Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. in nuclear engineering. All faculty do have a Ph.D. in one of theinterdisciplinary fields represented in this program.Procedure 6.0 – Criteria 6Classrooms, laboratories, equipment, tools, and computing resources are reviewed annually, ormore frequently as situations warrant. Course evaluation forms described in the Criteria 3procedures are used as a tool for assessing facilities. Data is kept regarding additions, renovationand upgrades to classrooms, laboratories, equipment, tools, and computing resources. Theamounts requested, provided and spent are tracked by the department head.Procedure 7.0 – Criteria 7Institutional support and financial resources are reviewed annually to ensure that they aresufficient to assure quality and continuity of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David LaGraffe, Air Force Institute of Technology; James Petrosky, Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, the research project is coordinated with customer organizations like theDefense Threat Reduction Agency, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Air Force NuclearWeapons and Counterproliferation Agency to provide relevance and insight into the currenttechnical problems being addressed. Many of the skills and abilities gained in the program, suchas the ability to conduct advanced research, use of the scientific method and a host ofexperimental, mathematical, and laboratory skills are applicable in all three areas. This furtherreinforces the multidisciplinary approach of the program. Finally, during their sixth and last quarter, all students complete a capstone course. Thecontent of the capstone course is based loosely on the Department of

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Moustafa Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Julie Moustafa, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Design Graphics

3 COMM 101R, Public Speaking 3 Gen Ed, Soc ial Sc ience Perspective (S) 3 Page 12.1538.3Figure 1Three course in the first two years are dedicated to drafting and design. Those coursesare:MET 100 – Engineering GraphicsCourse (Catalog) DescriptionLecture 2 hours; laboratory 2 hours; 3 credits. A modern treatment of the basic principlesof engineering drawing, including graphing, orthographic projection, sectional views,multiview drawings, pictorial

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

theCETLs within the UK, and then will go on to discuss the learning, teaching and assessmentmethods used on a first year engineering undergraduate module, in order to promote learnerautonomy within the students. The module, ‘Materials, Manufacturing and EnvironmentalEngineering’, has traditionally been taught over 2 semesters through a series of keynotelectures, followed by seminars and laboratory practical classes. Previously, case study workwas undertaken by the students in semester 2 of the module; however, this did not developautonomous learning in an effective way. The new assignment project work in semester 2provided an opportunity for students to work in groups. Each group either undertookinvestigations into ‘engineering disaster management

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Goodmann, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

not actually do anything of use inthe “real world”. Typical laboratory exercises are similar, and similarly dry. If our retentionpercentage is not what we would like it to be, we should not be surprised.Of course, there are a significant number of students who do not leave for the greener pastures ofmicroeconomics. Some of them already know that our discipline is rewarding in many waysother than a paycheck, possibly because they began tinkering with technology while in highschool. If we could give the rest of our students a first-year experience something like theexperience these tinkerers and radio amateurs give themselves, it seems reasonable to think thatour retention rates would benefit. That kind of experience can be provided by

Conference Session

Electrical Technology Projects and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pocock, Oregon Institute of Technology; Kevin McCullough, Oregon Institute of Technology; Andrew Carpenter, Oregon Institute of Technology; Brant Hempel, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

EngineeringTechnology that includes a senior level capstone course in analog integrated circuit design. Thiscourse includes a two credit hour (six contact hours per week) laboratory in which studentswould normally perform six to eight individual “canned” experiments. Recently the author hasre-structured the laboratory to become a term-long group project in the area of analog integratedcircuits. This paper describes the results of one of these team projects.IntroductionThe objective of this capstone course is to expose senior EET majors to the design process foranalog integrated circuits by working as a member of a design team. Upon completion of thiscourse, a student will have been exposed to the processes of working in a team, picking an idea,researching the

Conference Session

Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN

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Women in Engineering

attending included 51% Caucasian, 22% Hispanic, 16% African American and 11% other. Each program's format was similar but tailored to highlight a participating university's areas of expertise. Among the subjects covered in seminars were teamwork, problem solving, decision-making, and communicating effectively. Laboratory experiences included animated web-page design, computer-chip design, laser optics, computer hardware and more. WEPAN member universities which participated in the pilot project were Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.; University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; The University of Texas at Austin; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Binghamton University, NY; and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. EXITE

