Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

engineering projects7. Learn to professionally communicate technical findings and develop ability to work effectively in a groupThe objectives of the new EnvE course are as follows:1. Develop understanding of water quality parameters used in characterizing water and wastewater pollution (augmented by laboratory experiments)2. Motivate the need for water and domestic wastewater treatment3. Develop knowledge of commonly used technologies in water and wastewater treatment (augmented by laboratory experiments)4. Given raw water quality and effluent requirements, recommend and justify a train of treatment of processes5. Develop knowledge of commonly used technologies in air pollution treatment (augmented by laboratory experiments)6. Given input

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan Ph.D., Tennessee Technological University; Julie C Baker Ph.D., Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

StateCurriculum), and CTE (Tennessee State Curriculum) standards for the 9th and 10th gradesincluding the embedded student performance standards for engineering and technology.Tennessee Tech University engineering and education faculty members co-teach the contentmodules in order to solidify the content knowledge sets while they increase the comprehensionand engagement of the teachers. A number of the state-of-the-art teaching with technologyconcepts are an essential part of this project as such remotely accessible laboratory, computer-aided design, computer-aided simulation, and AM [4]. DTF teacher-participants learn andpractice the infrastructure of current remotely accessible rapid prototyping laboratory given inFigure 2. They gain to adapt and

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Yang, Troy High; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Cal Poly Pomona. He is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona). Before joining Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Jawaharlal founded and developed APlusStudent.com, Inc., an online supplemental education company focusing on K-12 math. He also served as a faculty at Rowan University, NJ and General Motors Institute (renamed as Kettering University), MI. Dr. Jawaharlal is recognized as an outstanding educator for his innovative and engaging teaching pedagogy. Page 12.43.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A General

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

research goals, and sharing personal experiences asa mentor or mentee. Page 14.343.4In addition to their research mentors, a graduate advocate was available throughout the summerto provide undergraduate researchers with guidance and support. The motivation for having anadvocate in addition to the participants’ research mentors was to address problems within theresearch group and to advise on personal matters that the participant did not want to share withcolleagues. The graduate advocate was a 4th year bioengineering doctoral student with extensiveexperience as a teaching assistant and research mentor and familiarity with the department anduniversity

Conference Session

Experiments in Remote-access Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Michael G. Helander, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2009-160: THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER INTERFACE ON LEARNINGOUTCOMES IN REMOTE-ACCESS LABORATORIESM. Reza Emami, University of TorontoMichael G. Helander, University of Toronto Page 14.1209.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER INTERFACE ON LEARNING OUTCOMES IN REMOTE ACCESS LABORATORIESAbstractRemote access laboratories are increasingly being integrated into undergraduate engineeringcurricula on a global scale. Despite the vast body of literature dealing with remotely-accessiblelaboratories, the majority of papers have focused on the technical merits of a particularimplementation, rather than on the implications of

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Electrical Engineering at Monterrey Tech (ITESM-Monterrey Campus). Teaches courses in CAD/CAE, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Method and Optimization. His interest are in the area of product development, topology optimization, additive manufacturing, sustainable design, and biomechanics.Dr. Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University Associate Professor of Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems , has been work- ing on Virtual Reality simulation and 3D printing for more than 20 years. His main focus has been 3-D modeling design and VR simulation in manufacturing and assembly, medical application, large scale dynamic simulation in various research organizations in Japan like Hokkaido University, TMIT

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo; K Cyril Masiulaniec, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2198: LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT: A STUDENT PROJECT TODEVELOP INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION AS A PERMANENT STATE OFMINDSorin Cioc, University of Toledo Sorin Cioc is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), College of Engineering, University of Toledo. He received a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. His main research and publishing area is tribology. He is a past recipient of the Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award for the best paper on the practical aspects of lubrication

