AC 2008-708: DIGITAL MANUFACTURING AND SIMULATION CURRICULUMPaul Nutter, Ohio Northern University Paul Nutter, CMfgE, CQE, CQA, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technological Studies at Ohio Northern University. He has been teaching industrial technology since 2000, and has 26 years experience in manufacturing and industrial engineering, primarily with Rockwell Automotive. Paul is active in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers as faculty advisor for SME Student Chapter S186, and has served on the 2007 SME Simulation Technical Group (chair), on the 2006 SME Member Council, and the 2005 Student Relations Subcommittee (chair
appliedmathematics, high performance parallel and scalable computing, scientific modeling andsimulation, data visualization, and domain areas such as physical sciences and engineering, lifesciences, agricultural and environmental sciences, technology and business. The studentsenrolled in the program begin with diversified backgrounds (prior undergraduate studies inengineering, physical sciences, life sciences, mathematics, business, etc). However, all studentsin the program are required to take four core courses relevant to CSE. These are: comprehensivenumerical analysis; scientific visualization, applied probability and statistics, parallelprogramming and data structures. The preparation level for the diversified group of students inthese courses depends
received the B. Eng. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She then worked for two years as a microwave test engineer at Teradyne, Inc., in Boston, Massachusetts. Flexman graduated with her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, where she held a postgraduate fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). In 2007, she was a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow for the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership at the National Academies in Washington, D.C. She is now a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Advanced Therapeutics at
is common practice to tailor such a traditional coursetowards an audience of engineering students. What becomes interesting, however, is teachingdifferential equations when only one section of this course is offered each semester and it ispopulated by students majoring in engineering, mathematics, chemistry, geology or evensociology.This paper discusses the methodology adopted to teach ordinary differential equations toundergraduate students at Lake Superior State University (LSSU). Since 2005 fall semester, the3-credit course has been team-taught by two instructors; one from the School of Mathematicsand Computer Science and one from the School of Engineering and Technology. The coursecovers traditional topics such as first-order equations
in Appendix B.7. DiscussionThe use of PIV technology in fluid flow research is well established and widely accepted.Results from the measurements provide very valuable information about the flow fields to theresearchers and engineers of multiple disciplines. Consequently the aerodynamic design of anautomobile can be improved and the combustion process in the engine inside the sameautomobile could be optimized. Nowadays the technology has also been applied in the area ofMEMS, biomedical, and physiological research and in many other areas.Fluid mechanics is a highly visual subject. During the teaching process one must take fulladvantage of this fact. FLOWEXTM ePIV gives the opportunity to achieve this to its full extentmaking this technology
Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder and President of Xeragen, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead
AC 2008-93: "THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOOK" OR "WHY MY STUDENTSWANT TO BE CALLED BIG DRIPS"Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown Amy Miller is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She earned a M.S. degree from University of Pittsburgh, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She joined the faculty at UPJ in 1992 after 10 years with a leading manufacturer of railroad freight cars. During her time in industry, she served as a Design Engineer, Manager of Design Engineering, and Manager of Engineering
how it can be comprised across different kindsof value systems. In order to uncover the different value systems hidden in different disciplines,and to determine how it affects sustainable design judgment, an experimental exercise wasdesigned in the course of construction technology education. An urbanized eco-tourism hillpath design near Taipei 101 was designated as the exercise topic, and the team’s membersengaged in the exercise came from different disciplines included: landscape architecture, urbandesign, and civil engineering. Results of the exercise showed that there are two driving forcesrelated to the value judging base: recreation needs and ecological concerns of environmentalbio-diversity, which affected the engineering design
Wankat and Oreovicz2 discuss, small class sizes, hands onactive learning, and making connections between core classes and future engineering practices,are all key factors in increasing attrition. The Freshmen Academy Program was implemented inFall 2003 as a pilot program and continues today as a one semester, two credit hour seminarrequired for all freshmen engineering students. The Academies are divided into twelve sectionsin order to the keep the size of the actual section at no more than 35 students each. The FreshmenAcademies are designed to help freshmen learn about the overall importance of engineering, theethical implications of engineering decisions and understand how engineers affect society,technology, history and politics. They
his Ph.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his M.S. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and his B.Ed. from Keene State College. His research interests include engineering education, product realization, design methodologies, facility layout, and production system design.Anne Kaboray, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc. Anne Kaboray is the Supervisor of Rehabilitation at Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc.Carol Hasenjager, Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc. Carol Hasenjager is the Program Director of Employment Support Services at Goodwill Industries of the Springfield/Hartford Area, Inc
