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Ramesh K . Agarwal

of low cost catalysts capable of converting low-carbon energy into and out of forms amenable for portable storage) - Portable Storage of Low Carbon Electricity (Development of Batteries with high energy density and stability) - Hydrogen Production, Storage and Fuel CellsIntroducing Sustainability Concepts in Aerospace Courses at WUSTL • Aerospace Minor • MEMS 2701 – Introduction to Aerospace Vehicles • MEMS 5700 - Aerodynamics • MEMS 5701 – Aerospace Propulsion • MEMS 4302 – Aircraft Stability and Control • MEMS 321 – Structural Behavior and Analysis • MEMS 411 – Mechanical/Aerospace DesignInclusion of Sustainability in Aerospace Courses at WUSTL • MEMS 2701: the issues of environmental challenges such as noise and

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Artur Liamin; Jeffrey Gorn; Timothy Golden; Ezekiel J. Blain; Bryndol Sones; Timothy H. Trumbull; Brian Moretti; Don Gillich

Blended Learning with Nuclear ReactorsArtur Liamin1, Jeffrey Gorn1, Timothy Golden1, Ezekiel J. Blain 2, Bryndol Sones1, Timothy H. Trumbull2, Brian Moretti1, Don Gillich1 1 Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996 2 Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 720 Blended Learning with Nuclear Reactors Artur Liamin1, Jeffrey Gorn1, Timothy Golden1, Ezekiel J. Blain 2, Bryndol Sones1

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Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

International, first as operations manager and now as a vice president for ButlerAmerica LLC.Brad Morton – DTA 2010, BS MET 1977, MBA1986 from Indiana University. He is currentlyPresident of Aerospace Group of the Eaton Corporation. He joined Eaton in 2002 as vice presidentof Aerospace Fluid Systems and was promoted to lead the Aerospace Division in 2003. Today, heis responsible for leadership of four divisions worldwide.Craig Schauss – DTA 2011, BS EET 1983. Craig is president of Vetronix Research Corporation.During a six-year tenure with General Dynamics Land Systems, he designed and developed theserial communication protocol and custom-integrated circuit implementation of the MIC Bustechnology. He received a U.S. patent and several international

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Hossein Rahemi; Shouling He

competition, conference presentation and publishes the best student’s research papers for the technology day presentation.• Vaughn College Annual Technology Day Conference: The morning session is a meeting with the industry advisory council members. In this meeting the industry advisory members will be updated with annual departmental activities related to programs, accreditations, internships, students’ activities and engagement. In the afternoon session, students present their research and capstone degree projects in a paper format to the industry advisory members (Sikorsky, RCM-Tech, Rockwell Collins, Pavon Manufacturing Group, FAA, CDI-Aerospace, U.S. Didactic, Int. Communications Group (ICG), Con-Edison), faculty and

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Gaffar Gailani; Sidi Berri; NIEVES ANGULO

the department faculty members who collaborated withLouis Stokes for Minority Participation in STEM, LSAMP, to implement research activities infreshman and sophomore classes. The work went further when the department obtained two majorgrants, NSF ATE and NASA CIPAIR. The NASA CIPAIR project is focusing in involving studentsin NASA and aerospace research in their early stages in college through building partnership withNASA. The project allows students to work in NASA active projects and faculty to collaborate withNASA scientists. Curriculum enhancement to include aerospace relevant material is a part of theproject. A new course in Remote Sensing has been introduced as well. On the other hand,collaboration is built with Hostos Community

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Frank M. Croft

Dr. Frank M. Croft, Jr.Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science The Ohio State UniversityFRANK M. CROFT, JR. is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering andGeodetic Science at The Ohio State University. Prior to assuming this position at OSU, he servedon the faculty of the Speed Scientific School, University of Louisville (1976-1984) and WestVirginia Institute of Technology(1973-1976). Before beginning his academic career, Croft was anassociate engineer/scientist with the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach California (1969-1973). Croft holds abachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering, earned at Indiana

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Valerie Lundy-Wagner; IRAJ KALKHORAN; MELINDA PARHAM; Yona Jean-Pierre; HAANG FUNG; LINDSEY VANWAGENEN

-level factors contributing to degree completion with attention to theethnicity/race, gender, and socioeconomic status for all students and those in STEM.IRAJ KALKHORANDr. Iraj Kalkhoran is the Associate Provost of Undergraduate Academics and AssociateProfessor of Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.MELINDA PARHAMMs. Melinda Parham is the Director of Freshman Programs at the Polytechnic Institute ofNew York University.YONA JEAN-PIERREYona Jean-Pierre is the Director of Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning at thePolytechnic Institute of New York University.HAANG FUNGMs. Haang Fung is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Success at the PolytechnicInstitute of New York University.LINDSEY VANWAGENENDr

