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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

resource to supplies and additional information: http://www.rmit.edu.au/departments/ch/rmpc/Biographical Information:Dr. JOHN ALLEN MARSHALL taught senior high school prior to receiving his Ph.D. fromTexas A&M University. He has seventeen years of university teaching experience, andis currently the Coordinator of the Power and Energy curriculum and laboratories as wellas the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department ofTechnology. Page 4.383.4

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1999 Annual Conference

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David A. Sabatini

training.”Sabbatical leave policies typically allow a faculty person to take a sabbatical every sevenyears of service. Generally the sabbatical can be taken for one semester with full pay or twosemesters with half pay. Faculty are typically encouraged to take a sabbatical at a remotesite. A variety of settings are possible including industry, a government research laboratory, Page 4.397.1an international university or another university in the U.S. On occasion faculty remain attheir home university for a sabbatical leave. During this time they will typically schedulenumerous trips.A two-semester sabbatical typically requires external funding for

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1999 Annual Conference

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Suzanne D. Bilbeisi; Camille F. DeYong

,architecture and technology, all of which provided participants with a basic understanding of theissues that professionals in these fields face in terms of ethics, environment, energyconservation, safety, and societal concerns.In addition to increasing the high school students’ awareness of engineering and relateddisciplines, the academies provided hands-on laboratory, problem-solving and teamworkexperiences as well an exposure to college life. A career guidance module designed to help theyoung women understand the professional opportunities available in the fields of architecture,engineering, and technology was offered to help them make informed career decisions.Computer, technical, and communication skills were also addressed. Furthermore, the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile

Session 2634 TEACHING MODAL ANALYSIS - A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS AND MULTIMEDIA IS BETTER YET! Dr. Peter Avitabile Modal Analysis and Controls Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts USAAbstractTeaching complex concepts related to modal analysis (both analytical and experimental topics)to undergraduate students can be quite difficult. The student must be familiar with a wide rangeof different subjects - some of which he has

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Stice

has some observations which should be added to the mix. Last year, Karl Smith told us about the development of cooperative learning. One of thestrengths of that technique is team-building, which involves training students to function asteams with the requirement that group members feel a sense of positive interdependence andindividual accountability. They need to be trained in the process to develop the requisite socialskills, the ability to engage in group processing, and the knowledge of how to deal withcontroversy. It turns out that groups of students have been used in laboratory courses andsenior design projects for decades before cooperative learning arrived on the scene--not,perhaps, very effectively, but the idea was there

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary P. Langenfeld; David Wells

development,laboratories, technical conferences -- sources of continuing learning -- retain the image offrills or extras or perquisites, something done when there are funds not needed for somethingimportant. While some of this shortfall may be attributed to the short-term thinking characteristic of thetypical corporation, other -- perhaps more fundamental -- reasons may be equally influential.Even casual observers of education -- i.e., structured learning -- quickly note that wecommonly and pervasively think about learning as having definite starting and ending points.From kindergarten through graduate school, the language applied to education and learning isbounded by beginnings and completions. The lexicon reflects a built-up chasm betweenlearning

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Walsh; Ismail I. Orabi

Data Acquisition Systems into Undergraduate Instrumentation Laboratories, 1992 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Toledo, Ohio, 1992Biographical InformationSEAN WALSH, is currently pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University ofNew Haven, and has received a B.S. in Biology from Bucknell University. At the University ofConnecticut Health Center in Farmington, he investigated potassium currents in and around eyelenses, and performed tissue cultures to study cataract formation.ISMAIL I. ORABI, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven. Hereceived his Ph.D. from Clarkson University, and his MS degree from the State University ofNew York and B.S. from Cairo Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda M. Head; Zenaida O. Keil; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan

workshop cost was $50,056. Major expensesfor the workshop included salaries for participating faculty and student mentors, stipends forparticipants, travel, supplies, information dissemination and food. While the main goal of theworkshop was to establish a program for middle school outreach, there were a number ofimportant objectives.The overall objectives of the AWE workshop were to:1. Recruit talented, economically disadvantaged preferably minority female students for a two week summer workshop at Rowan University,2. Expose selected students to laboratory and field experiences directly related to the practice and profession of engineering,3. Provide direction, motivation, support and encouragement for students to pursue carriers in science

