AC 2010-553: REVIVING AN ASEE STUDENT CHAPTER: TAKING A STUDENTCHAPTER FROM DORMANT TO ACTIVEAustin Talley, University of Texas, Austin Austin Talley is a graduate student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin, a Cockrell Fellow, and a licensed Professional Engineer. His research focus is in design methodology with Universal Design and engineering education. He has received his B.S. from Texas A&M University and M.S.E. from The University of Texas at Austin. Contact: Austin@talleyweb.comJason Albert, University of Texas, Austin Page 15.1043.1
AC 2010-1154: MOTIVATING EFFECTIVE PEER REVIEW WITH EXTRACREDIT AND LEADERBOARDSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia.Abhishek Gummadi, North Carolina State University Abhishek Gummadi, agummad@ncsu.edu, is a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. He is working on a masters thesis on the role of game mechanics
following both groups were instructed to manuallyreproduce the detail drawing. Instruction was not a factor in this experiment.The results of this study will provide faculty with an understanding of the relativebenefit of having students complete freehand drawings as part of their lectureclasses. Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova UniversityIntroductionSince the time of Confucius (born 551 BC) educators have known that while “seeing isremembering, doing is understanding.” More recently it has been shown that the majority ofstudents are visual learners2, yet instructors should present the course content in the mode(visual, auditory or kinesthetic) that best suits the subject matter rather than the
AC 2010-677: A GREEN TECHNOLOGY COURSE IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGEPaul Chanley, Northern Essex Community CollegeMichael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community CollegeLinda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community CollegeLori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College Page 15.36.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Green Technology Course in a Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes a Green Technology course taught for the first time in 2009 and two briefsummer bridge programs offered at a community college in 2008 and 2009.The summer bridge programs were organized around the theme of the generation of electricityfrom renewable sources and provided an
AC 2010-223: ENHANCING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN AMULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSERocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University Rocio Alba-Flores received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tulane University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology at Georgia Southern University. Her main areas of interest include control systems, robotics, digital systems, microprocessors, and signal and image processing.Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Page 15.517.1© American Society for Engineering Education
AC 2010-1987: STUDENT SURVEYS OF COURSE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:IMPROVING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTSteven Walk, Old Dominion University Steven R. Walk, PE, is Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He recently was head of the Center for Technology Forecasting, and Director of the Maritime-Aerospace Liaison and Technology Development Center, at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine. His research interests include high voltage electromagnetic phenomena, energy conversion systems, technology management, and technological change and social forecasting. Mr. Walk is owner and founder of Technology Intelligence, a management consulting
AC 2010-241: PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW CAN ENGINEERING ECONOMYCONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES BE INCLUDED IN ALL ENGINEERINGCURRICULA?Leland Blank, Texas A&M University Leland Blank, PhD, PE, is Dean Emeritus of Engineering at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, and Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. While serving at AUS, all undergraduate and graduate programs were accredited by UAE and US agencies, including full ABET accreditation. Lee is currently a Visiting Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar in Doha. He is a Past President and Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He has served higher
AC 2010-876: CIRCUITS CONCEPT INVENTORIES: A COMPARATIVEANALYSISDeepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette Deepika Sangam is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. She holds a M.S. degree from University of Maryland, College Park and B.E. from University of Mysore, India in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests are in the areas of teaching/learning of electrical engineering conceptsBrent Jesiek, Purdue University Brent Jesiek is assistant professor in Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Dr. Jesiek holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and
AC 2010-240: ROLE AND PLACE OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING MATERIALSIN AN UNDERGRADUATE INTRODUCTORY ECE CLASS FOR NON-MAJORSSergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sergey N. Makarov (M’98–SM’06) earned his B.S./M.S./Ph.D./Dr. Sci. degrees at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University, Russian Federation – Department of Mathematics and Mechanics where he became a professor in 1996 – the youngest full professor of the Faculty. In 2000 he joined the Faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA where he became a professor and director of the Center for Electromagnetic Modeling and Design at WPI in 2008. His current areas of interest
AC 2010-1151: DAILY COURSE EVALUATION WITH GOOGLE FORMSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia. Page 15.340.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Daily Course Evaluation with Google FormsAbstractStudent course evaluation has become a fixture of
