Mechanical Engineering Technology Online Labs--Improving Lab Accessability

工程-工程技术（58）该项目的目的是通过有意义和相关的课程作业来解决持续更新和增加网络辅助和网络课程的实验课程内容的需求，这些课程强调实验，采用在线电气工程实验室组件，这些组件是在圣何塞州立大学Julio Garcia博士（CCLI 0411330）的指导下开发的。这些技术正在应用于机械工程、热/流体科学和控制系统技术中的热科学。五个动手实验被改编成基于网络的形式，用于五个高级本科机械工程技术（MET）课程。在线实验室包括气流，实验热泵和空气冷却器，并控制实验室组件。一个典型的实验包括设计用于压力和温度测量的虚拟仪器，监测、收集和分析实验数据以及通过互联网控制实验。这些实验室是通过广泛使用的LabView环境来实现的，它将图形编程与数据采集、分析和控制相结合。该软件允许互联网接入，以便用户在任何位置都可以进行实验。通过俄亥俄学习网络，社区大学正在参与材料的开发，为偏远地区或受地域限制的学生提供更容易获得这些实际实验的机会。此外，本项目还包括：(1)对教师进行如何有效使用在线实验室实验的培训；(2)开发可适用于中学STEM课堂的实验基础；(3)制定针对不同学习风格学生的学习方法；(4)评估这些方法对学生学习的有效性，特别是对代表性不足的学生群体。结果正在各会议上传播。

Engineering-Engineering Technology (58) The project is addressing the continuing need to update and augment the content of laboratory courses in web-assisted and web-based courses through meaningful and relevant course work that emphasizes experimentation by adapting on-line electrical engineering laboratory components that were developed at San Jose State University under the direction of Dr. Julio Garcia (CCLI 0411330). The techniques are being applied to thermal sciences in mechanical engineering thermal/fluid sciences and controls systems technology. Five hands-on laboratory experiments are being adapted to a web-based format for five upper level undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) courses. On-line labs include airflow, experimental heat pump and air cooler, and controls laboratory components. A typical experiment includes activities associated with designing virtual instruments for pressure and temperature measurements, monitoring, collecting and analyzing experimental data and controlling the experiment through the Internet. These laboratories are being implemented through the widely used LabView environment, which combines graphical programming with data acquisition, analysis and control. This software allows Internet access so that users in any location can perform the experiments. Through the Ohio Learning Network, community colleges are being engaged in the development of the material to provide greater accessibility to these practical experiments for students who are in remote locations or are place-bound.In addition, the project is: (1) Providing faculty training on how to effectively use the on-line laboratory experiments; (2) Developing a foundation of experiments that can be adapted for secondary school STEM classrooms; (3) Developing learning methodologies that target students with different learning styles; and (4) Assessing the effectiveness of these methodologies on student learning, particularly with respect to underrepresented populations of students. Results are being disseminated at conferences.