duringthe spring 2006 semester in order to assess student learning. The new hardware will beintroduced for the first time in the spring 2007 semester. The concept inventories included bothROBOLAB (graphical) and pseudo-code (text-based) questions. The pseudo-code componentwas deemed important in order to quantify the student’s ability to transfer knowledge betweendomains. The key concepts included in the inventory were: goto’s, conditionals, loops, nestedstructures, variables, functions/arguments, and subroutines/subprograms.1. BackgroundThere is a vast history of using LEGO® bricks in education. Projects that use the RCXprogrammable brick have included a wide variety of projects and courses ranging from robotcompetitions1-3 to laboratory
faculty who primarily requires lower level skills. We believe this isa fundamental issue in all of engineering education that must be directly dealt with in courseplanning.Bloom’s taxonomy is a powerful tool for discussion among faculty related to teaching. Thisstrength comes from its ability to: ‚ Relate closely to faculty’s experiences related to students not being able to successfully solve real world problems and their difficulty with engineering design. ‚ Lead to examination of what activities (lectures, discussions, recitations, laboratories, out-of-classroom activities) are best suited to challenge students into engagement at higher cognition levels. ‚ Clearly show what testing or assessment methods are needed
. IntroductionTwo digital design courses are offered at Bucknell University: one is entitled “DigitalSystem Design” and the other is called “Advanced Digital Design.” Both courses consistof three hours of lectures and laboratories weekly. Digital System Design, offered to thejunior class, focuses on logic synthesis; schematic capture is used for design entry.“Advanced Digital Design,” offered to senior and graduate students, addresses system-level design methodologies; the detailed breakdown consists of VHDL, register-transfer-level design methodologies, advanced topics in logic synthesis, and technology mapping.This paper addresses the pedagogic considerations of teaching “Advanced DigitalDesign” using VHDL.The design description of a digital system may
Page 12.1577.2of undergraduate research in collaboration with local industry. The infusion of real worldproblems through undergraduate research helps the students understand the relevance of thetheory being taught. All too often students fail to see the relevance of the subjects being taught ina traditional lecture or lecture with traditional laboratory. This lack of being able to make theconnection from academic classes to the post-graduation expectations of an employer is oftengiven as a reason for poor retention of students. It is imperative to improve retention and helpstudents have a better understanding of what it will be like to be an engineer after graduation.Using undergraduate research projects from industry does some very important
Page 12.342.1 U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker, Alabama. During his employment there, his research focused on aircrew protection and head-supported mass and center of mass placement for the U.S. Army aviation.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Page 12.342.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Capstone Design Course as a Tool for Assessment and ImprovementAbstractThis paper discusses the role of the Capstone Design course in achieving the goal of theMechanical Engineering (ME) Program at Alabama A&M University. The course is mappedto the ME Program educational objective and
user interfaces (C-based text, Visual Basic GUI), and two data acquisitiondevices (USB data acquisition, simulated multi-channel IO device).IntroductionThe popularity and importance of automated controllers has grown rapidly over the past fewdecades1. The subject of Control systems has grown in importance in education as well. Thereare numerous challenges educators must face when teaching a control systems course. Studentslearn far more from their studies when they have an actual laboratory experiment to help relatethe abstract concepts of engineering to real life design problems2. While simplified physicalsystems such as the inverted pendulum or the digital servo are common in academicenvironments, design for more practical systems is
system with supporting instructional materials to assist the teaching of these concepts.Individual laboratory activities are being developed to reinforce student learning and skilldevelopment in programming concepts. This basic system format eventually will support anarray of technology courses. This project involves two community colleges, Blue RidgeCommunity College (BRCC), VA and Olympic College (OC), WA, and a four-year university,Old Dominion University (ODU), VA, in a collaborative research team to design and develop aspecific PIC microcontroller training system with customized designed software and curriculummaterials to support related engineering technology courses. The functions of the hardware andsoftware cover different areas of
all students at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA). Ittakes an innovative approach to first-year engineering education by introducing engineering inthe context of the design process. Students are organized into teams and are given assignmentsgeared towards hands-on exposure to five engineering disciplines: astronautical, aeronautical,mechanical, electrical, and civil. The final project requires them to design, construct, and launcha rocket-powered boost glider. The boost glider is produced in a five-stage process whichbalances textbook and laboratory work, with each stage focused on one of the engineeringdisciplines. Faculty from each of the five engineering departments at USAFA teach the course,reinforcing the multidisciplinary nature of
achievement of the programeducational outcomes. These outcomes are further connected to standardized assessment criteria Page 13.326.2provided by accreditation boards. A case study will be presented for the B.S. in ComputerEngineering Technology (CET) at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Expected benefits ofthe application of the proposed method are threefold: 1. Increased student ownership of learning objectives. 2. More cohesive and relevant set of class activities (i.e. tests, homework, laboratory experiments, projects, etc.). 3. A uniform program-wide way of assessing program outcomes against a set of accreditation criteria
established the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL)in 2002 to enhance the senior project design experience for the undergraduate students. Thesingle semester, “works once” project model typically employed in academia was expanded to atwo-semester sequence for project planning1 and project execution.2, 3 This resulted in three keybenefits to the curriculum. First, because the students were given an additional semester tocomplete their project, the faculty noticed a significant increase in the quantity and quality of Page 12.631.2effort by the students. Second, this increase in quality has resulted in more interest in the designand innovation
