AC 2011-2830: A DESIGN FOR LOW COST AND SCALABLE NON-CONTACTFEVER SCREENING SYSTEMRoss B Kaplan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ross Kaplan is an electromechanical engineering student studying at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He has experience in a wide variety of fields including nuclear and biomedical engineering. Interests include biomedical and digital systems.Timothy M Johnson, PE, Wentworth Institute of Technology Associate professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology since 2006. Interests include programming microprocessors, FPGA, Altera Nios II, and LabView.Ralf O Schneider, MDes, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ralf Schneider teaches Industrial Design coursework at the Wentworth Institute of
AC 2011-2662: OPPORTUNITIES IN POWER BEAMING FOR MICRORENEWABLE ENERGYNarayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering Page 22.1125.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Opportunities In Power Beaming For Micro Renewable EnergyAbstractDeveloping advanced concepts that go well beyond today’s practices, is a useful way forstudents to learn about innovation across discipline barriers. In this paper, the experience ofaerospace engineering students is described as they develop a concept that cuts acrossaerospace technology, several areas of
AC 2011-2659: ADVANCED CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF A HYDRO-GEN SUPERSONIC AIRLINER: SECOND ITERATIONNarayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering Page 22.146.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Advanced Concept Development Of A Hydrogen Supersonic Airliner: Second IterationabstractDeveloping advanced concepts offers several learning opportunities for undergraduates. Pastwork at 3 levels of undergraduate experiences laid out the changes that have occurred inglobal demographics and economics, and showed why a
AC 2011-1846: A PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRON-ICSJames W Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. James W. Bales is the Assistant Director of the MIT Edgerton Center, a center dedicated to hands- on, project-based learning. Before joining the Edgerton Center in 1998, he spent seven years designing, building, and testing small robot submarines to explore the deep ocean as part of the MIT Sea Grant AUV Lab. Page 22.90.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Project-Based Introduction to ElectronicsAbstractWe have created a laboratory
AC 2011-1293: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: VIRTUAL RESEARCH EXPERI-ENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN NANOTECHNOLOGY (VREUN)Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Frank Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co- Director of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program (www.stevens.edu/nano) at Stevens Institute of Tech- nology (Hoboken, NJ). Dr. Fisher earned BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathemat- ics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995, Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Learning Sciences (School of Education and Social Policy) from Northwestern University in 1998 and 2000, re- spectively, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern
to understand the existing technology, where the results are examinedto determine the impact and utility of the tool in design and as part of engineering designcurricula. A second experiment is also conducted with graduate students from The University ofTexas (UT) at Austin to further analyze the effectiveness of the tool on quantity and quality ofthe concepts generated. These experiments aim to demonstrate that state-of-technology designtools provide an effective foundation and platform for designers to generate a larger quantity ofconcepts, with higher quality and novelty. There exist significant implications on engineeringdesign education from this process. For example, the systematic mapping of the state-of-the-artin a field is an
collapse that reverberated in form of massivelayoffs in the technology sector in Finland in 2002. After a few years, the global financialcrisis worsened the tainted reputation of the higher engineering education associated withrelatively limited job security. In order to face these problems looming ahead we are in a needof the most eligible candidates from both sexes in our degree programs. The long term viewof our university statistics reveals that the proportion of accepted female applicants had aslight positive curve from 1990 (17,5 %) to 2001 (25 %), whereas the 2002 collapse caused atemporary downturn in the figures.2 However, since 2005 the number of accepted femaleapplicants has not increased and has been established at 24,5 %. The role of
AC 2011-819: ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: LEARNING BYDOINGErik Sander, University of Florida Erik Sander began his career as a Project Manager and Senior Engineer analyzing advanced fighter aircraft engines and the Space Shuttle Main Engine for NASA, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, and Pratt & Whitney. He was also a Technology Transfer Officer for Lockheed Martin and the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Starting in 1995, Erik joined the faculty of the University of Florida College of Engineer as Director of the University Center, Associate Director for the Engineering Research Center and the Florida Energy Systems Consortium, and Director of Industry Programs - all directed at fostering industrial
AC 2011-2528: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO SYSTEMS EN-GINEERING CURRICULUMAgnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Agnes Galambosi has a PhD in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. She is currently employed at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaching several engineering courses.Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain
across the nation. Based on these results, adoptingItasca’s model of block scheduling could improve the student time to graduation and graduationrates at institutions across the nation.IntroductionAccording to the U.S. Congress, building a larger and more diverse workforce educated inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics is a critical national imperative for thetwenty-first century1. Increasing the number of engineers will first require increasing the numberof engineering students, and one way to do that is to “tap into the pool of students pursuingengineering science studies at community colleges, who could then transfer to four-yearinstitutions, where they could pursue baccalaureate or advanced degrees”2. Another sourceidentified
