Instrumented Air Conditioning Bench Experimental Apparatus

Abdelmessih, Amanie N.; Dye, Dan; Holtcamp, Greg; Doughty, Chet; Heitzmannp, Eric; Miller, Scott; Perkins, Thomas Seth; Thabet, Jasim

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“…It is worth noting that a market survey revealed that commercially available systems tend to be large, some being up to seven feet tall and weighing hundreds of pounds, and none of these equipment perform or have all the functions, nor the data acquisition system programmed by the students. These commercial training systems reached up to $60,000 9 . The apparatus has been used consistently to support instruction in four thermal engineering courses.…”

Section: Instrumented Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Expementioning

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Creation of an Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory with Minimal Funding

Abdelmessih

2016 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Founding of new engineering laboratories requires large funding. Small liberal arts teaching universities, usually have limited funds particularly for engineering programs. This article details how a thermal engineering faculty member founded and developed a thermal engineering laboratory, in a small liberal arts university. Over the years the faculty member used the students' laboratory fees that varied from $300 to less than $1000 a year for small projects involving undergraduate students. Also, that faculty wrote and acquired numerous micro grants for equipment, instruments, and software. These micro grants ranged from $500 to $25,000. Creative methods were used to create unique hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate mechanical engineering students. The undergraduate senior students designed, manufactured, assembled, and built unique thermal engineering experiments, with instruction and advising from the author. These activities met numerous of ABET criteria for accrediting undergraduate engineering programs. The projects that were designed and built by the senior mechanical engineering students were used in educating the following cohorts of mechanical engineering students. Many of these thermal projects were published in refereed journals and conferences. The undergraduate students who were involved in these projects ended up being co-authors for the work they were involved with. The total number of publications involving undergraduate students so far is eight refereed articles published in refereed journals and refereed conferences. In addition undergraduate students were co-authors in a poster session. This article details the projects, and the progress of developing the laboratory over sixteen years. Also, the author discusses the environment and settings that help creative development and founding a laboratory, with limited budget, in small universities.

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Section: Instrumented Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Expementioning

confidence: 99%

Creation of an Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory with Minimal Funding

Abdelmessih

2016 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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An Integrated Concept To Prototype Capstone Design Experience

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Lazaro²,

Jung³

2005 Annual Conference Proceedings

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The objective of the two-semester Capstone/senior design program, at Saint Martin's Mechanical Engineering Department, is to prepare student-engineers for the workforce by having them participate fully on a design team to solve an open-ended real-world design problem. Students design, then build/assemble their project. For the senior design project students use their knowledge from all previous courses and creative improvisation. Additionally, socioeconomic and ethical issues are addressed as part of the design paradigm. Team work is emphasized. Problem recognition and statements, definition of the problem, constraints, alternative solutions and their evaluation, considerations of economics and manufacturing, scheduling, and meeting deadlines of the project are stressed. The distinctiveness of this program is the integration of students from the School of Business and the 'end-user' into the design team. The design project further hones oral and written communication skills of the team. This paper discusses the learning objectives and outcomes, structure of the class, organization of the senior design team and essential leadership positions, budget constraints, and other constraints on the project. Numerous projects were accomplished such as a recreational hovercraft, a water desalination system to be used in an orphanage in Tanzania, and an innovative instrumented heating, air conditioning bench top instructional experiment.

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Instrumented Air Conditioning Bench Experimental Apparatus

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Creation of an Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory with Minimal Funding

Creation of an Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory with Minimal Funding

An Integrated Concept To Prototype Capstone Design Experience

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