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Kathleen Meehan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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FIE - Hands-on Learning with portable electronics
2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013Co-Authors: Kathleen Meehan, Mario Simoni, Alex WongAbstract:Advances in technology have made possible the development of low-cost portable electronic instrumentation. Such instrumentation opens the door to new possibilities for Hands-on pedagogy related to analog circuits and physics education. This workshop will introduce attendees to the Digilent Analog Discovery platform and pedagogies that have been developed for it. Attendees will see examples of and have opportunities to try activities that have been developed for undergraduate electrical engineering and high-school physics courses. All attendees will be given a memory stick that contains pedagogical materials and an opportunity to receive an Analog Discovery system free of charge.
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Hands-on Learning with portable electronics
2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013Co-Authors: Kathleen Meehan, Mario Simoni, Alex WongAbstract:Advances in technology have made possible the development of low-cost portable electronic instrumentation. Such instrumentation opens the door to new possibilities for Hands-on pedagogy related to analog circuits and physics education. This workshop will introduce attendees to the Digilent Analog Discovery platform and pedagogies that have been developed for it. Attendees will see examples of and have opportunities to try activities that have been developed for undergraduate electrical engineering and high-school physics courses. All attendees will be given a memory stick that contains pedagogical materials and an opportunity to receive an Analog Discovery system free of charge.
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FIE - Work in progress — Hands-on Learning of fundamental concepts in electromagnetic fields
2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011Co-Authors: Yong Xu, Kathleen Meehan, Alan B. Overby, Cortney V. MartinAbstract:A pedagogical approach of Hands-on Learning that has formed the foundation of the nontraditional circuits and electronics laboratory courses at Virginia Tech (VT) is now being applied to enhance the Learning in what has been a series of highly mathematical courses on abstract theory on electromagnetic fields. A set of experiments that demonstrate basic concepts in electromagnetic (EM) fields has been developed for a two-semester course sequence that is offered in the junior year of the Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at VT. The experiments are designed to reinforce concepts on electric and magnetic fields and propagation of electromagnetic waves to promote student comprehension, depth of Learning, and application of the fundamental concepts in electromagnetic fields. The experiments were introduced into the curriculum during the 2010/2011 academic year. An initial assessment of the experiments has been conducted, which indicates that students value the Learning opportunity to translate the abstract concepts into practice.
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Integrating a Nontraditional Hands-on Learning Component into Electrical and Electronics Courses for Mechanical Engineering Students
2011Co-Authors: Kathleen Meehan, David FritzAbstract:Integrating a nontraditional Hands-on Learning component into an electrical theory course for Mechanical Engineering studentsThe use of highly integrated sensor suites and control systems integrated with microprocessorsand interfaced to a computer, is fundamental to many designs. The ability to view andmanipulate digitized inputs and outputs of these systems using commercial software packages,has changed the field of mechanical engineering (ME) as well as altered the technical skills MEstudents need as they enter the workforce. Today, ME students not only have to gain anexposure to electrical and computer engineering (ECE) so that they can function onmultidisciplinary teams, they must also obtain a solid understanding of electrical and computerengineering principles so that they are able to apply these principles themselves as they workwithin their own discipline. To address this need, faculty from Departments of MechanicalEngineering and Electrical Engineering at XX initiated discussions in Spring 2009 to revise thetwo service ECE courses that are required in the ME undergraduate curriculum with the goal toincrease the depth and breadth of the theoretical and practical Learning outcomes. As a result ofthese discussions, it was decided to replace the current lecture course on electrical theory with acombined lecture and laboratory course on electrical theory with an emphasis on ac circuits,which facilitates the application of theory into practice while enabling more advanced material tobe incorporated into the second course.The design of the laboratory portion in the course on electrical theory is an application of apedagogical approach that was implemented, and has proven to be highly successfully, in theundergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering curricula – Hands-on experiments that areperformed outside of a traditional classroom using a student-owned analog/digital trainer, partskit, digital multimeter, and USB oscilloscope (collectively known on campus as Lab-in-a-Box orLiaB). In addition, ME students simulate circuit operation and analyze the data collected andstored on their tablet computers using commercial software packages. The electronics course,which already had a laboratory component, was also revised to incorporate more material ondigital electronics and microprocessors into the syllabus. Furthermore, the pedagogical approachto experimentation has been extended into the electronics laboratory portion of the course.A description of the circuits and electronics experiments that have been written to focus on theneeds and interests of the ME students will be provided. The authors will discuss theorganization of the laboratory portion of the course to manage the volume of students, totalingupwards of 600 students per semester, as the ME students join the ECE majors to obtainassistance as they debug their circuits and to demonstrate their operation for a fraction of theirlab grade in an open lab environment. The fact that all ME sophomores will have their own Lab-in-a-Box, will been taught basic measurement techniques, and can perform basic circuitsimulation has led to discussions on modifications to the core courses and technical electivestaught within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The impact that the inclusion of LiaBin the ECE service courses on the Mechanical Engineering curriculum will be described.
