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Work-In-Progress: Enhancing Engineering Education: A Comparative Analysis of Low-Cost Desktop Learning Module Impact on Student Engagement and Outcomes Open

Oluwafemi Ajeigbe, Talodabiolorun Oni, Oluwafemi Sunday, Olusola Adesope, Olufunso Oje , et al. · 2024

Ajeigbe, OJ; Oni, TA; Sunday, OJ; Oje, O; Van Wie, BJ; Adesope, OO; Dutta, P; Thiessen, DB; Gartner, JK Work-In-Progress in Evaluating Implementation of Hands-on Learning Module Implementation and Considerations of Social Cognitive Theory,…

Low-Cost Hands-on Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger: Design, Manufacture, Test, and In-class Implementation Open

Aminul Islam Khan, Bernard Van Wie, Prashanta Dutta, David B. Thiessen, Jacqueline Gartner , et al. · 2024

Hands-on learning improves students' cognitive understanding of the subject matter, fosters teamwork, and expands social skills. To introduce hands-on learning activities in heat transfer and thermodynamics classrooms, we have developed a …

Board 28: Work in Progress: Glucose Analyzer Learning Module for Chemical Engineering Education Theory Open

Riley Fosbre, Bernard Van Wie, Prashanta Dutta, David B. Thiessen · 2024

The goal of the greater project is to provide students with a hands-on learning experience while removing cost as a barrier to participation. These Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules (or LCDLMs) help students visualize and experience engine…

Progress in the Nationwide Dissemination and Assessment of Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules and Adaptation of Pedagogy to a Virtual Era Open

Bernard Van Wie, Kristin Bryant, O.W. REYNOLDS, Kitana Kaiphanliam, Aminul Islam Khan , et al. · 2024

The development of tools that promote active learning in engineering disciplines is critical. It is widely understood that students engaged in active learning environments outperform those taught using passive methods. Previously, we repor…

Transition of an Interactive, Hands-on Learning Tool to a Virtual Format in the Covid-19 Era Open

O.W. REYNOLDS, Kitana Kaiphanliam, Olufunso Oje, Aminul Islam Khan, Jacqueline Gartner , et al. · 2024

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic necessitated the transition of courses across the United States from in-person to a virtual format. Effective delivery of traditional, lecture-based courses in an online setting can be difficult and determinin…

Board 295: Five Year Assessment for Educating Diverse Undergraduate Communities with Affordable Transport Equipment Open

Zeynep Durak, Bernard Van Wie, David B. Thiessen, Prashanta Dutta, Olusola Adesope , et al. · 2024

Over the past five years, our group has worked on the development of desktop-sized learning tools to demonstrate fluid mechanics and heat transfer concepts. We use a hub-based approach, breaking the US into sections with faculty coordinato…

Work-in-Progress: Expanding Use of Affordable Transport Equipment — Fluidized Bed with Applications for Bio- and Chemical Catalysis Open

Zeynep Durak, Bernard Van Wie, David B. Thiessen, Olusola Adesope, Oluwafemi Ajeigbe · 2024

This paper reports on the development of a new fluidized-bed desktop learning module for chemi-cal engineering students. This new module will supplement a set of existing modules developed by our group in the fluid mechanics and heat trans…

Gender-Related Effects on Learning with Hands-On Modules in Engineering Classrooms Open

Oluwafemi Ajeigbe, Prashanta Dutta, David B. Thiessen, Jacqueline Gartner, Kitana Kaiphanliam , et al. · 2024

Numerous studies have endorsed hands-on learning as an effective way to transform science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. More specifically, advocates of hands-on learning in STEM suggest that such active learni…

Development, dissemination and assessment of inexpensive miniature equipment for interactive learning of fluid mechanics, heat transfer and biomedical concepts Open

Bernard Van Wie, Zeynep Durak, Olivia Reynolds, Kitana Kaiphanliam, David B. Thiessen , et al. · 2024

