Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Young Chang, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

experience, the course uses a hybrid approach of teaching andevaluation. The lecture portion of the course is evaluated based on homework assignments andmidterm examinations, and the hands-on laboratory portion of learning is evaluated based on finaldesign project. The uniqueness of this course, when compared with other mechatronics courses,is the industry-oriented pedagogical approach for technology students, which combines theextensive hands-on activities and student-centered pedagogy. Students are motivated withreal-world industrial applications to actively participate in the course both during the laboratoryand lecture sessions. The second feature of the course is that it uses only basic electrical circuitsas a pre-requisite, opening up

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamau Wright, University of Hartford; Paul E Slaboch, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #25255Board 100: Enhancement of a Thermo-Fluid Laboratory Course: Focus onTechnical WritingDr. Kamau Wright, University of Hartford Kamau Wright is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hartford. He spe- cializes in thermo-fluids and plasma engineering. His technical research interests include applications of high voltage plasma discharges to liquids and wastewaters; plasma decomposition of carbon dioxide; foul- ing prevention and mitigation for heat exchangers; oxidation of organic matter in water; and inactivation of bacteria using high voltage plasmas.Dr. Paul E Slaboch

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Steven H. Chin; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

Electrical and Computer Engineeringat Rowan University to configure a novel method of teaching the junior level Communications(COMM), Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) coursesunder a common laboratory framework. These three courses are taken concurrently during thespring semester of the junior year. Twelve interdisciplinary experiments that cut acrossindividual course boundaries and that integrate hands-on experience and software simulation areproposed. The first four experiments deal with the very basic concepts. The next fourexperiments expose the students to multimedia standards approved by industry. The last fourexperiments deal with various applications that link COMM, DSP and VLSI. Software isintegrated

Conference Session

Engineering Education Issues Relevant to Agricultural, Biological and Ecological Engineering: Part 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niroj Aryal, North Carolina A&T State University; Scott Osborn, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

) was developed to teach students how to take lessons from nature and utilize them for solvingproblems in the natural environment and ensuring its sustainability. As the course was being taughtfor the first time, it was quickly apparent that students majoring in Biological Engineering andEnvironmental science lacked adequate background and preparation in EES and data science. Thecourse was then adjusted to immerge these students into EES and data science using experientiallearning by developing laboratory exercises and a semester long project on wetland design. Theproject included designed laboratory exercises and hands-on work to teach ecological engineeringskills as well as leadership, teamwork, and communication. Other class modules included

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan M. Stagg-Williams, The University of Kansas; Molly McVey, The University of Kansas; Andrew David Yancey, The University of Kansas; Akash Anand, The University of Kansas; Arthur A. Lee, The University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #34909Integrating a Laboratory into a First-semester Introduction to ChemicalEngineering CourseDr. Susan M. Stagg-Williams, The University of Kansas Dr. Susan M Stagg-Williams is the Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor and Chair of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas (KU), with a specialty in biomass conversion. She has worked closely with the KU Center for Teaching Excellence and been a champion for course redesign across campus. Her primary focus has been on large freshman and sophomore classes. She is the founder of the KU Biodiesel Initiative which provides opportunities for

Conference Session

Robotics, Automation, and Product Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; James O. Frendewey, Michigan Technological University; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

equipment, laboratory would allow to teach skills which are relevant to the current needsof industry. Based on conducting research and feedback collected from the industryrepresentatives it was decided to utilize Allen Bradley Control Logic 5000 PLC which is widelyrepresented within the industrial sector. The selection of the vendor producing trainingequipment fell on Amatrol Inc31, the company which specializes in designing and manufacturingup-to-date and relevant for the industry needs training equipment. The industrial relevance ofmanufactured by Amatrol Inc. Training equipment comes from the companies approach duringthe design and development stage of a particular piece of equipment. Amatrol, Inc. continiousysurvey industry firms on their needs

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

design, mathematical calculations required, documentationmethods by way of progress reports and a formal written report, requirements for an oralpresentation, and various laboratory tools and techniques that are useful in completing thedesign. Much of the scheduled class time is set aside for open lab time where students are ableto work on their robot projects with instructors and teaching assistants available to answerquestions.The controller used for the traffic lights hands-on laboratory experience of the Winter quarter EGcourse and for this robot design project is the Handy Board controller developed at the MITMedia Labs by Fred G. Martin.25 Designed for experimental mobile robotics work, this popularMotorola 68HC11-based controller board is