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Work in progress — Hands-on Learning of fundamental concepts in electromagnetic fields
2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011Co-Authors: Yong Xu, Kathleen Meehan, Alan B. Overby, Cortney MartinAbstract:A pedagogical approach of Hands-on Learning that has formed the foundation of the nontraditional circuits and electronics laboratory courses at Virginia Tech (VT) is now being applied to enhance the Learning in what has been a series of highly mathematical courses on abstract theory on electromagnetic fields. A set of experiments that demonstrate basic concepts in electromagnetic (EM) fields has been developed for a two-semester course sequence that is offered in the junior year of the Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at VT. The experiments are designed to reinforce concepts on electric and magnetic fields and propagation of electromagnetic waves to promote student comprehension, depth of Learning, and application of the fundamental concepts in electromagnetic fields. The experiments were introduced into the curriculum during the 2010/2011 academic year. An initial assessment of the experiments has been conducted, which indicates that students value the Learning opportunity to translate the abstract concepts into practice.
Alex Wong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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FIE - Hands-on Learning with portable electronics
2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013Co-Authors: Kathleen Meehan, Mario Simoni, Alex WongAbstract:Advances in technology have made possible the development of low-cost portable electronic instrumentation. Such instrumentation opens the door to new possibilities for Hands-on pedagogy related to analog circuits and physics education. This workshop will introduce attendees to the Digilent Analog Discovery platform and pedagogies that have been developed for it. Attendees will see examples of and have opportunities to try activities that have been developed for undergraduate electrical engineering and high-school physics courses. All attendees will be given a memory stick that contains pedagogical materials and an opportunity to receive an Analog Discovery system free of charge.
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Hands-on Learning with portable electronics
2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013Co-Authors: Kathleen Meehan, Mario Simoni, Alex WongAbstract:Advances in technology have made possible the development of low-cost portable electronic instrumentation. Such instrumentation opens the door to new possibilities for Hands-on pedagogy related to analog circuits and physics education. This workshop will introduce attendees to the Digilent Analog Discovery platform and pedagogies that have been developed for it. Attendees will see examples of and have opportunities to try activities that have been developed for undergraduate electrical engineering and high-school physics courses. All attendees will be given a memory stick that contains pedagogical materials and an opportunity to receive an Analog Discovery system free of charge.
P.j. Radcliffe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ICIT - Development and Outcomes of Teaching PID Control in Classroom with Hands on Learning Experience
2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2019Co-Authors: Long Quang Tran, Junaid Saeed, Liuping Wang, Robin P. Guan, P.j. RadcliffeAbstract:Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control systems are a fundamental building block of classical and modern control systems. They have been used in the majority of industrial applications from chemical process control, mechanical process control, electro-mechanical process control, aerospace systems control to electrical drive control and power converter control. Understanding these control systems and having the capability to design and implementing them are paramount to an engineer. This paper presents the development and outcomes of a new teaching PID control in a university laboratory, which provides a Hands-on Learning experience with a low cost thermal rig for design and implementation of the control systems. The class had 180 undergraduate and postgraduate students who came from the fields of electrical, electronic, communication, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. The teaching outcomes demonstrate improved student capability in using knowledge from theories/lectures to create a real hardware-based control system. Student feedback about laboratory activities was very positive which is strong evidence for improving teaching and Learning quality.