AC 2010-2347: UPGRADE OF A SUCCESSFUL UNDERGRADUATE ENERGYPROJECT IN A REMOTE WILDERNESS LOCATIONHerbert Hess, University of Idaho Herb Hess received the PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1993. He then joined the University of Idaho where he is Professor of Electrical Engineering. His work is in power electronic converters, great and small, alternative energy systems, power quality, energy storage electronics, and on-chip designs of energy management systems. In ASEE, he is currently Chair of the ECE Division and is past chair of the ECCD Division. Page 15.1302.1© American
is a summary of the applications of coaching techniques in a senior design class. Finally, theresults from using this methodology in a senior design class are discussed. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 208Review of LiteratureThe advantages of PBL for students learning are many1. Students learn to work on teams, they are ableto see the culmination of a larger problem than they could have done alone, and they often achieve betterdesign solutions.Most engineering schools use team based
AC 2010-524: ADAPTATION OF A COMMERCIAL UPS SYSTEM FOR ENERGYSYSTEMS EDUCATIONChristopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, HarrisburgPeter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Page 15.122.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Adaptation of a Commercial UPS System for Energy Systems EducationAbstractUninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems have become a critical component in themonitoring and safeguarding of electrical networks. Having continuous power has been anecessity in data centers for years, but has since extended into protection of businesses and otheressential facilities. For this reason, research efforts have focused on the
AC 2010-1304: AN APPLICATION-BASED APPROACH TO INTRODUCINGMICROCONTROLLERS TO FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSWarren Rosen, Drexel University Dr. Warren A. Rosen received his Ph.D. in physics from Temple University in 1978. Between 1978 and 1985 Dr. 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 Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division in Warminster, PA where he established an optical communications laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. In 1996 Dr
AC 2010-529: STUDENTS TAILOR A PRACTICAL WEB CONTENTMANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ANDCOORDINATION AMONG INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAMS OF INDUSTRY,GOVERNMENT, AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERSMatthew Huff, University of IdahoEdward William, University of IdahoVishu Gupta, University of IdahoHerbert Hess, University of Idaho Page 15.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Students Tailor a Practical Web Content Management System forEffective Communication and Coordination Among Integrated Project Teams of Industry, Government, and Academic ResearchersIntroductionTo develop a State of Charge Indicator (SOCI), a team of industry, government, and
AC 2010-2033: FACULTY IMPRESSIONS OF SERVICE LEARNING INENGINEERING EDUCATIONKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityColleen O'Holleran, Engineers Without Borders-USA Chapter Relations Manager, EWB-USACathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders Page 15.577.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Faculty Impressions of Service Learning in Engineering Education1. BackgroundIn many quarters, engineering education has only recently discovered the contributions oflearning through service1,2,3,4. This awareness has often come obliquely with some of the mostengaging service opportunities originating outside academia. In the past decade many service-oriented
AC 2010-1232: DEVELOPMENT OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR ATECHNOLOGY PROGRAMFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Renewable Energy Course for a Technology ProgramAbstractEnergy systems play a critical role in everyday life and are an important part of engineering. Theacademic, business, and industry fields have been seriously pursuing renewable energy systemsadvantageous to their needs. Students graduating from engineering and technology programs areinvolved in buying, managing, and trading alternative energies during their careers as part
AC 2010-1256: STUDENTS BUILT EDUCATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGYTRAINING UNITSFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.1131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student-Built Renewable Energy Training UnitAbstractEnergy is one of the major building blocks of modern society. Understanding energy meansunderstanding energy resources and their limitations, as well as the environmental consequencesof their use. When preparing students for their future careers, real world training is a plus duringtheir education. Renewable energy training units are very important for the hands-on laboratorysections of energy
AC 2010-417: AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF A COMMERCIAL GAMEENGINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SOFTWAREHussain Alafaireet, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyJennifer Leopold, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.148.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Page 15.148.2 ! ∀# !∃ % #! % &&!∋ % (∋) ∋ )!∗&% % (% #% ! #∋ % ! ∀%+ ,∀− % ∀!&% .#∋ .%, ∋ ( ..∋#!% /&∀ % 0+ ∀ (. % #! % %!. ∋ ( ∋ %− % #!∗) .%, &(! . ) %) )∀) %#! %− ∋!∗ 0, − #% ( ∋ %+ ) . ∋!% % ∋%! ∀ ∀∗ &∋% . % #!%) #! %− . %∀ !! ∀% (1
AC 2010-1802: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO COURSES ACROSS THEENGINEERING CURRICULUM: A FACULTY WORKSHOP MODELStephen Hoffmann, Purdue University, West LafayetteInez Hua, Purdue UniversityErnest Blatchley, Purdue UniversityLoring Nies, Purdue University Page 15.773.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Sustainability into Courses Across the Engineering Curriculum: A Faculty Workshop ModelAbstract:The incorporation of the concepts of sustainability into all engineering projects will be a criticalchallenge for future engineers. All projects, not simply those that are obviously environmental inscope, are subject to
