AC 2012-3605: HMI DESIGN: AN ANALYSIS OF A GOOD DISPLAY FORSEAMLESS INTEGRATION BETWEEN USER UNDERSTANDING ANDAUTOMATIC CONTROLSProf. Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet Akram Hossain is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Ind. He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 24 years. He consults for industry on process control, packaging machinery system control, and related disciplines. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He served in IEEE/Industry Application Society for 15 years at vari- ous capacities. He served as chair of
AC 2012-4978: HUMAN-POWERED ENERGY-EFFICIENT VEHICLE DE-SIGNDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at West- ern Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from NMSU (Las Cruces). His interest includes computer appli- cations in curriculum, mechanics, MCAE, instrumentation and control, and fluid power. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME, and TAP.Dr. Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan UniversityMr. Jian Peng He, Western Michigan University Jian (Ben) He will
AC 2012-4060: IDENTIFICATION WITH ACADEMICS AND MULTIPLEIDENTITIES: COMBINING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS TO BET-TER UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCES OF MINORITY ENGINEER-ING STUDENTSMs. Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech Kelly earned her bachelor’s of science in chemical engineering from Purdue University in 2007. She earned her master’s of Science in materials science and engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Cross is currently in the second year of the engineering education Ph.D. program at Virginia Tech and is currently involved with multiple educational research projects with faculty at Virginia Tech.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of engineering education at Virginia Tech
AC 2012-3815: IMPLEMENTATION OF LOW-RESIDENCY DELIVERYOF A BSEET ARTICULATION PROGRAMProf. Pamela S. Frinzi, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityMr. Scott Larisch, Southern Polytechnic State University Page 25.731.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Implementation of Low-Residency Delivery of a BSEET Articulation Program Page 25.731.2AbstractSouthern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) has implemented a system-widearticulation with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). Thisarticulation will provide the opportunity for SPSU to offer a
AC 2012-4335: IMPLEMENTING PROBLEM-SOLVING LEARNING EN-VIRONMENTS IN A KINETICS AND HOMOGENEOUS REACTOR DE-SIGN COURSEProf. Ramirez Apud Zaira, Universidad de las Amricas Puebla Zaira Ramrez is Science, Engineering, and Technology Education Ph.D. Student at Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Mexico. She teaches ethics and development complex thinking skills related courses. Her research interests include faculty development, outcomes assessment, and creating effective learning environments.Dr. Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla Nelly Ramrez-Corona is currently a full-time professor of chemical engineering at the Chemical, Envi- ronmental, and Food Engineering Department, Universidad de las
AC 2012-5071: IMPORTANCE OF ADVISORY BOARDS IN PROGRAMDEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENTDr. Shekar Viswanathan, National University Shekar Viswanathan is the Chair and professor of the Applied Engineering Department at National Uni- versity. He has more than 30 years of academic and industry experience. Page 25.739.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Importance of Advisory Boards in Program Development and ManagementAbstractDeveloping and managing technical academic programs, successfully, has becomeincreasingly challenging in today’s fast-paced global environment. In part to help meetthese
AC 2012-4969: IMPROVING CONFIDENCE LEVEL AND PERFORMANCEOF FIRST GENERATION AND FEMALE STUDENTS USING METACOG-NITION STRATEGIESDr. Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint Quamrul Mazumder is a professor of mechanical engineering at University of Michigan, Flint. His re- search interests includes computational fluid dynamics, metacognition approaches of learning, active and experiential learning, renewable energy, and global engineering education. His teaching areas are fluid mechanics, renewable energy, introduction to engineering, and senior design. Page 25.743.1 c American
AC 2012-3517: IN SEARCH OF MEANING AND IDENTITY: AN AUTOETHNOG-RAPHY OF A GRADUATE STUDENT NAVIGATING THE FIELD OF EN-GINEERING EDUCATIONRichard J. Aleong, Queen’s University Richard Aleong is a master’s of applied science candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His research interests are in engineering design, qualitative research methodology, and teaching and learning in higher education. Page 25.756.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 In Search of Meaning and Identity: An Autoethnography of a
AC 2012-4630: INCORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES INTO ANUNDERGRADUATE CORROSION COURSEDr. Harovel G. Wheat, University of Texas, Austin Harovel G. Wheat has a B.A. in Chemistry from University of Colorado, a M.S. in metallurgy from the University of Denver, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. Wheat is a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Austin, since 1986. Page 25.763.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Incorporating Sustainability Issues into an Undergraduate Corrosion
AC 2012-5044: INJECTING THE REAL WORLD INTO THE CAPSTONEDESIGN EXPERIENCEMr. David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University A native Texan, David Kanipe attended Texas A&M University beginning in Sept. 1966, where he re- ceived a bachelor’s of science degree in aerospace engineering in May 1970, followed by an M.S. in aerospace engineering in Aug. 1971. He accepted a position with NASA at the Manned Spacecraft Cen- ter in Houston in Nov. 1972. He served as the Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center until retirement in Dec. 2010. A month after his arrival at NASA, the last Apollo mission, Apollo 17, was launched. Obviously, that was exciting
