AC 2012-3456: EMBEDDED RF SYSTEM DESIGN WITH THE RFPIC12F675Prof. Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet Omer Farook is a member of the faculty of electrical and computer engineering technology at Purdue University, Calumet. Farook received the diploma of licentiate in mechanical engineering and B.S.M.E. in 1970 and 1972 respectively. He further received B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees in 1978 and 1983, respectively, from Illinois Institute of Technology. Farook’s current interests are in the areas of embedded system design, hardware software interfacing, digital communication, networking, image processing, and biometrics, C++, PHP, and Java Languages. He has a keen interest in pedagogy and instruction delivery
AC 2012-3454: EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN FOR SUN-TRACKING SO-LAR PANELS: A CLASS PROJECT TEMPLATEDr. Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet Jai P. Agrawal is a professor in electrical and computer engineering technology at Purdue University, Calumet. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1991, dissertation in power electronics. He also received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in 1970 and 1968, respectively. His expertise includes analog and digital electronics design, power electronics, nanophotonics, and optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency
AC 2012-3983: DISCOVERY LEARNING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEER-ING DESIGN: CASE-BASED LEARNING OR LEARNING BY EXPLOR-ING?Dr. Nina Robson, Texas A&M University Nina Robson is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department at Texas A&M University and an Assistant Researcher in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of California, Irvine.Dr. Ibrahim Savas Dalmis, Namk Kemal University Ibrahim Savas Dalmis is Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Design and Man- ufacturing Division, with a bachelor’s from Marmara University Faculty of Technology, Department of Mechanical Education, a graduate degree from
AC 2012-3650: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FORELECTRICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATORS IN VHDLAND FPGA DESIGNDr. Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University Nasser Alaraje is currently the Electrical Engineering Technology program Chair, as well as a fac- ulty member at Michigan Technological University. He taught and developed courses in the computer engineering technology area at the University of Cincinnati and Michigan Technological University. Alaraje’s research interests focuses on processor architecture, system-on-chip design methodology, field- programmable logic array (FPGA) architecture and design methodology, engineering technology educa- tion, and hardware description language modeling
AC 2012-3970: 3RS FOR ENGINEERING SCHOLARS: RESPONSIBILI-TIES, REPERCUSSIONS, AND REMEDIES ASSOCIATED WITH PRO-FESSIONAL PLAGIARISMMs. Susan H. Sarapin M.A., Purdue University Susan Sarapin is a doctoral candidate in Purdue University’s Brian Lamb School of Communication Divi- sion of Media, Technology, and Society. She studies the effects of TV viewing on the public’s perceptions of and attitudes toward crime, criminals, and the justice system. This extends to the exploration of persua- sion in the courtroom and the lay public’s understanding of scientific concepts, statistics, and techniques. Sarapin intends to combine teaching, research, mentoring undergraduate and graduate research, and con- sulting
’ communication skills, and program assessment methods that minimize stakeholders’ efforts while maximizing the effectiveness of the measurement tool. Page 25.301.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Changing from Enrollment-Challenged to Resource-Challenged: Results of a Five Year Enrollment StrategyAbstractMany engineering technology programs across the country have been experiencing decliningenrollments for the past decade. Although there are periodic increases at individual institutions,typically these are due to temporary external programs such as educational
AC 2012-4358: COLLEGIATE SOLAR BOAT PROJECT PREPARES TO-DAY’S ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR TOMORROW’S ENERGY CHAL-LENGESDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Master’s of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University. Additionally, he has six years of industrial experience as a Senior Engineer
AC 2012-3534: COMPETING IN THE 2011 SOLAR DECATHLONProf. William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette Bill Hutzel is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he teaches and conducts research into high performance buildings. He was the lead Faculty Advisor for Purdue’s second place entry in the 2011 Solar Decathlon.Dr. Mark Shaurette, Purdue University Mark Shaurette is Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette. He has a B.B.C.N. in building construction from University of Florida, 1975, a M.S. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980, and a Ph.D. from the College of Technology, Purdue University, 2007. The long
AC 2012-4205: CREATING A SEAMLESS PIPELINE INTO B.S. DEGREEPROGRAMS FOR PLACE-BOUND ET STUDENTS VIA A STATE-WIDE2+2 ARTICULATION AGREEMENTDr. Austin B. Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng. (honors) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of South Florida. He is currently a professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). Prior to joining the faculty at SPSU, he was an Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&M
AC 2012-3256: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOW-COST PHO-TOVOLTAIC TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL SYSTEMDr. Hassan Moghbelli, Texas A7M University Hassan Moghbelli received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Iran University of Science and Tech- nology (IUST) in 1973, his M.S. in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1978, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering with specialization in electrical drives and power electronics from Uni- versity of Missouri, Columbia (UMC), in 1989. Moghbelli was an instructor at Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) from 1978-1984, an Assistant Professor at Purdue University, Calumet, (PUC) from 1989-1993, and an associate professor in IUT and IUST from 1989-2002. He has
