AC 2012-3412: IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF A VIRTUALREALITY EXPERIMENT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE THEMO-FLUIDSLABORATORYDr. Sushil K. Chaturvedi, Old Dominion UniversityDr. Jaewan Yoon, Old Dominion UniversityDr. Rick McKenzie, Old Dominion University Rick McKenzie is the Graduate Program Director in the new Modeling, Simulation and Visualization En- gineering (MSVE) Department and a joint faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Old Dominion University. Before coming to Old Dominion University, he spent six years in the simulation industry as a Senior Scientist. McKenzie’s research has been in medical modeling and simulation, human behavior representation, and simulation
AC 2012-4477: INCORPORATING CLICKERS AND PEER INSTRUCTIONINTO LARGE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING CLASSROOMSDr. Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego Lelli Van Den Einde is a tenure-track lecturer at UC, San Diego, and focuses mostly on undergraduate education in mechanics and design courses. Her past research was in the seismic design of bridge sys- tems, but she is currently focused on assessing and improving engineering education pedagogy through technology. She has been the Faculty Advisor for UC, San Diego’s Society of Civil and Structural En- gineers (SCSE), a student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, for the past two years. Additionally, Van Den Einde is also the Faculty Advisor
AC 2012-4029: INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSES IN ENGINEERING ED-UCATION AND PRACTICENathan McNeill, University of Florida Nathan McNeill is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, where he is studying the factors that contribute to success in open-ended problem-solving. He has a Ph.D. in engineering education from Purdue University, an M.S. in mechan- ical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in engineering from Walla Walla University.Dr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Chair, Associate Professor, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the De- partment of Materials Science and
AC 2012-3521: MANAGING TIME IN ONLINE COURSES: STUDENT PER-CEPTIONSProf. Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT) Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor teaching in the Computer Information Systems program at the University of Houston. Her teaching interests are in the development of information systems ap- plications and the complementary nature of back-end developer and front-end developer skill sets. Her research interests are program and student assessment, the impact of instructional technology on student learning, and the improvement of e-learning environments and experiences.Dr. Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston Carole Goodson is a professor of technology at the University of Houston. As
AC 2012-4133: CATALYZING GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH DIS-SEMINATION: CASE STUDY OF A TECHNICAL POSTER COMPETI-TIONMr. Timothy Carl Becker P.E., Iowa State University Timothy C. Becker is a Ph.D. candidate of civil engineering at North Carolina State University and a lecturer in the Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University. Becker holds a B.S. in construction engineering from Iowa State University and a M.B.A. from Arizona State University. Becker is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Arizona and is a member of ASEE, NSPE, ASCE, and the Lean Construction Institute (LCI).Joel K. Sikkema, Iowa State University Joel Sikkema is a Ph.D. candidate in the
AC 2012-3602: DEVELOPING AN APPLIED, SECURITY-ORIENTED COM-PUTING CURRICULUMDr. Marcin Lukowiak, Rochester Institute of Technology Marcin Lukowiak is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at Rochester In- stitute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. His research interests are concentrated in the applied cross- disciplinary area related to reconfigurable computing, hardware and hardware-software systems, crypto- graphic engineering, high performance computing, and hardware-assisted image and video processing. Lukowiak obtained his Ph.D. in technical sciences from the Poznan University of Technology in Oct. 2001.Dr. Andrew Meneely, Rochester Institute of TechnologyDr. Stanislaw P. Radziszowski
AC 2012-3853: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A HIGHPERFORMANCE COMPUTER (HPC) CLUSTER FOR ENGINEERINGEDUCATION SIMULATIONSDr. Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma Kurt Gramoll is Hughes Professor of Engineering. Page 25.443.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development and Implementation of a High Performance Computer (HPC) Cluster for Engineering Education SimulationsAbstractWith the advancements in high performance computer (HPC) computing, it is only natural thatengineering education also utilizes the massive computational capabilities of large server
