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Back to Basics in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Malmgren, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Mechanics

2006-1625: THE “BACK TO THE FUTURE” EXPERIENCE OF GRAPHICALANALYSISThomas Malmgren, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Thomas Malmgren, P.E. Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. B.S. Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Industrial Engineering from University of Pittsburgh. Registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania. Interests include CAD, design, thermodynamics, enjoying the outdoors (swimming, hiking, hunting, fishing, kayaking) and my family. Worked as a journeyman machinist for General Electric, U.S. Navy Machinery Repairman, and methods engineer for Elliott Company (manufacturer of turbo

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Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

2006-1281: CONTENT ENRICHMENT - EXPLOITING THE CYCLE FROMACADEMIA TO INDUSTRY TO ACADEMIAJohn Robertson, Arizona State University John Robertson is a professor in the College of Science and Technology at the ASU Polytechnic in Mesa, Arizona. His research interests are in process control and data management for integrated circuit production, especially novel non-volatile memories. From 1994 to 2001, he was a Director in Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector and before that, he held the Lothian Chair of Microelectronics at Edinburgh University, UK.Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co. Joseph P Tidwell was the Coordinator of Engineering and Technical Education for the Boeing Company at Mesa, AZ from

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Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Yoon Kim, Virginia State University

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Instrumentation

2006-1644: INSTRUMENTATION FOR VIBRATION AND MODAL TESTING – ASENIOR DESIGN PROJECTJahangir Ansari, Virginia State University JAHANGIR ANSARI is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1983 both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. He has over 18 years of industrial experience in different areas including shipbuilding and cement plant industries. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CNC, and Computer

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FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Burn, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

. Second, theweekly assignments were to be, as much as possible, placed in the context of technology appliedto the improvement of society, to current events, or to technologies with which the students werevery familiar.The importance of computing and of the class to engineers and their education was emphasizedduring the first week of class, as it always had been. But, as part of the intervention, this contextsetting was carried forward throughout the term. Specifically, all graduate student instructors Page 11.1450.5were asked to emphasize and repeat this importance throughout the term. Further, roughly once aweek, 5 to 10 minutes of lecture

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FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

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First-Year Programs

2006-824: LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE: ANALYSIS OF A FIRST COLLEGEWIDE SERVICE LEARNING COURSEDavid Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell David Kazmer is a Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to this position, Dave held various individual contributor and management positions at GE Plastics and Synventive Molding Solutions. He teaches and researches in the area of product design and manufacturing.John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell John Duffy is a Professor in the in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has an active interest in solar engineering and related technologies

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Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Healey, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-344: A DESCRIPTION OF A CAPSTONE PROJECT TO DEVELOP A WEBBASED ENERGY CENTER FOR MONITORING ALTERNATIVE ANDRENEWABLE ENERGY SITESFrancis Di Bella, Northeastern UniversityRyan Healey, Northeastern University Mr.Healey is an ElectricalEngineering Technology student;Class of 2006. He is extremely versatil in electrical and computer engineering technology. He has authored the description of the web site engine. He expects to attend graduate school after graduation Page 11.37.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ASEE 2006 Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill

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Innovative Lower Division Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth Pidugu, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; Swaminadham Midturi, University of Arkansas-Little Rock

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Two Year College Division

2006-1668: EDUCATIONAL MODELS FOR ENERGY WORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTSrikanth Pidugu, University of Arkansas-Little RockSwaminadham Midturi, University of Arkansas-Little Rock Page 11.510.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ASEE 2006-1668 Educational Models for Energy Workforce Development S. Midturi and S. B. Pidugu, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Engineering Technology 2801 S. University Avenue Little

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BME Curriculum Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Howard, Vanderbilt University; Robert Roselli, Purdue University

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Biomedical

Technologies, VaNTH Domain Leader in Biotransport, and is an active contributor to the VaNTH Biomechanics Domain. Dr. Roselli has developed graduate and undergraduate courses in biomechanics and biotransport at Vanderbilt University. He received B.S. (1969) and M.S. (1972) degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. (1975) in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Page 11.630.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Facilitating the Design of Diagnostic Learning Modules with CAPEAbstractDiagnostic learning modules adapt themselves in

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

,economic, and ethical issues [9].We are in the third year of reforming ECEN’s standard, one semester course in EM into a twocourse sequence, VECTOR. The first, required course will be designed for all ECEN studentsand focus on concepts and applications of E&M to ensure relevance. The second elective course,designed for students pursuing further study in this area, will link concepts to analytical andnumerical solution techniques.The first course, ECEN3613, is built around three case study modules in which students play therole of design engineers researching technologies to be used in the design of a wireless robotcontroller. The three case studies focus on design of three subsystems of the controller whichreflect three basic conceptual areas

