Conference Session

Computer and Informtion Technology-related Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Rosen, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-4164: A GRADUATE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSEIN NETWORKS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTDr. Warren Rosen, Drexel University Warren A. Rosen received his Ph.D. in physics from Temple University in 1978. Between 1978 and 1985, Rosen served as Assistant Professor of physics at Colby and Vassar colleges, where he carried out research in optical physics, solar physics, and medical physics. From 1985 to 1996, he worked at the Naval AirWarfare Center, Aircraft Division in Warminster, Penn., where he established an optical communications laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. Rosen is currently an Assistant Clinical

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Design Across Disciplines

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Iem H. Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

, wealso have the joint laboratory sessions where hands-on collaborative multi-disciplinary activitiestake place. The following Figure 3 shows the students engaged in these multi-disciplinaryactivities. Figure 3: Hands-on Activities in CET and MET Joint Laboratory Sessions4. Comprehensive Design Capstone Project ActivitiesAs discussed in Section 3 on the collaboration activities, it is importance to know that theseactivities are part of the comprehensive capstone projects. The capstone project presents anideal opportunity for cross-departmental collaboration. Students from both departments canjointly work together on their capstone project activities.The students’ design projects simulated the actual design activities that occur in industry

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl White, Morgan State University; Clifton Sean Martin, Innovative STEM Foundation and Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy; Givon Forbes, Innovative STEM Foundation; Charles Lamont Clark, Academic Training Management Organization; Joseph White, Innovative STEM Foundation; Albert Edward Sweets Jr., iSTEMS

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Minorities in Engineering

contentknowledge, which they will be able to use in their everyday lives, as well as, apply to theirprojects in the Lab segment.During the Lab segment, students are placed in a hands-on, out of the classroom learningenvironment. This portion begins after lunch when the students are more likely to have increasedlevels of energy and are more apt to getting out of their seats and moving around in theclassroom. Participants are given interactive, hands-on projects that allow them to apply theproblem-solving lessons, system engineering concepts, and systems thinking techniques that theyhave learned during the Instruction segment. Students are taken on field trips to local STEMinstitutions and research laboratories so that they can witness STEM professionals in

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Materials

AC 2012-3869: UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN AND MODIFICATION OF ATENSILE TESTING FIXTURE FOR BIOMATERIALSDr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Barry Dupen is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering technology at Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials en- gineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller. Page 25.1385.1

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy M. Hodges P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Elizabeth White Baker, Wake Forest University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 25.1391.4 11) Understanding science 12) Learning ethical conduct in your field 13) Learning laboratory techniques 14) Ability to read and understand primary literature 15) Skill in how to give an effective oral presentation 16) Skill in science writing 17) Self-confidence 18) Understanding of how scientists think 19) Learning to work independently 20) Being part of a learning community 21) Confidence in my potential to be a teacher of science Benefits of UG Research Graduate Institution Undergrad Only College Items 11-21

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Bruce Edward Heath, Tuskegee University

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Aerospace

where the DBF approach has been used to enhance learning ofengineering concepts6, 7, 8, 9.Flight Test Engineering (FTE) as an important element of the design & development cycle of anaerial platform certainly is well known. In view of this aspect, teaching of FTE is incorporated inaerospace engineering curricula at some engineering schools across the US for example10, 11, 12.FTE facilities are also utilized as flying laboratories for explaining concepts in aircraftperformance, stability & control. Page 25.1460.2Engineering students need to be exposed to important aspects such as teamwork, time and spacemanagement, planning engineering

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

xue zhang; Debbie Vogel, Sprint; Mahesh K. Banavar, Arizona State University; Shuang Hu; Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University; Photini Spanias; Jayaraman J. Thiagarajan, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

Learn. Available online at: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Mobile/Products/Mobile-Learn.aspx5. Sprint ID, Available online at: http://ria.sprint.com/ria/pages/index.jsp?ms=SprintID&id16=Sprint%20ID#/learn6. A. Spanias and V. Atti, “An introduction to Java DSP (J-DSP),” Tech. Report, School of ECEE, Arizona StateUniversity. Available online at: http://jdsp.engineering.asu.edu/MANUAL/m1_generalinfo.pdf7. S. Ranganath, J. J. Thiagarajan, K. N. Ramamurthy, S. Hu, M. Banavar and A. Spanias “Undergraduate SignalProcessing Laboratories for the Android Operating System,” ASEE2012 Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas,June 10-13, 2012 (Accepted).8. J. Liu, S. Hu, J. J. Thiagarajan, X. Zhang, S. Ranganath , M. K. Banavar and A. Spanias