Collection

2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Steven M. Ciccarelli, Rochester Institute of Technology

ABET student outcomes.Data for the study included pre-and post-lab assessments, laboratory observations and anindividually administered laboratory competency exam. Descriptive and inferential statisticsindicate that, on average, the treatment group outperformed the control group on laboratoryassignments and the competency exam. Implications for teaching engineering and engineeringtechnology laboratories as well as future research are discussed.Keywordsengineering, freshmen, laboratory, cooperative learningIntroductionAs an educator that leans toward a constructivist view of teaching and learning, I believe thatpersonal understanding is socially constructed and subject to change as our understanding of theworld around us changes. This is in

Collection

2021 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Nancy K. DeJarnette; Ruba S. Deeb; Jani M. Pallis

—STEM teaching, mobile laboratories, STEM equity, STEM exposureN. K. DeJarnette is with the School of Education (email: ndejarne@bridgeport.edu), R. S. Deeb wasformerly with the School of Engineering (email: rsdeeb@gmail.com) and J. M. Pallis is with the School ofEngineering (email: jpallis@bridgeport.edu), University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT.I. IntroductionEquity suggests that all children receive the same privileges and experiences, regardless of theirzip code. Equity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is front andcenter in education today [1]. The 21st Century has birthed a technological age like nothing everseen before. Likewise, careers in STEM continue to grow around the globe and today’s globalpopulation is

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

W. Roy Penney; Lauren N. Leach; Jeffrey R. Dorman; Edgar C. Clausen; Daniel E. Fluornoy; Alice K. Keogh

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education IntroductionA number of papers have been written recently on methods for improving orsupplementing the teaching of heat transfer including the use of spreadsheets to solvetwo-dimensional heat transfer problems1, a new transport approach to teaching turbulentthermal convection2, the use of computers to evaluate view factors in thermal radiation3,and a new computational method for teaching free convection4. Supplementalexperiments for use in the laboratory or classroom have also been presented includingrather novel experiments such as the drying of a towel5 and the cooking of French fry-shaped potatoes6. As part of the combined requirements for CHEG 3143

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida; Gayle Nelson Evans, University of Florida; Chelsey Simmons, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #33410The Laboratory Practice of K-5 Teachers in an Engineering RET:Triangulating Perceptions and ExperienceDr. Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida Kent Crippen is a Professor of STEM education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research in- volves the design, development, and evaluation of STEM cyberlearning environments as well as scientist- teacher forms of professional development. Operating from a design-based research perspective, this work focuses on using innovative, iterative and theoretically

Conference Session

Learning about Electric Energy Conversion

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; Ramesh Chawla, Howard University; Joseph Cannon

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

environmental engineering and fluid and thermal engineering. He is currently active in teaching and learning and serves as the faculty coordinator for undergraduate research in science and engineering as part of an NSF grant to Howard University. He is also one of the scholars of the Institute for Scholarship in Engineering Education (ISEE) which is part of the NSF-Funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education. Page 13.836.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Laboratory Implementation of Bang-Bang Controller-Based Motor Drive Module for Modeling and Control

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Richter

Session 2148 The Use of Self –Directed Laboratory Experimental Learning in the Undergraduate Curriculum Donald Richter Eastern Washington University School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Department of Engineering and DesignAbstractThe need to provide instruction that is more “student centered” and challenging to the individualstudent in higher education has created the need for new paradigms of teaching EngineeringTechnology. To meet this challenge requires a new look at how we have

Conference Session

Computers in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Stalcup; Javad Hashemi; Edward Anderson

Session 3566Development of Software to Improve Learning and Laboratory Experience in Materials Science Javad Hashemi, Katherine A. Stalcup, Edward E. Anderson, and Adam Majkowski Texas Tech University, Department of Mechanical Engineering/ Texas Tech University, Teaching Learning and Technology Center (TLTC) Texas Tech University Department of Psychology/ Texas Tech University, Teaching Learning and Technology Center (TLTC)/ Texas Tech University, Department of Mechanical EngineeringAbstract The laboratory experience is a major component of any engineering program

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Zulinski; Jon A. Soper; Dennis O. Wiitanen; David Stone; Allan R. Hambley; Martha E. Sloan; Noel Schulz

