Conference Session

Understanding the Student Experience in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Aerospace Medical Association.Dr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jim Widmann is a professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University and has served as a Fulbright Scholar at Kathmandu University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Dynamics for D's: Avoiding Multiple Failures in a High-Risk CourseIntroductionStudent struggles with dynamics

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Refining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina; Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and a resident researcher at the McNAIR Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research. He is currently a v ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Fostering elementary students’ awareness and career interests in Advanced Manufacturing AbstractBroadening underserved students’ participation in advanced manufacturing (AM) workforce atscale is critical. This exploratory study showcased outreach activities in a suburban elementaryschool serving primarily students from underserved communities. Given the age group of thoseelementary

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanny Silvestri, Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges; Nichole Neal; Erika DeMartini, Chandler Gilbert Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #43377Board 264: Enhancing Sense of Belonging among Engineering and ArtificialIntelligence Students: First Insights from the NSF S-STEM Grant in CommunityCollegeMrs. Fanny Silvestri, Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from ESTACA, France, followed by a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Montreal, QC, Canada. My Master’s research focused on the innovative design and testing of a dynamic frame tailored for spine surgeries. With a background enriched by five years of service as a Research Assistant at the orthopedic research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cody D Jenkins, Arizona State University; Thien Ngoc Y Ta, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Sarah Johnston, Arizona State University; Ryan James Milcarek, Arizona State University; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Arizona State University Ryan Milcarek obtained his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at Syracuse University. He also obtained a M.S. in Energy Systems Engineering, Certificate of Advanced Study in Sustainable Enterprise and Certificate inDr. Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D., is founder and principal of Quality Evaluation Designs, a firm specializing in education research and program evaluation.Dr. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Samantha Brunhaver is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Fulton Schools of Engineering Polytechnic School. Dr. Brunhaver recently joined Arizona State after

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William G. Graziano, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sara E. Branch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anna Woodcock, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

. viii, 172 p. p.4. Hecht LF, Pinelli TE, Barclay RO, Kennedy JM. Becoming an aerospace engineer: A cross-gender comparison. Journal of Engineering Education 1995;84:263-270.5. Burtner J. The use of discriminant analysis to investigate the influence of non-cognitive factors on engineering school persistence. Journal of Engineering Education 2005;94:335-339.6. Pieronek C, McWilliams LH, Silliman SE, Uhran JJ, Gunty M, C. G. Monolith or mosaic: Using demographics and detailed surveys to understand the many and varied dimensions of first-year female engineering students. 2005; Portland, OR.7. Ohland MW, Sill BL. Communicating the impact of an introduction to engineering course to engineering departments

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Tim Demetrio; David H Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

respectively from the Pennsylvania State University. He began his teaching career at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College in 1992. He teaches, does research, and advises student projects related to the applications of finite element analysis (FEA) to the solutions of difficult engineering problems. Mr. Johnson had 11 years of industry experience before he began his teaching career. He began his engineering career at Boeing Aerospace Company then was employer by Airco Carbon, and Swanson Analysis Systems Inc. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Western PA ANSYS User’s Group, the Society for Experimental Mechanics, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Culver, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ishwar K. Puri, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

programs: 566engineering students and 276 business students (undergraduate and graduate) respondedto the survey. For the business sample, 51% were male; 80% were between the ages of 18and 24; 6% were freshmen, 16% sophomores, 22% juniors, 32% seniors, 24% master’s,and less than 1% were doctoral level students. Most represented majors includedaccounting and information systems (16%), MBA (20%), and finance (19%). For theengineering sample, 74% were male; 85% were between the age of 18 and 24; 21% werefreshmen, 17% sophomores, 15% juniors, 25% seniors, 10% were master’s, and 12%were doctoral level students. Most represented majors included civil and environmentalengineering (18%), mechanical engineering (17%), aerospace engineering (10

