AC 2012-3226: BEST PRACTICES IN K-12/UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPSDr. Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky Christine Schnittka is an Assistant Professor of STEM education at the University of Kentucky. She is the Chair of the 2012 Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships panel for the ASEE K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Division.Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University Elizabeth Parry is an engineer and consultant in K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math- ematics) curriculum and professional development and the Coordinator of K-20 STEM Partnership De- velopment at the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. For the past 15 years, she has worked
AC 2012-5491: VOICES OF IMPACT FROM THE PUBLIC (VIP): AN ETH-ICAL PERSPECTIVEDr. Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida Sylvia Wilson Thomas is currently an Assistant Professor in electrical engineering at USF in Tampa, Fla. She has more than 20 years of industrial and academic experience, assisting in the success of such companies and organizations as Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies, advancing analog/backend technology, Kimberly Clark Corporation process engineering, IBM, Procter & Gamble, the National GEM Consor- tium, and ITT Technical Institute. Thomas leads the Advanced Materials Bio & Integration Research (AMBIR) group at USF. Her research motivation is focused on the characterization and
AC 2012-4486: A MOBILE LABORATORY AS A VENUE FOR EDUCA-TION AND OUTREACH EMPHASIZING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTA-TIONJeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University Jeremy John Worm is the Director of the Mobile Sustainable Transportation Laboratory at Michigan Tech and a Research Engineer in the Advanced Power Systems Research Center. Worm teaches several courses pertaining to hybrid vehicles, and IC engines. In addition to teaching, his research interests include internal combustion engines, alternative fuels, and vehicle hybridization. Prior to coming to Michigan Tech, Worm was a Lead Engine Development Engineer at General Motors, working on high efficiency engines in hybrid electric vehicle applications.Dr
AC 2012-4130: A UNIQUE APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZING THE EN-GINEERING DESIGN PROCESSMs. Lisa Guerra, NASA Lisa Guerra has 25 years of experience in the NASA aerospace community. Guerra is currently working with the UTeachEngineering program. She recently completed a four-year assignment from NASA head- quarters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at the University of Texas, Austin, as a pilot for na- tional dissemination. Her efforts in systems engineering curriculum can be located at http://spacese.spacegrant.org/. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities
AC 2012-4709: ANALYSIS OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ON STEM-BASED COURSES, SPECIFICALLY INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEER-ING IN THE ERA OF THE IPADMr. Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso Oscar Perez received his B.S. and master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, El Paso, with a special focus on data communications. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering. Perez has been teaching the Basic Engineering (BE) BE 1301 course for more than five years. He led the design for the development of the new BE course (now UNIV 1301) for en- gineering at UTEP: Engineering, Science, and University Colleges. He developed more than five new courses, including UTEP technology
AC 2012-2997: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND CLASS EXPERIENCES WITHON-DEMAND MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN AN ELECTRIC MACHINESCOURSEDr. Carl J. Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the Depart- ment of Technology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois. His in- dustrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He received his M.S
AC 2012-3302: SMART CONTROL OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERT-ERS IN PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMSMr. Ahmed Mohamed, Florida International University Ahmed Mohamed (El-Tallawy) was born in Minia, Egypt, in 1984. He received his B.Sc. degree from the faculty of engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt, in 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was a Re- search/Teaching Assistant in the faculty of engineering, Minia University. He received a M.Sc. degree from the faculty of engineering, Minia University, Minia, Egypt in 2009. He is currently a Research As- sistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, Fla., USA. His current research interests are
AC 2012-3377: SOLAR POWER SYSTEM DESIGN TO PROMOTE CRIT-ICAL THINKING IN FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Isaac W. Wait, Marshall University Isaac W. Wait is an Associate Professor of engineering in the College of Information Technology and Engineering at Marshall University in Huntington, W.V. Wait conducts research and teaches courses in water resources and environmental engineering, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Ohio and West Virginia. Page 25.1167.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Solar Power System Design to Promote