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

perspective and development and interpretation of workingdrawings.4030 Descriptive Geometry. Principles of projection, including reference system (thegraphical method of solving solid analytic geometry problems).4234 Machine and Tool Design. Study and application of the principles of machine andtool design. Students will be required to complete designs and drawings of machines,tools, fixtures, gauges, automated clamping devices, and piercing and forming dies.4503. Laboratory Problems: Design and Drafting Independent study, which provides theopportunity to gain further expertise in a particular area of design and drafting.4504. Laboratory Problems: Graphic Communication. Independent study of concepts,processes, tools, and materials in the field of

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh M. Sbenaty

“laboratory” instruments. In fact, an automated transformer-oil gas analysis system (TOGA) hasbeen developed for laboratory applications using a static headspace sampler and a capillary gaschromatograph15. With recent advancements in spectroscopy and vacuum systems, mass spectrometers havebecome increasingly compact, reliable, and sensitive16. They are now simpler to operate andmaintain and can be easily automated17. They have recently gained wide recognition from theindustry where they are used in process control and elemental analysis18.THE QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER A mass spectrometer is an instrument that produces a stream of ions from the sample beinganalyzed, separates the ions into a spectrum according to their mass-to-charge ratios

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard S. Marleau; John Bollinger; Jeffrey Schowalter

the south end of this park-like area stands a dynamic piece of art, the Maquina, consisting of apair of what many of us see as large calipers standing the order of 25 ft. high and wide, whichinclude several arrays-of-nozzles and individual nozzles each fed through electrically controlledvalves. A photograph of this sculpture is presented in Figure 1. Figure 1 UW College of Engineering Maquina FountainThis structure and support equipment has become a very tantalizing and productive laboratoryenvironment in which our students carry out a wide range of design and development projects.From the original conception through construction completion, Dean John Bollinger saw thisfacility as a hands-on laboratory for the students and

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson University; Brian Machmer, Clemson University

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Civil Engineering

ratio in the loosest state (emax) of 0.811 and a void ratio of the soil in thedensest state (emin) of 0.492. Poorly graded sand is more susceptible to liquefaction, since thesand grains pack more loosely than well-graded sand. The gradation curve shown in Figure 2was determined through sieve analysis. The specific gravity was determined using the procedurein the laboratory manual5. The maximum void ratio was determined in accordance with ASTMTest Designation D-4253 (2004). Sand was poured loosely into a mold with a volume of 2830cm3 from a funnel with a 12.7 mm diameter spout. The average height of the sand fall into themold was maintained at approximately 25.4 mm. The minimum void ratio was determined byplacing oven-dried sand into the same

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Wei PAN, Idaho State University

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Electrical and Computer

IEEE Education Society. Dr. Pan is director of the ON-VLSI Page 15.509.1 Laboratory, Idaho State University.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancing Electromagnetics Instruction Using MATLAB and MATHCADAbstractMATLAB and MATHCAD can be very useful tools for use in electromagnetics courses. Theycan be used as demonstration tools to clarify important concepts, or for numerical analysis ofproblems that are difficult or impossible to solve analytically. MATLAB can serve as thestudents’ home laboratory, helping to develop their practical understanding of

Conference Session

Including Engineering Economy in All Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leland Blank, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Economy

techniques of engineering economicsin a small number of classes or laboratory sessions, with possibly some material in therequired senior-level design course. This approach meets the accreditation requirement;however, it does little to adequately prepare graduates to be economically-minded as theyenter the engineering workforce.The purpose of the panel discussion is to develop innovative, plausible approaches toincluding the most important concepts and topics of engineering economics in allengineering curricula in such a fashion that faculty might accept them as a primaryknowledge base, even in the face of these external pressures.Following a brief stage-setting introduction and potential discussion questions/topics bythe moderator, the session will

Conference Session

Research in Biomedical Pedagogy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Rae Papich; Christian James Kennett, Gannon University; Davide Piovesan, Gannon University

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Biomedical

. Page 24.956.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Open-source software in Biomedical Education: from tracking to modeling movementsProject OverviewA curriculum in biomedical engineering requires a set of laboratory experiences which allowstudents to familiarize with a number of medical equipment and simulation software that arecommonly used in the health care industry. Typically, engineering tools such as force plates,electromyography (EMG), and motion capture systems are used to acquire subjects’ data to beused as input for simulation software, so to characterize human movement performance.Movement analysis is a topic of extreme importance to be presented to the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sabrina Grossman, CEISMC: Georgia Tech; Jessica D. Gale; Beth A. Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing; Brian Douglas Gane, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jayma Koval, Georgia Tech, CEISMC; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

worked as a faculty member of the Biology Department and was Director of the elementary school outreach program in the Office of Science Teaching at Florida State University (FSU). In her 21-year career she has worked with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the National Park Service as a science educator and researcher and has been executive director of multiple non-profit environmental organizations. This experience has given Beth a strong background in grant writing, partnership building, laboratory research, teaching across K-12 and adults, as well as program development and curriculum writing.Miss Nancy Anna Newsome, Georgia Tech - Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Com-puting

