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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi

product ofthe director, i.e. Peter Weir’s Master and Commander, but it is inherently recognized thatthe finished film represents the product of many contributors, each of whom hasprocessed the message of the film through his/her own consciousness. In short, theseartists have “mediated” the message of the film to the viewers. Even if the film has ahistorical context, that context has been “mediated” through the minds of the contributingartists.Thus in watching the film, the viewers make a judgment as to the relative success orfailure of the various presentational choices made and decide whether or not this is a“good” or “bad” film.Since the class and the students are specifically interested in “leadership” issues, studentsare asked to analyze how

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

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H. Joel Lenoir

, substantial time is given tounderstanding the plots and interpreting them for use in design.State space representations have consistently proven to be problematic for the students, withstudents struggling to master the tool and to see a value in its use. An increased focus on theapplications of state space models is planned for the laboratory portion of the course in the nextoffering.Student use of Matlab has shown a dramatic improvement from the initial offering of the course.The Junior Design course, ME 300, in the preceding semester has a much stronger coverage ofthe software so that students are able to use the software at the beginning of the course. Thisallows the instructor to introduce simulation projects early and often to help students

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

professor did not expectindividual team members to master the specialty of another team member. Through testing, thefaculty member was able to determine individual student mastery of the course content.The instructor of the second-year course acknowledged that team project experiences varywidely and depend in part on faculty attitude. Students often complained about the team projectassignment; they were more interested in spending their time on tasks that contribute more totheir grades than the project. This instructor saw a gap between his expectations for students(attending to detail, checking each others work) and what they actually did. Since the onlyfeedback students received on their project was a final grade, there was no incentive to value

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

Technology at Bluefield State College, Bluefield,West Virginia in the School of Engineering Technology and Computer Science. He is a registered Architect in theState of West Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from Washington StateUniversity in 1972, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Virginia Tech in 1976.BRUCE V. MUTTER, the director of the Center for Applied Research & Technology, Inc. (CART), and is anAssociate Professor at Bluefield State College in the School of Engineering Technology. He earned his B.S. degreein Architectural and Civil Engineering Technology from Bluefield State College, and his M.S. degree inArchitecture and C.A.G. in Environmental Design and Planning from Virginia Tech. He

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Wronecki; Donivan Potter

Society of Engineering Education”recommend the device to artists with specialized needs and suggest that this new industrialdesign can provide a more useful alternative to the current Wacom pen design and it’s user base.James A. Wronecki is a designer/educator with diverse experience in academics and digital design medias. Hereceived his Masters of Industrial Design from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA and served as anAdjunct Professor at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia University, and The Art Institute of Atlanta. Mr.Wronecki is an Assistant Professor of Digital Product Design within the Technology Department and Digital MediaProgram at East Tennessee State University.Donivan Potter is an artist, designer, and graduate

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer; Matthew Ohland

allowsone to start the involvement earlier in the tenure and promotion process. Ohland has had moreminor roles in ASEE leadership, but is the President of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineeringhonor society. The flexibility of his post-doctoral position allowed Ohland to become involved asa seminar facilitator for Tau Beta Pi, the start of his national involvement in the organization.Acquiring Research-Management SkillsProfessors are managers of a research program and frequently supervise students in that role. Apost-doctoral position can provide this kind of experience as well. The center in which Palmerworked was funded by industry. It was possible to use undergraduates and masters students to dosome of the lab work associated with the research

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajinder Chauhan; Gukan Rajaram; Devdas Pai

tools lab.DEVDAS M. PAI is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NC A&T State University and Associate Director(Operations) of the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures. He teaches manufacturing processes andtribology related courses. A registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, he serves on the Mechanical PEExam Committee of the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors and is active in severaldivisions of ASEE and in ASME.RAJINDER S. CHAUHAN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at NC A&T State University. Hehas a Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and the Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering from Auburn University. He teaches courses

