AC 2010-1691: MEASUREMENT OF HANDS-ON ABILITYAnna Pereira, Michigan Technological University Anna Pereira is a graduate student in mechanical engineering. Her research interests include human factors and engineering education.Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University Dr. Michele Miller is an Associate Professor in mechanical engineering. She teaches classes on manufacturing and controls and does disciplinary research on microelectromechanical systems and precision machining. Her educational research interests include problem solving in the lab and informal engineering education.Margot Hutchins, Michigan Technological Universtiy Margot Hutchins is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical
AC 2011-84: TEACHING FLOWNET CONCEPTS TO ENGINEERING UN-DERGRADUATES USING ELECTRICAL ANALOGY OF GROUNDWA-TER FLOWMurthy Kasi, North Dakota State University Murthy Kasi is currently an Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering and an Instructor in the Fluid Mechanics laboratory for undergraduates at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Andhra University, India, and Masters in Environmental Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA. Areas of concentration of his doctoral research are groundwater bioremediation, wastewater treatment, and water quality modeling. He has been
AC 2012-3864: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACTIVE LEARNING (SEAL)SYSTEM: A NOVEL APPROACH TO CONTROLS LABORATORIESDr. Per Henrik Borgstrom, University of California, Los Angeles Per Henrik Borgstrom received the B.S. (2005), M.S. (2007), and Ph.D. (2009) degrees in electrical engineering from UCLA, where he received the prestigious Regent’s Scholarship and Chancellor’s Prize. His research interests include robotics, controls, and educational methods.Prof. William J. Kaiser, University of California, Los Angeles William J. Kaiser received a Ph.D. in solid state physics from Wayne State University in 1984. From 1977 through 1986, as a member of Ford Motor Co. research staff, his development of automotive sensor and
AC 2012-3019: SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM EXPERIMENTALAPPARATUSDr. Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Hosni I. Abu-Mulaweh is professor of mechanical engineering currently on sabbatical leave at King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly, University of Missouri, Rolla), Rolla, Mo. His areas of interest are heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Page 25.1168.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2011-81: MODELING ROCKETS IN INSTRUMENTATION LABRobert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute Robert L. McMasters was born in Ferndale, Michigan, in 1956. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Md, in June 1978 and completed Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training in August 1979. He subsequently served as a division officer on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) until 1982. Following a 2 year tour as an instructor at the S1W prototype of the Nautilus, the worlds first nuclear powered ship, he resigned his commission as a Naval Officer and began working as a design engineer at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near Marquette Michigan and later at Michigan State University in East Lansing Michigan. He completed the
AC 2011-440: REFERENCE DESIGNS FOR SENSORS USED IN MICROCONTROLLERBASED DESIGN PROJECTSChiu Choi, University of North Florida Dr. Choi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of North Florida. He earned his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has keen interest in engineering education and is active in research. Dr. Choi received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hong Kong. He worked for Norton Telecom and Mitel as a maintenance and a product engineer, respectively, for several years in Hong Kong. Dr. Choi holds a current and active professional engineer license issued
AC 2011-2159: BRINGING CURRENT RESEARCH TO THE CLASSROOMUSING LINKED COLUMN FRAMED SYSTEM IN AN UNDERGRADU-ATE STRUCTURES LABRupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University at Los Angeles, a predominantly an un- dergraduate institution. He teaches courses in computer aided analysis and design and capstone design project course.He is a co-PI for a NSF/NEES funded research project on Linked Column Framed system.Peter Dusicka, Portland State University Associate Professor Dusicka focuses his teaching and research on infrastructure engineering. He is the director of iSTAR (infraStructure Testing and Applied Research) Laboratory where he leads a team of
AC 2011-541: A METAL CASTING LABORATORY EXERCISE: COL-LABORATION BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING AND ART DEPARTMENTSAT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS CHRISTIP. A. Simionescu, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Dr. Simionescu is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Program of the Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. He received his B.Sc. from Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania in 1992, a doctoral degree from the same university in 1999 and a Ph.D. degree from Auburn University in 2004. His research interests include mechanical design, CAD and computer graphics. He has authored 18 journal papers and has been granted 7 patents.Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Dr
AC 2011-1796: NAVY METROLOGY ENGINEERING CENTER STEM OUT-REACH THROUGH THE STEP PROGRAM: CHALLENGES, LESSONSLEARNED AND APPLICATION TO DOD STRATEGYDouglas Sugg, Navy -NSWC Corona CA Doug Sugg is the Department Head of Product Engineering Assessement at the Corona Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center.John V Fishell,JD, John Victor Fishell, President, Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) John V. Fishell retired from his position as Technical Director of NSWC, Corona Division, Corona, CA in 2008 after 36 years of service. He holds a Juris Doctorate in Law from California Southern Law School and a BSEE from the University of Texas, El Paso along with two Certficates in Management from the
AC 2010-108: A LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSE WITH EMPHASIS ONEMBEDDED CONTROLChiu Choi, University of North Florida Page 15.48.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Linear Control Systems Course with Emphasis on Embedded Control Chiu H. Choi Department of Electrical Engineering University of North FloridaAbstractThis paper describes the embedded control courseware and its benefits in our linear controlsystems course. The embedded control courseware consists of a set of lab experiments thatteaches the students how to
from the Pennsylvania State University in 2004, his MSECE from Purdue University in 2006, and his PhD in Engineering Education in 2010, also from Purdue University. After completing his PhD, he taught for two years at Ohio Northern University in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science department, before making the transition to the University of Cincinnati. He has taught a variety of classes ranging introductory programming and first-year engineering design courses to introductory and advanced courses in electronic circuits. Recently, he has been working to develop graduate level courses in Engineering Education to support current graduate students interested in entering academia. He is a
, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Award, the 2010 Electronic Engineering Times ACE Award Educator of the Year, and the City of Gilbert Community Excellence Award for Educator of the Year. Page 24.435.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Digital Technology Education Collaborative First Year Progress ReportAbstractThe electronics world is undergoing a transformation in the underlying technologies used tocreate new products for the world’s consumers. The movement to reconfigurable digital systemsusing Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs
AC 2011-838: MACHINE DESIGN LAB: USING AUTOMOTIVE TRANS-MISSION EXAMPLES TO REINFORCE UNDERSTANDING OF GEARTRAIN ANALYSISRoger A Beardsley, Central Washington University Roger Beardsley is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. He teaches courses in energy related topics (thermodynamics, fluids & heat transfer), along with the second course in the undergraduate sequence in mechanical de- sign. Some of his technical interests include renewable energy, appropriate technology and related design issues.Charles O. Pringle, Central Washington University Charles Pringle is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology
AC 2011-1543: DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN INTRODUCTION TO THER-MODYNAMICS COURSETeodora Rutar, Seattle University Teodora Rutar Shuman is a Paccar Associate Professor at Seattle University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington. She pursues research in electro-mechanical systems for sustainable processing of microalgae. email: teodora@seattleu.eduGregory Mason, Seattle University Page 22.434.1 c American Society for Engineering
AC 2010-958: AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT AND PROJECT IN THE FIRSTMEASUREMENT COURSEBijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the department and is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. He has served as the Chair of the Division of Experimentation and Laboratory Studies (DELOS) as well as the Mechanical Engineering Division of
AC 2007-235: ASSESSMENT OF LABVIEW AND MULTISIM IN THE DELIVERYOF ELECTRONICS LABORATORY CONTENTJulio Garcia, San Jose State University Dr. Julio Garcia is a Professor in the Department of Aviation and Technology in the College of Engineering at SJSU. He teaches electronics and computer courses to undergraduate students and graduate classes in the MS of Quality Assurance.Patricia Backer, San Jose State University Patricia Backer is a Professor and chair of the Department of Aviation and Technology in the College of Engineering at SJSU. She holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University, a MA and MS degree from Tennessee Temple University, and a MA and PhD from
AC 2012-3412: IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF A VIRTUALREALITY EXPERIMENT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE THEMO-FLUIDSLABORATORYDr. Sushil K. Chaturvedi, Old Dominion UniversityDr. Jaewan Yoon, Old Dominion UniversityDr. Rick McKenzie, Old Dominion University Rick McKenzie is the Graduate Program Director in the new Modeling, Simulation and Visualization En- gineering (MSVE) Department and a joint faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Old Dominion University. Before coming to Old Dominion University, he spent six years in the simulation industry as a Senior Scientist. McKenzie’s research has been in medical modeling and simulation, human behavior representation, and simulation
AC 2012-4791: THE IMPACT OF A PROTOTYPE EXEMPLAR ON DE-SIGN CREATIVITY: A CASE STUDY IN NOVICE DESIGNERSDr. Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego Thomas F. Schubert, Jr., received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, Irvine, Calif. He is currently a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, San Diego, Calif., and came there as a founding member of the engineering faculty in 1987, where he served as Director of Engineering Programs, 1997-2003. He previously served on the electrical engineering faculty at the University of Portland, Portland, Ore., and Portland State University, Portland, Ore., and on the
AC 2011-1444: A RELEVANT, AUTOMOTIVE-THEMED EXPERIMENTTHAT TEACHES FUNDAMENTAL FLOW RATE CONCEPTS AND EX-PERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTYBrian P Sangeorzan, Oakland University Dr. Brian Sangeorzan, is registered Professional Engineer and an Associate Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he serves as the faculty advisor for the SAE student chapter and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and combustion for the past 27 years. His research interests generally include heat transfer and fluid mechanic phenomena in internal combustion engines, as well as the instrumentation and optical techniques for thermal/fluid measurements. Past
AC 2008-1351: IMPLEMENTING INQUIRY-BASED EXPERIMENTS IN A FLUIDSCIENCE LABORATORY CLASSCalvin Hsieh, Portland State University Calvin Hsieh is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Portland State University. He works in the Hydroelectric Design Center Branch of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Portland, Oregon. He is a teacher for the Lego Robotics program at Buckman Elementary School in Portland, Oregon.Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University Gerald Recktenwald is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Portland State University. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, IEEE and SIAM. His research interests are in fluid mechanics, heat
Page 24.632.12 the web motor. It is necessary to have the web moving in order to accurately simulate normalFigure 9: LabVIEW block diagramoperating conditions, so the bottom roller in the system is driven by an AC gear-motor. Thismotor is controlled by switching its power supply with a solid-state relay. While the relay is abinary device that can only be on an on or off state, it is controlled via an analog output signalfrom the PLC. This is because the remote I/O connected to the PLC from the system only has 4analog outputs and no digital ones. Therefore, the Boolean signal from the user control is thecondition for a case
AC 2012-3722: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT-STYLED SHORT COURSESFOR A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING LABORA-TORY EXPERIENCEDr. Rick Williams, East Carolina UniversityDr. Loren Limberis, East Carolina University Loren Limberis joined the engineering faculty at ECU in Aug. 2006. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah. Limberis taught for several years as an Assistant Professor at the College of New Jersey and was a research analyst with Southwest Research Institute prior to his academic career. His research interests focus on designing techniques to utilize nature’s highly complex and sophisticated biological systems to develop biohybrid devices for use in