Session 1526 Professional Design Laboratories: Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Industry in the Senior Year Allan R. Hambley, Noel N. Schulz, Martha E. Sloan, Jon A. Soper, David Stone, Dennis O. Wiitanen, Robert E. Zulinski Michigan Technological University James C. Rogers California Maritime Academy This work is supported by the NSF ILI-LLD Program.The Electrical Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University is integratingsenior design projects with its elective

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

this project, several educational objectives are met: to develop creative andcritical thinking, to introduce design principles, to provide hands on experience, to developteamwork and communication skills, and to stimulate enthusiasm for engineering.IntroductionRowan University is pioneering a progressive and innovative Engineering program that usesinnovative methods of teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing andhighly competitive marketplace, as recommended by ASEE [1]. Key features of the programinclude: (i) multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (ii)teamwork as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporation of state-of-the-art technologies

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

Session 1547 THE SMARTE ENRICHMENT PROJECTS: LABORATORY BASED LEARNING FOR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS Mulchand S. Rathod Joella H. Gipson Division of Engineering Technology College of Education Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202SUMMARY The Southeast Michigan Alliance for Reinvestment in Technological Education (SMARTE) is a consortiumof community colleges, school systems, Wayne State University (WSU), and businesses in southeast Michiganformed in September 1993. The alliance exists to promote communication

Collection

2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

Authors

Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island

preparing aLaboratory Report. The experiments consist, in most cases, of three parts: the analytical, thesimulation, and the experimental.Introduction:Due to the current pandemic situation face to face classes and laboratories were canceledimmediately after its appearance in the middle of the Spring 2020 semester. Instead of returningto classes after Spring Break, it was extended for an additional week and preparations were madeto move to online teaching. The online learning system in use was Blackboard. Blackboard is anonline Learning Management System (LMS). The remaining laboratories were canceled. But theauthor, due to his expertise and his own electrical and electronic laboratory developed remotelearning experiments for most of the remaining

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Hameed Hindi; Ben Humphrey; Swami Karunamoorthy

Session 3226 Experimental Evaluation of Composite Laminates and Sandwich Structures in Undergraduate Laboratory Education Swami Karunamoorthy, Hameed Hindi, Ben Humphrey Parks College of Saint Louis University Abstract Composite materials are increasing y used in many structural applications. These materials would be used inaddition to or in place of conventional materials for various structural components in future. It is important togive “hands on” experience in composites to the present day engineering and

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 11.86.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A New Rapid Microprocessor System Design Laboratory Development for Digital Design EducationAbstractThis paper presents a new rapid microprocessor system design laboratory to be used in the earlystages of digital design education. To reduce a gap between current digital fundamentals andcomputer design courses, a register-transfer level (RTL) microprocessor design, which providesboth functional and structural features and implementation options of the design, is taught in thenew laboratory. In addition, this rapid RTL microprocessor system design laboratory offers acloser pre-industrial, real-world design experience, because an RTL design is considered as

Collection

2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

. Moderndigital communication teaching and research laboratories can use commercial test and measurementinstrumentation to simulate complex digital I-Q modulation scenarios. These full-featured instrumentsare great to use but it is easy to over-look the fundamental operational principles of creating thesecomplex waveforms at the physical layer of the system. In order to give students direct insight on theoperation of I-Q modulators, a laboratory exercise was created to teach the fundamentals of I-Qmodulator operation with a simple laboratory kit consisting of frequency mixers, semi-rigid coaxial cablewith connectors, and surface mount resistors. The schematic of the I-Q modulator is given in figure 1 asdrawn in the Keysight Advanced Design System

Conference Session

Learning Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yareni P. Lara-Rodríguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Rafael Jose Baez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, which has been reported as an effective teaching and learning approachwith higher long-term learning [1]. This technique presents better results in the learning processthan only having continuous repetitions [2]. One of the skills that can be evaluated with thistechnique is the retention interval since the student is exposed to the last training to the finalevaluation [3]. Spaced practice strategy can help to reduce the forgetting curve [4] and improvemotor skills [5], by enhancing long-term retention when a variety of tasks are required in alaboratory session class [6].The application of this strategy can periodically train the students in the laboratory, to allowthem to develop the skill of manufacturing in the manual process of lathe and be

