Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

Heidi Ries

The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force  University Partnerships  with Federal Laboratories We make a differenceWe make a difference …  Heidi R. Ries, PhD  Dean for Research  one student at a time  14 Mar 2010 14 Mar 2010  University Partnerships with Federal  Laboratories•  Purpose •  Federal Laboratory Overview •  What’s possible in a partnership? •  Defining partnership objectives •  Partnership examples •  References  2  Purpose •  To discuss options and approaches for  partnering with

Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

Heidi Ries

The Intellectual and Leadership Center of the Air Force  University Partnerships  with Federal Laboratories We make a differenceWe make a difference …  Heidi R. Ries, PhD  Dean for Research  one student at a time  14 Mar 2010 14 Mar 2010  University Partnerships with Federal  Laboratories•  Purpose •  Federal Laboratory Overview •  What’s possible in a partnership? •  Defining partnership objectives •  Partnership examples •  References  2  Purpose •  To discuss options and approaches for  partnering with

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Mechtel, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

an integral part of almost every course offered. Most courses include aweekly three hour lecture and a two hour laboratory. Recently a laboratory componentwas successfully added to the department’s introductory electrodynamics course. Thepurpose of this paper is to illustrate how students used the design of microwavemicrostrip circuits to improve their grasp of theoretical electrodynamics concepts. Inaddition, students were exposed to the practical aspect of design including limitationsinherent in the simulation, design, fabrication and testing of high frequency circuits.This paper will explain the details of laboratory exercises developed for the course andthe supporting software, fabrication facility and test equipment. Additional

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Clayton, Villanova University; James O'Brien, Villanova University; Kenneth Kroos, Villanova University; Amy Fleischer, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education. Ken was elected Vice President of ASME Region III in 2001 and served a three year term on the Council for Member Affairs.Amy Fleischer, Villanova University Professor Amy Fleischer received her PhD from the University of Minnesota at Berkeley in 2000. She is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University where she is also Director of the NovaTherm Research Laboratory and Chair of the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering. Her research interests include energy storage in phase change materials, development of nano-enhanced materials

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie Borror, Arizona State Universtiy; Douglas Montgomery, Arizona State University; Carmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

identified as containing non-conformity. The web-based modulewas written in Netbeans and utilizes the Glassfish application server. A MySQL databasemaintains the Mouse Factory information and student records. A major advantage of thisapproach is that Netbeans, Glassfish and MySQL are all open-source software packages.Figure 2. Bill of Materials Page 15.1185.4 Page 15.1185.5Figure 3. Critical Point - CoverSPC Lab OneThe first SPC laboratory allows students to collect and analyze historical quality data using SPCtools to formulate a quality improvement plan. The first SPC laboratory currently contains fourcomponents

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC. His interests include undergraduate engineering education, power electronics, plasma physics, and thin films.Lisa Huettel, Duke University Lisa G. Huettel received the B.S. degree in engineering science from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in 1994 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Duke University, Durham, NC, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, where she also serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J Thompson, Kansas State University; Ata M. Nazar, Kabul University

Tagged Divisions

International

Examination isbeing used as a bench-mark of progress. The several aspects of the rebuilding project aredescribed along with a report of progress and lessons learned. The paper concludes withobservations about the ethical and cultural nature of engineering education and somerecommendations about changes that are required to achieve the desired outcomes of therebuilding project.Historical Backdrop:The Faculty of Engineering was established in the 1960’s and 70’s by a consortium of USUniversities with USAID sponsorship1,2. The project was a “turn-key” project that provided abuilding, laboratories, and US based education for the new Afghan Faculty members. Facultymembers from the participating US Universities established and taught classes and

Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, products, systems, and services.Modern day standardization began with the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th centuryand the increased need to efficiently manufacture and transport goods. In the U.S., severalprivate voluntary organizations were formed to develop technical standards in this era: 1880 – American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 1884 - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1894 – Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1898 – American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 1910 – Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)Today there are some 600 private U.S.-based standards developers. The American NationalStandards Institute (ANSI), founded in 1918, is a private, non

