Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Timothy J. Annesley; David P. Miller

diverse set of projects than is typically found inrobotics classes; many of which may concentrate on building towards a single task.11.1 Class StructureIn order to best understand the function of the course it’s first necessary to outline the structureof the course. Enrollment for the course was capped at 30 due to lab size and Teaching Assistantlimitations. Each week, the entire class met once for a 50-minute lecture then, again, in groupsof 15 for a 110-minute laboratory session. Each group of 15 was then divided into teams of 3.The teams worked together for the duration of the semester. The idea behind teamwork is to An earlier version of this paper appeared in the proceedings for the Global Conference on Educational RoboticsJuly 2008

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

XAn ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern Xengineering tools necessary for engineering practice.The knowledge, skills, abilities, and characteristics that will X Xpermit students to develop as successful leaders in the CoastGuard.An ability to perform basic laboratory procedures in civil Xengineering (environmental area).A broad base of knowledge in civil engineering X X(environmental).In choosing and developing future service-learning projects, the impact on outcome achievementand the overall needs of the curriculum as identified through assessment will be considered.Additional efforts will be made to

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

investigation of cognitive learning within the engineering profession is rather new, it hasbeen accepted by other fields of education with the most notable being the study of medicine. Untilrecently, the four-year medical school experience centered around lecture and laboratory work, somewhatsimilar to engineering education, with clinical work occurring primarily during the fourth year. Todaymany medical schools include clinical experience early in the medical school experience because studentshave demonstrated a better grasp of material when they are concurrently studying in “traditional” coursesand experience greater cognitive learning through the combination of clinical (problem-based learning)and lecture activities.1 A similar inclusion of

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

ankle motions are similar to the natural motions of thehuman ankle. In the lab, students will analyze the stresses in the inner sockets of rigid and mobile ankles(applying compressive and flexural loading) using the material testing system (MTS) available in theMechanics of Materials Laboratory at Mercer University. 8References[1] Scott M., Ankle Anatomy, Family Practice Notebook.com, 2008[2] Muilenburg, A.L., and Wilson, Jr., A. B., A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees, 1996 Retrieved July 14, 2007 from http://www.oandp.com/resources/patientinfo/manuals/7.htm.[3] Yachigusa R., Wandering Around Martial Arts, Samurai, A

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mir M. Atiqullah

laboratory for fabrication of the panels. Bibliography 1. Callister Jr., William D., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,” 7th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007. 2. Schwartz, M.M., “Composite Materials handbook,” McGraw-Hill Inc. New York, 1984. 3. Reihart, T.J. et al., editors, “Engineered Materials Handbook Volume I Composites,” ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1987. 4. Gdoutos, E.E., Pilakoutas, K. and Rodopoulos, C.A., Editors, “Failure Analysis of Industrial Composite Materials,” McGraw-Hill, 2000. 5. Mallick, P.K., “Fiber-Reinforced Composites: materials, manufacturing, and design,” CRC Press

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

presentations. All three were involved inevaluating the presentations, and every project was awarded either an “A-” or an “A” based onquality of presentation and technical depth. The evaluators all felt that in general the studentswere very enthusiastic, had put in a high degree of effort, and had digested a significant amountof information.A laboratory segment was included to provide the student a greater insight and understanding ofthe electrical engineering principles and concepts that are at the foundation of RFID technology.Due to a limited inventory of hardware and software in spring 2007 the lab experiments consistedof a set of demonstrations rather than a hands-on exercise. Since then a sufficient inventory oftags and readers have been obtained

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

Inclusion. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.[23] Morell, L. Women in Engineering. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.Biographical InformationDr. Elif Kongar received her BS degree from the Industrial Engineering Department of Yildiz TechnicalUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1995. In June 1997, she received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering fromthe same university where, she was awarded full scholarship for graduate studies in the USA. She obtained herPh.D. degree in June 2003. She has been a research associate in the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing(LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

, Tianjin and Qingdao and proposebuilding design criteria for athlete housing facilities to address these hazards.8. Analyze and recommend techniques that allow large populations of people to communicatesimultaneously during the event.4This competition is an excellent venue to bring students that excel in various subject areas together inmulti-disciplinary teams to develop solutions to applied engineering problems. Field Trips to the UniversityAs a component of the partnership, it is important to bring middle and high school students onto theUniversity campus to experience first-hand engineering and science activities and laboratories. In thisrespect, trips have been arranged or are in the planning stages for several collaborative