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE; Philip Knodel, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joel William Noble, U.S. Air Force Academy; Nathan W. Seibt, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2012-3046: AN APPROACH TO USING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTTEAMS TO DEVELOP UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY EXPERIENCESLt. Col. Kevin A. Gibbons Ret., U.S. Air Force Academy, NexOne, Inc., and CAStLE Kevin Gibbons is a Senior Scientist for NexOne, Inc., in the Center for Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) located at the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs. He taught in the AF Academy Department of Engineering Mechanics for four years, where he earned his Assistant Professorship and served as the Director of the Applied Mechanics Laboratory. He currently works as an advisor for a senior capstone research team and mentor to multiple mechanical instrumentation project teams. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering with

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experimentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Osman Akan; Fredrick McKenzie; Sushil Chaturvedi

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationweb-based modules will be used by students in laboratory classes for practice runs before theyconduct physical experiments. This educational tool is expected to enhance studentsunderstanding of experimental procedure, analysis, data acquisition software and type of data tobe taken, and will teach them about anticipated trends describing relationships between inferredparameters and measured parameters. This tool has other applications that will be described later.2. The Vision and Broad Impacts Our vision is to develop web-based virtual engineering laboratories that will closely

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Ken Lulay, University of Portland; John Lynch, Washington State University

Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In particular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy of engineering laboratory courses. Dr. Kim and his collaborators attracted close to $1M research grants to study writing transfer of engineering undergraduates. For the technical research, he has a long-standing involvement in research concerned with manufacturing of advanced composite materials (CFRP/titanium stack, GFRP, nanocomposites, etc.) for automotive, marine, and aerospace applications. His recent research efforts have also included the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Bluman, U.S. Military Academy; Aaron St. Leger, U.S. Military Academy; Christopher Michael Korpela, U. S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Course With Emphasis On Embedded Control " Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010.[3] A. Rubaai, "Laboratory Innovations In Undergraduate Control Engineering Education," Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky, 2010.[4] S. D. Bencomo, "Control learning: present and future," Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 115-136, 2004.[5] R. Rabb and D. Chang, "Interdisciplinary Teaching Techniques And Learning In Dynamic Modeling And Control," Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008.[6] A. St. Leger, "A Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Alternative Energy Engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Curricula, Criteria, Student Performance, and Growth

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #15870Satisfying ABET’s Program Criteria for Environmental Engineering: Expe-riences with a Laboratory-Based Course in Air QualityDr. Prahlad Murthy, Wilkes University Prahlad Murthy is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Penn- sylvania. He is currently serving as the Associate Dean of the College of Science & Engineering at the university. Since receiving his doctoral degree in civil & environmental engineering from Texas A&M University, he has been teaching courses in environmental engineering and science such as air pollution, water and wastewater treatment

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies: Electrical and Computer Engineering Labs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Wang, University of Houston; Siu Chun Michael Ho, University of Houston; Qianlong Lan, Texas Southern University; Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Gangbing Song, University of Houston (CoE); Hamid R. Parsaei, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

order to benefit teaching engineering courses while sharing resources with other universitiesand colleges, a remote laboratory has been successfully developed based on a novel unifiedframework. The laboratory is established through a collaborative effort between threeuniversities which are Texas A&M University Qatar (TAMUQ), University of Houston (UH)and Texas Southern University (TSU). Two remote engineering experiments are designed andimplemented in the off-site laboratory for teaching purposes, and a generic scheduler isdeveloped for managing the distance operations. End-users can remotely operate or view real-time procedures through most current web browsers on any PC or portable device withoutfirewall issues and the need for a third

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

2006-2076: ENHANCING LEARNING OF LOW ABILITY STUDENTS INMULTI-SECTION FRESHMAN LECTURE/LABORATORY CLASSESJon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He has a strong research record in knowledge-based systems. His main contributions have been in the theory and application of task specific approaches and in model-based reasoning. Dr. Sticklen has led the effort to rejuvenate the MSU College of Engineering freshman gateway course in computational tools.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is Director of Instructional Technology Research and

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

graphics. The developed layouts can then be used with process planning totrack the status of a system in real time. Figure 1 shows all of the courses which will utilize theIRAM Laboratory and how they relate to future student senior design research projects.Goal 2: Assessing the educational impact with mini-module laboratory projects for problemsolvingThe equipment utilized in the IRAM Laboratory combined with the OpenCIM software (whichaccompanies the equipment) will enable the IE Department to teach how CIM is applied tobusiness, engineering, and factory floor elements and the links between them. The softwareprovides an open software architecture that allows users to easily incorporate other applicationsand obtain data for statistical