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

and Expo, Session 2633, Albuquerque, NM, (2001).5. Brodeur D.R., Young P.W. and K.B. Blair, “ Problem-based Learning in Aerospace Engineering Education”, Proc. of the ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, Session 2202, Albuquerque, NM, (2002).6. Nasr K.J. and B. Ramadan, “Implementation of Problem-based Learning into Engineering Thermodynamics”, Proc. of the ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, Session 1526, Portland, OR, (2005). Page 22.462.77. Tebbe P., “Brainstorming Exercises as an Active Learning Component of Thermal Systems Courses”, Proc. of the ASEE Annual Conference and Expo, Session 3533, Portland

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michio Tsutsui

4 Aerospace 2 Electronics 1 Materials 1 Intellectual Property Law 1(c) Ranks: Engineers 6 Managers 3 Page 4.357.6(d) Work places: US 6 Japan 3(e) Citizenship: US 9 Japan

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Yousuf

particular concern in the aerospace industry is the tendency of some PMCmaterials to become irreversibly damaged when exposed to elevated temperatures. This paperwill discuss fluorescence based imaging system capable of identifying regions of thermaldamage in polymer-matrix composites.In an effort to further understand the intervening functions assigned to the assessment of thermaldamages in polymer composites this paper will demonstrate a PC-based virtual instrumentationsystem using the Image Acquisition (IMAQ) Vision software with the General Purpose InterfaceBus (GPIB) controlled by the LabView (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench)software.I. INTRODUCTIONSpectral imaging is the determination of spatially distributed and chemically

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kip P. Nygren; Wayne Whiteman

Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford in 1978. He earned hisPh.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1986. He is a registered professional engineer fromthe Commonwealth of Virginia and currently serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil andMechanical Engineering at West Point. Page 4.104.11

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Gordon Silverman

Processing, Optics, Communications, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, andBiomedicine.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recognizes some 38 technicalcouncils reflecting the broad professional interests of its membership. This spectrum of interestsexceeds those of the other engineering disciplines mirroring the potential provided by training inEE. A few of these councils include: aerospace, communications, control systems, engineeringmanagement, medicine and biology, information theory, transportation systems, oceanicengineering, signal processing, optics, robotics, geoscience, environment, health and safety,social implications of technology, and vehicular technology. (This list does not include the moretraditional

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Chi-Wook Lee

an increased appreciationof the common technical interests with a growing awareness of the significant mutual benefits.In addition to the element of collaborative research activity, consideration should also be givento the inclusion in the alliance of placement of engineering graduates in career positions,cooperative education and continuing education2.Students, who are the principal product of universities, should be the most effective means oftransferring knowledge from universities to industry. However, in evaluating the capabilities ofemployees who are recent graduates from engineering schools, aerospace industry sees severalprominent shortcomings: (i) New hires must serve excessively long apprenticeships before theyare fully productive

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Hal Broberg

) loads should receive continued encouragement.6. More recent students (1985 to 1993) were more likely to end their formal education after receiving an A.S. degree than earlier students (1968 to 1984).HAL BROBERGHal taught Electrical Engineering for 3 years at the U.S. Naval Academy and after retirementfrom the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel, chose to continue teaching. He received his PElicense in Indiana in 1988 and his PhD in Engineering (EE) in 1993. His research area is servosystems and he has consulted and worked for ITT (Aerospace-Communications) on weathersatellite servos for the past 7 years. He is currently Associate Professor and Department Chair ofElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Indiana-Purdue University in

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick L. Walter

this program was graduated in 1996. This paper describes howinstrumentation or measurements system design is providing a general engineering focus forthe two semester Capstone sequence. Specifically, the first senior class’s design, prototyping,testing, and environmental qualification of telemetry compatible flight hardware to measurerocket engine performance and loads delivered to a flight payload are described. This flighthardware was comprised of a piezoelectric accelerometer, charge amplifier, strain gagepressure transducer, and dc amplifier/power supply all manufactured within TCU. A Requestfor Proposal (RFP) containing fifty-six (56) aerospace specifications was presented to andsatisfied by the students. A written proposal response and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Matusiak; David Andruczyk; D. Steven Barker; Stephanie Goldberg; Ilya Grinberg

systems engineering.D. STEVEN BARKER graduated from University of Wyoming with an MS in Physics and a Ph. D. in ElectricalEngineering. His has 10 years of experience in the aerospace industry and 11 years in academia. Currently he is anassistant professor of Engineering Technology at the State University of New York College at Buffalo. His interestsare in industrial controls and automation. He is a member of IEEE.STEPHANIE GOLDBERG graduated from the University of Buffalo with MS and Ph.D in Electrical and ComputerEngineering. She has 10 years of industrial experience in the area of defense electronics and 6 years of teachingundergraduate courses in electronics and digital circuits. Currently she is a faculty member at the State University ofNew