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Development and Outcomes of Teaching PID Control in Classroom with Hands on Learning Experience
2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2019Co-Authors: Long Quang Tran, Robin Guan, Junaid Saeed, Liuping Wang, P.j. RadcliffeAbstract:Proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control systems are a fundamental building block of classical and modern control systems. They have been used in the majority of industrial applications from chemical process control, mechanical process control, electro-mechanical process control, aerospace systems control to electrical drive control and power converter control. Understanding these control systems and having the capability to design and implementing them are paramount to an engineer. This paper presents the development and outcomes of a new teaching PID control in a university laboratory, which provides a Hands-on Learning experience with a low cost thermal rig for design and implementation of the control systems. The class had 180 undergraduate and postgraduate students who came from the fields of electrical, electronic, communication, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. The teaching outcomes demonstrate improved student capability in using knowledge from theories/lectures to create a real hardware-based control system. Student feedback about laboratory activities was very positive which is strong evidence for improving teaching and Learning quality.
Sarah L. Harris - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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MIPSfpga: Hands-on Learning on a commercial soft-core
2016 11th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME), 2016Co-Authors: Sarah L. Harris, Robert Owen, Enrique Sedano, Daniel Chaver MartinezAbstract:In this paper, we introduce a course centered around MIPSfpga, an unobfuscated commercial MIPS soft-core processor made available by Imagination Technologies for academic purposes. The course focuses on Hands-on Learning that emphasizes System on Chip (SoC) design and hardware-software codesign. Students first study MIPS computer architecture and microarchitecture and then learn and experiment with the MIPSfpga system. A set of labs guides the students in setting up the MIPS soft-core processor on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and running and debugging programs on the core in simulation and in hardware. Students then modify the MIPSfpga system to interact with various peripheral devices and complete a self-directed final project.
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EWME - MIPSfpga: Hands-on Learning on a commercial soft-core
2016 11th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME), 2016Co-Authors: Sarah L. Harris, Robert Owen, Enrique Sedano, Daniel Ángel Chaver MartínezAbstract:In this paper, we introduce a course centered around MIPSfpga, an unobfuscated commercial MIPS soft-core processor made available by Imagination Technologies for academic purposes. The course focuses on Hands-on Learning that emphasizes System on Chip (SoC) design and hardware-software codesign. Students first study MIPS computer architecture and microarchitecture and then learn and experiment with the MIPSfpga system. A set of labs guides the students in setting up the MIPS soft-core processor on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and running and debugging programs on the core in simulation and in hardware. Students then modify the MIPSfpga system to interact with various peripheral devices and complete a self-directed final project.
Rajeev B. Dabke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Interlocking Toy Building Blocks as Hands-on Learning Modules for Blind and Visually Impaired Chemistry Students
Journal of Chemical Education, 2016Co-Authors: Samuel Melaku, James O. Schreck, Kameron Griffin, Rajeev B. DabkeAbstract:Interlocking toy building blocks (e.g., Lego) as chemistry Learning modules for blind and visually impaired (BVI) students in high school and undergraduate introductory or general chemistry courses are presented. Building blocks were assembled on a baseplate to depict the relative changes in the periodic properties of elements. Modules depicting the electron configuration of an element and molecular orbital theory were also constructed. Modules were presented as a Hands-on Learning experience for a group of BVI students followed by a survey. Modules were also presented as classroom demonstration for an undergraduate general chemistry class of sighted students.
