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Musab J. Bari; Samir M. Iqbal

Saturday Morning Session 2- Student Alignment, Stepping, Control and Measurements of Micro/Nanoscale Junctions with Automated Micropositioners Musab J. Bari Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Texas at Arlington Samir M. Iqbal Departments of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas at Arlington, Abstract With the evolution of technology, the automation of repetitive

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Mohammed Arif I. Mahmood; Samir M. Iqbal

to circuit simulation and analysis using PSpice. Prentice Hall PTR.5. Foty, D.P.,1997, MOSFET modeling with SPICE: principles and practice. Prentice-Hall, Inc.6. Massabrio, G. and P. Antognetti,1998, Semiconductor device modeling with SPICE. McGraw-Hill, Inc.MOHAMMED ARIF I. MAHMOODM. A. I. Mahmood did his BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineeringand Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh and joined University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA in directPh.D. program. His research is focused on modeling of nano-scale interactions and development of novel bio-electronic devices. He is affiliated with the Nano-Bio Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering

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Hector A. Ochoa

Friday Morning Session 1- Faculty The Implementation of Take Home Laboratories Using the NI myDAQ Hector A. Ochoa Electrical Engineering Department The University of Texas at Tyler AbstractEvery year, new technologies are been discovered, and they affect us in many different ways.They change the way we live, move, think, and learn. Kids these days are very familiar withcomputers, gaming consoles, the internet, and cell phones. For them, things like encyclopedias,chalk boards, and trigonometric tables are ancient history. That is the reason

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Jonathan Crosley; Vincent Ricketts; Amit Oza; Bernd Chudoba

systems on board, overall capable of flying non-stopalong seven waypoints through eight states. Overall, the senior design capstone proposes anaircraft design that carries the potential to sway future electric aircraft. Introduction Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationThe National Aerospace and Space Administration (NASA), has started contracting majorcorporations (i.e. Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Cessna, etc.) to address about 30 years (N+3) offuture technologies concerning the use of

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Gustavo Narez; Sarah Hussein; Bernd Chudoba; Amit Oza

, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Educationexplained by Laurence Loftin’s method of aircraft development documented in his workof Subsonic Aircraft: Evolution and the Matching of Size to Performance. This isimportant to any application of aircraft design where the knowledge gained by theCapstone students is utilized through combining the different elements during the yearsof study and is demonstrated in this collaborative work. IntroductionEducation in engineering has become a nation-wide concern against the rising globalcompetition in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)advancements. The concern is due to the forecasted inability

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Chaudhry M. A. Arafat; Mohammad R. Hasan; Panos S. Shiakolas; Samir M. Iqbal

AlphaHonors Community and has been on Dean’s List of TCC for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement. He was also awinner of 2011 Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship.MOHAMMAD R. HASANMr. Hasan is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Hasan completed his B.S. in Electricaland Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Educationhas been a lecturer at United International University of Dhaka also. He

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Lex Gonzalez; Gary Coleman; Eric Haney; Amit Oza; Vincent Ricketts; Bernd Chudoba; Paul Czsyz

Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationAVD Lab systems-level solution space screening process and solution space screening for thevariety of crew transfer and return vehicle concepts and technology for the two primary MGSconcept of operations considered; (1) direct insertion and return from GEO, and (2) orbitaltransfer to and from GEO. AVD Sizing ProcessThe AVD sizing process is a ‘best-practice’ methodology based on parametric sizing processes developed from a comprehensive review of commercial transport aircraft

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A. Baheri; Yucheng Liu P.E.; M. Hedayati

”, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 39(11), 2003, 1071-1082.YUCHENG LIUDr. Yucheng Liu currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include structural impact and crashworthiness, computermodeling and simulation, mechanical and machine design, alternative energy technologies, numeric solutionsto engineering problems, and engineering software development. Dr. Liu is a registered Professional Engineerin Louisiana and holds active membership in ASEE, ASME, and SAEALI BAHERIAli Baheri is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette. His research areas include input shaping control, robust

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John Sibert; Matthew Goeckner; Dave Galley; Kory Goldammer

District have established a joint effort, the NSF-sponsored Dallas STEMGateways Collaborative, to significantly increase the number of undergraduate studentscompleting degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the NorthTexas region. Building upon previous cooperation among these three institutions and theremarkable concentration of high-tech businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, theCollaborative has implemented best-practice methods to bring about a cultural change that willlead to a sustained increase in the production of STEM-trained graduates. First, the Collaborativehas strengthened recruitment into introductory STEM courses and expanded the use of studentmentoring within those courses to encourage student

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L. Massa; P. Jha

MATLABcode is presented, verified and discussed in details. Educational effectiveness is investigated viain-class student surveys. Based on the student evaluations and feedback, it is evident that thismodule proved beneficial towards developing a sound understanding of the topic. Our resultsemphasize the benefit of teaching engineering courses from first principle. Educators shouldrefrain from using web applications to teach this fundamental of mechanical engineering andchallenge their students to carry out a detailed computational analysis. IntroductionComputer technology plays a two-fold role in the field of engineering education. On the onehand, using computer software to create multimedia demonstrations

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Oscar N. Garcia; Garima Bajwa; Cynthia L. Claiborne; Shanti R. Thiyagaraja; Mohamed Fazeen; Eric H. Pruett

to run, and managedata and applications more efficiently from anywhere. This technology is gaining popularitymaking every sphere of society dependent on it in some manner. Security is required for anytechnology’s existence, so as researchers and academicians we certainly have a responsibility to  Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Educationlay the fundamentals and challenges of cloud computing and security in school via an organizedcourse. The following are the key topics and principles covered: A. Cloud Computing as a utility

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Ronald E. Barr

. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering Education References1. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), http://www.abet.org/, Baltimore, Maryland, 2012-2013 version.2. Petersen, O., Williams, S., and Durant, E.: Understanding ABET Objectives and Outcomes, Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2007.3. Chambers T. and Simon W.: Closing the Loop: Demonstrating Positive Program Changes as

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Cherif Aissi; Mohammed Zubair

Friday Afternoon Session 1- Faculty Introducing Chaotic Circuits in Analog Systems Course Cherif Aissi Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette Mohammed Zubair Department of Electrical Engineering University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractFor decades, the engineering undergraduate education in the area of systems design has beenmainly focused in linear models. Today, it is important for students

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Karen McGill; Amir Karimi

. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Thermophysical Properties Software[15, 16] was used to generate property values for v (T, p), u (T, p), s (T, p), and h (T, p). TheNIST website provides a thermodynamic property databases for a wide range of substances,covering 74 different fluids. The program uses equations for the thermodynamic and transportproperties to calculate the state points of the fluid or mixture. Behavior of Specific Internal EnergyFor several isotherms, the departures of specific internal energy of compressed liquid water fromtheir saturated states are plotted versus (P-Psat) in Fig. 1. The figure indicates that