Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibibia Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

). AIAA-2005-6957. AIAA’s 4th Infotech@Aerospace Conference. 26 - 29 September 2005. Arlington, VA.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge Mr. Geoff Bland and Mr. Ted Miles of NASAGoddard’s Wallops, VA site for their voluntary contribution of expertise and guidance to thestudents and faculty participating in the freshman design exercise. Page 15.355.12

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamila Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Margaret Tarver, Tri-Cities High School; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

underrepresented minoritiesto the STEM pipeline is the first step towards engaging them in the science, engineering, andtechnology enterprise. Despite several barriers preventing minorities from entering andremaining in STEM fields, there are many best practices to encourage and inspire minorities tocontribute to STEM careers. Page 15.747.2Page 15.747.3Page 15.747.4Page 15.747.5computer, aerospace, agricultural, biomedical, and mechanical engineering disciplines. Thirteenof the NSBE Jr. members that chose science and engineering fields were female. 15 10 Other

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Ali Navvab, Gloucester County College

AC 2010-1548: ATTITUDES AND INTERESTS OF STUDENTS ININTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING COURSES WITH EXPERIMENTS RELATEDTO SPORTSJennifer Kadlowec, Rowan UniversityAli Navvab, Gloucester County College Page 15.220.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Interest in Introductory Engineering Courses with Experiments Related to SportsAbstractIn an effort to introduce engineering students to mechanical aerospace and chemical engineeringprinciples through a familiar context of sports and sports performance, a multidisciplinary teamof faculty and students from two universities and a county college have developed a set of hands-on modules

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Stevie Clark, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Ryan Smith, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-1569: THE IMPACT OF ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGHCOOPERATION ON SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUDENTSLynn Albers, North Carolina State University Lynn Albers is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. She has been a Graduate Fellow in the RAMP-UP program since the fall of 2005. She received her B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Music from MIT and her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Nuclear Engineering from Manhattan College.Stevie Clark, North Carolina State University Stevie Clark is a senior in Nuclear Engineering. He has been an Undergraduate Fellow in the RAMP-UP program since the spring of 2008.Elizabeth Parry, North

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Slifka, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Manufacturing

c. Producer goods - Types of parts - Industries and their varying requirements - How does the industry effect the manufacturing processes - Why do the costs of parts from different industries vary - Consumer, Medical, Heavy Industry, Military, Aerospace By looking at the part requirements needed for each industry, the understanding of tolerances, fits, finish, and quantity required, the students begin to understand the parameters that are to be investigated in the selection of an appropriate manufacturing process.Question 9: Manufacturing is the conversion of raw materials, energy and purchased components into producer or consumer goods. a. True

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Liberal Education

communication curriculum in one department of civil engineering." IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 51.3 (2008): 313-3278. Class surveys, conducted November 15-27, 2009 by anonymous response to 7 multiple choice/scaled answer/fill-in questions.9. Examples have been drawn with permission from Encana; Spar Aerospace; medical research labs at Mount Sini Hospital (Toronto), University of Calgary, University of Manitoba; Bell Labs, Hydro One (Ontario); Canadian Ministry of the Environment.10. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Curriculum Innovation Award, 200511. American Society of Engineering Education Best Paper Award, 200412. Alan Blizzard Award for Collaborative Education, 200413. Eggermont, M

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Hagigat

. Examples of commercially available software packages are ALGOR, ANSYS andNASTRAN. The choice of the software package is influenced by a variety of technical andfinancial factors. The discussion of suitability of a particular software package is outside thescope of this article. In this article, using ANSYS as a supplemental teaching tool in vibrationanalysis is discussed.ANSYS is a finite element software package containing extensive structural analysis capabilities.ANSYS is extensively used in rotating equipment design and analysis in aerospace and powerindustries. Examples of rotating equipments are jet engines and power plant pumps and turbines.Most real world vibration analysis problems do not have a closed form mathematical solution.Before

