Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne C. Christensen; Robert B. Roemer; Donald S. Bloswick

two basicways to include safety and health material in the engineering curriculum. One is by thedevelopment of elective and/or required undergraduate courses focusing on the engineeringaspects of product, system, and occupational safety. The second is the development of coursematerial which can be used by engineering faculty in "traditional" required undergraduate 8engineering classes. Rossignol and Hanes noted that the material to be integrated into existing 9classes can be in the form of lecture material, case studies, or laboratory materials. Dembesuggested that safety and health principles can be presented

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Magowan; Azmi Bin Ahmad; Deborah Hochstein

product cost, and shorter product design and development time.” (Montgomery,1991). In short, familiarity with methods of experimental design provides engineers with yetanother tool to use to solve problems in a cost effective and timely fashion.Concepts of the Taguchi Method Taguchi developed a method of optimizing the process of experimentation in an effort toimprove R&D productivity and enhance product quality while working for the ElectricalCommunication Laboratories in Japan, (similar to our Bell Laboratories). While there, heobserved first hand the large amounts of time and effort being spent on experimentation andtesting and came to believe that through creative brainstorming the expenditure of resources inthis endeavor could be

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

V. Coppola; K. Powell; D. Hyland; B. Cosgrove; A. Waas; A. Messiter; Joe G. Eisley

software and laboratory technology into courses. 5. Introduce synthesis/systems/design perspective at an early level and reinforce it through later work. The “Aero Curriculum 2000” committee was charged with designing a framework for anew undergraduate curriculum for the department that helped the department accomplishits mission by addressing the goals and objectives listed above. While the college-wideCurriculum 2000 initiative instigated the formation of the committee, the opportunity wasused to design a curriculum that addresses issues raised by alumni surveys, industry feedback,the departmental review, and faculty discussions. Besides the inputs mentioned above, thecurrent curricula at MIT, GA Tech, Maryland, Ohio State and Purdue

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

: homeworks, laboratory reports, midterm exam,individual student presentations of biological engineering applications, team design project, andother optional items of the students' own choosing. Two approaches were used for the designproject. Some students chose to work on a design project defined by the instructor; this year'stopic was the biological treatment of landfill leachate and directly followed a leachate collectionsystem design project many of the students had performed in conjunction with a local consultingfirm during the prior quarter's soil and water engineering course. The second design projectapproach was for the students to choose their own biological engineering topic. Each student wasrequired to complete one design project and make

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

P. David Fisher

modified and new ones would have to be created.During these deliberations in the fall of 1996, it became clear that the ABET-2000 document wassilent in a very important area. It made no mention of the need for Course Learning Objectives.We concluded that each key course in the engineering-student's program of study needed to havelearning objectives associated with it. While traditional course-catalog descriptions and coursesyllabi each has its purpose, they were not course learning objectives. Catalog descriptionsdescribe topics covered in a course. The course syllabi describe reading assignments, the flow oflectures/laboratories, grading policies, etc. Course learning objectives identify what students areexpected to learn during the course. The

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Howell, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

this course appeals to non-STEM students. This courseemphasizes hands-on activities so that students have an experiential approach. The combinationof lectures, demonstrations, and short laboratory activities is designed to give the students amore in-depth understanding of the material. Since much of the class is focused on electricaland electronic technologies, the students should be able, after the completion of Engr 5, to applytheir knowledge to other technologies and technological situations in real life. Completeinformation and a detailed syllabus are available on the course website athttp://www.engr.sjsu.edu/thowell/E5.htm.Each unit has class activities, labs, and/or homework sets that require students to usequantitative and analytical

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah McCubbin-Cain, University of Kentucky; Bruce Tschantz, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

others. Consultant and advisor on dam safety to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1986-2001). Chief of Federal Dam Safety Program (on 1-year leave from University of Tennessee), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Washington, D.C., 1980. Consultant and Advisor on Dam Safety to Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Washington, D.C., 1977-79. Hydrologist consultant (GS-12)to U.S. Geological Survey, Knoxville, Tennessee Branch, 1973-76. Sanitary Engineer (GS-11), U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, N.M., Summers 1962-63. Civil Engineer (GS-11), Engineering Division of

