Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. She also is the faculty advisor for the Material Advantage Student Professional Organization and of the Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research (JUMR). In addition to teaching the materials processing laboratories, she mentors at least one team each year in their senior capstone project. Page 14.68.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Multi-University, Interdisciplinary Senior Design Project in EngineeringAbstractA senior capstone design project is being conducted jointly by research teams at two

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ossama Elhadary

ROOT CAUSES OF CHAGE I IT PROJECTS Ossama Elhadary OELHADARY@CITYTECH.CUY.EDU 300 Jay St, Brooklyn, Y ABSTRACT In this paper the author studied 58 IT projects implemented during the period 2006 - 2007 and attempted to categorize the root causes of changes in those projects as well as identify the frequency of occurrence changes driven by each of those categories. The author also tried to discover relationships between the number of changes occurring and various project variables like project size, duration, etc. The research concluded that 22% of the projects implemented experienced at least one change and that the 2 most

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Lizabeth Schlemer; Jose Macedo

162 Teaming Multi-level Classes on Industry Projects Lizabeth Schlemer & Jose Macedo Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Cal Poly – San Luis ObispoAbstract For the past few years we experimented with teaming students from a sophomore-levelclass and a senior-level class to work on industry projects. The classes are “work design” and“facilities design.” Projects are selected to require the application of knowledge from bothdisciplines. In addition, the projects are selected from small

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jiancheng Liu

422 Laboratory Projects Introduced in Teaching Manufacturing Processes Course Jiancheng Liu, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering University of the Pacific 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211-0197 jliu@pacific.eduIntroductionMechanical engineering students should graduate with strong practical and interpersonal skills (1,2) . Manufacturing Processes is a fundamental mechanical engineering course

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maya Trotz, University of South Florida; Ken Thomas, University of South Florida

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Environmental Engineering

pollution in runofffrom the built environment and this was the theme used to frame a class project which can beexpanded to be an informal university wide awareness campaign. The University of SouthFlorida (USF) is located in an impaired, closed watershed and its four stormwater ponds andwetlands area represent approximately 6.4% of the total area. A water quality monitoringprogram for these ponds is currently not in place and this class project was designed to provide asustained way to gather that information and share with the rest of the university through theinternet on the school’s Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) chapter website. The ESWchapter recently initiated a similar program in a nearby economically disadvantaged community,East

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Czekanski, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-896: MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDENT TEAM PARTNERS WITHWATER FOR PEOPLE TO ASSESS WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS INGUATEMALAAdam Czekanski, United States Military Academy ADAM J. CZEKANSKI is an instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He teaches introductory courses in environmental science, environmental engineering, and hydrogeology. Mr. Czekanski’s academic and research interests include engineering education and drinking water treatment in developing nations. Mr. Czekanski is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

, Northeastern UniversityAbstractCommunity partnerships comprise a core aspect of the Engineers Without Borders–USA (EWB-USA) mission. Since its inception in 2000 as a single chapter at the University of Colorado atBoulder, EWB-USA has grown to incorporate well over 250 chapters working with communitiesin 43 developing countries. This is largely through the efforts of young engineering students andtheir mentors. The overarching mission of EWB is primarily to provide support for communitiesin the developing world, by applying a broad range of engineering principles to generatesustainable solutions in challenging settings. Examples of a few past projects are water sanitationsystems, solar electrification, and compost sites converting waste into usable

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-797: FORMING A CULTURE OF ENGINEERING: UNDERGRADUATERESEARCH PROJECTS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRYJim Chamberlain, Clemson University Jim is a PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. His dissertation research is quantifying the climate change effects of growing switchgrass as a monoculture for biofuels production. Jim received a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M and an M.S. in Environmental Systems Engineering from Clemson University. After completing his degree, he worked for 12 years as a consulting engineer in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for a variety of government and commercial clients. In 2006, Jim taught environmental chemistry at Spring Hill

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Redekopp, University of Southern California; Cauligi Raghavendra, University of Southern California; Allan Weber, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Therese Wilbur, University of Southern California

