The acronym for the device the student teams createis the “Nanofunctionalized Assay Nested in an Onboard Laboratory Yielding SpecificExpeditious Results” or NANOLYSER. The project objectives are as follows:1. Exposure to various fields of engineering – specifically, how nanotechnology approaches can be utilized for various applications in many fields2. Experience in essential time management, task scheduling, and project management skills3. Experience in
, ingenuity, and utility of printedobjects, as well as the students’ sophistication in using additional machines and techniquessupporting 3D printing processes. A number of examples from an engineering department’s 3Dprinting laboratory are provided to illustrate the various stages of 3D printing evolution. Introduction Experiments and other hands-on activities are well-known cornerstones of education andare highly supported by the experiential education philosophy established by Dewey1, and theexperiential learning cycle developed by Kolb2. Designs, physical models, and prototypes areaccepted as an integral part of engineering education in both education research3-5 and engineeringcurricula6, 7. Furthermore, engineering texts address 3D
) scienceand engineering curricula are already full; (2) practical, hands-on experiences require extensivetraining on complex, expensive equipment; and (3) necessary fundamental concepts andknowledge – if taught at the undergraduate level at all – are introduced in late junior or senioryear only.3,4 Closely related to the demand for expertise is the knowledge required to initiate theinnovation to venture process.5,6 Specifically, students in these spheres have limitedunderstanding of the processes behind intellectual property protection and the steps to movinginnovative ideas from the laboratory to the market. We tackle these challenges with anundergraduate Nanotechnology Fellows Program. The program uses an interdisciplinarypracticum approach to
increasedtransfer rates to a bachelor program. As detailed by S. Artis5, TTE REU brings communitycollege students from around the state of California to the University of California, Berkeley tocomplete a 9 week summer research internship. The first week of the internship has the studentsgoing through a “laboratory bootcamp” whereby the students learn lab safety, tour labs aroundcampus, speak with graduate students and postdocs from different science and engineeringdisciplines, and learn different laboratory sampling techniques. For the remaining 8 weeks, thestudents are given a research project under the supervision of a graduate student or postdocmentor within a faculty lab. Throughout the summer, the students are engaged in weeklyseminars about
described here forclarity. This four-semester hour course has students spend 165 minutes with engineering facultyin lab each week and 150 minutes over two lecture sessions with writing arts faculty. During thewriting arts time periods, students spend time learning about audience, rhetorical analysis,argumentation, and information literacy. In prior iterations of the course, some of the time withwriting arts faculty was spent discussing technical genres such as the traditional lab or designreports. However, this component was de-emphasized in the Fall 2015 offering, and that materialwas picked up by engineering faculty during the laboratory sessions. In the lab sessions, studentslearn about design through open-ended design projects. There is some
their data management lifecycle as a dynamic process and as one element,albeit a key element, in their scholarly workflow. Researchers, for the most part, have thefundamentals of this workflow in mind, but do not necessarily have it explicitly outlined. This isparticularly critical as scientific researchers often rely on graduate students and/or post-docs forday-to-day management of laboratory studies and data recordkeeping. In developing a datamanagement instructional program, libraries take on the responsibilities of orienting graduatestudents and other personnel on basic data management skills.INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMIt is clear that changing e-research technologies and methodologies have led to rapid changes inscholarly communication models
Paper ID #17771Artificially Intelligent Method (AIM) for STEM-based Electrical Engineer-ing Education and Pedagogy Case Study: MicroelectronicsDr. Faycal Saffih, University of Waterloo Dr. Fayc¸al Saffih (IEEE, 2000) received B.Sc. (Best Honors) in Solid-State Physics from University of S´etif-1, Algeria, in 1996, M.Sc. degree in Bio-Physics from University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 1998, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2005. In 2006, he joined the Communication Research Laboratory, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, where he developed a versatile FPGA
propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate and graduate courses in ET
Cybersecurity Education Interventions: Three Case Studies,” IEEE Secur. Priv., vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 63– 69, May 2015.[14] J. M. D. Hill, C. A. Carver, J. W. Humphries, and U. W. Pooch, “Using an isolated network laboratory to teach advanced networks and security,” in Proceedings of the thirty- second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE ’01, 2001, pp. 36–40.[15] T. Bläsing, L. Batyuk, A.-D. Schmidt, A. Camtepe, and S. Albayrak, “An Android Application Sandbox System for Suspicious Software Detection.”[16] J. Mayo and P. Kearns, “A secure unrestricted advanced systems laboratory,” in The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