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology; Siva Thangam, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, Page 15.78.3 irrespective of how it was acquired - in laboratory through experiments, by 2 generalisation of practical experience through measurement, by study of archival materials, or theoretically. This new information should contribute to the development of knowledge as well as to practices, and should be statistically or otherwise objectively documented. The new information should also be compared to the state of knowledge at the input, i.e. the period during which work on the dissertation was begun. It is recommended that the results of the dissertation be at least partly published or otherwise

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Nelson, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

laboratory or it can be a metaphorical site such as a looselyconnected group of Internet blogs. To begin, social environments have three requisitecomponents: place, actors, and activities.2 However, the complex question already identifies bothactors and activities. In considering the question of “How do engineering education researchersresearch gender?” we asked a question that had “engineering education researchers” as the actorsand “research gender” as the activities. The social environment we choose to answer this Page 15.1343.3question must include both engineering education researchers and people researching gender.However, a researcher has many

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-858: NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN: A REPORT ON THE EXPERIENCESIN BOEING’S WELLIVER FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, gas turbines, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu. Page 15.912.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

International

engineeringmeasurements as a common thread. The second semester focuses on the reverse engineering of acommercial product or process. Sophomore Clinic I combines a 1-credit multidisciplinaryengineering laboratory with a 3-credit college composition and rhetoric requirement and is co-taught by engineering, composition, and rhetoric faculty. The 3-hour laboratory for the course isa semester-long multidisciplinary design project, with an emphasis on parametric design.Sophomore Clinic II follows the same structure as Sophomore Clinic I, with public speakingtaking the place of the composition portion as the 3 credits of required technicalcommunications4,5,6. Students enrolled in the Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic work in teams tocarry out independent, open-ended

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Networks Laboratory at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Hosseini has published over 120 papers in reviewed journals and conference proceedings, has received funding from NSF and industry, has graduated nine PhD and over 60 MS students.Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Ethan V. Munson is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he is also the Director of the Multimedia Software Laboratory. He received the M.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1994) in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Munson is a recipient of an NSF CAREER award, as well as four

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

isin a laboratory or project based setting. The bulk of circuit design should be left to the electronicssystem designers not technicians. If EET programs continue to place theoretical focus on thecomponents, one loses the big picture of the systems that they are part of. Today, electroniccomponents are arranged into basic building blocks and connected together to create morecomplex systems that eventually are marketed as products. These electronics systems areeventually headed towards architectures of digital cores and/or processing centers surrounded byinterface circuitry (i.e. ADC and DAC, voltage and power level converters and drivers, etc). Thisbeing the case, the product’s system functionality is what needs to be emphasized. A basic

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Green, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). Dr. Green serves as the Editor for the ASEE Entrepreneurship Division and as an evaluator for annual conference submissions. Prior to Mtech, Dr. Green provided business development and product management to WaveCrest Laboratories (acquired by Magna International, NYSE: MGA), an innovative start-up in next-generation electric and hybrid-electric propulsion and drive systems. At Cyveillance (acquired by QinetiQ, LSE: QQ.L), Dr. Green served in operations, client service, and product development roles for this software start-up and world leader in cyber intelligence and intelligence-led security. He provided brand intelligence, fraud

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theparents and children sat in quiet apprehension until we started the welcome ceremony. Only 21out of 25 students arrived; this would require us to call “alternate” students that would arriveTuesday morning. In total, 23 students attended the SVCC; thirteen boys and nine girls. Threestudents were African-American and nineteen were Hispanic. The average age of the SVCCparticipant was fifteen years old.Once the parents left, we led the students to the engineering computer labs to start their week ofcomputer lessons. We used the Engr 10: Introduction to Engineering laboratories for thisproject. In 2007-2008, the College invested over $300K in updating the Engr 10 laboratories.The Engr 10 labs consist of two adjacent rooms with computer workstations on

