AC 2012-4699: ENHANCING LABORATORY EXPERIENCES WITH PORTABLEELECTRONICS EXPERIMENT KITSDr. Jason Yao, East Carolina University Jianchu (Jason) Yao received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005. He is currently an Associate Professor of engineering at East Carolina University. His research in- terests include wearable medical devices, elehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosig- nal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
include educational technology innovations that may facilitate learning, team-based approaches to learning, and examining trends in Page 26.1311.1 articles published in various educational journals and societies. He was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand and was named as one of the most published authors in educational psychology journals from 1991-1996, 1997-2002, 1991-2002, and 2003-2008, Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1998, 2004, 2010. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015
sustain the new development in manufacturing processes and technologies, it iscritically important that there is skilled workforce to support the industry. Prior research haspointed to a talent gap in manufacturing industry (Javdekar et al., 2016). To that end, multipleinitiatives are taking place on different levels. For example, at the industry level, many initiativesare being taken by the companies to bridge this gap, such as upskilling the current workforcethrough continuing education (Nepal et al., 2019), or partnering with an academic institution indeveloping appropriate program or curriculum (Nepal et al., 2016; Seemakula et al., 2010). At theuniversity level, besides offering academic degree programs in manufacturing or similar
AC 2012-3739: GRAND CHALLENGES DELI (DISCOVER, EXPLORE,LEARN, IMAGINE) PROJECTDr. Jane Hunter, University of Arizona Jane Hunter received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona Center for the Study of Higher Education. She holds an M.S. degree in engineering management and a B.S. degree with distinction in mechanical engineering. She is the Associate Director of the Engineering Management program at the University of Arizona and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Her areas of interest include engineering education, teaching strategies, assessment and evaluation of program objectives and learning outcomes, student teamwork and group dynamics, business and technology management, strategic and
AC 2012-4572: SPY CODE: A LEARNING MODULE LINKING NANO-TUBES RESEARCH EXPERIENCE TOProf. 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
involved. It did not take too much time awayfrom the REU students’ research activities, yet provided them with an opportunity to reach out toyounger students. It provided the REU students with an opportunity to work on theircommunication skills. By requiring the REU students to share their experiences and enthusiasmfor engineering, it reminded them of the reasons why they chose to pursue engineering or STEMdegrees in the first place. Given the positive outcomes of this experiment, it is our intention toorganize such activities in future REU program offerings.Acknowledgments:The author gratefully acknowledges the support of the National Science Foundation REUprogram NSF award # EEC-1359137 (2014-2017), award # EEC-1004915 (2010-2013) andaward # EEC
AC 2012-5345: LEVERAGING S-STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMSDr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University Mary Anderson-Rowland is the PI of an NSF STEP grant to work with five non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs two academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Profes- sor in computing, informatics, and systems design engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. Anderson-Rowland was named a top 5% teacher in the Fulton Schools of Engineering for 2009-10. She received the WEPAN Engineering
systems, it is essential to determine the optimal inverter topology sothat maximum power can be extracted. Outside of the solar panels themselves, the inverters arethe most important constituent of the solar power system as they take the DC electrical powerthat the solar panels produce and convert it into AC power before injecting it onto the grid. Thegoal of this project is to compare the performance of solar panel arrays fitted with stringinverters, DC power optimizers, and micro-inverters. Together students from both institutionsspent twelve months studying, installing, and analyzing the various inverter technologies.The result of this work is mutually beneficial to all parties involved. The university students gainpractical, hands-on
the American Chemical Society in 2016, received The Society of Plastics Engineers Education Award in 2015, and was awarded the Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics Prize for 2010.Kimberly Lambert Wingo, The University of Southern Mississippi Assoc. Director of Recruiting, Outreach & Student Programs c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporating Polymer Engineering in the ClassroomAbstractThe Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering and Computer Science Site forSustainable Polymer Engineering Research (RET) at the School of Polymers and HighPerformance Materials (SPHPM) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) providesmeaningful summer
senior member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department Heads Association (ECETDHA).Prof. Scott A Kuhl, Michigan Technological University Scott Kuhl is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Cog- nitive & Learning Sciences at Michigan Technological University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah in 2009. He has been the faculty advisor for Husky Game Develop- ment Enterprise since Spring 2010. His research interests include immersive virtual environments, head- mounted displays, and spatial perception. A link to his web page can be found
