AC 2011-1882: INCORPORATING VIRTUAL LAB AUTOMATION SYS-TEMS IN IT EDUCATIONPeng Li, East Carolina UniversityJohn M Jones, East Carolina University Instructional Technology Consultant and part time faculty at East Carolina University. 18 years experience in the computer field.Kris Kareem Augustus, East Carolina University Page 22.856.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Incorporating Virtual Lab Automation Systems in IT Education1. IntroductionOnline education has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years. Advances in technologieshave made it possible to deliver not
AC 2011-737: STUDENT LED DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING ES-TIMATE PROBLEMS BASED ON YOUTUBE VIDEOSMatthew W Liberatore, Colorado School of Mines Matthew W. Liberatore is as an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in chemical engineering. In addition to creating and applying active learning in his courses, his current research involves the rheology of complex fluids especially traditional and renewable energy fluids, entangled polymer solutions and polymer films.Charles Russell Vestal, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Vestal is retired
AC 2011-2826: AN EVALUATION OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CIT-IZEN ENGINEERTom C. Roberts, P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University Assistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State Uni- versity Tom has more than 35 years experience in planning, organizational development, and leadership training programs. He worked for Black & Veatch for 16 years, formed Upward Consulting in 1989 and has served as a learning organization and process improvement consultant for a number of manufacturing and service companies, and educational institutions. Tom is past KSPE president, has assisted in sev- eral political campaigns, helped facilitate several citizen engineer workshops, and
AC 2011-677: A VIABILITY STUDY OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMSYouakim Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Youakim Kalaani earned his Doctor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cleveland State University with emphasis in power systems. He is a licensed professional engineer, an ABET evaluator, and a member of IEEE, IAJC, and ASEE organizations. He has research interest in electric power, renew- able energy, and optimization. He is currently the director of the newly established Electrical Engineering program at Georgia Southern University.William Trotter Nichols William Nichols graduated from Georgia Southern University in May 2010 with a Master of Science in Applied Engineering. His graduate research
served as a Chair of Energy Conservation and Conversion Division at American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Pecen holds a B.S in EE and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S. in EE from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW, 1997). He served as a graduate assistant and faculty at UW, and South Dakota State University. He served on UNI Energy and Environment Coun- cil, College Diversity Committee, University Diversity Advisory Board, and Graduate College Diversity Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and more than 50 publications are in the areas of AC/DC Power
AC 2011-2228: EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR DIVERSITY AND EX-CELLENCE IN FACULTY SEARCHES USING FILMColeen Carrigan, University of Washington ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change Coleen Carrigan’s research interests focus primarily on the socio-economic, historical relations of power which determine the value of women’s labor. In her undergraduate and graduate studies, and in her posi- tions at the Women’s Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor and University of Washington ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, she has performed independent and collaborative research on women’s labor value, the sexual and racial divisions of labor as well as institutional transformation and best prac- tices for the advancement of
AC 2010-524: ADAPTATION OF A COMMERCIAL UPS SYSTEM FOR ENERGYSYSTEMS EDUCATIONChristopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, HarrisburgPeter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Page 15.122.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Adaptation of a Commercial UPS System for Energy Systems EducationAbstractUninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems have become a critical component in themonitoring and safeguarding of electrical networks. Having continuous power has been anecessity in data centers for years, but has since extended into protection of businesses and otheressential facilities. For this reason, research efforts have focused on the
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
