high-volume plastic coatings for non-imaging optics applications. He received a BS (1993) in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). Page 14.430.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Designing Effective User Interfaces for Software Simulations to Teach Signal Processing ConceptsAbstractEducators have embraced software simulations as a tool for teaching signal processing concepts.Simulations allow students to interact with abstract concepts such as convolution, differenceequations, filtering, sampling theory and many more. Software simulations
control of a Lego robot.Böhne et al 4 reported the development of “Internet Assisted Laboratories (i-Labs)” in acooperation between the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and the Learning LabLower Saxony within the Wallenberg Global Learning Network (WGLN). One or theirexperiments uses a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for the control of a processengineering plant.A web-based laboratory for Control Engineering has been developed at the University ofBologna 5. They implemented a rotary flexible joint, a ball and beam, a flexible link and aFuruta pendulum.Bing Duan, Keck-Voon Ling and Habib Mir M. Hosseini of the School of Electrical andElectronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed anonline
AC 2009-1053: REMOTE EXPERIMENTATION WITH MEMS DEVICESBill Diong, Texas Christian UniversityJamie Smith, Lockheed-Martin AeronauticsEdward Kolesar, Texas Christian UniversityRene Cote, Texas Christian University Page 14.1019.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Remote Experimentation with MEMS DevicesI. IntroductionA project was recently initiated with the main goal of enabling those students enrolling in ourDepartment’s undergraduate Materials Science course – a required course – to conduct aparticular experiment via the Internet on a Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) device thatis located in an on-campus research laboratory. Broader and longer
AC 2009-2462: VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING METHODOLOGY AS AREPLACEMENT FOR PHYSICAL DESIGN IN TEACHING EMBEDDEDSYSTEMSDietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg DIETMAR P. F. MÖLLER is a Full and Tenure Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He is Director of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences at UHH and Chair of Computer Engineering. His current research interests include computational modelling and simulation, e-Learning, transportation, air-transport systems, aero¬nautical engineering, robotics, and embedded systems.Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln HAMID VAKILZADIAN is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of
AC 2009-2436: A ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE SHORT COURSE FOR INTRODUCINGLOWER-DIVISION STUDENTS TO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHDavid Bahr, Washington State University David Bahr is a professor in Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. He serves as the campus-wide Director of Undergraduate Research for the Washington State University Office of Undergraduate Education. Page 14.81.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A One Week Intensive Short Course for Introducing Lower Division Students to Undergraduate ResearchAbstractThis paper describes a short course used to
the prestigious induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame in 2007. She has published over 45 journal articles and reviewed proceedings and presented at over 100 conferences and institutions. She served as the President of the Florida Academy of Sciences for three years and as Associate Chair of the Chemistry Department at UCF for over three years.Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida Scott C. Hagen received his Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied under Joannes J. Westerink. Dr. Hagen is presently an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Central Florida and is a registered Professional Engineer with the State of
intended to be a completelyself sufficient, energy efficient, ambient energy powered that intended to generate enough energyto power the house appliances. A self powered and energy efficient house idea was investigatedto explore ways to convert environmental sustainable energy sources into electrical energy.Students from different major disciplines (construction management, design development,electronics, industrial management, industrial technology and engineering) were encouraged toparticipate in this project. The team leader (advisor) had set up meetings to organize workingschedules, prepare progress reports, and define tasks used in conducting the research project.The Technology Building at _____ State University having, all necessary
AC 2009-950: HOW MUCH DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND? ANENTRY-LEVEL TEST ON ELECTRICITY AND ELECTROMAGNETICSChris Smaill, University of Auckland Dr Chris Smaill holds a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and degrees in physics, mathematics and philosophy from the University of Auckland. For 27 years he taught physics and mathematics at high school level, most recently as Head of Physics at Rangitoto College, New Zealand's largest secondary school. This period also saw him setting and marking national examinations, training high-school teachers, and publishing several physics texts. Since the start of 2002 he has lectured in the Department of Electrical &
soundcardinterfacing. While the circuits appear to be simple, there are practical issues with relatively high-frequency circuit layout that cause novice designers problems. Interfacing to the soundcard is morecomplex than it seems at first: unpacking and scaling the output of the card’s A/D converters Page 14.895.8requires considerable skill.5. SummaryThe SDR project provides undergraduate students the opportunity for multidisciplinary projects.The project technology underpins today’s advanced wireless systems, and it reinforces theclassroom knowledge gained by both computer science and electrical engineering students.The SDR project is fun, and it is great
AC 2009-1532: ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THEODOREMARCHESEMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of organizations. He is a