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DAVID B. SAINT JOHN; ERIC M. FURJANIC; Richard Doyle; Richard Devon

, or improve upon areas inwhich they feel inexperienced. While the course was listed under the Department ofEngineering Design, it was predominantly populated by undergraduates from electricalengineering, mechanical engineering, and aerospace programs. Replication and Mutation of RepRap RPG There are two aspects to the course described above which other educators mayhave interest emulating, either together or separately: using RepRap technology in aclassroom setting, and operating the course using an RPG-derived points system. These 408two parts have seemed to be synergistic in our experience, but it is worth discussing theirmerits and variability separately. With regard to using

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Wael Mokhtar

Introducing Sae Baja in a Sophomore Mechanics and Machines Course WAEL MOKHTAR Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MIWAEL MOKHTARAssistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and MS andBS in Mechanical Engineering. Areas of interest include: Thermo-Fluid, MechanicalEngineering Design, Capstone projects and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). 499 Introducing SAE Baja in a Sophomore Mechanics and Machines CourseAbstractA design project was introduced in a sophomore Mechanics and Machines course. This coursewas re-modeled by

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Ilan Alpert

andspecifically lightness and color consistency. The word Retinex comes from “retina” and“cortex,” which implies that both the eyes and brain are involved in the vision system. Thisalgorithm has successfully been applied to multiple fields such as medicine, forensics,science, and aerospace. Infrared (IR) cameras can be used to see through cloudy and bad weather conditions, anddo not depend on light for the images to be viewable. While IR cameras can be usedanytime, day or night, images taken with these cameras do not always show what oneneeds to see. Combining IR images and Retinex can be very useful for finding informationabout your surroundings that you would not normally be able to see unless the right

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Sheikh Ghafoor; Stephen Canfield; Michael Kelley; Tristan Hill

. Bransford, Editors, THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C., 2005.[13] Annalisa Weigel, Survey of Aerospace Student Attitudes. http://web.mit.edu/caspar/aerosurvey.htm[14] Jean-Claude Thomassian, Anoop Desai, and Patrick Kinnicut, “ A Study of Student Attitude towards Media Based Instruction in Introductory Engineering Courses”,Proceedings of the 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 22 – 25, 2008, Saratoga Springs, NY[15] Nocito-Gobel, J. M. Collura, S. Daniels, and I. Orabi, “Are Attitudes Toward Engineering Influenced by a Project- Based Introductory Course?”, Proceedings, 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 12 - 15, 2005.[16

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Radian Belu

have produced excellent reports on various topical issuesof EMI/EMC in various fields of applications. The students have been exposed to manyproblems and issues, related measurement and test procedures. Some examples of industrialEMI/EMC issues are as follows: aerospace, transportation/train traction, automotive, powersystem and power supplies, telecommunication, variable speed drives, medical equipment,computer hardware and data communication, high frequency engineering, and shipsTo enhance the hands-on experience the proposed EMC course is structured as a project basedcourse. Students are required to analyze, design, simulate or built a completely functionalsystem, as an end-of-term project, selected from a list proposed by the instructor or

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Ted E. Batchman

Dr. Ted E. Batchman Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Emeritus University of Nevada, RenoTED E. BATCHMAN is retired from the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Renowhere he served as dean of the College for 13 years and then developed a renewable energyprogram for the university. He received the B.S. E. E., M. S. and Ph.D. degrees from theUniversity of Kansas in 1962, 1963 and 1966 respectively. He worked in the aerospace industry forfour years before spending 40 years in higher education. He has received a number of awardsincluding the IEEE Millennium Medal and is a Fellow

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Keith M. Gardiner

problems could hardly be contemplated twentyyears ago, we should forswear any notion of defining future problems aside from those thatare already, and rapidly becoming apparent. We must accept ambiguity and prepare ourstudents to be problem solving intellectual and pragmatic ‘commandoes.’ Notably bothtoday and in the future the United States will not necessarily remain as a solitary primary‘top-of-heap’ nation. Notwithstanding this our gross domestic product (GDP) is the highestin the World per capita at $47.2K; almost 10% greater than second place Switzerland. Ourrelative prosperity is declining slowly, our exports still rank highly thanks to aerospace,agriculture and silicon valley (to simplify), and imports flow almost without pause. Ourquality