AC 2012-4421: ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED OF ENGINEERING EDU-CATIONProf. David O. Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell David Kazmer is a professor of plastics engineering at UMass, Lowell, currently serving as Associate Dean for the Francis College of Engineering. He is the recipient of more than a dozen different recognition awards, an inventor with more than 20 patents, and the author of more than 200 publications, including two books. Much of his academic work is motivated by industry experiences as an engineer and manager. His teaching and research are in the areas of systems design, simulation, and optimization with a focus on machinery, sensors, and controls.Mrs. Katie Bardaro, PayScale, Inc. Katie Bardaro
AC 2012-4191: EDUCATING ENGINEERS FOR THE CHALLENGES OFTHE DEVELOPING WORLD THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING IN TIPELIGRE, HAITIMatthew Russell Capelli, Virginia Tech Matthew Capelli is a graduate student at Virginia Tech, currently pursuing an M.B.A. and a M.S. in applied economics. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Tech.Estela Patron Moen, Virginia Tech Estela Moen is an instructor and Academic Advisor in the Charles E. Via, Jr., Department of Civil and En- vironmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. She received her bachelor’s degree in engineering from Duke University and her master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Virginia. She worked as a P.E. (New
AC 2012-4481: EDUCATION APPROACH IN JAPAN FOR MANAGEMENTAND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSProf. David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University David Cochran is a professor of industrial and systems engineering management. He is Founder and Prin- cipal of System Design, LLC, Visiting Professor with the School of Business, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and faculty of systems engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Cochran devel- oped the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) to determine the underlying design of the Toyota Production System (and ”lean”) from a systems engineering viewpoint and was Founder and Director of the Production System Design Laboratory in the
AC 2012-5365: A CHARACTERIZATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS FOREFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN COMPUT-ING EDUCATIONDr. Gerald C. Gannod, Miami University Gerald C. Gannod is a professor of computer science and software engineering and Director of the Mobile Learning Center at Miami University. He received M.S. (1994) and Ph.D. (1998) degrees in computer science from Michigan State University. Gannod’s research interests include mobile computing, software engineering, enterprise systems, digital humanities, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Gannod received an NSF Career Award in 2002.Miss Kristen M. Bachman, Miami University Kristen M. Bachman is a Computer Science graduate student at Miami
AC 2012-4383: A COURSE ON ENGINEERING AND SOCIETY FOR FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND NON-MAJORSDr. John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University John C. Moosbrugger, Ph.D., is a professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering and Associate Dean for Academic Programs for the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University.Dr. Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters, Ph.D., P.E., is an instructor in the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University. She teaches introductory courses on energy issues and energy systems, and is part of the development team for Clarkson’s new first-year engineering/Interdisciplinary course called ”Energy and Society.” Her research interests
AC 2012-4170: A FORMAL ASSESSMENT OF THE HAPTIC PADDLELABORATORIES IN TEACHING SYSTEM DYNAMICSJenna L. Gorlewicz, Vanderbilt University Jenna L. Gorlewicz received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from Southern Illinois University, Ed- wardsville, in 2008. She is currently in the forth year of her Ph.D. work in mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, and she is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Her current research interests are in developing novel devices and methods for engineering education, including haptic touch screen interfaces to help teach graphical mathematics concepts to blind children.Dr. Robert James Webster III, Vanderbilt University Robert J. Webster III received his
AC 2012-3144: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GLOBAL HEALTH COURSEWITH AN INTEGRATED INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCEDr. Michael J. Rust, Western New England University Michael J. Rust received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. During his undergraduate training, he worked for Ethicon Endo-Surgery and AtriCure companies, which specialize in the development of novel surgical devices. While completing his doctoral dissertation, Rust served as an NSF GK-12 Graduate Fellow, which allowed him to develop hands-on engineering activities for high school students. In 2009, he joined the faculty of Western New England University as an
