The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education

Feisel, Lyle D.; Rosa, Albert J.

doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00833.x

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“…One reason for the limited research on instructional laboratories may be a lack of consensus on the basic objectives of the laboratory experience [1]. While there seems to be a general agreement that laboratories are necessary, little has been said about what they are expected to accomplish.…”

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“…Furthermore, information and experience sharing are becoming increasingly critical to educational institutions as well as to practicing engineers, mainly driven by the advancements in computer technology and the Internet. The advantages of these laboratories and the different deployments have been analyzed many times [1,2,3]. Since 2000, a huge number of remote laboratories have been designed, implemented and set up over the world.…”

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“…Since 2000, a huge number of remote laboratories have been designed, implemented and set up over the world. [1,2,3,4,5]. Papers and books about remote labs focusing on their advantages/disadvantages, state of art, technologies, and didactic have been published.…”

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Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results

Alves¹,

Marques²,

Viegas³

et al. 2011

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Abstract-The use of remote labs in undergraduate courses has been reported in literature several times since the mid 90's. Nevertheless, very few articles present results about the learning gains obtained by students using them, especially with a large number of students, thus suggesting a lack of data concerning their pedagogical effectiveness. This paper addresses such a gap by presenting some preliminary results concerning the use of a remote laboratory, known as VISIR, in a large undergraduate course on Applied Physics, with over 500 students enrolled.

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Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results

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Viegas³

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Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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“…, 2005;Feisel and Rosa, 2005). The benchtop shake table provides a platform to observe structural response to various types of excitation from harmonic to random, and take a structural dynamics course from a purely deductive mode, in which theoretical principles are presented and applied, to a more effective inductive mode, where observations are made and theoretical principles are developed and confirmed.…”

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Dynamic Evaluation of Transportation Structures with iPod-Based Data Acquisition

Riley¹

2017

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This grant supported coursework and laboratory development and expanded research capacity, promoting (a) innovative learning activities that expose students to cutting-edge methods of bridge structural health and behavior monitoring and (b) research by our growing group of graduate students using developing technologies (specifically, shake tables and iPods with on-board accelerometers). As transportation infrastructure reaches and exceeds its design life, engineering efforts are turning to evaluation, rehabilitation and repair. Accurately assessing structures to determine their future performance and remaining life is becoming a primary job function for many civil engineers. As part of this project, graduate students worked with the PI to develop course modules that employed iPods in the laboratory and classroom to introduce concepts of vibrations, dynamic evaluation methods, structural health monitoring, and damage detection. Learning gains as a result of the module were assessed with both direct and indirect methods. While learning gains appeared stronger for students who participated in the hands-on component of the laboratory, due to the small class size there were no statistically significant differences between using iPods in a hands-on laboratory versus a purely computational laboratory. However, students indicated that iPods and hands-on laboratories were their preferred experience. The team also investigated laboratory and field applications, as well as effectiveness, of iPods to study structural dynamics and structural health monitoring methods, specifically for area bridges and other transportation structures. Sensor networks and mobile device-based accelerometers are beginning to be recognized as a valid means for conducting structural evaluations. The equipment purchased with this grant allowed for a new laboratory to be developed at Oregon Tech to support multiple undergraduate and graduate elective courses including Bridge Rating, Bridge Design, Transportation Structures, and Structural Dynamics. The Structural Health and Kinetic Evaluation (SHAKE) Laboratory and the associated equipment will support education and research efforts at Oregon Tech well into the future. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe project team would like to acknowledge the generous support of NITC for the work documented in this report. The development of the laboratory and curriculum in the area of transportation and infrastructure health, as well as the increased capacity for applied research at Oregon Tech, would not have been possible without the institute's assistance. DISCLAIMERThe contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are solely responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the material and information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers Program in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. The contents do not necessarily reflect the ...

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“…Engineer's knowledge beyond absolute pure theoretical knowledge that is traditionally gained in educational laboratories. The nature of these laboratories has been changed over the time with the advances of modern technology (Feisel & Rosa, 2005).…”

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Exploring the Knowledge and Attitude of Engineering Students in the Imitation of Theoretical Knowledge

Salah¹,

Sneineh²

2017

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In this paper an exploration of the engineering student's knowledge in different engineering simulation tools to validate the theoretical knowledge leaned were conducted. The study cover students from different courses taught at different degree levels. A survey was conducted among the students in the academic years of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 for students attending the class of Electronics (second year level), power electronics class (third year level) and Electrical measurement class (fourth year level). A personal interview was also conducted to capture the feedback from the learners under interest. The main aim is to accrue the attitude of engineering students to apply the knowledge throughout the Imitation of theoretical knowledge using modern virtual tools.

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The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education

Cited by 1,236 publications

References 47 publications

Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results

Using VISIR in a Large Undergraduate Course: Preliminary Assessment Results

Dynamic Evaluation of Transportation Structures with iPod-Based Data Acquisition

Exploring the Knowledge and Attitude of Engineering Students in the Imitation of Theoretical Knowledge

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