Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Rodriguez-Solis; Rafael Medina; Jose Colom

Session 2632 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: A NEW FRESHMAN COURSE AT UPR-MAYAGUEZ José G. Colom-Ustáriz, Rafael Medina, Rafael Rodrígez Solís University of Puerto Rico at MayaguezI. IntroductionA course introducing electrical engineering to freshman students has been created at Universityof Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM). The course consists of one-hour lecture followed by a twohours lab experience once a week. The students are introduced to five areas of specializationthrough discussion of basic concepts in class and real life applications in the laboratory. Thelaboratory

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Jones

Session 1737 A New Workstation for Teaching Statics in Machinery Daniel K. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Technology State University of New York, Institute of TechnologyIntroductionWith increasing enrollment and decreasing funds for laboratory equipment, manyprofessors are facing challenges in providing hands-on experience for students inengineering technology. To address these concerns, a simple, inexpensive workstationhas been designed, built, and tested to teach students practical aspects of staticequilibrium. During Fall 2002, this new workstation

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh; Mulchand Rathod

Session 3547 Enhanced Electric Machines and Power Course Chih-Ping Yeh, Mulchand S. Rathod Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents our experiences in developing a NSF-funded CCLI project for enhancing the‘Electric Machines and Power’ course. The objective of this project is to provide a new structure tothe existing course to enhance student learning of electric machines. The project involves (1) improvingthe long existing rotating machine laboratory by adding modern power electronic drives and devisingreal time data acquisition for measurement and analysis

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pierce

student interest about learning concepts necessary to “build” thearena. This method has not yet been utilized in a course but is being developed for the nextoffering of Introductory Geotechnical Engineering. The paper provides a description of the newcourse platform and summarizes survey results of former students on the proposed method.I. IntroductionTeaching the fundamental concepts of geotechnical engineering using traditional methods oflecture-based instruction and hands-on laboratory testing can be effective, based on the author’sexperience. However, using a real, on-going field construction project as a platform for teachingthese concepts can enhance these traditional methods. It is important to recognize that thisteaching strategy does not

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Mirmiran

Session 1526 NDT and Instrumentation In an Undergraduate Concrete Lab Amir Mirmiran University of Central FloridaABSTRACTThe first year implementation of an NSF-ILI project for enhancing the concrete lab with NDT andinstrumentation modules is discussed. A two-semester laboratory is developed to parallel the lecturesin the two concrete courses; namely, Reinforced Concrete Structures and Concrete Design project.The new laboratory has significantly increased students’ interest in, and learning from, the courses.INTRODUCTIONUniversity of Central Florida is a member of the

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Maldonado; Christenson John; Eugene Rutz

in these two programs, to provide a statusreport on their ongoing progress, and to highlight a few of the mechanisms that have led to the successof these graduate school “feeder” programs. Also, this article highlights some details within theseprograms that directly address one or more of the specific areas of interest to this special session andits audience, such as: • Use of distance learning in nuclear engineering, • Utilizing laboratory experiences to facilitate student learning, and • University nuclear engineering program interactions with industry and national laboratories. Page 10.37.1 “Proceedings of

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations and Global Issues in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Mwangi P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

(rolled, tubes,trusses), timber (sawn, engineered, glue-laminated, trusses), concrete masonry units (reinforced,grouted, ungrouted), wood sheathing (plywood, oriented strand board), light gauge metal deck,etc.This paper reports on how this elective upper level design course is taught in a laboratory format.The course incorporates all the above materials (concrete, masonry, timber, steel). The studentsprepare complete construction documents including all construction details and specifications.IntroductionThe main mission of architectural engineering or civil engineering programs is, but not limitedto, prepare the graduates to: pursue post-graduate education, communicate effectively, becomelicensed professional engineers and pursue lifelong

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Lemke; Karen Rogers; Nathan Lindquist; Keith Stein, Bethel University; Grace Riermann; Ellesa St. George; Tristan Noble; John McCauley

engineeringIntroduction In order to better meet the demands of students in a competitive higher-educationenvironment, many liberal arts institutions including ours have added new engineering programsand majors. As a part of the process of becoming an interdisciplinary physics and engineeringdepartment, and based on prior success at teaching physics with open-ended projects in theupper-level undergraduate curriculum [1], we are studying how these projects can also be used toteach engineering skills and principles. Of particular interest to us are questions related to i) howbest to use existing assets (e.g. laboratory equipment, faculty expertise) within a physics andengineering department to create a thriving engineering laboratory curriculum, and ii) to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Yoo, Lamar University; Selahattin Sayil, Lamar University; Gleb Tcheslavski

