AC 2009-2481: AN FPGA MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM FOR UNDERGRADUATESTUDYChristopher Korpela, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science CHRISTOPHER M. KORPELA is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 2006 and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.Robert McTasney, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science ROBERT J. MCTASNEY is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the US Military Academy at West Point
for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology (CEnIT).Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Patricia Brackin is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman University. Her research interests are engineering design and assessment. Page 14.619.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Facilitation of Lifelong Learning Skills through a Project- Based Freshman Engineering CurriculumAbstractEngineering accreditation criteria, as well as the Engineer of 2020 report, list lifelong learning asa critical attribute of future engineers. While exercises
AC 2009-2207: GLOBALIZING ENGINEERING EDUCATION: LESSONSLEARNED FROM AFRICA-USA PARTNERSHIPSAndy Ward, Ohio State UniversityAnn Christy, Ohio State UniversityRobert Gustafson, Ohio State UniversityJessica D'Ambrosio, Ohio State UniversityKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Page 14.648.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Workshop on Globalizing Engineering Education: Lessons Learned from Africa and USA PartnershipsAbstractEngineering is increasingly becoming a globalized profession by involving multi-national teamsin engineering design, technical services, and marketing. However, the typical undergraduateengineering
development organization recognized by the US EDA for excellence in economic development.Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College Clif Kussmaul is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Muhlenberg College and Chief Technology Officer for Elegance Technologies, Inc., which develops software products and provides software development services. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis, master's degrees from Dartmouth College, and bachelor's degrees from Swarthmore College. His professional interests and activities include software engineering, entrepreneurship, digital signal processing, cognitive neuroscience, and music
AC 2009-1405: FIRST-YEAR DESIGN EXPERIENCE: ASSEMBLING THE “BIGPICTURE” THROUGH INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DESIGNKelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech UniversityDavid Hall, Louisiana Tech UniversityMark Barker, Louisiana Tech UniversityPatricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 14.633.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 First-Year Design Experience: Assembling the “Big Picture” Through Innovative Product DesignAbstractAs part of the freshmen engineering curriculum at Louisiana Tech University, students developnovel solutions to problems that “bug” them. During the spring quarter, students are asked tospend several weeks
AC 2009-2034: AN INTERACTIVE PANEL SESSION ON MEASURING THEIMPACTS OF PROJECT-BASED SERVICE LEARNING ON ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, BoulderChris Swan, Tufts University Page 14.202.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Interactive Panel Session on Measuring the Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning onEngineering EducationABSTRACTThrough both planned and organic developments, project-based service learning (PBSL) hasemerged as a powerful force in engineering education over the past decade. This paper highlightsefforts to provide much needed clarity to the design, implementation, and
AC 2009-447: GRADUATE STUDENT EXPERIENCES AND MENTOR BENEFITSOF THE PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY PROGRAM IN ENGINEERINGJin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology JIN-HWAN LEE is a post-doctoral research fellow in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He has been awarded the Rindsberg fellowship to prepare academic careers and joined Preparing Future Faculty program. His research and teaching interests include biosensors and microfluidic biochips for MEMS/NEMS applications.Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati CARLA C. PURDY
FAMILY EGIEERIG: ITRODUCIG EGIEERIG TO PARETS & CHILDRE Neil J. Hutzler1, Joanne S. Chadde1, David Heil2, and William E. Kelly3 1 Michigan Tech University, Houghton, MI 2Family Science Foundation, Portland, OR 3ASEE, Washington, DC Abstract: The goal of Family Engineering is to engage, inspire, and encourage elementary and middle school students to consider careers in engineering and science through hands-on activities with their parents at Family Engineering Nights. This program is designed to address the United States’ need for an increased number, and greater diversity, of students skilled in math, science, technology and
well.As we advance further into the digital age, virtual engineering teams may become thenorm for engineering teams; a key imperative for modern business proceedings. As a Page 14.1348.2result, more research as to be undertaken in order to understand the dynamics of theseteams along with the other key characteristics.The aim of this paper is to present a thorough literature review of the research that hasbeen done in this area. Specifically we will look at the drivers of global design teams, theeffectiveness and challenges of global design teams, including communication,technology, and geographical, social and cultural complexities. The result of this
AC 2009-448: DEFINING ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGNJames Mitchell, Drexel University Prof. Mitchell has been Director of Drexel University's Architectural Engineering program since 1988. He was trained originally as an engineer (AB and MS Harvard) and has practiced as a licensed architect. Throughout AY2008-9 he has used a sabbatical year to visit all the US AE programs to explore the teaching of AE Design. Page 14.402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Defining Architectural Engineering DesignAbstractThe question of what constitutes “Architectural Engineering Design