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Allebach, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Computer Engineering's 1997 Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award, Purdue's Class of 1922 Award for Outstanding Innovation in Helping Students Learn, and the 1997 Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The EPICS Program has been honored with several awards, including the Corporate and Foundation Alliance Award and, from the State of Indiana, the Inaugural Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism. With Professors Jamieson and Oakes, Coyle was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's 2005 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuyler, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the University of Michigan. Page 11.638.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Feasibility of Totally Distance-Oriented EET/CET Technology ProgramsAbstractThis paper addresses the problem of delivering an effective “hands-on” learningexperience in a purely distance education program within electronic engineeringtechnology (EET) and computer engineering technology (CET). Experiential learning haslong been considered to be a necessary pedagogical component in engineeringtechnology. It is generally accepted that a graduate needs “hands-on” experience to besuccessful as an entry-level

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valerie Maynard, Northwestern University; Matthew Hsu, Northwestern University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; R.P.H. Chang, Northwestern University

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Materials

. in materials science from Northwestern University. He has worked with the Materials World Modules since their inception.Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University is an Associate Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. Her degrees are from Michigan State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has a strong interest in K-12 education, and spent her sabbatical with the NCLT at Northwestern University.R.P.H. Chang, Northwestern University is Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Director of the Materials Research Institute at Northwestern University. His degrees are from the

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Western Michigan University

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Electrical and Computer

application area) first before devoting time to cover such topics aselectrostatics and magnetostatics. The author started teaching the course for the first timein Fall 2005 using a new textbook. There are pros/cons of covering applications areas(such as transmission lines) before a discussion of electric and magnetic fields (bothstatic and dynamic.) There are recent textbooks that introduce transmission lines first.Because of the importance of wireless communications and antenna technology, there hasbeen discussion among engineering educators that the subject of E&M is a fundamentalarea of study for all electrical engineering and perhaps computer engineering majors. Sothe question becomes how many E&M courses are needed? Most schools are

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harish Eletem, Lamar University; Fred Young, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

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Computers in Education

2006-709: A WEB-BASED SOLVER FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLOWCALCULATIONSHarish Eletem, Lamar University HARISH ELETEM was a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University in 2005.Fred Young, Lamar University FRED YOUNG is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He has published many technical papers and presented several papers at international conferences.Kendrick Aung, Lamar University KENDRICK AUNG is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific; Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; Jeff Burmeister, University of the Pacific

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Educational Research and Methods

Camilla M. Saviz, Ph.D., P.E., holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from U.C. Davis. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. Dr. Saviz' research interests include measurement and modeling of hydrodynamics, water quality, and sediment transport in surface water systems. She has also served as co-principal investigator on several studies to develop and implement strategies to enhance the quality of engineering education.Jeff Burmeister, University of the Pacific Jeffrey S

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Internet and Distributed Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Daniel Brooker, East Carolina University

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Information Systems

2006-559: A REMOTELY CONTROLLED AND ISOLATED COMPUTERNETWORK TEST BED FOR ATTACK UNDERSTANDING BASEDINFORMATION ASSURANCE DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSESPhilip Lunsford, East Carolina University Phil Lunsford received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a registered professional engineer and is currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. His research interests include system simulation, telemedicine applications, and information assurance.Lee Toderick, East Carolina University Lee Toderick received a B.S. in Computer Science from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster, University of Detroit Mercy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Teacher of the Year Award in 1996, UDM Faculty Achievement Award in 2001, and the ASEE North-Central Section’s Best Teacher Award in 2002. Das earned his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, and M.S. and PhD. degrees from Iowa State University. He was a post-doctoral research associate at University of Notre Dame and worked as an analysis engineer for Concurrent Technologies Corporation prior to joining UDM.Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy Sandra A. Yost, P.E., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she teaches in the areas of control systems, digital and analog circuits and electronics, and design. She is currently

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alvin Post, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

design,and it may function with even a crude flat plate collector in cooler climates.ConclusionAlthough the proposed pump will only raise water a few meters, this may serve forcertain agricultural applications. The reduced temperature requirement for the boilershould reduce heat losses and cycle times. It should also allow the use of simpler flatplate collectors, in cooler environments. The design is simple and should lend itself toapplications termed ‘appropriate technology’. This pump has not been built, but thedesign is offered in hope of stimulating further thought about low-temperature steam-driven solar pumps.Simple heat engines gave rise to modern engineering, but their simplicity can be

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Innovative Partnerships

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Pooneh Lari, North Carolina State University; Michelle Hsiang, Research Triangle Institute

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Two Year College Division

. Page 11.1029.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Professional Development for Community College Teachers: Year Two Data from an Online Graduate Certificate Program in Community College TeachingIntroduction and Project OverviewThe departments of Adult and Higher Educations (AHE) and Mathematics, Science andTechnology Education (MSTE) within the College of Education at North Carolina StateUniversity developed an NSF supported graduate certificate program in Community CollegeTeaching (project #0302839). The cohort-based program has focused on developing theknowledge and skills necessary to design and deliver course-related content through technology-enhanced learning environments for

