Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

more complex problems in at least three civil engineering disciplines 3. demonstrate relevant skills associated with contemporary civil engineering practice including written and oral communication, computer proficiency, appropriate engineering laboratory techniques, and teamwork 4. explain by way of several examples the societal context of civil engineering practice including the importance of civil engineering works to society and contemporary issues from at least three civil engineering disciplines 5. explain basic concepts in management, business, and public policy 6. explain the professional and ethical responsibilities of engineering practice including the significance of licensure and the

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Maria Elsner, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Nicole Natho, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Christian Schroeder, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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Women in Engineering

that the high relevance of practical courses and projects in these modules,the extensive access to laboratories and independent experimenting, the possibility of a broadchoice and the internship are of special interests for our female students.Aims of the programEconomics and society have a growing demand for interdisciplinary educated graduates with abroad scientific knowledge. Interdisciplinary, both application and research-oriented programs asdeveloped at Berlin Institute of Technology focus on teaching methods and basics of computersciences, mathematics and natural sciences. They aim at providing a basis for the development ofcomprehensive knowledge about scientific methods which are complemented by choices offurther technical and non

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

. A construction of knowledgethrough meaningful activities, reflected in socio-constructivist ideas, rather then acquisitionthrough transmission in formal instruction, became important for deeper conceptual knowledgedevelopment, and scientific inquiry became an integral part of the learning sciences.Our instructional module should be effective in improving students learning based uponeducational theories such as multiple intelligences and constructivism. The unit provides alearning environment based on several principles of Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory. Avariety of learning activities are included, such as discussions that promote student–studentinteractions, group projects that allow for creative elements and laboratory

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

collect similar data. Fourth, an emphasis on using the data outside of the classroom needs tobe expanded and emphasized in future studies. Fifth, students in graphics courses should be Page 13.1203.12surveyed concerning their preferred formats of instruction (traditional lecture/laboratory, hybridstructure, or total distance education as learning environments). Since some students taking thissurvey were in hybrid course (on-line lectures and face-to-face laboratory), but the majority werein traditional lecture/laboratory, all formats of instruction were considered equal on all levelswith student interest. Finally, the survey needs to be conducted

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Uluagac; Douglas Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

International Conference Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2001.7. P.S. Hong, D.V. Anderson, D.B. Williams, J.R. Jackson, T.P. Barnwell, M.H. Hayes, R.W. Schafer, and J.D. Echard, “DSP for Practicing Engineers: A case study in internet course delivery,” IEEE Trans. on Education, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 301-310, August 2004.8. LabVIEW User Manual, http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/320999b.pdf9. LabVIEW Run-time Engine, http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/485010. NI Speedy-33 User Manual, http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/104061C41B6A2362862570460052AEE911. Sharon Gannot and Vadim Avrin, "A Simulink© and Texas Instruments C6713® based Digital Signal Processing Laboratory", The European

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

which I had no previous knowledge • Ability to take on projects and tasks just outside of my comfort zone • Programming skills • Interconnectedness of research - no one person can move a discipline forward without the input, help, and support of the team they work with • Importance of networking • The ability to identify logistical problems and solve them to avoid delays. • Database search and laboratory etiquette • Friendships, dedication, and compromise • Self-motivation • Working with various high tech tools and equipment • Sensitive to time frame/deadlines • Improving time management skills • I learned what it takes to be a scientist or an engineer

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; James Maneval, Bucknell University; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Michael Hanyak, Bucknell University; William Snyder, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

would be sufficiently flexible to work with other processesshould the project change in the future. While this was not known at the time, buildingthis flexibility into the projects from the start enabled the highly flexible designenvironment currently used.In the Spring 2000 implementation of Senior Design, one of three course projects wasdevoted to paper-only design of the soap plant that could be built in the existing unitoperations laboratory space. Based upon their work, and continued work by Dr. Manevaland Hanyak, the department faculty were convinced that switching second semesterdesign to the practical process would be a good idea.From Spring 2001 to 2003, the course model switched entirely to practicalimplementation of different aspects

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Jerry K. Keska; Heechan Shin

and sent to theremote user as they are being measured in the laboratory. With the ability to control theexperimental instruments remotely, equipment can be operated and the data acquired and analyzedvia TCP/IP network. IntroductionThe recent developments in the Internet and the introduction of the World-Wide Web (WWW)have enabled the remote access opportunities to real world equipment with the availability and thecapabilities of these new communication facilities, combined with the generalization of computeruse for data acquisition, control of real processes and the incorporation of the two-phase flow weboperable experiment, students can run the experiment from anywhere in the world anytime usingTCP/IP

