AC 2012-4122: A NEW UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR IN MICROSYSTEMSAND NANOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERINGDr. Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Hal Evensen is a professor and Program Coordinator of engineering physics at the University of Wiscon- sin, Platteville, where he has taught since 1999. He received his B.S. in applied physics from Michigan Technological University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in engineering physics from the University of Wiscon- sin, Madison. He has research interests in nanoscale properties of photovoltaic materials, and has played a lead role in developing a new major in microsystems and nanotechnology engineering at UW, Platteville. He was awarded the National Academic Advising Association
AC 2010-1308: USING NATIONAL COMPETITIONS TO FOCUS STUDENT CLUBSScott Bellinger, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Scott Bellinger is an assistant professor in the Automation Technologies program at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Scott served as the Director of Manufacturing Technologies at RIT's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) before joining NTID. He has more than twenty years of experience in developing manufacturing systems with a specialty in factory automation. He served as Applications Engineer, Proposals Engineer, Project Manager and Application Engineering Manager at Hansford Assembly & Test Systems (NY); Director of
AC 2010-2377: CENTER FOR LIFE SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY – A MODEL FORINTEGRATION OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH, OUTREACH AND WORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTRupa Iyer, University of Houston Page 15.268.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Center for Life Sciences Technology – A Model for Integration of Education, Research, Outreach and Workforce DevelopmentAbstractThe biotechnology industry that originated in the 1970’s has since mushroomed from $8 billionin revenues in 1992 to $50.7 billion and is one of the most research intensive industries in theworld. While biotechnology originated based largely on recombinant DNA techniques,tremendous research in biotechnology has
AC 2010-1084: LEARNING DYNAMIC SYSTEMS THROUGH THE HELP OFCOMPUTER PROGRAMMINGTanja Magoc, University of Texas at El PasoEric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El PasoFrancois Modave, Central Washington University Page 15.834.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Learning Dynamic Systems through the Help of Computer ProgrammingAbstractDynamic systems are not easily understood by students entering college due to complexity ofunderlying concepts, which are frequently stated but not understood in early mathematics andscience courses. Moreover, students majoring in disciplines other than computer science, such asbiology or finance
AC 2011-579: HYBRID LESSONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DE-SIGN: A STUDYCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines Catherine Skokan is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. She received her BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Colorado School of Mines in Geophysical Engineering and was the first woman to receive a graduate degree from that institution. Her educational research interests include multidisciplinary engineering, humanitarian engineering, and curriculum devel- opment and design. Page 22.790.1 c American Society for Engineering
AC 2011-531: THE MONTANA MULE: A CASE STUDY IN INTERDISCI-PLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGNBrock J. LaMeres, Montana State University Dr. Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Montana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engi- neering education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres is also studying the pedagogical impact of interdisciplinary capstone projects compared to traditional discipline-specific de- sign projects. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware
AC 2012-3515: UTILIZING PROJECT-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY DE-SIGN ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE STEM EDUCATIONDr. Andy Shaojin Zhang, New York City College of Technology Andy S. Zhang earned his master’s in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York in 1987 and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1995. Zhang’s research area includes materials testing, product design and prototyping, CAD/CAE, and mechatronics. From 2007 to 2009, Zhang served as a member of the Pre-engineering Advisory Commission of Advisory Council for Career and Technical Education of NYC Department of Education, which was designed to help high schools to enhance existing technology
AC 2011-2658: EXTROVERT: EXPERIENCE WITH CROSS-DISCIPLINARYLEARNINGNarayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace EngineeringBrian German, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 22.694.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EXTROVERT: Experience with Cross-Disciplinary Learning ABSTRACTThe EXTROVERT project builds resources to enable engineers to solve problems cuttingacross disciplines. The theme is to enable development of advanced concepts. The approach isto enable learners to gain confidence with the process
AC 2011-2202: A MODEL FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCESFOR UNDERGRADUATES THAT PROMOTES RETENTION AND PIPELINETO GRADUATE SCHOOLMagdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University Director, Engineering Student Services and Academic Programs College of Engineering, Texas A&M UniversityBugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University Yalvac received his PhD in Science Education with a minor degree in Science, Technology and Society in 2005 at the Pennsylvania State University. Yalvac worked as learning scientist for the VaNTH Engineer- ing Research Center at Northwestern University for three years before his current assistant professor of Science Education position at Texas A&M University. Yalvac’s research focuses on How
AC 2012-4224: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM FOR EDUCATIONIN HYBRID AND ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE ENGINEERINGDr. Wayne Weaver, Michigan Technological University Wayne Weaver received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from GMI Engineering & Management Institute in 1997, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical en- gineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a Research and Design Engineer at Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Ill., from 1997 to 2003. From 2006-2008, he also worked as a researcher at the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL), in Champaign, Ill., on
