AC 2011-1950: IMPLEMENTING PEER-REVIEWS IN CIVIL ENGINEER-ING LABORATORIESKatherine Kuder, Seattle University Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seattle University, specializing in mechan- ics, structural engineering and cement-based materials.Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University Nirmala Gnanapragasam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at Seattle University and is the design coordinator of the senior capstone program for the depart- ment. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Washington. Her interests include the professional practice of geotechnical engineering and engineering education research
AC 2011-2623: IMPROVED TEAM FUNCTION: STUDENT-DRIVEN TEAMRULES AND CONSEQUENCESPeter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus PETER J. SHULL is Professor of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. After a successful career in the technical field of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), and having worked at the prestigious Nation Institute of Standards and Technology, Dr. Shull made the decision to return to academia and began his career in education. From the first day, Dr. Shull noted an apparent lack of sound educational practice at the higher educational level. This is reflected in a statement made by Dr. Shull’s Ph.D. advisor regarding teaching”If you know the material well, you’ll be a great
AC 2011-2465: INTRODUCING ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABILITY INTOFORMAL AND INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDU-CATIONJean D MacRae, University of Maine Jean MacRae is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maine, where she is faculty adviser of the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Page 22.957.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introducing elements of sustainability into formal and informal environmental engineering educationThe pressing need to find ways to improve quality of life on a crowded planet with
AC 2011-831: JAVAGRINDER: A WEB-BASED PLATFORM FOR TEACH-ING EARLY COMPUTING SKILLSJames Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University Dr. Palmer is an assistant professor at Northern Arizona University where his research interests include undergraduate computer science education, language design, and computational storytelling.Joseph FliegerEddie Hillenbrand Page 22.985.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 JavaGrinder: A Web-Based Platform for Teaching Early Computing SkillsAbstractEven as Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions indicate
AC 2011-1205: INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO UNDERGRADUATE EN-VIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS EDUCATIONDonald Arthur Brown, Penn State University Donald A .Brown is Associate Professor, Environmental Ethics, Science, and Law, at Penn State Uni- versity. Professor Brown’s major interests include integrating ethical considerations into environmen- tal policy formation and helping environmental professionals and civil society understand ethical issues that arise in scientific and economic descriptions of environmental problems. Professor Brown formerly worked as a systems engineer and environmental lawyer. He also has a graduate training in philosophy and ethics. Before coming to Penn State, Professor Brown worked for the
AC 2011-404: JUST-IN-TIME APPROACH TO INTEGRATE A DESIGNPROJECT INTO MECHANICS OF MATERIALSJoseph J. Rencis, University of Arkansas Joseph J. Rencis is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He was Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2004 to 2010. He held the inaugural en- dowed Twenty-first Century Leadership Chair in Mechanical Engineering from 2007 to 2010. From 1985 to 2004 he was professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His research focuses on boundary element methods, finite element methods, atomistic modeling, and en- gineering education. He currently serves on the editorial board of Engineering Analysis
AC 2011-352: INTEGRATING SERVOMOTOR CONCEPTS INTO MECHA-TRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM EMPHASIZ-ING HIGH SPEED PACKAGING MACHINERYAkram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet (Tech) Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet Akram Hossain is a professor in the department of Engi- neering Technology at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN. He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 24 years. He consults for industry on process control and related disciplines. He is a senior member of IEEE. He served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for 15 years at various capacities. He served as chair of manufac- turing Systems Development
AC 2011-2226: TESSAL: PORTABLE DISTRIBUTED LABORATORIESIN THE ECE CURRICULUMBonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech Bonnie Ferri received a BS from Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame in 1981, a MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 1984, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1988. She is currently a Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs in ECE at Georgia Tech. Her research has been in the areas of embedded control systems, applications of control, control of computing systems, and education. She is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Education Society Harriet B. Rigas Award.JillL L Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology Jill Auerbach is a Senior Academic Professional
AC 2011-1151: SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDENT-BUILT SPACECRAFT DE-SIGN PROGRAMS IT’S IMPACT ON SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING ED-UCATION OVER LAST TEN YEARSMichael Swartwout, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology Dr. Michael Swartwout joined the Saint Louis University faculty as of 2009 as an Assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at Parks. He worked at Washington University in Saint Louis previously from 2000 to 2009. Beginning his education in Aerospace Engineering earning both his Bachelor and Master of Science with the University of Illinois, he went on to achieve his Doc- torate with Stanford University in Aeronautics & Astronautics in 2000. He
AC 2011-2739: TEACHING HIGH-RISE PLUMBING DESIGN FOR EN-GINEERSAhmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, associate professor of architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW), teaches several HVAC and energy courses. Dr. Megri is also teaching a course titled ”Compre- hensive Performance of Building Envelope and HVAC Systems” for Summer School at UW, and ”Smoke and Fire Dynamics” during summer session at Concordia University, Canada. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Prior to his actual position at UW, he was an assistant professor and the