AC 2012-3927: ASSESSING AN ADAPTIVE EXPERTISE INSTRUMENTIN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) COURSES AT TWO CAMPUSESDr. 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 M.S. 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
AC 2012-3393: ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF BENCH TOP VERSUSFULL-SCALE INDUSTRIAL LATHES TO TEACH FUNDAMENTAL MA-CHINING CONCEPTSDr. Dave Yearwood, University of North Dakota Dave Yearwood is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Technology Department at the University of North Dakota. Yearwood has been teaching in higher education for 22 years, and his experience reaches across two academic trackstechnology and higher educationwhere he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Yearwood was presented with the Outstanding Teacher Award in the College of Business and Public Administration (CoBPA) on two occasions, earned the coveted Combined Teaching, Service, and Scholarship Award (CoBPA), and was nominated at the
AC 2012-4791: THE IMPACT OF A PROTOTYPE EXEMPLAR ON DE-SIGN CREATIVITY: A CASE STUDY IN NOVICE DESIGNERSDr. Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego Thomas F. Schubert, Jr., received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, Irvine, Calif. He is currently a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, San Diego, Calif., and came there as a founding member of the engineering faculty in 1987, where he served as Director of Engineering Programs, 1997-2003. He previously served on the electrical engineering faculty at the University of Portland, Portland, Ore., and Portland State University, Portland, Ore., and on the
AC 2012-2994: THE IMPACT OF PARTICIPATION IN VEX ROBOTICSCOMPETITION ON MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ INTER-EST IN PURSUING STEM STUDIES AND STEM-RELATED CAREERSProf. Cher C. Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology Cher Hendricks is a Research Scientist II at Georgia Institute of Technology. The focus of her work is on K-12 STEM programs. Prior to her work at Georgia Tech, she was an Associate Professor of educational research at the University of West Georgia (1998-2010) and a special education teacher. In addition to her STEM research, Hendricks is author of the textbook Improving Schools through Action Research: A Reflective Practice Approach. The third edition was released in February.Dr. Meltem Alemdar
AC 2012-3182: THE RAISE THE BAR INITIATIVE: CHARTING THE FU-TURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - EXPERI-ENTIAL GUIDELINESDr. Monte L. Phillips P.E., American Society of Civil Engineers Monte L. Phillips is an Emeritus Professor of civil engineering at the University of North Dakota. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois with an emphasis in geotechnical engineering. During a 39-year career as an educator, he served on the faculties of the University of North Dakota, Ohio Northern Univeristy, and the University of Illinois. Phillips has been an active member of the National Society of Professional Engineers serving as National President in 1994-95. He currently serves NSPE on the Board of
AC 2012-5102: UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM: SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTSINCREASE STUDENT INTEREST AND LEARNINGDr. Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University Noel E. Bormann is a professor and Chair, Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258.Dr. Mara London, Gonzaga UniversityMr. Andrew Douglas Matsumoto, Gonzaga University School of EngineeringMs. Melanie Ruth WalterMr. Spencer Joseph Fry Page 25.1399.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Understanding the System: Sustainability projects increase
AC 2012-3061: USE OF CASE STUDIES AND A SYSTEMATIC ANALY-SIS TOOL TO ENGAGE UNDERGRADUATE BIOENGINEERING STU-DENTS IN ETHICS EDUCATIONDr. Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington Alyssa C. Taylor is a lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. She received a B.S. in biological systems engineering at yhe University of California, Davis, and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia. Taylor’s teaching activities are focused on de- veloping and teaching core introductory courses and technical labs for bioengineering undergraduates, as well as coordinating the capstone design sequence for the BIOEN Department at the University of Washington. Taylor
AC 2012-5319: USING DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY METHODOLOGY TOIMPROVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN LEARNING ATMSUDr. Guanghsu A. Chang, Minnesota State University, MankatoDr. William R. Peterson, Page 25.1425.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Using Design for Assembly Methodology to Improve Product Development and Design Learning at MSUAbstractThis paper discusses various aspects and models of how Boothroyd Dewhurst’s Design-For-Assembly (DFA) methodology can be integrated into product development and designcurriculum. The DFA methodology involves a team that includes all the concurrent