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaakov Varol; William Sparkman; Walt Johnson; Nancy LaTourrette; Jesse Adams; Jeffrey LaCombe; Gary Norris; Ellen Jacobson; Norma Velasquez-Bryant; John Kleppe; Pamela Cantrell; Eric Wang; Ted Batchman

analysis.JOHN KLEPPE is Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is also thedirector of the Lemelson Center for Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. He has been active in developingand teaching senior Capstone classes and first year experience classes for electrical engineering studentJEFFREY C. LACOMBE is an Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University ofNevada, Reno. In addition to his education-oriented research activities, Dr. LaCombe's research lies in the areas ofkinetic processes in materials (such as diffusion and solidification), nanoscale manufacturing methods, and remotelyoperated aerospace & satellite systems.NANCY LATOURRETTE is a lecturer of

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Reising

Resigns In Shake-Up at Aerospace Titan.” TheWall Street Journal. 2 December 2003.JAMES A. REISING is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville, Evansville,Indiana, where he has taught since 1980. Prior to that time he was employed by Eagle-Picher Industries at theMiami Research Laboratories and the Electro-Optic Materials Department. He is a senior member of IEEE and hasbeen senior project coordinator for electrical and computer engineering at the University of Evansville since 1982. Page 9.287.8 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddique Zahed; Chaturaporn Nisagornsen; Kurt Gramoll

Session 3102 Interactive Web-Based Training System at Tinker AFB: Aircraft Part Maintenance and Assembly Process Chaturaporn Nisagornsen, Zahed Siddique, and Kurt Gramoll School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The University of OklahomaAbstractThree-dimensional visualization is an essential element in any web-based applications forengineering education and technical training. As concepts of virtual reality become possible, theuse of three-dimensional elements can simplify the learning process. Effective informationdelivery is done by integrating a

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad AlRamahi; Kurt Gramoll

Session 1120 Online Collaborative Drawing Board for Real-time Student-Instructor Interaction and Lecture Creation Mohammad AlRamahi and Kurt Gramoll School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The University of OklahomaAbstractEven though distance learning has become a significant aspect of engineering education,improvements are still needed. One area that needs more research and tool development is web-based collaboration. There is a strong need for collaboration tools to assist both instructors andstudents in working together during

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jaehoon Seong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Peter A. Dashner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Angela C. Shih, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanics

Paper ID #9243Developing Web-Assisted Learning Modules in Vector DynamicsDr. Paul Morrow Nissenson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Paul Nissenson (Ph.D. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2009) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State Polytechnic Uni- versity, Pomona. He teaches courses in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and numerical methods. Paul’s research interests are computer modeling of atmospheric systems and studying the impact of technology in engineering education.Dr. Jaehoon Seong, California State

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solutions

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #9278Electric Circuit Analysis in MATLAB and SimulinkDr. Asad Yousuf, Savannah State UniversityDr. Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State UniversityMr. William Lehman, Bill’s Robotic Solutions William Lehman is President of Bill’s Robotic Solutions which he started in July of 2013. He has had over twenty years of experience in software and hardware development. He has worked on numerous projects in digital communication systems, robotics, and aerospace applications. For the past seven years he has taught technology education mainly at the high school level. Mr. Lehman received his Bachelor of Science degree in

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pete Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, IUPUI

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

theSchool of LA with a specialty in sociology; Larry Hickman, Director of the Center for DeweyStudies; Doug Acheson, a technology professor with expertise in manufacturing and design Page 24.516.6graphics; and Pete Hylton, an engineering professor with expertise in the fields of aerospace andmotorsports. This unique topic and diverse panel proved to be extremely popular as part of thefestival, with both students from the university and the public at-large attending in goodnumbers. The festival’s selection committee ranked the proposal as shown in Table 1. Afterevery session, the S&P supplies a survey for feedback from attendees. The audience

Conference Session

Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregorio E. Drayer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #8939Evaluation of an Introductory Embedded Systems Programming Tutorial us-ing Hands-on Learning MethodsDr. Gregorio E Drayer, Georgia Institute of Technology Gregorio (a.k.a. Greg) is electrical engineer and magister in systems engineering from Simon Bolivar University (USB) in Caracas, Venezuela. He received academic tenure in 2009 with the Department of Processes and Systems at USB. At the time of this submission, Greg recently earned his Ph.D. from School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a minor in Aerospace Engineering, at Georgia Tech, sponsored by the first International Fulbright Science and

