Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, and others, interested in engineering educational reform. 2. Investigating and documenting how programs are incorporating the formal educational components of the first edition of the Body of Knowledge into their curriculum. Compiling best practices on how programs fulfill the formal education requirements of the BOK1. 3. Investigating and documenting how programs are incorporating and/or can incorporate the formal educational components of the second edition of the Body of Knowledge into their curriculum. 4. Disseminating their findings through appropriate forums including the preparation of written reports suitable for publication to the BOK (regardless of version).It is anticipated that they

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Stan Mitchell, LogicForce Consulting, LLC; Hugh Berryman, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

“electronic autopsy” of a digital media, becausespecialized training and hardware/software tools and techniques are all required to make an exactimage/copy of the drive. The retrieved data is then analyzed along with the various levels atwhich that data is stored.2. Computer CrimesComputers and digital media have become integral parts of our lives. In 1997, the US Censusestimated that only about 18% of households in the US had computers. In 2000, this numbergrew to 51% with 42% of those households having Internet access. In 2003, the number hasincreased to 62% of households with 52% having Internet access. Currently, almost 90% ofhouseholds in the US have computers. Therefore, crimes committed on computers are no longerlimited to skinny guys with

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

deliverchallenging and technically relevant capstone design courses.Finding relevant industrial power systems design and energy management projects is particularlyimportant for two reasons. In the past fifteen years, the electric power industry underwent aneconomic restructuring that reduced the number of employed engineers. Engineering schools de-emphasized or eliminated power systems curriculum in response to reduced industrial demand.The electric power industry now faces an aging engineering workforce with a large number ofindividuals near retirement.5 The current electric power engineering workforce must transferpractical knowledge to students and novice engineers before leaving the workforce so that thepower grid can grow reliably.Volatile electricity

Conference Session

“And Other Duties as Assigned”

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

imperative that there is buy-in throughout the organization for a successful marketing plan tobe implemented.13Librarians have been implementing marketing approaches in increasingly systematic ways. Inrecent years, several libraries have attempted to integrate marketing into library work flows.Hallmark Kennedy et al. provided a brief overview of the development and implementation of amarketing plan in an academic library. The resulting plan included a separate budget of $10,000to carry out activities to market the library.7 Conley and Tucker described the process of creatinga marketing plan beginning from a strategic plan and presented tools that may be helpful to thepractice of marketing in an academic library.8Other libraries have approached

Conference Session

Engineering and Mathematics Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

AC 2009-700: VISUAL ANALYSIS AND THE COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONSAndrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics Throughout his career Dr. Grossfield has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He studied Electrical Engineering at the City College of New York, graduating with a BSEE. During the sixties, he attended the NYU Courant Institute at night, obtaining an M.S. degree in mathematics, while designing circuitry full time during the day for aerospace/avionics companies. He earned his doctorate studying Continuum Mechanics under the direction of L. M. Milne-Thomson, CBE at The University of Arizona. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, and MAA. Grossfield@IEEE.org is his email

Conference Session

Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe / International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”

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International

bachelor studies such different subjects as Ultrasonic, Electromagnetic, Optical,Thermal, and other Methods of Testing during four years. In order to form necessary systemof knowledge and skills (see Fig. 2), connect fundamental and applied knowledge, we bringinto the curriculum a series of integrated subjects (see Appendix A). For example, they areNDT Systems, Microcontrollers in NDT Systems, Scanner Designing for NDT Systems, andothers. The content of these subjects helps students to find common features of the differenttesting methods compare and determine preference and disadvantage each of them, and findthe most appropriate field for application.In order to form students’ creative thinking we apply following system. The first-yearstudents get

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

integrating ethics throughout our curriculum.] SulzerOrthopedics (later Centerpulse Orthopedics, later acquired by Zimmer Holdings) recalled 25,000of its Inter-Op® acetabular caps in December 2000 with approximately 17,500 having beenimplanted47. Later reports showed the scope of the problem to be more than 30,000 devices withmore than 20,000 implanted50. More than 2700 revision surgeries were needed as a result49-51 ofa manufacturing process error that occurred after Sulzer brought the process to manufacture thecups in-house. A mineral oil based lubricant had accidentally contaminated the machine coolantand the acetabular cups during CNC machining (subsequent cleaning operations did not detectthe contamination). The mineral oil on the cup prevented

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Osterberg, University of Portland; Aziz Inan, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-2517: CALCULATION OF THE GENERAL IMPEDANCE BETWEENADJACENT NODES OF INFINITE UNIFORM N-DIMENSIONAL RESISTIVE,INDUCTIVE, OR CAPACITIVE LATTICESPeter Osterberg, University of Portland Dr. Osterberg is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering at the University of Portland (Portland, OR). He has been on the faculty since 1996. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1995. Between 1978 and 1991, Dr. Osterberg worked for Texas Instruments, GTE and Digital Equipment Corporation. His research interests include MEMS, Nanoelectronics, Signals and Systems, and Analog and Digital VLSI Integrated Circuits.Aziz Inan, University

Conference Session

Solar, Wind, and Novel Energy-System Initiatives

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

rectifier circuit wasessential to convert noisy AC output voltage from the generator to DC voltage because almost allelectronic components operate at DC voltages. The AC voltage signal from the generator unitwas converted to DC voltage signal using full-wave bridge rectifier.[23]After full-wave rectification, where the alternating current (AC) was converted to direct current(DC), the voltage was increased by a DC-DC boost converter.[24] Consideration of energyharvesting components resulted in a decision to integrate an LTC3429 integrated circuit regulatorchip which only needed 0.8V threshold inputvoltage to start running its internal circuitry.The actual energy harvesting circuit design isshown in Figure 7. Since the generator unit inthis