Conference Session

Capstone and Online Courses in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mallen, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University; Natalya A. Koehler, Franklin University, OH; Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

construction project engineer for a construction contractor and as a research engineer for the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme California. His teaching interests include construction equipment, cost estimating and construction process design. His research interests include highway and heavy construction methods, road maintenance methods and innovations in construction process administration.Dr. Natalya A. Koehler Koehler, Franklin University, OH Instructional Design Faculty Franklin University, OHDr. Aliye Karabulut Ilgu, Iowa State University Page 24.1400.1 c

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Don R. Gilman PE, PMP, Texas A&M University IT Project Management Office; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Sukesh K. Aghara, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Timothy Allen Robinson, Penn State University; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Mehmet C. Ayar, The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

curriculum. Don was a published game developer, with over a dozen titles ranging from Orbiter in 1985 to Harpoon 3 Professional in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10328Dr. Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach Dr. Reza Toossi is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at CSULB. He received his B.S. degree from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He continued his Post Doctoral research studies in the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and joined the CSULB

Conference Session

Research in Biomedical Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

be coveredin a laboratory course, rather than in a course called statistics. Further comments on this point arein the Discussion. Universities do not all use semester credit hours, but when necessary weconverted a university’s system to a credit hour basis. We did not consider general chemistry,physics, math, or humanities and social sciences, but confined our attention to engineeringcourses as well as biology and organic chemistry, which are less common topics for other types Page 24.1082.3of engineers. For the 2004 data sample, 40 of the 43 programs accredited at the end of 2004 wereevaluated, along with 31 programs that were not

Conference Session

Virtual and Online Learning Tools in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary M. Staehle, Rowan University; Babatunde A Ogunnaike, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. and R.D. Braatz (2002). Experimental projects for the process control laboratory. Chemical Engineering Education, 36(3): 182-187.[23] Pérez-Herranz, V., A.I. Muñoz, J.L. Guiñon, J. Garcia-Antón, S.C. Navarrete (2003). An Internet-based Process Control Laboratory Project. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, 21-25.[24] Selmer, A., M. Goodson, M. Kraft, S. Sen, V.F. McNeill, B.S. Johnston, C.K. Colton (2005). Performing Process Control Experiments Across the Atlantic. Chemical Engineering Education 39(3): 232-237.[25] Gossage, J.L., C.L. Yaws, D.H. Chen, K. Li, T.C. Ho, J. Hopper, D.L. Cocke (2001). Integrating best practice pedagogy with computer-aided modeling and simulation to improve

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

implemented in a junior-level fluid mechanics course thatincluded both lecture and laboratory components. A total of nine learning objectives werespecified for the course. These learning objectives are: calculate fluid thrust forces, calculateaerodynamic forces, solve pipe flow problems, select a pump for a system, select a flowmeter fora system, write a computer program to solve transient fluids problems, write a professionalquality lab report, acquire and analyze laboratory data, and be a valuable member of team thatsuccessfully completes a project. The learning objectives can be mapped to ABET studentoutcomes. In this implementation of Standards-Based Grading, all assessments are done on apass-fail basis. That is to say, there is no partial credit

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Giraldeau, Polytechnique Montreal; Michel R. Dagenais, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Hanifa Boucheneb, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

IntroductionThe operating systems course is part of the classical curriculum of undergraduates in softwareand computer engineering. The content is well established from decades of iterative refine-ment and covers topics such as task management, system calls, synchronization, scheduling,memory management, and file system structure.1, 2 There are usually practical activities,or laboratory assignments, that complement the lectures. One approach to these activitiesconsists in using simulators.3–5 A simulator can help visualize the execution of classicalalgorithms, step-by-step. However, subsystems interaction is not covered from these ac-tivities, such that the global perspective is missing. The other common approach involvesprogramming a small scale

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Usman Ghani, DeVry University; Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, DuPage

