Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #10174A Laboratory Exercise - Unmanned Vehicle Control and Wireless Sensor Net-worksDr. Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Lifford McLauchlan completed his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University, College Station. After spending time in industry, he has returned to academia. He is an associate professor at Texas A&M University -Kingsville in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. His main research interests include controls, robotics, education, adaptive systems, intelligent systems, signal and image process- ing, biometrics and watermarking. He is the current chair of

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Efrén Mora, La Laguna University; Jorge Martin-Gutierrez, Universidad de La Laguna; Beatriz Añorbe-Diaz, Universidad de La Laguna; REYES CARRAU MELLADO, Universidad La Laguna; Antonio González Marrero, University of La Laguna

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Ocean and Marine

environmentswhere students may be involved with, both individually or in groups. These uses wouldcomprise professional practices, learning based on ICTs and extracurricular activities, amongother traditional activities which commonly take place at universities, such as performingexercises or laboratory practices. Other authors such as Northwood et al.11 defend problem-based learning as the most appropriate for training future engineers, who may ownadaptability, flexibility and self-learning skills along their professional career.Related to the maritime field, Baylon6 brings up the change of concept between the maritimeSTCW-78 IMO training code –based on knowledge– and the newer STCW-95 –based oncompetences–, outlining the advantages of problem-based

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin, Jackson State University; Thomas William Richardson, Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence; Himangshu Shekhar Das, Jackson State University; Donald L Hendon

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Ocean and Marine

Engineering Building. He is Director Emeritus of the Engineer Research and Development Center. Dr. Whalin completed 36 years of exemplary civilian service in the Department of Army including 20 years in the Senior Executive Service as Director, Army Research Laboratory (ARL); Director, USACE* Waterways Experiment Station; and Technical Di- rector, USACE Coastal Engineering Research Center. The ARL program exceeded $1,100,000,000 and had a 2,200 person workforce at six primary locations throughout the United States plus small groups in Japan and the United Kingdom. Dr. Whalin was the recipient of the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, two Meritorious Presidential Rank Awards, Exceptional Civilian Service Award, three

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moustapha Diab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Uche Ezechi, University of Delaware; Mohamad Dyab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Ocean and Marine

level of dissolved oxygen andtemperature can be observed. Page 24.1066.7 Figure 6 Geo-referenced data on GIS software for pH, Dissolved Oxygen, and Temperature respectivelySummaryThe construction of the boat, testing of control algorithms, and collecting water quality dataprovided opportunities for learning both in field and laboratory settings, and allowed applicationof knowledge acquired from courses. Students were excited to be able to utilize the concepts,theories and principles learned in class into a physical system capable of achieving stipulatedgoals. A simple and efficient way of collecting water quality data has been achieved

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shyam Aravamudhan, North Carolina A&T State University; Diedrich A. Schmidt, North Carolina A&T State University; Hany Nakhla, North Carolina A&T State University

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Ocean and Marine

of Laboratory Sciences) and as a Post-doctoral Fellow in Biomedical Engineering (Neuroengineering) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. He has published over 38 papers in peer-reviewed journals, referred conferences and 2 issued patents. He is an Editorial board member of Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, and Journal of Nanoscience and the recipient of NCA&T Rookie of the Year award. Shyam’s research interests lie at the intersection of micro/nanotechnology, electronics and environmental and life sciences.Dr. Diedrich A. Schmidt, North Carolina A&T State UniversityDr. Hany Nakhla, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Hany Nakhla is an associate Professor at the Department of