in K-12 reform, since it impacts engineering educationat the college level. K-12 is the pipeline and lifeblood for what engineering educators do andhow it affects the technology base of this country. Indeed, ASEE has already begun to try andimpact K-12 through a number of initiatives including the all day seminar initiated at the pastthree national conferences. The YOD on the other hand was an attempt to get a handle on thevarious aspects of engineering education through research and to build on the momentum startedby such schools as Purdue and Virginia Tech, which have started engineering educationprograms. The RAGS report and the YOD events, as envisioned, were two very different things,but they were and are very much entwined and the
Raju, Auburn University Dr. P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering and Director, AETAP. He is a PI on three current NSF projects and directs the LITEE and the Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program (AETAP). The mission of AETAP is to provide technical assistance and technology transfer to industries and community in the State of Alabama using the resources from Auburn University and other research labs in Alabama. In addition to consulting for the United Nations and several industries, he has developed an excellent team in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering that is successfully conducting research in acoustics, non-destructive evaluation, and vibration. He is the recipient
AC 2008-2227: INVESTIGATING IMPULSE LOADING USING MODELROCKETRYByron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts Dr. Byron Newberry is Associate Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Oklahoma Christian University. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His interests include stress analysis, nonlinear dynamics, structural vibration, and engineering design. Page 13.813.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008
Teach Environmentally Benign ManufacturingAbstractOver the past decade, both massively multiplayer games and simulation games have reached newlevels of sophistication and retained enormous mainstream audiences. Developments in digitaltechnology allow new opportunities to engage students in collaborative and active learning. Thedesire to address complex technological and social issues in an engaged manner inspired thedevelopment of a prototype board game created to raise the awareness of environmental issues inengineering. Designed for in-class play by undergraduate and graduate engineering students aswell as business students, the game structure is based on team competition of companies in theautomobile supply chain; the game objectives are to
be defined in clearand unambiguous terms. After identifying the problem, we need to then analyze what theproblem demands. In other words, we need to gather pertinent information for the design, andresearch whether existing technologies can be incorporated into the design. A design engineer isexpected to be creative when generating new ideas that may solve the problem. There can beseveral solutions to the given problem by considering different aspects. After generating themultiple solutions, we need to analyze each solution against the selection criteria for theproblem in order to check whether it fits the requirements specified by the problem. After wehave selected the best possible solution, we need to test that particular solution. Since
AC 2008-2843: A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED: THECHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ROBUST RFIDINFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL MAKE IT A REALITYOkechi Egekwu, James Madison University Okechi Geoffrey Egekwu obtained his PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is currently a Full Professor in the Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT)program at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the manufacturing and technology management areas. He also teaches operations management at MBA programs at James Madison University (JMU) and Eastern Mennonite University. Professor Egekwu worked in industry
; and • Opportunity to interact with external organizations, such as Innovation and Commercialization Center (ICC).Project #3 Flue Gas ExtractionIn 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Air Mercury Rule,requiring phased-in reductions of mercury over the next several years7. In October of 2005,WKU engineering faculty met with Tennessee Technological University (TTU) electricalengineering faculty to discuss how they could work together to propose novel methods to helpmeet the EPA requirements. It was decided that WKU would work on a new method for mercury(and other toxic element) detection and quantification. The mercury detection and quantificationproject would involve sampling flue gas emissions from a power
systems• Vulnerability & Survivability Systems – ship vulnerability assessments, shock• Signature & Silencing Systems – acoustics, electromagnetic and magnetic signaturesWe place interns in projects involving all the Core Equities, but certainly placement into theCore Equities is not uniform. Two factors that effect the placement of interns into the Coreequities is the amount of Basic and Applied Research performed in the area and the traininglevel needed for the individual projects in a particular area. A larger cross section of theacademic science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are representedamong the applicants. Certainly the hard sciences are mostly where we recruit for ourlaboratory. The most represented
AC 2008-2895: FACULTY AND STUDENT USE OF TABLET PCS:PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR PEDAGOGICAL EFFECTIVENESSCamilla Saviz, University of the Pacific Camilla M. Saviz is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of the Pacific. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University, an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis. She joined the University of the Pacific in 1999 and is a registered Professional Engineer in California.Abel Fernandez, University of the Pacific Abel A. Fernandez is Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Engineering
for Engineering Education, 2008Medium Voltage Switchgear, Transformer and Interconnection Specification in an ECE ClinicI. AbstractWorking on real world engineering technology projects with industry is a key component ofRowan University’s engineering clinics. Our College of Engineering has Industrial affiliates whoregularly act as sponsors of the ECE curriculum by bringing important and diverse real worldengineering design challenges to ECE students. This paper discusses how undergraduate ECEstudents were called upon to first learn about the proposed renewable energy system (in this casea 3MW photovoltaic system – the largest of its kind east of Arizona in the U.S.) optimize thearray field and the DC wiring, and then