AC 2011-190: EMPLOYING ANIMATRONICS IN TEACHING ENGINEER-ING DESIGNArif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University ARIF SIRINTERLIKCI received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Tech- nical University, Turkey, and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Ohio State University. Currently, he is a Professor of Engineering as well as Co-Head of Research and Outreach Cen- ter at Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. His teaching and research areas include rapid prototyping and reverse engineering, robotics and automation, bioengineering, and entertainment technology. He has been active in ASEE and SME, serving as an officer of the ASEE Manufacturing
AC 2011-1000: ENERGY HARVESTING FOR ENGINEERING EDUCA-TORSEric C Dierks, The University of Texas at Austin Mr. Dierks is currently a Master’s student at The University of Texas at Austin working on powering structural health monitoring systems through energy harvesting and scavenging. He also earned a BSME from the same university in 2008. Following this he worked for the Institute for Advanced Technology in Austin modeling, simulating, optimizing, and testing battery-inductor pulsed power supplies for electro- magnetic rail guns for the US Army and Navy. There, he also briefly served as a reviewer for Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous platform demonstrator robotic program.Jason M Weaver, The University of Texas at
AC 2011-1091: ENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCH TO PRACTICE(E2R2P)Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University Steven W. Villachica, PhD, CPT, is an Associate Professor of Instructional and Performance Technology (IPT) at Boise State. His research interests focus on leveraging expertise in the workplace. A frequent conference presenter and author, Steve co-authored a chapters on cognitive task analysis and performance support systems that appears in the Handbook of Human Performance Technology and the Handbook of Training and Improving Workplace Performance: Volume 1. Instructional Design and Training Deliv- ery. A certified performance technologist, he completed his doctorate in educational technology at the
AC 2011-895: DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN: MEETING INDUSTRY’S NEEDSTHROUGH UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY COLLEGE COLLABORA-TIONNasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Dr. Alaraje’s research interests focuses on processor architecture, System-on-Chip design methodology, Field-Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) architecture and design methodology, Engineering Technology Education, and hardware description language modeling. Dr. Alaraje is currently the Electrical Engineer- ing Technology program chair as well as a faculty member at Michigan Technological University, he taught and developed courses in Computer Engineering technology area at University of Cincinnati, and Michigan Technological University. Dr. Alaraje is a
AC 2011-1399: SOLVING THE ENGINEERING PIPELINE CHALLENGERobert W. Whalin, Jackson State University - Dr. Whalin Associate Dean, Professor of Civil Engineering, and Director, Center of Excellence for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management, College of Science, Engineering & Technology, Jackson State University. He is Director Emeritus of the Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. He received his PhD in Oceanography from Texas A&M University in 1971 and is a Registered Professional Engineer. Dr. Whalin was Director of Army Research Laboratory (1998- 2003; Adelphi, MD), and Technical Director /Director of Waterways Experiment Station (1985-1998; Vicksburg, MS
power and renewable energy systems.Denise Wilson, University of Washington Denise Wilson is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and holds an adjunct appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. She received her B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia In- stitute of Technology, both in Electrical Engineering. She also holds an M.Ed. from the University of Washington (2008). Her research interests cover affective outcomes in engineering education as well as (chemical and biological) sensors research which cross-over into her work in community based partner- ships and community outreach
AC 2011-2900: ENGINEERING ENERGY SOLUTIONS: FACILITATINGHANDS-ONLeslie Wilkins , Maui Economic Development Board Leslie Wilkins has served as the Vice President of the Maui Economic Development Board since 1999. She was hired to design, launch and direct the Women in Technology Project with a mission to engage girls/women and under represented populations into the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) pipeline. In its tenth year, the program serves annually more than 14,000 students, educators and industry members throughout the state of Hawaii from elementary school to job placement.Diana Papini Warren, Maui Economic Development Board Diana Papini Warren is a Project Manager with the Maui Economic
of Engineering and Design at Eastern Washington University, where he has taught several courses in Computer Engineering Technology and Electrical Engineering. Currently, he is an associate professor of Electrical Engineer- ing at Eastern Washington University. His research interests are in the areas of speech and image signal processing, signal processing in communication systems, photoacoustics, and embedded systems.Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University Claudio Talarico is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Eastern Washington University. Before joining Eastern Washington University, he worked at University of Arizona, University of Hawaii and in industry, where he held both engineering
engineering transferprogram. Students who complete Itasca’s engineering program transfer to four-year institutionsacross the nation to complete their STEM degrees. A majority of the students transfer to theregional ABET-accredited institutions with which Itasca has strong partnerships and articulationagreements: • Bemidji State University • Michigan Technological University • Minnesota State University, Mankato – Main Campus • Minnesota State University, Mankato – Iron Range Engineering Campus • North Dakota State University • University of Minnesota – Duluth • University of Minnesota – Twin Cities • University of North Dakota • St. Cloud State UniversityPrior to 1993, Itasca had a typical rural community college
-bordercollaboration has been made possible due to the availability of a larger pool of researchers, thispresents challenges to U.S. competitiveness in high technology areas and to its position as aworld leader in critical S&E fields. Within the US the proportion of Natural Sciences andEngineering (NS&E) degrees as a share of total degrees conferred in US has declined byapproximately eight percent from 2002 to 2007 [1]. There is evidence to suggest that some of thisdecline can be attributed to the student attrition during their first one or two years from thescience and engineering programs.Previous studies have indicated that significant student attrition or “switching” from science andengineering educational programs to other fields occurs during