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitch Keil; Pavel Ikonomov; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

analysis [1,2] is taught in undergraduate level mechanicaldesign courses in both engineering and engineering technology programs. The goal is toenable students to investigate different stress and deformation scenarios in designproblems. They are expected to be familiar with the theory, formulation of problems, anduse of efficient techniques for solution of the problems. The effectiveness of this learningdepends on the depth of subject matter covered and the method of instruction. In theengineering technology programs, the emphasis is on mastering the routine techniques forthe solution of a problem. After learning the theoretical foundations, students use bothanalytical and computer assisted solution methods for this purpose. They are also

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Rufe; Tracy Tillman; Bob Lahidji

agent.Dr. Tracy Tillman is a former coordinator of the Manufacturing Technology program, and is currently theprogram coordinator for the Engineering Management masters program at Eastern Michigan University.Dr. Bob Lahidji is the Department Head in the Industrial Technology Program at Eastern MichiganUniversity. His primary interest and expertise is in the area of manufacturing process and CNC/CAM. Dr.Lahidji has been involved with manufacturing firms as a consultant in the area of improving manufacturingprocesses. He has written numerous articles and is the co-author of the textbook Maximize SURFCAM. Page 9.884.5"Proceedings of the 2004

Conference Session

Trends in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

interesting assignments. For example,once the student obtains a state diagram for a certain biological process, he or she may build acircuit to fully realize the design. The state diagram in Figure 2 can be easily coded by assigning00 for A, 01 for C, 10 for U, and 11 for G. Also, once a context free grammar is created, a circuitcan be designed from this.Lessons LearnedTeaching biology to engineering students can be a daunting task. Although engineering studentshave a good grasp of theory in relation to application, the complicated, unknown procedures ofthe body may cause some engineering students to question the application of engineeringprinciples to such a discipline. It is also a difficult discipline to master, even for bioengineeringstudents

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robbie Goins; Kiel Locklear; Gregory Watkins; Chad Spivey

outreach activities whosepurpose was to inspire younger students in the fields of science and engineering. Thesevisits to area high schools, youth centers, service organizations, etc. proved to be asrewarding as the project itself.NASA, along with the North Carolina Space Grant Consortium, provided a terrificopportunity for these students, and also extended this invitation to help promote interestin the fields of science, mathematics and engineering.BiographyGREGORY K. WATKINSGregory Watkins received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina StateUniversity, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and aPh.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte. He has taught in the EngineeringTechnology department at

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bahman Motlagh; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

. Farhadreceived his master degree in control engineering from the same university in 1999 while working. Currently, he is aPh.D. candidate in System and Control Engineering at Case Western Reserve Univ. in Cleveland OhioBAHMAN MOTLAGHBahman S. Motlagh is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at the University of Central Florida. Hereceived his B.S. from Istanbul Academy of Sciences, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from theUniversity of Central Florida, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He is a member ASEE, IEEE. He has publishednumerous papers on various electrical engineering applications and computer architecture.WALTER BUCHANANWalter W. Buchanan is Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology and Director of the School of

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

their level of technologicalliteracy has been improved. This indicates that the department goal of enabling computerilliterate students to achieve success in the use of a CAD software package has been achieved.Student SatisfactionQuestion 7 asked students if they would recommend the course to their friends. Survey resultsshowed that 63% of the students would recommend the course to friends and that 25% wereunsure. It is believed that this is a good indication that student satisfaction is relatively high. It isbelieved that this level of satisfaction is not due to grade inflation because grade distributions inthis course are typically Gaussian. Students wishing to attain high grades must invest asignificant amount of time and effort to master

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan; Bradley Rogers

this course, students are taught fuel cell thermodynamics and electrochemistry, and the systems engineeringprinciples necessary to be productive in the fuel cell field. As stated, a primary goal of the course is that thestudents, upon course completion, should be able to contribute in a meaningful manner to fuel cell research anddevelopment projects and initiatives. For example, the students are required to master practical calculations for fuelcell design and application. The calculation list includes: • Calculation of high heating value (HHV) and low heating value (LHV) based on bond energies • Calculation of ideal voltage and efficiency • Calculation of temperature and pressure effects on voltage • Calculation of

