Figure 9. Lower End Master Bill of MaterialManufacturing Processes. The students investigated options of casting and CNC-machiningbillet for the lower-end design prototype. Due to budget and time constraints, the team decidedto manufacture the lower-unit from billet aluminum. Using the capabilities of the EngineeringTechnology Department’s manufacturing laboratories; the students decided that they werecapable of manufacturing all of the prototype parts in-house. Rather than go into detail of everystep in manufacturing every part, the following touches on some key points of interest. Thestudent team created manufacturing routings for every part. These routing helped the studentsplan steps taken to create the part and provide an overall
drag; turbomachines.The three courses are taken sequentially beginning with the first semester (Fall) of thesophomore year. Average section size is about 25 students, with a maximum of 35. All threecourses are team-taught by a pair of faculty members and utilize a four meeting per week format,in which there are three 50-minute periods (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) used primarily forlectures. The fourth period is a 165-minute “flex” period that meets on Thursdays, and can beused for lectures, laboratory exercises, exams, or for overarching problem solution periods.Aside from the integration of concepts described previously and the use of overarching problemsas described herein, Mechanics I and II are taught in a fairly traditional manner
Technological University DR. JEAN KAMPE is currently department chair of Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Technolog- ical University, where she also holds an associate professorship in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Tech, an M.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Michigan Tech. She was employed as a research engineer for five years at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, and she held an associate professorship in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, working there for ten years in first-year
Institute. His academic back- ground is notable for a strong emphasis on research and teaching. As a researcher at Georgia Tech, he worked on system design of Aerospace vehicles. His research is focused on system level design opti- mization and integration of disciplinary analyses. Dr. Khalid has held the positions of adjunct professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and SPSU. He has also worked as postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech.Scott C Banks, Georgia Tech Research Institute Scott Banks is a Research Engineer with the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS). Scott has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and
, results of which have been published in over 100 articles in journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Nemes has also held a number of positions in industry and government, including posts at the Kennedy Space Center and at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC.Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University Kirsten S. Hochstedt is a Graduate Assistant at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education. She has received her Masters degree in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in educa- tional and psychological measurement, at Penn State and is a doctoral candidate in the same program. The primary focus of her research concerns assessing the response structure of test scores using item
potential to provide an ideal venue forapplying previously proven collaborative teaching and learning techniques commonly used insmaller engineering laboratory and discussion sessions to a larger, more traditional lecturesetting. Currently, the range of use of Tablet PCs in the classroom includes enhancing lecturepresentations,13,14 digital ink and note taking,15 E-Books (books in electronic format) that allowhyperlinks and annotations,16 Tablet-PC-based in-class assessments,13,14 and Tablet-PC-basedclassroom collaboration systems such as Classroom Presenter,17 Ubiquitous Presenter,18NetSupport School,19,20,21,22 and DyKnow.23As part of the ONE-STEP program a Summer Engineering Teaching Institute (SETI) will beheld to help California community
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learners the opportunity to explore: a) design, b)testing, and c) the production of tools, technology, structures, and materials. Learning throughEngineering Design and Practice presented students with a series of projects over a yearlonginformal experience. In our case, learners were presented with engineering design problemswhere solutions are achieved via an actual project. Participants had access to a wide range ofresources that included human and content rich media, Arizona State University art museum andengineering laboratories, the Phoenix Zoo, the Arizona Science Center, a number of differenttypes of hardware and software technologies. The project therefore is the culmination of thelearning process, and the solution is the finished product
- neers. He’s the PI on two NSF S-STEM grants providing academic and career guidance to students in CSEM fields. He js a Professor of Electrical Engineering within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU. Prior to joining ASU, he worked at MIT, IBM, AT&T Bell Laboratories and Raytheon Missile Systems. He has consulted for Eglin Air Force Base, Boeing Defense and Space Systems, Honeywell and NASA. He has authored over 190 technical papers and three engineering texts. He has given more than 60 invited presentations - including 13 plenaries. Since 1994, he has directed an extensive engineering mentoring-research program that has served over 300 students. He’s an AT&T Bell Labs Fellow, Boe- ing A.D
efficiency of integrating software projects into courses.AcknowledgmentsThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation Division of UndergraduateEducation (DUE) Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program and theEngineering Education and Centers (EEC) Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculumand Infrastructure (IEECI) Program under grants DUE-0837661, DUE-1022958 and EEC-0935145. This research is also supported through a software grant from Parametric TechnologyCorporation (PTC). The authors would also like to thank their collaborators, Ann Shoplik andPamela Piskurich of the Carnegie Mellon C-MITES program, Jack Zhou of Drexel University,Nathan Klingbeil of Wright State University, Glenn Beltz of the University
