living with the lab
boosting hands-on learning in engineering education
publications

Papers written based on NSF CCLI funding:

Swafford, C, Orr, M., Hall, D. Building Confidence Through Hands-on Activities. American Society for Engineering Education Gulf-Southwest Conference, Tulane University, April 2014. download

Harbour, D., Hummel, P. Migration of a Robotics Platform from a Freshman Introduction to Engineering Course Sequence to a Sophomore Circuits Course, 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2010 (6 pages). download

Crittenden, K., Hall, D., Brackin, P. Living with the Lab: Sustainable Lab Experiences for Freshman Engineering Students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2010. 2010 Best Paper Award, Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies download

Easley, J., Hall, D., Beard, N., Fardsalehi, G., Wallace, N., Swanbom, M. A Student-Run Help Desk to Facilitate a Robotics-Based Course Sequence. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2010. paper poster

Watson, M., Corbett, K., Prather, K., Carpenter, J., Cronk, S. Fostering Dissemination Skills in STEM Doctoral Students: Tips for the Ph.D. Student and the General Impact on STEM Students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2010. paper

Corbett, K., Watson, M., Prather, C., Swanbom, M., Hall, D. Mentoring and Training of Ph.D. Students in the STEM Academic Enterprise: Tips for Doctoral Students and the Overall Effects of Stem Students. American Society for Engineering Education Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, McNeese State University, 2010. download

Carpenter, J., Hall, D., Nelson, J., "Using a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum to Assess ABET EAC Program Outcome 3d: Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary Teams," Louisiana Tech University, College of Engineering and Science, Ruston, LA, 2009 (unpublished). paper

Swanbom, M., Harbour, D., Hegab, H., Eddy, D. Microprocessor-Based Control System for Integrated Freshman Curriculum. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009. paper presentation

Hall, D., Barker, M., Nelson, J. Living with the Lab: Update on the Second Year of Full Implementation for Over 400 First-Year Engineering Students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009. paper

Crittenden, K., Hall, D., Barker, M., Brackin, P. First-Year Design Experience: Assembling the "Big Picture" Through Innovative Product Design. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009. paper presentation

Hall, D., Cronk, S., Nelson, J., Brackin, P. The  Facilitation of Lifelong Learning Skills through a Project-Based Freshman Engineering Curriculum. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009.paper

Cronk, S., Hall, D., Nelson, J. Living with the Lab: A  Project-Based Curriculum for First-Year Engineering Students. American Society for Engineering Education Gulf Southwest Division Annual Conference. Waco, TX. March 2009 (12 pages). download

Hall, D.E., Hegab, H.E., Nelson, J.D. Living WITH the Lab - A Freshman Curriculum to Boost Hands-on Learning, Student Confidence and Innovation, 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2008 (6 pages). download

Hegab, H.E., Hall, D.E. Microfabrication of a Resistance Temperature Detector, 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2008 (6 pages). download

Swanbom, M.E., Hall, D.E., Crittenden, K.B. Centrifugal Pump Design, Fabrication and Characterization: A Project-Driven Freshman Experience, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2008. (16 pages). download

Hall, D.E., Cronk, S.R., Brackin, P.D., Barker, J.M., Crittenden, K.B. Living with the Lab: A Curriculum to Prepare Freshman Studets to Meet the Attributes of "The Engineer of 2020," American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2008 (17 pages). 2nd Place Best Paper Award, Freshman Program Division; this paper was also invited for presentation and publication at the 63rd ASEE EDGD Midyear Conference held January 4-7 in Berkeley, California download

Reed, A., Creekbaum, T.M., Matthew, E.D., Hall, D.E., Harbour, W.D. Utilizing Robotics to Facilitate Project-Based Learning: A Student Perspective, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2008 (14 pages). This paper was invited for publication in the Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XVIIII No. 1, January - March 2009 pages 2 - 11. download 

Hall, D.E., Barker, J.M., Nelson, J.D., Living with the Lab: Expanding a Project-Based Freshman Curriculum to Over 350 Students, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2008 (POSTER ONLY). download

Hegab, H.E., Hall, D.E. Increasing Experiential Learning in Freshman Engineering through a Microfabrication Project, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2007 (5 pages). download 

Papers based on related work prior to NSF CCLI funding:

Hall, D., Barker, M. Living with the Lab – Boosting Experiential Learning and Creativity in 1st Year Engineering Students, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 13 (1), 2007, 3-18.

Barker, M., Hall, D. Teaching Innovative Product Development Skills to Freshman Engineering Students, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2004 (10 pages). download


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Project supported by the National Science Foundation's Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program under Award No. 0618288.
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