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

commercial fire alarm system (multiple units – one per group –connected across the design laboratory to a master monitoring panel) is evaluated and then the individualalarm units disassembled to reveal their sensors (temperature and optical smoke sensors which relatenicely to sensors used in the course). Stakeholder requirements for the alarm system are considered andthen the 4th total design stage is introduced, namely Operational Scenarios, in which context diagramsand use case scenarios are developed. This requires a collection of scenarios to be established, one ormore for each group of stakeholders for the particular phase of the life cycle – only the first design phaseis considered in Freshman year. Each scenario addresses one way a particular

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

familiarized to Second Life and were asked to get an avatar. Thenight of the session was the first night that most students had spent any time in Second Life. The sessionwas conducted in the ISE computer lab at Ohio University. Three teams of students (ranging from 2-4students for a total of 10 students) participated in the project. The teams were arranged in rows and weregiven a color designation (Team Red, Team Blue and Team Green). Each student had the opportunity toaccess a written set of instructions and a glossary of statistical terms that were presented electronically.As soon as everyone appeared in the virtual Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at OhioUniversity, the game began. Students went to their respective carrel to start the game

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

presentations. All three were involved inevaluating the presentations, and every project was awarded either an “A-” or an “A” based onquality of presentation and technical depth. The evaluators all felt that in general the studentswere very enthusiastic, had put in a high degree of effort, and had digested a significant amountof information.A laboratory segment was included to provide the student a greater insight and understanding ofthe electrical engineering principles and concepts that are at the foundation of RFID technology.Due to a limited inventory of hardware and software in spring 2007 the lab experiments consistedof a set of demonstrations rather than a hands-on exercise. Since then a sufficient inventory oftags and readers have been obtained

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

investigation of cognitive learning within the engineering profession is rather new, it hasbeen accepted by other fields of education with the most notable being the study of medicine. Untilrecently, the four-year medical school experience centered around lecture and laboratory work, somewhatsimilar to engineering education, with clinical work occurring primarily during the fourth year. Todaymany medical schools include clinical experience early in the medical school experience because studentshave demonstrated a better grasp of material when they are concurrently studying in “traditional” coursesand experience greater cognitive learning through the combination of clinical (problem-based learning)and lecture activities.1 A similar inclusion of

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

Inclusion. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.[23] Morell, L. Women in Engineering. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.Biographical InformationDr. Elif Kongar received her BS degree from the Industrial Engineering Department of Yildiz TechnicalUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1995. In June 1997, she received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering fromthe same university where, she was awarded full scholarship for graduate studies in the USA. She obtained herPh.D. degree in June 2003. She has been a research associate in the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing(LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Syed S. Rizvi; Aasia Riasat; Muhammad S. Rashid

that can ensure the availably of required FB into the RH.References[1] Andre DeHon, “Reconfigurable Architectures for General-Purpose Computing,” A.I. Technical Report, No. 1586, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, 1996.[2] Hartej Singh, Ming-Hau Lee, Guangming Lu, Fadi J, Kurdahi, and Nader Bagherzadeh, ”MorphoSys: An Integrated Reconfigurable System for Data Parallel Computation-Intensive Applications,” Transactions on Computers, Vol. 49, Issue 5, pp. 465 – 481, May 2000.[3] T. J. Callahan, J. R. Kouser, and J. Wawrzynek, “The GARP Architecture and C Compiler,” IEEE Computer, Vol. 33, Issue. 4, pp: 62 – 69, April 2000.[4] Y. Chou, P. Pillai, H. Schmit, and J. P. Shen, “Pipe-Rench Implementation of the Instruction Path

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

ankle motions are similar to the natural motions of thehuman ankle. In the lab, students will analyze the stresses in the inner sockets of rigid and mobile ankles(applying compressive and flexural loading) using the material testing system (MTS) available in theMechanics of Materials Laboratory at Mercer University. 8References[1] Scott M., Ankle Anatomy, Family Practice Notebook.com, 2008[2] Muilenburg, A.L., and Wilson, Jr., A. B., A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees, 1996 Retrieved July 14, 2007 from http://www.oandp.com/resources/patientinfo/manuals/7.htm.[3] Yachigusa R., Wandering Around Martial Arts, Samurai, A