Conference Session

Mobile Robots in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Reed, Louisiana Tech University; Taylor Creekbaum, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew Elliott, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

set up in a lecture / laboratory formatand meet twice a week for 1 hour and 50 minutes. These three engineering courses add up to sixsemester hours and span the entire freshman year.The “original” freshman engineering course sequence between 1998 and the spring of 2007included engineering fundamentals (circuits, material balance and statics), computer applications(Excel, Mathcad and Solid Edge), statistics, engineering economics, teamwork, communicationskills, and a design project. The students did most of their work in teams, including homeworkproblems, laboratory activities and presentations. The freshman year culminated in a designcompetition between student teams.In 2002, the College began to pilot a robotics-centered set of freshman

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mark Allie, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Thad Welch, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

developed a software pack-age tailored to the TMS320C6711 and TMS320C6713 DSK (DSP Starter Kit). The 6713 DSKis shown in Fig. 1. After several years of experience with our original winDSK program for theTMS320C31 DSK, the new winDSK6 software package is greatly improved and more capable,and takes full advantage of the higher performance DSKs. The winDSK6 program is a WindowsVista/XP/2000 application that provides an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), and ensuresthat the first experience with the DSK is a positive and motivating one. This software makes theDSK hardware much more accessible to new users, and facilitates easy-to-use, ready-made class-room and laboratory demonstrations. For simplicity, all application software and DSK code

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vijay Renganathan, Institute of International Education; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University

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International

, Poland, and Slovakia). The fellowship Page 13.731.8supports laboratory research that aids the student in their pursuit of their advanceddegrees. As a benefit of this program, selected students who are unable to find anappropriate host will be aided in placement by IIE’s European office in Budapest,Hungary. CESRI Fellows are expected to arrive in Budapest for a one-weekorientation to Central Europe, and then end their internship with a two-day debriefingsession sharing results.BenefitsMany of the benefits of a graduate summer internship stem from the fact that it takesplace during the summer. Students are not expected to interrupt ongoing academicwork, or

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lynn Rathbun, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

partnership of 13 university-based laboratories supported by the NSF. The NNIN alsohas extensive education outreach programs for the K-gray population. One such program is ourNNIN Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). NNIN has a strong commitment to thebroader mission of nanotechnology education, knowledge transfer, and outreach for the nation.Since 1997, NNIN (and its predecessor NNUN) has conducted a network wide, multi-site REUprogram. Between 40 and 80 students participate annually in the NNIN REU and over 500undergraduates having completed this summer research program. We have several years’ worthof evaluation results from annual surveys which we use to modify the program and to measurethe impact of our program on career choices. The

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

than in high school? How do you feel about the quality of instruction in the program? Do you feel comfortable with your instructors? Do you feel comfortable interacting with them in small groups, or in a one-on-one situation? Where do you learn the most? In class? In laboratory? When working individually? When working on your own? In tutorials? What do you find particularly challenging about learning from a lecture? Do you find that learning is more independently-driven than when you were in high school? How do you feel about assessment in university? Is there anything else you’d like to add about the challenges in transitioning from high school to university?After

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Hildebrand, Lake Superior State University; Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University; Steve Bryan, Continental Automotive Systems

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

wasconsciously built-in; of course, this has the benefit of bolstering enrollment in thesecourses.4.3 Course Content & ObjectivesTable 3 lists, for each of the component courses of the two options presented above, theinstructional formats, i.e., respective weekly lecture and laboratory hours allocated, andthe specific course objectives (as tracked in the course assessment schemes). Page 14.1345.6 5 Table 3. Instructional Format & Course Objectives of the ElectivesEGME240 Assembly Modeling & GD&T

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Chirag Parikh, Grand Valley State University; Andrew Sterian, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

development positions in industry. From 1991 to 2002, he was a Staff Engineer with Tellabs, Naperville, IL. Additionally, in 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories, Naperville; from 1988 to 1991, he was with R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Lisle, IL; and from 1985 to 1986, he was with Zenith Electronics, Glenview, IL. His interests include adaptive filtering, speech enhancement, wireless and wireline communications, and engineering education. Dr. Dunne is a member of the IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu and ASEE. Chirag Parikh, Grand Valley State University Chirag Parikh is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Dominick Fazarro, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

construction tools, willbe used to construct a demonstration house in the second phase of the project. The Computermodels of the house and self powered furniture and appliances are being designed usingComputer Aided Design and Drafting software tools by the Design Development major studentslocated in the _____ Building. The Electronics lab have been upgraded by purchasing newdevices, computers, and design/simulation software packages for the purpose of this project. Theupgrade will especially support the second phase of the project. Students majoring in Electronicswould use equipments in the electronics laboratory located in the _____ Building for theelectrical design, development, wiring, and testing of the electrical components prior tointegration