AC 2011-2921: IMPROVING THE PARTICIPATION AND RETENTIONOF MINORITY STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGHSUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMSDr. Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College Page 22.841.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 132 Improving the Participation and Retention of Minority Students in Science and Engineering Through Summer Enrichment Programs Amelito Enriquez Cañada College, Redwood City, CAAbstractAlthough many California Community College
AC 2011-2144: INCORPORATING SCREENCASTS INTO CHEMICAL EN-GINEERING COURSESGarret Nicodemus, University of Colorado-Boulder Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering B.S. Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (2004) Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Uni- versity of Colorado-Boulder, CO (2009) Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder, CO (2009-Present)Dr. John L. Falconer P.E., University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Will Medlin, University of Colorado, Boulder Page 22.849.1 c American Society for Engineering
AC 2011-734: ENGINEERING EDUCATON AND THE ENTREPRENEURIALMINDCynthia C. Fry, Baylor University Sr. Lecturer of Computer Science, Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer Science, Baylor UniversityWilliam M. Jordan, Baylor University WILLIAM JORDAN is the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Baylor University. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.A. degree in Theology from Denver Seminary, and a Ph.D. in mechanics and materials from Texas A & M University. He teaches materials related courses. He does work in the areas of entrepreneurship and appropriate technology in developing countries. He also writes and does research in
AC 2010-529: STUDENTS TAILOR A PRACTICAL WEB CONTENTMANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ANDCOORDINATION AMONG INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAMS OF INDUSTRY,GOVERNMENT, AND ACADEMIC RESEARCHERSMatthew Huff, University of IdahoEdward William, University of IdahoVishu Gupta, University of IdahoHerbert Hess, University of Idaho Page 15.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Students Tailor a Practical Web Content Management System forEffective Communication and Coordination Among Integrated Project Teams of Industry, Government, and Academic ResearchersIntroductionTo develop a State of Charge Indicator (SOCI), a team of industry, government, and
AC 2011-1734: ART2STEM: BUILDING A STEM WORKFORCE AT THEMIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELSydney Rogers, Alignment Nashville Sydney Rogers is the Executive Director of Alignment Nashville, a non-profit dedicated to strategic align- ment of community organizations with public education. She was formerly Vice President and Dean for Technologies at Nashville State Community College where she led several STEM workforce initiatives funded by NSF.Sandra Harris, Alignment Nashville and PENCIL Foundation Sandra Harris is the Program Manager for Art2STEM, a three-year grant funded by the National Science Foundation and seeking to impact the number of middle shool girls enrolling in STEM career paths once in high school. She was
AC 2011-1910: THE EFFECT OF ON-LINE VIDEOS ON LEARNER OUT-COMES IN A MECHANICS OF MATERIALS COURSEJeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science and Technology Jeffery Thomas is an assistant teaching professor in the department of Civil, Architectural and Environ- mental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. He received a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Missouri S&T. He is a licensed professional engineer. His technical interests are in mechanical characterization, construction, and the influence of force on biological systems. His artistic interests are in music.Richard H Hall, Missouri University of Science &
AC 2012-3101: EVALUATION OF DIRECT ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN ELEC-TRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYProf. Clark D. Shaver P.E., Pittsburg State University Clark D. Shaver, P.E., currently serves as a professor in the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Pittsburg State University. Shaver received his master’s of science and bachelor’s of science, both in electrical engineering at Oklahoma State University. Shaver has worked as an Automation Engineer and as a Motor Design Engineer. Currently, his research is focused on speaker authentication systems. Shaver is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Oklahoma.Dr. James A. Lookadoo P.E., Pittsburg State University James Lookadoo serves as the Program
AC 2011-1806: USING DIRECT ASSESSMENT TO RESOLVE TAC/ABETCRITERION 3 PROGRAM OUTCOMESTammie Lea Cumming, New York City College of Technology - CUNY Dr. Cumming is the Director of Assessment and Institutional Research office at the New York City Col- lege of Technology - CUNY. Dr. Cumming has been a consultant on a wide variety of higher education assessment topics with over 20 years of experience in education including assessment, educational and social research, institutional research, and psychometrics. Dr. Cumming has taught graduate courses in educational research methods and assessment as well as undergraduate courses in statistics, quantitative methods of research, and remedial mathematics. Dr. Cumming holds a