Page 14.862.5were distributed and chalking messages on sidewalks was used, particularly during orientationand other special events. This tactical analysis, reflected in the flowchart above, aided reflectionon previous marketing practices and provided insight into the patron groups that were previouslythe primary audiences of marketing projects.Another round of research followed that profiled the patrons that were effectively being servedthrough previous marketing practices and those patrons that were being missed. The primarypatron groups, also known as target markets, represent a variety of groups from around theColleges of Engineering and Technology, as well as across Purdue University and throughout thestate of Indiana. Due to the diversity
spirit and of the heart. And so it does blind, ugly things quite by accident and gets hated Page 14.543.9for that. People haven’t paid much attention to this before because the big concern has beenfood, clothing and shelter for everyone and technology has provided these. But now wherethese are assured, the ugliness is being noticed more and more and people are asking if wemust suffer spiritually and esthetically in order to satisfy our material needs.”When we practice our profession of engineering, it is important that we view humanityand the ecosystem as part of an undividable whole. Berry takes this one step farther.According to Berry, our new
AC 2009-1118: IMPROVING A MANUFACTURING CLASS BY ADDING ANEXPERIMENTAL SESSIONBenxin Wu, Illinois Institute of Technology Dr. Benxin Wu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He joined IIT in August 2007 after he completed his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University. Page 14.701.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009The Improvement of a Manufacturing Class by Adding an Experimental Session Page 14.701.2 The Improvement of a
of pedagogy and the application of community service learning, and inequalities in education, particularly persistence of women and people of color in engineering education.Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Associate Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, laboratory reform focused on student learning, visualization of quantitative data, and engineering system dynamics. He is a guitarist and songwriter in the alternative rock band
AC 2009-856: COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN SIMURAD: MEDICAL-IMAGINGSIMULATION SOFTWAREHong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 14.352.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Computed Tomography in SimuRad – A Medical Imaging Simulation SoftwareAbstractIn this paper we present a component of a newly developed computer simulation software –SimuRad, which can potentially help students to easily understand the underlying math andengineering principles of computed tomography (CT) in an undergraduate Medical Imagingcourse. This paper includes the discussions on the pedagogical basis of the SimuRad software,the initial design of CT
AC 2009-1400: A COST-EFFECTIVE ROBOT WORK CELLJames Sample, Oregon Institute of TechnologyJohn Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology Page 14.18.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Cost Effective Robot Work cellAbstractThis paper describes the design and construction of a cost effective robot work cell using anintegrated software system. Surplus industrial cylindrical coordinate robots were updated withnew electronics and software as well as tooling. A vision system was integrated usinginexpensive USB cameras and a “shareware” vision software system was integrated into therobot operating system.This system uses readily available tooling
AC 2009-1585: A CAMPUS-WIDE COURSE ON MICRORENEWABLE ENERGYSYSTEMSNarayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 14.7.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Campus-Wide Course on Micro Renewable Energy SystemsThis paper describes the intellectual and pedagogical issues, and results from two teachings of acampus-wide course dealing with a highly interdisciplinary topic: the possibility of developingrenewable power generator devices that are suited to a single family. The course is set at thesenior elective level in Engineering, but it is open to students at the junior level and above fromany College on a campus that includes Colleges of Management
AC 2009-1854: REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART IN VIRTUAL-LEARNINGENVIRONMENTS BASED ON MULTIPLAYER COMPUTER GAMESEl-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology Dr. El-Sayed Aziz holds a faculty position in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mansoura University, Egypt. Currently, he is working as research scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt, in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2003. His research interests include knowledge-based engineering systems; computer-integrated design and manufacturing; Finite Element
AC 2009-294: TEACHING MANY SECTIONS OF MATERIALS SCIENCELABORATORYSurendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology “Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty of Materials Science & Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY). He is a recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. At RIT, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Mechanics, Computational Techniques, and Materials Science. Page 14.1143.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching many sections of
AC 2009-1451: A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING A COHESIVE SET OFREMOTE LABORATORIES FOR DISTRIBUTED DISTANCE-LEARNINGSETTINGSAndrew Hyder, Georgia Institute of Technology Andrew Hyder Is working on his Mechanical Engineering masters in design at Georgia Tech. He is interested in working with engineering education and how to better distance learning practices for universities and companies. While getting his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at Western Michigan University, he became involved in ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, ASME and various other organizations which he is still involved in today.Brian Post, Georgia Institute of Technology Brian Post holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from
AC 2009-1225: CALCULUS AT A DISTANCE: BRINGING ADVANCEDMATHEMATICS TO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH DISTANCELEARNINGNelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Nelson C. Baker is the Vice Provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) and a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nelson received his B.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon. His work focuses on educational learning tools and student learning, faculty usage, and assessment of these techniques for instruction and