primarily on laboratory time: the first third of the course is 90% lectureand the last two thirds of the course are based on 90% laboratory time. During the last two thirdsof the course, we provide students with the necessary references, lecture for the first 10 minutes,and direct their learning using experimentation. We are currently using the Board of EducationBasic Stamp platform to teach majors and non-majors how to control and integrate various inputand output components (such as sensors, speakers, lights, motors, etc.) using microcontrollers.Despite this being the first year robotics were introduced to non-majors as the last of their threecourse sequence, over 75% of 36 students surveyed indicated that they would recommended theirpeers to
year-long design course. This courseplays the critical role of keeping students engaged in engineering while giving them experiencesthat have been shown to promote retention (see discussion below under “Utilization of BestPractices”).Each year of the curriculum has themes that we plan to emphasize. These are shown in Figure 2.In the first two years, we emphasize engineering basics and systems thinking. Two courses inthe sophomore year have been added to promote these themes and two existing laboratories wereadjusted. The two sophomore-level courses are Materials Selection for the Life Cycle, andNanotechnology, Biology, Ethics and Society. Both courses emphasize systems thinking, thefirst in the design process, the second through articulating
. Page 12.289.9APPENDIX A : PERCEPTUAL MODALITY STYLESStudents were not provided with a questionnaire to fill out.Rationale: Students are exhausted in filling out forms.Some researchers are of the opinion that ‘questionnaire-fatigue’ may result in faulty orskewed data.If so, how was assessment carried out?The instructor delivered four content material in four different modes.Topic 1 was delivered in the Lecture Format. (Aural)Topic 2 utilized Power Point Slides and other Visual Aids. (Visual)Topic 3 was left to the students to read, write and submit their findings. (Reading)Topic 4 was handled like a laboratory, demonstration, discussion, etc. (Kinesthetic)The four topics chosen were fairly similar in their complexity, although not
of the dynamic systemsthat we are trying to teach our students. Students tend to tune out when studying the same oldgreasy gearbox.”[2] These ideas were combined with the key features of the Rowan Engineeringprogram, (1) multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (2)teamwork as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (3) incorporation of state-of-the-art technologies throughout the curricula; and (4) creation of continuous opportunities fortechnical communication [3], to develop this project.The goals of the project are to: - engage students and improve learning through novel hands-on experimentation, - generate excitement among undergraduate students by integrating sports and engineering
and logic copying everything from the board. from electronic screen.Progression towards iterative learningTable 3 summarizes progress that I have made towards enabling students to use iteration inlearning engineering. In the early 1990s, dynamic digital imaging capabilities became accessibleon personal computers, especially the Apple Macintosh, with reasonable levels of coding effort.By integrating these into course assignments4, students could use images of real flows,conveying physical insight on dynamic phenomena. Laboratory experiments incorporated workwith digital video. This found use in teaching static deflection modes, structural dynamics, andfluid dynamics. Solutions of differential equations could be linked
both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Multimedia Engineering Analysis, and undergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. One of Professor Orabi's most recent projects involves the development of Learning Modules on the web. These modules provide information, not only about particular course material, but also about more general topics relevant to engineering. He is also working on Computer-Aided Experimentations using LABVIEW. Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut and Untied Technologies. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing
2006-1487: REDUCING THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR ACTIVE ANDINTERACTIVE LEARNING OBJECTS THROUGH WEB-BASEDCOLLABORATIVE AUTHORINGElliot Diaz, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Elliot Diaz Research Assistant within the eLearning Research Laboratory at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, where he is pursuing a Master in Computer Engineering. Elliot holds a BS in Computer Science.Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Carlos Pacheco is a programmer with the Connect To Learn Project which is developing web-based authoring for the collaborative authoring of learning objects. He completed a BS in Computer Engineering summa cum laude at the Polytechnic University of Puerto
Professional Engineer in California, and has held numerous positions in the ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Division.Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Petersen is Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 11.366.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006
Member of Tau Beta Pi, and a Life Senior Member of IEEE. His research activities include organizational process improvement and unmanned aerial vehicles.Allan Arb, U.S. Air Force Academy PhD, received his BSEE from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. Upon graduation, he was stationed in San Antonio, TX where he conducted research and analysis on various military and commercial radar and weapon systems. He graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) with an MSEE in 1996 and a Ph.D. from AFIT in 2001. He has spent time in the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Gerstenfeld and Amy Zeng, she recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a laboratory for an introductory lean supply chain design course. Her work has appeared in Operations Research, the Business Process Management Journal, the Case Research Journal and Water Resources Research. She is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), the Institute for Operations Research Management Science (INFORMS), the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Diane Strong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Diane M. Strong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Worcester
