Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

power electronics is the problem-oriented and project-basedlearning approach. Students are often unaccustomed to assimilating materials from manyareas at one time, thereby making it difficult for them to simultaneously bring togetherthe circuit, signal and system analysis, electromagnetics and control theory topics whichare required to fully describe the operation of a power electronic converter. The project-based course and laboratory described in this paper directly addresses these difficulties byhelping students to reduce theory to practice. This approach supports the prerequisitelecture material and allows study of some practical issues which are best handled in alaboratory setting. The course format makes the students gradually more

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC. His interests include undergraduate engineering education, power electronics, plasma physics, and thin films.Lisa Huettel, Duke University Lisa G. Huettel received the B.S. degree in engineering science from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in 1994 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Duke University, Durham, NC, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, where she also serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Viva Austin; Keith Koenig; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

Session Number 3159 Revision and Translation of Existing Programs as a Tool for Teaching Computer Data Acquisition and Control Systems Design and Implementation Thomas Hannigan, Keith Koenig, Bryan Gassaway, Viva Austin Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State UniversityAbstractKeeping data acquisition and control systems (DACS) used in a graduate and under-graduate laboratory current in a rapidly evolving technological environment is anexpensive and time-consuming task. Computer architecture and software have evolvedmore rapidly than the curriculum repeats, and the interfaces commonly used for

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 12.1562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Simple Experiments to Teach Core Concepts in the Thermal and Fluid SciencesIntroductionThis paper documents the start of a research project involving laboratory exercises for coreundergraduate classes in the thermal and fluid sciences. Students perform experiments oneveryday technology such as a hair dryer, a bicycle pump, a blender, a computer power supply,and a toaster, or very simple hardware such as a tank of water with a hole in it, or a pipe sectionwith a change of area. The equipment is chosen because it is familiar to students, or at least thatthe physical principles of operation are easy to understand. The laboratory

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Sheyman, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

distance coursesbecause the technological innovations have open up new vistas to be explored inimparting education. Probably, there is not a universal approach how to use the Internetto introduce the various scientific disciplines. One of the biggest hurdles to offeringdistance courses to undergraduates is requirement of the laboratories. This paperpresents an example of the computer simulation of the thermodynamics laboratoryexperiments for undergraduate students. It also presents some ways in which eachstudent should do independent laboratory work and should not obtain extraordinary helpon this work that will have being on his/her true grade. It provides a further step into therealm of introduction the thermodynamics course on the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Haberly; Iskandar Hack

Session 0047 Low Cost FPGA Development System For Teaching Advanced Digital Circuits Iskandar A. Hack, P.E., Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne James Haberly, BMT Microelectronics CenterAbstractThis paper covers the development of student development system to use with the AlteraMax+ PLUS software for teaching Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA’s) andComplex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD’s). This software is available free ofcharge from Altera directly for students to download for use in at home or can be installedvia an educational license in any university laboratory. The

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher G. Braun

Session 1526 The CSM Electronics Prototyping Facility Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesWhy an Electronics Prototyping Facility is NeededMost electronic laboratory projects require building simple circuits that are torn apart as soon asthe lab is over -- resulting in a limited opportunity for the students to construct anything useful.Students are often frustrated in electronics courses and laboratories as they never quite get to thelevel where they can design and build anything practical.[1] The CSM Electronics PrototypingFacility (EPF) provides students with

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Caldwell; Ronald D. Earley; Thomas G. Boronkay

board or projected images. Very often, the quality of these visual aids isunsatisfactory. In addition, the static sketches are unable to represent motion. In order toimprove student understanding and visualization of the course material the authors havemodified their courses to include the Working Model© software. This paper describes how thissoftware has been integrated into three Mechanical Engineering Technology courses at theUniversity of Cincinnati and Miami University at the freshmen, sophomore, and junior levels.Representative laboratory projects and assignments are presented.IntroductionIn the past, the freshman level Statics course at Miami University was structured to includelecture and recitation sessions only. Textbook practice

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Topics in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University; Kang Wang