AC 2012-3242: TEACHING ADAPTIVE FILTERS AND APPLICATIONSIN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PRO-GRAMProf. Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central Jean Jiang is currently with the College of Engineering and Technology at Purdue University, North Central, Westville, Ind. She received her Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1992. Her principal technical areas are in digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and control systems. She has published a number of papers in these areas. She has co-authored two textbooks: Fundamentals of Analog and Digital Signal Processing, Second Edition, AuthorHouse, 2008; and Analog Signal Processing and Filter Design
AC 2012-3917: IMPROVING ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH EN-HANCED CALIBRATED PEER REVIEW ASSESSMENT OF A COLLAB-ORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTDr. Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Patricia A. Carlson teaches at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is the author of over seventy publications and presentation. She has used her experience in educational technology on two large-scale Lilly Endowment grants and on two National Science Foundation-funded research projects. In addition to teaching, she is the Director of the PRISM Project, an outreach program that helps Indiana teachers of middle school science, mathematics, and technology to integrate new information technology applications into their
AC 2012-4732: ONLINE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGLABORATORY COURSESDr. Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University Yacob Astatke completed both his doctorate of rngineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full-time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at MSU since Aug. 1994 and currently serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit design and instrumentation. Dr. Astatke has more than 10 years of experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous web-based ECE courses in the USA and abroad
AC 2012-5064: ART FOR THE SAKE OF IMPROVING ATTITUDES TO-WARD ENGINEERINGProf. Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder Jean Hertzberg is currently Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at CU, Boulder. Her research centers around pulsatile, vortex dominated flows with applications in both combustion, and bio-fluid dy- namics. She is also interested in a variety of flow field measurement techniques, and has recently begun work in engineering education research. Hertzberg teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in mea- surement techniques, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, design, and computer tools. She has pioneered a spectacular new course on flow visualization, co-taught to
AC 2012-3597: FRAME-BY-FRAME ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS OF AHIGH-SPEED PACKAGING SYSTEM USING FASTEC INLINE NETWORK-READY CAMERA VISION EQUIPMENTProf. Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech) Akram Hossain is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Ind. 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, packaging machinery system control, and related disciplines. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for 15 years at vari- ous capacities. He
AC 2012-3442: LAB-IN-A-BOX: TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIESTO MANAGE LARGE AND NOT SO LARGE LABORATORY COURSESMs. Justeen OlingerMichael HuttonMr. Christopher Gretsch CovingtonDr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Virginia Tech. She joined Virginia Tech in 2002 after having taught at the University of Denver (1997-1999) and West Virginia University (1999-2002). Her areas of research include optoelectronic materials and devices, optical spectroscopy, packaging for power electronic applications, and electrical engineering pedagogy.Dr. Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community CollegeMr. Branden McKagen
AC 2012-3262: AUTOMATION OF A BIODIESEL PROCESSOR FROMWASTE VEGETABLE OIL USING PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERDr. Ahmed H. ElSawy, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Ahmed ElSawy joined Tennessee Technological University (TTU) as a professor and Chairperson, Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology, in July 1, 1999. He holds B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on materials processing and manufacturing engineering. Prior joining TTU, ElSawy held several industrial and academic positions in the USA and abroad. ElSawy teaching and research interests are in the areas of material processing, metallurgy, and manufacturing systems. ElSawy received approx. $2 million of