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

as “learning management systems,” reflecting thefact that they can be used in teaching outside regular credit courses.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationrespondents were sure that neither their university, college, nor department had adopted one.WebCT users outnumbered Blackboard users by a small margin (81 to 68). These were the onlytwo systems listed on the survey; all others were write-in choices. The most frequentlymentioned of these was Prometheus, developed by the University of Washington, but now soldto Blackboard, named by 4 respondents.† Of those answering the survey, 67% had used theCMS

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Greguske; Justin Reese; Frederik Betz; Chad Weis; Michael Swedish; Glenn Wrate

the testing of Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationenergy saving devices. This paper discusses the first phase of the testing of one such device, amicroturbine with waste heat recovery, and the aspect of the project that affect teaching andstudents. Subsequent papers will focus on the technical aspects of the project will detail theimplementation and classroom use of the online systems.Pedagogical GoalsElectrical Engineering GoalsOne of the goals of the electrical engineering portion of this facility is to aid instruction in thearea of building electrical power system design. MSOE offers a

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

. LENghia T. Le is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology of Purdue University. Heteaches at Purdue University, School of Technology at New Albany, Indiana. He earned his B. S. and M. E.E. E. degrees from the University of Louisville. He specializes is instrumentation and controls. He can bereached at: nle1@purdue.edu.TERRENCE P. O’CONNORTerrence P. O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology for PurdueUniversity. He teaches at the New Albany site where he has taught all but one of the courses in the twoyear degree offered there. He is primarily interested in ELF/ULF signal detection in the area of research,but also has delved into engineering ethics. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

The development environment consists of a hardware portion and a software portion. Forhardware, we chose a circuit board, designed at Washington State University and sold byDigilent® Corporation [2], to help teach digital logic with applications. This board consists of aField Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) mounted onto a standard-format printed circuit board.The pins of the FPGA connect to various input/output devices such as LEDs, switches, buttons, Page 10.1243.1seven-segment displays, and standard connectors for interface to user-designed expansioninterface boards. The Digilent® board contains a 50MHz oscillator which is used as

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kukulka

course.The evaluation is a written with several areas tested during each session. Three long calculationareas and one set of short answer questions typically make up the format for a single test session.Question content comes from instructors that teach the courses at BSC as well as old testquestions from EIT review books. Graded tests are returned to the students for review (tests arekept on file by the instructor), and correct solutions are posted for limited viewing (duringclasstime). If they did not pass the test they must take another test during the next test session.Senior Design ProjectAfter passing the exam, the students start work on their senior design project. They are presentedwith a variety of potential projects or they may come up

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Majumdar; Mehmet Sozen

Majumdar is an Aerospace Technologist in the Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Group at NASA MarshallSpace Flight Center. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Burdwan University in 1974. He iscurrently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University ofAlabama in Huntsville, where he teaches thermodynamics. Page 9.1109.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Chemistry from the University ofMadras (India), a Diploma in Instrumentation from Madras Institute of Technology and Master’s Degreein Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania. Professor Sekhar’s primary teaching andresearch focus is in the areas of Biomedical and Process Control Instrumentation and ClinicalEngineering.OMER FAROOK is a member of the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Technology Department atPurdue University Calumet. Professor Farook received the Diploma of Licentiate in MechanicalEngineering and BSME in 1970and 1972 respectively. He further received BSEE and MSEE in 1978 and Page 8.313.101983 respectively from

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Massie

Session 3233 Evaluating Energy Services Performance Contracts With Engineering Students – Learning From Real Projects Darrell D. Massie United States Military AcademyAbstract Most campus heating and cooling plants can provide a wealth of real life opportunities toeducators who teach energy topics. This can be accomplished by evaluating existing heating andcooling systems or by analyzing potential plant upgrade projects. A common method of obtaining funding to upgrade new equipment on campuses and otherinstitutions is through Energy Service Companies