curriculum’s networking and communication courses. As is true with his ECT faculty colleagues, Border supports the program with teaching assignments, as needed, in freshman- and sophomore-level courses offerings. Examples of these include the sophomore level electric circuits and digital electronics courses. Border teaches a digital communication graduate course within the Ph.D. Consortium Technology Management program, as well as other graduate level courses at BGSU. Page 25.424.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Page 25.424.2Page 25.424.3Page 25.424.4Page 25.424.5Page
AC 2012-4042: DEVELOPING EXPERIMENTS FOR THE VIBRATIONCOURSE WITH MINIMAL EXPENDITUREDr. B. S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University B. S. Sridhara is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University. He received his B.S.M.E. and M.S.M.E. degrees from Bangalore University and Indian In- stitute of Science, Bangalore, India. He received his M.S.M.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, and Auburn University, Alabama. Sridhara has published sev- eral peer-reviewed articles in the areas of acoustics, vibration, finite element methods, and engineering education.Mr. Daryl Hunter White, Middle Tennessee State University Daryl
AC 2012-3969: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB-BASED PEER EVALUATION TOOL FOR TEAM PROJECTSDr. Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware Carmine C. Balascio, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the departments of Bioresources Engineer- ing and Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware. He earned bachelor’s degrees in agricultural engineering technology and mathematics from UD. He earned an M.S. in agricultural engineering and a Ph.D. double-major in agricultural engineering and engineering mechanics from Iowa State University. He teaches courses in surveying, soil mechanics, and storm-water management and has research interests in urban hydrology, water resources engineering, and
AC 2012-3434: E-CLOCK: A WIKI-BASED OUTREACH AND RECRUIT-MENT TOOLDr. Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University Joseph A. Morgan is a Full Professor in the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Texas A&M University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. His major areas of interest include wireless networking and embedded microcontroller-based data acquisition, instrumentation and control systems. Morgan has also served as Director of engineering and as a Senior Consultant to the private sector where he has been involved in several design, development and system integration projects sponsored by the FAA, USAF, and major airport authorities. As a Texas A&M faculty member, he
science at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, M.S. in electrical engineering at Colorado State University, M.B.A. at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Ph.D. in engineering management at Walden University. He holds a Professional Engi- neer license and has 30 years of industrial experience as an Engineer or Engineering Manager at General Motors, Cadnetix, and Motorola. His interests include engineering management, technological literacy, improving the competitiveness of American companies, and real-time embedded systems.Dr. Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University Donald C. Richter obtained his B.Sc. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Ohio State University, and M.S. and
AC 2012-3065: A HANDS-ON COURSE IN DATA COMMUNICATIONSFOR TECHNOLOGISTSDr. Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University Aurenice Oliveira is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Michigan Technological University. She received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, in 2005. Her current research interests include communication sys- tems, digital signal processing, optical fiber systems, and engineering education. Oliveira is the Michigan Tech Project Director of the U.S.-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium funded by FIPSE-U.S. De- partment of Education. Oliveira has also been contributing to STEM K-12
AC 2012-4031: A METHOD FOR ASSESSING REQUIRED COURSE-RELATEDSKILLS AND PREREQUISITE STRUCTUREDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Michael D. Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a Senior Product Development Engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minn. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically the cost modeling and analysis of product development and manufacturing systems
AC 2012-5213: A NEW COURSE ON DISTRIBUTION OF GREEN TECH-NOLOGIES: CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS DISTRIBU-TION - GOING GREENDr. Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University Page 25.79.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012A New Course on Distribution of Green Technologies: Contemporary Topics in Electronics Distribution - Going Green AbstractIn this paper, we present a senior level electronics distribution course for an Engineering Technologyand Industrial Distribution Program. The course is developed as an upper-level undergraduate
AC 2012-4030: ACCREDITATION RECIPROCITY: INTERCHANGEABIL-ITY CHALLENGES BETWEEN BROADLY DEFINED AND NARROWLYDEFINED STUDENT ASSESSMENT METHODSMs. Kristine Paradis Bastian, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Kristine P. Bastian is a graduate student earning her M.S. in technology degree in the Department of Engineering and Technology from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). Bastian has a B.A. degree with high honors in industrial/organizational psychology (Purdue School of Science); honors minor in leadership (Purdue Organizational Leadership and Supervision); minor in interior design technology (Purdue Design Technology); and a human resource management certificate (Purdue Organi
AC 2012-3481: AUTOMATION LABORATOR DEVELOPMENTDr. Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University Cheng Lin is a professor and Program Director of mechanical engineering technology at Old Dominion University. He received his Ph.D. of mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1989, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Lin has expertise in automation control, machine design, CAD/CAM, CNC, geometric dimensioning, and tolerancing, and robotics. He has published 16 journal papers in the areas of robotics, automation, and GD&T. He has been active in the technology application research and teaching training courses for Virginia’s Applied Technology and Professional Development Center