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

are on going.This specific project has been carried over for 3 semesters. The block diagram for the system isshown in Figure 7. Figure 8 shows the battery pack with the 38 slave printed circuit boardsattached. The basic circuit diagram for the system is shown in Figure 9. The system is interfacedto a PC through National Instruments LabVIEW program. The LabView display is shown inFigure 10. Figure 7. Battery Monitoring System Block Diagram 15The slave, multiplexer and master boards were designed and prototype boards were built andtested. The boards were layed out and sent out for manufacturing. Test software and hardwarewas developed to allow testing of the individual boards. System software and PC interfacesoftware were

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Steffen

Information Technology Education, 20035 http://www.vmware.com6 Gary Steffen, “Teaching Local Area Networking Using Samba Instead of Windows”, ASEE 2003 AnnualConference Program and Proceedings, 20037 Jeffrey Burt, “Virtual Machines Get Tune Up”, eWeek, Volume 20 Issue 45, November 2003GARY D. STEFFENGary currently services as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyDepartment at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Previously, he served 10 years as the Manager of Electronicand Computer Support specializing in computer networking. Gary received a Masters degree from Ball StateUniversity in 2000 and recently completed the “Information and Security Assurance Certificate” from PurdueUniversity sponsored by the NSA

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Harris; David Gatchell; Robert Linsenmeier

 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”considered an essential part of our “key content” survey. We argue that these skills are more“competency-based” than “content-based”, and should be integrated with the core competencywork mentioned above. In addition, what laboratory skills are expected of undergraduatebiomedical engineers should directly correlate with what “content” they are expected to master,e.g., if biotechnology is not required of all students then mastery of the laboratory skillsassociated with this domain should not be either. Therefore, we feel it is prudent to postponefeedback on this topic until the “key content” is better defined.Redundant Concepts and “Ringers”As the participant progresses through the survey he will

Conference Session

Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Okechi Egekwu

Conference & Exposition Copyrightø 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFigur e 1: Enterprise Information Coordination - Adapted from Interweave Technology, Inc.PLANNING EXECUTION CONTROL Production Process and Work Demand Instructions Master Scheduling Work OrdersERP/MRP/CRM / MES Process BOM Logistics Ops Instructions Control

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rich Shiavi; Christopher Rowe

, Kansas City, Missouri, October, 2000.Shiavi, R., Brodersen, A., "Study of Suitability of Studio Model for Introductory Computing", ASEE AnnualConference, Montreal, Canada June 16-19,2002.Biographical InformationCHRISTOPHER ROWE received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering and Master ofEngineering degree in Management of Technology from Vanderbilt University in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Hejoined the Engineering faculty in January 2003. His research interests include technical program and projectmanagement and serves as the Director of the Freshman Year for the Engineering Dean's Office.RICHARD SHIAVI is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering. His main professionalinterests are in applied signal

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Wise

“substantial discontent” with the use of CPR. Regardless,many students showed improvement at the time of the second administration in both reviewingand writing skills, having “mastered” the reviewing process by the third iteration (Figure 2.). Itshould again be noted that this may be the result of completing the same assignment multipletimes, and in fact some students reported that they had simply changed their answers on the thirdpass based on previous results. Reviewer Competency Index (RCI) Distribution 40 35 1sr CPR 2nd CPR

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Toledo-Quinones; Jose Colom

the campus´ total), 60% of which major in Electrical Engineering. Around 30% of theundergraduate students are females. The B.S. electrical and computer engineering programs wereestablished in 1928 and 1981 and gained ABET accreditation in 1960 and 1994, respectively.The department also administers master programs to about 80 graduate students. A summary ofthe department’s student population and graduation statistics is shown in figures 1, 2 and 3. Page 8.221.1 Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Wunderlich

, 2000, Baltimore, MD.7. “Engineering Criteria 2000 Check Sheet”, The Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology, 2000, Baltimore, MD.JOSEPH T. WUNDERLICH, Ph.D.Dr. Wunderlich is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Elizabethtown College.Previously he worked for Purdue University as an Assistant Professor and for IBM as a researcher and hardwaredevelopment engineer. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Delaware,his Masters in Engineering Science/Computer Design from the Pennsylvania State University, and his BS in Engineeringfrom the University of Texas at Austin. He has accreditation experience at Elizabethtown College and Purdue University