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

investigation of cognitive learning within the engineering profession is rather new, it hasbeen accepted by other fields of education with the most notable being the study of medicine. Untilrecently, the four-year medical school experience centered around lecture and laboratory work, somewhatsimilar to engineering education, with clinical work occurring primarily during the fourth year. Todaymany medical schools include clinical experience early in the medical school experience because studentshave demonstrated a better grasp of material when they are concurrently studying in “traditional” coursesand experience greater cognitive learning through the combination of clinical (problem-based learning)and lecture activities.1 A similar inclusion of

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

ankle motions are similar to the natural motions of thehuman ankle. In the lab, students will analyze the stresses in the inner sockets of rigid and mobile ankles(applying compressive and flexural loading) using the material testing system (MTS) available in theMechanics of Materials Laboratory at Mercer University. 8References[1] Scott M., Ankle Anatomy, Family Practice Notebook.com, 2008[2] Muilenburg, A.L., and Wilson, Jr., A. B., A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees, 1996 Retrieved July 14, 2007 from http://www.oandp.com/resources/patientinfo/manuals/7.htm.[3] Yachigusa R., Wandering Around Martial Arts, Samurai, A

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Mir M. Atiqullah

laboratory for fabrication of the panels. Bibliography 1. Callister Jr., William D., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,” 7th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007. 2. Schwartz, M.M., “Composite Materials handbook,” McGraw-Hill Inc. New York, 1984. 3. Reihart, T.J. et al., editors, “Engineered Materials Handbook Volume I Composites,” ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1987. 4. Gdoutos, E.E., Pilakoutas, K. and Rodopoulos, C.A., Editors, “Failure Analysis of Industrial Composite Materials,” McGraw-Hill, 2000. 5. Mallick, P.K., “Fiber-Reinforced Composites: materials, manufacturing, and design,” CRC Press

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

presentations. All three were involved inevaluating the presentations, and every project was awarded either an “A-” or an “A” based onquality of presentation and technical depth. The evaluators all felt that in general the studentswere very enthusiastic, had put in a high degree of effort, and had digested a significant amountof information.A laboratory segment was included to provide the student a greater insight and understanding ofthe electrical engineering principles and concepts that are at the foundation of RFID technology.Due to a limited inventory of hardware and software in spring 2007 the lab experiments consistedof a set of demonstrations rather than a hands-on exercise. Since then a sufficient inventory oftags and readers have been obtained

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

Inclusion. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.[23] Morell, L. Women in Engineering. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.Biographical InformationDr. Elif Kongar received her BS degree from the Industrial Engineering Department of Yildiz TechnicalUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1995. In June 1997, she received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering fromthe same university where, she was awarded full scholarship for graduate studies in the USA. She obtained herPh.D. degree in June 2003. She has been a research associate in the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing(LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

, Tianjin and Qingdao and proposebuilding design criteria for athlete housing facilities to address these hazards.8. Analyze and recommend techniques that allow large populations of people to communicatesimultaneously during the event.4This competition is an excellent venue to bring students that excel in various subject areas together inmulti-disciplinary teams to develop solutions to applied engineering problems. Field Trips to the UniversityAs a component of the partnership, it is important to bring middle and high school students onto theUniversity campus to experience first-hand engineering and science activities and laboratories. In thisrespect, trips have been arranged or are in the planning stages for several collaborative

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

, Tianjin and Qingdao and proposebuilding design criteria for athlete housing facilities to address these hazards.8. Analyze and recommend techniques that allow large populations of people to communicatesimultaneously during the event.4This competition is an excellent venue to bring students that excel in various subject areas together inmulti-disciplinary teams to develop solutions to applied engineering problems. Field Trips to the UniversityAs a component of the partnership, it is important to bring middle and high school students onto theUniversity campus to experience first-hand engineering and science activities and laboratories. In thisrespect, trips have been arranged or are in the planning stages for several collaborative

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

commercial fire alarm system (multiple units – one per group –connected across the design laboratory to a master monitoring panel) is evaluated and then the individualalarm units disassembled to reveal their sensors (temperature and optical smoke sensors which relatenicely to sensors used in the course). Stakeholder requirements for the alarm system are considered andthen the 4th total design stage is introduced, namely Operational Scenarios, in which context diagramsand use case scenarios are developed. This requires a collection of scenarios to be established, one ormore for each group of stakeholders for the particular phase of the life cycle – only the first design phaseis considered in Freshman year. Each scenario addresses one way a particular