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Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Connie Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso

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Minorities in Engineering

] In fact, Seymour et al. (2003)reported in 2002 that students gain, to different extents, personal skills, professionalskills, the ability to think like a scientist, laboratory skills, clarification of career paths,enhanced career and graduate school preparation, and changes in attitude toward learningand working.[5] Another study, students’ responses indicated that the personal andprofessional skills they felt they gained through undergraduate research experiencesincluded skills concerning teamwork, leadership, time management, self-confidence, andinterpersonal skills.[4]While REUs have been quite successful, there are several barriers that might postobstacles for students with regards to participating in a REU. The biggest obstacle forREUs

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Charles Wright; Reza Ahmadi; Amshumaan Raghunatha Kashyap; Anagha Rayachoti; Alberto Berrueta Irigoyen; Jonathan W. Kimball

3Bibliography[1] M. H. Kheraluwala, R. W. Gasgoigne, D. M. Divan, and E. Bauman, "Performance characterization of a high power dual active bridge dc/dc converter," in Proc. Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1990., Conference Record of the 1990 IEEE, 7-12 Oct. 1990 1990, pp. 1267-1273 vol.2.[2] Underwriters Laboratory, "Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment for Use with Distributed Energy Resources," accessed on 3/12/12, http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1741.html[3] Missouri S&T, "Solar House Team," accessed on 3/12/12, http://sunhome.mst.edu/.[4] J. Chen, A. Prodic, R. W. Erickson, and D. Maksimovic, "Predictive digital current programmed control," IEEE

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FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Elizabeth S. Hildinger, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

measures of success for under-represented minority engineering students, including programs administered at the college levelthat include financial assistance, academic intervention, and graduate school preparation andadmission.These studies and resources all point to the need for a transition in engineering undergraduateeducation in the US from the traditional emphasis on the acquisition of technical knowledge tothe integration of innovative learning experiences that more accurately reflect current practiceand more effectively prepare students to meet these demands and to be successful practitioners1.Curricular settings that encourage cognitive and professional growth include hands-on learning,laboratory instruction, and authentic or relevant

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W. Simoneau, Keene State College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Diane Dostie, Central Maine Community College; Lisa C. Hix, Keene State College; David J. Tuttle, Platt Technical High School

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Manufacturing

implemented,stabilize the remaining manufacturing programs and may even contribute to their growth. Thispaper will explore four key aspects of manufacturing programs: student recruitment andretention, faculty professional development, curriculum development, and laboratory andprogrammatic costs. Among the many challenges facing manufacturing educators, studentrecruitment and retention, especially among underrepresented students, remains the most vexing. Page 25.676.3Student RecruitmentStudent enrollment is one of the key justifications to keep manufacturing programs open. Unlikeother disciplines that are more ―visible‖ to the public

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea L. Welker PE, Villanova University; Leslie Ann McCarthy P.E., Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Alfred Andrew Fry

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Civil Engineering

25.775.4rigorously assessed9, 10; however, improvements to the assessment process were made this pastyear. The next information literacy modules developed were for Foundation Design (CEE 4801),Soil Mechanics Laboratory (CEE 3901), and Solid and Hazardous Waste (CEE 4331). Themodules for Advanced Transportation Engineering (CEE 3525) in 2010 and TransportationFacilities Design (CEE 4224) in 2011 are the most recently developed. Although the informationliteracy modules for Foundation Design, Soil Mechanics Laboratory, and Solid and HazardousWaste have been in existence for several years, the assessment process is still developing.Although there are often intermediate assignments in each class, there is a major work productassociated with each class.Table 1

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

strategies Chu was forced to devise are what eventually led him andseveral of his Bell Labs co-workers to win multiple Nobel Prizes. Says Chu: Page 25.798.6When most people think of industrial labs they think of, “Oh, you’re makingbetter widgets. You’re making something that’s going to be good for the phonesystem.” Now, ultimately, that’s true. But at Bell Labs in that time—this is in1978—allowed a small fraction of us—fifty, sixty, eighty—to do whatever wewanted; really to do whatever we wanted.So I joined Bell Laboratories. My department head said, “Steve, you can dowhatever you want. It doesn’t even have to be physics. All we ask is that youdon’t go to

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Outreach Activities and Introductory Materials Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter R. Hondred, Iowa State University; Karri M. Haen, Iowa State University; Adah Leshem, Iowa State University; Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University

