Academic Journal
Smartbeam: Teaching a Multidisciplinary First-Year Project for Exposure of Upper-Level Content with Active Learning
| العنوان: | Smartbeam: Teaching a Multidisciplinary First-Year Project for Exposure of Upper-Level Content with Active Learning |
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| المؤلفون: | Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Shawn P. Gross, Jeffrey Joseph Cook |
| المصدر: | ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, George Washington University, District of Columbia |
| بيانات النشر: | ASEE Conferences |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): Papers on Engineering Education Repository (PEER) |
| الوصف: | This paper presents a successful cross-disciplinary project, Smartbeam, that exposes students to the world of smart infrastructure in their first-year program. The goal of this mini project is for students to design and construct a structural flexural member (i.e. beam) instrumented with smart technology to span a given distance. Classroom teaching methodologies include inquiry-based learning, flipped classroom, hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, and brainstorming in group design sessions. During the design project, students develop valuable skills regarding teamwork, communication, problem solving, and data collection and analysis. The course is divided into five specific sections. Class Meetings 1 through 5 develop introductory statics and mechanics concepts including moment of inertia, stress-strain relationships, beam behavior, and composite action. Material is taught using in-class experiments, Excel programming, and laboratory experiments, and students are assessed with individual assignments. In Class Meetings 6 through 9, students work in teams to design and construct a built-up wood beam for a specified maximum strain and deflection while minimizing cost. Because the students are not expected to achieve mastery of concepts, they are provided with an equation sheet and use their Excel spreadsheet that calculates moment of inertia for built-up shapes. They are assessed as a group with a written design report. Class Meetings 10 through 12 introduce the students to Arduino and basic wiring on a breadboard. The students work in teams to complete Arduino tutorials including programming LED lights, push buttons, LCD screens, buzzer alarms, a distance meter, and strain gages. During Class Meeting 12, the students wire a circuit to read two strain gages and display their results on an LCD screen, which forms the base for their strain monitoring system. Students are assessed with an individual assignment on basic circuitry and two group assignments that require interpretation and modification of code ... |
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| اللغة: | unknown |
| DOI: | 10.18260/1-2--45737 |
| الاتاحة: | http://peer.asee.org/45737 https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--45737 |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.81A13B0E |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.18260/1-2--45737 |
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