AC 2012-3675: THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ENGINEERING ED-UCATION (IGIP) AND THE NEW PEDAGOGIC CHALLENGES IN EN-GINEERING EDUCATIONProf. Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria Since 1995, Michael Auer is professor of electrical engineering at the Systems Engineering Department of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria and has also held teaching positions at the universities of Klagenfurt (Austria), Amman (Jordan), Brasov (Romania), and Patras (Greece). He was invited for guest lectures at MIT Boston and Columbia University and technical universities of Moscow, Athens, and others. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and member of VDE, IGIP, etc., author or co-author of more than 180
AC 2012-3281: PROJECT-BASED DESIGN OF A BIOMETRIC FACE RECOG-NITION SYSTEMDr. Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University Ravi P. Ramachandran received the B.Eng degree (with great distinction) from Concordia University in 1984, the M.Eng degree from McGill University in 1986 and the Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 1990. From Oct. 1990 to Dec. 1992, he worked at the Speech Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. From Jan. 1993 to Aug. 1997, he was a Research Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. He was also a Senior Speech Scientist at T-Netix from July 1996 to Aug. 1997. Since Sept. 1997, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University where he has
AC 2012-4884: SENIOR PROJECT: USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT(DOE) TO IDENTIFY MATERIAL AND PROCESSING VARIABLES THATIMPACT PART WARPAGE IN INJECTION MOLDINGDr. Rex C. Kanu, Ball State University Rex C. Kanu is Coordinator of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program.Mr. Tyler Steven Steward, Ball State University Tyler S. Steward is a Manufacturing Engineer at Exedy of America Corporation. Address: 6025J Grace Lane Knoxville, TN 37919. Phone: 765-366-9686. Email: tssteward8807@gmail.com. Page 25.1154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Senior Project: Using the
AC 2012-3718: EXPERIENCES LEARNED IN CONDUCTING A SUM-MER WORKSHOP ENTITLED ”INTEGRATING NASA SCIENCE, TECH-NOLOGY, AND RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM ANDTRAINING (INSTRUCT)” FOR HBCU/MI INSTITUTIONSDr. Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University Ajit D. Kelkar is a professor and Chair of Nanoengineering Department at Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. He also serves as an Associate Director for the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures. For the past 25 years, he has been working in the area of performance evaluation and modeling of polymeric composites and ceramic matrix composites. He has worked with several federal laboratories in the area of fatigue, impact, and finite
AC 2012-4537: INTEGRATING RAPID MANUFACTURING WITH CY-BER FACILITY AND TUTOR SYSTEM INTO ENGINEERING EDUCA-TIONProf. Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng is Associate Professor of industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineeringat University of Texas, El Paso. He received his M.S. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1995 and Ph.D in industrial engineering from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1999. Tseng delivered research results to many refereed journals, such as IEEE Transactions, IIE Transaction, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Interna- tional Journal of Management Science, OMEGA
AC 2012-3394: CREATING ACTIONFUNCTION DIAGRAMS FOR USERCENTRIC DESIGNMs. Shraddha Sangelkar, Texas A&M University, College Station Shraddha Sangelkar is a doctoral student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas A&M Uni- versity. Her research advisor is Dr. Daniel A. McAdams. Her research focuses on the universal design, data mining and application of association rule learning, and product platform design.Dr. Daniel A. McAdams, Texas A&M University Daniel A. McAdams is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University. His research and teaching interests are in engineering design with focus on concept generation, bioinspired design, and design methods for inclusive
AC 2012-3973: INVOLVING STUDENTS IN AN INTERNATIONAL TECH-NOLOGY EXCHANGEDr. Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University Clifton Farnsworth received B.S. and M..S degrees in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Utah. He worked as a geotechnical engineer for eight years with the Utah Department of Transportation, spent three years as an Assistant Professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas, Tyler, and has a current appointment as an Assistant Professor of construction management at Brigham Young University.Prof. Mark Owen Lords, Brigham Young University Mark Lords received B.S. and M.Acc. degrees in accounting from Brigham Young
AC 2012-5087: ARTICULATION OF CURRICULUM ACROSS UNIVER-SITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND ADULT AND CAREER CEN-TERS TO MEET THE EMERGING INDUSTRY REQUIREMENTS IN CLEANAND ALTERNATIVE ENERGYMs. Margaret Anna Traband, University of Toledo Margaret Anna Traband, M.B.A., is the Grant Director for the National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation grant entitled An Innovative Model for a New Advanced Energy Workforce. Traband earned a bachelor’s of arts from Bowling Green State University and her master’s of business adminis- tration in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization from the University of Toledo. Previously, Traband worked as the Program Manager for the University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio (UCEAO