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

development. Coursework and assignments aredesigned for students to gain topical knowledge, analyze and apply basic concepts, and expandwritten and oral communication skills. An early description of the course was reported byMcCloskey, et al.2.Students take and also evaluate the use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator3. Corporate guestsfrom ExxonMobil and the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory participate in some of the classes toreinforce some of the concepts and applications in industry. PD-1 is integrated into the SecondYear Introduction to Engineering Design (IED) course, which for most students is the first majorexperience in working in multidisciplinary teams, and they are crucially interdependent forsuccess. It is important to understand that the

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Keathly, University of North Texas; Robert Akl, University of North Texas; Ryan Garlick, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

activities. Results from student surveys andparent surveys will be presented. The paper concludes with recommended changes andimprovements in the program, as well as a discussion of adaptations that would create programssuitable for implementation at other institutions as well as programs aimed at a different targetpopulation.The three phases previously enumerated each build upon currently accepted educationalpractices. The robotics summer camp in particular used problem-based learning approaches,similar to those described in The Power of Problem-Based Learning2. This study clearlydemonstrates the significant benefits of teaching students how to think by using a problem-basedapproach. We also developed a mobile laboratory so that the summer camp can

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Deborah Hwang, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

appropriate equipment tosupport those labs. Computer and electrical engineering have an array of laboratories including anetworks lab and labs for electronics, optics, control systems, circuits, and projects. It iscommon to see computer science students working in electrical engineering project labs, andelectrical engineering students using the resources in the computer science project lab. From theviewpoint of both faculty and students, we appear to have more space and resources than we Page 12.1117.7would have if we were in separate departments.The UpsideThere are genuine advantages to the combined department arrangement. Each advantage alongwith a

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University

Tagged Divisions

International

in the mid 1990s, and the extension ofthe fee limit to £3000pa was introduced in 2005. The total fee accruing from an engineeringBachelors student is insufficient to pay the actual cost of delivering laboratory-basededucation, and so universities rely upon distributing the surplus fees from other disciplineareas and other business activities to support science and technology provision.The majority of students secure loans from the English Student Loan Company in order topay their fees; the debt being collected through the taxation system over the graduate’sworking life. Page 12.627.2It has thus, in the last few years, become increasingly

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

; Sons, New York. Everett and Swain, “Whirlwind I Computer Block Diagrams,” Report R-231, MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1946. Gilmore, J. T., Jr., and H. P. Peterson, “A Functional Description of the TX-0 Computer,” Memorandum 6M- 4789-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lincoln, MA, October 1958. On-line (retrieved 8 July 2004) at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/tx-0/6M-4789-1_TX0_funcDescr.pdf Goering, Richard, “Doors 'open' to hardware,” EE Times, 6 June 2005. Hanna, K. 2002. Interactive visual functional programming. In Proceedings of the Seventh ACM SIGPLAN international Conference on Functional Programming (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 04 - 06, 2002). ICFP '02. ACM Press, New York, NY, 145-156. Kay, A., “Computer Software

Conference Session

Development of Undergraduate Distance Education Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Tom Miller, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

the first two years included introduction to engineering,statics, dynamics, electric circuits, and introduction to logic design, and introduction to computerorganization. During the first four years of the program delivery of courses was shared amongthe three colleges of engineering. As technology, faculty and curricula changed, NC Stateassumed more responsibility for the 2+2 programs. By 2001, all distance courses were beingdelivered by NC State faculty.Over the past twelve years, the technology has evolved substantially. 4,5,6 However, throughoutthis time we provided a combination of synchronous and asynchronous lectures, along with theon-site laboratories. Courses have originated from all three colleges of engineering, as well asfrom the

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

away from theday-to-day research that draws us to the career in the first place. Satisfaction in teaching, whichis truly a passion of mine—was not to be found. I felt more like, and was, a person on stageattended by a cohort of TAs, speaking to an audience of 150 (sort of) interested students.Personal contact with students: to be avoided lest it take time from research, or more important,proposal writing. In a word (or three): what a mess.I felt a desire to focus more on personal scholarship, removed from the pressure of constantlyseeking money. I also enjoyed teaching, including working with more than 40 undergraduates inmy laboratory over the years at Michigan. This led to my search for positions in a smallerinstitution focused on teaching

Conference Session

Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ronnie Bolick, North Carolina A&T State University; Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Oladapo Akinyede, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

nanotubes and or alumina particles using high energy mixing (usingultrasonication, high shear and pulverization), (b) electrospinning technique to manufacture anddeposit nanofibers (c) X-Y Computer controlled spray technique to deposit single wall carbonnanotubes on the woven fabric. The fabricated nanocomposite materials are then tested bystudents in Strength of Materials Laboratory using conventional tensile testing machine. Thispaper demonstrates limitless bounds of nanomaterials, as well as would eventually help tomodify and strengthen the existing engineering curriculums in materials, manufacturing, andmechanical and engineering technology.Introduction For the past five years, the research involving the fabrication and processing of