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Andrew M. Hoff

process unit operations as visual icons, associating sequences of these icons with material electrical properties, and finally developing a set of detailed but general process behavioral models which could be commonly used in microdevice fabrication. INTRODUCTION A universal character of high technology business is the magnitude of the initialinvestment in process facilities and personnel. Aerospace and biomedical instrumentationare two examples of technology based industries that require major capital investment andan extensive interdisciplinary workforce. Microelectronic manufacturing is poised to makea major impact upon the world market over the next ten years. The integrated

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Grossfield

during the day, designingcircuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. As a Graduate Associate, pursuing a doctoral degreeat the University of Arizona, he found himself in the odd position of both teaching calculuscourses 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 bythe engineer and as presented to the student. He is licensed in New York as a ProfessionalEngineer and is a member of ASEE, IEEE, and SIAM. His e-mail address isai207@freenet.buffalo.edu Page 2.493.5

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Hossein Moini

. Moini, H., "Optimal Design of Piezoelectric Actuators for Adaptive Structures," Proceedings of the Aerospace Division, AD-Vol. 52, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, 689-694, Atlanta, 1996.5. Moini, H., "Systematic Design of a Deformable Mirror with Low-Order Wavefront Compensation Capability," Optical Engineering, 35, 2012-2016, 1996.6. Advanced Educational Systems, AES-51: Computer Embedded Controller - User's Manual, Version 1.2, 1997.7. National Instruments Corp., LabVIEW Users Manual, 1996.8. MacKenzie, I.S., The 8051 Microcontroller, Prentice Hall, 19959. Stiffler, A., Design with Microprocessors for Mechanical Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1992.10. Fraser, C. and Mline, J., Integrated Electrical and Electronic

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University; Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University; Anthony Vizzini, Western Michigan University

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Mechanics

AC 2010-610: EMPORIUM BASED REDESIGN OF STATICS: AN INNOVATIVEAPPROACH TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND REDUCE COSTSMasoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University Masoud Rais-Rohani is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He teaches courses in aircraft structures, structural mechanics, and design optimization, and his primary research activities are in the area of structural and multidisciplinary design optimization.Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University Andrew Walters is an instructor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. His primary area of teaching is undergraduate engineering mechanics courses such as Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials. Prior to joining

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

of South Texas technical education.References1. Jeppson, J. (2000). Aerospace Manufacturing: Making HSM Work. Manufacturing Engineering, Available online: http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/Find-articles.2. Lin, Jonathon, 2006. Mastercam X Mill and Solids. Ann Arbor, MI: Scholar International Publishing Corporation3. Kern, M (2009). CAD/CAM Was Just the Beginning. Dental Tribute, Available online: http//www.dental- tribute.com/articles/content/scope/specialties4. Feuerstein, P. (2007). Inside Dentistry, New Changes in CAD/CAM: Part2 Lab Systems. pp. 82-86.5. Shah, S. (1990).CADENCE, CAD/CAM: Who is Carrying the Ball? pp. 109-110

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Incorporating Innovative Technologies into the Curriculum

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

students to experience different ways of design and operation. 9. Have recognition of the need for and ability to engage in life-long learning. The BAJA students will be engaged in the automotive field even they do not work in it. The overall experience has improved practical ability of some of the best theoretical students, also making them more interested in automotive engineering. This will encourage them to stay engaged in the area and continue to learn, especially with the help of being more practical and confident. 10. Have knowledge of contemporary issues. The BAJA team members receive two periodicals, one in Automotive and the other in Aerospace Engineering

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Survival Tips from the Trenches