Conference Session

Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Silas E. Burris, Howard University; Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Leonard Bernard Bliss; Inez N. Moore, Howard University; Fabiana Bornmann

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

following graduation, four of whom aspired to earn aSTEM field doctoral degree. Fourteen students in this sample (93%) were involved in at leastone professional organization. Interestingly, six of this follow-up sample (40%) had increasedtheir number of memberships in professional memberships over the course of the year. During follow-up interviews, we asked Daniel where he saw himself immediatelyfollowing graduation, he acknowledged: “The ideal plan at the moment is…pursue a master’s degree…namely in the aerospace field. My…backup plan, if anything, would be to go directly into the work field…But…master’s is definitely the next step for me.” Daniel went on to describe how his professional memberships encouraged his

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Kubicki, The Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership; Laura Lynn Lynch, Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University

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Community Engagement Division

highly interdisciplinary and innovative Enterprise program, the High School Enterprise program and the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership at Michigan Technological University. Dr. War- rington was Dean of the College of Engineering from 1996 to 2007 and was the founder and Director of the Institute for Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech University. Before joining Michigan Tech in 1996, he received his BS degree in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University. Dr. Warrington served in the US Army for two years and on the faculty at Montana State

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shyam Aravamudhan, North Carolina A&T State University; Diedrich A. Schmidt, North Carolina A&T State University; Hany Nakhla, North Carolina A&T State University

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Ocean and Marine

applied Engineering Technology at North Carolina A&T state University He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY . Dr. Nakhla research interest is in Computational Fluid dynamics, thermal management application in aerospace, automotive and Energy systems. Page 24.267.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Challenge-based Engineering through the Design, Assembly and Testing of Underwater VehicleAbstractA team from North Carolina A&T State University participated in a two-semester research,design

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; R. Eugene Stuffle, Idaho State University; Wei Pan, Idaho State University; Steven Grant Maclure, Idaho State University

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Computing & Information Technology

, Cambridge University Press,2011.3. “Signal Processing First,” J. H. McClellan, R. W. Schafer, M. A. Yoder, Prentice-Hall, 2003.4. “The Scientist and Engineer’s Guide to Digital Signal Processing,” S. W. Smith, California TechnicalPublishing, www.dspguide.com, 1997.5. “Trigonometric Approximations for Bessel Functions,” N. M. Blachman, S. H. Mousavinezhad, IEEETransactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 1986.6. “Real-time digital signal processing: Implementations and Applications,” S. M. Kuo, B. H. Lee, and W.Tian, second edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.7. “Digital Signal Processing, Theory and Practical Considerations,” S. Hossein Mousavinezhad and LiangDong, ASEE 2007 Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.8. “Real-Time

Conference Session

Renewable Energy Topics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9029Designing Hybrid Energy Storage Systems: A Tool for Teaching System-Level Modeling and SimulationDr. Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Biswajit Ray received his B.E., M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Calcutta (India), Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (India), and University of Toledo (Ohio), re- spectively. He is currently the coordinator, and a professor, of the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he taught at University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez, and designed aerospace electronics at EMS

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Jeffrey N. Shelton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Systems Engineering

experience with the integrationof sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers. The half-semester design project serves to teachstudents the integrated mechatronic design process.Approximately 10 students per offering enroll in Mechatronic Systems I. Undergraduate studentsare typically traditional students enrolled in between 12 and 18 credits per semester whilegraduate students are older, often have families, and work full-time while enrolled in one or twoevening courses per semester. Thus, the Mechatronic Systems I student population is diverse inbackground, degree program, and external pressures.Although mechatronics is taught in several of Purdue’s schools (including MechanicalEngineering, Electrical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering), the

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Orval Powell, USAF Academy; Michael Richards, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Nicholas Matthew Brown, United States Air Force Academy