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

intuitive.According to Moreno, “The importance of feedback in promoting learning is inarguable butadditional research is needed to determine the effects of structured guidance on other educationalareas, methods, and student populations.”15 One way to better understand the effect of simulatedactivities on students’ learning is to expand the research to uncommon educational areas suchlearning technical concepts related to information technology (IT). Even though for severaldecades researchers have explored the use of simulation to augment the laboratory experiences inthe areas of surgery, physics, chemistry, biology, math, and dental education, there is nosignificant study that measures the effect of students’ learning of IT matters using simulationsoftware

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Michigan State University; Megan A. Shannahan, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

obvious differences between the discussion topics selected by more- andless-experienced mentors, combining the responses from both groups highlights interestinggroupings among the topics. For instance, nearly all mentors chose to discuss logistics, the valueof the research, and the student’s role:  98% of mentors discussed how students can seek help for research-related questions  93% of mentors discussed the intellectual merits or significance of the research area/topic  91% of mentors discussed students’ expected work schedules  91% of mentors discussed the value of the student’s role within the project/groupDiscussions of how the student would be integrated with existing research and laboratory/groupprocesses were the next

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Meghan McGlinn Manfra, North Carolina State University ; Tom Snyder, North Carolina State University; Chunlei Wang, Florida International University; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Education Director for the NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST).Prof. Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University Mehmet C. Ozturk received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey in 1980. He received his MS degree from Michigan Tech in 1983 and his PhD degree from NC State University in 1988. Immediately after graduation, he joined the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2008, Dr. Ozturk has been serving as the director of the NCSU Nanofabrication Facility, which operates as the central laboratory for the entire University. In 2012, he became the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

UnLecture furthers theunderstanding of concepts that students learn from traditional lectures and laboratory projects. “I do remember seeing a diagram (in my co-op) that was made during one of our meetings … I believe it was a class diagram, since it showed what some classes would contain and what methods we would need to implement. I didn’t know UML then…” “It does seem like it takes a lot of time to create models for a software project but it will force you to think and know how the software will be structured and designed. This can also lead to solving many issues that may arise before any coding is actually begun.” “Another point from this Unlecture I found interesting was when one student talked about his experience as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University; Mary Staehle, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

excitinghands-on design challenges to analyze artificial organs. In more advanced core engineering courses andlaboratories, students will explore the function of artificial organs in the laboratory and investigate thevariables affecting their performance. The engineering goals of this project are: (1) to explore the function of human and artificial organs; (2)to apply current research methodology state-of-the-art medical devices for a hands-on investigation ofartificial organs; and (3) to introduce fundamental engineering principles through experiments with artifi-cial organs; (4) to investigate the factors affecting artificial organ performance and design criteria; and (5)to explore the complicated ethical issues regarding the technological

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Christopher H. Morrell, Loyola University Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Cape Town at South Africa, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a faculty member at Loyola University Maryland since 1986. He also works at the National Institute on Aging with researchers in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences. In 2010 he was elected as a fellow of the American Statistical Association. His area of interest in statistics is the linear mixed-effects model that is used to model longitudinal data. Page 23.1014.1 c American

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM grant to improve diversity at Rose-Hulman.Dr. Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Edward Wheeler is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman In- stitute of Technology. His teaching and research interests include electromagnetics, signal integrity, mi- crowave devices, MEMS and the electrical and magnetic

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

in a pair of looselyconnected undergraduate Aerospace Engineering courses that integrate teaching and research.The first one-third of each course is devoted to conventional lectures and/or laboratory exerciseswith computer interfaced data acquisition systems. The latter two-thirds focus on design andresearch projects in Aerospace Engineering with a few lectures interspersed. The teachingmethod has some unique characteristics: i) Undergraduates gain a research experience byworking in small groups of two or three students supervised by a volunteer graduate studentresearch mentor, ii) The particular research project is developed by the course instructors and thevolunteer graduate student research mentor in advance of the course as one related

Conference Session

Manufacturing Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #8119Research Experiences for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M