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Lantz, Trine University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-1917: SURVIVAL TIPS FROM THE TRENCHESSusan Lantz, Trine University Dr. Lantz is currently the Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Trine University. She has been teaching for 17 years, at four different universities. She may be reached via email at lantzs@trine.edu.Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University Dr. Minerick is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mississippi State University. She is also Director of the Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Lab (M.D.–ERL) at Mississippi State. She may be reached via email at minerick@che.msstate.edu.)Donna Reese, Mississippi State

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Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Gomes, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

). Page 15.74.10[3] Rector, M. C. and Visser, K. D. 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit; 8-11 January 2007, Reno, NV , 16240–16248 (2007). Page 15.74.11

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

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Diversity, International Forum

accomplish thisgoal. Using SurveyMonkey as the data collection platform, the survey was launched in October2010; a work-in-progress paper was presented at ASEE’s 2011 Conference in Vancouver;additional responses were received by and the survey was closed for additional responses inSeptember 2011.The survey yielded 1,027 usable case respondents reflecting the following demographic profile: 70% English; 30% non-English; responses were received from all languages except French 80% Male; 20% Female 50% between ages of 40-60; balance over other age ranges 46% Academicians; 40% Practitioners; 10% Students; balance preferred not to answer Aerospace (17%); Computer Science (13%); and Electrical/Computer (13%) are largest Engineering Discipline

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Duane B Swigert, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Curriculum and Lab Development

Paper ID #11056The Development and Integration of Humanitarian Engineering Curriculumin an Engineering Technology ProgramMr. Aaron Brown, Metropolitan State University of Denver Aaron Brown is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Coordinator at Metropoli- tan State University of Denver. His education includes: B.S., California State University-Chico; M.S., University of Colorado-Boulder; PhD Candidate Civil Systems Engineering; University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Brown’s background includes aerospace industry work. Among his notable project contri- butions were design work on the

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, University of Notre Dame

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ASEE International Forum

Electrical Engineering in 1980 and the Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1987 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Gennert is interested in Computer Vision, Image Processing, Scientific Databases, and Programming Languages, with ongoing projects in biomedical image process- ing, robotics, and stereo and motion vision. He is author or co-author of over 100 papers. He is a member of Sigma Xi, NDIA Robotics Division, and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council Robotics Cluster, and a senior member of IEEE and ACM.Prof. Gretar Tryggvason, University of Notre Dame Gretar Tryggvason is the Viola D. Hank Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Depart- ment at the University of Notre Dame. He

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Prue Howard, Central Queensland University; Duncan Andrew Campbell, Queensland University of Technology

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Invited - Faculty Development

model for assessing students as individuals who do their learning in team based environments, and is currently an investigator on another ALTC grant investing the development of final year engineering projects. She is currently the Editor for the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education.Prof. Duncan Andrew Campbell, Queensland University of Technology Professor Duncan Campbell is the Director of the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automa- tion (ARCAA) and is a Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He was President of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education in 2011 and is the CDIO Chair of

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology / Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC); Tim L Ferris, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

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ASEE International Forum

, Chennai, India and an M.Tech degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from IIT-Bombay, India. He worked on combat aircraft design and development for 9 years before beginning his doctoral program at Stevens.Dr. Tim L Ferris, University of South Australia Dr Ferris holds degrees in engineering, including PhD, theology and education, from various Australian universities. He has worked in the academic staff of University of South Australia in systems engienering and electronic engineering for 22 years. His research interests relate to foundational concepts associated with systems engineering, research methods, systems engineering education and cross-cultural issues in systems engineering.Dr. Alice F Squires, Stevens

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lehman; Asad Yousuf

received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of America, D.C.in 1979. He has worked through the years testing software and hardware systems in the aerospace andtelecommunications industries. He is currently a consultant and may be reached at Advanced Systems &Materials, Lenardtown, Maryland (water@tqci.net).Muniyappa VenkateshaMuniyappa Venkatesha is a head of the department of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technologyat Savannah Technical College. He received his BE degree in Electrical Engineering from BDT college ofEngineering Davanagere, Mysore University, India in 1967 and MS in Electrical Engineering from theNorth Carolina A&T University of Greensboro in 1985 and Ed.S from the Georgia Southern