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Stephen Burke, University of Limerick; Sonya Quinn, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

sure than the teachers. The same graph shows a parallel response until the‘disagree’, option separates the groups. There are also distinct separations between the agegroups demographic (left graph Figure 2). The survey included 777 students and 65 teachers,from a variety of school types.The eco-literacy scores for the undergraduates at the beginning of the module demonstratedthe low level of general ecological knowledge (Figure 3). Only 2.4 percent scored an A1(>85%), in this survey, this had risen to 16.3 percent during the last quarter of the module.The term examination would test their knowledge at the end of the module.The eco-footprint of the undergraduate cohort was calculated as part of a laboratory exerciseon eco foot-printing

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, final, etc.)6. Comp Lect Computer lab lecture7. Lab Sh Exe Laboratory hands-on short exercises8. Lab Expm Team Laboratory experimentation – team work9. Forens Indiv Forensic analysis in-class exercises – individual work10. Forens Team Forensic analysis in-class exercises – team work11. Des Sh Exe Indiv Design short exercises in-class – individual work12. Des Sh Exe Team Design short exercises in-class – team work13. Des Proj Indiv Design projects – individual work14. Des Proj Team Design projects – team work15. Des Dev Lab Expm Design and development of new lab experiments16. Concept Gener Concept generation

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Diana Wiant, Centaurus High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

JACQUELYN F. SULLIVAN is founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory. She co-led the development of a first-year engineering projects course, and co-teaches Innovation and Invention and a service-learning Engineering Outreach Corps elective. Dr. Sullivan initiated the ITL's extensive K-12 engineering program and leads a multi-institutional NSF-supported initiative that created TeachEngineering.org, a digital library of K-12 engineering curricula. Dr. Sullivan has 14 years of industrial engineering experience and directed an interdisciplinary water resources decision support research center at CU for nine years. She received her PhD in environmental

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgil Cox, Gaston College; Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College; Phyllis EssexFraser, Gaston College

robots, trebuchets, and school team performance on the annual JuniorEngineering and Technology (JETs) exam. The community colleges worked with the highschools in their service areas to provide mentoring and guidance for both the students and theteachers (few of whom knew much about the JETs exam or building robots, etc.). The author andthe author’s school participated in these activities. Page 12.1322.2 During this same time period the author’s school received a Duke Energy Foundationgrant that created a state-of-the-science biotechnology/genetics laboratory. Also, a majorregional interest in creating the infrastructure for the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy; Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. Figure 3: EyasSat3 The complete satellite measures 20x20x25 cm and weighs approximately 2.3 kg, making it easy to transport between the laboratory and the classroom. It was designed to be taken apart and reassembled many times. This has enabled over 1,700 students around the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niall Seery, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Thomas Waldmann, University of Limerick

machine tool training on other machine tools. On completionof the prescribed exercise on the augmented milling machine, each participant within the Page 12.203.5experimental group was requested to complete the evaluation questionnaire. Studentswere allocated fifteen minutes to complete all sections and encouraged to criticallyevaluate their experience.Knowledge transferThree weeks following the original machining exercises, the entire cohort (control andexperimental) participated in a transferability experiment. Each student was randomlycalled to the milling machine from his or her regular laboratory work. A member of thetechnical staff requested the

Conference Session

New Trends in Energy Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa; Liping Guo

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical Circuit Gear set Gear set and DC Voltage (V) and DC motor Measurement motor Figure 11: The picture of system in our electrical laboratory during tests Page 12.613.11The PMDC motors selected for our experiments are: the FA-130 and RC-260 PMDC23. Theexperimental results are given in table 2. In this experiment, the hydraulic door closer handle ismoved by hand without any stop for 90 degree

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University; Lee Toderick, East Carolina University; Chengcheng Li, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Microsoft Virtual Server. For example, VMware Workstation 5.5 (license required) supports DOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Netware and Solaris; whereas Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 only supports Windows and limited Linux distributions. It was important for us to be able to emulate an environment with diversified platforms.Xen was not considered because it did not support Windows XP as the host operating system.Xen could be only hosted under Linux or NetBSD with a customized kernel. The Mac-basedvirtual machine solution based on Parallels was not considered because the department policyrequires students to purchase PC based machines.2. Laboratory Setup2.1 Preparation of the Virtual Machine for Student UseVMware Workstation 5.5