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Materials

evolutionary genetics in 2010.Dr. Adah LeshemDr. Michael R. Kessler, Iowa State University Michael R. Kessler is an Associate Professor of materials science and engineering at Iowa State Univer- sity and an associate of the Department of Energy Ames Laboratory. He received a B.S. degree from LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas, in 1996, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1998 and 2002, respectively. His research thrusts are focused on the pro- cessing and characterization of polymers and polymer matrix composites. Page 25.863.1 c American Society

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New Ideas for the ChemE Core

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fabiana Manzo, University of Houston (CoE); Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

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Chemical Engineering

PlusDynamic Process Simulation and Basic ControlsThis part of the study was conducted by a University of Houston master thesis student in theprocess automation laboratory of the University of Houston – Downtown in partial fulfillment ofthe master thesis requirements at the University of Houston.Using the steady state design mentioned in the previous section, a rigorous dynamic processsimulation was developed using Aspen Dynamics. The use of Aspen Engineering tools todynamically predict process behavior and evaluate control structures is not yet widespread inacademia even though such tools (at least the steady state ones) are extensively used by theprocessing industries. It was decided to use such tools because of the rigor of the resultsproduced and

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Computing & Information Technology

provide examples of the curriculum,what is covered and how we cover it. We also provide examples of laboratory projectsthat are used to complement the class lecture sessions. We use MATLAB software in allthe lab projects.We also discuss possible implementations of the speech coding and processing usinghardware such as DSPs. In the future, we plan to introduce the use of FPGAs for thisapplication as well.Details of the course and our experiences in developing and offering them will bepresented at the conference.IntroductionPreviously, we have developed three graduate-level courses in the Multimedia area ofSpeech to teach the fundamentals of speech coding and voice-over-IP. They are a 3-course sequence (1) ELEN 421 (Speech Coding I) (2) ELEN 422

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Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Clifford R. Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Avinash Varma Gadiraju; Chester D. Kolodziej, Freedom Field Renewable Energy, Inc.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-4453: ONLINE RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY FOR SUP-PORTING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTALSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abdul Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in control and systems engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in electronics engineering. He is in academics for 15+ years and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, adaptive/intelligent control, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Azad has more than 100 referred journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.5 million of research and

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Yaoling Wang, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Construction

. In addition, laboratory activities and specialactivities including field concrete distresses hunting and poster competitions were used toreinforce content knowledge and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Thefollowing sections provide the details of these approaches.In order to better organize the multitude of topics covered in this course, the class wasthematically broken into three major segments. These include concrete problem and deteriorationmechanisms; diagnosis and evaluation of concrete problems; and concrete protection andprevention. In the first of these, typical concrete problems, including fresh concrete problems,durability issues, moisture and thermal effects, corrosion, etc. were discussed. It should be

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Eman A. Aldakheel, Bowling Green State University

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Computing & Information Technology

  extensively  benefit  from  CBE  at  the  Software  as  a  Service (SaaS)  level  to  present  meaningful  examples  in  the  lectures,  CS  courses  can  move  deeper  and utilize also the lower levels of cloud services. Such capability can deliver valuable examples and laboratories for CS students to better understand large scale applications and their complexities. 1.  Introduction The accelerated development in Information Technology and the necessity for enhanced learning environments  by  harnessing  advance  technologies  and  resources  has  created  a  need  to  teach Computer  Science  and  Engineering  students  more  effectively  using  technological  advances. Cloud Computing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,7  appears to be one of the most beneficial

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Community Engagement in Engineering Education: Program Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie-Ann Miller LCSW, State University of New York, Stony Brook

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Community Engagement Division

), TechPREP proposals 2008, 2009, and 2010; Simmerjeet Gill (Brookhaven National Laboratory BWIS); and Bonita London-Thompson (SUNY at Stony Brook-Psychology Program), ”Advancing Women in Science: Building Engagement through Academic Transitions.” Page 25.502.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Effective Community Partnership’s for Women in STEMThe College Women in Science and Engineering Program (WISE) was establishedin 1994 with funding from the National Science Foundation and is a nationallyrecognized program. WISE is a comprehensive program at a premiere publicresearch

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh, Wayne State University; Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University; William Stark, Macomb Community College; Joseph L. Petrosky, Macomb Community College; Douglas A. Fertuck, Macomb Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

advanced battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles. Yeh is also experienced in developing formal degree programs and profes- sional development programs for incumbent engineers, community college instructors, and high school science and technology teachers. He is the PI and Co-PI of several federal- and state-funded projects for course, curriculum, and laboratory development in advanced automotive technology.Dr. Gene Yeau-Jian Liao, Wayne State University Y. Gene Liao is currently Director of the Electric Transportation Technology program and Associate Pro- fessor of engineering technology at Wayne State University. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from National Central University, Taiwan, a M.S. in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander P.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-5480: USING ROBOTICS TO PROMOTE LEARNING IN ELE-MENTARY GRADESMr. Akim Faisal, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Akim Faisal is currently pursuing a master’s of science in mechanical engineering.Dr. Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Vikram Kapila is a professor of mechanical engineering at NYU-Poly, where he directs an NSF-funded Web-enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF-funded Research Experi- ence for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, Ohio. His research interests are in cooper- ative control, distributed spacecraft

