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Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rayshun J. Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc.; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Space Station Experiment or MISSE-3. MISSE was a series of suitcase-sized test beds containing many different materials, includingseeds that were placed outside the station to test how they withstood the harsh environment ofspace [22]. Student teams had to design, build and evaluate plant growth chambers that containedspace exposed basil seeds that were flown upon the shuttle mission STS-118 and compared themto earth based basil seeds. Students also recreated a mars terrain to run robotic vehicleexploration missions on their determined research site.2.3 Space RoboticsOur space robotics module provided 15 middle school students withthe opportunity to learn hands on skills in aerospace technology andthe challenge of human aviation and spaceflight

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Senra, Lafayette College; Scott Fogler, University of Michigan

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Chemical Engineering

. The course was first offered in the fall semester of 2006 and has been offeredsubsequently in the fall semesters of 2007, 2008 and 2009. Because of sufficient cross-departmental advertising, the course has annually enrolled approximately an equal amount ofchemical engineers and non-chemical engineers, primarily industrial engineers, but students frommaterials science, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineeringhave also enrolled in the course. Enrollment for the class has been in between 20 and 30,generally an even mix of juniors and seniors. The course meets twice a week for ninety minutes. The main components of the course

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Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Darling, Ph.D., Syracuse University

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Design in Engineering Education

and an aerospace engineer respectively, agreed to serve as external Page 22.1348.7clients for the teams throughout the semester.The sterilization team’s prototype may be seen in Figure 4 below. After ideation, the teamsettled upon a non-electric autoclave as the core of their process. In order to sterilize both metalinstruments and cotton goods, the autoclave was modified to possess a drying cycle in the formof a vacuum pump. A high pressure manual pump, commercially available to pressurize air riflecartridges, was modified to withdraw air from the autoclave after a sterilization cycle. Manualpumping reduces the pressure within the chamber

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Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1664: SIMULATION TOOLS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTSKendrick T. Aung, Lamar University KENDRICK AUNG is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 1996. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, AIAA. ASHRAE, SAE and Combustion Institute. He has published over 70 technical papers and presented several papers at national and international conferences. Page 22.1297.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Simulation tools for

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative Energy Concepts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University; David Faasse

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-2652: INVESTIGATIONS ON SOLAR DATA AND A GRID-TIEDSOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYMehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University Dr. Mehmet Sozen is an associate professor of engineering at Grand Valley State University. He teaches in the area of thermofluid sciences and energy related courses. His specialty and interest include transport phenomena in porous media, combustion, thermal management, high heat flux applications and alternative and renewable energy applications.David Faasse David is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering. Former graduate student of the the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Jie Zhou, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Dyah A. Hening; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University

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Engineering and Public Policy

(17-2131), Aerospace Engineers (17-2011), Agricultural Engineers (17-2021), Electrical Engineers (17-2071), Industrial Engineers (17-2112), Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (17-2121), Mechanical Engineers (17-2141), Nuclear Engineers (17-2161), Computer Software Engineers, Applications (15-1031), Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software (15-1032), Biomedical Engineers (17-2031), Computer Hardware Engineers (17-2061), Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (17-2072), Environmental Engineers (17-2081), Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers (17-2151), Petroleum Engineers (17-2171), Biological Scientists, All Other (19-1029

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies for Solid Modeling

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Spencer Barnes, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Theodore J. Branoff, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering majors and either heldsophomore or junior standing at the university. The age range of the participants wasbetween 19 and 21 years.This study utilized worked examples in the form of multimedia tutorial videosdemonstrating solid modeling (SM) strategies that were structured according to the 4C/IDmodel and delivered via the course’s multimedia learning management system (LMS).Each engineering graphics lesson in the course included a SM component to which thevideos pertained. The tutorial videos were designed in several formats based upon theinstructional components of the 4C/ID model (e.g., whole-task practice and part-taskpractice). Whole-task videos (full videos) emphasized a solid modeling strategy

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Computer and InformationTechnology-Related Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

analysis. A market analysis of some magnitude is always done at an industry.Few suggestions on topics to include are how the aerospace and defense market is affectingelectronics distribution and also how to deal with a cyclical economy. These topics are verytimely given the economic times we are under right now. The topics and the class methodologywere also discussed with other faculty and the author of the textbook and they all providedfeedback that the topics are relevant and focused.ConclusionThe class was redesigned to incorporate more material on global electronics especially onmergers and acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions almost happen every day in electronicsdistribution. That is that reason why the whole electronics distribution is