AC 2009-1927: A SMALL-SCALE AUTOMATED WAREHOUSETayte Nelson, Oregon Institute of TechnologyJialu Xie, Oregon Institute of TechnologyJohn Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology John Anderson is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology and a registered mechanical engineer. His primary teaching and research interests are manufacturing processes, industrial controls, and manufacturing automation. He has 12 years of teaching experience in higher education, and over 20 years of experience as a mechanical engineer in industry. Prof. Anderson has been awarded two patents, has authored over 20 published technical papers, and has managed several
AC 2009-1309: ET^2 PROGRAM FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS FROMTWO-YEAR COLLEGESSurendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology “Vinnie” Gupta is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the graduate faculty of Materials Science & Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY). He is a recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching. At RIT, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Mechanics, Computational Techniques, and Materials Science.Abi Aghayere, Rochester Institute of Technology Abi Aghayere is Professor and Acting Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety at the
AC 2009-1387: INTEL: PROMOTING LEARNING AND RETENTION IN ASTATICS CLASSSue Rosser, Georgia Institute of TechnologyLaurence Jacobs, Georgia Institute of TechnologyJanet Murray, Georgia Institute of TechnologyWendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of TechnologyChristine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 14.779.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 InTEL: Promoting Learning and Retention in a Statics ClassAbstractStatics, a foundational engineering course, introduces a unique approach to problem solving,which is characterized by model-based reasoning. The major intended course outcome is forstudents to develop the ability to create and utilize free body
into 4 core categories namely, software, hardware, human-computerinteraction and networking. Further each category curriculum is divided into 4 levels: (1) Level1 (basic/system level) courses broadly include Software Engineering, SOC (System on a Chip)overview, Principles of User Interface Design, and Internet technology; (2) Level 2(intermediate/component level) courses include Object Oriented Analysis & Design (OOAD),System Level Design, Operating Systems (OS), and Computer Networking; (3) Level 3(higher/expanded level) courses could include Aspect Oriented/Extreme Programming,Computer Architecture, Modern Computer Design, OS Design, Grid Computing etc; and (4)Level 4 (detailed/micro level) courses include Data Structures &
engineering careers mayinfluence retention in this field.Literature ReviewSeveral models for engineering student success include the identity of a student as an engineer asan important factor. Adelman’s path model advocated a competitive model among STEM(science, technology, engineering and math) majors. Similar curricula are available in the firstyear of college; therefore, an engineering career may be viewed as one of several career choices.A number of factors can influence this competitive choice, including career identity.6 In theWatson & Froyd transmission model, cognitive development, occupational choice developmentand self-identity are viewed as the paired lines of a transmission line. In their model, these threefactors interact with each
. Furthermore, while writing remains an essential means ofcommunication, visual digital technologies such as video and still photography have gainedwidespread acceptance and are now ubiquitous as primary modes for communication, notablyvia web-based means. Despite recognition for the need to embrace "new media" courses thatdirectly address creativity and effective communication using such tools are not plentiful withinthe engineering curriculum. There are many competing interests that influence curriculum designthat will equip the next generation of engineers to be technically competent, competitive in theglobal economy, and effective as responsible citizens. The Association of American Collegesand Universities report College Learning for the New
/February 2008).≠ BOK2 Press Conference at National Academy of Engineering (February 2008).≠ ACEC Design Professionals Coalition (February 2008)).≠ International Mechanical Engineering Education Conference (April 2008).≠ ASEE Midwestern Section Conference (April 2008).≠ Founder Society Executive Directors (April 2008).≠ Louisiana Raise the Bar Champions (April 2008).≠ NSPE Western Zone Meeting (April 2008).≠ USACE National Technical Competency Workshop (May 2008).≠ Lawrence Technological University- Professional Advisory Council (May 2008).≠ NCEES Central & Western Zones Joint Meeting (May 2008).≠ National Civil Engineering Department Heads' Meeting (May 2008).≠ Oregon Joint Engineering Conference co-sponsored by NSPE
Technology and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University. His current research interests include mechatronics, vibrations, and engineering education. He is a member of several professional bodies, including the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).Felix Hamza-Lup, Armstrong Atlantic State University Felix Hamza-Lup is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, GA. He received his Ph. D. in Computer Science in 2004 from University of Central Florida. His current research interests include virtual environments, distributed systems, haptics
AC 2009-405: ENGINEERING EDUCATION: ORAL AND VISUALCOMMUNICATION USING ENHANCED CALIBRATED PEER REVIEWArlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles Arlene Russell is a Senior Lecturer at UCLA in both the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and in the Department of Education. She was a co-PI on the Molecular Science Project under which the Calibrated Peer ReviewTM (CPR) program was developed. Her work in science education has been recognized by awards from the New York Film and Television Association for excellence in science videotape production; the Smithsonian Institution for her educational innovation using technology, the Chemistry Manufacturing Association for her