resources system problem. In the intervening years, he continued work on large scale system based problems. He has expertise in model- ing architectures for complex engineering systems such as transportation, infrastructure, water resources, and energy distribution using computational intelligence techniques He is the Founder of the Missouri S&T’s system engineering graduate program. Dagli is the Director of the Smart Engineering Systems Laboratory and a Senior Investigator in the DoD Systems Engineering Research Center-URAC. He is an INCOSE Fellow 2008 and IIE Fellow 2009. He has been the PI, Co-PI, or Director of 46 research projects and grants totaling more than $29 million from federal, state, and industrial
”. ASEE Annual Conference 2001.[8] Arthur Haman, et al, “A student-centered solar photovoltaic installation project”. ASEE 2007.[9] UTPA Solar Radiation Lab link - http://www.nrel.gov/midc/utpa_srl/[10] NSF RET Grant: Research Experience for Teachers in emerging and Novel Engineering Technologies in the Rio Grande Valley. NSF Award CNS – 1132609. Page 25.1456.12
myriad of factors produce extreme pressures on academic programs, and more broadly oncolleges and universities themselves. Institutions of Higher Education are increasingly beinglooked at to provide support for current students, to produce capable graduates, and to meet theneeds of the labor markets. In order to attempt to meet these daunting goals, various aspects ofthe academic curriculum will need to be adjusted and formalized.A recently completed NSF-funded project at Burlington County College, entitled “Institutional-Level Reform of an Engineering Technology Program.” sought to identify critical skills andcompetencies needed by industry (both technical and non-technical) and to examine the meansby which these competencies are incorporated
project manages the NCSU MAE State Energy Internship and Fellowship Program under the direction of Dr. Stephen Terry. To date, the program has 35 interns under the mentorship of energy engineers in both the private and public sectors. When available, Albers assists with energy assessments for both the program and the Industrial Assessment Center. Page 25.1102.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Recommending Hydrogen Fuel Cell Retrofits for Forklifts in Energy Audit Reports by Industrial Assessment CentersAbstractIndustrial Assessment Centers (IAC) are
provide a clear identification of specific steps that are taken to accomplish each goal. These are selected after the internal and external environmental scans are completed. Each objective and goal has a “champion” assigned to it. This is a person who insures that it gets accomplished. Examples of goals and objectives: Excellence in Teaching and Learning 1. Attract more students, including better prepared students and a more diverse population to the school. . Champion’s name________________________________ 2. Increase involvement in Project Lead the Way and similar programs. Champion’s
ismaterial neutral, the Small Scale Structures and Large Scale Structures courses are materialspecific. The Small Scale Structures course focuses on timber and single story steel framedbuildings. The Large Scale Structures course focuses on multi-story reinforced concrete andstructural steel framed buildings. Students learn the characteristics, advantages anddisadvantages of different structural systems, how to evaluate the different systems and how todevelop the preliminary structural designs of buildings. The courses also cover foundations,cladding and long span and high rise structures.The primary goal of this series is to give these students tools that will assist them in their careersas project leaders so they can better produce efficient
platform for senior projects andsummer research, via building and testing several prototypes, and co-authoring papers (reference4). It has also been introduced into a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning course and asenior level Thermal and Fluid Systems design course. Along with wind, solar, coal, wood andoil, it was evaluated as an alternative to the existing central heating system that is done vianatural gas boilers and steam pipes.Bibliography1 Wicks, Frank “The Thermodynamic Theory and Design of an Ideal Fuel Burning Engine”,Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, volume 2, pp 474-481, 1991.2. Wu, Chi “Thermodynamics and Heat Powered Cycles”, Wicks Cycle pp- 401-403, NovaScience Publishers, 2007.3. Video
energy storage laboratory.The motivation of this project is to develop an interactive and computer-controlled test systemfor three different electric energy storage units that serve as a teaching-aid. This paper presents Page 25.1261.2a funded project that develops, designs, and implements an electric energy storage educationallaboratory. The laboratory is capable of demonstrating and displaying the principles,performance characteristics, and applications of electro-chemical batteries, electro-mechanicalflywheel (or flywheel battery) and supercapacitors (or ultracapacitors). The integrated systemis computerized for measurement and control hence
University, a M.S.E. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the University of Toledo.Dr. Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University Yogen Panta is an Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at Youngstown State University, Ohio. He has been teaching and developing courses and research projects in the fluid thermal area. He is cur- rently conducting applied research in thermo-fluids and computational fluid dynamics with local indus- tries and federal agencies. Panta received a B.E. degree from Tribhuvan University, an M.S. degree from Youngstown State University, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Panta’s re- search interests are in fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics