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Education, 2023 Achieving Active Learning through Collaborative Online Lab ExperiencesAbstract In engineering education, laboratory learning that is well aligned with core contentknowledge is instrumental as it plays a significant role in students’ knowledge construction,application, and distribution. Learning in laboratories is interactive in nature, and thereforestudents who learn engineering through online platforms can face many challenges with labs,which were frequently documented during the recent pandemic. To address those reportedchallenges, innovative online lab learning modules were developed and learning strategies wereimplemented in five courses in electrical engineering, Circuits I, Electronics I, Electronics II

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2013 ERC

Authors

Jason Boehm

associates and facilities users  ~ 1,300 field staff in partner organizations  Two main locations: Gaithersburg, Md., and Boulder, Colo.  Three Main Programs Labs, MEP, BPEP  Four external collaborative institutes: JILA, JQI, IBBR, HMLFY 2012 Appropriations $750.8 M MEP ($128.4 M) Construction ($55.4 M) ©R. RatheNIST Labs ($567 M) NIST Programs NIST Laboratories  Providing measurement solutions for industry and the nation © R. Rathe Hollings Manufacturing Extension

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelvin T. Erickson, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

have the following pedagogical features:  An emphasis on good design practices, not just the programming language.  Good design practice using standards (for example, safety standards and the National Electrical Code).  Lecture is heavily application-oriented, working through example problems instead of emphasizing the theory.  Laboratory exercises are an integral part of the course and the lecture topics are closely coordinated with the laboratory schedule.  Laboratory exercises are small versions of real processes and use real commercial PLC equipment, not simulations.By incorporating standards into the courses, the students become accustomed to the reality thatin the work environment, their

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Prashant Yadav

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

report describes our objectives, rationale, implementations,and assessment plans in developing a practical robotic ultrasonic welding process as aneducational hands-on project and laboratory exercises for undergraduate STEM students, andparticularly Engineering Technology majors. The project combines ultrasonic welding ofplastics, robotics, force sensors, rapid prototyping, thermal imaging and image processing in apractical demonstration of an industrially-important automated plastics manufacturingtechnology. An ultrasonic horn attached to the end of a robotic arm can be programmed to spotweld or seam weld acrylic parts. The process is monitored and optimized using a thermalimaging camera and a force sensor.Introduction and Background

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hata

Instructional Resources for a Technician-Level Plasma Technology Course David M. Hata Portland Community CollegeAbstractText materials, training systems, and supporting laboratory exercises have been developedby Portland Community College to support a technician-level course in plasmatechnology. Faculty workshops are planned for 2003 and 2004 to equip communitycollege faculty to teach technician-level courses in plasma technology. The project isfunded through an Advanced Technological Education Program grant from the NationalScience Foundation.IntroductionPlasma technology, although not as pervasive in the wafer fab as vacuum technology

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan

Session 2526 A POLYMER PROCESS OPTIMIZATION CENTER: INTEGRATION OF NSF AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT Laura L. Sullivan and Gwan –Y. Lai Kettering UniversityINTRODUCTIONThe Polymer Processing Laboratory at Kettering University has enjoyed tremendous growth incapability over the past four years. Four National Science Foundation ILI Grants have providedfor microprocessor controlled injection molding, stereolithography, capillary and on-linerheometry, and tensile testing. Funding from the Society for Manufacturing Engineering hasresulted in the acquisition of mold temperature

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

industry and academic institutions on theimportance and urgency of reflecting the impact of the SoC paradigm shift in engineeringeducation, as traditional programs, especially at the undergraduate level, have not keptpace with this evolution [1]. Recognizing the acute national demand for a new breed ofSoC engineers, our project proposes an innovative curricula prototype that cuts across theartificial course boundaries and introduces SoC knowledge through vertically-integratedand problem-oriented laboratory experiments [2]. In addition, we value the important rolethat community colleges play in starting students on the road to engineering careers, as Page