AC 2012-4531: BEST PRACTICES IN CREATING AND RUNNING RE-SEARCH EXPERIENCE PROGRAMSProf. Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Mohamed Abdelrahman received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and engineering physics from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He received an M.S. and a Ph.D. in measurement and control and nuclear engineering from Idaho State University in 1994 and 1996, re- spectively. He is currently the Associate Dean of Engineering at Texas A&M University, Kingsville. Abdelrahman’s research focus is industrial applications of sensing and control with major research fund- ing from the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation
AC 2011-2292: DESIGNING TECHNOLOGY FOR RESOURCE-CONSTRAINEDENVIRONMENTS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE SEQUENCERuth E. Anderson, University of Washington Ruth Anderson is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle.Dr. Beth Kolko, University of Washington Page 22.447.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Designing Technology for Resource-Constrained Environments: a Multidisciplinary Capstone SequenceAbstractIn this paper we describe a year-long multidisciplinary capstone experience where
AC 2010-1389: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SERVICE LEARNING IN GUATEMALA -COURSE DESCRIPTION AND LESSONS LEARNEDSteven Northrup, Western New England College Steve Northrup is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Western New England College, Springfield Massachusetts. He earned a B.S.E.E. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He worked for several years designing automotive electronics and test equipment for electronics manufacturing. His current work focuses on multidisciplinary engineering, embedded controls, control systems for alternative energy applications, and digital signal processing
AC 2011-27: CHALLENGES IN ASSESSING INTERDISCIPLINARY EN-GINEERING PROGRAMSMeg Krudysz, City College of New YorkDr. Ann Wittig, City College of the City University of New York Page 22.318.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Challenges in Assessing Multidisciplinary Programs between Engineering and Non-Engineering SchoolsAbstractProgram accreditation by ABET requires that faculty assess and evaluate student performance todemonstrate that a program achieves its outcomes. For a conventional single-disciplinaryprogram, these assessments are challenging to conduct because they require a substantial
AC 2011-1103: AGILE METHODOLOGIES FOR HARDWARE / SOFT-WARE TEAMS FOR A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE: LESSONS LEARNEDRichard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Richard S. Stansbury is an assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering at Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL. He instructs the capstone senior design course for computer and software engineering. His current research interests include unmanned aircraft, certification issues for unmanned aircraft, mobile robotics, and applied artificial intelligence.Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering in the department
AC 2010-20: USE OF LEARNING STYLES FOR TEAMWORK ANDPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSEEli Patten, University of California at BerkeleySara Atwood, University of California, BerkeleyLisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley Page 15.1305.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Use of Learning Styles for Teamwork and Professional Development in a Multidisciplinary CourseAbstractWith the rise of integrated fields of study in engineering such as energy, biotechnology androbotics, graduating engineering students must be able to communicate effectively in teams froma variety of backgrounds. In fact, ABET has specifically
AC 2010-682: EMPHASISING PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING ELEMENTS INTHE TEACHING OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGYJosef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology Page 15.453.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Emphasizing Professional Engineering Elements in the Teaching of Materials TechnologyABSTRACTThe re-development of pedagogy and curriculum in the Materials and Manufacture subject inthe School of Architectural, Civil and Mechanical Engineering (ACME) at VictoriaUniversity (VU) in Melbourne was driven by changing pedagogical philosophy ofengineering education at the university. The new pedagogical approach was to focus awayfrom the traditional
drives AC Variable frequency drives2. List of Identified Software Mechanical CAD, Motion analysis, FEA, DFM - SolidWorks 2012 Premium Page 23.78.3 Control system modelling - NI LabVIEW 2012 including Realtime and Robotics modules Circuit design and simulation software - NI Multisim PCB layout and routing – NI Ultiboard Software tools like SolidWorks and NI LabVIEW can communicate with each otherand provide for virtual control system simulation. Virtual hardware in loop simulation can bedone with LabVIEW and Multisim software. Hardware like NI Elvis II and Arduinomicrocontroller boards will be used for
AC 2010-1013: "SURVIVOR" MEETS SENIOR PROJECTGlen Dudevoir, United States Air Force AcademyAndrew Laffely, United States Air Force AcademyAlan J. Mundy, United States Air Force Academy Page 15.3.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 “Survivor” Meets Senior ProjectAbstractWe have all seen the formation of tribes and cliques on the latest edition of the television hitSurvivor. Has Survivor mentality invaded your senior projects as well? For the last ten years orso, engineering programs nationwide have, with varying degrees of success, tried to incorporatethe ABET-required outcome of “ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.”1 Whilerecognizing
AC 2010-1558: WOMEN-CENTRIC SENIOR PROJECTS FOR FEMALES IN THECOMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES FIELDSMahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, BrownsvilleJuan Iglesias, U of Texas at BrownsvilleKatherine De La Vega, University of Texas at Brownsville Page 15.1379.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Women-Centric Senior Projects for Females in the Computational Sciences FieldsAbstractThis paper presents a novel and creative approach to teaching a Senior Project course inComputer Science in a way that allows women to educate themselves about health, politics, andother social and well-being issues while at the same time fulfilling the