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

/ Laboratory) Retrospection Reflection Examination (Co-op Experience) Figure 1 Instructional Model of UnLectureMethodsImplementation of UnLecture in an engineering classroom requires meticulous assessment ofseveral aspects of the course. First, class time and student workload for existing traditionallecture modules and other course components such as laboratory projects need to be re-evaluatedin order to make time for the UnLecture activities. This is important because UnLecture requiresa reasonable amount of time and work, both inside and outside of the classroom. An UnLecturerelated to a certain topic is typically held after that topic is covered in a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

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Instrumentation

. He served as chair of manufacturing Systems Development Applications Department of IEEE/IAS. He authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. In 2009 he as PI received NSF-CCLI grant entitled A Mechatronics Curriculum and Packaging Automation Laboratory Facility. In 2010 he as Co-PI received NSF-ATE grant entitled Meeting Workforce Needs for Mechatron- ics Technicians. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen-powered automotive. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer

Conference Session

Implementing Transfer, Exchange, Research Programs and Professional Development; in Asia and Far East

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott I. Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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International

7000m2 (75,000sf) of laboratory space.The University of Dayton (UD) 3 was founded by the Society of Mary (the Marianists) in 1850.It has evolved from a boarding school for boys into a top-tier national, private university and oneof the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation. The University of Dayton has over 7300 full-time undergraduate students, over 3000 graduate students, and 508 full-time faculty.The University of Dayton School of Engineering has 1827 undergraduate students, 68 full-timefaculty, and over 100,000sf of laboratory space. The School has undergraduate programs inChemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Technology

Conference Session

First-Year and Experiential Learning for Women Engineers

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorne S. Joseph, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Lydia Q Prendergast, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

undergraduate STEMmajors.The Douglass Residential College undergraduate research program at Rutgers University knownas the SUPER Research Experience serves close to 100 women each spring semester includes arecent curriculum update of the introductory research course. This unique course features anactive learning classroom element which includes workshops, hands-on laboratory experiments,and laboratory techniques. Additionally, students benefit from the support of the courseinstructor, near-peer mentor, and a five (5) hour per week lab shadowing experience with aresearch faculty advisor.Over 70% of the students in the course participate in the 10-week guided summer researchopportunity. The summer component of the research experience includes continued

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahdi Yazdanpour, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

ABET accreditation requirements and program educational objectives. The courseintegrates a series of structured laboratory experiments that focus on key concepts such as time-domain and frequency-domain analysis, signal processing, frequency response and filtering, andsystem modeling. These hands-on labs, involving circuit analysis, RLC filters, op-amp circuits,audio boosters, volume unit meters, and timing circuits, aim to enhance students' practical skillswhile reinforcing their theoretical knowledge. The course culminates in a comprehensive finalproject, where students integrate their skills to design and implement a multi-functional signalprocessing system. By engaging in these activities, students develop competencies in problem-solving

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); April Cheung, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

this facility. Currently, thesmart manufacturing laboratory is in the planning stages, and there is a lack of relevantexamples to guide faculty in incorporating these technologies into their courses, resultingin slow adoption. This project seeks to develop interdisciplinary examples to effectivelyincorporate smart manufacturing into existing courses and maximize the utilization of theSmart Labs across SoET.To support this initiative, two faculty members have conducted several seminars in twoconsecutive semesters to help the faculties. Participants will receive innovative teachingmaterials aligned with various instructional modalities. They will also be guided inadapting lab modules to include smart manufacturing equipment. Additionally

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Lisa Shatz

active learners,and, in written evaluations, were very positive about this activity. In 2008, one of our teamsplaced as a finalist for a design of a watch that monitors vital signs, winning $1000 and theopportunity to meet with venture capitalists to discuss bringing their product to marketbeating out more than 200 other entries.This class gave students the opportunity to develop other important engineering skills. Otherassignments include the design of an original experiment, and summarizing talks given byvisits from a Suffolk alumnus of the department who works at Canon Design Inc and a groupleader from a local defense laboratory. They also explored the ethical consequences ofengineering decisions in an assignment on the Space Shuttle

