Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul I-Hai Lin; Hal Broberg

. Page 5.199.8HAL BROBERGHal taught Electrical Engineering for 3 years at the U.S. naval Academy and after retirement from theMarine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel, chose to continue teaching. He received his PE license in Indiana in1988 and his PhD in Engineering (EE) in 1993. His research area is servo systems and he has consulted andworked for ITT (Aerospace-Communications) on weather satellite servos for the past 8 years. He iscurrently an Associate Professor in the ECET department at Indiana Purdue University in Fort Wayne, IN,a senior member of IEEE and a program evaluator for IEEE with ten TAC/ABET accreditation visitscompleted. Page

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

S P Maj; D Veal

a range of common skills.These included communication skills, numeracy, creativity, teamwork, managing tasks andproblem solving. First Year topics include: Electrical Principles, Mathematics, Electronics,Control & Instrumentation, Industrial Studies, Electrical & Electronic Principles and Project.The Second Year topics included: Programmable Logic Controllers, Fault Diagnosis,Physical Measurements, Signal Conditioning, Plant & Process Control, System Reliability,Process Measurements, Options and Project. Diplomates were prepared to seek employmentin a wide range of industries, including the chemical, process, food, metals, water, electricity,gas and aerospace industries.The university provided full details of the B.Eng award to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

Visualization,” SUCCEED CD-ROM Greatest Bits CD Vol. 2, 1999.7. Shih, C., “A Hypermedia Road Map for the Teaching of Thermal and Fluids Courses,” SUCCEED CD-ROMGreatest Bits CD Vol. 3, 2000.CHIANG SHIHChiang Shih is an Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering. He has received a teaching award for his efforts in the development of the integrated curriculum inthermal science. Dr. Shih received his Ph.D. from the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University ofSouthern California in 1988. He is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.FARRUKH ALVIFarrukh Alvi is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering. He

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ofodike Ezekoye; Min Liu; Derek Baker; Colleen Jones; Philip Schmidt

courses,interactive example problems, thermodynamic property tables with an on-line calculator,historical and biographical notes on the evolution of thermodynamics, a rich archive ofgraphics, animations and movies illustrating thermodynamic principles and applications, andlinks to other sites of thermodynamic interest. Conceptual and detailed design of ThermoNet,implementation of a server-based data acquisition system to collect data on student usepatterns, and evaluation of student learning styles and reactions to ThermoNet are discusssed.IntroductionEngineering thermodynamics, typically introduced at the sophomore level in mechanical,aerospace and chemical engineering curricula, is often anticipated with a degree of dread bystudents, who

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Davis; Laura J. Genik; Craig W. Somerton

. in 1998, all in mechanical engineering from Michigan StateUniversity.ROBERT W. DAVISRobert W. Davis is currently a senior in the undergraduate, mechanical engineering program at theUniversity of Portland, with an anticipated graduation date of May 2000. Once his degree is conferred, hewill be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, where he will serve as amaintenance officer prior to beginning his engineering endeavors with the Air Force. Cadet Davis intendsto pursue graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering emphasizing in Aerospace Engineering, as well asobtaining as Masters of Business Administration.CRAIG W. SOMERTONCraig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Danny Bee

Engineer in the 21st Century. Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 1988.BiographyDANNY J. BEE is an Assistant Professor of Manufacturing Engineering since 1995 and iscurrently Program Director for Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988and a M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in1992. He has design/manufacturing experience in the aerospace and computer industries. Inaddition, he worked as a Quality Specialist in the Janesville/Beloit, WI region at BlackhawkTechnical College. Page

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Aanstoos; Steven Nichols

Design engineer (selected 2 times) Aerospace Design engineer (selected 2 times) Automotive Design engineer Biotechnology Design engineer HVAC Design engineer Semiconductor tools Engineering sales Software Manufacturing engineer Automotive Manufacturing engineer Computer Manufacturing engineer Unspecified Operations engineer Petrochemical Power distribution engineer Utilities Power plant engineer Utilities