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Merredith Portsmore; Ethan Danahy; Philip Lau; Chris Rogers

as the hardware and LabVIEW developer for the SENSORS projects while pursuing his MastersDegree in Mechanical Engineering. He currently consults on the SENSORS project in his capacity as ChiefTechnical Architect at VI Tuning (www.vituning.com).ETHAN DANAHYEthan Danahy served as the primary web developer for the SENSORS project while getting his Masters Degree inComputer Science. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Tufts University. Page 8.985.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ” 2003, American

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chu Chen Chen

continuing education programs. For instance, at North Carolina State University, the Energy Management Certificate Program was offered. Numerous societies such as ASHRAE, and the AEE afford similar programs. [3] Graduate Training Each of the fifteen schools offer HVAC related courses in their graduate course description. Such as the Texas A&M University’s Master of Engineering Program, in which graduate students are allowed to undergo HVAC coursework. HVAC courses are accessible via the Thermal Fluid Sciences option there.Moreover, HVAC training is currently only extended at universities experiencing a large numberof students enrolled in the Mechanical

Conference Session

Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

the results of an experimentthrough writing laboratory reports and delivering oral presentations. Based on these objectives,the course has been developed based on seven hypothetical industry case problems. These caseproblems were developed to simulate typical assignments that the students might experienceduring their co-op assignments. Another reason for the development of these case problems wasto introduce material and concepts, at a basic level, which the students will be exposed to ingreater detail during their sophomore year.In order to solve each of the case problems, the students must master measurement concepts,statistical concepts and analysis techniques. A summary of the cases is shown in Table 1. Thelecture component of the course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili; Joel Hernandez

asimulation, and ending with a real experiment ), produced a better understanding of the lecturematerial.Third, students showed great motivation for the course and satisfaction for the way in which theycould master different techniques for the analysis and realization of diverse electrical circuits.Finally, they were impressed by the usefulness of data transfer operations among differentsoftware packages like Matlab, LabView, and Electronics Workbench and by how all the resultscould be shown at the end in a single MS-Word report.VI-Bibliography:(1) Hernandez J., “Circuits and Systems I Laboratory Manual”, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NY,2003.(3) Alexander C.K. and Sadiku M. N. O, “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits”, 2/e McGraw Hill, N.J

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mulchand Rathod

of Mahatma Gandhi. Established in 1955 in rural farm lands, today it is a center of the most prosperous region known as Charotar. The university has an enrollment of more than thirty thousand students and has fifty affiliated colleges located in three campuses (Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand and Karamsad). It is a comprehensive university offering baccalaureate, masters, diploma, and doctoral degree programs.1,2 Since its founding, the university has continued to increase its programs and curricula to meet the future challenges as evidenced by its expansion into new and emerging areas in arts, sciences, education, information technology, engineering, business, management, and performing arts to name a few.2 Its alumni base is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Phase I with each team taking the alternative fromPhase I deemed most acceptable by the perspective “father-in-law” – their professor anddeveloping a floor plan that laid out the details of the interior of the house for the retiringcouple. Specifically, new design submittals included the following: • A refined projection representing a realistic picture of the proposed building clearly showing appropriate salient features (doors, windows, etc.) and appropriate dimensions. • A refined parallel multi-view projection. • A detailed floor plan of the first floor of the home including at a minimum the master suite, guest rooms, garage, living/family room, and the kitchen indicating major

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

grade levels:K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Student organizers categorized, proofed, and validated questions andanswers. This process resulted in seven complete games of five questions each were preparedfor each of the three grade levels, for a total of 105 questions.A series of PowerPoint slides displayed the questions. A single PowerPoint file contained a fivequestion round of questions, with the incorporation of both title animations and sound effects.The final size of the file for a single round was just over seven megabytes.The last element required before deploying the activity was an exuberant master of ceremoniesto conduct the game and make it entertaining. A student volunteer agreed to handle the first one

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Agni Networks Inc., San Jose, California. His expertiseincludes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers, optical and WDM interface, SONET and GigabitEthernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers inIEEE journals and conferences.ASHFAQ AHMED is Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University Calumet.Professor Ahmed received his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Karachiin 1973 and Master of Applied Science degree in 1978 from University of Waterloo. He is the author of a Textbook