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1998 Annual Conference

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Linda V. Itzoe; Charles A. Gaston; Janice Margle

Session 1547 A Multipurpose Windmill Design Project Charles A. Gaston, Linda V. Itzoe, Janice M. Margle Penn State - York / Penn State - Abington College ABSTRACTThere is growing recognition of the value of having engineering design projects in the freshmancurriculum1. The Windmill Project described here not only provides a design challenge, butincorporates elements of team-building, laboratory data collection, engineering designcalculations and optimized testing procedures. If desired, the project can be expanded to includesignificant research and writing on the

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Peter C.M. Burton; Fred Payne; Dinesh Kant

environment.Practical work is designed to reinforce the material that is covered in the lectures and eachcourse has an associated laboratory1. The Department also has a strong enterprise engineeringfocus which integrates business and personal skills development with the technical aspects of the Page 3.427.1program2.In 1997 the Department introduced a graduate course work program in electronics that wouldcomplement the undergraduate program and lead to the Master’s degree. The same practicallyfocused philosophy is still maintained, with each course having a corresponding laboratory. Theaim is to provide professional development opportunities for practising

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1998 Annual Conference

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Alexander D. Poularikas

low-glass optical fiber and the recent semiconductorlaser/detector systems initiated the photonics area. Within the past few years, long-haultelecommunications have become dominated by light wave systems. Research laboratories areengineering systems based on III-V materials to manipulate photons in some of the samesophisticated ways that silicon systems manipulate electrons. Such systems and devices arereferred to as photonics systems and devices. Parallel development of other materials, such asnonlinear optical organic materials, show great promise for providing a basis for sophisticatedand inexpensive devices. Compact, robust passive optical systems have been demonstrated thatwould have been regarded as impossible only a few years ago

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Stephanie Goldberg

group officehour). Especially in the beginning, the recitations will be formal mandatory scheduled sessionswhere group support will be nurtured. An equipped laboratory will be available for the womento work on hands-on projects.In the following section, some background information is collected from existing surveys andinterviews of students. A description of overall program structure follows. Section 4 highlightsspecial curriculum issues and Section 5 involves the recruitment of women students.Monitoring and evaluating the program is discussed in Section 6.2. BackgroundThe technical education of women and minority students is continuously highlighted as animportant piece of our overall technical growth as a nation for reasons ranging from

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1998 Annual Conference

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Leonard Sokoloff

circuits aregenerally very costly to design and build. If a circuit has to be modified, it must be tornapart and rewired, thus making modifications very costly.This application is part of an effort at DeVry to include into the curriculum importanttechnologies such as the virtual instrumentation and the programmable logic controllers.The PLC Stepper Motor Controller is one of several projects that are being added to theupper trimester laboratory. Page 3.447.1 1 Stepper Motor OperationThe shaft of a stepper motor rotates one step at a time. This type of motion is called adiscrete motion. The step angle is determined

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Christopher R. Carroll

incorporate it intovarious digital system designs. Examples of laboratory exercises that use this instrument as inputand output are included. SETTINGThe instrument described in this paper is used to test and exercise digital systems designed bystudents in a second-quarter digital system design class. Students in this class have already Page 3.448.1completed an introductory course that concentrates on basic logic and synchronous state machinedesign. In this second class, students learn to assemble the fundamental building blocks of gatesand flip-flops along with medium-scale devices such as counters, shift

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1998 Annual Conference

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G. F. Paskusz

bridge program to ease the transition from high schoolto college. In an urban environment where high school graduates can find summer employmentrelatively easily, and with financial aid starting only in the fall, bridge programs at the Universityof Houston cannot reach those students most in need of them. Our program for disadvantagedstudents (PROMES- PROgram for Mastery in Engineering Studies) therefore built the bridgeprogram concept into the freshman year. In the fall semester we teach this problem solvingcourse and a student development course based on Ray Landis’s book “Studying Engineering : ARoad Map to a Rewarding Career” [10] In the spring, these courses are followed by a one credithour laboratory where the student has a choice of a

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William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

and energy balances with thermodynamic information toanalyze or design processes. Cooperative Group ProjectsThe next step in developing the project-based, spiral curriculum was to develop a seriesof industrially relevant projects to use as a framework for achieving the learningobjectives at each level. Examples of project titles and the topics they cover arepresented in Table I. Two or three projects were developed for each level, some that Page 3.39.3require laboratory experimentation and others that contain engineering designcomponents. ProjectFigure 2. Schematic diagram of the spiral curriculum for sophomore

