AC 2011-2759: RESTRUCTURING THE ROBOTICS LABORATORY ANDENHANCING THE ROBOTICS CURRICULUM AT RITChristopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology Assistant Professor in Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology. Dr. Greene’s primary areas of research are in manufacturing systems, quality engineering, engineering education and the electronics manufacturing domain. Dr. Greene has also participated in several funded engineering education pro- grams aimed at advancing opportunities in Alabama’s Black Belt. Dr. Greene worked previously as a manufacturing scientist in the Micro-Electronics Division of IBM.Dr. Scott J.. Anson, P.E. , Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Anson is the Manufacturing
AC 2011-511: USING A PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH TOTEACH MECHANICAL DESIGN TO FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STU-DENTSEric Constans, Rowan University Eric Constans is the chair of the Mechanical Engineering program at Rowan University. His research interests include engineering education, acoustics and design optimization.Dr. Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University Page 22.1603.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using a Project-Based Learning Approach to Teach Mechanical Design to First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThe Rowan University Mechanical Engineering
AC 2011-687: SOLAR DISTILLATION PROJECTMichael Rex Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Michael Maixner was graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy, and received SMME and Ocean Engineer degrees from MIT, and his PhD in mechanical engineering from the Naval Post- graduate School. He served in ships as a line officer and in various engineering billets as an engineering duty officer during 25 years of naval service. Upon retirement from the navy, Dr. Maixner assumed a position on the faculty of Maine Maritime Academy, where he served as the coordinator for the marine systems engineering curriculum. He is currently a professor of engineering mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy
AC 2011-2072: USING TRAVEL AND THE INTERNET TO DEVELOPAND FORMULATE ENHANCED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTSB. K. Hodge, Mississippi State University B. K. Hodge is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU) where he served as the TVA Professor of Energy Systems and the Environment and was a Giles Distin- guished Professor and a Grisham Master Teacher. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Page 22.1650.1
AC 2011-2215: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGRADUATEVIBRATIONS COURSEAnca L. Sala, Baker College Anca L. Sala, Associate Professor, is Chair of the Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, teaches and develops engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA.Raghu Echempati, Kettering University Raghu Echempati is a professor of Mechanical Engineering with over 25 years of teaching, research and consulting experiences in Design and Simulation of Sheet Metal Forming Processes. He has published several educational and research papers at ASEE, ASME and other
AC 2011-2511: PROPOSED RENORMALIZED GRADE POINT AVERAGEACCOUNTING FOR CLASS GPARandall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Manteufel currently serves as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio where he has been on the faculty since 1997. His teaching and research interests are in the thermal sciences. He is currently the faculty advisor ASHRAE at UTSA.Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio Amir Karimi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineer- ing from the University of Kentucky in 1982. His
AC 2011-462: USING AN ORTHOPAEDIC BIOMECHANICS PROJECTTO REINFORCE SOLID MECHANICS PRINCIPLESJennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityAndrew D. Rosenthal, Rowan UniversityPatrick C. Leung, Rowan University, Undergraduate StudentAlexander Vincent Redfield, Rowan University Page 22.1608.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 An orthopaedic biomechanics project to reinforce mechanics principlesAbstractA team of junior and senior students investigated the mechanics of an interlocked IM rod andtibial Sawbone construct associated with increasing cortical comminution as part of research
AC 2011-8: MENTORING WITH INDEX CARDS: AN EARLY INTRO-DUCTION TO FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR NEW FACULTYJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is a Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern Univer- sity. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagog- ical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Nathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University Nathaniel Bird is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Computer
AC 2011-1022: THE MATE INTERNATIONAL ROV COMPETITION AUNIVERSITY PERSPECTIVEThomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Thomas Consi is an assistant professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences and Dept. of Mechani- cal Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research focus in on marine robotics, specifically the development of amphibious robots for coastal exploration and environmental monitoring. He is the advisor to UWM’s ROV team and currently teaches Mechatronics in the UWM Mechanical Engineering Dept. Page 22.1480.1 c American Society for Engineering
AC 2011-647: NINE YEARS OF CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW IN RHETORICAND ENGINEERING DESIGNPatricia A. Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia A. Carlson received the BA from the College of William and Mary and the MA and PhD from Duke University. She came to Rose-Hulman early in her teaching career and has taught a wide variety of courses. She is currently pursuing research interests in educational applications for Commmunication and Information Technology (CIT) Pat has held a number of American Society for Engineering Edu- cation summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s Classroom of the Future in Wheeling, WV. She was