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

department, a basic electrical engineering course is offered for sophomore studentsmajoring in mechanical and electrical engineering technology. The course is usually taught in thefall and is meant to be an introductory course for EET students but also serves as a survey ofelectrical engineering for MET students. Because of this duality, the course has to be carefullydesigned, especially the laboratory component, to keep students interested and engagedthroughout the semester. Topics covered include dc and ac circuits, Wheatstone bridge, electricmachines, resonance circuits, RLC transient response, basic operation of electronics and digitalcircuits including diodes, transistors, power supplies, amplifiers, and logic gates.In this paper, we describe

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; James Jacob, Purdue University; Brant Price, Purdue University; Jeremiah Dole, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

laboratory experiments. The project included the development of a sine wavegenerator, logic pulse signal, and a programmable synchronous serial interface. The project isbased a Cypress programmable system on a chip or PSoC and a LabVIEW PC application. ThePSoC allows for a single chip solution of the sine wave generator by creating a programmablesquare wave that is then sent through an internal 4-pole filter to shape the desired sine wave.This approach is novel when compared to direct digital synthesis or look-up tables. The PSoCalso creates a programmable logic pulse output to provide a variable duty cycle square whenrequired. The programmable synchronous serial interface allows students to select theappropriate timing diagram and then specify the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

industry and academic institutions on theimportance and urgency of reflecting the impact of the SoC paradigm shift in engineeringeducation, as traditional programs, especially at the undergraduate level, have not keptpace with this evolution [1]. Recognizing the acute national demand for a new breed ofSoC engineers, our project proposes an innovative curricula prototype that cuts across theartificial course boundaries and introduces SoC knowledge through vertically-integratedand problem-oriented laboratory experiments [2]. In addition, we value the important rolethat community colleges play in starting students on the road to engineering careers, as Page

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seema Khan, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

lack of adequate IT support in many cases prohibit utilizing andincorporating these tools in the discipline-based classes.Another major issue with many of the existing content management educational tools is that theycannot be easily customized such that existing lectures, simulation applets, and laboratoryactivities can be utilized. For example, popular tools such as WebCT or Centra, don’t evensupport remote laboratory capabilities. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, there is nocommercially available tool that offers a unified platform to support diverse learning tools, suchas video conferencing and chatting, configurable remote laboratory, simulation modules, anddownloadable course lectures with different formats.Motivated by such

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

subsequent engineering education. The two credit lecture, one credit labcourse entitled „Production Engineering‟ now includes significant hands-on work ontraditional machines (lathes and mills), powder metallurgy, plastic injection molding,welding, 3-D co-ordinate measuring machine, and several rapid prototyping / rapidmanufacturing technologies. Appropriate laboratory tasks were designed and applicablesafety and operational instructions were prepared.The laboratory curriculum was implemented since the Fall „06 term. Despite increasedworkload for the students that sometimes required them to work additional hours outside Page 15.39.2of the scheduled class

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Douglas Howe, Portland State University

for students in the third year of engineering and engineeringtechnology programs. Students volunteered to participate in the research study by allowing theresearch team to track their grades and survey responses. This paper presents results fromanalyzing student responses to attitude surveys given before and after the use of the inquiry-based exercises.Inquiry-Based Demonstrations and Laboratory Exercises The exercises use common, everyday hardware such as a kitchen blender, a toaster, and ahair dryer. This equipment (1) is familiar and potentially interesting to students, (2) isinexpensive, and (3) clearly exposes important topics in the thermal and fluid sciences. Theexercises are based on a guided inquiry model of pedagogy. Students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock LaMeres, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Fred Cady, (Retired) Montana State University

AC 2010-415: IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING OF MICROPROCESSORSYSTEMS THROUGH HANDS-ON AND ONLINE EXPERIENCE:Brock LaMeres, Montana State University Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Montana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engineering education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware/software partitioning using reprogrammable fabrics. This work involves exploiting the flexibility of modern FPGAs to