AC 2012-3085: THE FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS FOR TECHNOLO-GISTS, ENGINEERS, AND OTHER NON-PH.D.SDr. William H. Blanton, East Tennessee State University William Blanton has taught in the Engineering Technology Department at East Tennessee State University for 12 years. He is coordinator of the biomedical engineering technology concentration. His teaching interests are medical imaging and digital signal processing.Dr. Zhibin Tan, East Tennessee State University Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, and Digital MediaMr. Davin A. Strom, East Tennessee State University Page 25.1297.1 c
AC 2012-3529: THE RUBBER BAND RULE AND OTHER INNOVATIVETECHNIQUES TO TEACH INTRODUCTORY CIRCUIT ANALYSISProf. James E. Globig, University of Dayton James Globig joined the University of Dayton in Aug. 1998 after nearly 20 years of engineering ex- perience in a variety of product-producing organizations. Having held positions ranging from Design Engineer to Vice President of Research and Development, he combines a practical and thorough under- standing of the product development process and the role of the engineer in corporate America. He is named on eight patents. Globig received his bachelor’s of engineering technology from the University of Dayton in 1979, his master’s of business administration from Miami
. Page 25.1360.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Tinkering to introduce technology, developing an instrument to measure student’s play preferences Author and Author University XXXXXAbstractThis purpose of the research described in this paper is to determine if a student could beidentified to prefer hands-on activity and problem solving skills - “tinkering”, to other forms ofplay. Adult engineers, scientists and technologists may take objects apart and put them backtogether to learn about the object. From there, they may try to invent a new object fromsomething that they have experienced. The people
AC 2012-4990: TRACKING CAPSTONE COURSE PERFORMANCE IN ADATABASE THAT IS USED TO TRACK ACCREDITATION DOCUMEN-TATIONDr. Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University Wes Stone is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Western Car- olina University in Cullowhee, N.C. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas, Austin, master’s degree from Penn State, and Ph.D. from Georgia Tech, all in mechanical engineering. His re- search interests include manufacturing processes, quality techniques, and gas turbine technology.Dr. Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University Chip W. Ferguson is completing his 10th year at Western Carolina University, where he has served as an
AC 2012-3862: TREND ANALYSIS OF CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTSFOR IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. Muhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University Muhammad Zafrul Hasan received the B.Sc. in electrical and electronic engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He received the master’s of electronic engineering from Eind- hoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) under a Philips postgraduate scholarship program. He subsequently held several faculty positions in an engineering college and in a university in Malaysia. He obtained the Ph.D. in computer engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was awarded the NJIT Hashimoto Fellowship in the academic year 2005-06
AC 2012-3155: USING MODULAR PROGRAMMING STRATEGY TO PRAC-TICE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING: A CASE STUDYDr. Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of TechnologyDr. Xin Wang, Oregon Insitute of TechnologyMiss Xian Sun Page 25.1432.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Modular Programming Strategy to Practice Computer Programming: a Case StudyAbstractIt is important for the engineering and technology students to learn and improve their computerprogramming skills throughout their college education. To make the students’ learning processmore efficient, a Modular Programming Strategy (MPS) was introduced at the last ASEE
, Information, and Leadership Technology in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. She is a Fellow of the Mack Center at Indiana University for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning and an Editor of the Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Her research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning related to learning with technology. Page 25.1447.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Web 2.0 and Social Networking Technologies in theClassroom: A Comparison of Faculty and Student Perceptions
AC 2012-4807: UTILIZING A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PROJECT AS A CAP-STONE EXPERIENCE IN A MICROPROCESSORS COURSEProf. Scott James Schneider, University of Dayton Scott J. Schneider is an Associate Professor of electronic and computer engineering technology at the University of Dayton. Schneider has extensive industrial experience in the areas of software development, embedded real-time system design, and automotive technologies. He also performs research in the areas of computer and software engineering pedagogy.Mr. Seth Jarek Peterson, University of Dayton Seth J. Peterson is a fifth-year undergraduate student of electronic and computer engineering technology at the University of Dayton. Peterson has experience in the areas
AC 2012-4270: VISUALIZATION OF NANOSCALE COMPONENTS US-ING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPYDr. Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Technology Salahuddin (Sala) Qazi holds a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Technol- ogy, Loughborough, U.K. He is a Full Professor (Emeritus) and Past Chair in the School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology at SUNYIT, Utica, N.Y. Qazi has been a visiting summer research faculty member at the Air Force Research Lab, where he also spent his sabbatical. He has co-edited a CRC Press Taylor & Francis handbook on ”Nanotechnology for Telecommunications” and has published several articles, books, and chapters in the area of fiber
Research Engineer at the Engineering Applications Center and Adjunct Professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering Technology and Architecture at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Conn. He holds a master’s of engineering degree in mechanical engineer- ing from the University of Hartford and a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering from Boston University. His areas of research include computer-aided design and manufacturing, online in- spection/supervision of manufacturing process, and mechatronics design and instrumentation. Page 25.1053.1 c American