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Batty; Joseph Clair Batty

, “Engineering That’s Elementary.” Prism. Vol.10, No. 7, March 2001, p. 34.7 Poole, Susan J., “Assessing K-12 Pre-Engineering Outreach Programs.” Journal of Engineering Education. Vol.90, No. 1, January 2001, pp 43-48.J. CLAIR BATTY is Professor and Department Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Utah StateUniversity in Logan, Utah. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in Thermodynamics and Heattransfer. He and his graduate students are currently conducting research in the thermal management of spacesystems at Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory. He received the Sc.D. degree in MechanicalEngineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969.KAREN O. BATTY is School-to-Careers Coordinator and Tech Prep

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

. 6(5): p. 352 - 363.13. Flori, R.E., M.A. Koen, and D.B. Oglesby, Basic engineering software for teaching "best" dynamics. Journal of Engineering Education, 1996. 85(1): p. 61 - 68.14. Wallace, D.R. and P. Mutooni, A comparative evaluation of world wide web-based and classroom teaching. Journal of Engineering Education, 1997. 86(3): p. 211 - 220.15. Waitz, I.A. and E.C. Barrett, Integrated teaching of experimental and communication skills to undergraduate aerospace engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 1997. 86(3): p. 255 - 262.16. Demetry, C. and J.E. Groccia, A comparative assessment of students' experiences in two instruction formats of an introductory materials science

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin M. Hubbard

time module executes in a loop, allowing the user to exitprogram execution and disable all output devices by striking any key on the PC's keyboard.An instructional equipment set consisting of motors, optical sensors, limit switches, proximitysensors, and other equipment has been assembled, as well. Using these components, students candesign, assemble, and connect devices to accomplish tasks outlined by the instructor, and thengenerate programs to accomplish those tasks. This equipment is light weight and portable, andhas been used both on-campus, and in courses in the Engineering Management department's on-site M.S. program at Boeing-St. Louis (formerly McDonnell Douglas Aerospace).The LadderCAD and SIM packages may also be used for

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Josef Rojter

13.1 averageRMIT University (RMIT) Aeronautical/Aerospace 9.9 9.6 7.2 Chemical 6.0 7.0 8.9 Civil 6.8 11.6 9.4 Communication, 8.6 8.2 2.7 Electronic and Computer Electrical 8.0 10.4 1.8 Manufacturing/ 11.8 13.4 9.0 Manufacturing Systems Mechanical

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian R. Simpson; Brian Manhire

No. of % Females No. of Diplomes Colleges Students Females Fresh- Awarded men All Public Collegesand Universities from 124 44,646 9,874 22.3 16,182 12,722Ministry of Education Public Colleges at- tached to other Min- istries. (Aerospace, 46 13,202 3,547 26.9 4,646 4,312 Telecoms, Environ- ment…) Private Colleges 68 18,993 3,811 20.1 6,846 5,856 TOTAL 238 76,841 17,332 22.6 26,638 22,689 Figure 4. Engineering Colleges in France in 1996-1997 II

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven H. VanderLeest; Edward G. Nielsen

Colleges, Wash D.C., 1988.[5] Beth Panitz, “The Integrated Curriculum,” ASEE PRISM, Sep. 1997, pp. 25-29.AuthorsSTEVEN H. VANDERLEEST (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ’95) is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. His research interests include appropriate technology, design for the international market, engineering and business use of the web and intranets, and high-performance computer architecture. He can be contacted by email at svleest@calvin.edu.EDWARD G. NIELSEN (M.S.E. University of Michigan, ’66) is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Calvin College. Mr. Nielsen spent 28 years in the aerospace and construction equipment industries. He worked as a project engineer for

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Allen; Richard Penson

he was employed in various industries concerned with aerospace controls andenvironmental control in both England and Scotland In 1976 he entered education first at Napier University in Scotlandand in 1984 at Southampton Institute where he has held the posts of Principal Lecturer, Deputy Head of Engineering,Assistant Director of the Technology School and Currently is Head of Manufacturing Engineering in the SystemsEngineering Faculty. His research interests include control systems, signal processing and their applications to medicalcondition monitoring.Robert AllenRobert Allen began his career in the machine tool industry in the 1960’s from where he moved to Leeds University toread Control Engineering and upon graduation in 1972 continued at

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

Session 2653 An Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving and Design for High School Students in the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences Christopher D. Pionke, J. Roger Parsons Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996AbstractFor the last several years, recruiting efforts for the College of Engineering have becomeincreasingly important as enrollments have declined, competition for bright high school studentshas increased, and the importance of non-traditional student representation in engineering hasbeen