AC 2011-2054: SIGNIFICANT FACTORS IN SUCCESSFULLY MATCH-ING STUDENTS TO BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABO-RATORIESJonathan Sanghoon Lee, University of Virginia Jonathan S. Lee is currently an undergraduate in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia.Mr. Shing Wai YamWilliam H Guilford, University of Virginia Will Guilford is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and the current Undergraduate Program Director. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry from St. Francis College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Arizona. Will did his postdoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics at the University of Vermont under David
AC 2011-244: STUDENT LEARNING AND THE CONTINUOUS PROGRAMIMPROVEMENT PROCESS IN A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMHoward S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Kimmel is Professor of Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. He has been Executive Driector for the Center for Pre-College Programs at NJIT for over 30 years. Dr. Kimmel has had numerous NSF grants and State grants focusing on professional development, curriculum, and assessment. In addition, he is a member of the assessment committee for Chemical Engineering.Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr.Angelo J. Perna is professor of Chemical and
AC 2011-1155: WORK IN PROGRESS: VIRTUAL OUTREACH - FACILI-TATING THE TRANSITION TO UNIVERSITY STUDYChris Smaill, University of Auckland Dr Chris Smaill holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and degrees in physics, mathematics and philosophy from the University of Auckland. For 27 years he taught physics and mathematics at high school level, most recently as Head of Physics at Rangitoto Col- lege, New Zealand’s largest secondary school. This period also saw him setting and marking national examinations, and training high-school teachers. He has a successful, established and ongoing publica- tion record where high-school physics texts are concerned, covering more than
AC 2011-275: STUDENT REFLECTION IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGPROJECTSSwaminathan Balachandran, University of Wisconsin - Platteville Bala has more than 35 years of teaching, five years of industrial and about 10,000 hours of consulting experience. He is a fellow of IIE and senior member of SME, ASQ, APICS, HFES, INFORMS, INFOMS, ASEE, and IIE. He is a life member of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Pi Mu, and SME. He was the chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at UW Platteville from 1986 to 1995, established the IE laboratory facilities and secured the accreditation of the program by EAC of ABET in 1987 and 1993. He serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Production Planning and control. He is a
AC 2011-919: TASK INTERPRETATION AND SELF-REGULATING STRATE-GIES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT: AN EXPLORATORY STUDYOenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Oenardi Lawanto received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, M.S.E.E. from the University of Dayton, and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University. Before coming to Utah State, Dr. Lawanto taught and held several administrative positions at one large private university in Indonesia. In his years of teaching experiences in the area of electrical engineering, he has gained new perspectives on teaching and learning. He has
AC 2011-1682: VISUALIZING CONCEPTS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS:HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS USING STUDENT-OWNED LABORATORYKITSYong Xu, Virginia Tech Dr. Yong Xu received his B.S. in Applied Physics from Tsinghua University (China) in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Physics from California Institute of Technology in 2001. From 2001 to 2004, he worked as a research scientist at Orbits Lightwave, a startup company, and then a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. Since 2005, he is an assistant professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, a faculty member of the Center for Photonics Technology at Virginia Tech, and a affiliated faculty member of the biomedical imaging division of the School of
AC 2011-2441: WHAT DO MARKETS TELL US ABOUT DEMAND FORENGINEERS IN THE WORKPLACE?Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University Marty High is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His aca- demic interests include teaching in all areas and at all levels of chemical engineering with a focus on instruction in thermodynamics and mass transfer. His research interests are in the areas of mass transfer in polymeric systems, corrosion modeling, equation of state development and refinery catalysis. Marty also writes in the area of sustainability and on the intersection of law, science and society. He received his engineering education at Penn State (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) and earned his law
AC 2011-1785: SPATIAL VISUALIZATION SKILLS: IMPACT ON CON-FIDENCE AND SUCCESS IN AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUMNorma L Veurink, Michigan Technological University Ms. Veurink is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech where she teaches First Year Engineering courses. Ms. Veurink has conducted research on the impact of spatial visualization training on student retention and success and is on the Executive Board for the Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE.AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University AJ Hamlin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technolog- ical University where she teaches first year engineering courses and an
AC 2011-1513: TEACHING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS USING THE MOUSEFACTORYDouglas H Timmer, University of Texas, Pan AmericanMiguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American Dr. Miguel A. Gonzalez serves as the Associate Dean and Director for the School of Engineering and Computer Science in the University of Texas Pan American’s College of Science and Engineering. He has a significant amount executive industry experience where he held managerial and executive positions including President and CEO of a large Citrus processor. Throughout his experience, Dr. Gonzalez’ pro- fessional and academic activities are focused on an overall mission to provide opportunities for student involvement by developing and maintaining a