AC 2012-4437: AUTOMATED PROBLEM AND SOLUTION GENERATIONSOFTWARE FOR COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARYLINEAR CIRCUIT ANALYSISMr. Charles David Whitlatch, Arizona State UniversityMr. Qiao Wang, Arizona State UniversityDr. Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University Brian Skromme obtained a B.S. degree in electrical engineering with high honors from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a member of technical staff at Bellcore from 1985-1989 when he joined Ari- zona State University. He is currently professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engi- neering and Assistant Dean in Academic and
AC 2012-4700: MEASURING THE EFFECT OF ONLINE HOMEWORKPROCEDURES ON STUDENT EXAM PERFORMANCEAlison M. Knight, Mayo Clinic Alison M. Knight received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. She worked for three years for TranSystems as a simulation analyst. She then received her MSE in Systems Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. During her graduate studies, she was a teaching assistant and later instructor for undergraduate Engineering Economy courses. She is currently working as a Health Systems Engineering Analyst at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.Dr. Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville Gillian Nicholls is an Assistant Professor of
AC 2012-3395: DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90% AND APPROPRIATETECHNOLOGY: THE LEGACIES OF PAUL POLAK AND E.F. SCHU-MACHERLindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Lindsey Nelson is a doctoral student in engineering education. She has a B.S. in mechanical engineer- ing from Boston University and a M.A. in poverty and development from the Institute of Development Studies housed at the University of Sussex in England. Her research interests include sustainable de- sign, engineering design methodologies, the public’s understanding of engineering, poverty mitigation, global participation, and engineering education. She is a passionate advocate for inclusive and socially just engineering professional practice
AC 2012-3876: THE ”RAISE THE BAR” INITIATIVE: CHARTING THEFUTURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - MOD-IFYING THE MODEL LAWS AND RULES FOR ENGINEERING LICEN-SUREMr. Jon D. Nelson P.E., Tetra Tech, Inc Jon D. Nelson, P.E. is Senior Vice President of the central region of the Engineering and Architectural Services group of Tetra Tech, Inc. in Tulsa, Okla. He has been a consulting engineer for 34 years, focusing on municipal water and wastewater projects. He has been with Tetra Tech for 27 years. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University and a M.S. degree in environmental engineering from Oklahoma State University. Nelson is licensed as a professional engineer in four states and
AC 2012-3797: EVALUATING IDEATION USING THE PUBLICATIONSPOPULAR SCIENCE, POPULAR MECHANICS, AND MAKE IN COOR-DINATION WITH A NEW PATENT SEARCH TOOL AND THE 6-3-5 METHODDr. Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy Dan Jensen is a professor of engineering mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (mechanical engineering), M.S. (applied mechanics), and Ph.D. (aerospace engineering science) from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, University of the Pacific, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and MSC Software Corp. His research includes design of Micro Air Vehicles, development of innovative de- sign methodologies
AC 2012-3096: EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADDITIONALCLASS CONTACT TIME ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN STATICSProf. John Burkhardt Ph.D., U.S. Naval Academy John Burkhardt received a bachelor’s of engineering in civil engineering from the Cooper Union fol- lowed by master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering mechanics from the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. He is currently on the mechanical engineering faculty at the U.S. Naval Academy. Page 25.592.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Additional Class Contact Time on
AC 2012-5380: EXAMINING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL COM-PETENCIES AMONGDr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Catherine T. Amelink, Ph.D., is Research Analyst and Assessment Specialist, Dean’s Office, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. She has held a variety of assessment related positions at Virginia Tech as well as at the University of Maryland University College. Amerlink earned her degree in educational leadership and policy studies at Virginia Tech.Dr. Nicole Sanderlin, Virginia Tech Nicole Sanderlin serves as Director of International Programs for Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering. She holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs. Her research focuses on the