AC 2011-421: INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN ENGINEERING/SCIENCEVIA NANOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSMaher E. Rizkalla, Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University In-dianapolis, 723W Michigan Street SL160, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132 Received his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1985. He was research scientist at Argonne National Laboratory from January 1985 to September 1986 while he was an Assistant Professor at Purdue University Calumet. He joined the Department of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering at IUPUI in September 1986 where is now Professor and Associate Chair of the Department. His research interests include solid State devices
AC 2011-2277: SERVICE LEARNING IN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RE-NEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING COURSEStacy Gleixner, San Jose State University Dr. Stacy Gleixner is an Associate Professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering at San Jose State University. She teaches a broad range of engineering classes related to introductory materials science, electronic materials, kinetics, microelectronics processing, photovoltaics, and alternative energy. In 2010, she was awarded the College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Service. In 2007-2008, she was an SJSU Teacher Scholar. In 2002, she was awarded the College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching award. Dr. Gleixner has an active research program related to designing and
AC 2011-1827: ASSESSING TEAMWORK AND BEST EDUCATIONALPRACTICES IN DIVERSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMSScott P. Schaffer, Purdue University Scott P. Schaffer is an associate professor in the Learning Design and Technology program at Purdue University where he teaches courses related to design, assessment & evaluation, and learning theory. His research focuses on team learning and the design of informal learning spaces.Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus; Principle Investigator on NSF project involving four universities engaged in develop- ing measures for teamwork and ethical awareness, and identifying best educational practices for develop- ing those competencies among undergraduate
AC 2010-583: R2D2 AS A MOTIVATOR IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONBrian Peterson, United States Air Force AcademyPatrick Sweeney, United States Air Force AcademyDelbert Christman, United States Air Force Academy Page 15.1010.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 R2D2 as a Motivator in Engineering EducationThe use of robotic system applications continues to grow as a learning tool in electrical andcomputer engineering, but basic designs and projects have been well investigated and advancesin the field are becoming increasingly complex. Many new and interesting systems are beyondthe scope of what undergraduates can tackle as a capstone project. As a result
AC 2010-476: IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPLEX MULTIDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE PROJECT FOR STIMULATING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTDEVELOPMENTRobert Rabb, United States Military AcademyJoseph Hitt, USMARobert Floersheim, US Military Academy Page 15.673.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Implementation of a Complex Multidisciplinary Capstone Project for Stimulating Undergraduate Student DevelopmentAbstractComplex, multidisciplinary capstone projects require multi-faceted teams of faculty and students,representing two or more technical areas of expertise. Engineering education has emphasizedmore multidisciplinary work as graduates are expected to perform on
AC 2011-473: AN INNOVATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDENT PROJECT:ENGINEERING AND NURSINGKenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University Ken Reid is the Director of Freshman Engineering and an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the JETS Board of Directors and 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He co-developed ”The Tsunami Model Eliciting Activity” which was awarded Best Middle School Curriculum by the Engineering Education Service Center in 2009, and was named the Herbert F
AC 2009-945: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY CHOICES: AMULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHCatherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines Page 14.206.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 An Introduction to Energy Choices: A Multidisciplinary ApproachAbstractThe Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) was establishedto assist in economic development on Indian lands, in part by assisting development ofworkforce capacity through education and facilitating partnerships between tribes and theprivate sector. Colorado School of Mines received a grant from IEED to develop an energyengineering program of study to be used by Tribal
Computer Engineering Program in Engineering and Technol- ogy Department at University of Wisconsin - Stout since January 2014. Andy S. Peng is also a systems engineer staff at Lockheed Martin, MST since November 2005. From May 2003 to April 2004, Andy held a graduate research intern position with Aerospace Electronic System (AES) group at Honeywell Inter- national Inc. From July 1999 to July 2002, Andy held hardware design, sustaining, and test engineering positions at Dell Inc. In the summer of 1998, Andy was a summer research fellow with the Mayo Clinic. Andy S. Peng received the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Minnesota, in 2010 and 2004, respectively. He received B.S. degrees in
AC 2011-1077: SE CAPSTONE: INTRODUCTION OF SYSTEMS ENGI-NEERING INTO AN UNDERGRADUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAP-STONE COURSEJames A Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley James A. Nemes, Division Head and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State’s School of Graduate Professional Studies, earned his master’s and D.Sc. at George Washington University and bac- calaureate from the University of Maryland. Prior to coming to Penn State in 2007, Dr. Nemes was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His research is in the area of material behavior, particularly the development of models to describe deformation and fracture
engaged learning at the Institute for Critical Tech- nology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech. From 2011 to 2017 he was a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech, where his research involved the development and classroom implementation of the Online Watershed Learning System (OWLS), a guided, open-ended cyberlearning environment that is driven by HTML5, JavaScript and CSS (http://www.lewas.centers.vt.edu/dataviewer/) and serves as a user interface to the Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) Lab. In 2011 he founded Bhutanese-Nepali Christian Media Ministries, which utilizes online media to address needs in Christian ministries for people in these language groups. Prior to June 2010