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

courses. In engineering, capstone designcourses were natural candidates and the embedded system design course within the Ming HsiehDepartment of Electrical Engineering was selected for the pilot program. On the business side,the marketing department created a follow-on practicum course to its “New ProductDevelopment and Branding” theory course. Run once in spring 2008, the program is runningagain in spring 2009, with a third collaborator in the Roski School of Fine Arts. The “AdvancedDesign Projects” provides product design, packaging, and artistic input and expertise. Thefollowing sections summary the approach to teaching these courses along with lessons learnedthroughout the pilot experience.3. ApproachInterdisciplinary engineering capstone

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Mary McCormick, Tufts University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-1839: ABET OUTCOMES VIA PROJECT-BASED SERVICE LEARNINGATTRIBUTES: ASSESSMENT VIA SUCCESSFUL INTELLIGENCEChris Swan, Tufts University Dr. Swan is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Tufts University. His current interests relate to service learning in engineering education, the reuse of recovered or recyclable materials, and sustainable construction.Mary McCormick, Tufts University Ms. McCormick graduated from Tufts University with a MSCE in 2008. Her masters research focused on the use of service learning in engineering education. She currently works as a geotechnical engineer with GEI Consultants, Inc. in Woburn, MA

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-1908: A KICKING MECHANISM FOR A SOCCER-PLAYING ROBOT: AMULTIDISCIPLINARY SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTYanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort WayneJiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 14.35.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Kicking Mechanism for a Soccer Playing Robot – a Multidisciplinary Senior Design ProjectAbstractThis paper describes a multidisciplinary capstone senior design project that involves the design,build and test stages1. It is a two-semester project that was conducted by five senior students inthe Department of Engineering at Indiana University - Purdue

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarel Lavy, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

spreadover a number of disciplines, among them engineering, architecture, management, business, andconstruction. This paper presents a case study of a project completed by teams of undergraduateand graduate students in the courses “Specialty Capstone” and “Introduction to FacilityManagement,” offered by a large university in the US in the spring 2008 semester.Facility management, if well-organized and well-structured, has the potential to not only improvethe physical performance and appearance of a building and its systems, but also to increase theusers’ level of satisfaction, and to improve the efficiency with which buildings are maintained,operated, and managed along their service lives. These two courses offered students anopportunity to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

which cover identified. The content is then presented epistemic professional in terms of sequences of problems. discourses.PBL PedagogiesThe acronym PBL, unfortunately, encompasses both project and problem-based learningpedagogies. In order to avoid confusion it is important to distinguish between these twolearning approaches. Project-based learning is concerned with the application of existingknowledge to new situations which leads to the acquisition of practical skills. Problem-basedlearning requires the acquisition of knowledge to address a particular problem. In reality thereis an overlap between both project and problem based learning.Both PBL approaches have some commonality because they both

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the team members’ individual reflective journals. This component also required student oral presentations in weeks 4 and 12. Table 6. Problems allocated to student team Project title 1 Energy and Environmental Audit and Assessment of various fuels and mixture of fuels operating at various and efficiencies and excess air. Fuels in question are: Methanol; Methane; Propane; Butane; Butane-propane mixtures; and Ethanol-octane mixtures. 2 An environmental assessment and LCA (life cycle assessment) of three selected bio- degradable polymers 3 Examination of the feasibility of production of ethanol, methanol and diesels from

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia; Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia; Ozdemir Gol, University of South Australia; Jan Machotka, University of South Australia

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-784: A PROJECT-BASED LABORATORY FOR A COMMONFIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING COURSEZorica Nedic, University of South Australia Zorica Nedic received her MESc degree in electrical engineering, specializing in electronics, from the University of Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. She obtained her ME in electrical engineering (control) in 1997 from the University of South Australia (UniSA), Adelaide, Australia. She worked for six years as a design engineer at the Institute Mihajlo Pupin in Belgrade. Since 1991, she has been working as a lecturer in electrical engineering at the UniSA. She is currently studying for her PhD degree at the UniSA in the field of modeling biological vision.Andrew