AC 2011-516: USING A SERIES OF ADVERTISING VIDEOS TO ILLUS-TRATE SOLID MECHANICS AND MATERIAL-RELATED DESIGN IS-SUES IN THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMJason K Durfee, Eastern Washington University Professor DURFEE received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington Uni- versity he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at West Point and an airline pilot. His interests include aerospace, aviation, professional ethics and piano technology. Page 22.1604.1
AC 2011-755: SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS WITHINA MATHEMATICS/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CO-DEVELOPMENT PROJECTTO DYNAMICALLY PREDICT HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON PATHSJim Fischer, Oregon Institute of Technology Jim Fischer is a Professor of Mathematics at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He is currently serving as the Program Director for the OIT Applied Mathematics Program.Claude Kansaku, Oregon Institute of Technology Claude Kansaku is a Professor of Computer Engineering Technology at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He is the faculty advisor for the LaunchOIT High-Altitude Balloon Satellite (BalloonSat) Program in affiliation with the Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium
AC 2011-2808: SOFTWARE-BASED ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR STU-DENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM OUTCOMESMehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Dr. Mehrubeoglu received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, respectively, from Texas A&M University. After working as a research engineer and software engineer at Electroscientific Industries, where she developed new algorithms for machine vision problems, she joined Cyprus Interna- tional University as the Chair of Department of Computer Engineering. After returning to Texas she taught at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She has
AC 2011-84: TEACHING FLOWNET CONCEPTS TO ENGINEERING UN-DERGRADUATES USING ELECTRICAL ANALOGY OF GROUNDWA-TER FLOWMurthy Kasi, North Dakota State University Murthy Kasi is currently an Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering and an Instructor in the Fluid Mechanics laboratory for undergraduates at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Andhra University, India, and Masters in Environmental Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA. Areas of concentration of his doctoral research are groundwater bioremediation, wastewater treatment, and water quality modeling. He has been
AC 2011-537: R U ALL THERE? TEXTING, SURFING, AND E-TASKINGIN THE CLASSROOM AND ITS EFFECTS ON LEARNINGRichard Whalen, Northeastern University Rich, Beverly, and Sue are core members of the Gateway Team of full-time faculty in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. While they concentrate on first-year engineering courses teaching across all engineering disciplines, they also teach specialty courses in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NU. Each of the NU team has published and presented papers on approaches and techniques in engineering education. Combined, Rich, Beverly, and Sue have earned several teaching awards and are proponents of active, engaging, and
AC 2011-1164: WRITING WELLˆ2: BUILDING TRACTION AND TRI-UMPH INTO CO-AUTHORSHIPSuzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta Prof Kresta is a Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of Alberta, and the co-editor of the Handbook of Industrial Mixing. Her interest in improving the writing process was initially purely selfish, but has turned out to be a joyful transition in her research group.John A. Nychka, University of Alberta John was an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky for two years before returning to Canada and his alma mater, the University of Alberta, in 2007. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering teaching and coordinating the second year
AC 2011-624: TEACHING WEB INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND NET-WORK COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TO NON-MAJOR UNDER-GRADUATE STUDENTSXiannong Meng, Bucknell University XIANNONG MENG is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at Buck- nell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. His research interests include distributed computing, data mining, intelligent Web search, operating systems and computer networks. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles Song Xing received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Southeast University, China, in 1985 and 1990
AC 2011-1073: ENGAGING CSULA ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN BIOMED-ICAL ENGINEERING LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH THE TABLET PCDeborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) Deborah Won joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at CSULA as an Assistant Professor in Januray 2009. Her specialization is in biomedical engineering, and she has launched 3 new courses in biomedical engineering. She also enjoy teaching a variety of courses ranging from electronics to signal processing. She conducts research in the area of bioelectrical communication.Huiping Guo, California State University, Los AngelesJianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles
AC 2011-2561: ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDU-CATION OF LEAN METHODS USING SIMULATION LEARNING MOD-ULES WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTElizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Elizabeth Cudney is an Assistant Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the University of Hartford, and her doctorate in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri Rolla. In 2010, Dr. Cudney was inducted into the ASQ International Academy for Quality. She received the 2008 ASQ A.V. Feigenbaum Medal
AC 2011-405: FACTORS IMPACTING POOR PERFORMANCE IN PRECALCULUSPaul J. Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr.Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Sviatoslav Archava, East Carolina University Sviatoslav Archava is a Teaching Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. Dr. Archava received a MA degree in Mathematics
AC 2011-1173: ASSESSMENT OF SOFT-SKILLS-PROGRAM LEARNINGOUTCOMES USING ENGINEERING COURSESThomas J. Vasko, Central Connecticut State University Thomas J. Vasko, Assistant Professor, joined the Department of Engineering at Central Connecticut State University in the fall 2008 semester after 31 years with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) where he was a Pratt & Whitney Fellow in Computational Structural Mechanics. While at UTC, Dr. Vasko held adjunct-instructor positions at the University of Hartford and RPI Groton. He holds a PhD in ME from the University of Connecticut, an MSME from RPI, and a BSME from Lehigh University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Connecticut and he is on the board of