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University; Mark Johnson, Purdue University School of ECE; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Laboratories with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University since July 1999. He received his PhD in 1998 from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He teaches Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design, advises senior design project teams, supervises teaching assistants in several laboratories, develops computer engineering laboratory curricula, manages design automation software for instruction and research, and is chair of an ECE committee for instructional innovation. Dr. Johnson served as proceedings chair for Microelectronic Systems Education 2003, program chair for Microelectronic Systems

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Belu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

established program in Alternative/Renewable Energy Technology at theCollege of Engineering, Wayne State University. The first course, Fundamentals ofRenewable Energy Sources, is also the pre-requisite for the second one, Hybrid PowerSystems (HPS) –Analysis and Design. These courses are offered in the Winter 2006 term. Thesupport system for these two courses will include course materials, remote data acquisitionmodules, and simulations/laboratory experiments1-5. The emerging technological advances inthe renewable/alternative energy and the steadily increasing applications and their use by thepower industry has instilled the critical need for engineers and technicians with technicalskills tailored to these advances and to close the competence gaps in

Conference Session

Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rhudy, Lafayette College; Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Musical Analogies as a Teaching Tool for Engineering ConceptsAbstract This project investigated the inclusion of a music laboratory experience within theexisting core Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Lafayette College. Music is a naturaladdition to engineering curricula as it can easily be used to illustrate many different engineeringconcepts. This allows students to think about their engineering topics from a differentperspective, which helps to improve their understanding of these concepts. Additionally, byusing music as a teaching tool, students are also exposed to topics from the art of music.Students completed a survey both before and after the experience in order to reflect on theirlearning. On average, the students reported a

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Baha Bachnak, The Pennsylvania State University; Nashwa Elaraby, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

also one of the first technical courses that ECE students areexposed to. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is a versatile and adaptable technologywith many applications ranging from medical image processing to cryptography. By combiningan FPGA course and a digital logic design course, students can learn the basics and beintroduced to new implementation tools and platforms at the same time. This paper describes anumber of academic approaches to incorporate FPGA design in digital design courses andpresents a number of laboratory experiments and tutorials that pave the path for designing asophomore-level four semester credit hour (SCH) course. The results of a survey conducted togauge student interest of such a course are included as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

activities into an introductorygeotechnical engineering laboratory course. Students developed research programs of varyinglevels of sophistication as part of the laboratory course. Hands-on testing was emphasized andstudents were required to develop their own testing programs for demonstration of soilmechanics principles. Field experiments were encouraged and undertaken by some of thestudents. Laboratory experimental investigations and summaries of geotechnical constructionmethods were also undertaken by some of the students. The presentations of the researchactivities, test programs, and experimental results were completed in various formats includingoral presentations to the class, poster presentations, and production of films. Separate

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Michael Korman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lonny G. Simonian, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. In addition, the laboratory would be furnished with work stations for twenty-six (26) students who would have twenty-four (24) hour/seven (7) days of weekaccess to the space.Creation of the integrated project based construction management curriculumPrior to the implementation of the new integration of the integrated curriculumstudents were required to complete individual courses in project controls,construction estimating, construction contracts and law, construction jobsitemanagement, concrete formwork, and temporary structures (Table 1). The originalcurriculum also required students to complete a standalone course in buildingmechanical systems and in building electrical systems. Students were required totake an individual construction

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

lack of adequate IT support in many cases prohibit utilizing andincorporating these tools in the discipline-based classes.Another major issue with many of the existing content management educational tools is that theycannot be easily customized such that existing lectures, simulation applets, and laboratoryactivities can be utilized. For example, popular tools such as WebCT or Centra, don’t evensupport remote laboratory capabilities. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, there is nocommercially available tool that offers a unified platform to support diverse learning tools, suchas video conferencing and chatting, configurable remote laboratory, simulation modules, anddownloadable course lectures with different formats.Motivated by such

Conference Session

Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; John M. Ritz, Old Dominion University; Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University; Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