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean Roberts; David Pines

firm. Theseprojects require students to do fieldwork, laboratory work, design, and data analysis. At the endof the semester, students make an oral presentation and submit a final report to the sponsors.Student surveys and feedback from the sponsors of the research projects have been used to assessthe effectiveness of this approach in teaching water and wastewater treatment.I. IntroductionAt the University of Hartford, civil engineering students are required to take a four-credit WaterQuality Engineering course and a one credit Water Chemistry Laboratory in the first semester oftheir senior year. Physical, chemical, and biological treatment of water and wastewater are theprimary topics covered in the water quality engineering course. In 1999

Conference Session

Computers in the Laboratory

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2012-4329: DEVELOPING UNDERGRADUATE FPGA CURRICULUMUSING ALTIUM SOFTWARE AND HARDWAREDr. Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University Erik Mayer received his Ph.D. in engineering science at the University of Toledo. His areas of focus are power electronics and embedded systems. He was an instructor at Bowling Green State University, where he worked with the Electric Vehicle Institute and taught courses in digital circuit design, microcontrollers, and renewable energy. In addition, he has worked at Visteon, designing components for hybrid vehicles. He is currently a professor at Pittsburg State University where he teaches courses supporting the embedded systems emphasis in the Electronics Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Ryan Taylor, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Ph.D. at Michigan State University in 1997 and continued to serve there as a Visiting Assistant Professor until 2004 when he accepted an Associate Professor position at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Va. He currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at VMI.Ryan Taylor, Virginia Military Institute Page 22.1076.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Modeling Rockets in Instrumentation LabAbstractA final project for an instrumentation laboratory course was developed involving the predictionof the maximum altitude of a model

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin (James) Kwon, Ajou University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Matthew Dordai; Bret Alan Davis, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

software, PLCStudio, to help enhance thecombination of passive and active learning in the class.IntroductionAn effort has been initiated to modernize and add a wider variety of PLC teaching innovations tothe Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory at Drexel University since 2009. The approach tomodernize the laboratory involved the participation of undergraduate and graduate students forredesigning experimental setups and upgrading the automated equipment as part of their Co-opproject. This approach kept the cost low and provided enhanced learning opportunities for thestudents who developed the experiments for MET 205 Robotics and Mechatronics. They gainedvaluable real world experience in the design and integration of automated equipment andPLCStudio

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lu, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-37: ENHANCING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITIES IN EXPERI-MENTAL DESIGNS THROUGH DESIGN-EXPERTY Charles Lu, University of Kentucky Y. Charles Lu is an Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky, Paducah. His research interests include: (1) micromechanics and nanomechanics, (2) poly- mers, elastomers, composites, and advanced materials, (3) finite element analysis and mechanical design. Dr. Lu received the 2010 SAE International Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award for his contributions to mobility-related research, teaching and student development. He was also the recipient of the Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award (2009), Paducah Outstanding Faculty Award

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Valley State University. She received her B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Nankai University, China and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching interests include semiconductor device physics and fabrication, nanotechnologies and fiber optics. Her research activities include fabrication and characterization of amorphous silicon solar cells, organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and thin film transistors (TFT). Page 22.468.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Laboratories I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1108: A DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS EXPERIMENT FOR THEFLUID MECHANICS CLASSROOMCharles Forsberg, Hofstra University Charles H. Forsberg is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Hofstra University, where he primarily teaches courses in the thermal/fluids area. He received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from Polytech- nic Institute of Brooklyn and an M. S. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph. D. from Columbia University. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State. Page 22.37.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Dimensional Analysis

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University; Albert Leroy Powell, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

CellAbstractRenewable energy is rapidly becoming a high priority of the United States and other countries asthe search continues for renewable energies to replace our rapidly dwindling supply of fossilfuels that are so heavily relied upon. It is up to the instructors of today to teach the technologistsand engineers of our future how to utilize these renewable energies effectively. This paperdiscusses a low-cost laboratory experiment that will generate the I-V curve of solar cells that canbe used in a curriculum. This experiment uses a low-cost data acquisition system, the LabVIEWprogram, and a current sink circuit made of discrete components. The development of the I-Vcharacteristic curve experiment was partially funded by the Science, Engineering