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2012-4139: PHOTON MASSDr. Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes Bert Pariser is a faculty member in the Electronic Engineering Technology and the Computer Science Technology departments at Technical Career Institutes. His primary responsibility is developing curricu- lum and teaching methodology for physics, thermodynamics, electromagnetic field theory, computers, and databases. Pariser has prepared grant proposals to the National Science Foundation, which produced the funding for a Fiber Optics Laboratory. He served as Faculty Advisor to the IEEE and Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society. Pariser was instrumental in merging Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society into the ASEE. In addition, Pariser co-founded

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Best Practices

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Peter Wolfsteiner, Munich University of Applied Sciences

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International

AC 2012-3668: REFLECTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OFSTUDENTS AND PROFESSORS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian P. Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech and his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Self has taught in the Mechanical En- gineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year, he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating

Conference Session

Spacecraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

, technical challenges that crop up in I&T can extend the phase well beyond 5years.In Fall 2011, we offered the first course: Integration & Test of Space Systems with an enrollmentof nine undergraduates. In this paper, we will provide an overview of the objectives, syllabus andassessment of this course in spacecraft integration & test. We will place this course in the contextof aerospace engineering at our university and our other systems-engineering courses andintroduce the hands-on work done through the Research Laboratory and the COPPER satellite.We will assess the results of the first course and provide lessons learned and future work.Our first offering had mixed results; in addition to the typical mid-course corrections that

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared P. Coyle, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

rural Kenya (PhysicsMatatu map). These maps are designed as vessels for conveying the cross-correlation betweenthe two topics. Each subway/matatu line (color) features one of the NAE Engineering GrandChallenges. As a subway/matatu line passes through an individual station (each station stands fora different curriculum unit), an explicit connection is implied. This work brings together tworealities familiar to subway and matatu riders in the city-wide area: tokens/fares and graffiti. Wecapitalize on these in the development of this valuable assessment tool.Throughout the year, students acquire “tokens of knowledge.” These tokens are lessons,laboratory activity modules or full units that correlate with one specific intersection of a

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4343: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGH PAR-TICIPATION IN ENGINEERING COMPETITIONSDr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Texas A&M International University Fernando Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor of engineering at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. Previously, he was a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory and an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla. Gonzalez holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include intelligent control of autonomous systems, robotics, and modeling and simulation

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

degree program. These two courses consist of both theoryand laboratory work with a heavy reliance on student projects (typically, of an interdisciplinarynature) that involve the implementation of functional, proto-type, sensor/control networks. Usingpopular low-cost PIC® microcontroller development boards and a small, self-contained, non-IT,TCP/IP data network, students are able to construct sensor/control networks that can be accessedlocally either through standard wired network connections (Ethernet) or wirelessly using eitherthe IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) or IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) wireless standards or remotely throughavailable mobile device apps. The successes and failures of the courses will be high-lighted,along with student reaction, examples of

Conference Session

The Transition from Secondary to College Mathematics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes

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Mathematics

AC 2012-4138: TEACHING PYTHAGORAS’S THEOREM USING SOFT-WAREDr. Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes Bert Pariser is a faculty member in the Electronic Engineering Technology and Computer Science Tech- nology departments at Technical Career Institutes. His primary responsibility is developing curriculum and teaching methodology for physics, thermodynamics, electromagnetic field theory, computers, and databases. Pariser has prepared grant proposals to the National Science Foundation, which produced the funding for a Fiber Optics Laboratory. He served as Faculty Advisor to the IEEE and Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society. Pariser was instrumental in merging Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society into the ASEE. In

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

, participation in professional societies,and licensure as Professional Engineers. What constitutes an acceptable level in any of thoseareas is left almost exclusively to the judgment of the evaluator and team chief and there hasbeen nowhere near the level of discussion on these items as there has been on outcome and Page 25.1271.6objective assessment. Even the ABET evaluator training provides little guidance in this area.Similarly, the Criterion 7 on Facilities states, “Classrooms, offices, laboratories, and associatedequipment must be adequate to support attainment of the student outcomes and to provide anatmosphere conducive to learning.” There has