AC 2009-1437: TEACHING VON MISES STRESS: FROM PRINCIPAL AXES TONONPRINCIPAL AXESIng-Chang Jong, University of Arkansas Ing-Chang Jong serves as Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received a BSCE in 1961 from the National Taiwan University, an MSCE in 1963 from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1965 from Northwestern University. He and Dr. Bruce G. Rogers coauthored the textbook Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, Oxford University Press (1991). Dr. Jong was Chair of the Mechanics Division, ASEE, in 1996-97. His research interests are in mechanics and engineering education.William
-building activities did not detractfrom their research. Incorporating community-building activities into undergraduate researchprograms can help provide students with a more meaningful and positive research experience.IntroductionDespite widespread recognition of the importance of maintaining a well-trained science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce and significant efforts to recruit and retainstudents in these fields, the number of students earning engineering undergraduate and advanceddegrees in STEM fields in the United States is decreasing. One proven mechanism forencouraging undergraduates to pursue advanced degrees in STEM fields is participation inundergraduate research 3, 4. The NSF funds a large number of REUs in STEM
U-M. Her current research interests include the effect of instructional technology on student learning and performance, effective teaching strategies for new graduate student instructors, and the impact of GSI mentoring programs on the mentors and mentees.Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan Joanna Millunchick is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and is affiliated with the Applied Physics Program and the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining UM in 1997, Millunchick was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. She received her B.S. in Physics from DePaul University in 1990, and her Ph.D. in
. Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 17Gaunt, J. L. and J. Lehmann (2008). "Energy Balance and Emissions Associated with Biochar Sequestration and Pyrolysis Bioenergy Production." Environmental Science and Technology 42(11): 4152-4158.Glaser, B. (2006). "Prehistorically modified soils of central Amazonia: a model for sustainable agriculture in the twenty-first century." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 362: 187-196.Glaser, B. and K.-H. Knorr (2008). "Isotopic evidence for condensed aromatics from non-pyrogenic sources in
AC 2009-1724: COLLABORATIVE TEACHING TO CREATE INTEGRATEDBUILDING ENVELOPESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Page 14.338.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Collaborative Teaching to Create Integrated Building EnvelopesAs a former practitioner the rewards for offering courses that expose students to the principlesand issues surrounding design in a context that emulates real world situations is invaluable. Twoyears ago an idea developed into a course which includes students from three differentdisciplines; architecture, architectural engineering, and construction management, as well as,faculty from these same disciplines to create an all
AC 2009-865: ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTS THATADDRESS INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITYMysore Narayanan, Miami University DR. MYSORE NARAYANAN obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool, England in the area of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He joined Miami University in 1980 and teaches a wide variety of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering courses. He has been invited to contribute articles to several encyclopedias and has published and presented dozens of papers at local, regional , national and international conferences. He has also designed, developed, organized and chaired several conferences for Miami University and conference sessions for a variety of
AC 2009-2503: MICROMACHINING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT TEXASA&M UNIVERSITYWayne Hung, Texas A&M UniversitySujeev Chittipolu, Texas A&M UniversitySaurabh Kajaria, Texas A&M University Page 14.878.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Micromachining Education and Research at Texas A&M UniversityAbstractThe market trend for product miniaturization promotes research and education in micromanufacturing. Micromachining is an extension of conventional machining when chips areremoved in micro/nano scales, but micromachining requires new knowledge, specially designedequipment, tooling, and additional knowledge for successful results. Common
Technology Bldg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; email: pickardj@ecu.edu; phone: 252-328-9646. Page 14.415.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Design Considerations for Virtual Classroom and Laboratory EnvironmentsAbstractWith the ever-increasing demand for distance education one of the key challenges facing facultyis not only delivering effective instruction through both lecture-style and laboratory means, butalso giving students an environment with a sense of presence. The key challenge here is toimprove on the distance student’s capabilities for
AC 2009-2359: IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW COMMUNICATIONLABORATORYShuju Wu, Southeast Missouri State UniversityXiaobing Hou, Southeast Missouri State UniversityRagu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State UniversityCharlie Wallgren, Southeast Missouri State University Page 14.690.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Implementation of an Integrated Undergraduate Telecommunications LaboratoryAbstractThis paper focuses on the implementation of the integrated laboratory using identifiedequipments and elaborate how it can provide students an integrated network environment wheretraditional telephone network, VoIP, data network and backbone
Water Resources; c) Meeting with a recommended local NGO which is experienced in water project implementation in rural areas; d) Visit of a solar powered water pumping station near the city of Debret Zeit; e) Visit with a City Administrator of the town of Wollisso, in Oromia State’s, West Showa zone; and f) Meeting with the president of a local regional business school of Ambo.Lessons learned during the first fact finding mission.The meeting with the University officials of AAU as well as the engineering faculty of theFaculty of Technology revealed that there is very little available in form of data base for waterresources and development project. It was learnt that the department of electrical engineering hasconducted some