Conference Session

Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Weicong Pan, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Edward Varnado, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-1788: PROJECT DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS USINGUNIVERSAL DESIGN LEARNING (UDL)Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Saeed Sean Monemi is currently a Professor and Graduate Program Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, CA (Cal Poly Pomona). He is teaching a broad range of Undergraduate and Graduate level courses in electrical and computer engineering. His research areas are: Algorithms and Complex Computations, Energy Management Environments, Operating Systems, Software Engineering and Robotics. Before that, Dr. Monemi was Senior Associate Research Professor and Research Scientist at

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Bret Swan, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

AC 2009-1802: ATYPICAL SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTS: THE PROCESS ISTHE PRODUCTC. Richard Helps, Brigham Young UniversityBret Swan, Brigham Young University Page 14.266.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009
 






Atypical Senior Capstone Projects: The Process is the ProductAbstractSenior capstone projects in Engineering and Technology disciplines teach students valuableskills in design, teamwork, project management and related skills. Almost always these learningobjectives are achieved through student teams building a working prototype or simulation of aproduct or system. However there are other ways that students can exercise their technical designskills

Conference Session

Space Systems Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Knudtson, Saint Louis University; Nicholas Freed, Saint Louis University; David Zidar, Saint Louis University; Michael Dunning, Saint Louis University; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

AC 2009-1818: PERSEUS LAUNCH VEHICLE: STUDENT-DESIGNEDAEROSPACE ENGINEERING SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTPeter Knudtson, Saint Louis UniversityNicholas Freed, Saint Louis UniversityDavid Zidar, Saint Louis UniversityMichael Dunning, Saint Louis UniversitySanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University Page 14.953.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Perseus Launch Vehicle: An Aerospace Engineering Senior Capstone Project Nick Freed1 Peter Knudtson2 David Zidar3 Michael Dunning4 Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 63103Abstract At the beginning of the Fall 2008/2009 school year, a group of four

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Ferguson, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Paul Weber, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

disciplineshave a sound understanding of energy issues as they design their systems. Such facets includenot only conversion technology, but also resource availability, energy delivery, policy,reliability, and short and long-term financial, social, and environmental costs.This paper will describe class projects in energy conversion that attempt to raise awareness inthese areas, and do so with respect to a diverse group of senior and graduate engineeringstudents. For the projects, students chose a conversion technology primarily for electric powergeneration, wrote a paper outlining why they supported or opposed its implementation, and thenpresented their research to their peers. Meanwhile, the entire class was split up into groups ofshort and long term

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Electrical and Computer ET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grant Richards, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1976: A STUDENT-SELECTED TEAM-BASED CAPSTONE PROJECT INRF COMMUNICATIONSGrant Richards, Purdue University Grant Richards is a doctoral candidate in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He currently serves as a graduate instructor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department. His research interests include pedagogy supporting math\physics constructs, visualization tools and RF electronics.John Denton, Purdue University John Denton is an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology in the Purdue University, College of Technology in West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University

Conference Session

Robots in Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-1982: MASTERY PROJECTS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE ROBOTSTUDY TEAM: A CASE STUDYDavid Ahlgren, Trinity College David J. Ahlgren is Karl W. Hallden Professor of Engineering at Trinity College. He holds the B.S. from Trinity College, M.S. from Tulane University, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His professional interests include semiconductor electronics, simulation and modeling, and educational robotics.Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Igor M. Verner is Associate Professor at the Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Mathematics from the

Conference Session

Integrating Design into the BME Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Tyler Lark, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

Curriculum for Support of BME Design ProjectsAbstractOur Biomedical Engineering (BME) Department requires the undergraduate students to take adesign course every semester beginning in their first semester sophomore year for six sequentialcourses. The students do client-based design projects in teams, wherein they apply theknowledge they learned in various classes to real-world problems. The design projects arediverse and often require fabrication and technical skills they have previously encountered intheir coursework. A supplemental training curriculum was created by the more experiencedstudents who act as Student Facilitators (SFs) to specifically to meet the needs of the BMEstudents for their design projects. A similar