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Henry G. Ansell

an electrical engineer by AT&T Bell Laboratories. Since fall 1987 he has been teaching atPenn State Berks Campus (now part of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College). He can be reached athga1@psu.edu for questions or comments. Page 3.488.5

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Lib Crockett

questions that promote self-awareness. Previously all students had to do was sit andlisten to a lecture. We added several reading and written assignments from this text to activelyengage them.To meet Objective Two, tours of the various engineering departments were implemented.Because Clemson has no organized engineering tour, this was the first opportunity that many ofour students had to view the various laboratories and facilities. The tours are organized bydepartmental faculty and students. Students are led through the department in small groups of 20where they observe demonstrations and participate in discussions about the latest research.These tours occur late in the semester after all departments have made the presentations. Sincestudents are

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1998 Annual Conference

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

other technical subject with minor modifications.INTRODUCTIONEducation in Engineering Technology is aimed at training future professionals in the arts ofmaintenance, repair, acquisition and management of technical equipment. However, it is widelyrecognized that Technology is today undergoing major changes. The training of these futureprofessionals needs to be reviewed and updated. The traditional educational approach consistedof theoretical lectures complemented by hands-on experiences in the laboratory. However, at thepresent time, students will have to compete in a career that demands not only that they be well-trained professionals, but also that they possess a broad vision of the profession (Buchal, 1997).To provide the breadth of

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John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

, lecture notes, tests andcommonplace visual aids are expected of every teacher. Instructional development must includethings that are distinctive and relevant. The key to instructional development is to determine whatwill give a new or better twist to the topic to improve student learning. If students learn more orquicker, this will be reflected in better student evaluations in addition to being an achievementthat can be included in the tenure document. If new technology, processes or procedures areadded to a course, they also would count as instructional development. Other instructionaldevelopment activities include the development of computer based tutorials, handbooks forlaboratory exercises, textbooks, innovative laboratory experiments, and

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Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

, identified as the Blue Team (electrical team), Red Team (interfaces andsensors), Black Team (software), and Green Team (system maintenance). Each team’s progresswas recorded on a large dry-erase board located in an electrical engineering laboratory. TheGreen Team was helped by a retired mechanical engineer once responsible for manufacturingoperations at an aerospace company and now eager to help with machining tasks. Thus studentshad the chance to work with a knowledgeable practitioner more than fifty years their elder.Robot DesignsTrinity’s first working robot (Phoenix) competed in the 1996 and 1997 contests. It won the $500second-place senior division prize in 1997. A second robot, Ot-Bot, is nearly complete and willcompete along with Phoenix in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Thomas K. Jewell

Page 3.595.2 Assessment of Transfer Courses Application of Assessment Results to Improve Program CRITERION 4. PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT Curriculum Course Content Course Requirements of Basic-Level Curriculum Table Course and Section Size Summary Table One year of Mathematics and Science One and One-half Years of Engineering Topics General Education Component How the Curriculum Meets the Program Objectives of Criterion 2 CRITERION 5. FACULTY Faculty Workload Summary Table CRITERION 6. FACILITIES Laboratory Descriptions and Future Development Plans CRITERION 7. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND

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Stephen A. Fulling; David L. Barrow

University and four years' engineering experience in jet propulsionwith the US Air Force. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan. He has co-authored twoMaple laboratory manuals, and has research interests in differential equations and numerical analysis.Stephen Fulling is a professor in the Mathematics Department at Texas A&M. He has an A.B. from Harvard anda Ph.D. from Princeton, both in physics. He is the author of a book on quantum field theory in curved space-timeand research papers in mathematical physics and asymptotics for differential equations. He is completing anapplied-analysis-oriented textbook on linear algebra

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Prabhat Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Luca Carlone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Siyi Hu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Marcus Abate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Zeyad Awwad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yun Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #41978A Comparative Study of the Impact of Virtual Reality on Student Learningand Satisfaction in Aerospace EducationMollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mollie Johnson is a graduate researcher in the Engineering Systems Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She recently graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a BS in aerospace engineering and is furthering her education as a masters’ student in the AeroAstro department at MIT.Dr. Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rea Lavi earned his doctoral degree in science & engineering education from the