, Montgomery, West Virginia.ABSTRACT An inexpensive hydrogen injection system was designed, constructed and testedin the Mechanical Engineering (ME) laboratory. It was used to supply hydrogen to agasoline engine to run the engine in varying proportions of hydrogen and gasoline. Afactory-built injection and control system, based on the injection technology from theracing industry, was used to inject gaseous hydrogen into a gasoline engine to boost theefficiency and reduce the amount of pollutants in the exhaust. A fully programmableNOS Launcher Progressive Nitrous Controller was used with the ability to controlinjection of a fuel based on engine performance parameters such as RPM and manifoldair pressure. The system was first tried out
experiments, interpret and analyze data, and report results. 4. Graduates will demonstrate the ability to design a mechanical system, component, or process that meets desired specifications and requirements. 5. Graduates will demonstrate the ability to function on engineering and science laboratory teams as well as on multidisciplinary design teams. 6. Graduates will use modern engineering software tools and equipment to analyze mechanical engineering problems. 7. Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. 8. Graduates will be able to communicate effectively in both verbal and written forms. 9. Graduates will have the confidence for self-education and the ability for
University Ali Eydgahi started his career in higher education as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985. Since then, he has been with the State University of New York, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and Eastern Michigan University. During 2006-2010, he was Chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, Founder and Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. In Aug. 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of
. Rodriguez has also served on various national technical committees and panels. He is currently serving on the fol- lowing National Academies panels: Survivability and Lethality Analysis and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Autonomous Systems. Personal website: http://aar.faculty.asu.edu/.Ms. Anita Grierson, Arizona State University Anita Grierson has been the Director of the METS Center in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU since 2008. Grierson has more than 10 years corporate experience in program management, business development, and biomechanical engineering, with products as diverse as air bag systems for helicopters, body armor, and orthopedic implants. She received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical
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regarding the necessity of ViTAS application is discussed in previoussections.Iteration -1: initial planning of ViTASIn the initial planning of the ViTAS application development, few important aspects isconsidered such as set up the development environment (research laboratory), hire theappropriate personnel (graduate assistants), buy the necessary equipments (computers, servers,printers, etc.), use of software packages (MS Visual Studio 2010, SQL server 2008 R2, MSTeam Foundation Server, etc.), and network connections to the servers. The workstations andserver connection network is designed and setup to initialize the development process shown inFigure 3. After the work stations are setup, all the necessary tools are installed in the workstations
es- tablished the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL), a joint university-industry partnership fo- cusing on the design and development of hardware and software products Morgan served 22 years in the Air Force, including a tour of duty on faculty with the Electrical Engineering Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy.Dr. Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University Jay R. Porter joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 1998 and is currently the Program Director for the Electronics and Telecommunications programs. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering (1987), a M.S. degree in physics (1989), and a Ph.D. in electrical
AC 2012-4481: EDUCATION APPROACH IN JAPAN FOR MANAGEMENTAND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSProf. David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University David Cochran is a professor of industrial and systems engineering management. He is Founder and Prin- cipal of System Design, LLC, Visiting Professor with the School of Business, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and faculty of systems engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Cochran devel- oped the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) to determine the underlying design of the Toyota Production System (and ”lean”) from a systems engineering viewpoint and was Founder and Director of the Production System Design Laboratory in the
the searchfirst students as their questions are answered within a context. Likewise, the search first studentsperform better than ask first students as they are engaged in the learning process and are self-directing their learning. Finally, ask first students are merely seeking an answer without anyexploration.Virtual Office HoursStatus updates and comments are asynchronous forms of communication and require participantsto wait indefinitely for responses from others in the network. There are many instances whereimmediate feedback is necessary in order for students to proceed on a project or other learningactivity. In the inverted classroom model, that immediate feedback occurs in the laboratory,although there are other instances where
Program in the Engineering Education Innovation Center has anumber of physical simulation laboratories that have been designed to provide first yearengineering students with a hands-on experience with a variety of engineering principles andmethods. One such lab was casually called the ‘Camera Lab’ as it involved the assembly of adisposable Kodak Camera.The learning constructs in this lab primarily revolved around push versus pull type productionand inventory management systems with a single product variant. In short the learningconstructs were somewhat narrow and limited albeit useful. The leadership of the First-yearEngineering Program desired to update and expand this lab.An Integrated Systems Engineering faculty member intimately knowledgeable