explore and share quantitative results. This project’s recentcontributions are organized according to their central framework and presented below.Engineering Identity 1. A Case for Disaggregation. This work-in-progress paper explored how aggregation of demographic groups (gender within race/ethnicity) can obscure meaningful differences in the experiences of EGS. Researchers should disaggregate race/ethnicity by gender and other demographic groups, where possible, to uncover meaningful within group differences [27]. 2. Influence of Laboratory Group Makeup on Recognition. This work-in-progress paper explored the relationship between laboratory groups and engineering identity. We found that participants with two
University of Central Florida and is anticipated to graduate in Spring 2019. He has two masters degrees one in mechanical engineering from UCF and another in aerospace engineering form Sharif University of Technology. He currently works in the Nanofabrication and BioMEMS Laboratory at UCF and his research areas include Nanofabrication, Microfluidics, Sensors and Actuators, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Optimization, and Mathematical Modeling. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Running Head: Project CoMET RETCollaborative Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Experiences for Teachers (CoMET) Train the Trainer Model of Supports Type 5 Work in ProgressThe K-12 learning environment is
, traffic mangement and monitoring, and ethical hacking. Such fundamental modules should be accompanied withreal-world lab experiments and exercises to provide students with a better opportunity for understanding and mastering courseconcepts and material [3]. As there are various types of cyber security laboratories [4], Willems and Meinel [5] introduced software to assesscyber security lab experiments through a virtual machine technology (an online-based laboratory). The solution offers anefficient parameterization of experiment scenarios as well as a dynamic toolkit implementation virtual machine configuration.Meanwhile, Xiong and Pan [6] discussed an approach to integrate ProtoGENI, a GENI testbed resource, into computer scienceand
investigations such as designing and testing of propulsion systems including design and development of pilot testing facility, mechanical instrumentation, and industrial applications of aircraft engines. Also, in the past 10 years she gained experience in teaching ME and ET courses in both quality control and quality assurance areas as well as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction and addressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adult learners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratory activities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control
the University of Calgary and leads the Earth Observation for Environmental Laboratory. His research interests include: (i) application of remote sensing in forecasting and monitoring of natural hazards/disasters, (ii) use of re- mote sensing and GIS techniques in understanding the dynamics of natural resources, and (iii) integration of remote sensing, GIS, and modelling techniques in addressing issues related to energy, environment, climate change, local/global warming and smart city. In addition, he is a passionate ’open educational resources’ developer; and serving the editorial board of two open access journals known as Scientific Reports (Nature Publication Group) and Remote Sensing (MDPI).Dr. Kyle O’Keefe
Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in 2017. He was a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University London, UK, 2014-16. He was a senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire before joining Brunel, 2011-2014. He was a visiting scientist and postdoctoral researcher in the Industrial Automation Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, 2007-2012. He was a visiting researcher at California Institute of Technology, USA, 2009-2011. He carried out post- doctoral research in the Department of Civil Engineering at UBC, 2005-2007. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel
the project costs. The point wherethe marginal benefits of increasing reliability equals the associated marginal costs of addingmore firm capacity determines the optimal EUE level. Table 2 shows the VOLL for an averagePSE customer for a one-hour duration [3].The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Interruption Cost Estimator (ICE), which is described indepth by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory study titled “Updated Value of Service Reliabilityfor Electric Utility Customers in the United States”, models interruption costs per customer perevent based on the length of outage duration and customer class (e.g., residential, smallcommercial and industrial, medium and large commercial and industrial) for each U.S. State. Aper-customer peak load
Florida previously. His research interests include Mixed-signal/RF circuit design and testing, measurement automation, environmental & biomedical data measurement, and educational robotics development.Mr. David Malawey, Texas A&M University David earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2011. After three years in the automotive industry in engine design and engine calibration, he transitioned to Texas A&M University for a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in College Station, TX concluding in 2016. He has become involved in applied research in additive manufacturing, internet of things, and mechatronics. Currently his role is Technical Laboratory coordinator
Engineering Historical perspective of nanomaterials Advanced materials Materials, structure, and nanosurface Energy at nanoscale Nanoscience phenomena, bulk to quantum properties Characterization techniques X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Raman Spectroscopy Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Fabrication methods of nanomaterials, “bottom-up”, “top-down” fabrication Chemical synthesis and modification of nanomaterials Non-thermal plasma technique to synthesize nanomaterials Nano-electro mechanical structures (NEMS) Applicationsnanomaterials. These observational laboratory