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 26

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher A. Sanchez, Oregon State University; Kahlan Fleiger-Holmes, Oregon State University; Brian John Zhang, Oregon State University; Naomi T. Fitter, Oregon State University

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online, and in-person. The resulting data from approximately 200 consentingundergraduate mechanical engineering students in each of the synchronicity options (N > 600)showed that grades for certain lab experiences (i.e., early labs with high levels of skill-building)actually benefitted from an asynchronous online format, even above in-person offerings, while alater lab with deeper dives into specific skills produced better learning and ratings from studentswhen offered either in-person or synchronously online. The results of this investigation can benefitengineering educators, as well as those with interest in online physical labs in other disciplines.Keywords: Online Education, Laboratory Learning, Student ExperienceIntroductionSince the

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth K. Thompson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Alyssa A Burger; Emily Goff, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Catherine Heremans; Christopher Hogan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Gina Ristani, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Guadalupe Ruiz, University of California, Riverside; Basak E Uygun, Massachusetts General Hospital; Keisha Varma, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Transferable career skills, trajectories, open Q&A discussion2:30PM Intro to Research: Ethical Laboratory and Data Practices - Dr. Hogan3:15 PM Intro to Research: How to Keep a Lab Notebook - Dr. Ishan Goswami4:00 PM Explore Riverside: Hike to Mt. Rubidoux6:00 PM Dinner | Mission Inn Restaurant7:30 PM Social | Organized on site5Appendix II. Evaluation SurveySection 1: Please rate the following experiences Excellent Good Fair Poor Very Poor Overall, I would rate the instructors as: DAY 1: Being a Researcher DAY 1: Welcome to ATP-Bio and Center Overview DAY 1: ATP-Bio Research Overviews Part I DAY 1: ATP-Bio Research Overviews Part

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kavon Karrobi, Boston University; Angela Lai, Tufts University

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of Biomedical Engineering. I am involved in mentoring students in both the laboratory and in the classroom and have research interests in peer feedback, team dynamics, and incorporating more translatable skills to my classes. Currently, I teach senior capstone, research and experimental design, and medical device design. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Towards Self-reported Student Usage of AI to Direct Curriculum in Technical Communication Courses1. IntroductionThe use of AI by students in biomedical engineering courses has rapidly grown in the past year[1]. Courses that prioritize critical thinking and technical writing have seen students relying

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Tools for Planning and Evaluation of Design Projects

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel D. Jensen, Westmont College; Elijah Cicileo; Jonah Kai Swanson; Gregory Reich

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MIT). Dr Jensen has authored over 140 refereed papers and has been awarded (with collaborators) approximately $4.5 million of consulting and research grants.Elijah CicileoJonah Kai SwansonGregory Reich ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Weighted Design Matrix Approach for Informing Digital vs. Physical Prototyping Options Jensen, D.1, Reich, G.2, Cicileo, E.1, Swanson, J.1, Loh, T.1,Wozniak, J.1, Jensen, L.3 1 Engineering - Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA 2 Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH

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Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

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Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College

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2-6. CURE Survey Items (matched pre and post) 1. I have a clear career path. 13. I have learned laboratory techniques. 2. I have skill in interpreting results. 14. I have an ability to read and understand primary literature. 3. I have tolerance for obstacles faced in the research 15. I have skill in giving an effective oral and/or design process. presentation. 4. I am ready for more demanding research. 16. I have skill in science/engineering writing. 5. I understand how knowledge is constructed. 17. I have self-confidence. 6. I understand the

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Understanding the Student Experience in Mechanics Courses

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Paper ID #42873Dynamics for D’s: Avoiding Multiple Failures in a High Risk CourseDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Brian Self worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. Dr Self’s engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanny Silvestri, Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges; Nichole Neal; Erika DeMartini, Chandler Gilbert Community College

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laboratory in Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal, I contributed to biomechanical investigations pertaining to prosthesis advancements for the hip, shoulder, and elbow. Since 2018, I served as an engineering faculty at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. In this role, I have been delivering comprehensive instruction across a spectrum of courses including Introduction to Engineering, Engineering’s Societal Impacts, Statics, Dynamics, and Computer-Aided Design (CAD), thus fostering a dynamic learning environment for aspiring engineers.Mrs. Nichole Neal,Erika DeMartini, Chandler Gilbert Community College Erika DeMartini is an aspiring professional in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), currently