AC 2012-3580: IMPACT OF INNOVATIVE STUDENT PROJECT FOR THEINCREASED RECRUITMENT OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE STU-DENTS (INSPIRESS)Dr. Monica Letrece Dillihunt, University of Alabama, Huntsville Monica L. Dillihunt, Ph.D. is a graduate of Howard University, where she received her degree in edu- cational psychology and a sub-specialty in educational leadership and administration in 2003. She also received her B.S. in psychology from the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and a M.Ed in education from Mercer University in Atlanta. Dillihunt has broad areas of research interests that include culture, multiple intelligences, differentiating instruction, learning and socialization processes, student motivation, and
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 2012-3964: IMPROVING PROJECT-BASED LEARNING VIA REMOTEOPNET-BASED LAB SEQUENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTERNETWORKING CURRICULUMDr. Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles Jianyu Dong is a professor in electrical and computer engineering at CSULA. Her area of expertise is video compression/communication, multimedia networks, QoS, etc. As the PI of the NSF CCLI Project entitled ”Enhancing undergraduate computer networking curriculum using remote project-based learn- ing,” she works closely with colleagues from computer science to redesign the network curriculum to integrate project-based and inquiry-based learning.Dr. Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles Huiping Guo is currently an
AC 2012-4719: INTEGRATING AEROSPACE RESEARCH MATERIALSINTO A PROJECT-BASED FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSEDr. Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University Dr. Richard got his Ph. D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1989 & a B. S. at Boston Univer- sity, 1984. He was at NASA Glenn, 1989-1995, taught at Northwestern for Fall 1995, worked at Ar- gonne National Lab, 1996-1997, Chicago State, 1997-2002. Dr. Richard is a Sr. Lecturer & Research Associate in Aerospace Engineering @ Texas A&M since 1/03. His research is focused on compu- tational plasma modeling using spectral and lattice Boltzmann methods such as in plasma turbulence (http://www.worldscinet.com/cgi-bin/details.cgi?id=jsname:ijmpc&
AC 2012-3821: INTEGRATING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, LEAN-SIXSIGMA, AND ASSESSMENT IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CAP-STONE COURSEDr. Ana Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University Ana ”Anita” Vila-Parrish is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.Dr. Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College Page 25.803.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integrating Project Management & Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies in an Industrial Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractThe ability to
AC 2012-4675: INTEGRATING STUDENT PROJECTS THROUGH THEUSE OF SIMULATION TOOLS ACROSS LOGISTICS ENGINEERING CUR-RICULUMDr. Pawel Pawlewski, Poznan University of Technology Pawel Pawlewski works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, with a specialization in organi- zation of production systems from the Poznan University of Technology. His research interests include organization of manufacturing systems, monitoring of operations management, reengineering and IT ap- plication for logistics, simulation, and modeling of processes.Dr. Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor Zbigniew J. Pasek is an Associate
Green Design Project Part 1: The Hybrid Powertrain ProjectAbstractSubjects that are separate in the curriculum, such as thermodynamics and mechanical design, areintegrated in practice, since thermal and mechanical systems must function cohesively in realmechanical systems (e.g. an air conditioner). With this in mind, we are beginning theimplementation of a novel, potentially transformative approach to integrating courseworkthrough five semesters of the core mechanical engineering curriculum.The centerpiece of this research is a long-term design/build/test project that will be developed bystudents over the course of five semesters. The project, a bench-scale hybrid powertrain, isimplemented in modules, so that parts of the
AC 2012-4058: INTRODUCING ENGINEERING SYSTEMS TO FIRST-AND SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARN-INGMs. Regina Ruby Clewlow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regina R. Clewlow is a Ph.D. candidate in the Engineering Systems Division (ESD) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She received her bachelor’s of science in computer science and master’s of engineering in civil and environmental engineering from Cornell University. Prior to her doctoral studies, she served as Executive Director for Engineers for a Sustainable World. At MIT, she has worked as a Research Assistant in the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise & Emissions Reduction (PARTNER). Her graduate work has also been
materials and learning spaces that stimulate serious play. Page 25.845.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Introducing Memo Writing and a Design Process with a Four-Week Simulator ProjectIntroductionFirst-year engineering courses often include design projects to help spark students’ interest andto introduce them to the broad range of issues engineers face. These projects introduce studentsto the many “soft skills” required of an engineer including judgment, idea generation,communication, planning and organization.This range of skills is difficult
AC 2012-2969: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF INTEGRATED PROJECT BASED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTCURRICULUM: A FACULTY PERSPECTIVEDr. Thomas Michael Korman P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Thomas Michael Korman is a graduate of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a B.S. degree in civil engineering and Stanford University with an M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineer- ing with an emphasis in construction engineering and management. Korman is an Associate Professor at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, with faculty responsibilities in the construction management, civil, and environmental engineering, and the recently approved fire protection