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

recirculating combustors, solid-oxide fuel cells, micro heat engines, thermoacoustic engines, and thermal transpiration based propulsion and power generation. He has worked on a DARPA project to develop an integrated microscale power generator based on a solid-oxide fuel cell employing hydrocarbon fuels. Currently, his research is conducted in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER) at SU. Prof. Ahn has published over 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals (including Nature and other high impact journals) and a book, and made over 100 technical presentations (including over 20 invited sem- inars in Korea, Japan, China, Germany, and United States). He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P Hung, Texas A&M University; Wm Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

manufacturing laboratory is high and some students might not comprehend the linkamong different processes. This model is popular among community colleges or vocationalschools, but may not be best for engineering students since the latter only need to understand themanufacturing processes rather than acquiring hands-on manufacturing skills.We propose a new manufacturing teaching practice at our university by introducing group cellsand simulated production lines. A group of students is responsible to produce products for thewhole group. After learning and practicing basic machine tool operations in a cell (lathe, mill,sawing machine, and specific manual operations), each subgroup of two students operate amachine tool and produce identical components for

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bridget Benson; Bryan Mealy

Work In Progress: Teaching Introductory Digital Design Online Bridget Benson, Bryan Mealy Electrical Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University San Luis ObispoAbstractAdvances in technology have created unique opportunities for teaching digital design courses.Students in the course no longer need to be present in the laboratory in order to obtain practicalhands on experience and master the course material as students can complete laboratoryassignments at home using relatively inexpensive commercial off the shelf developmentplatforms and free software design tools. In addition, eLearning tools such as Moodle, YouTube,chat rooms, and

Collection

2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Daniel Llamocca, Oakland University

of a new embedded curriculumtargeted to powerful embedded processors. This includes the design of a brand-new seniorundergraduate course along with a comprehensive tutorial on high-performance embeddedprogramming. We provided students with carefully designed activities that emphasize theoptimal usage of powerful microprocessors for embedded applications. The students becameproficient in techniques to maximize the performance of an embedded application by optimizingthe use of computer resources via techniques such as parallelism and pipelining. The embedded curriculum was deployed in a classroom and a laboratory setting. The learningmaterials (course notes, assignments, laboratory experiments, step-by-step tutorials) are madefreely

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University

) has established aconcentration in Emergency Management Technology to prepare students to be leaders in timesof crisis. The university approved the curriculum for the EMT program in the Fall of 2010. Theprogram began admitting students in Spring Semester of 2011. The curriculum focuses on topicssuch as emergency planning, incident command, disaster response and recovery, hazardidentification and mitigation, agency coordination, community emergency response, GeographicInformation System (GIS), and technology applications1.The EMT program aims to offer an up-to-date curriculum as well as laboratories for its students.In order to attract more support for EMT program, the faculty members have submitted severalproposals to local and federal

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

, we are developing complementary applied optical science andengineering courses which will (1) provide a unified, multidepartmental optical science/engineering curriculum and (2) emphasize optics courses which will provide laboratory andclassroom training to undergraduate and graduate students in emerging areas of industrial andnational importance. In particular, our efforts are focused on the collective strengths of theEngineering School and the Applied Physics Programs: Environmental monitoring and detectionof pollutants, industrial process monitoring, optoelectronics, and ultrafast optics andoptoelectronics. This multidisciplinary program focuses on optical science and technology as anenabling technology: A technology with applications to

Conference Session

EET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Paul Yearling P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Karl J. Huehne, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

content.For this paper, two student groups, in an EET laboratory experience, are compared based onthe primary metric number of failed attempts to meet circuit board test specifications. Thestudent test body was divided into two groups. A control course section group, where notroubleshooting instruction was given and designated the “As Is” state. The second sectiongroup, “Improved State” was given an extensive troubleshooting methodology as part of theirinitial training. The primary metric, number of failed attempts to meet specification, waschosen as it is easy to measure by student Teaching Assistants (TA) and was also used to assessthe Sigma process capability for each group. The Sigma capability of each group provided afurther measure of the

