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Camille A. Issa

Friday Morning Session 2 - Faculty U.S. ENGINEERING EDUCATION: A GLOBAL PRESPECTIVE Camille A. Issa, PhD, PE, F. ASCE Department of Civil Engineering School of Engineering Lebanese American University Byblos, Lebanon AbstractOver the last several years a number of reports have raised concern about the growing challengeto U.S. science and technology (S&T) leadership – and long-term economic competitiveness –from both rapidly developing Asian nations and

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Christina K. White; Richard H. Crawford

. 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 EducationGCSPs develop designers with an innovative skillset and mind set needed to address the mostpressing societal issues of the 21st century with engineering solutions. GC Scholars: a)contextualize engineering design and entrepreneurship within local, national, and globaleconomies, b) integrate engineering and technical innovation skills, and c) relate tohumanities and policies prompting individual and collective action. The 21st CenturyEngineering Grand Challenges are calls to action and serve as focal points for society’s

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George Kitamura; Kristin Milam; Elvin Hii; Chris Kniffin; Alexander Graves; Amit Oza; Bernd Chudoba

Extended Abstract with Poster Reverse Engineering through Simulation of a Conceptual Design Process of Supermarine Spitfire George Kitamura, Kristin Milam, Elvin Hii, Chris Kniffin, Alexander Graves, Amit Oza, Bernd Chudoba Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThis paper is a report documenting the experience of participating in a Senior Design Capstonecourse in which the Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb was reversed engineered. Instituting multi-disciplinary analysis, first

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Lynn Peterson; James Epperson; Ramon Lopez; Kevin Schug; Carter Tiernan

Chemistry & Biochemistry that the AURAS seminar was making a meaningful difference inthe success rates of its majors. The department took the step of requiring that its chemistrymajors and biochemistry majors enroll in the AURAS section on General Chemistry I. At theurging of the Internal Advisory Committee for AURAS, the sustainability of the AURAS effortshave been under consideration even during the 2nd year of implementation of the ESP courses.Efforts toward sustainability are focused on making less labor-intensive the instructionalinterventions. With this in mind, the AURAS seminar for Chemistry for Engineering wasreduced to a 2-hour seminar in Fall ’12.   The results of this modification are not yet available, but student satisfaction

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Amir Karimi; Randall D. Manteufel

Fall 2006 or thereafter (§ 54.014 of the Texas Education Code2). The totalattempted hours contains all those taken by students at any public institution including all thoserepeated, duplicated, withdrawn after the Census date in which the student received a grade of“W.” Starting in Fall 2006, UTSA has been charging an additional fee of $121 per SCH forstudents who have exceeded the 30 or 45 hour credit limits.Depending on the type of calculation methods used, graduation rates can be strongly influencedby students who initially seek an engineering degree but later change their mind and pursueanother degree.  The factors that influence a student’s decision to leave engineering are linked toboth academic and non-academic factors3. Academic

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Andy Walker; Bernd Chudoba

Friday Morning Session 1 – Student GENERIC SPECIFICATION OF A WEIGHT ESTIMATION METHOD LIBRARY Andy Walker, Bernd Chudoba Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Texas at Arlington AbstractThe state of the art in estimating the volumetric size and mass of flight vehicles is held today byan elite group of engineers in the Aerospace Conceptual Design Industry. This is not a skillreadily accessible or taught in academia. When faced with the challenge of estimating flightvehicle mass properties, many aerospace engineering students

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Gustavo Narez; Sarah Hussein; Bernd Chudoba; Amit Oza

accomplish a nation with strong STEM foundation, advanced levels of thinking mustbe achieved instead of following learned procedures in the classroom. A creative mind inconjunction of STEM initiatives will enable this nation to become an international leaderin the scientific fields. This paper will present the overall procedure carried in the seniorvehicle design project of reverse engineering of the World War II fighter planes byutilizing available historical resources and applying methods of group execution to arriveat a conceptual design of the aircraft. A method of aircraft design will be implemented tothe aircraft based on the flight mission requirements that the fighter planes were requiredto maintain. The handling of the student group will

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Azhar Hyas; Uyen H. T. Pham; Madiha M. Hanif; Samir M. Iqbal

a young age when their minds are capable of freelyexploring and brainstorming new and creative ideas. K-12 students are at a perfect age to betaught the basic principles of nanotechnology so that they may gain an interest and pursue a 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 Educationcareer in this rapidly growing field. Teaching K-12 students is an important concern becausetheir knowledge and interests will transform the future of nanotechnology. These students needthe motivation to instigate a thought-provoking interest in bio

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Jonathan Crosley; Vincent Ricketts; Amit Oza; Bernd Chudoba

. 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 EducationFigure 10 Skybrid Propulsion Sizing Code Logic StructureDesign Methodology with Safety in MindIn the design and development of the sizing code, the safety and reliability of each simulatedcomponent must remain paramount in the mind of the designer. To address this, the physical andtechnical limitations of the hardware being simulated must be considered. This will insure thatthe aircraft powertrain remains feasible and conform to conventional standards. The propeller ofthe powertrain has many aspects that must be considered