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Multiple Intelligences (MI) proposed in1983 by Howard Gardner 5, 6 ; their relation to student evaluations is described later in the paper.Kotys et al. 7 studied impact of interactivity in the engineering classroom on student performanceand attitudes in course the Manufacturing Processes and Systems, a required senior level coursein mechanical engineering. Their approach to creating different levels of active learning was touse different levels of interactions that take place in classroom and laboratory. The three levelsof interaction used were: low-level interactivity, mid-level interactivity, and high-levelinteractivity, corresponding respectively to the following types of personal interaction: learner-teacher, learner-content and learner

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Montanez, Freescale Semiconductor; Michael Norman, Freescale Semiconductor

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

trendcontinues, the learning curve for tomorrows’ engineers grows steeper and the gap betweendesigning embedded systems in industry and teaching embedded systems development at auniversity widens. Educators are therefore challenged to adapt to advances in embedded systemswhile maintaining courseware that is broken into simple building blocks capable of maintainingcontinuity along the growth path. This requires a rich hands-on curriculum that encapsulatesmodular hardware, software, and courseware that can scale from fundamental concepts to moreadvanced topics.This paper introduces a modular demonstration, development and learning hardware platformand an example set of progressive laboratory exercises that help to meet this challenge. Theplatform includes

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hitt, United States Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

format of thefinal report ensured students followed a systematic and efficient approach in completing a majorassignment. Students readily recognized the benefits of methodically completing their finaldesign report as a series of smaller, more-manageable tasks. Figure 2 shows a comparison ofstudent time survey data from 2007 and 2008 – indicating a significant reduction in the severityof the time spike associated with the individual project final report. Instructor feedback also wasrequired to be incorporated into each subsequent homework submission – underscoring theimportance of the revision process in achieving clear and concise technical writing results.Second, the creation of a dedicated fabrication laboratory provided the necessary facility

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

Page 14.650.8and principles of the engineering profession. As mentioned previously, the high drop-out rate Nomination By High School Teachers On Campus Kick-off Dinner On Campus On Campus On Campus On Campus Rocket Launch Laboratory Tour and Laboratory Tour and Rocket Design Project Competition Experimentation Experimentation Filed Trip 1 Field Trip 2 Field Trip 3

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AfghanistanOn January 25, 2009 the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) in Kabulgraduated its first class of cadets. Of the 84 graduates in this class, 18 of them studied CivilEngineering in a program designed and implemented by faculty members from the U.S. MilitaryAcademy at West Point and U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The initial tasks these facultymembers faced included design of curriculum and courses, development of laboratory facilities,and hiring faculty. We deployed to Afghanistan between January and August 2008 as the CivilEngineering program entered its second year (the NMAA school year, which follows the Islamiccalendar, begins in March and ends in January). Our tasks included developing the final courses

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Circuit Analysis I and II, Digital Electronics, Digital Logic Circuits,Electronic Devices & Circuits, and Microprocessors. It is a technical course that allows studentsto combine the basic knowledge they have learned in previous semesters and apply it to the fieldof instrumentation. In fact, while the primary objective of the laboratory is to introduce studentsto the concepts in instrumentation, it has also had a secondary objective of integrating the analogand digital concepts learned in previous courses. Since instrumentation is a critical part ofcontrol systems and all the senior design projects need some type of instrumentation, theElectronic System Interfacing course is one of the key courses in the Program.Traditionally, the Electronic

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Ressler, United States Military Academy; Michael Miller, United States Military Academy; Christa Chewar, United States Military Academy; Jean Blair, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

principlesthey are meant to illustrate become lost in a blizzard of factoids about perishable tools andtechniques that have little long-term value.Various drags also combine to make curricular change difficult. Sources of drag include thelogistics of laboratory technologies. These tend to be expensive in dollars, with price magnifiedby the number of copies needed in the teaching environment. Another expense is the time spentby faculty and technicians to install and make new technologies functional for teaching purposes,including time to learn new tools and techniques and to address in advance the problems thatstudents are likely to encounter. The latter costs are particularly hard to quantify and articulatefor purposes of resource allocation within the

