Paper ID #25110Utilize Project to Help Students Learning in Mechanical Vibration CourseDr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor, Ph.D, PE
ventricular flows. She has served as faculty advisor to over thirty mechanical engineering seniors involved in biomedical engineering design projects and taught several mechanical engineering fluid mechanics, design, and technical communication courses. Her research interests are outcomes-based assessment methods for a variety of learning experiences in engineering, students' learning mechanisms, using research and design examples to teach engineering concepts, K-12 engineering education, and cardiovascular fluid mechanics research Page 12.690.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007
been a Visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He served also as a Visiting Scientific Advisor to Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1987, Dr. Grzybowski joined Mississippi State University, where he is now a Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the High Voltage Laboratory at Mississippi State University. Dr. Grzybowski is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. His main research interests are in the area of high voltage engineering. His current research focuses on the lightning protection of power systems, ships, aerostats and other objects. He conducted study
AC 2008-1278: DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST: AN APPROACH FOR A CAPSTONEDESIGN COURSE IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYJorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University Dr. Jorge Alvarado is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences, fluid mechanics and fluid power. Dr. Alvarado’s research interests are in the areas of nanotechnology, micro-scale heat transfer, electronic cooling, phase change materials, solid and liquid desiccant regeneration, energy conservation and use of renewable energy in buildings. He received his BS degree in mechanical engineering (1991) from the University of
been used [3]. The purpose of this work is todescribe how we have used FPGA cards to teach basic digital systems design and computerarchitecture courses in our department. The advantage of using this kind of devices is that ifdesign changes are needed then the FPGA can be easily reprogrammed for the new design in amatter of seconds. Using traditional methods, the time to implement a project is limited becauseof the size of the circuit that can be wired in the time allotted for the lab session. The number ofinputs is a factor in these designs since as the number of inputs increases the size of the circuitincreases exponentially. For the description of the architecture of their projects, students use aHardware Description Language (HDL). The use
energy. This energy will then be transferred to the greenhouse enclosure atnight. A moveable thermal blanket will be drawn over the top and down the sides of thegreenhouse on cold nights to further preserve heat.A geothermal closed loop ground coil heating system will be furnished for supplementaryheating with radiant hot water as required. This system will basically transfer heat from theground and discharges it into the greenhouse in the cold weather. It is 50% more efficient than astandard gas fired heater. The yearly electricity requirement for geothermal system will be offsetwith the electricity provided by a 7.5 KW solar voltaic system installed on the south facing roofof the adjacent laboratory building.Monthly heat loss charts have been
AC 2008-2674: IMPACT OF SHADING ON COOLING AND HEATING LOADNarciso Macia, Arizona State University Narciso F. Macia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Systems, at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus (formerly ASU East). He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering in 1974 and 1976 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He also received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in 1988. He is a Registered Engineer in the State of Arizona.John-Paul Ishioye, Arizona State University John-Paul Ishioye graduate research assistant at ASU-PTL, Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory. He has a
Distance learning. and Professor is presently involved with Image processing and Biometrics.Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet CHANDRA R. SEKHAR is a member of the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet. Professor Sekhar earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from the University of Madras (India), a Diploma in Instrumentation from Madras Institute of Technology and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania. Professor Sekhar’s primary teaching and research focus is in the areas of Biomedical and Process Control Instrumentation and Clinical Engineering.Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University, Calumet
AC 2009-1695: CLOSING THE LOOP ON ASSESSMENTDale Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Associate Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, Department of Electrical Engineering, Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program at Rock County, Electrical Engineering Assessment Chair 2008 - Present, Wisconsin Teaching Fellow 2009 - 2010, ASEE Mathematics Division Chair 2006-2007, ASEE Mathematics Division Program Chair 2005-2006Phillip Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Associate Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, Chair Department of Electrical Engineering, Previous Electrical Engineering Assessment ChairDavid Drury, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Professor
2006-62: HUMANITARIAN DESIGN PROJECTS: HELPING CHILDREN WITHCEREBRAL PALSYCraig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA.Brian
, Old Dominion University Richard Jones has been teaching at ODU since 1994. He is a retired United States Navy Submarine Service Lt. Commander with sub-specialties in Ballistic Missile, Torpedo, Sonar, and Radio systems. Richard has previously taught Mechanical Engineering Design at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., and Electrical Engineering at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. He holds an ASEET from Cameron University, a BSEET from Oklahoma State University, and a Master of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California.William Stanley, Old Dominion University William D. Stanley, Eminent