AC 2010-598: A CONSUMER AND LABORATORY DEVICES APPROACH TOTEACHING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF BIOELECTRICITYJames Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University JAMES D. SWEENEY is Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1988 and 1983, respectively, and his Sc.B. Engineering degree (Biomedical Engineering) from Brown University in 1979. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
AC 2010-393: FORCE BALANCE DESIGN FOR EDUCATIONAL WIND TUNNELSMartin Morris, Bradley University Martin Morris is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He worked for 10 years at McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis. His research interests include instrumentation, measurement techniques, and flow visualization techniques. His background includes extensive work in both internal and external compressible flows.He has also worked on pressure- and temperature-sensitive paints.Scott Post, Bradley University Scott Post is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He previously taught at Michigan Technological University
AC 2010-957: BRINGING OUT THE BEST FROM THE ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTS THROUGH A SENIOR PROJECT COURSEStephen Frempong, State University of New York Page 15.242.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Bringing out the best from Engineering Technology students through a capstone (project) course at SUNY CantonAbstract:The capstone (project) course in the Electrical EngineeringTechnology program was developed four years ago at the StateUniversity of New York at Canton is making a big difference inour senior students. This paper will discuss a more hands-onsenior capstone course that gives the student an opportunity tothink, research, design, construct
AC 2010-1605: ET CONTRIBUTION TO UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUMTHROUGH A COURSE ON SUSTAINABILITYAnoop Desai, Georgia Southern University Dr. Anoop Desai received his BS degree in Production Engineering from the University of Bombay in 1999, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from The University of Cincinnati in 2002 and 2006. His main research interests are in Product Lifecycle Management, Design for the Environment, Total Quality Management including tools for Six Sigma and Ergonomics. In addition to teaching ET courses in these fields, he is an instructor and co-developer of the core course described in the paper.Phil Waldrop, Georgia Southern University Phillip S. Waldrop
aircraft and space flight hardware as the Air Force B1 and B2bombers, the Lockheed L-1011 airliner, the North American Aviation X-15, the Space Shuttle,the Space Ship One/White Knight, the world’s largest liquid rocket engine (Rocketdyne F-1), andmany others. As a result of the development, assembly, and test activities conducted in thisregion, industry is dominated by engineering disciplines at all degree levels. Regions adjacent to Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education
AC 2010-646: DESIGNING ROBOTIC SYSTEMS: PREPARATION FOR ANINTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE EXPERIENCEWilliam Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. William R. Michalson is a Professor in the ECE Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he performs research and teaches in the areas of navigation, communications and computer system design. He supervises the WPI Center for Advanced Integrated Radio Navigation (CAIRN) where he is developing a Public Safety Integration Center focused on the integration of communications, navigation and information technologies for public safety applications. His research focuses on the development, test, and evaluation of systems for both
AC 2010-407: OVERCOMING THE CURRENT CHALLENGES OF PROMOTINGAND ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL OPTIONS WITHIN ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONKatherine Tront, Virginia Tech Katherine is the Graduate Assistant in the Office of International Programs in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She is currently enrolled in the Masters of Business Administration Program. As a Graduate Assistant, Katherine provides support to the signature program in the College of Engineering, the Rising Sophomore Abroad Program, while also assisting the Office of International Programs with various other duties.Jeanna Stewart, Virginia Tech Jeanna Stewart is the Assistant Director of International Programs in the College of
the laboratory structure designed to foster team work was found to becounterproductive to the students' abilities to retain and utilize basic laboratory instrumentationfor routine laboratory measurements. This study evaluated the laboratory skills and knowledgeacquired by students who worked in two member teams and contrasted those attributes for the Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2students who worked individually on the weekly laboratory assignments during the semester.The results indicated a significant improvement in the ability to retain and apply laboratory
AC 2010-951: PROPOSAL ADVICE: EXPERIENTIAL ADVICE FOCUSED FORNEW FACULTYAdrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University having recently moved from Mississippi State University, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her PhD and M.S. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. At Tech, Adrienne has taught Advanced Kinetics. At MSU, she taught graduate Chem Eng Math, Process Controls, Intro to Chem Eng Freshman Seminar, Heat Transfer, and Analytical Microdevice Technology courses. She is an NSF CAREER Awardee and was the faculty advisor for MSU’s
AC 2010-1180: TEACHING LAPLACE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEM ANALYSISWITH VARIOUS ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS IN MECHANICALENGINEERING PROGRAMJean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central DR. JEAN JIANG is currently with the College of Engineering and Technology at Purdue University North Central, Westville, Indiana. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1992. Her principal technical areas are in digital signal processing, adaptive signal processing, and control systems. She has published a number of papers in these areas. She has co-authored two textbooks: Fundamentals of Analog and Digital Signal Processing, Second Edition, AuthorHouse, 2008, and