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akhter Hossain, University of South Alabama; Kevin White, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

personnel involved in the design and maintenance of concrete structures. This problemcan be effectively addressed by educating those who are already in the transportation industry aswell as those who will work in that industry in the future. This paper describes an attempt madeat the University of South Alabama to introduce civil engineering undergraduate students, manyof whom will work for the transportation industry in the future, to the premature cracking ofconcrete bridge decks and pavements. In the summer of 2005, a group of undergraduate students,under the supervision of a faculty member, made significant efforts to enhance the CivilEngineering Construction Materials Laboratory to increase its capacity for the purpose ofstudying the early age

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Blicblau

Computer Managed Learning and Assessment Integrated Within a Materials Engineering Program for Non-Majors Aaron S Blicblau Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, AustraliaAbstractThis paper reports on an on-line learning initiative in Engineering Materials for first yearstudents in diverse disciplines of engineering. This initiative was developed for general firstyear engineering students to incorporate an on-line assessment system for the major aspects oflearning and teaching: lectures, tutorials and laboratory work. This teaching approachrequired the availability of a data delivery system (using a proprietary brand of software), forprovision of pedagogical

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marc Garland; Abdel Bayoumi; Travis Knight

. A remotely operated radiation detection andinstrumentation laboratory course will be offered in the Spring 2005, which will give remotestudents access to laboratory equipment for completing laboratory assignments and gainingexperience with nuclear instrumentation. The alignment of these various interests and thecurrent direction in education and research is believed to promote the growth of this newprogram and promote nuclear engineering education for the next generation of nuclearprofessionals and on into the future.IntroductionIn Fall 2003, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina(USC) launched a new graduate program in nuclear engineering and by end of Spring 2005 willgraduate its first Masters Degree

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke

manufacturing processes that they mightencounter as part of their cooperative work experience. The revision of the curriculum in 2001caused a redesign of the course and added some design experiences to further enhance theeducational process. This paper discusses the development of the new course calledInterdisciplinary Design and Manufacturing and discusses relationship of course coverage to theSME competency gaps. The manufacturing portion describes the lecture topics and laboratoryexperiments that were an integral part of the course. The mechanical and electrical designportions describe the use of commercial toys and a self-designed toy platform that formed thebasis of the new design laboratory portion of the class. It will be demonstrated that it is

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Lynn Fielding, Centennial High School, Boise, ID; Dale Brown, Boise State University; Richard Livingston, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University ; Curtis Heishman, Boise State University; Louis Nadelson, Utah State University; David Estrada, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University’s Integrated NanoMaterials Laboratory as part of a Research Experience for Teachers in Materials for Energy and Sustainability where she developed a guided inquiry laboratory to introduce students to 2-dimensional nanomaterials. A devoted family woman and working professional, Alison has been married for 19 years and has 4 beautiful children. She is committed to her role as an educator and balances life and work by taking advantage of Boise’s easy access to outdoor activities and sports.Dale Brown, Boise State University Dale Brown earned an M.S. in Physics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. Dale also holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Biochemistry with a minor in Mathematics from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert W. Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Cortney V. Martin, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Justeen Olinger, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

community colleges, which were formerly lecture-only courses.A number of the major tasks in the National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, andLaboratory Improvement Phase II grant, awarded in 2008, have been accomplished. Theseinclude publication of the 3rd edition of a laboratory manual in 2009,1 the development of onlinemultimedia learning materials to support student experimentation outside of the classroom,2-4 2,3 , 4vodcasts on measurement techniques used in individual experiments linked directly to the labreport template, and the development of online classes for two circuits laboratory courses.5 Thefirst is a d.c. circuits course is designed for off-campus students and the second is a supplementto increase independent learning by

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Huggins; Winfred K Anakwa; Gary Dempsey

program at BradleyUniversity. Use of the mini-project to increase the design content in our curriculum has been in place forten years. The results have been used successfully to implement course, laboratory, and curriculummodifications. The paper will discuss the small products developed, curriculum modifications, projectdevelopment time and costs, and how the mini-project will be used in the new Engineering Criteria2000 accreditation process.I. IntroductionThe six-week senior mini-project is a small but vital component of our Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) undergraduate laboratory sequence at Bradley University. The laboratory programconsists of a five semester sequence of independent lab courses culminating in a capstone designproject