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
AC 2012-4736: WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN PHYSICS LEARNING?: UN-DERSTANDING LEARNING PERSPECTIVES AND PROVIDING LEARN-ING ASSISTANCE FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSDr. Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Jia-Ling Lin is a researcher in the STEM Education Center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She served as the director of the Undergraduate Learning Center in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, before she moved to Minnesota.Dr. Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison Manuela Romero is the Assistant Dean of Student Diversity and Academic Services at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.Jennifer Binzley, University of Wisconsin, MadisonMs. Eman A. Zaki, University of
AC 2012-3138: WHEN TO START COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY:DESIGNING A CASE STUDYDr. Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska, Anchorage Ted Eschenbach, P.E., is the principal of TGE Consulting, an Emeritus Professor of engineering man- agement at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and the Founding Editor Emeritus of the Engineering Management Journal. He is the author or coauthor of more than 200 publications and presentations, in- cluding 15 books. With his coauthors, he has won best paper awards at ASEE, ASEM, ASCE, and IIE conferences, and the 2009 Grant Award for the best article in The Engineering Economist. He earned his B.S. from Purdue in 1971, his doctorate in industrial engineering from Stanford University
AC 2012-5424: WORK-IN-PROGRESS: GRADUATE STUDENT PERSPEC-TIVES ON USING TABLET PCS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIESMiss JUDITH VIRGINIA GUTIERREZProf. Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla Aurelio Lopez-Malo is professor and Past Chair, Department of Chemical, Food, and Environmental En- gineering at Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, in Mexico. He teaches food science and engineering related courses. His research interests include emerging technologies for food processing, natural antimi- crobials, and active learningDr. Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla Enrique Palou is Director, Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology Education in the Department of Chemical, Food, and
AC 2012-3920: SCAFFOLDING PROVIDED TO ENGINEERING STUDENTSIN CORNERSTONE DESIGN PROJECT SCENARIOS RELATED TO PRAC-TICES OF EXPERT DESIGNERSDr. Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Yosef Allam is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aero- nautical University. He graduated from the Ohio State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees in industrial and systems engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education. Allam’s interests are in spatial visualiza- tion, the use of learning management systems for large-sample educational research studies, curriculum development, and fulfilling the needs of an integrated, multi-disciplinary first-year engineering educa
AC 2012-3808: SELF-REGULATED LEARNING STRATEGIES OF GRADES9-12 STUDENTS IN DESIGN PROJECT: VIEWED FROM PERFORMANCEAND GENDER PERSPECTIVESDr. Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Oenardi Lawanto is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University. Lawanto holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in human resource education. His research interests include areas in cognition, learning, instructions, engineering design, and e-learning. Currently, he is working on two research projects that investigate students’ cognitive and metacognitive activities while learning engineering. Both projects are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).Dr. Wade H
AC 2012-3119: SUPPORTING SELF-AUTHORSHIP DEVELOPMENT: THECONTRIBUTION OF PREPAREDNESS PORTFOLIOSMs. Brook Sattler, University of Washington Brook Sattler is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. Her dissertation focuses on mechanisms for supporting engineering student development, specifically self-authorship.Dr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of WashingtonMs. Kathryn Ann Mobrand, University of Washington Kathryn Mobrand is a doctoral candidate in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department at UW. She investigates engineering undergraduates’ conceptions of the communication they will engage in as practicing engineers
AC 2012-4817: TEACHING STUDENTS TO BE TECHNOLOGY INNOVA-TORS: EXAMINING APPROACHES AND IDENTIFYING COMPETEN-CIESDr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathalie Duval-Couetil is the Director of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University. She is responsible for the launch and de- velopment of the university’s multidisciplinary undergraduate entrepreneurship program, which has in- volved more than 3,500 students from all majors since 2005. As part of the program, she has established entrepreneurship capstone, global