. She completed her post-doctoral work at Columbia University between 2005-2008. She joined University of Missouri-Columbia, Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor in 2008 and has moved to Stevens in 2010. She is the recipient of the 2010 NSF-CAREER award and has received several grants from NSF-DMR, -CMMI and ACS PRF. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Nanotechnology Graduate Program and the PI of the REU/RET Site program (2021-2023) at Stevens. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A New Mentoring and Undergraduate Research Experience Model between REUs and RETs at the Stevens REU/RET Site Program on Sustainable Energy and BioengineeringAbstractThe Stevens REU/RET
AC 2012-5408: A SUCCESSFUL FOUR-YEAR ACADEMIC SCHOLAR-SHIP PROGRAM FOR UPPER DIVISION ENGINEERING AND COM-PUTER SCIENCE NON-TRANSFER STUDENTS AND GRADUATE STU-DENTSDr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University Mary Anderson-Rowland is the PI of an NSF STEP grant to work with five non-metropolitan community colleges to produce more engineers, especially female and underrepresented minority engineers. She also directs two academic scholarship programs, including one for transfer students. An Associate Professor in computing, informatics, and systems design engineering, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. Anderson-Rowland was named a top
AC 2012-4169: INTERDISCIPLINARY STEM PEER-MENTORING ANDDISTANCE-BASED TEAMSBrian F Martensen, Minnesota State University Brian F. Martensen is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He began working with the NSF-supported MAX Scholar Program in 2009. His interests include inquiry-based models of instruction and ways to facilitate the transition of majors to professionals. His mathematical research is in the area of dynamical systems and topology.Dr. Deborah K. Nykanen P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato Deborah K. Nykanen is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She received her Ph.D
AC 2012-3423: SUSTAINCITY A INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITYGAME PROMOTING ENGINEERING DESIGN IN PRE-ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMDr. Ying Tang, Rowan University Ying Tang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J., in 2001. She is currently an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rowan University. Her research interests include virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and modeling and scheduling of computer- integrated systems. Tang has led or participated in several research and education projects funded by National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of
master’s degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, India in 2010. Since 2010, he has been working in the Power and Energy Devices and Systems group at Purdue University as a Ph.D. student. His main interests are in medium-to-high power electronic converters for grid-integration of renewable energy resources and other drive applications.Mr. Munadir Aziz AhmedProf. Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Iowa State University Dionysios C. Aliprantis received his Diploma in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1999 and received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2003. He is currently an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State
from Georgia State Uni- versity in 2003. Dr. Leggett-Robinson is the Principal Investigator of GPC’s $1.5 million NSF STEP grant and continues to work closely with other STEM committees. Dr. Leggett-Robinson is published in Polymer, The Journal of Undergraduate Chemical Research, Heterocyclic Communications, A Journal of Oncology and Hematology, The Chemical Educator, and the Journal of College Science Teaching. She has made numerous presentations at both national and regional scientific meetings and has been featured in in a TRIO publication (Council of Education) highlighting ”Academic All-Stars”, in the ACS publi- cation In Chemistry, in a Science Education publication from Cornell University, and twice in
AC 2012-4704: CITRUS WASTE BIOREFINERY: EFFECTS OF TEMPER-ATURE, PARTICLE SIZE REDUCTION AND LIME PRETREATMENTSON GRAPEFRUIT PROCESSING WASTE (GPW) BIOMASSMiss Nicole Lynn SearsMr. Jeffrey L. Beynon, Flour Bluff ISD Jeff Beynon is a teacher at Flour Bluff High School in the Flour Bluff ISD. He has been teaching Physics AP and Physics Pre AP-B and C for the last five years at this school. He has been teaching for nine years in the science field and has taught biology, chemistry, integrated physics and chemistry (IPC), principles of technology, physics, Physics Pre AP, Physics AP-B, and Physics AP-C. He has an A.S. in biology, B.S. in marine biology, B.S in marine geology, and more than 30 hours in graduate studies in
member at the Electrical Engineering Department of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. During the 2010/2011 academic year he was a Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow at the Institute of Communication Acoustics, Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum, Germany. His main research interests include speech signal processing, general signal theory, and time-frequency analysis. Page 24.132.1Dr. Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University Sachin Shetty is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Tennessee State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Modeling
Alpha Eta Mu Beta (AEMB) Biomedical Engineering Honor society. In 2010 he was elected National President of AEMB. He served as the interim chair of BME from 2007-2010. The primary focus of Dr McGoron’s research is drug delivery and molecular imaging, primarily for cancer, and specifically the development of multimodal drugs that simultaneously image and provide therapy. Efforts include the development of tissue or cell specific contrast agents and probes (both optical and radioactive) for noninvasive molecular imaging of cellular and tissue characterization, for monitoring toxicity, for tracking the biodistribution of known toxins and drugs, and image guided therapy. Dr McGoron is also developing tools for automatic