AC 2012-3936: INSTRUMENTATION FOR AN EMBEDDED CONTROLSYSTEMS DESIGN COURSE INCORPORATING THE DIGILENT ELEC-TRONICS EXPLORER BOARDProf. John Y. Hung, Auburn University John Y. Hung is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Auburn University, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Johnson Controls, Inc., in the field of digital controllers for commercial building automation systems, and also worked as a consultant in control systems design. Hung is a Fellow of IEEE, and is President-elect of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES). Previously, he served IES as Treasurer and Vice President for Conference Activities. He served as General Co
correspondinglearning abilities, Concrete Experiences (CE) comes through the sensory cortex located at theback of the brain, Reflective Observation (RO) involves the temporal integration cortex at thebottom of the brain, Abstract Conceptualization (AC) happens in the frontal integrative cortex ofthe brain, and Active Experimentation (AE) takes place in the motor portion of the brain. Anillustration of learning abilities and their correlation to regions of the cerebral cortex is shown inFigure 2, and the four learning abilities are defined in Table 1.Learning abilities (AC, AE, CE, and RO) may be determined through survey testing. Researchersin this area have led to the founding of Experienced Based Learning Systems, Inc. and relatedsoftware tools for
Concept Generation and Develop Creativity,” ASEE Annual Conference, AC 2009-2369, Austin, TX, June 2009.9. White, C., Talley, A., Jensen, D., Wood, K., Szmerekovsky, A., and Crawford, R., “From Brainstorming to C- Sketch to Principles of Historical Innovators: Ideation Techniques to Enhance Student Creativity,” ASEE Annual Conference, AC 2010-2278, Louisville, KY, June 2010.10. Ludovice, P., Lefton, L., and Catrambone, R., “Improvisation for Engineering Innovation,” ASEE Annual Conference, AC 2010-1650, Louisville, KY, June 2010.11. Altschuller, G., And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared – TRIZ the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, Technical Innovation Center, Inc., Worcester Massachusetts, 2001.12. Clarke, D
AC 2010-2033: FACULTY IMPRESSIONS OF SERVICE LEARNING INENGINEERING EDUCATIONKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityColleen O'Holleran, Engineers Without Borders-USA Chapter Relations Manager, EWB-USACathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders Page 15.577.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Faculty Impressions of Service Learning in Engineering Education1. BackgroundIn many quarters, engineering education has only recently discovered the contributions oflearning through service1,2,3,4. This awareness has often come obliquely with some of the mostengaging service opportunities originating outside academia. In the past decade many service-oriented
. Marquart. “Addressing Third World Poverty in First-Year Engineering Capstone Projects: Initial Findings,” Paper AC-2010-197, Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Conference and Exposition, 2010.7. http://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS. Accessed 1/20118. Coyle, E., L. Jamieson, and W. Oakes. “EPICS: Engineering Projects in Community Service,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2005.9. Gonzalez, E., E. Heisman, and G. Lucko. “Student-Centered Learning Environment for Disaster-Mitigating Engineering Design and Deployment in Developing Regions,” International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Vol. 5, No.1, pp. 189-209, 2010.10. Loendorf, W., D. Richeter, and D. Teachman. “Results from
AC 2011-785: INTEGRATING ONLINE LEARNING IN INTERDISCIPLINARYELECTROMECHANICAL AND ELECTROMECHANICAL/BIOMEDICALDESIGN COURSESSalah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor SALAH BADJOU, Ph.D. Wentworth Institute of Technology Electronics and Mechanical En- gineering Department Boston, MA 02115 USA Email: badjous@wit.edu Telephone: 617 989 4113. Salah Badjou received a B.S. in physics and mathematics and a M.S.in physics from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and a Ph.D. in solid-state physics from Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He has a combined multidisciplinary experience of more than 25 years university teaching, research, and industry. This includes two years, as a postdoctoral research fellow
District. It is one of only two federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area. The College opened in1968, and is located in Redwood City, California. During the 2009-2010 academic year, theCollege enrolled 11,566 students. The student body is genuinely multi-cultural with Hispanicstudents as the largest single group at 39.2%; white students comprise 33.3%, Asians 8.6%,African-Americans 3.8%, Filipinos 3.6%, Pacific Islanders 1.7%, American Indian/AlaskaNatives 0.4%, other 9.5%.1 Like all of the California Community College System institutions,Cañada is an open-enrollment institution, designed to welcome students of all ages andbackgrounds to higher education. Cañada’s Mission is to ensure that students from
