AC 2007-1138: A NAFP PROJECT: USE OF OBJECT ORIENTEDMETHODOLOGIES AND DESIGN PATTERNS TO REFACTOR SOFTWAREDESIGNGholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA Gholam “Ali” Shaykhian Gholam Ali Shaykhian is a software engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Engineering Directorate. He is a National Administrator Fellowship Program (NAFP) fellow and served his fellowships at Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ali is currently pursing a Ph.D. in Operations Research at Florida Institute of Technology. He has received a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Systems from University of Central Florida in 1985 and a second M.S. degree in
AC 2007-1206: DIGITAL DESIGN PROJECT COMPETITION USING ADVANCEDFPGA TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGESMihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyClint Cole, president DigilentInc, Pullman, WAMircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania Dr. Mircea Dabacan received the Diploma Engineer (M.S.) degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1998. Since 2001 he has been an Associate Professor with Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications and since 2005 he holds the
AC 2007-1048: EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE FUN PROJECTS FORINTEGRATING MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONCEPTS OF MATHEMATICS,SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERINGMahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville Dr. M K Quweider is an Associate Professor and chair of the Computer Science/Computer Information Systems at University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics, M.S. in Engineering Science, and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering all from the University of Toledo, Ohio. After graduation, he worked at several places including Pixera, a digital image processing company in Cupertino, CA, and 3COM, a networking and communication company in
technical publications, is co-author of one book, and has done consulting for industry in Mexico and the US. He can be reached at Karim.Muci@sdsmt.edu.Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy Jonathan Weaver is an Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). He received his BSME from Virginia Tech in 1986, his MSME and PhD in ME from RPI in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He has several years of industry experience and regularly consults with an automaker on projects related to CAD, DOE, and product development. He can be reached at weaverjm@udmercy.edu.Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dan Dolan joined the faculty of the
AC 2007-1121: A FOUR-YEAR PROGRESSION OF OPEN-ENDED PROJECTS INAN UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMDaniel Cavanagh, Bucknell UniversityJoseph Tranquillo, Bucknell UniversityDonna Ebenstein, Bucknell University Page 12.40.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Four Year Progression of Open-Ended Projects in an Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering CurriculumAbstractOne of the important instructional goals of our Biomedical Engineering Program is to providestudents with the opportunity to develop strong, independent project skills in both the classroomand the laboratory. To accomplish this goal, the Program has developed a
research interests are in mechanical design and engines. Page 12.132.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 “A Success Story: The SAE Baja Car as a Capstone Senior Design Project”AbstractThe Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) sponsors regional competitions which are intendedto simulate team-based engineering design projects. One such example is the SAE Bajacompetition (formerly known as the Mini-Baja competition), for which student teams mustdesign and build an off-road that can maneuver robustly through rough terrain. At manyuniversities
AC 2007-1231: EVALUATION OF THE NC-LSAMP PROJECT USINGGRADUATION RATE AND GATEKEEPING COURSE PERFORMANCEGerald Watson, North Carolina A&T State University Jerry Watson is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.Xiaochun Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University Xiaochun Jiang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a minor in experimental statistics from Clemson University in 2001. He is a member of ASEE, IIE, SME, and HFES.Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University Marcia Williams is
AC 2007-833: MOTIVATING STUDENT EFFORT IN ELECTRONICS BYWORKING WITH PROJECTS OF PERSONAL INTERESTOscar Ortiz, LeTourneau UniversityPaul Leiffer, LeTourneau University Page 12.1081.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Motivating Student Effort in Electronics by Working with Projects of Personal InterestAbstractStudents majoring in electrical and computer engineering are required during their Junior year totake a three-hour lecture course and a two-credit-hour lab course in analog electronics. By theend of the course, students learn the theory and application of such components as diodes, Zenerdiodes, NPN and PNP transistors
AC 2007-860: OVERCOMING THE HURDLES ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRYSPONSORSHIP OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGRobert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Robert Crockett received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder and President
AC 2007-861: MEDITEC: AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP TOENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING INBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGRobert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Robert Crockett received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder
AC 2007-887: BIODIESEL ALGAL BIOREACTORS AS EDUCATIONALPROJECTS: ENGINEERING FACTORS AND A CASE STUDY OF ESTIMATIONAlvin Post, Arizona State UniversityQiang Hu, Arizona State UniversityMilton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University Page 12.309.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Biodiesel Algal Bioreactors as Educational Projects: Engineering Factors and a Case Study of Estimation.Abstract:Two experimental closed-system bioreactors that produce algae for biodiesel are described,along with a discussion of the basic requirements for algae growth. The reactors were built bystudents and faculty, and are producing algae in support of
-Access Engineering and Technology Laboratory through a Graduate Level Team Project Jonathan Godfrey, James Z. Zhang, Aaron K. Ball, Robert Adams Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723Abstract:For many distance engineering courses, labs are either accomplished by gatheringstudents at a central location or are comprised by requiring students to perform computersimulation. Aimed at improving learning effectiveness for the students, Kimmel Schoolgraduate students are set out to implement a real-time, remotely accessible engineeringlaboratory for an undergraduate automation class based on the previous research results[1], [2
Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Simple Multitasking Library for Student Projects and Introducing Embedded Operating Systems PrinciplesAbstractThe cxlib multitasking library is written for teaching embedded microprocessor principles toelectrical and computer engineering students, serving as a stepping stone toward real timeoperating systems. The students also use cxlib in their projects. The library supportscooperative multitasking and a recent change allows for preemptive round-robin scheduling.The cxlib library was first written during the spring 2002 semester as the author surveyed theliterature for material to use in a new course.The intent of the cxlib library is to provide simple multitasking that