AC 2011-1210: USING RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT TO MEASURELEVELS OF STUDENT AND FACULTY ENGAGEMENT IN THE DEVEL-OPMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY SUPPLY CHAIN AND FACILITY LO-GISTICS CURRICULUMSuzanna Long, PhD, Missouri University of Science & Technology Suzanna Long is Assistant Professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She holds a PhD in engineering management, from the Univer- sity of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). Her research interests include strategic partnering in global supply chain networks, supply chain curriculum development, virtual teaming in a global marketplace, and sustainable energy management systems.Hector J. Carlo, University of Puerto Rico
AC 2011-2262: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDENTS’ DAILY REFLEC-TIONS ON LEARNING IN AN ENGINEERING CONTEXTMuhsin Menekse, Arizona State University Muhsin Menekse is pursuing a doctoral degree (PhD) in the Science Education program at Arizona State University concurrently with a MA degree in Measurement, Statistics and Methodological Studies. He had research experiences in the areas of conceptual change of nave ideas about science, argumentation in computer supported learning environments, and video game design to support students’ understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Muhsin is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Michelene Chi to develop and implement a classroom-based methodology with instructional materials
AC 2011-2481: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERS ENGAGING AND RE-FLECTING IN A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SIMULATIONCynthia M. D’Angelo, University of Wisconsin - Madison Cynthia D’Angelo, Ph.D. has a background in physics and science education. She has always been inter- ested in improving science instruction and most recently, using simulations and games to help facilitate learning. Among other things, she is interested in how students make use of multimedia representations of scientific concepts in games. She is currently the research director for the Epistemic Games Group at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is an Associate Professor of Biomedical
AC 2011-893: MAKING ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING WORK: LESSONSFROM PARTNERSHIPS AND PRACTICEMUSEUM OF SCIENCEChristine M Cunningham, Museum of Science Dr. Christine Cunningham is a Vice President at the Museum of Science, Boston where she oversees curriculum development, teacher professional development, and research and evaluation efforts related to K-16 engineering and science learning and teaching. She is the founder and director of the Engineering is Elementary project. Her work focuses on making engineering and science more relevant, understand- able, and accessible to everyone, especially marginalized populations such as women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities. Christine received a joint BA
AC 2011-26: STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING FOR INTERDISCIPLINARYCOURSES: A MULTIFACETED APPROACHNaiquan (Nigel) Zheng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Dr. Nigel Zheng received his B. Eng from Zhejiang University, China, M.Sc. from College of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Univesity of Saskatchewan, Canada. Currently he is an assistant professor in the Center for Biomedical Engineering Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests include orthopedic biomechanics, sports medicine and rehabilitation, and motion analysis
AC 2011-2267: TEACHING FLUID MECHANICS AND MASS TRANS-PORT TO BIOLOGISTSArthur Felse, Northwestern University Dr. P. Arthur Felse is a Lecturer in the Master of Biotechnology Program and the Department of Chem- ical & Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. Before joining Northwestern University, Dr. Felse completed his post-doctoral training at the New York University’s Polytechnic Institute where he was awarded a NSF fellowship. He and his colleagues at the Polytechnic Institute received the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for their work on mild and selective polymerizations us- ing lipases. Dr. Felse is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Society for
AC 2011-753: WORK IT BABY, WORK IT! REWORKING THE WORK-SHEET IN CAMTASIATanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. TANYA KUNBERGER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Kunberger received her B.C.E. and certificate in Geochemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Soil Science from North Carolina State University. Her areas of specialization are geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. Educational areas of interest are self-efficacy and persistence in engineering and development of an interest in STEM topics in
AC 2011-437: USE OF THE ARDUINO PLATFORM FOR A JUNIOR-LEVELUNDERGRADUATE MICROPROCESSORS COURSENathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University Nathaniel Bird is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Ohio North- ern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Research in- terests include computer vision, robotics, behavior analysis, and undergraduate pedagogy. Dr. Bird is a member of ACM, IEEE, and Tau Beta Pi. Page 22.1600.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Use of the Arduino Platform for a
AC 2011-525: WEB-BASED SCRIPTS FOR ANIMATING SYSTEM SIMU-LATIONSAmes Bielenberg Ames Bielenberg is an engineering student at Swarthmore College.Erik Cheever, Swarthmore College Erik Cheever is a Professor of Engineering at Swarthmore College. He teaches in the areas of Circuits, Electronics, Linear Systems, Control Theory and DSP. Page 22.1673.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Web-based Scripts for Animating System SimulationsAbstractVisualizing the behavior of physical systems can be an invaluable tool for a student’sunderstanding of linear system dynamics
AC 2011-2121: THE MOBILE PARTICIPATION SYSTEM NOT JUST AN-OTHER CLICKERMarcial Lapp, University of Michigan Marcial Lapp is a graduate student in the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Michigan. His research interests lie in modeling and solving large-scale optimization problems focused on the transportation and logistics industries. He holds a Masters and Bachelors degree in Com- puter Science from the Uni-versity of Michigan.Jeff Ringenberg, University of Michigan Jeff Ringenberg is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. His research inter- ests include mobile learning software development, tactile programming, methods for bringing technology