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Nikki Adams, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen Cardinal, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Matthew Burd, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Trevor Cardinal, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Engineering, Biological Sciences, or AnimalScience.After completing their coursework, students complete a nine-month internship in a stem cellresearch lab at one of our partner institutions. The nine-month internship, which addresses all ofour programmatic learning goals, allows students to further develop their laboratory and criticalthinking skills in a research-intensive environment with a rigorous and independent project.Upon completion of their research internships, students return for one final quarter ofcoursework. During the quarter, students complete a Master’s Project Course that allows them toapply the skills gained during the research internship to existing research efforts at ouruniversity. This Master’s Project provides students with

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-1304: AN APPLICATION-BASED APPROACH TO INTRODUCINGMICROCONTROLLERS TO FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTSWarren Rosen, Drexel University Dr. Warren A. Rosen received his Ph.D. in physics from Temple University in 1978. Between 1978 and 1985 Dr. Rosen served as assistant professor of physics at Colby and Vassar Colleges where he carried out research in optical physics, solar physics, and medical physics. From 1985 to 1996 he worked at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division in Warminster, PA where he established an optical communications laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. In 1996 Dr

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie Borror, Arizona State Universtiy; Douglas Montgomery, Arizona State University; Carmen Pena, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

often small6. There are many excellent textbooks, such as Montgomery,that provide explanations and practice problems. However the use of textbook and homeworkproblems stress the categories of knowledge, comprehension and application in Bloom’sTaxonomy7 of cognitive skills. But this mode of instruction is less likely to emphasize thehigher-order cognitive skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. In the laboratory teachingcontrol charts for variables, students must design a control chart that involves select the subgroupsize and the sampling interval. Students are able to implement their control charts and evaluatethe effectiveness of their control charts upon the number of good parts produced and the defectrate. These activities emphasize

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Harry Knickle

enrollment in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. There are two major tasks. These are activities that focus on both recruiting and retention. The recruitment effort includes a five Saturday science and engineering project during the regular semesters and summer bridge projects, as well as a series of other activities. Undergraduate student mentors help, our laboratory technicians and the department chairs are essential to making these efforts successful. The URI student societies of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) have been invaluable in this recruitment program. The other major ingredient is to form partnerships with the schools. We partner with

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

ElectricalEngineering and Mechanical Engineering Plans of Study. An overview of the course and it’splacement within a vehicle system option in electrical and mechanical engineering is outlined asa context for the data acquisition and control laboratory activities. Course instruction presentsvehicle data acquisition applications while including discussions on the operation and testing of ageneric electric vehicle drive train. An internal combustion vehicle and a vehicle chassisdynamometer are also used in the laboratory experience.A sample laboratory project and assessment discussion is presented. An assessment datasummary is also provided for the previous offering of the course along with the larger setting ofengineering professionalism data in electrical and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

-year engineering students 2008-09. Following the two years ofexperience in delivering these courses, we were able to objectively examine course content ascompared to course learning objectives and measured outcomes. This resulted in severalmodifications to both lecture content and delivery as well as to laboratory assignments as isdetailed below.Since 1993 the College of Engineering at MSU was actively involved with the ResidentialOption for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES) initiative. This was a residential living-learning program intended to provide a supportive and collegial environment for new freshmenintending to pursue majors and careers in technical fields. Starting in fall semester 2009, ournew program, Engineering Residential

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a laboratory environment. The laboratoryexercises would certainly enhance experiential learning of the students. However, choosing asuitable platform to accommodate the laboratory exercises is challenging as it needs to satisfypeculiar needs of different types of designs. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) provide aflexible hardware platform to accommodate digital systems. FPGAs, such as the ones providedby Xilinx, are quite useful in applications requiring hardware changes to accommodate systembehavior. As such, these devices offer the opportunity to implement different computer systemcomponents conveniently in hardware using VHDL (Very high speed integrated circuitHardware Description Language). FPGAs can be easily reconfigured to