.IntroductionSeveral different avenues currently exist to augment the education of undergraduate studentswithin the private sector. Internships and co-operative agreements are two of the more commoninteractions that provide students a preliminary look at the world they will be working in aftergraduation. However, these avenues do little to provide young, energetic and capable men andwomen the opportunity to experience the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship, especiallyin small start-up environments. To address this issue, several institutions have begun offeringcoursework designed to introduce students to entrepreneurial concepts.1,2 However, whilecoursework is a good start, to effectively teach entrepreneurship to students the private sectormust
2006-836: A MANUFACTURING PROCESSES COURSE WITH A MIXEDLEARNING COMMUNITY AND NON-LEARNING COMMUNITY AUDIENCE:QUANTITATIVE RESULTSMario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology Mario H. Castro-Cedeno is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Packaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY. He teaches courses in introduction to manufacturing, materials technology and computer aided design to engineering technology undergraduates. Before joining RIT in December of 2003 he accumulated 30 years of engineering and management experience at various firms, including NASA and General Electric. Mr
standards.Kevin M. Hubbard Ph.D., Missouri State University KEVIN M. HUBBARD is an Assistant Professor of Technology and Construction Management at Mis- souri State University. He earned his B.S. degree (Aerospace Engineering, 1991) from University of Missouri – Rolla, M.S. (Engineering Management, 1993) from University of Missouri – Rolla, and Ph.D. from University of Missouri – Rolla (Engineering Management, 1996). Dr. Hubbard is currently teaching at Missouri State University. His interests are in automation and device control, manufacturing systems, device design, and process optimization. Dr. Hubbard may be reached at KHubbard@MissouriState.eduDr. Martin Price Jones, Missouri State Univiversity Martin P. Jones is an
, diversity in engineering education, technical communication in engineering, and thermal energy-efficient technologies.Dr. Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University Cindy Howard Reed is the Assistant Director for Student Research and Graduate Equity and an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Penn State. She has a MS in Environmental Health Engineering and PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and received her BS in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Prior to her position at Penn State, Dr. Reed conducted research in the field of indoor air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute of Standards and Technology.Dr
in Teaching Award in 2016, the NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2011, and the Dennis Woodford prize for his M.Sc. thesis in 2007. He was a Connaught Scholar at the University of Toronto.Prof. Chen-Ching Liu, Washington State University Boeing Distinguished Professor and Director of Energy Systems Innovation Center, Washington State University, Pullman. Dr. Liu received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. He was Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering at University of Washington and Palmer Chair Professor at Iowa State University. Before joining WSU, Dr. Liu was Professor and Acting/Deputy Principal of College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland
professor and di- rector of engineering technology at the University of Texas, Brownsville (UTB). Prior to joining the UTB faculty he was a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and an associate professor of production engineering technology at PSG College of Technology, Bharathiar University, India, where he served as the director of the Computer Vision Laboratory and National Cadet Corps – Engineering Division Director. With over 29 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing/mechanical engineering and engineering technology, he currently teaches in the areas of CAD/CAM/CIM, robotics and automation, product and process design, materials and manufacturing processes, machine design
reflect on their learnings with the aim of improving theirprogramming skills and the quality of their programs.Introductory programming courses have historically high attrition rates because often studentsare not sufficiently and dynamically engaged with programming tasks. In fact, failure rates of 30to 50% have been reported in literature [1]. Beginners frequently feel frustrated and disenchantedwith the subject since the challenges of learning programming appear to be too overwhelming toovercome. While laboratory components of these courses help students with getting feedbackand encouragement in the face of programming challenges, practice and motivation beyond thelab environment remain uncertain. Therefore, it is necessary to explore
Jacob Leachman is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University (WSU). He initiated the HYdrogen Properties for Energy Research (HY- PER) laboratory at WSU in 2010 with the mission to advance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of hydrogen systems. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho in 2005 and a M.S. degree in 2007. His master’s thesis has been adopted as the foundation for hydrogen fuel- ing standards and custody exchange, in addition to winning the Western Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award for 2008. He completed his Ph.D. in the Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory at the University of