Experiences,” AAAS, Science, Vol. 316, pp.548-549.4. Russell S. H., Nov. 2005, “Evaluation of NSF support for Undergraduate Research Opportunities: Survey of STEM graduates,” Contributors C. Ailes, M. Hancock, J. McCullough, J. D. Roessner, and C. Storey. (Draft Final Report to the NSF.) Menlo Park, CA: SRI International. Retrieved 3/17/07 from http://www.sri.com/policy/csted/reports/.5. 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD, 2002.6. Bjorklund Stefani and Norman L. Fortenberry, August 2005, “Final Report: Measuring Student and Faculty Engagement in Engineering Education,” Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE), National
AC 2008-190: THE BACK-TO-BASICS PEER TUTORING PROGRAM: RESULTSAND EXPERIENCESMukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler MUKUL SHIRVAIKAR received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1993. He is currently the Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He has also held positions at Texas Instruments and the University of West Florida. His research interests include real-time imaging, embedded systems, pattern recognition, and dual-core processor architectures. At the University of Texas he has started a new real-time systems lab using dual-core processor technology. He is also
Professor of Engineering & Technology at Ohio University, and formerly taught at the University of North Texas. Currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University, he teaches courses involving metal forming, plastics/composites, lean manufacturing, and industrial/environmental safety, along with a manufacturing enterprise simulation course for which he co-authored the text and was presented a 2004 Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education. He is faculty sponsor of student chapter S85 of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has chaired two SME senior chapters and currently is a member of the
research • encouraging participation in science and math through space-science • using the broad appeal of space to foster programs and curricula in public schools • increasing the pool of high school graduates — with an emphasis on under- represented minorities and women — who enter college to study science, technology, mathematics, and engineering 9Program BackgroundThe Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge Program has its roots in theNASA/USRA Advanced Design Program [NASA/USRA ADP] that existed from 1985 through1995 5. This program, administered for NASA by the Universities Space Research Association[USRA], promoted NASA-focused design efforts at forty universities across the United States,and provided the impetus for the
Outcomes from a Pilot ProjectAbstractScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) have become increasingly centralto U.S. economic competitiveness and growth. Long–term strategies to maintain and increaseliving standards and promote opportunity will require unprecedented coordinated efforts amongpublic, private, and not-for-profit entities to promote innovation and to prepare an adequatesupply of qualified STEM workers that are capable of translating knowledge and skills into newprocesses, products, and services.The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programhas been improving the productivity of American industries by increasing the nation’s technicalworkforce and developing best practices in
AC 2008-602: A LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR TECHNICAL STUDENTSDorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community CollegeJames Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College Jim Gibson, Program Director/Instructor of Electronics at IVCC, is co-Principal Investigator for NSF Grant #0501885. A former State Director of the Illinois Association of Electronics and Electrical Educators, he has extensive industrial experience. In 2005, he was named Outstanding Faculty by the National Association of Industrial Technology. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Industrial Technology, minor in chemistry, from Illinois State University.Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College Rose Marie Lynch, communications instructor at IVCC, is co
Natural Sciences" and director of the MuLF Center (Multimedia Center for "New Media in Education and Research") at Berlin University of Technology (TU Berlin). Starting in 2001, her Berlin group has been a driving force behind the development of multimedia technologies at the university, implementing multimedia educational elements in the education of undergraduate students, in particular for engineering students. In May 2007, Sabina Jeschke has taken over a full professorship for "Information Technology Services" at the University of Stuttgart and is also acting as scientific and executive director (CEO) of the "Center of Information Technologies" of the University of Stuttgart
education is evident in a key learning outcome criterion set by the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which states that students are expected todemonstrate “the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs withinrealistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,manufacturability, and sustainability” 1. Most four year engineering programs include acornerstone design course in the first year which introduces students to the breadth ofengineering design topics. Students obtain more in-depth knowledge in their second and thirdyear, in particular related to engineering analysis. Although analysis is a relevant part of thedesign process, when asked to
AC 2008-35: USING INTERNET SOURCES TO SOLVE MATERIALSHOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTSBarry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen worked for 9 years in the automotive industry as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and laboratory manager. For the past 5 years, he has taught Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). His primary interests are in materials engineering, mechanics, contra dancing, and engineering technology education. Page 13.1342.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Using Internet Sources
AC 2008-2814: ASSESSMENT OF A BLENDED PRODUCT LIFECYCLEMANAGEMENT COURSE UTILIZING ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACEDELIVERY MECHANISMSDaniel Wittenborn, Purdue University Daniel Wittenborn is doctoral student in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He received a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Southeast Missouri State University and an M.S. in Computer Graphics Technology from Purdue University. While at Purdue, he has received the Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award and Schroff Award. He was also named a recipient of the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship in 2007. Currently, his research interests include engineering education related to computer-aided design, manufacturing, and