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2008-2435: BACK TO BASICS: INCREASING STUDENT UNDERSTANDINGOF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION ANDINSTRUMENTATIONThomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University Thomas Hannigan is an Instructor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He received his BS and MS degrees from Mississippi State University. His interests include introductory engineering mechanics, airplane flight mechanics, and he coordinates laboratory activities for the department. He holds FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor Certification for single, multi engine and instrument airplanes.Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University Keith Koenig is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He received his BS degree from

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad H. Ahmadian

plotter, and logic analyzer. The analog, digital, and mixed-mode features make this package a practicaltool that may be incorporated as part of the electronics laboratory assignments.Introduction Electronics, perhaps more than any other field of technology has enjoyed an explosive development inthe last four decades. Electronics is a fascinating field because it provides the opportunity to be creative and atthe same time solve problems. In the electronics programs every effort has been made to have the students develop a good intuitive feelfor circuit operation, while at the same time showing him or her how to analyze expected circuit performanceusing the appropriate mathematical relationship. This permits the students to

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott R. Short

Session 3226 Investigation of Shear as a Failure Mode in Anisotropic Materials Scott R. Short Northern Illinois UniversityAbstract There is an immediate need in industry for engineers conversant in the fundamental principles ofmaterial behavior. This type of knowledge may best be imparted to the undergraduate student by direct,hands-on laboratory experience. Another way to enrich the undergraduate engineering laboratory experienceis to introduce the student to current research. When

Conference Session

Design Throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Vega, University of Washington, Bothell; John William Bridge P.E., University of Washington, Bothell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

plans on pursuing a career in the automotive industry or manufacturing industry.Dr. John William Bridge, University of Washington, Bothell Dr. John Bridge, P.E. Dr. Bridge is a former Lt. Colonel and mechanical engineer in the U.S. Air Force with over twenty years of R&D experience with numerous aerospace vehicles to include aircraft and rocket systems. In addition, he has performed advanced materials characterization while in the mil- itary and at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has previous teaching experience at several institutions to include Bowdoin College, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Bridge is currently working with composite materials used in

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

and made almost 170 papers and poster presentations. While much of externally-funded research has focused of environmental and water resources engineering, his work in the areas of education, trans- portation and construction have included improving instructional processes in laboratories, delineation of roadway systems and NEPA compliance for highways using remotely-sense data, modeling highway evac- uation strategies and environmental impacts for predicting pavement performance, evaluating resources and their allocation in the management of waterways, and comparing the economics of transportation management alternatives

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Salessawi Ferede Yitbarek, Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology; Albert Edward Sweets Jr., iSTEMS; Farzad Moazzami, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

International

to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Dr. Craig J. Scott, Morgan State UniversityDr. Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University Dr. Jumoke Ladeji-Osias is Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. She earned in B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She coordinates the departmental graduate program and teaches both undergraduate and graduate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAppendix-1 Xerox Fellows Application UNIVERISTY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES LABORATORY FELLOWS PROGRAMThe SEAS Laboratory Fellows Program is an honors program for majors in the School ofEngineering and Applied Sciences. It is a program to bring faculty and students togetherin a collegial relationship. This relationship is intended to enhance the professional careersof both the faculty and the students. The faculty member will benefit from the assistance ofthe Fellow in the laboratory. The Laboratory Fellow will benefit from the personal

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

. There is a continual need to updateand augment the content of lecture courses to keep pace with this change, but it is in the area ofengineering education and experimental work where major concerns arise. The central problemstill remain the same; providing for students meaningful and relevant practical experiences whilebeing limited by very finite resources in the provision of laboratory hardware and infrastructure.One solution to this problem is to use computer based techniques to interface the students wi ththe physical world, with suitable front-end design to provide sophistication and increasedflexibility.Many academic courses regarding mechatronics have already begun incorporating computer -based educational tools for students use, either