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Hussein Anis

topics of fluid mechanics-field theory, possibly usable by other fields(elasticity, electromagnetics, hydraulics,...). The developed product is usable by individual Page 2.143.7students for education/training support and by instructors as teaching/lecture support aid.Detailed objectives are : to select topics that can be widely used by other departments. For example the set of topicsfalling within the framework of the field theory currently in use are: Fluid and Aero Mechanicscourses at the Departments of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Power Engineering,Electromagnetic courses at the Electrical & Electronics Engineering Departments

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Belanus; John Hartin

Technology program at the University ofPittsburgh at Johnstown. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University, healso taught in the MET program at Oregon Institute of Technology. He received his M.S. degree in MechanicalEngineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Cincinnati. His industrial experience includes analysis and test in the aerospace industry, and hisrecent efforts have focused on developing experimental capabilities in the engineering technology laboratory.Kenneth Belanus is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at OklahomaState University where he teaches courses in mechanics, design, and

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jawaharlal Mariappan

cross-platform skills and knowledge.These courses are heavily laboratory and project oriented. However, there are no establishedprocedures or standards for a mechatronics laboratory, which is essential for the success ofmechatronics courses. This paper presents various issues associated with development of amechatronic laboratory, the experiments and projects that have been designed and the GMIexperience.INTRODUCTION Mechatronics is a term that represents the synergistic integration of Mechanical, controlengineering and electronics, and intelligent computer control of products. Examples ofmechatronic products can be found in all sectors of engineering including automotive, machinetool, and aerospace industries, consumer electronics and

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Il-Hong Jung; Hosoon Ku; D. L. Evans

years. He is currently Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. His interests are inComputer Communication, Network Management, and Multimedia Communication Systems.DON L. EVANS is the Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education and a Professor ofEngineering in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at Arizona State University. He completed hisBS (’62) at the University of Cincinnati, and Ph.D. (’67) at Northwestern University in Mechanical Engineering.Since then he has taught a wide variety of courses in Engineering at Arizona State University. He is an activemember of ASEE, and has served as Division Chair, Program Chair, and Executive Committee Member in theFreshmen Program

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

school outreach program and conveying the message that women are welcome and wantedin engineering at ASU.WISE-Up, to the choices for women in engineering and technology, has been a recruiting staplefor the WISE Program since it's inception in 1993. Over 200 high school girls and teachers haveparticipated in WISE-Up, 35% of which have been minorities. In the past, WISE-Up hasconsisted of three days of hands-on engineering labs, similar to the TEAMS format describedabove. Two sessions of WISE-Up, accommodating up to 50 girls in each, are offered eachsummer. The WISE-Up labs are modified or new each year to accommodate repeat-participants.In the past, labs have included Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer Science,Construction Management

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

P.J. Fisher; N.J. Quick; S.J. Steiner

June 15-18, Milwaukee, WI, USA[4] DE BONO, E. (1992): Teach Your Child How to Think (London, Viking).[5] LYNN, N. & TAYLOR, J.E. (1993): Personal and business skills development: a project-basedapproach at the University of Salford, Studies in Higher Education, 18, pp. 137-150.Biographical Notes - AuthorsSIMON STEINER - Programme Director (Manufacturing), and Programmes Co-Ordinator for allUndergraduate and Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Manufacturing Engineering and in MechanicalEngineering since 1989; previously has over 10 years experience at various levels in the aerospace industry.Obtained his Batchelors and Masters degrees in Production Systems and Management, and his Doctorate inDynamic Shopfloor Control. He is a

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt C. Gramoll; Karthik Ranga

for better understanding the design process are possibleby the use of this technology. Working professionals and engineers who may not be ableto attend traditional classes due to their full time jobs can use this web-based method tostudy online. An additional benefit is the design projects can be easily archived forviewing and use by students in future courses.IntroductionIt is well known that courses in design form an important part of the curriculum forstudents majoring in mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering. In design coursesstudents are taught to analyze problems using various equations and theories forcomputing forces, stress, strains and displacements 1. Since the design problems concernreal world objects such as shafts, gears