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul King, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical

freshman course inintroductory engineering). This course was originally intended to interest freshman students in thepotential application of their engineering skills to real-life problems. It wassimilarly intended to assist in the retention of students during the initial semesterof engineering classes. The course has had good student reviews, and seems tohave achieved its goals. This paper is intended to be of sufficient depth that the course may bereplicated easily elsewhere.Introduction The stated specific goals of this course include the introduction of thefreshman student to data analysis techniques in electrocardiography, medical andengineering nomenclature, engineering & engineering applied to medicine, technologies

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BME Curriculum Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Michele Follen, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University

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Biomedical

University. Dr. Richards-Kortum received her B.S. degree in Physics and Mathematics from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1985 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics and Medical Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Her research interests include: high-resolution in vivo optical imaging for enhanced detection of cancer; fluorescence imaging for cancer detection, electromagnetic modeling of light scattering by cells, and tissues and fiber optic sensors for in vivo detection of cancer. Page 11.956.1© American Society for Engineering

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gukan Rajaram, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

Engineering. He received the B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, and his MS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras. His doctoral research is in the area of electrode and electrolyte synthesis and characterization for solid oxide fuel cells. He has been involved in teaching mechanical engineering lab courses. Page 11.870.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 LEARNING ABOUT PARTICLE SIZE CHARACTERIZATION WITH A WATER PITCHER FILTERIntroductionParticle technology deals with the production, characterization

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jun Kondo, University of Hartford; Santiago Noriega, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford

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Instrumentation

College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture, University of Hartford, ConnecticutABSTRACTDue to increasing requirements in performance, in areas such as computers andautomobiles, manufacturing companies have been forced to produce within tightertolerances and perform more elaborate testing to validate their products. In thecase of automotive manufacturers the measurement of vibration is essential. In thepast, equipment such as strain gauges and piezoelectric accelerometers have beenadequate in measuring it. However, they have had several disadvantages. Onedisadvantage being that the part must be mounted on the surface of the objectbeing measured. This can result in the mass altering the frequency and modeshape of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Instrumentation

mechanical engineering2,3, civilengineering4, and electrical engineering5. Instrumentation courses are also of interest toelectrical engineering non-majors6, agricultural and biological engineering programs7, studentsof mechatronics8, and interdisciplinary programs9. A program minor in computer-basedinstrumentation has been reported10, and the complex issue of updating and maintaining dataacquisition hardware and software systems has been reported from an aerospace engineeringprogram11. Engineering technology programs also encounter issues of instrumentation12,13,14.One report was found of how efforts to update and expand instrumentation and experimentalmethods courses and laboratories paid off in the process of implementing a mechanicalengineering

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Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeong Woo; Robert Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mark Clayton, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

2006-807: COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN A DISTRIBUTEDDESIGN STUDIOJeong Han Woo, Western Illinois University Jeong-Han Woo is an assistant professor of the Department of Engineering Technology at Western Illinois University. His research interests include knowledge management in the AEC industry, BIM (Building Information Model), IT( Information Technologies) on the design and construction industry, and construction process simulation. His e-mail address is j-woo@wiu.edu.Mark Clayton, Texas A&M UniversityRobert Johnson, Texas A&M University Page 11.342.1© American Society for Engineering

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering.Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech J. C. MALZAHN KAMPE is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University, M.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering at Michigan Technological University.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY A. EDMISTER is the

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blekhman, Grand Valley State University; Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

of Engineering at Grand Valley State University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology And his M.S. and Ph.D. both in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His research area of interest is fluid-structure interaction. Page 11.492.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Do Fuel Cell Topics Belong in a Combustion Course?AbstractCombustion technologies are responsible for a lion’s share of the country’s electric powerproduction and virtually a hundred percent of the conversion of fuels to power in thetransportation

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Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-48: WIRELESS LOGGERS FOR REAL-TIME DATA ACQUISITION ANDANALYSISRafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Rafic Bachnak is Professor and Coordinator of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC). He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University in 1983, 1984, and 1989, respectively. Dr. Bachnak was previously on the faculty of Franklin University and Northwestern State University.Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Mike Englert is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. Mike graduated with a BS in Control Systems Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Mary Leigh Wolfe, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-2161: DEFINING AND ASSESSING THE ABET PROFESSIONAL SKILLSUSING EPORTFOLIOLisa McNair, Virginia Tech Dr. Lisa McNair (lmcnair@vt.edu, 540-231-1144) holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics and is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She is Co-Director of the Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center (VTECC), where she is developing communications curricula and assessment methodologies for engineering students and faculty, and conducting on-going research. Her research interests include curricular development and technology; international collaboration and communication; and interdisciplinary team work in electronic engineering design environments.Marie Paretti