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Becky Hammack, Stillwater Middle School; Beth Watt, Stillwater Middle School; Julie Thomas, Oklahoma State University; Adrienne Redmond, Oklahoma State University; Pat Jordan; Jean Dockers, Oklahoma State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1247: A MIDDLE-SCHOOL PROJECT FOR SCIENCE AND MATHENHANCEMENT THROUGH ENGINEERINGKaren High, Oklahoma State University KAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991 from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main technical research interests are Sustainable Process Design, Industrial Catalysis, and Multicriteria Decision Making. Her engineering education activities include enhancing mathematics, communication skills, critical thinking and creativity in engineering students and teaching science

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Linda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Stiber, University of Washington, Bothell; Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico; Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University; Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Harvey Thornburg, Arizona State University

AC 2009-1269: THE JAVA-DSP PHASE 3 PROJECT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARYMULTIUNIVERSITY EFFORTAndreas Spanias, Arizona State UniversityLinda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins UniversityMichael Stiber, University of Washington, BothellCajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M UniversityMarios Pattichis, University of New MexicoCostas Pattichis, University of CyprusEd Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyKarthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State UniversityShalin Mehta, Arizona State UniversityRaja Ayyanar, Arizona State University Rajapandian Ayyanar joined the ASU faculty as an assistant professor in August 2000. He received a BE in electrical engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, India in 1989; an MS in power electronics from the

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University; Danny Eddy, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-1335: A MICROPROCESSOR-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECTFOR AN INTEGRATED FRESHMAN CURRICULUMMichael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech UniversityDavis Harbour, Louisiana Tech UniversityHisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech UniversityDanny Eddy, Louisiana Tech University Page 14.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Microprocessor-Based Control System Project for Integrated Freshman CurriculumAbstractA project has been developed and implemented in which the temperature and salinity arecontrolled in a small volume of water which is circulated using a small pump. A conductivitysensor measures salinity, and a Resistance Temperature Device (RTD

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Lidon, University of Zaragoza; RUBEN REBOLLAR, University of Zaragoza; Palle Qvist, Aalborg University; Juan Luis Cano, University of Zaragoza

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-1337: TEAM WORK AND DEMOCRATIC LEARNING IN PROJECTMANAGEMENT TRAININGIvan Lidon, University of Zaragoza MSc from the Engineering Faculty of Zaragoza University. He has worked as assistant at the Design and Manufacturing Engineering Department of the University of Zaragoza since 2004. His current interests are project management and product development areas.RUBEN REBOLLAR, University of Zaragoza MSc and Doctor from the Engineering Faculty of University of Zaragoza.. He is Associate Professor in the Design and Manufacturing Department at this university In his present academic career he is focused on teaching and researching in the areas of project management and product

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Joseph A. Morgan has over 20 years of military and industry experience in electronics and telecommunications systems engineering. He joined the Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department in 1989 and has served as the Program Director of the Electronics and Telecommunications Programs and as the Associate Department Head for Operations. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering (1975) from California State University, Sacramento, and his MS (1980) and DE (1983) degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His education and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development.Wei Zhan

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clara Fang, University of Hartford

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Civil Engineering

AC 2009-1643: COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROJECT LEARNING IN CIVILENGINEERING COURSESClara Fang, University of Hartford Page 14.342.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Community-based Service Project Learning into Civil Engineering CoursesAbstractThis paper describes and analyzes the experience of implementing community-based serviceproject learning into civil engineering undergraduate courses at the University of Hartford, andconsiders the evidence of the impact of such learning on students and community organizations.The paper begins by discussing how such a learning module has been developed and analyzesthe

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Christopher Pung, Grand Valley State University

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Information Systems

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

). Page 14.341.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Communication Systems Laboratory Projects Featuring Interactive Simulation and VisualizationAbstractEngineering communication systems courses rely heavily on mathematical descriptions that canbe difficult for students to quickly grasp. Hands-on laboratory projects and interactive simulationare two well-established methods to help students develop an intuitive understanding of aknowledge domain. Constructing a tangible physical system helps students connect themathematically-expressed concepts to something real. Moreover, building an interactivesimulation fosters intuition, provided the simulation itself can be constructed quickly andefficiently.We