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mir M. Atiqullah

laboratory for fabrication of the panels. Bibliography 1. Callister Jr., William D., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,” 7th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007. 2. Schwartz, M.M., “Composite Materials handbook,” McGraw-Hill Inc. New York, 1984. 3. Reihart, T.J. et al., editors, “Engineered Materials Handbook Volume I Composites,” ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1987. 4. Gdoutos, E.E., Pilakoutas, K. and Rodopoulos, C.A., Editors, “Failure Analysis of Industrial Composite Materials,” McGraw-Hill, 2000. 5. Mallick, P.K., “Fiber-Reinforced Composites: materials, manufacturing, and design,” CRC Press

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

familiarized to Second Life and were asked to get an avatar. Thenight of the session was the first night that most students had spent any time in Second Life. The sessionwas conducted in the ISE computer lab at Ohio University. Three teams of students (ranging from 2-4students for a total of 10 students) participated in the project. The teams were arranged in rows and weregiven a color designation (Team Red, Team Blue and Team Green). Each student had the opportunity toaccess a written set of instructions and a glossary of statistical terms that were presented electronically.As soon as everyone appeared in the virtual Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at OhioUniversity, the game began. Students went to their respective carrel to start the game

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

XAn ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern Xengineering tools necessary for engineering practice.The knowledge, skills, abilities, and characteristics that will X Xpermit students to develop as successful leaders in the CoastGuard.An ability to perform basic laboratory procedures in civil Xengineering (environmental area).A broad base of knowledge in civil engineering X X(environmental).In choosing and developing future service-learning projects, the impact on outcome achievementand the overall needs of the curriculum as identified through assessment will be considered.Additional efforts will be made to

Conference Session

BME Courses & Curricular Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; David Gatchell, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Expertise Abbott Laboratories Biomaterials AstraZeneca Biomechanics Baxter Healthcare Bioinformatics Boston Scientific Bioinstrumentation Cardiodynamics BioMEMS Cleveland Medical Devices Biotransport Page 13.981.4 Datasciences, International Cellular Biomechanics Dentigenix, Inc. Computational Modeling Table 2 continued Companies

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Gail Gotham, SLL BOCES; James Carroll, Clarkson University; Peter Turner, Clarkson University; Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

them establish a benchmark for their current pedagogical approaches and strive tomove into a higher quadrant.Specific Program ComponentsThere are numerous programs and program components within our Partnership. A few examplesare described here to illustrate the breadth of both the approaches used and the STEM disciplinesaddressed.Teacher Training through STEM InstitutesThe optimal partnership involves teachers partnering with working scientists, mathematicians,and engineers, who have sophisticated equipment in laboratory work space, computing facilitiesand other resources of higher education. Well-designed 30-hour Summer Institutes provide a“hands-on”, project-based environment to improve teachers’ content knowledge throughapplication

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Gary Felder, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

mandatory for students identified bythe above criteria.II. IN THE CLASSROOMThe class met for six hours a day for five consecutive days during the last week of August. All11 students attended each session and arrived on time and were actively engaged throughout theentire class time. Prof. Glenn Ellis from the Picker Engineering Program was the lead instructorin the course. Dr. Catherine McCune, Director of the Quantitative Learner Center (QLC), alsoled a two-hour session and was present for much of the class time. Two Smith engineeringstudents—Shannon Comiskey (a junior) and Briana Tomboulian (a senior)—provided additionalassistance in the classroom. Hands-on activities and laboratories, group-learning experiencesand class discussion were the

Conference Session

Engineering and Math Potpouri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S.K. Sen, Florida Institute of Technology; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

has 58 systems. In Asia, Japan leads with20 systems, Taiwan has 11, China 10 and India 9 [18]. The No. 1 position goes to the BlueGene/L System, a joint development of IBM and theUS Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) andinstalled at DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. AlthoughBlueGene/L has been in the No. 1 position since November 2004, the current system is muchfaster at 478.2 teraflops compared to 280.6 teraflops six months ago before its upgrade. BlueGene/P system installed in Germany at the Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) is in theNo. 2 position with the processing speed of 167.3 teraflops while the No. 3 system is at the