Introducing undergraduate research in Numerical Analysis of Engineering Systems course

Bishay, Peter L.

doi:10.1177/0306419018778043

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“…A case study was presented where a learning environment was established and found to help enhance students' learning and performance [24]. In a Numerical Analysis of Engineering Systems course, an approach was adopted for introducing undergraduate research to engineering students, which is mainly in the early enrolment level for the undergraduate curriculum, that exists in most engineering departments [25]. Finally, a review of how a patent on a rotary diesel engine, which collapsed in operation, was used to link undergraduate research and teaching practices [26].…”

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Undergraduate Research Program to Recycle Composite Waste

2021

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With the rapid growth in the manufacturing industry and increased urbanization, higher amounts of composite material waste are being produced, causing severe threats to the environment. These environmental concerns, coupled with the fact that undergraduate students typically have minimal experience in research, have initiated the need at the UAE University to promote research among undergraduate students, leading to the development of a summer undergraduate research program. In this study, a recycling methodology is presented to test lab-fabricated Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) for potential applications in industrial composite waste. The work was conducted by two groups of undergraduate students at the UAE University. The methodology involved the chemical dissolution of the composite waste, followed by compression molding and adequate heat treatment for rapid curing of CFRP. Subsequently, the CFRP samples were divided into three groups based on their geometrical distinctions. The mechanical properties (i.e., modulus of elasticity and compressive strength) were determined through material testing, and the results were then compared with steel for prompt reference. The results revealed that the values of mechanical properties range from 2 to 4.3 GPa for the modulus of elasticity and from 203.7 to 301.5 MPa for the compressive strength. These values are considered competitive and optimal, and as such, carbon fiber waste can be used as an alternate material for various structural applications. The inconsistencies in the values are due to discrepancies in the procedure as a result of the lack of specialized equipment for handling CFRP waste material. The study concluded that the properties of CFRP composite prepreg scrap tend to be reusable instead of disposable. Despite the meager experimental discrepancies, test values and mechanical properties indicate that CFRP composite can be successfully used as a material for nonstructural applications.

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Undergraduate Research Program to Recycle Composite Waste

2021

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“…Students who are involved in research activities during their undergraduate studies have shown better understanding of the field, improved communication skills and higher GPAs. Research gives the undergraduate students the opportunity to face up-to-date and open-ended research problems 5 . Unfortunately, undergraduate research is not common in the engineering field in general.…”

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Education development employing latest free space optical research papers for undergraduate communication engineering students in class and examination

Aziz¹,

Badawi²

2019

Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2019

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In this paper, we introduce advanced undergraduate communication engineering students to the newest research papers in the optical communications field. An elective course named 'Selected Topics in Communications' offered to final year students in Electronics and Communication department, faculty of Engineering, Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Egypt, focuses on free space optics (FSO). The course objective is to equip students with the necessary theoretical models and the practical knowledge of free FSO from the most recent research. The course studies the current FSO capabilities, constraints, challenges and applications both indoors and outdoors in atmospheric, space and underwater channels. The main prerequisite to the course is digital communications due to the dependence on optical technology on high speed transmission and different modulation techniques in order to achieve best performance. In lectures, we define what a paper is and identify their different types. We explain the difference between conferences and journals, the reviewing process and their requirements. Lectures include how to read and write a technical research paper. Such lectures are to familiarize students with the construction of a paper, how is it organized how to scan for certain information and read results. In tutorials, students practice on different research papers and extract required information according to prepared question sheets. At least 25% of the course marks are dedicated to research papers. Lecturers pick an unknown paper for examination. On the other, students are required to perform a paper presentation after choosing a recent paper on a certain topic.

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“…Certain mathematical courses such as Numerical Analysis, statistics, optimization, etc are included at the junior undergraduate level to lay down a strong foundation so that students can apply knowledge of such courses to other domain-related courses. The study presented by (Bishay, 2018;Hydorn, 2018) shows that the knowledge of such mathematical tools can be used by undergraduate students to analyze results in assigned specific research articles which they can compare with results in other similar research articles.…”

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Engaging undergraduate students to analyze the results of published research articles

Jadhav¹,

Kumbhar²

2022

JEET

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Engineering institutions offer technical education by designing curriculum based on expected graduate attributes. The ability of undergraduate students (UG) to analyze complex engineering problems is one of the attributes and it is addressed by enabling students to work on certain projects or problems. The research experience during undergraduate studies can enhance the overall educational experience of students. But implementing research activities for undergraduate students can be challenging. To engage UG students, researchers have tried different strategies to enhance the research experience of students. This paper presents a case study in which, third-year students of Electrical Engineering were engaged to analyze the results of the combined economic emission dispatch problem (CEED) reported in past literature. As a part of in-semesterexamination (ISE) for the course Power System Operation and Control, the students were given different research papers published in reputed international journals and associated with the CEED problem. The students were asked to identify the main equations, collect supporting data from literature and develop a computer program in MATLAB to analyze results in the research article under study. Each student presented findings on the assigned paper, the computer program developed, with explanations and conclusions. The research findings of all students were appropriately consolidated to prepare the manuscript as a review article for submission to a suitable international journal. The proposed methodology can be easily implemented in other courses by properly defining thescope of research work expected from students. The research experience of students (experimental group) was measured by conducting a test and the results were compared with other students (control group). The results show that students under experiment performed better than other students. Keywords— Analysis; CEED; in-semester-examination; MATLAB; undergraduate research.

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Introducing undergraduate research in Numerical Analysis of Engineering Systems course

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

Undergraduate Research Program to Recycle Composite Waste

Undergraduate Research Program to Recycle Composite Waste

Education development employing latest free space optical research papers for undergraduate communication engineering students in class and examination

Engaging undergraduate students to analyze the results of published research articles

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