AC 2012-3326: INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM FOR ENGINEERING INHIGH SCHOOL (ICE-HS): STATUS UPDATEDr. Shamsnaz Virani, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Shamsnaz S. Virani, Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley, earned her Ph.D.in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Alabama, Huntsville. She also holds a M.S. in human factors engineering from Wright State University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from The University of Pune, India. Prior to joining Penn State, Virani worked with the Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems at the University of Texas, El Paso. She was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the
AC 2012-4868: INTEGRATING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING(BIM) IN TEACHING PROJECT SCHEDULING AND CONTROLDr. Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University Zhili (Jerry) Gao is Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Management and Engineering, North Dakota State University, Dept 2475, P.O. Box 6050/Fargo, ND 58108; Email: Jerry.Gao@ndsu.edu.Dr. Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University Charles McIntyre is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. from Penn State and is an active member of ASEE at the national and sectional levels. As an ASEE Campus Rep., he has received
AC 2012-4464: INTEGRATION OF A COMPUTATIONAL LAB SEQUENCEINTO A JUNIOR-LEVEL QUANTITATIVE PHYSIOLOGY COURSEKurt A. Thoroughman Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis Kurt A. Thoroughman, Ph.D., is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and an Associate Profes- sor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Thoroughman has joint appointments in the departments of Anatomy & Neurophysiology and Physical Therapy.Mr. Ranjan Patrick Khan, Washington University, St. Louis Department of BMEMs. Haoxin Sun, Washington University, St. LouisPatricia L. Widder, Washington University, St. Louis Patricia Widder serves as Teaching Lab Coordinator in the Biomedical Engineering
AC 2012-3642: INTRODUCING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING TO MID-DLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: TECHNIQUES THAT HELP THEMLEARN WHILE HAVING FUNDr. Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University Adeel Khalid, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering, Southern Polytechnic State University; Office: 678-915-7241; Fax: 678-915-5527; Web: http://www.spsu.edu/akhalid. Page 25.838.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Introducing Aerospace Engineering to Middle and High School Students – Techniques that help them Learn while having FunAbstractAerospace
AC 2012-4159: INTRODUCING LABORATORIES WITH SOFT PROCES-SOR CORES USING FPGAS INTO THE COMPUTER ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMProf. David Henry Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler David Hoe received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. He held a position as a Staff Engineer at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center for five years prior to assuming his current position as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Tyler, in 2008. Page 25.844.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2012-3628: MEASURING FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS’KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGI-NEERINGQu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Qu Jin is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. degree in material science and engineering from Tsinghua University in China. Her research focuses on modeling student success outcomes, which include placement, retention, academic performance, and graduation.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Director of Assessment Research for the
AC 2012-4332: ONLINE AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE UNDERGRADU-ATE PHYSICS COURSE AND LABMr. Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp. Hatem Wasfy is the President of Advanced Science and Automation Corp. (ASA), a company that special- izes in the development of online virtual learning environments, and advanced engineering simulations. He has helped design several interactive learning environments that include a CNC machining course, a centrifugal pump maintenance course, an undergraduate physics course, and a welding course. He re- ceived a B.S. (1994) and an M.S. (1996) in mechanical engineering from the American University in Cairo. Wasfy’s research interests include advanced learning systems, cavitation
AC 2012-5413: EMBRACING THE PAST: USING HISTORICAL STRUC-TURES TO TEACH ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALSRobert J. Dermody A.I.A., Roger Williams University Robert J. Dermody is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preserva- tion at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I. His background bridges the realms of architecture and engineering. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master’s of architecture degree with a concentration in structures from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dermody teaches both studios and lecture courses focusing on architectural structures and is a licensed architect in Massachusetts
AC 2010-1044: SHORT, HANDS-ON TEAM DESIGN PROJECTS IN A FRESHMANENGINEERING PHYSICS CLASSRichard Bennett, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleWill Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Page 15.1063.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Short, Hands-On Team Design Projects in aFreshman Engineering Physics ClassIntroductionOne of the challenges of a first year engineering course that integrates traditional physics contentwith an introduction to engineering design is the development of suitable design projects. Anideal project is one that is challenging, fun, requires teamwork, associated with the physicsmaterial being studied, low cost, and doable in a
AC 2010-1160: NOVICE STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES AND REMEDIES WITHTHE CONCEPTUALIZATION PHASE OF DESIGNRui (Celia) Pan, Purdue UniversityShih-Ping Kuo, Purdue UniversityJohannes Strobel, Purdue University Page 15.917.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Novice students’ difficulties and remedies with the conceptualization phase of designIntroductionConcept generation is an important phase in design26, when designers start generatingideas and develop thoughts. Concept generation is closely related with creativitydesign as designers often come up with novel ideas in this stage25.Unfortunately,previous studies reveal that student