Teaching Assistant, designing PLC trainers and working with several mechatronics projects. At present, I am also working as an Engineering Intern at A Packaging System, La porte, IN (from May, 2014) experiencing different technologies like liquid filling machine, Bottle capping machine in a primary packaging environment. I strongly believe that my experi- ence and education would create excellent opportunities for me and would flourish my knowledge in the future.Mr. Priom Chakraborty, Purdue university Calumet Priom Chakraborty, B.S, currently working as a Teaching assistant of Purdue University calumet .He is now doing his Masters focusing in Mechatronics Engineering Technology. He also worked as lab assistant in
Paper ID #13595Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Learning and Research Experiences throughHands on Experiments on Bio-nanoengineeringDr. Narayan Bhattarai, North Carolina A&T State University Narayan Bhattarai is Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical, Biological and Bioengineering, North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT). Dr. Bhattarai teaches biomaterials and nanotechnology to undergraduate and graduate students. He is principal investigator of NUE Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Learning Experiences on Bio-Nanoengineering project at NCAT.Mrs. Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State
engineering and founding chair of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rowan University. He has an extensive research and teaching background in separation process technology with a particular focus on membrane separation process research, development and design for green engineering, and pharmaceutical and consumer products. He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S.in chemical and biochemical engineering from Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rowan Uni- versity he was a professor at Manhattan College. Page 26.987.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Integrating Continuous
superconducting puck capable of displaying magnetic levitation via the Meissnereffect. As with any experiment, favorable results are not guaranteed. This is itself a valuablelesson, and this project will require continued work over several semesters. As successive 5students add to the project, we hope to develop an educational condensed matter laboratorypackage for our upper division classes. A continuing issue at institutions focused on teaching isthe lack of laboratory equipment compared to more research-minded campuses. This projecttherefore encourages collaborations with local research universities for more in depth analysis ofour materials. This exposes our students to the larger scientific community
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
Annual Conference & ExpositionOne of the authors, David Malawey, has been teaching capstone-enrolled students closely tomeet the various needs in capstone projects as a Technical Laboratory Coordinator inEngineering Technology Department at Texas A&M University. He has assisted students inconceptual design, selection of materials, selection of manufacturing processes and designing formanufacturing. Through the experience, he has observed that the additive manufacturing (AM)tools have taken on specific roles in prototyping projects. Student teams often require specificinstruction and consultation regarding the use of additive manufacturing tools in order to benefitfrom the AM tools available in the labs.Plastic AM repeatedly adds high
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
book-length overview of PBL in engineeringeducation around the world. PBL has been used in medical education since the 1960s and it’s anatural fit for other applied science disciplines. Hsieh and Knight (2008) have written anexcellent overview of what PBL is and how it can be integrated into an engineering course toteach information literacy skills. The authors describe a pilot and an enhanced study comparingPBL and traditional lecture-based pedagogy in a first-year engineering course. The authorsconcluded that PBL was more effective in knowledge transfer, participation and interest thanlecture-based instruction. Fosmire and Macklin (2002) describe a way for librarians to formpartnerships with teaching faculty to enable the integration of
Paper ID #29706Structure of a Human-Centered & Societal-Based First-Year MakerspaceDesign CourseDr. Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida Dr. Pamela Dickrell is the Associate Chair for Academics of the Department of Engineering Education, in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Her role focuses on effective teaching methods and hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate student engagement and retention. Dr. Dickrell received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, specializing in Tribology.Dr. Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida Lilianny Virguez is
the engineeringcourses for non-engineers include Project-Based Introduction to Engineering at theUniversity of New Haven4, Technology 21 at the University of Denver,5 Materials: TheFoundations of Society and Technology at Washington State University,6 and HowThings Work at North Carolina State University.7 More complete summaries of recentlydeveloped courses for non-engineers can be found in Byars,8 and Krupczak and Ollis.9Science and Technology of Everyday Life at Hope College.The work reported here is based on the results of teaching the “Science and Technologyof Everyday Life,” at Hope College. This course is intended for students from non-technical majors and includes students from business, history, fine arts, and pre-serviceeducation
AC 2007-1918: MENTOR GRAPHICS’ SYSTEMVISION SOFTWARECURRICULUM INTEGRATIONMatthew Knudson, Oregon State University Matt Knudson is a second-year graduate student at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. in Electronics Engineering in 2005 from OSU and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a graduate minor in Computer Science. His research is in advanced system dynamics and intelligent control systems. Matt has designed and executed computer aided design projects for four academic terms of introductory system dynamics and control and is scheduled to teach introductory mechatronics Spring of 2007 at OSU. Matt currently mentors two senior design teams, one