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, aerospace, defense, pharmaceuticals,healthcare and consulting with an emphasis on industrial distribution and business to businesschannels.There is greater demand for students to enter the major than the major can currentlyaccommodate. One of the reasons that this is the case is the extent to which the program hasbeen able to integrate ideas of engaged scholarship into the curriculum by considering multiplestakeholders of the program.The depicted diagram in Figure 1. shows the relationship between the various services performedin the program as a cycle of engagement. The whole point is emphasizing how the variouscomponents of teaching and research are mutually reinforcing and enhance both the educationalexperience offered to students, and the skill

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Peters, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

whoexplicitly told her that “… you’re a mother, and mothers can’t be professors …”. Whenchallenged with information about the student’s role models who had combined academiccareers and children, she was told, “I still don’t think you’re going to be successful.” Shesummarized her attitude towards other people’s doubts as, “I think that – that it’s important tohave people guide you along the way, but you have to believe in yourself.”Catherine is female, age 41, and in the first year of a doctoral program in Design Science. Shehad earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, then went to work in a governmentresearch position. During her working career, she obtained a masters’ degree in aerospaceengineering on a part-time basis. After working for

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hsiao, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 22.1624.3key words such as design, plan, develop, solve, build, apply, practical solutions, and everydayproblems. When asked to name a field of engineering, respondents listed first Electrical, Civil,Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering, in that order, as shown in Table 2. It is only uponthinking about other fields of engineering for their second, third, or fourth responses thatengineering disciplines such as Aerospace, Biochemical, Nuclear, and Computer Engineeringwere named. Additionally, there were some fields listed that are not considered actualengineering disciplines, such as marine, technology, and military engineering. 30 Fourth Field 25

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel J. Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

have theadvantage of enough complexity to warrant inclusion of a systems engineer or a systemsengineering management major on the project team.Bibliography1. Wong, K.C., “UAV Design Activities in a University Environment”, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006.2. Wayne T. Padgett, “Design Education Using the International Aerial Robotics Competition”, Proceedings of the 1999 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, July, 1999, Charlotte, NC.3. Nagchaudhuri, A., Mitra, M., Brooks, C., Earl, T., Ladd G., and Bland, G., “Aerial Imaging and Remote Sensing Efforts at University of Maryland Eastern Shore”, Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2006.4

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin M. Sevilla, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Alexander Leonessa, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

students fromdifferent disciplines was discussed. Of the available majors at the given institution students mostcited their desire for the inclusion of electrical engineering, computer science, andocean/aerospace engineers as the most likely candidates. One student made the point that in “thereal world it’s not like we’re going to be working with just mechanical engineers”, and also thatto “learn something one should be familiar with other [disciplinary perspectives]”.In addition to their views on this the faculty advisor mentioned that he has been “trying to enrollelectrical engineering students in [the] project but since [we] don’t have a required capstonecourse in that major, they are not registering.” While being outside the focus of this work

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher S. Greene, University of Saint Thomas; Paul Ian Nyombi, University of Saint Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-754: DIGITAL DESIGN MEETS DSPChristopher S Greene, University of Saint Thomas Christopher Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology (MIT) and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on adaptive control and navigation systems before becoming Program Manager for several large aerospace programs. At Horton and Nexen, he was responsible for the development of industrial control products. In 2002, Dr. Greene joined the engineering department at the University of St. Thomas where he currently is the Pro- gram Director for Electrical Engineering and teaches classes in signals and systems, controls and digital design as

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Engineering Technology Design I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Danny H Cole

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Engineering Technology

2010, our goals were to present a few of the industries that use EET students, describe someof the jobs graduates might perform in those industries, engage the high school students in a funand interesting project, and have them leave with a better understanding of electronics and theimportance of a good background in math and science.The faculty author, who is one of the EET professors, led the 25-minute session. He alsoarranged for our technician and four EET students to help with the project portion. He began byintroducing himself and his supporting cast, then briefly mentioning nine industries that employEET graduates: aerospace, audio, automotive, biomedical, communications, consumerelectronics, military/DoD, power/energy, and test and