AC 2010-1219: USING AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUMMER CAMP FOR HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS AS A UNIVERSITY OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THERECRUITMENT OF FUTURE ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A TWO YEAR STUDYRobert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University Robert W. Fletcher joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Lawrence Technological University in the summer of 2003, after two decades of continuous industrial research, product development and manufacturing experience. Dr. Fletcher earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, a Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems from Lawrence Technological University
AC 2010-126: DESIGN OF A BUNGEE LAUNCH SYSTEM TO SUPPORT AKITE-BASED LIFTING PLATFORM FOR AERIAL IMAGINGIbibia Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreChristopher Hartman, University of Maryland, Eastern ShoreJames B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Page 15.355.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Design of a Bungee Launch System to Support a Kite-Based Lifting Platform for Aerial Imaging Abstract Freshman engineering design students were given the problem of designing a bungee launch system to support a kite-based lifting platform for aerial imaging. The unique nature of the project lies in its support
of its importance for engineers working in a globalenvironment. PhD diss., Department of Educational Administration, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2010.Accessed 1/3/2014 from http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsedaddiss/35/.2 Lohmann, J. R., Rollins, H. A., & Hoey, J. J. (2006). Defining, developing and assessing global competence inengineers. European Journal of Engineering Education, 31 (1), 119-131.3 Hunter, B., White, G.P., Godbey, G., What does it mean to be globally competent? Journal of Studies inInternational Education, Vol. 10, No. 3, 267-285 (2006)4 Parkinson, A. (2009). The rationale for developing global competence. Online Journal for Global EngineeringEducation 4: 1-15.5 Parkinson, A.P. Engineering Study Abroad
highlighted through a number of awards and articles, including highlights in USA Today, Upscale, and TIME Magazine, as well as being named a MIT Technology Review top young innovator of 2003, recognized as NSBE Educator of the Year in 2009, and receiving the Georgia-Tech Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award in 2013. From 1993-2005, Dr. Howard was at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Following this, she joined Georgia Tech in July 2005 and founded the Human-Automation Systems Lab. She also served as Chair of the multidisciplinary Robotics Ph.D. program at Georgia Tech for three years from 2010-2013
., & Sullivan, J. (2007, June). Improving engineering student retention throughhands-on, team based, first-year design projects. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Research inEngineering Education.7. Stevens, R., O'Connor, K., Garrison, L., Jocuns, A., & Amos, D. M. (2008). Becoming an engineer: Toward athree dimensional view of engineering learning. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), 355-368.8. Rippon, S., Collofello, J., and Hammond, R. (2012). “OMG! That's What an Engineer Does?”: FreshmenDeveloping a Personal Identity as an Engineer. 2012 ASEE Annual Conference (AC 2012-4204). San Antonio, TX9. Dym, C. L., Agogino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., & Leifer, L. J. (2005). Engineering design thinking, teaching,and
AC 2012-4378: A NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN RENEWABLE EN-ERGYDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Ali Zilouchian is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. His recent works include the appli- cations of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) technology to transportation. In addition, he has conducted research on the applications of soft computing methodologies to industrial processes including, desalination processes, oil refineries, fuzzy control of jet engines, and fuzzy controllers for car engines for the past 25 years. He has supervised 19 Ph.D. and M.S. students to completion during the
courses or experimenting curricula, primarily at doctoral level, started to be offered bythose who were familiar with CSE ideas from their research and recognized the importance ofintegrating CSE research into education to meet the demand of computational professionals inthis emerging interdisciplinary area. Commencement of the DOE Computational ScienceGraduate Fellowship Program 13 and issuance of the President's Information TechnologyAdvisory Committee Report 14 were two of the milestones in this stage. The third stage, whichbegan in 2000 and is expected to extend to 2010, is considered as early growth 15-16. This currentand ongoing stage is going to be characterized by a number of CSE courses and curricula beingdesigned and implemented by
es oa gg ec ce a m oa he ht oa to cri d y ifi + sq p d n se d fo be gi ed tur ua se bu bu ns lig llo d ve di n re ns m m or ht w bu n st rig or p p pr bl gg pr an ht to pr av og ac
AC 2011-220: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM-MATE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS BY STUDENTS ON ENGINEER-ING DESIGN TEAMSNatalie CT Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines Natalie Van Tyne is the director of the Design Engineering Introductory Course Sequence (Design EPICS) Program at Colorado School of Mines, in which she has taught since 2002. The program provides required first- and second-year students with a foundation in the fundamental skills of engineering design: problem solving in teams, decision analysis, graphical representation, oral and written communications, and nu- merical analysis. Ms. Van Tyne holds bachelors degrees in chemical engineering and Russian language, masters degrees in chemical
AC 2011-751: GOING WITH THE FLOW IN A SERVICE LEARNINGPROJECTTim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder TIM L. BROWER is currently the Director of the CU-Boulder and Mesa State College Mechanical Engi- neering Partnership Program. He received his BS in General Engineering at Idaho State University, MS in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University and PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. Before becoming the director of the partnership two years ago, he was a Professor and Chair of the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering and Technology Department at Oregon Institute of Technology. While in Oregon, he served as the Affiliate Director for Project Lead The Way - Oregon. In