and the University of Minnesota as a mechanical and aerospace engineer, she worked in industry as an automation design engineer and contract programmer. She made computer sci- ence a more appealing topic for her all-women undergraduate student body by presenting this technically valuable course in a project-oriented comprehensive manner. She is currently the director of the Center of Excellence for Women, Science and Technology where she administers the college’s National Science Foundation scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors and fa- cilitates various recruiting, advising and placement activities for STEM majors and minors
AC 2011-205: ATTRIBUTES OF A GLOBAL ENGINEERStephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Stephen P. Hundley is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).Ms. Lynn G. Brown, The Boeing Company Lynn Brown is the Boeing Corporate Program Manager for University Relations International for Strate- gic Workforce Planning and the Co-chair for the ASEE CMC Special Interest Group for International Engineering Education. Lynn was named as Boeing’s University Relations Program Manager in 2004 expanding her
the importance of technical communication skills, as evidenced by astudy conducted in 20102. That study indicated a need for an “awareness of the big picture” and a “willingness toengage” in regard to communication skills in the workplace. The Body of Knowledge document prepared by theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) further emphasizes the need for technological communication skillsalong with business management competence and lifelong professional development in order to compete in theglobal marketplace3. Communication and business management skills can be fuzzy concepts for people primarilytrained in applied math and science, yet these skills are recognized when they are or are not present in individuals
AC 2011-734: ENGINEERING EDUCATON AND THE ENTREPRENEURIALMINDCynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Sr. Lecturer of Computer Science, Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer Science, Baylor UniversityWilliam M. Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials related courses. He does work in the areas of entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries. He also writes and does research in
AC 2011-1915: ALTERNATIVE LAB REPORTS - ENGINEERING EFFEC-TIVE COMMUNICATIONDaniel Lepek, The Cooper Union Daniel Lepek is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advance- ment of Science and Art. He received his Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology and B.E. from The Cooper Union. Since joining The Cooper Union in 2009, he has taught more than half the courses in the chemical engineering curriculum. Currently, he teaches the undergraduate laboratory course se- quence and the graduate transport phenomena sequence. Recently, he has developed and introduced new elective courses on particle technology and pharmaceutical engineering. His research interests include particle
AC 2011-2173: EVALUATION OF RISK IN EARLY DESIGN’S USABIL-ITY IN FAILURE ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONKatie Grantham, Missouri University of Science & Technology xRyan Arlitt, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 22.652.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EVALUATION OF RISK IN EARLY DESIGN’S USABILITY IN FAILURE ANALYSIS INSTRUCTION ABSTRACTWhen engineers retire, they take their expert knowledge with them. Preservation of thisexpert knowledge in a usable form is beneficial for the advancement of any engineeringfield. Risk in Early
al. ―point to the importance ofdocumenting teacher beliefs in advancing our understanding of the influences on students‘ futureacademic performance and success in engineering.‖ 11 Furthermore, research on engineeringundergraduates shows that student attitudes about themselves and perceptions about engineeringprovide valuable information about attrition and persistence. For example, some research hasfound that initial attitudinal differences are attributable to the students‘ gender and ethnicbackground and that retention is more linked to students‘ attitudes and perceptions than to theiracademic credentials. 12-16Regrettably, women and minorities remain underrepresented in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) education programs
AC 2011-1735: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING ETHICS COURSEDiana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette Diana Bairaktorova is a PhD student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She hold BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria and an MBA from Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota. She has 7 years of professional experience, working as a Module Design and MMIC Test Engineer at TLC Precision Wafer Technology in Minneapolis, MN and as an Operations Engineer at Napco International in Hopkins, MN.Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Demetra Evangelou is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering
and Management in Engineering (2000-2003), during which time he organized special issues on diver- sity, public policy, career management, globalization, and information technology. - Served on the ASCE Board of Direction (1997-2000), and he is active with the student chapters of ASCE and Chi Epsilon, the civil engineering honor society. Dr. Russell is presently Chair of the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Prac- tice. The Committee is charged with defining the future education requirements necessary to practice civil engineering at the professional level. Throughout his career, Dr. Russell has dedicated his efforts to make engineering education more meaningful and more relevant. He has
AC 2011-1455: OBSERVATIONS FROM AN ENGINEERING WRITINGPROJECTMicah Hale, University of Arkansas Dr. Hale is an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas. His research interests include concrete materials and structural concrete design.Richard A. Coffman, University of Arkansas Richard A. Coffman is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering (geotechnical emphasis) at the Uni- versity of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Rick received his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2002, his masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003, and his doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri- Columbia in 2009. Rick