presentation. Many ofthe teams spend additional time at the organization’s site collecting data, volunteering, orobserving the operation of a facility to get a better understanding of the design problem. Theinteraction with the client, on average, could be described as short term, and low (i.e. notimmersive). While the resources committed are substantial, in fact an analysis has shown thatthe cost of this course is approximately equivalent to a laboratory course for the same number ofstudents. It was designed to be cost neutral, and has successfully been run this way for severalyears now.Using the model, we can compare and contrast the WPI program and the UofT program. WPI isclearly a more immersive program that stretches across multiple years and
AC 2012-4792: ADVANCING PERSONALIZED ENGINEERING LEARN-ING VIA AN ADAPTIVE CONCEPT MAPDr. Christopher B. Williams, Virginia TechMr. Jacob Preston Moore, Virginia Tech Jacob Moore is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Aditya Johri, Virginia TechDr. Robert Scott Pierce, Sweet Briar CollegeChris North, Virginia Tech Chris North is an Associate Professor of computer science at Virginia Tech. He leads the Information Visualization research group in the Center for Human-Computer Interaction, and directs the GigaPixel Display Laboratory, one of the most advanced display and interaction facilities in the world. He was General Chair of the IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis
“catch up” to the competition. Investing in the future has always been a challenge we have faced and conquered in the United States as we continuously move forward with innovative ways to teach math and science such that young students will embrace the excitement of laboratory and other hand-on teaching methods in math and science; leading to their interest and pursuit of engineering as a career in the future. This paper will not discuss STEM Education or the many efforts being invested in to grow our engineers and scientist base of the future; rather it will present a solution to how one company manages to provide a cohesive and inclusive “development programs” structure including opportunities available during the engineering student’s
Engineering and Com- puter Science at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM) since 1983. Currently he is professor and Chairman of the Computer Science Program. Hosseini’s expertise is in the areas of computer net- works, computer architecture, fault-tolerance, and distributed and parallel computing. He is the Founder and Co-director of the Computer Networks Laboratory at UWM. Hosseini has published more than 120 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. One of his co-authored papers has won the Best Paper Award, and he has published two book chapters. He is the recipient of a patent in the field of computer networks. He has supervised nine Ph.D. and more than 60 M.S. students and has re
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM) since 1983. Currently, he is professor and Chairman of the Computer Science Program. Hosseini’s expertise is in the areas of computer networks, computer architecture, fault-tolerance, and distributed and parallel computing. He is the Founder and Co- director of the Computer Networks Laboratory at UWM. Hosseini has published more than 120 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, one of his co-authored papers has won the Best Paper Award, and he has published two book chapters. He is the recipient of a patent in the field of com- puter networks. He has supervised nine Ph.D. and over 60 M.S, students and has received funding from NSF and industry. Hosseini is
developed with fundingfrom their programs or project PIs who are engaged in developing relevant instruments. Otherpossible sources for instrument information include: the Defense Technical Information Center(a repository for final reports of projects funded by Department of Defense), the MentalMeasurements Yearbook (cataloguing 3500 commercially available tests), and regionaleducational laboratories (e.g., Northwest Regional Education Lab in Portland, OR).Within the ASSESS database, instruments must be characterized to aid in identifying thosemeeting criteria set by the user – quality criteria, ranges of suitable application, and instrumentfeatures. A tagging scheme is preferred to multiple levels of characterization because tagging ismore flexible
their local and regional industries. The public stateuniversities directed their industry partnership efforts towards the commercialization of theresearch produced in their laboratories. These differences shaped the relationships between theinstitution and their industry partners. Community colleges focus on current job needs whileuniversities look for future opportunities.Funding also presents a challenge. Workforce development programs at the community collegesare financially self-supporting activities. Their self-supporting nature allows flexibility inprogramming. Many of the energy related courses exists as workforce development programsand lead towards a non-credit bearing certificate. The universities, on the other hand, offercourses that
AC 2012-3927: ASSESSING AN ADAPTIVE EXPERTISE INSTRUMENTIN COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) COURSES AT TWO CAMPUSESDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Michael D. 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, Minn. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools; specifically, the cost modeling and analysis of product development and
. Students have an opportunity to work with leading international researchers, graduate students, and research laboratories. 3) Student Organizations and Design Competitions include Engineers Without Borders and SAE design competitions. 4) Student and Faculty Created Projects include creative and challenging projects with an entrepreneurial perspective.A variety of challenging projects are created each year to appeal to varied student academic andcareer interests. Student project selection and team formation can be a challenging and timeconsuming process that is critical to the success of the design project and course experience.Successful student teams should include enthusiastic, motivated and engaged students3,4. Thispaper will