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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noveltechnical domain, nuclear engineering developed within a new organizational context [8].Previously, physicists practiced their research within university science departments, but with thedevelopment of wartime research efforts, such as the Manhattan Project, top physicists andengineers found themselves employed by government and military-funded research initiatives.Post-WWII, these government research efforts continued via the establishment of nationallaboratories. The first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, cites its establishmentin 1946 as having the goal to perform “cooperative research in nucleonics”, another term used todescribe the field of ‘nuclear engineering’ or ‘atomic energy’ [9]. This time period was markedby specific

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Jacqueline O'Connor, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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, preparing for graduate school, and attending a professional society organization conference relatedto the topic, and visiting and presenting research to key industry stakeholders. Students also tour otherresearch laboratories at Penn State, engage in bi-weekly check-in lunches where they report out to eachother how their projects were progressing, and have a chance to network informally with other facultymentors and students involved in the REU program. Students also had the opportunity to take part inseveral informal social community-building activities, including a hike and potluck/picnic, which werewell-received and helped build community immediately at the beginning of the summer.Table 1: Example Topics and Project Titles for REU Projects

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Experiential Learning in ET Programs II

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Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

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.[5] Latchoomun, L., et al. “Quantifying the Pumping Energy Loss Associated with DifferentTypes of Leak in a Piping System.” International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical,Electronic and Communications Engineering. Springer, Cham, 2016.[6] Parr, Andrew. “Hydraulic Pumps and Pressure Regulation.” Hydraulics and Pneumatics(2011): 31-49.[7] Love, Lonnie J., Eric Lanke, and Pete Alles. "Estimating the impact (energy, emissions andeconomics) of the US fluid power industry." Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,TN (2012).[8] Choudhury, Alamgir A., and Rodriguez, Jorge. "A Modular System for Energy EfficiencyStudy of Hydraulic Applications." 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2016.[9] James, A. Sullivan. “Fluid power theory

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University

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includes both instruction set and assembly language. The first half of the semester focuseson the exploration of combinational and sequential logic circuits, which correspond to layers fourand five in Fig. 1. Thereafter, students can design an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) circuitcapable of executing fundamental arithmetic and logic operations. This design exercise can aidstudents in grasping how binary opcodes can effectively govern digital circuits. Furthermore,students also design a functional CPU circuit using the essential components provided by thecircuit simulator. This practical laboratory experience contributes to athorough comprehension of the operations associated with basic App. Softwareassembly code

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Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nutnicha Nigon, Oregon State University; Julie Tucker, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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graduation, she spent five years as a Principal Scientist at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady, NY researching welding and the thermal stability of structural alloys. In 2013, she joined the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University and was recently promoted to Full Professor. Dr. Tucker served as the Materials Science Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Director for five years and recently became the Director for the Design for Social Impact Program. Her research focuses on degradation of materials in extreme environments using both modeling and experimental approaches to gain fundamental understanding of materials performance.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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Computer Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel

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laboratories. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Teaching Computer Architecture using VHDL Simulation and FPGA PrototypingAbstractAn Instructional Processor design example has been expanded to facilitate teaching of aComputer Architecture course. The system is modelled in VHDL and simulated using Xilinxdesign tools to demonstrate operation of the processor. A basic microcontroller is created byadding memory-mapped input/output (I/O). The system is implemented in hardware on a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA). The processor can then be interfaced with peripheral devicesto demonstrate functional applications.A key component of the Computer Architecture course is a student

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Virtual and Augmented Reality Application in Manufacturing Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Israa Azzam, Purdue University; Farid Breidi, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Faisal Aqlan, University of Louisville

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anddeveloped to introduce students to the assembly concepts/ stages of two different types ofgrippers and their associated mechanisms. The module is then incorporated into MechanicalEngineering Technology MET:230 Fluid Power course laboratories. A research study has beenconducted to explore MR's effectiveness in teaching assembly processes, where the module hasbeen experienced by 102 undergraduate students registered in the course.3. Interactive MR Module for Teaching AssemblyThe interactive MR module is designed for undergraduate-level students using the Microsoft-driven platform Mixed Reality Tool Kit (MRTK) for Unity via HoloLens 2. It introducesstudents to two types of hydraulic grippers (light-duty and heavy-duty), their components,subsystems