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ketul B Shah; Aritra Ghosh; Md Naim Hossain; Young Lee

application available that can be used in medical Figure 1.projects [3]. J-DSP application is designed for educationalpurpose [4]. This application is used in the laboratories for The blocks are used to construct this architectureteaching Digital Signal Processing to students. with the aim to provide some logical divisions of the In case of environmental studies, now-a-days many resources in the system. The architecture organizes availableapplications are being developed in the market to study resources into the following blocks: sensors, mobile devices,environmental factors. One of them is used to measure web server and

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

David O. Kazmer

retention and success. Having taught the required first semester course “Introduction toEngineering I” for several years, it was believed that student success could best be improved by increasing thestudent’s self-efficacy through improved faculty instruction. Accordingly, a studio model for engineering educationwas proposed (see figure, next page) in which “lecture” and “recitations” would be taught within an “InventionFactory” providing the most common capabilities for realization of engineering concepts. The underlying goal wasto replace a significant amount of lecture content with direct student-led inquiry in the context of engineering designand analysis. The resulting proposal called for approximately 6,000 square feet of laboratories with a

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Michael Geselowitz; John Vardalas

different historical contexts.Rather than require students to write the standard history term paper, we assigned a term projectto study the relationship of design to performance in ancient naval vessels in the Aegean. Thestudents were challenged to make connections between their hands-on experiences and the largerhistorical and geographic contexts. In other words, interdisciplinary, experiential learning wasapplied not to the technical component of engineering education, but to the societal contextcomponent. The preliminary results were encouraging. Plans are underway to adjust and re-offer the course, and to disseminate it more broadly.KeywordsHistory, society, laboratory, engineering, educationBackgroundAs the authors have discussed previously1

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Frank Sanchez; Cheng Chen

the MDOF into multiple SDOFs. It is demonstrated that modal analysis has potentialfor reliability assessment of RTHS involving multiple experimental substructures. Thecomputational study presented herein exemplifies engaging engineering student into advancedearthquake engineering research to solve a real practical problem. The integration with seniordesign project provides an exploration for undergraduate institutions such as San Francisco StateUniversity to recruit and involve motivated engineering students into research and to preparethem for advanced degrees.IntroductionExperiments are critical for structural hazard mitigation. However, traditional seismicexperiments could be very expensive and are often constrained by limited laboratory

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Norali Pernalete; Shima Hajimirza

problemswhile facilitating communication with different specialists in a team. As one of the leading collegesof engineering, our mission is to link theory and practice via our learning-by-doing philosophy.To be in alignment with this mission, students in both areas of engineering technology can take atechnical elective course in robotics and applications during their senior year. In this course, theylearn the basic principles of the science of manipulation along with basic control of roboticmanipulators. In the laboratory portion of the course, they work in interdisciplinary teams andbuild a robotic manipulator with the interface to teleoperate it by using a haptic device. They applythe system for specific tasks of activities of daily living (such as

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robert Hood; Mark Jacobs; James Masi; Kayla McCaffrey

were observed in a wind tunnel by using the transparent, the flow patterns are invisible without flowflow visualization methods of smoke and Schlieren photography. The visualization methods such as surface flow visualization,wind tunnel was constructed to have at least double the test section particle tracer visualization, and optical visualization. Surfacearea of the current fluid mechanics laboratory wind tunnel and was flow visualization utilizes oil or tufts applied to the surface ofable to achieve a wind velocity range from 5mph to 25mph. This the model. As the air flows over the model, the flow patternspaper is a summary of 3 projects performed by the authors at USM. can be observed. The use of smoke in

Conference Session

Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imran Parvez, Texas A&M University at Qatar ; Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Marwa AbdelGawad, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

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Student Division (STDT)

this multidisciplinary team.Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar Osama Desouky is a Technical Laboratory coordinator at Texas A&M University in Qatar. Osama is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station. He is responsible for assisting with experimental method courses, 3D printing, mechanics of materials, material science, senior design projects, and advanced materials classes. Osama’s professional interests include manufacturing technology, materials science, 3D printing, experiments, and product design,Dr. Marwa AbdelGawad, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Marwa AbdelGawad joined Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) as an