Validation.Ms. Lisa A Nutt, Robert Morris UniversityDr. Tony Lee Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Tony Kerzmann received both a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Duquesne University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004. After graduating, Tony Kerzmann enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh where he graduated with a Master in Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Currently, he is an assistant professor at Robert Morris University, where his research goals include, hybrid concen- trating photovoltaic systems, energy system life cycle assessment, sustainable product development, and active
- eas of AC/DC Power System Interactions, distributed energy systems, power quality, and grid-connected renewable energy applications including solar and wind power systems. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and member of ASEE, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, and ATMAE. Pecen was rec- ognized as an Honored Teacher/Researcher in ”Who’s Who among America’s Teachers” in 2004-2009. Pecen is a recipient of 2010 Diversity Matters Award at the University of Northern Iowa for his efforts on promoting diversity and international education at UNI. He is also a recipient of 2011 UNI C.A.R.E Sustainability Award for the recognition of applied research and development of renewable energy appli- cations at UNI and
Engineering Letters. Professor Mohammed serves as theInternational Steering Committee Chair for the IEEE International Electric Machines and DrivesConference (IEMDC) and the IEEE Biannual Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC).Professor Mohammed was the General Chair of the 2009 IEEE IEMDC conference held in Miami Florida,May 3-6 2009 and was the Editorial Board Chairman for the IEEE CEFC2010 held in Chicago, IL USA,May 9-12, 2010. Professor Mohammed was also the general chair of the IEEE CEFC 2006 held in Miami,Florida, April 30 – May 3, 2006. He was also general chair of the 19th annual Conference of the AppliedComputational Electromagnetic Society ACES-2006 held in Miami, Florida March 14-17, 2006. He wasthe General Chairman of the
AC 2010-1232: DEVELOPMENT OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR ATECHNOLOGY PROGRAMFaruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityKeith Coogler, Sam Houston State University Page 15.405.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Renewable Energy Course for a Technology ProgramAbstractEnergy systems play a critical role in everyday life and are an important part of engineering. Theacademic, business, and industry fields have been seriously pursuing renewable energy systemsadvantageous to their needs. Students graduating from engineering and technology programs areinvolved in buying, managing, and trading alternative energies during their careers as part
having another tool to assist them in learning about process heaters. Theuniversity benefitted from the financial relief created by the corporate sponsorship and thepositive image from having an award-winning student team. Page 24.287.9 References 1. C. Baukal, J. Colannino, W. Bussman, and G. Price, Industry Instructors for a Specialized Elective Course, Paper AC 2010-67, proceedings of 2010 American Society for Engineering Education conference, June 20- 23, 2010, Louisville, KY.2. C. Baukal, G. Price, G. Silcox, M. Newton, and T. Phipps, Local and Remote Unrelated Universities Partner on Industry-Taught Course, paper ID
AC 2011-2033: PEER MARKING DOES IT REALLY IMPROVE STU-DENT LEARNING?Chris 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 Col- lege, New Zealand’s largest secondary school. This period also saw him setting and marking national examinations, and training high-school teachers. He has a successful, established and ongoing publica- tion record where high-school physics texts are concerned, covering more than 20 years. Since the start
. Professor Mohammed served as the International Steering Committee Chair for the IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference (IEMDC) and the IEEE Biannual Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC). Professor Mohammed was the General Chair of the 2009 IEEE IEMDC conference held in Miami Florida, May 3-6 2009 and was the Editorial Board Chairman for the IEEE CEFC2010 held in Chicago, IL USA, May 9-12, 2010. Pro- fessor Mohammed was also the general chair of the IEEE CEFC 2006 held in Miami, Florida, April 30 – May 3, 2006. He was also general chair of the 19th annual Conference of the Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society ACES-2006 held in Miami, Florida March 14-17, 2006. He was the