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

regular basis. The lab content was integrated with the Electronics course that it essentiallyserves. The lab experience and the collected feedback are being used for writing a laboratory manual andfurther fine tuning will be performed with the help of the incoming students enrolled in the course. Theexperience with restructuring the course and blending in the students’ needs has been very positive andthe lessons learned from this initiative may prove useful to other instructors in their own approach tomodifying electrical engineering labs. I. IntroductionEngineering education is an important factor for sustained economic growth and progress throughtechnological innovation. The analysis of global development suggests that the next economic

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Chad Hammerquist, George Fox University; Robert Melendy, George Fox University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

suggestphysical applications. Some engineering programs have gone a step further and chosen to includea laboratory experience along with the lecture. 31 This approach enhances the in-class learning byproviding hands-on applications.In addition to focusing on continuous-based control systems, few engineering programs alsoinclude coverage of non-continuous (process or discrete) control that are common in industrialenvironments. Mechanical engineering graduates engage with both continuous andnon-continuous control systems; however, they play a more key role in the development ofnon-continuous systems 30 than continuous-based systems where additional education is usuallyrequired and/or their electrical engineering counterparts are better equipped. A valuable

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sumit Dutta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shreya Prakash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Estrada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eric Pop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

connected computer or web-browsing mobiledevice (Fig. 1). Web browser (AJAX client)The initial WS design is aimed as part of a large under- Figure 2. Photograph of hardwaregraduate electronic device course (~150 students), where used for our remote laboratory (top)individual lab access is prohibitive. With the WS access, and schematic of the remote instru-students benefit from doing real-time measurements, and ment WS and Web interface archi-can perform subsequent data analysis. Currently, the WS tecture (bottom).enables measurements of typical silicon transistors fab-ricated at the University of Illinois (Fig. 2 and Fig. 5),state of the art nanoscale transistors provided by Intel

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Ram Prasad Diwakaran, Texas A&M University; Justin Zsiros, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-996: CONVEYING THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURINGPROCESS DESIGN USING SIMULATION RESULTS AND EMPIRICAL DATAMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and analysis of

Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

; analysis and design of heat exchangers; and cooling towers. The course also consists ofa laboratory component where specific emphasis is given to thermal system hardware design andselection, and analysis and performance optimization of thermal systems through computationalactivities. The course laboratory activities also include hands-on exercises where students learnto characterize the performance of a commercial pump system, a convective heat transfer device,a lab-scale Rankine cycle, and lab-scale ground source heat pump. In the course, students alsolearn about the importance of component integration and how it affects the overall performanceof a conventional thermal system.IntroductionRecent studies and statistics1 have shown that there will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Baker, Rowan University; Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

associated with isolating and purifying the desiredbiological compound.2 In many of the later stages of purification, over 50% use some type ofchromatography.3 Exposing students to biochromatography provides an introduction tobioseparations and the underlying biochemistry concepts. Alternative bioseparation techniquescan also be introduced, as a comparison to chromatography. As separation processes are basedon the physical and chemical properties of the product and chief impurities, a wide range ofconcepts can be included, such as overall cell composition, protein biochemistry, recombinantprotein production techniques, and bioprocess optimization.These concepts can be introduced by improving undergraduate courses and laboratories throughthe

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

AbstractThis paper reports the results of the development and implementation of hands-on laboratoryexperiments in a newly developed laboratory for a two-semester undergraduate course inInstrumentation and Measurements in Mechanical Engineering. The course, designed for theundergraduate junior level, was a two-semester course for a total of four credits, and it took placein conjunction with a one-hour classroom lecture in mechanical engineering. A modified versionof this approach, however, can easily be used at all levels of the mechanical engineeringcurriculum. An important component to the process involves the utilization of a two-semesterlong, open-ended project (OEP) that required the students to come up with creative approaches toproblem solving

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

AC 2010-1038: EARLY CAREER BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCEFOR UNDERGRADUATESRebecca Willits, Saint Louis University Rebecca Kuntz Willits is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University and has developed courses in Transport Phenomena, Biotransport, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, and Design of Laboratory Experiments. She was the 2009 Director of BE@SLU, an NSF-sponsored REU in Bioengineering.David Barnett, Saint Louis University David Barnett is the Chairperson of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University, as well as the Director of the 2010 BE@SLU program