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Nripendra Sarker; Cajetan M Akujuobi

the basis for improvement next time the same course is offered.This creates a loop for continuous improvement. All course outcomes contribute to the programoutcomes which, in turn, contribute to the fulfillment of the program objectives. As shown inFigure 3, Program Outcomes contribute to satisfy the Program Objectives, which in turncontribute to accomplish the mission of the Program and the Institution eventually. In thisassessment ABET witnesses the course materials and laboratory facilities in preparing graduatesin the very near future. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of ew Mexico, School of Engineering, ew Mexico. Copyright © 2008

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partialdifferential equations, signals and systems, and representation of signals. These pre-requisitecourses are theoretical and mathematical courses that depend on the student ability to understandand manipulate mathematical equations and concepts. In some cases a computer programmingsuch MATLAB, hardware circuits, or laboratories are associated with the above pre-requisites.Any student who majors in mathematics or physics can qualify to enroll in a communicationintroductory course with the above pre-requisites. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationFourier transforms

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Ankur Shukla; Prafulla Kesari

. Gallardo, Enrique Barbieri, “Toward Best Laboratory Management Practices,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, UTPA, March 28-30. 3. Farrokh Attarzadeh, Victor J. Gallardo, Deniz Gurkan, Enrique Barbieri, “Teaching and Graduate Assistants Training,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, UTPA, March 28-30.FARROKH ATTARZADEHDr. Attarzadeh is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College ofTechnology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming, operating systems, digitallogic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. Hehas developed a concept

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microcontroller in various mechanical systems. Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor.The objective of this course, which is open to all engineering students, is to familiarize studentswith microprocessors and their use in mechanical systems. A Motorola 68HC11 evaluationboard is used, with all programming in assembler language. Since computer educations withouthands-on experience is ineffective, ME 470/570 relies heavily on laboratory projects, with allapparatus pre-configured. It is not feasible to allow the students to construct the apparatusthemselves, since other students must use the same setup. While students understand this, theywould prefer it to be otherwise. This, and other comments may be seen from a sampling ofstudent

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) and the availability of private funding, private engineeringschools have proliferated. Most of these are ‘under the umbrella’ of well-established institutions andthe curricula are fairly uniform. However implementation is not. Resource allocation forinfrastructure, laboratories, faculty salaries and other forms of student facilities are inadequate. In theabsence of accreditation standards quality control of programs and its graduates is illusionary. This isin spite of most private engineering schools charging upwards of $2,000 in tuition per year, a highamount compared to personal income. The government-funded universities and colleges, which wereeffectively free (including room) in the 1980s, have also instituted tuition fees in the range of

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/627.pdf3. Unreal, 2004. Unreal Engine 2 Runtime. http://udn.epicgames.com/Main/WebHome4. Moloney, J. & Harvey, L: Visualization and ‘Auralization’ of Architectural Design in a Game Engine Based Collaborative Virtual Environment. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information Visualisation, IEEE (IV’04) 1093-9547, 2004.5. Campbell, Dace A. and Wells, Maxwell (1994). "A Critique of Virtual Reality in the Architectural Design Process." Available: http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-94-3/. Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.6. Harrison, L.T., (2003). Introduction to 3D Game Engine Design Using DirectX 9 and C# Apress, Berkeley, CA

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Jamel Gray; Derrek Anderson; E. H Shaban; D. P. Siddons; A. Kucsweski

11973 AbstractIn the summer of 2007, the faculty and student team (FaST) program from Southern Universityin Baton Rouge, Louisiana supported by NSF, DOE, and LS-LAMP conducted a detailed studyto design, simulate, build and test a micro-pattern x-ray fluorescence gas detector at BrookhavenNational Laboratory (BNL). We used AutoCAD to design the detector’s parts that weremachined and assembled to form the proposed detector. We have used Maxwell software topredict the electrical field and potential in the drift and amplification regions of the detector. Thispaper describes the hands on learning process and in depth research accomplishment that theundergraduate students have undertaken in the ten weeks

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Mark Atwater; Zayd Leseman; Jonathon Phillips; Marwan Al-Haik

Session 12-25 Novel Graphitic Structures by Design Mark Atwater, Zayd Leseman, Jonathon Phillips, and Marwan Al-Haik Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 AbstractGraphitic Structures by Design (GSD) is a novel technology for growing graphite in precisepatterns from the nano to the macroscale, rapidly (>1 layer/sec), at low temperatures (ca. 500oC),and in a single step using ordinary laboratory equipment. The GSD process consists of

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. A. Mammoli, P. Vorobieff, and D. Menicucci. Promoting solar thermal design: the mechanical engineering building at the university of new mexico. In Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards, WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2006. Wessex Institute of Technology.ANDREA MAMMOLIProf. Mammoli obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Australia in 1995. Hewas a Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory until 1997, when he joined the faculty of the MEdepartment at UNM. Since a sabbatical in Italy in 2004, he became interested in all aspects of building energy use,from passive solar design to high-tech solutions..PETER

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Miguel A. Ramos; Enrique Barbieri

Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education2. Brian Sturhan, Lee Howard, Brian Meixell, Juan Montelongo, Manmeet B. Patil,Farrokh Attarzadeh, “Endless Coffee Pot,” Technology Interface, Volume 8, no. 1, Fall2007, http://technologyinterface.nmsu.edu/Fall07/ (Last accessed on 02/08/2008).3. Attarzadeh, Farrokh, “Innovations in Laboratory Development for ComputerEngineering Technology Programs,” IJME (International Journal of ModernEngineering, Volume 7, No 2, Spring 2007,http://www.ijme.us/issues/spring2007/sl2007paper1attrasheh.pdf, (Last accessed on02/08/2008).4. Boodram, P., Brown, T. R., McNeilly, R. A., Mohammed, M., Mahesh, R., andAttarzadeh, F., “High Temperature Automobile Protection System,” ASEE-CoEDJournal, VOL. XVI, No. 4

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Carolyn Muska; Benjamin S. Kelley; Leigh Ann Marshall

, or in appearance/dress. Further, the noise and proximity to student study and social areas made discussion between students and recruiters difficult.• The scheduled time for the STEM Fair was changed from midmorning-mid afternoon to accommodate students who has class and laboratory conflicts.All ECS students, freshman to seniors to graduatestudents, were encouraged to attend the STEM JobFair, whether on an active basis or just to observe.Publicity was generated through emails, flyers, andother means, including advertisements in thestudent newspaper using the logo shown in Figure2. Figure 3 shows a breakdown by classification ofthe students who attended. Almost as many seniorsattended as all of the other classificationscombined

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George D. Gray

. The hands-on lab in a supportive learningenvironment helps to develop a sense of involvement and fun for the new students.These type of activities also help to support and validate many theories presented within alecture environment which ultimately help in the overall understanding of the subjectmatter. In addition to their effectiveness as a retention tool, these hands-on labexperience courses also attract new students as the word spreads.Many colleges and universities have successfully developed a first year engineeringprogram aimed at improving student success and retention, and these programs very ofteninclude hands-on, collaborative, laboratory-based courses in the first semester. TheUniversity of Colorado School of Engineering has

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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya; Jiecai Luo

. 6. ConclusionsThe impact of a multi-initiative effort on a complex problem as proper ethics teaching tool ina university or school is difficult to assess with firm casual approaches [7]. However, Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationqualitative connections can be identified for, before, within, or after undergraduate levelclasses in each subject and assessed. Newer student design competitions should be steadilygrown by industries. Newer research and development laboratories should be opened to bringmore hands on “real world” training from industries to

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Khawar Abbas; Zayd C. Leseman; Thomas J. Mackin

interferometric microscope. Aschematic of the full apparatus is shown in Figure 4. Figure 4: Schematic of the experimental apparatus Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education ExperimentLoading history of a single membrane is described is here. Similar behavior was also observed inother experiments with membranes of similar dimensions. This observation is borne out as theresult of other similar experiments.Experiments were carried out in a laboratory setting (not in a cleanroom), temperature and

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Drew Goettler

interferometric microscope. Aschematic of the full apparatus is shown in Figure 4. Figure 4: Schematic of the experimental apparatus Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education ExperimentLoading history of a single membrane is described is here. Similar behavior was also observed inother experiments with membranes of similar dimensions. This observation is borne out as theresult of other similar experiments.Experiments were carried out in a laboratory setting (not in a cleanroom), temperature and

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Benjamin S. Kelley; Adam P. Ecklund; Aaron Dabney

classes? Did you do well field. Is there a particular role model who hasin the classes and laboratories? inspired you?For fall 2007, there were 2,223 ECS applicants. Of these applicants, 1,047 (47%) were offeredadmission. Of the admitted students, 197 (18.8%) new freshman students enrolled in ECS for the Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationfall 2007 semester. Of the 1,047 admitted students, 90 (8.6%) were identified as at risk for ECS andsent the letter shown above.The request that the 90 ECS at-risk admitted

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Carol Costello; August Allo

or below. This is, however, a notablereduction compared to the 24 (67%) who rated their skills average or below three monthsearlier. Despite the improvements seen, 10 (31%) of the class asked for more practice.Additional voluntary presentation practice sessions during the laboratory portion of theclass are planned for future semesters.In response to the question as to whether the class helped with presentation skills, manyof the replies denoted increased self-confidence through learning: • How to keep audience attention, engaging the audience • Recommendation of Toastmaster’s Organization for increased practice • How to maintain eye contact • Importance of preparation • Awareness of how I present • Overcome fear of public

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Maheshwar R Kashamolla; Zayd Leseman; Amit Savkar; Kevin Murphy

. A vacuum line is attached to the vacuum chamber as well as apressure gage. The mechanical pump allows for a high vacuum state (10-4 Torr) to be reached. AnN2 cylinder connected to the vacuum chamber via a needle valve allows for a controlled increase tothe chamber pressure. Addition of a flask of de-ionized water through which air is bubbled throughand a hygrometer (not shown) allows for humidity controlled experiments.All of the MEMS devices for this experiment were fabricated at Sandia National Laboratories usingthe 4-layer, SUMMiT technology11. The sacrifical oxide and structural layers in themicromachining process are tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and n-type polycrystalline silicon(polysilicon) doped with phosphine gas

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Hamid Majlesein; Sujeet Bhatte; Zhengmao Ye

. He came to the US aftercompleting his Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering with First class from Mumbai University, Mumbai India.Prior to coming to US he worked with CMS Computers Ltd as an Engineering Intern where he developed datacommunication equipment and tested electronic products.ZHENGMAO YEDr. Ye currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Southern University. Dr. Ye’s researchinterests include modeling, control and optimization with diverse applications on automotive, electrical, mechanical andbiomedical systems, as well as signal processing and image processing. Dr. Ye is a Senior Member of IEEE and theFounder and Director of System and Control Laboratory at Southern University