AC 2011-2463: USE OF COMPUTERS IN THE INSTRUCTION OF EMPROPAGATION IN THE CLASSROOMWillie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus Dr. Willie K. Ofosu is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Penn State Wilkes- Barre, where he teaches telecommunications, wireless systems, networking, optoelectronics and analog and digital electronics. He is a member of IEEE, IET (England), and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) of England. His research interests include RF components and antennas, and Powerline Communication. He is an advocate of diversity in the educational environment. Dr. Ofosu received his Ph.D. from the Electronic Systems Engineering Department at University of Essex in
AC 2011-941: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND CRIT-ICAL THINKING: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSISJames E. Lewis, University of Louisville James E. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals in the J. B. Speed School of Engineering at the University of Louisville. His research interests include paral- lel and distributed computer systems, cryptography, engineering education, undergraduate retention and technology (Tablet PCs) used in the classroom.Dr. Cathy Bays Page 22.1566.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Undergraduate
AC 2011-1585: WE CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION!: THE RELATION-SHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ ETHICAL REASONING AND THEIR SAT-ISFACTION WITH ENGINEERING ETHICS EDUCATIONMatthew Holsapple, Univeristy of Michigan Matthew Holsapple is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Ed- ucation at the University of Michigan. His research interests include moral development and character education in higher students, professional ethics education, and research design and quasi-experimental methods in research on college student outcomes.Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDonald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Dr. Donald Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and the
AC 2011-1751: PRACTICING ENGINEERS CONCEPTIONS OF SIGHTDISTANCE AND STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE WITHIN THE CONTEXTOF HIGHWAY DESIGNShane A. Brown, Washington State University Shane Brown is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wash- ington State University. His research focuses on conceptual understanding of engineering students and practitioners and conceptual change processes that lead to differences in understanding.Shannon Davis, Washting State UniversityChelsea Nicholas, Washington State University Page 22.1165.1 c American Society for
AC 2011-1844: TIMELY FEEDBACK AND STRENGTHENED STUDY HABITSVIA COMPUTER AUTOMATED END-OF-LECTURE QUESTIONSPaul J. Weber, Lake Superior State University Paul J. Weber is an Assistant Professor at Lake Superior State University. Since completing his Ph.D. at Michigan Tech in 2006, he has taught courses in digital and computer systems as well as electronics, circuit analysis, and robot vision. His research interests include alternative energy, energy efficiency, distributed control, and engineering education. Page 22.1528.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
AC 2011-1664: SIMULATION TOOLS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTSKendrick T. Aung, Lamar University KENDRICK AUNG is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 1996. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, AIAA. ASHRAE, SAE and Combustion Institute. He has published over 70 technical papers and presented several papers at national and international conferences. Page 22.1297.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Simulation tools for
AC 2011-2652: INVESTIGATIONS ON SOLAR DATA AND A GRID-TIEDSOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYMehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University Dr. Mehmet Sozen is an associate professor of engineering at Grand Valley State University. He teaches in the area of thermofluid sciences and energy related courses. His specialty and interest include transport phenomena in porous media, combustion, thermal management, high heat flux applications and alternative and renewable energy applications.David Faasse David is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering. Former graduate student of the the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University
AC 2011-2687: SMART GRID DEVELOPMENT USING MODELING, DE-SIGN, SIMULATION, AND DIAGNOSES OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBU-TION NETWORKSaeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Saeed Sean Monemi is a professor of Electrical and Computer engineering at California State Poly- technic University, Pomona. He has published many papers and currently conducting projects in the areas of smart grid, embedded systems, software engineering, and operating systems. Page 22.1301.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Course in Smart Grid development using
AC 2011-1564: WHAT DO STUDENTS GET OUT OF SOLID MODELINGVIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS?Mark Anthony Shreve, North Carolina State University Mark Shreve is a master’s student in Technology Education within the Department of Mathematics, Sci- ence and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. His research interests include multi- media instruction and online learning through all levels of education. Along with completing his degree, Mark is also a graduate teaching assistant for the department’s introductory engineering graphics course.Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University Dr. Branoff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology Edu- cation at North Carolina
AC 2011-839: NEW APPROACH TO TEACH PRODUCT DESIGN THATBREAKS THE DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIESIem Heng, New York City College of Technology Professor Iem Heng earned his bachelor’s degree from Providence College (Providence, RI) with double majors in Pre-Engineering Program and mathematics. In addition, he earned another bachelor’s degree from Columbia University (New York, NY) in mechanical engineering and master’s in applied math- ematics from Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI); his Ph.D. in computational and applied mathematics from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA). Before joining the EMT/CET department at City Tech in fall of 2007, he was a faculty member and chair of the CET department at DeVry