NASA (John Glenn, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ames Research Center, and the Johnson Space Center) and the U.S. Navy (SPAWAR). She held a Fulbright fellowship at the Center for Wireless Communications (CWC) at the University of Oulu in Finland. She has received teaching excellence awards from her Division and the College of Engineering. She has received funding for her research from the NSF, the US Navy, NASA, and the business community. She is an ABET IEEE ETAC Commissioner and an active program evaluator.Dr. Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University Page 24.358.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

existence in September 2002 whenOregon State University (OSU) as the lead institution teamed with University of California Davis(UCD) and other organizations to receive one of the four five-year awards under DOE’sInnovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education (INIE) program. The objective of theseINIE awards was "to strengthen U.S. university nuclear engineering education programs throughinnovative use of the university research and training reactors and encouraging strategicpartnerships between the universities, the DOE national laboratories, and U.S. industry." Themethod whereby WNSA addresses this objective is discussed below.Structure of WNSAWNSA is initially composed of five western universities (OSU, UCD, Washington StateUniversity (WSU

Conference Session

Computer-Based Measurements

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Tavares; Anthony Duva; Mansour Zenouzi

thereasons for the recent major overhaul of the Thermodynamics Laboratory at Wentworth Instituteof Technology (WIT). Old equipment and experiments have been replaced with new apparatusthat are equipped with automated data acquisition systems.State-of-the-art computerized data acquisition systems enhance the quality of education byremoving the need for tedious, repetitive data recording, thus keeping the students’ attentionfocused on fundamental concepts. Furthermore, an industry standard graphical software packageLabView, from National Instruments is used to provide an increased students’ exposure toindustry data acquisition practices. This software provides tools for instrument control, dataacquisition, and data analysis. The data collection is

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Marcal de Queiroz; Hartono Sumali

address the problems associated with teaching a hands-onlaboratory course away from the home institution where the course was established. Theproblems included content adaptation, equipment availability, laboratory setup, scheduling,instruction methods, language barrier, funding, and a few other problems. Advantages andcompromises associated with the international adaptation of the course are discussed. It is hopedthat this paper will help create a model for international teaching collaboration.IntroductionIn the last decade or so, a plethora of publications have addressed the importance of preparingengineering students for the internationalization of their profession 1. In most of thosepublications, international or global education means

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Schuyler; Howard A. Canistraro

Session 1526 A Single Computer Based Data Acquisition and Control System For a 4 Year MET Program Howard A. Canistraro And Peter Schuyler The S.I. Ward College of Technology University of HartfordAbstractUnder support from an Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement grant from the NationalScience Foundation (DUE # 9851104 ), the laboratory portion of the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) program at Ward College is being revised. Analog signal conditioning,measurement and data storage is now

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Doskocz; Alan R. Klayton; Parris C. Neal; Ruth D. Fogg; Scott A. Stefanov; Pamela J. Neal; George W. P. York; Daniel J. Pack; Cameron Wright; Steven Barrett

Digital Systems course an EDUCOMP (EDUcational COMPuter) trainer was used to teach the interrelationship between computer hardware and software. This trainer was designed and built in-house in the mid 1970s. The trainer had served long and well; however, its memory was restricted to 16 address locations which limited instructional opportunities and reduced cadet motivation.• In the EE281 Introductory Digital Systems course a circuit simulator such as Micro Sim’s Evaluation PSPICE was used to simulate student laboratory project designs prior to implementation. This is an important step in the design, simulate, build, and test process. Precious classroom time was being used to teach the fundamentals of the PSPICE simulation

Conference Session

Engineering Engagement Activities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Vian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Maher Shehadi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kevin D. Taylor, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

building. Simultaneously,students are exposed to a college learning environment while actively participating in theseactivities. This paper will discuss the strategies employed to create these activities usingresources from existing college laboratory exercises and projects within the engineeringtechnology programs. Fifty-six students from different grades participated in the program basedon their interests. The emphasis on underrepresented minority groups aligns with xxxxUniversity’s commitment to diversity and aims to increase recruitment from schools with ahigher proportion of such students.BackgroundThe project’s goal was to enhance STEM awareness among minority communities and toincrease enrollment at the xxxxx campus of XXXXXX University. A

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard B Cole; Charles V. Schaefer; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

includes:Engineering Graphics (2-credit laboratory), Engineering Seminar (1 credit), and Engineering De-sign Laboratory I (1-credit laboratory).The major goal of these activities in the first semester is to provide the students an early bondingwith engineering and its style and task orientation as distinguished from science. They are aimedat initiating development of competencies that will build through subsequent design experiences:1. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs2. Ability to function effectively on multidisciplinary teams3. Ability to identify, formulate and assess alternative technical and economic solutions to en- gineering problems.4. Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, both in writing and