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Marvin Abrams; Ian Lewin

experimentally available atmany schools in part due to lack of laboratory facilities.Within the photonics sub-field of illuminating engineering, facilities and technology have beenidentified as important components for student learning5, 10, 15-17.The mission of Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) University’s College of Engineering is to educateengineers and technologists to meet increasingly complex technical and socio-economicchallenges. The university’s success comes from the strong emphasis on integration ofexperiential and theoretical education. Cal Poly Pomona engineering students are educated usinga learn-by-doing model that features teamwork and a multi-disciplinary approach. Laboratoryexperiences are the cornerstone of our program; state-of-the-art

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmad Pourmovahed

), Fuel Cell Systems Explained, 2nd ed., Wiley.2. TVN Systems (2004), http://www.tvnsystems.comAHMAD POURMOVAHEDAhmad Pourmovahed is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering (1985) and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1979) both from the University ofWisconsin-Madison. After graduation, he worked at General Motors Research Laboratories and LawrenceTechnological University. In 1990, he joined Kettering University where he teaches courses in thermal sciences,mechanics, and engineering design and serves as the Director of Energy Systems Laboratory. Page 10.996.16

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Anthony Madonna; Karen Miu

Hardware Design and Layout of a Reconfigurable Power Distribution Automation and Control Laboratory (RDAC) Karen Miu, Chika Nwankpa, Xiaoguang Yang and Anthony Madonna Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Abstract: This paper will present the hardware design and detailed physical layout of a scaled power distribution system laboratory under construction at Drexel University. Engineers with formal knowledge about power distribution systems are needed to design, upgrade and operate large-scale distribution power systems and their automation and

Conference Session

Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

Session 2208 Tele-Experimentation for Machine Vision Course Using NetMeeting Software Chi N. Thai and Bruce L. Upchurch University of Georgia, Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department Athens, GA 30602-4435Motivation For ProjectOne of the thrusts in the UGA/Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department curriculum isto enhance the experiential learning aspects for our engineering students, by improving andincreasing access to a few of our laboratories with more test equipment and stations. Whenexpanding laboratories, it

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Outreach and Early Transdisciplinary Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

and serious games to improve student learning in engineering classes. He is currently a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Mechanical Engineering department at Auburn University. He currently teaches at Auburn and Faulkner Universities.Dr. P.K. Raju, Auburn University Dr. P. K. Raju is the Thomas Walter Distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn Uni- versity. He is the co-founder and director of the NSF-funded Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE). LITEE has been recently recognized by the National Academy of Engi- neering as one of the model programs in the country that has successfully infused real world experiences into engineering undergraduate education

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Volino, U.S. Naval Academy; Andrew Smith, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

information they would not have gained without the laboratory and retained it severalmonths after the course.IntroductionDirect familiarity with mechanical devices is highly desirable for engineering students. Manystudents entering engineering programs, however, lack such experience. There is a perceptionthat students today have less practical experience than those from past decades. After graduationmost engineers will at some point be designing or evaluating designs of actual equipment. Inorder to be effective they must be able to relate theory to hardware. Most engineering courses donot teach the workings of mechanical devices as complete systems integrated with otherconcepts. Piston-cylinder devices, for example, are considered extensively in

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, many other industries have been or are planning to introducerobots into their manufacturing processes.1 In the Pacific Northwest region several companies inaerospace, electronics, apparel, and commercial cookware have either introduced robots or ex-panded their use in recent years. As such, an introduction to robotics in the context of manufac-turing is becoming more important for students pursuing degrees in Manufacturing Engineering.There is, however, always a challenge when teaching robotics to find the correct balance betweenapplication and modeling. Many robotics courses taught in Electrical or Mechanical EngineeringDepartments have a tendency to emphasize modeling over application, but a well-prepared Man-ufacturing Engineer needs to