Paper ID #7088How to Use Engineering in High School Science: Two Case StudiesDr. Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern UniversityMs. Jessica Chin, Northeastern University Jessica Chin is an Artist/Designer/Researcher focusing on blending creativity with mechanical design. She has been collaborating with leading research and development laboratories including the Modeling, Analysis, and Predcition (MAP) Laboratory at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. and the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern. For the past four years, Chin was a researcher working on the development of a predictive model for chronic wound tracking. In
Paper ID #7412Inquiry-Based Learning Activities in DynamicsDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Dr Self has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. Prior to that, he worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. During the 2011-2012 academic year he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education activities include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical
pedagogical tool to teachfreshmen engineering students about electromagnetism. A quasi-experimental design was used tocompare students who used visual-only simulations to those who used visuohaptic. Wehypothesized that multimodal presentation of information may lead to better conceptualunderstanding of electromagnetism compared to visual presentation alone.A class of 77 electrical engineering technology students from six different laboratory sessionsparticipated in the study. Laboratory sessions were randomly divided into two groups: a controlgroup with only visual simulations and an experimental group with visual simulations plus hapticfeedback. Learning was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively.Overall results on the pretest and posttest
problemsolving skills. In a regular quarter, the course typically has 150 to 250 registered studentsencompassing freshmen to fifth year seniors, resulting in a wide distribution of the studentdemographic. ENG6 is a platform that allows the largest number of students to be reached in theshortest amount time.In ENG6, four major components determine a student’s grade: weekly homework assignments,weekly computer laboratory sessions, two projects, and a final exam. Homework assignments aredesigned to help student mastery of technical programming concepts and MATLAB languagemechanics. The multiple choice final exam is employed to test student understanding offundamental MATLAB programming concepts. Lab sessions in traditional offerings are optionaland are
retaining interested students is theemphasis on applied laboratory experience. The program has a solid record of career placementamong employers who are seeking graduates that are productive upon entering the workforce.The university as a whole has maintained a placement rate of over 95% in recent years in spite ofthe difficult economic times. All School of Technology faculty members have a minimum ofthree years of industrial experience, which enhances the ability of the School to access industrysupport and place engineering technology graduates. The faculty members have a strongcommitment to the integration of practical laboratory experience with engineering technologyfundamentals.Capstone Course DescriptionIn the past several years EET program in
. Capstone Design ProjectsAt Clarkson we have an ABET accredited degree program in Computer Engineering witha senior design experience that requires teams of students to design, build, test anddemonstrate a fully functional embedded system. The course is a one semester, six-credithour course with both scheduled lecture and laboratory time. For the past two years wehave used the Freescale Cup platform as the basis for student projects in this course. Wediscuss our course objectives, the Freescale Cup car platform, our assessment process,and we present assessment data from these past two years. We believe the Freescale Cupplatform and competition provide a meaningful design experience for students and meetsthe objectives for a capstone design
Paper ID #5853Contributions of a Mandatory Internship Course to an Engineering Curricu-lumDr. Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University Dr. Arif Sirinterlikci is a professor of engineering at Robert Morris University. Besides advising Co-Op, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering students, he also serves as the Interim Head of the Engineering Department and Director of Engineering Laboratories. Sirinterlikci has been active in ASEE with K- 12/Pre-college, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Technology Divisions.Dr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Dr. Tony Kerzmann received both a
Solar Advisor Module developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory forthis kind of analysis, an LCOE was determined of $0.131/kwh with the 30% federal tax credit,and $0.235/kwh without incentives. The assumptions used in the analysis are in Table 1. Table 1 Parameters used in finding LCOE. Location Harrisburg, PA System Size 4.0 kW Tilt & Orientation 20o & 180o (south) System Derating 0.77 Output Decrease 0.5% /y Installed Cost $5.71 /Wp Financing 30 y, 10% down, 4% interest Maintenance $20/kw-y and $1,000 for inverter replacement in years 10 and 20 Lifetime of Analysis 30 y Nominal
, instrumentation, and control.A major strength of the EET program in attracting and retaining interested students is theemphasis on applied laboratory experience. The program has a solid record of career placementamong employers who are seeking graduates that are productive upon entering the workforce.The university as a whole has maintained a placement rate of over 95% in recent years in spite ofthe difficult economic times. All School of Technology faculty members have a minimum ofthree years of industrial experience, which enhances the ability of the School to access industrysupport and place engineering technology graduates. The faculty members have a strongcommitment to the integration of practical laboratory experience with engineering
Paper ID #7866A Graduate Engineering Technology Online Course in Sustainable and GreenManufacturingDr. Richard Chiou, Drexel UniversityProf. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El PasoDr. Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.)Mr. M. Eric Carr, Drexel University Mr. Eric Carr is currently the Laboratory Technician for Drexel University’s Engineering Technology program. Eric assists faculty members with the development and implementation of various Engineering Technology courses, and enjoys finding innovative ways to use microcontrollers and other technologies to enhance Drexel’s Engineering Technology course offerings