AC 2012-5551: MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE: REPORT ON NSF-ATE PROJECT PERTAINING TO MECHATRONICS TECHNICIAN DE-VELOPMENTDr. Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet Niaz Latif is the Dean of the School of Technology at Purdue University, Calumet (PUC). He is also the Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Graduate Studies at PUC. Latif served as an Assistant Dean for Statewide Technology Administration in the College of Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, before joining Purdue University, Calumet, on July 1, 2007. He is the Principal Investigator of the 2010 NSF-ATE grant ”Meeting workforce needs of Mechatronics Technicians.”Dr. Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet Mohammad A. Zahraee
AC 2012-3692: MEASURING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PERCEP-TIONS OF THE IMPACT OF PROJECT LEAD THE WAYMr. Noah Salzman, Purdue University Noah Salzman is a graduate student in engineering education and mechanical engineering at Purdue Uni- versity. He received his B.S. in engineering from Swarthmore College, and his M.Ed. in secondary science education from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has work experience as both an engineer and taught science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the high school level. His research focuses on the intersection of pre-college and undergraduate engineering programs.Dr. Eric L. Mann, Purdue University, West Lafayette Eric L. Mann is an Assistant Professor of educational
AC 2012-4108: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABLE SENIOR DESIGNPROJECT: DESIGN OF A CAMPUS BIODIESEL REFINERYProf. Stephen Mattingly, University of Texas at ArlingtonProf. Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, ArlingtonProf. Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, ArlingtonDr. K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, ArlingtonDr. Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Melanie Sattler serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, where she teaches courses and conducts research related to air quality and sustainable energy. Her research has been spon- sored by the National Science Foundation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Luminant Power, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects
AC 2012-3685: OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STU-DENTS: PROJECT FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRAD-UATE STUDENTSDr. Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University Karinna Vernaza joined Gannon University in 2003, and she is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Her B.S. is in marine systems engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the solid mechanics and materials areas. She was awarded the 2012 ASEE NCS Outstanding Teacher Award. Vernaza consults for GE Transportation and does research in the aread of alternative fuels (biodiesel
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 2012-4040: CHOCOLATE CHALLENGE: THE MOTIVATIONAL EF-FECTS OF OPTIONAL PROJECTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEER-ING CLASSDr. John Reap, Virginia Tech John Reap currently serves Virginia Tech’s educational mission as an instructor in the Department of Engineering Education. He primarily teaches introductory engineering courses as part of the freshman year engineering program. Research interests include topics in sustainable design and manufacturing (SDM) life cycle assessment, design for environment, green manufacturing, renewable energy, and system efficiency (energy and material). He specializes in approaching SDM problems from the perspective of holistic biomimicry, which encompasses identification, development, and
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 2012-3782: COMPETITIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER-ING CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS: STUDENT PREFERENCES ANDLEARNING OUTCOMESDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). She was attracted into environ- mental engineering as a high school student participating in a summer research program at Iowa State University. While at CU, she has mentored more than 30 undergraduate student research projects. Page 25.336.1
Professional Engineer, a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-accredited Professional, and has contributed more than 50 publications to professional magazines, journals, and conferences.Ms. Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Page 25.398.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Design of a Zero Energy Home as a First Year Design ProjectAbstractThis paper describes in detail a novel, first-year, half-semester design project focused on ZeroEnergy Homes (ZEH’s). The project has been used for three semesters and provides a relevantcontext
well as becoming a certified Professional Engineer while working for an electrical engineering consulting firm in Pennsylvania.Dan Bosse, Weldon Solutions Dan Bosse graduated from York College of Pennsylvania with a degree in mechanical engineering in the summer of 2011. He now works at Weldon Solutions in York, Penn., designing automation systems and precision grinders. The capstone design project was one of the highlights of his time at York College. Given the opportunity, he would gladly work on another robotics project.Berne S. Edwards, Graham Packaging Company Berne Edwards received his B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from York College of Pennsylvania in 2011 and works as a Project Management Engineer at
AC 2012-3382: EFFECTS OF CONSTRUCTION COST AND VOLUME ONCONSTRUCTION TIME OF EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN TEXASDr. Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University Ifte Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University. Choudhury has extensive experience as a consulting architect working on projects funded by the World Bank. His areas of emphasis include housing, alternative technology, issues related to international construction, and construction education. He is also a Fulbright Scholar. Page 25.506.1 c American Society for Engineering Education