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Andre Benard, Michigan State University; Norbert Mueller, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

-dimensional steady state conduction solutions for cases where temperatureboundary conditions were prescribed. The present research expands the features of the programto include prescribed heat flux boundary conditions as well as convective boundary conditions.Moreover, the expanded program also handles transient cases so that students can watchtemperature changes in a material on a real-time basis. The addition of these boundaryconditions also now allows one dimensional problems to be solved by specifying a zero heat fluxcondition on opposing sides of the body.The solutions for the original version of the program were generated using a code developed forSandia National Laboratory which was DOS based. The revised program has replaced thiscomputational

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

collectively supportfive four-year ET undergraduate programs:[1] ‚ Architectural Engineering Technology (AET) in the Architecture Department ‚ Audio (AuET), Electronic (EET) and Computer Engineering Technology (CET) in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department ‚ Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) in Mechanical Engineering Department Page 12.417.2The curriculum of each ET program is designed such that students must complete: ‚ One 4-credit lecture/laboratory course in a basic science elective ‚ Two 4-credit lecture/laboratory courses in algebra-based physics ‚ Four 3-credit All University Curriculum (AUC

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jitendra Tate, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedraman Sriraman, Texas State University-San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

assigning team based projects, research paper topics were assigned on an individualbasis. Thirty percent weight was given to this research activity.Students were systematically prepared for taking up the research paper activity. Demonstrationswere organized in the research laboratories in the Chemistry department pertaining to basicpolymer characterization techniques. These techniques include GPC, TGA, and DMA. Threeindustrial visits were organized to expose students to injection molding, extrusion, and carbon-composite manufacturing processes. Students also viewed videos prepared by the ‘Society ofManufacturing Engineers’ in the areas of processing.The instructor suggested a few important research topics. These topics included

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Dana Johnson, Michigan Technological University; Kris Mattila, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

these characteristics, a workshop wasconvened at Michigan Tech in August 2006 to define a Service Systems Engineering curriculum.Workshop participants consisted of faculty from several universities as well as industry leadersinterested in engineering for the service sector. An additional grant from NSF’s CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program was recently awarded for theimplementation of this curriculum.IntroductionWe are living in a service economy and our educational system has failed to keep pace toprovide employers with graduates meeting the demands of the service sector. Over 80% of theeconomic activity in the United States is within the service sector1 with similar high rates inother developed countries.2 This sector

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Solomon Eisenberg, Boston University; Jo-Ann Murray, Boston University; Urbain DeWinter, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

International

second semester of the sophomore year was targeted because this is the last semester inwhich engineering students at Boston University share a substantially common curriculum.Program participants take the same technical courses at TUD that they would have taken inBoston. These courses are taught in English by TUD faculty using the same textbooks andsyllabi as in Boston and incorporate equivalent laboratory experiences. In addition, students takea sociology course which focuses on technology and society in Germany (also taught in English),and an intensive German language course.To date, 124 students have completed the program in Dresden. Several approaches have beenused to assess the success of the program. These include annual debriefing

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Haman, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy; Will Wittig, University of Detroit Mercy; David Chew, University of Detroit Mercy; Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy; Chris Keimig; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit Mercy; Tim Rourke, University of Detroit Mercy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-455: A STUDENT-CENTERED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICINSTALLATION PROJECTArthur Haman, University of Detroit Mercy In his fifty years at the University Arthur C. Haman has progressed through the academic ranks to his current position of Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean for Operations. His industrial experience was acquired as a Structures and Armaments engineer at Northrup Aviation and as an engineer in the Scientific Laboratory of the Ford Motor Company. He has also held visiting professorships at what was Carnegie Institute of Technology and Dartmouth College. His current interests are in thermodynamics and internal combustion engines.Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-456: IMPROVING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS THROUGHADAPTING PROGRAMMING TOOLSLinda Shaykhian, NASA Linda H. Shaykhian Linda Shaykhian is a computer engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC). She is currently co-lead of the Information Architecture team for the Constellation Program’s Launch Site Command and Control System Proof of Concept project. She was lead of the Core Technical Capability Laboratory Management System project, which is currently used for resource management and funding of KSC Core Technical Capability laboratories. She was the Software Design Lead and Software Integrated Product Team Lead for the Hazardous Warning