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Mechanics

aircraft sustainment to space acquisitions. His research has primarily focused on hypersonics and combustion.Capt. Michael Richards, U.S. Air Force AcademyDr. Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy DR. DAN JENSEN is currently a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in Engineering Mechanics and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked as a practicing engineer for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and MSC Software Corp., as well as various consulting and expert witness positions. He also held a faculty position at University of the Pacific and is an

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #10286Initiation of Summer Camp Program as Outreach and Recruiting ToolDr. Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama at Birmingham Amber Genau is an assistant professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Alabama at Birmingham. She received her BS and MS from Iowa State University and PhD from Northwestern University, all in materials engineering. Before coming to UAB, Dr. Genau spent two years as a guest scientist at the German Aerospace Center in Cologne, Germany, working on metal solid- ification and microstructural characterization. She is particularly interested in

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences

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Systems Engineering

. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and founding of three commercial systems-based enterprises. He has consulted on improvement of engineering processes within automotive, medical/health care, manufacturing, telecommunications, aerospace, and consumer products businesses. Schindel earned the BS and MS in Mathematics

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Naren Reddy Dhansri, TAMUK

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

from hobby types to majorindustrial research laboratories3. A virtual, i.e., online, wind energy laboratory has beendeveloped to simulate wind turbine design concepts for different turbine-blade, turbinegeographic location specifications with the final goal of developing a turbine large enough tocapture energy for 400 homes with highest efficiency4. Another wind energy laboratorydevelopment, WindLab5, utilized an aerospace-grade wind tunnel with a programmable variablespeed wind source and a custom on-board instrumentation. Affordable wind energyexperimentation kits have also been developed for K-12 students6, with a classroom pack basicwind experiment set costing up to $244. Since many engineering schools provide electricmachine or drive

Conference Session

ETD Design II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University; Ibrahim Savas Dalmis, Namık Kemal University; Vasil Trenev, Bulgarian Academy of Science

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

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

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3136: USING A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING APPROACH FORSTUDENTS TO DESIGN AND BUILD LABORATORY EQUIPMENTDr. Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder Tim L. Brower is currently the Director of the CU, Boulder, and Colorado Mesa University Mechanical Engineering Partnership program. Before becoming the Director of the partnership three years ago, he was a professor and Chair of the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department at Oregon Institute of Technology. While in Oregon, he served as the Affiliate Director for Project Lead the Way - Oregon. In another life, he worked as an Aerospace Engineer with the Lockheed Martin Corporation in Denver, Colo. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and

Conference Session

Best Methods for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Chin, East Carolina University; Michael Behm, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

necessarily tied to a particularpublisher, listed by Beall:Frontiers in Aerospace EngineeringInternational Journal of Computational Engineering ResearchInternational Journal of Computer Applications in Engineering Sciences (IJCAES) Page 23.214.6International Journal of Computer Science Engineering (IJCSE)International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced EngineeringInternational Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT)International Journal of Engineering and Applied SciencesInternational Journal of Engineering and Computer Science (IJECS)International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT)International Journal of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Jenny Lo; Bevlee Watford

course is the diversity in regard to discipline of the students. Thefollowing areas of engineering are represented in this course: aerospace engineering, chemicalengineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering science andmechanics, general engineering, material science and engineering, and mechanical engineering.Conclusions This paper has presented our initial phase to test a research option for the traditionaltechnical communication course. The purpose of this option is to promote and foster researchamong undergraduates in engineering. Completed in this phase was a pilot symposium forundergraduate research in College. One purpose of this symposium was to make otherundergraduates aware of undergraduate

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Reaveley; Nick Safai

, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Material Science,Environmental, Manufacturing and Computer Engineering). He received from Princeton University his Ph.D.in Engineering, MS in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, MSE in Civil Engineering, and an MSE inReservoir Engineering/Water Resources (all from Princeton University), as well as a B.S. in MechanicalEngineering from Michigan State Univ. Prior to joining the academics, Dr. Safai worked in industry, where heserved as Director of the Reservoir Engineering Division at Chevron Oil Corporation in California. He hastaught both at the graduate and undergraduate levels in engineering science. He has performed research projectsfor the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National