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

surveys to understand the many and varied dimensions of first-year female engineering students. 2005; Portland, OR.14. Hecht LF, Pinelli TE, Barclay RO, Kennedy JM. Becoming an aerospace engineer: A cross-gender comparison. Journal of Engineering Education 1995;84:263-270.15. Bodner GM, Follman DK, Hutchinson MA. Shaping the self-efficacy beliefs of first-year engineering students: What is the role we play? ; 2005; Portland, OR.16. Johnson MJ, Sheppard SD. Relationships between engineering student and faculty demographics and stakeholders working to affect change. Journal of Engineering Education 2004;93(2):139-151.17. Burtner J. The use of discriminant analysis to investigate the influence of non-cognitive factors on

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adriana Popescu, Princeton University, Engineering Library

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Engineering Libraries

usedfinding aids from the Engineering Technical Reports and Publications Repository (as of January2011). Page 22.733.10Table 1. Top Viewed Finding AidsFinding Aid 2008 2009 2010 Total viewsDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace 0 346 436 782Engineering Technical ReportsDepartment of Civil Engineering and Operations 18 205 174 397ResearchDepartment of Civil and Geologic Engineering 30 186 116 332Research ReportsDepartment of Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Shree Frazier; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators, Student

Purdue University and a B.E degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of New South Wales, Australia. His research interests are re-examining the professional engineering practice in U.S. universities and industries and, the role of the Graduate Teaching Assistants in engineering classes.Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jiabin Zhu is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in Physics from East China Normal University, a M.S. in Optics from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and a second M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. Her primary research in- terests relate to comparative study methods and frameworks in engineering

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-815: BODY-STORMING, SUPER HEROES AND SCI-TECH PUB-LICATIONS:TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE THE IDEATION PROCESSDaniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Dan Jensen is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), M.S. (Applied Mechanics) and Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering Science) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, University of the Pacific, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and MSC Software Corp. His research includes development of innovative design methodologies and en- hancement of engineering education.Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy Kendra

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Innovative Curriculum In Engineering Technology

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

take ET 3830 and some Aerospace majors are required to take ET3830, 4340 and 4830. All ET majors are required to take ET 1840 – Engineering Fundamentalsand in this class the author teaches students how to translate algebraic equations into the Excelformat, do calculations, and generate data and graph them. Excel is available in all our labcomputers and many of our students own a PC or laptop have this software available to them.The author uses the course management software (CMS), Desire2Learn (D2L) and posts allcourse materials for ET 1840, 3830, 4340 and 4830.ET 3830 – StaticsTopics including scalars and vectors, the physical meaning of position vectors, unit vectors,coordinate direction angles, force vectors expressed in the Cartesian form

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Plumlee, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-814: ASSESSING ENGINEERING STUDENT ATTITUDES ABOUTCOGNITION DUE TO PROJECT-BASED CURRICULUMDonald Plumlee, Boise State University Dr. Plumlee is certified as a Professional Engineer in the state of Idaho. He has spent the last ten years es- tablishing the Ceramic MEMS laboratory at Boise State University. Dr. Plumlee is involved in numerous projects developing micro-electro-mechanical devices in LTCC including an Ion Mobility Spectrometer and microfluidic/chemical micro-propulsion devices funded by NASA. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, Dr. Plumlee worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Mechanical Designer on struc- tural airframe components for several aerospace vehicles. He developed and

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1999 Annual Conference

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Phillip J. Cornwell; Jerry M. Fine

.PHILLIP J. CORNWELLPhillip Cornwell is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Hereceived his B.S. from Texas Tech University in 1985 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1987and 1989 respectively. His present interests include structural dynamics, health monitoring of structures usingchanges in their vibration characteristics, and improving undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Cornwell hasreceived several awards including the 1990 ASME Aerospace Division Award for a paper he presented at theAIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ACS 30th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, a Ralph R. TeetorEducational Award from SAE in 1992 and Teacher of the Year from a Rose-Hulman student

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1999 Annual Conference

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Peter Kwok; Eron Flory; Javed Alam, Youngstown State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

:8888/es130-2/.5. Liu, Y., “Introduction to Finite Element Method - I & II,” Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, http://urbana.mie.uc.edu/yliu/FEM-525/FEM-525.htm.6. Gramoll, K., “ENGR 4510-026 Introduction to Finite Elements,” School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, http://eml.ou.edu/FE/home.htm.7. Kwok, P., Flory, E., Felice, C., Mensching, J., Piquette, M., Rencis, J.J. and Hou, Z., “Bar Element, Beam Element, Single DOF Spring and Linear Algebra Learning Modules for Finite Element Method,” Mechanical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 1996, http://femur.wpi.edu