Over the past year we continued, under support from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, to emphasize implementation of Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules LCDLMs for fluid mechanics, heat transfer and biomedical applications. Here w…

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Next Generation Desktop Learning Modules for Chemical and Mechanical Engineering Education Open

Aminul Islam Khan, Olivia Reynolds, Mohammad Robiul Hossan, David B. Thiessen, Bernard Van Wie , et al. · 2024

In this paper we report on the development and testing of hands-on desktop learning modules for transport courses in the Chemical and Mechanical Engineering disciplines. Two modules were developed to demonstrate fluid mechanics-related con…

Impact of interstitial flow on cartilage matrix synthesis and NF‐kB transcription factor mRNA expression in a novel perfusion bioreactor Open

Haneen A. Abusharkh, Terreill Robertson, Juana Mendenhall, B. Arda Gozen, Edwin M. Tingstad , et al. · 2023

This work is focused on designing an easy‐to‐use novel perfusion system for articular cartilage (AC) tissue engineering and using it to elucidate the mechanism by which interstitial shear upregulates matrix synthesis by articular chondrocy…

Development and Characterization of a Miniaturized, Low-Cost Cross-Flow Direct Evaporative Cooler Open

Olivia Reynolds, Bernard Van Wie, David B. Thiessen · 2022

Interstitial flow upregulates matrix synthesis and attenuates NF-kB signaling in a novel perfusion bioreactor for articular cartilage tissue engineering Open

Haneen A. Abusharkh, Terreill Robertson, Juana Mendenhall, B. Arda Gozen, Edwin M. Tingstad , et al. · 2021

The present study is focused on designing an easy-to-use novel perfusion system for articular cartilage (AC) tissue engineering and using it to elucidate the mechanism by which interstitial shear upregulates matrix synthesis by articular c…

Development and Deployment of a Rubric Based on Fink’s Cognitive Dimensions in a Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Class with Potential Applications in a Variety of Engineering Classes Open

Baba Abdul, David B. Thiessen, Bernard Van Wie, Gary Brown, Olusola Adesope · 2020

Development and Deployment of a Rubric Based on Fink’s CognitiveDimensions in a Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Class with Potential Applications in a Variety of Engineering ClassesThere is a need for better and more objective assessment…

Transference of Hands-on Desktop Learning Pedagogy Across Institution and Program Types Open

Negar Beheshti Pour, Kitana Kaiphanliam, Arshan Nazempour, David B. Thiessen, R. F. Richards , et al. · 2020

Studies are underway on transference of new low-cost desktop learning module (LC-DLM) technology and accompanying pedagogy to a variety of institutions. The LC-DLMs have proven effective at addressing student perceptions related to hydraul…

Design Philosophy and System Integrity for Propagation of Hands-on Desktop Learning Modules for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Open

Negar Beheshti Pour, David B. Thiessen, Bernard Van Wie, Kitana Kaiphanliam, Aminul Islam Khan , et al. · 2020

Our team is propagating the use of hands-on desktop learning modules (DLMs) for fluid mechanics and heat transfer courses. To accomplish this we are paying close attention to several factors broadly categorized under design philosophy, rel…

Faculty Feedback on Hub-based Approach to National Dissemination of Low-cost Desktop Learning Modules Open

Katelyn Dahlke, Bernard Van Wie, Jacqueline Gartner, Olusola Adesope, Prashanta Dutta , et al. · 2020

Low Cost Desktop Learning Modules (LC-DLMs) are hands-on modules that are used in traditional lectures, in order for students to observe the concepts they are learning in class. Over the past several years, these modules have been develope…

Work in Progress: Hands-on Learning Devices for Exposure to Biomedical Applications within Chemical Engineering Open

Kitana Kaiphanliam, O.W. REYNOLDS, David B. Thiessen, Olusola Adesope, Bernard Van Wie · 2020