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

among the engineering disciplines when taking asystems approach. This commonality is manifested in the time-dependent nature of the physicalmodels used to analyze diverse systems from pumping systems in industrial processes tostructures subject to vibrational loading to control systems in aerospace applications. Projectsinclude design of a mechanical vibration isolator, design of an electrical compensator and designof a muffler. Experiments include frequency response of a speaker, stabilization of anamplifier, response of a pump system, response of a vibrating cantilever. Experiments anddesign projects promote significant use of computer-based instrumentation for data acquisition,analysis and control with vertical integration of softwared with

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Transfer and Training” by Dr.. Institute of Food Technologies Annual Meeting Georgia WorldCongress Center, Atlanta, Georgia June 20-24, 1998RUBEN ROJAS-OVIEDORuben Rojas-Oviedo is Chairperson and Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering atAlabama A&M University in Huntsville AL. Dr. Rojas-Oviedo has international engineering experienceworking both in academe and industry. He has an engineering consulting company and conducts appliedresearch. He earned a Ph. D. In Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University, he has two Masters degreesone in Mechanical Engineering from N.C. State at Raleigh and the other in Applied Mathematics fromAuburn. He earned a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Polytechnic

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

Assessment Plan Development Guide”, Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology, 1996.8. Doepker, P. E., "The Development and Implementation of an Assessment Plan for Engineering Programs: AModel for Continuous Improvement", Best Assessment Processes in Engineering Education, Rose-Hulman Instituteof Technology, April 19979. Doepker, P.E., "Continuous Improvement: Closing the Loop on the Engineering Assessment Process" BestAssessment Processes in Engineering Education II, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, October 1998.PHILIP E. DOEPKERPhilip E. Doepker is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Coordinator of the Design andManufacturing Clinic at the University of Dayton. Professor Doepker is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohioand is

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Dally; William L. Fourney; Peter C. Chang; Hugh A. Bruck; Dave K. Anand

emphasizing its applications in designing structures. The first edition of thetextbook focuses on the design of a bridge structure. Although a civil structure has initially beenchosen for the design project, it is envisioned that in future versions, design problems specific tomanufacturing, materials, nuclear, aerospace, and mechanical systems could be substituted. Theflexibility in choosing the design problem reflects the diverse engineering interests of thestudents who are currently required to take these courses as part of their core curriculum.The organization of chapters for the first edition of the book can be seen in Table I. While manyof these topics can be found in existing statics and strength of materials texts, they can onlyappear in this

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosemarie M. Evans; Madison Daily; Susan L. Murray

. and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and her M.S. in IndustrialEngineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas. Dr.Murray has over seven years of industrial experience in the aerospace and defense field. Page 4.520.9

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes; William LeBold; William Oakes

for counseling and projects. Studentsare assisted in planning for their educational, career, and personal development.Engineering Schools Course OfferingsFour of the smaller engineering professional schools offer a freshman level one- or two-credithour introductory course that is designed to provide young engineers with a greaterunderstanding of a particular discipline. The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics offersIntroduction to Aerospace Engineering (A&AE 190) provides an introduction to aerospaceengineering problem solving methods and design. Agricultural & Biological Engineering’sintroductory seminar series (ABE 210) introduces freshman to the three department disciplines:Food Process Engineering, Machine Systems Engineering

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel I. Mendelson

executives from local industry who represented the manufacturing, aerospace anddefense sectors. The goals and objectives of the EAPM program were developed from ourstrategic plan. The assessment process in this paper will start with the quality characteristics(which emanated from our goals and objectives) and will end with the evaluation of quality, asshown in the "shaded" boxes of Figure 1. The quality characteristics are correlated with theassessment methods in the box labeled QFD (quality function deployment) diagram [4, 5].Specific performance criteria are developed along with metrics (a calibrated rating scale) for eachquality characteristic in the chosen method of assessment. Then the quality characteristics aremeasured and analyzed during

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Gen Sasaki, MathWorks; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, McMaster University; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Brian Nguyen, McMaster University; Noah Roberts, MathWorks

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

. Gen holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a specialization in control systems. His professional journey spans nearly three decades, during which he has made significant contributions to the automotive and aerospace sectors, focusing on powertrain systems and a variety of embedded controls.Dr. Stephen Andrew Gadsden, McMaster University Dr. S. Andrew Gadsden is currently the Associate Chair (Graduate Studies) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University. He is the Director of the Intelligent and Cognitive Engineering Laboratory.Dr. Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania Scott Kiefer has spent the past twenty-one years teaching