Research Traineeship Program. 2008: Arlington, VA.6. Conklin, G.H., The Frustration of Academic Innovation. Teaching Sociology, 1978. 5(2): p. 125-140.7. Anderson, M.S., Collaboration, the Doctoral Experience, and the Departmental Environment. The Review of Higher Education, 1996. 19(3): p. 305-326.8. Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century: Report of a Workshop, ed. N.R.C.B.o.C.S.A. Technology. 2000, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.9. Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy, Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers. 1995, Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.10. Cowan, K. and Y. Gogotsi, The Drexel
critical. Page 14.826.3We will show that this choice of device and the exposure to several application specific boardsresulted in a greater number of students opting to use an MPU in their senior capstone class forthe two-year AS in electrical engineering technology (ASEET) degree. Using an MPUimmediately expands the functionality and capability of projects compared with others that thatconsist only of discrete logic gates, transistors and other simpler devices and frequently reducesthe number of ICs and size of the final circuit. Students gain an appreciation of embeddedprocessor control, increase their own confidence and make better, more
AC 2009-491: DEFINING THE IMMEDIATE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF ANUNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMBryan Dansberry, University of Cincinnati Page 14.403.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Capturing immediate learning outcomes of undergraduate internships:NASA’s Undergraduate Student Research ProjectAbstractGovernment internship and co-op programs fluctuate greatly in size and scope from year-to-year.A major source of this instability comes from volatility in the administrative priorities set at thehighest levels of these agencies. In the face of rapidly shifting administrative priorities, it isessential that experiential program managers capture data defining the full
bus, which students can findconfusing. In addition, since the Z80 is based on the 8080, Z80 instructions are very similar tobasic x86 instructions. As an added benefit, the memory addressing on the Z80 is much simplerthan x86-family addressing; the Z80 uses a flat memory model as opposed to the more confusingsegment-plus-offset model used by x86 architecture CPUs. In the next section, we describe the course objectives, followed by a description of themicrocomputer construction and course content.Course Objectives and Content The Drexel Applied Engineering Technology Program offers the introductorymicroprocessor course in a 10-week quarter format. The course is required for students in theElectrical Engineering Technology
bus, which students can findconfusing. In addition, since the Z80 is based on the 8080, Z80 instructions are very similar tobasic x86 instructions. As an added benefit, the memory addressing on the Z80 is much simplerthan x86-family addressing; the Z80 uses a flat memory model as opposed to the more confusingsegment-plus-offset model used by x86 architecture CPUs. In the next section, we describe the course objectives, followed by a description of themicrocomputer construction and course content.Course Objectives and Content The Drexel Applied Engineering Technology Program offers the introductorymicroprocessor course in a 10-week quarter format. The course is required for students in theElectrical Engineering Technology
AC 2009-679: DETERMINING THE GREENHOUSE-GAS IMPACT OFUNIVERSITY-SPONSORED AIR TRAVELRoger Beardsley, Central Washington University Roger Beardsley is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Wa. His interests include many of the renewable energy technologies. This paper reports on research performed as a member of CWU's Climate Commitment committee.Stephen Morton, Central Washington University Stephen Morton is a senior undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. He has been working with the CWU Climate Commitment committee helping to establish procedures for
Page 14.1022.2education. In particular, undergraduate engineering and engineering technology programs arenow including laboratory-based curricula in renewable energy1,2,3. Aligned with these aims, thispaper describes the successful design and implementation of a Photovoltaic Power System Laband a Wind Turbine Power System Lab for a senior-level Energy Systems course in MechanicalEngineering.Hands-on experiments such as those described in this paper provide for enhanced learningexperiences. Both units provide real time display of key system properties as well assurrounding conditions through data acquisition panels. Data is displayed in real time to showthe effects of changing conditions on the system. Data is also logged through the use of a
AC 2009-2143: A SIMULATION APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTIONMANAGEMENT EDUCATIONMuhammad Ghatala, Gulf States Inc. Muhammad Imran Ghatala is a project controls engineer at Gulf States Inc., a general contractor in heavy industrial construction arena. He is involved in the lean construction and six-sigma based strategic planning efforts and is a continuous improvement leader at Gulf States Inc. He was a graduate assistant at University of Houston where he assisted in teaching Construction Estimation, Construction Planning and Scheduling and Reinforced Concrete Construction courses offered at under-graduate level. He was a Student Ambassador at College of Technology, University of Houston and a recipient of the
AC 2009-824: DESIGNING A CONTINUOUS MONITORING AND TRACKINGSYSTEM BASED ON A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKJimmy DiTraglia, Middle Tennessee State UniversityXiaojing Yuan, University of HoustonMequanint Moges, University of Houston Page 14.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Design of a Continuous Monitoring and Tracking System based on Wireless Sensor NetworkAbstractToday the way we work and live has been changed by the deployment of ubiquitous intelligentwireless sensor networks. The infusion of such emergent technology into the current under-graduate lab designs becomes a critical issue in order to prepare and engage our
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