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1999 Annual Conference

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Andrew Grossfield

the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics atnight while working full time during the day, designing circuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. As a GraduateAssociate, pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Arizona, he found himself in the odd position of bothteaching calculus courses and taking courses in applied mathematics. Being caught in the middle made him acutelyaware of the differences in mathematics as viewed by the mathematician, as needed and used by the engineer and aspresented to the student. He is licensed in New York as a Professional Engineer and is a member of ASEE, IEEE,and SIAM. Ai207@freenet.buffalo.edu is his e-mail address

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1999 Annual Conference

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Francisco Ruiz; Michael E. Gorman; Phil Weilerstein

-founder of EcoScience Corporation, a biotechnologycompany. Mr. Weilerstein also consults in the areas of strategic planning and quality management.FRANCISCO RUIZFrancisco Ruiz is Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and director of theInvention Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. A native of Spain, he received hisPh.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Ruiz’s research focus is in the area of Energy, includingengines, atomization, alternative fuels, electric vehicles, and refrigeration.MICHAEL GORMANMichael E. Gorman is an Associate Professor in the Division of Technology, Culture and Commerce inthe School of Engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville where he teaches

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1999 Annual Conference

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Bill Diong

Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Universityof Texas at El Paso where he is developing an improved Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory to be used by bothElectrical and Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from theUniversity of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), then proceeded to gain invaluable practical experience working as a SeniorResearch Engineer for Sundstrand Aerospace before joining The University of Texas – Pan American in 1995. Figure 1 - Dynamic Systems and Controls laboratory station configuration

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1999 Annual Conference

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Gopal Mohan; J. Michael Jacob

Page 4.412.7State College, WV. He has, also, worked as an engineer for Philips Corp., and Intel Corp.J. MICHAEL JACOBMike Jacob, the McNelly Distinguished Professor, is an outstanding educator. Professor Jacob has won the PurdueElectrical Engineering Technology Department teaching award seven times, Purdue School of Technology teachingaward three times as well as the Amoco Undergraduate Teaching Award (the top teaching award at PurdueUniversity). He has published several internationally popular textbooks, and a variety of papers and conferencepresentations on the art of teaching. Mike has led over thirty teaching workshops. He has six years of industrialexperience as a test engineer in the automotive and aerospace industries

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1999 Annual Conference

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Qiuli Sun; Michael A. Mooney; Kurt C. Gramoll

, “Interactive Media and Simulation Tools for Technical Training”,Computational Tools and Facilities for the Next-generation Analysis and DesignEnvironment, NASA Conference Publication 3346[10] Traffic engineering web site, NSF Sooner City, http://eml.ou.edu/soonercityQIULI SUNQiuli Sun is currently a Ph.D. student of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University ofOklahoma. After receiving his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tongji University,Shanghai, China, he worked at the Shanghai Automobile Industry Technology Center for about four yearsas a design engineer. Page 4.460.9KURT GRAMOLLKurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial

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1999 Annual Conference

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John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

computer architecture, optimal routing in circuit-switchednetworks, and noncomputational processor architectures. He is a Member of IEEE, ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Kappa MuEpsilon, and Eta Kappa Nu. Prior to his Ph.D. program, Dr. Smith worked in high performance computer design atGoodyear Aerospace, where he received the NASA Group Achievement Award for the Development of theMassively Parallel Processor (MPP). He was awarded the CESDIS Cray Research Computational Space SciencesFellowship in ‘91, and the NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship from ‘92-’95. He received hisBSEE from The University of New Mexico in 1980, his MSEE from the University of Akron in 1990, and hisPh.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Carnegie Mellon

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1999 Annual Conference

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Sam Thompson; John I. Hochstein; Tom Benson; Jeff Marchetta

complexity of the analysis, it would be best suited for apropulsion course to introduce many of the concepts of high speed inlets. And it will, in fact, beused again in a senior elective (Aerospace Propulsion Systems) to be taught in the spring of 1999at the University of Memphis.Figure 2 shows typical results from the other software package, VU-SHOCKS. Details of the Page 4.577.3analysis used in this program are given in Benson, 1995a. This program was derived from theVU-INLET program but it only solves for compressible flow past a single wedge, opposedwedges, or two wedges in series. By limiting the scope of the physics problems, the studentcould