AC 2012-4512: EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF TRIZ EFFECTIVE-NESS IN IDEA GENERATIONDr. Noe Vargas Hernandez, University of Texas, El Paso Noe Vargas Hernandez researches creativity and innovation in engineering design. He studies ideation methods, journaling, smartpens, and other methods and technology to aid designers in improving their creativity levels. He also applies his research to the design of rehabilitation devices (in which he has various patents under process) and design for sustainability.Dr. Linda C. Schmidt, University of Maryland, College Park Linda C. Schmidt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. Schmidt earned B.S. (1989) and M.S. (1991
AC 2012-4628: FABRICATION AND TESTING OF A SIMPLE ”BIONICARM” DEMONSTRATOR WITH AN ARTIFICIAL TENDONProf. Larry D. Peel P.E., Texas A&M University, Kingsville Larry Peel received an A.S. from Snow College, in engineering, a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Utah State University, a M.S. in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University. He has taught in the area of solid mechanics, materials science, design, and manufacturing at Texas A&M University, Kingsville for the past 11 years. His research is in the area of traditional and flexible composites, morphing structures, auxetic systems, and additive manufacturing.Prof. Mohamed Abdelrahman
AC 2012-3747: NANOEXPOSED! AN INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECH-NOLOGYDr. Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University Priscilla Hill is currently an Associate Professor in the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University. She has research interests in crystallization, particle technology, popu- lation balance modeling, and process synthesis. Her teaching interests include particle technology and thermodynamics.Dr. Yaroslav Koshka, Mississippi State University Yaroslav Koshka, an Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering at Mississippi State Uni- versity, has 13 years experience in academia. Koshka’s research interests include semiconductors and nano-electronic
AC 2012-3092: NSF ATE CREATE RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTERDr. Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons Kathleen Alfano is the Director/PI of the NSF ATE CREATE Renewable Energy Center and has led the multi-college consortium CREATE (California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education) since its development in 1996-1997. She is currently a member of the National academy of Sciences Committee on the Energy and Mining Workforce. She served as a Program Director and co-lead for the ATE Program at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. in 2007-2008 and previously as Dean of Academic Computing and Professional Programs and as a faculty member at College of the Canyons. Alfano has a
AC 2012-3071: THE ROLE OF EXPOSURE TO FAILURE CASE STUD-IES ON STUDENTS’ TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH: AMIXED METHOD APPROACHProf. Joshua Gisemba Bagaka’s, Cleveland State UniversityDr. Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University Norbert J. Delatte, Jr., P.E., F.ACI, F.ASCE, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Envi- ronmental Engineering at Cleveland State University. He received his B.S. in civil engineering from The Citadel in 1984, a master’s degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from The University of Texas, Austin in 1996.Dr. Paul A. Bosela P.E., Cleveland State University
, Beijing, China, in 2006 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He worked as an analog IC designer at Texas Instruments, Dallas, between 2011 and 2012. He was a Member of Technical Staff, IC Design at Maxim Integrated, San Diego, CA, between 2012 and 2016, and a Staff Engineer at Qualcomm, Tempe, AZ, between 2016 and 2019. In 2019, he joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University, where he is currently an assistant professor and Jack H. Graham Endowed Fellow of Engineering. His research interests include power management IC design, hardware security, and energy-efficient
AC 2012-4179: REMODELING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR MOREEFFECTIVE LEARNING IN INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS CLASSESProf. Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is currently conducting research on misconceptions and
initiative is to support the development of a statewide online education systemthat, by increasing access to courses that are in high demand and required for transfer, willaccelerate and increase associate degree completion and transfer. The initial focus for the OEI isto use online education to support the courses needed for the Associate Degrees for Transfer.Numerous studies have been conducted across various disciplines to determine the effectivenessof online teaching and learning.12-24 A 2010 meta-analysis released by the US Department ofEducation, which included a systematic search for experimental or quasi-experimental studies ofthe effectiveness of online learning published in the literature from 1996 to 2008, concluded that“on average
AC 2012-3670: ENGINEERING FUTURE CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: IN-CORPORATION OF PROCESS INTENSIFICATION CONCEPTS INTOTHE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUMDr. Rebecca K. Toghiani, Mississippi State UniversityDr. Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of chemical engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan. 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She re- ceived her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Tech- nological University in 1998. Minerick’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER Award and the