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; K. Shahrabi, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York

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Graduate Studies

AC 2009-2468: THE PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MASTER’S (PSM) DEGREE INENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYHazem Tawfik, State University of New York Dr. Tawfik obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in 1980. Since then he has held a number of industrial & academic positions and affiliations with organizations that included Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Stony Brook University (SBU), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Atomic Energy of Canada Inc., Ontario Hydro, NASA Kennedy, NASA Marshall Space Flight Centers, and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock, Md. Dr. Tawfik is the author of

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Mazumder, Formerly Director of International Relations

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International

avirtualclassroombringingstudents, laboratories, white boards to the other side of the globe. Thisis a new direction in global education practice that can be used effectively to buildinternational competency. The emergence of the global classroom is apparent in the GlobalProduct Realization course offered simultaneously via satellite initially to students in theNetherlands, at Delft Institute of Technology, in Korea, at Seoul National University,and atthe University of Michigan in 2000 (refer to Michigan Engineer, Spring/Summer 2001,article on “Going Global,” pgs. 4-5).Time zone differences were accommodated with theclass meeting at 8 am in Michigan, 2pm in the Netherlands, and 10 pm in South Korea onthe same day. A multicultural team worked on a team project together

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Rinker; J. Peterson; H. Hess; Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

curriculum development and on departmental committees, e.g., thepower curriculum subcommittee, the digital electronics subcommittee, the laboratory developmentsubcommittee, etc. Promotion and tenure requirements for UI faculty are identical at both locations.Unified procedures, including discussion and voting, and a single promotion and tenure committee at eachlevel (department, college, and university) and a single administrative chain apply. BSU has its ownpromotion and tenure system for its assigned faculty. With the faculty reporting administratively to the director in Boise, and academically to thedepartment chair in Moscow, there are bound to be times of conflict, the "serving two masters" problem.Specific examples of such situations

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Barath Baburao, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

through the stimulation and motivationof students [1]. Accordingly, it makes sense that those selected to teach undergraduatestudents should be trained properly for this function. Unfortunately, while mostcandidates applying for openings have little teaching experience, the institutions that arelooking to hire prospective faculty expect their candidates to be “teaching ready”[2].Adding to this problem is that the teaching experience that graduate students receive isquite different across the nation. For example, some graduate students are just used tograde homework and examinations, while others run homework recitations and a thirdgroup handles the laboratory. All of these experiences are quite unique and, at somelevel, a newly-hired faculty

Conference Session

K-12 and Graduate Experiences in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University; Elizabeth A Logsdon, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

(JHU), which integrateshands-on laboratory experience in collaboration with classmates and faculty with theconvenience of online coursework for working professionals. The cornerstone of the program isa summer residency course, Biomedical Engineering Practice and Innovation (“BEPI”).BEPI was designed to build upon foundational coursework by providing experiential learningopportunities in all program focus areas: Imaging, Instrumentation, and Translational TissueEngineering. BEPI combines seven weeks of online coursework with two three-day weekends inresidency at the main campus and hospital in Baltimore, for a total of twelve sessions taught bymultiple engineering and clinical faculty, each experts in their respective fields. Each of thethree

Conference Session

Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus Bartels, San Antonio College; Steven F Lewis, San Antonio College/Alamo Colleges

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

State labs and facility with STEM-oriented educational and entertainment programs.In Year 2, one SAC faculty member and seven students visited Texas State University inFebruary 2016 for a day-long tour of renewable energy demonstration/research laboratories andengineering manufacturing facilities. Texas State faculty and graduate students also provided anupdate on the Re-Energize program, including research and scholarship opportunities.Comparison of student surveys done before and after the TxState tour showed a significantincrease in students’ desire to learn more about sustainability and environmental issues, as wellas a significant increase in their knowledge of solar and wind energy technologies.Objective 3: Design and develop a

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

whatever he learns. He is currently doing his research in packaging technology under Professor Akram Hossain in Purdue University, Calumet. After seeing his insight, the Professor offered him a Teaching Assistant position in the laboratory for guiding the students in the subject of Mechatronics.Dr. Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet Akram Hossain is a professor in the department of Engi- neering Technology and Director of the Center for Packaging Machinery Industry at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN. He worked eight years in industry at various capacities. He is working with Purdue University Calumet for the past 27 years. He consults for industry on process