Chemical engineers have a breadth of opportunity to utilize their skills in projects involving the life sciences and medical field, yet the misconception that this is not the case is noted to be prevalent at the undergraduate level. This p…

Multi-Disciplinary Project-Based Paradigm that Uses Hands-on Desktop Learning Modules and Modern Learning Pedagogies Open

William Schlecht, Bernard Van Wie, Paul Golter, R. F. Richards, J. C. Adam , et al. · 2020

Multi-Disciplinary Project-Based Paradigm that Uses Hands-on Desktop Learning Modules and Modern Learning PedagogiesIn this CCLI Type II Program we are promoting adoption of research-based teaching pedagogiesof collaborative, hands-on, act…

Experience with a Cross-Disciplinary Intensive, Hands-On Pre-Tansport Course Open

Baba Abdul, Edgar A. O’Rear, Gary Brown, Ashley Ater Kranov, Bernard Van Wie , et al. · 2020

Experience with a Cross-disciplinary Intensive, Hands-on Pre-transport CourseAn intensive, elective, 7-day pre-transport course offered at The University of Oklahoma has theobjective of providing sophomore engineering students with an intu…

Shifting Gears: Moving Away From The Controlled Experimental Model While Improving Rigor In Engineering Education Research Open

Paul Golter, Bernard Van Wie, G Brown, David B. Thiessen, Baba Abdul · 2020

NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract “A” When given an open-ended problem, a student needs to demonstrate the ability to define the problem, determine the underlying princi…

Aligning Assessment Tools With Course Subject And Goals Open

Paul Golter, Bernard Van Wie, Gary Brown, David B. Thiessen, Nurdan Yurt , et al. · 2020

NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract This presentation outlines our experiences aligning assessment tools developed outside of your academic department with the goals and s…

Bringing Research Into The Classroom: Conceptually New Heat Exchange Cartridge For Chemical Engineering Education. Open

Baba Abdul, David B. Thiessen, Gary Brown, Bernard Van Wie, Paul Golter · 2020

NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Abstract There is a need for faculty to integrate their research and teaching activities. This call has be- come more strident especial…

A Miniature Open Channel Weir For The Standard Classroom: Implementation And Assessment Open

Nurdan Beyenal, Cara Poor, Paul Golter, G. K. Brown, David B. Thiessen , et al. · 2020

NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract Miniature Open-Channel Weir for the Standard Classroom: Implementation and Assessment Abstract A miniature open-channel flow system wit…

The Flesh Made Mind: Language and Embodiment in Late Middle English Literature Open

David B. Thiessen · 2020

My dissertation compares contemporary cognitive models of self, that posit an interconnection between body and mind, with Pre-Modern conceptions of an embodied self as represented in late fourteenth and early fifteenth century Middle Engli…

Work-in-Progress: Visualization and Simulation of the Thermal Boundary Layer around a Cylinder as a Classroom Demonstration Open

Negar Beheshti Pour, David B. Thiessen, Bernard Van Wie · 2018

This paper presents the educational application of shadowgraphy in visualizing thermal boundary layers. The thermal boundary layer concept is an abstract topic due to the difficulty of direct observation. In this work, we use a collimated …

Video: Bubble Absorption by a Superhydrophobic Spring Open

Negar Beheshti Pour, David B. Thiessen · 2017

Implementation of an Ultra-low Cost Heat Exchanger Learning Module to Address Energy Balance Concepts Open

Negar Beheshti Pour, David B. Thiessen, Bernard Van Wie · 2016

Miniature Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules for Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Process Applications Open

Serah Njau, Bernard Van Wie, Jacqueline Burgher, Paul Golter, R. F. Richards , et al. · 2015

To transform the STEM learning environment and make it more effective, exciting andexperimental, hands on learning needs to be implemented in the classroom. This is the long termgoal in a set of NSF projects, one a new IUSE project and a c…

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