improve conceptual understanding and critical thinking.Dr. Heather Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior research engineer.Jeffrey Matthew Welch, University of Portland Jeff Welch is a doctoral student in educational leadership at the University of Portland (Oregon, USA).Dr. Nicole C. Ralston, University of Portland Dr. Nicole Ralston is an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the
students (18 to24-year-olds) (40%), transfers (23%), internationals (7%), and non-traditional, returning adults(30%).The CourseThe Applied Fluid Mechanics course (MET 4100) is one of the core courses for the METprogram and the second in the sequence of fluid mechanics coursework, following the MET2050 Fluid & Hydraulic Mechanics. MET 4100 is a four-credit hour (ch) course, comprised of a3ch lecture and a 1ch laboratory. This course focuses on the applications of the basic principlesof fluid dynamics, including general laminar and turbulent flow, compressible flow, as well aspractical, applied problems, such as the internal flow of fluids in pipes and conduits, pumpselection and application, the design and analysis of HVAC ducts, and external
; Bird B-KER2 Laboratory Jars and Masterflex Tygon lab tubing toconnect both, one student holds the reservoir at a fixed location simulating a water source suchas a natural spring, lake, or river, and another student adjusts the elevation of the tap stand usinga simulated gate valve from the sampling port of the laboratory jar. As the tap stand locationremains lower than the location of the reservoir, students can notice water continuing to flow asthe third student is responsible for turning the tap stand valve on and off. However, as soon asthe location of the tap stand is higher than the location of the reservoir, water flow stops. Thus,students realize that the location of the outflow must be lower than the location of the inflowassuming
affiliated with high schools and colleges including vocational schools. The followinglist provides the accomplishments made by this coalition: • Multi-institutional AM collaboration in teaching, laboratory practices and research [3], • Framework developed to measure the attainment of ABET Student Outcomes through AM curricular practices. [4], • Smart phone accessible AM laboratory platform for multi-institutional collaboration [5], • Up to date skills required of AM technicians [6], • TTS: studio-based AM training [7], • Using AM as an innovation tool to enhance the student learning and success [8-9], • Up to date MOOC AM
consistency of a sample inquality control of products in sustainable manufacturing field [6]. Additionally, the spectrumpeak intensity determines the amount of components in a mixture, which can be used forquantification of sample constituents.The use of the FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging system can enable a variety of projects in variouscourses. Currently, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Mechanical andMechatronic Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing Department, and Chemistry andBiochemistry Departments at CSU Chico are using this equipment in several courses such asDigital Image Processing, Material Science and Engineering, Material Science and EngineeringLaboratory, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Integrated Laboratory and
engineering profession, without the need for highly technical knowledge that mostengineering laboratory courses require. A pertinent means of keeping students invested in thecourse, as well as the engineering profession, is through active learning techniques. Studies haveshown that an active learning environment produces strong indications of success and increasedstudent persistence in engineering [3] [4] [5].Course leadership initiated ENGR 111 development with a primary objective to, as much aspossible, base course pedagogy in active learning methodology to take advantage of the resultantbenefits to the student(s). Active learning can be defined as “any instructional method that engagesstudents in the learning process” [6], yet active learning is
Paper ID #29831Remotely Accessible Injection Molding Machine for ManufacturingEducation: Lessons LearnedDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the 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 manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at
course, whileaffording departments the flexibility to fit the first-year design course into their curriculum. Thecourse structure, half-lecture and half-laboratory course, is designed to optimize the use of themakerspace classroom. The lecture half is structured as online videos and other learning contentstudents need to complete before coming to the live laboratory makerspace portion of class.Students attend the live makerspace class once per week for a two-hour block of time. Thelaboratory half is structured for students to work in teams, utilize the makerspace tools, andreceive feedback from the professor and peer mentors on their projects. With the combinedonline lecture and live laboratory format, students are expected to complete
sizeof 45 students; typically requiring three sections. Teaching assistants are available in the labs toanswer students questions related to the use of the software; AutoCAD or Civil 3D.[2]Laboratory assignments were assigned as either projects or lab experiences depending on therequired effort expected from students. Labs consisted of drawings to complete where the CADsoftware features were demonstrated and video recorded in the lab session. The students wouldtypically have one week, with three hours of lab time in two 1.5-hour sessions, to complete theirdrawings. The projects would also have a laboratory demonstration (and recording) but theassignments were longer in duration and more laboratory sessions (typically four 1.5-hour labs)were