AC 2007-917: EXCITING STUDENTS ABOUT MATERIALS SCIENCE ANDENGINEERING: A PROJECT-BASED, SERVICE-LEARNING MUSEUM DESIGNCOURSEKatherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University Katherine C. Chen is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Materials Engineering Department at the California Polytechnic ("Cal Poly") State University, San Luis Obispo. She received a B.A. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. Her Ph.D. is in Materials Science from MIT. She is active in outreach activities and has a strong interest in informal science education
AC 2007-922: WEB-BASED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS PROJECTS FOR A JUNIORLEVEL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS COURSEDavid Braun, California Polytechnic State University David Braun is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He worked at Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from 1992 to 1996, after completing the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at U.C. Santa Barbara. Please see www.ee.calpoly.edu/~dbraun/ for information about his courses, teaching interests, and research. Page 12.1599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Web Based Design
AC 2007-3085: ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING WIND TUNNELMODELS FOR STUDENT PROJECTS IN FLUID MECHANICSEric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin Eric Zissman is a December 2006 BSME graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin Philip Schmidt is the Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program Development and Director of the PROCEED Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Page 12.195.1© American Society for
Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Qian earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Qian is the principal investigator of the high performance computing research and education project at AAMU.Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University Dr. Ruben Rojas-Oviedo is a Chairperson of Mechanical Engineerinf Department at Alabama A&M University. Page 12.250.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Applying CFD and Novel Development in Electromagnetic Flow Control to A Mechanical Engineering Senior Design ProjectAbstractA
AC 2007-1888: THE NATIONAL PROJECT FOR THE INNOVATIVEDEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHER ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN RUSSIAVasili Zhurakovskiy, Russian Association of Engineering Universities Prof., Dr. of Sc., Former Rector of the Rostov-on-Don Institute of the Agricultural Machinebuilding, Former 1st Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation Ministry of Education, President of the Russian Association of Engineering UniversitiesAleksey Nesterov, Russian Association of Engineering Universities Prof., Dr. of Sc., Head of Welding Department in the Moscow State University of Aviation Technology (MATI), General Director of the Russian Association of Engineering Universities
outreach projects as program coordinator and program director. He has worked collaboratively with tribal college instructors and high school teachers. He serves as the faculty advisor for American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Student Chapter at NDSU.G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University Dr. G. Padmanabhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of North Dakota water Resources Research Institute. He served as the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department from 1999 through 2003. Dr. Padmanabhan has more than twenty five years of teaching experience in engineering. He has attended several engineering education
students progress from basic data collection and reverse engineering projects throughmore open-ended, industry-sponsored capstone design experiences. The team ofmultidisciplinary faculty from Engineering and Communications who teach the sophomore levelcourses have observed the difficulty students have tackling the fundamental open-ended natureof true design problems and have subsequently revised the sequence. For the Fall of 2005 theSophomore Clinic sequence was revised to introduce Dym et al.’s converging-divergingframework for design by incorporating a series of three projects of increasing complexity withaccompany activities designed to reinforce the converging-diverging concepts. For the thirdproject in the series, roughly sixty students
AC 2007-2198: LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT: A STUDENT PROJECT TODEVELOP INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION AS A PERMANENT STATE OFMINDSorin Cioc, University of Toledo Sorin Cioc is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), College of Engineering, University of Toledo. He received a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. His main research and publishing area is tribology. He is a past recipient of the Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award for the best paper on the practical aspects of lubrication
Projects in Engineering Education: The Students’ PerspectiveAbstract:International service projects are increasingly recognized as a way to prepare students for theglobal marketplace. Project-based service learning is a valuable educational tool, and expandsupon a traditional engineering education. Accordingly, increased opportunities for this have beenprovided to students through various national and university institutions. In the past three years,students from Tufts University have initiated projects in Ecuador, El Salvador and the TibetAutonomous Region. These projects provide diverse perspectives, from which important lessonscan be extracted.This paper will address lessons learned from student-run international service
AC 2007-2201: SELF-MANAGEMENT OF COGNITION IN A TEAM-BASEDENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT: A CASE STUDYOenardi Lawanto, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Page 12.1264.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 SELF-MANAGEMENT OF COGNITION IN A TEAM-BASED ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT: A CASE STUDYDespite little direct guidance and instruction received from their professors, working on an open-ended task such as designing an engineering artifact is expected to be a rich learning experiencefor students. In order to be successful on such a task, students need to set reasonable goals forthemselves and adopt intrinsic standards for success so that they will be able to
AC 2007-2246: INDUSTRY-BASED CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS: YOU CAN'TSELL THE SOLUTION IF YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATEJoseph Emanuel, Bradley University Joseph T. Emanuel hold a BS in Math from the University if New Mexico and MS and PhD degrees in Engineering Psychology from The Ohio State University. He is Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He has coordinated the IMET Department capstone design course since 1975. Among his awards are both the Engineering College and the University awards for teaching and the University award for public service. He also has received the student senate award for academic advising.H. Dan
AC 2007-2287: DISTINGUISHING AMONG PROCESSES OF PROBLEMSOLVING, DESIGN, AND RESEARCH TO IMPROVE PROJECT PERFORMANCEDan Cordon, University of IdahoBarbara Williams, University of IdahoSteven Beyerlein, University of IdahoDonald Elger, University of Idaho Page 12.555.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Distinguishing Among Processes of Problem Solving, Design, and Research to Improve Project PerformanceAbstractProfessionals in all disciplines are continually engaged in problem solving, design, and research.Because steps in these processes appear similar, many faculty conceptualize a single, universalmodel for all three processes. However
AC 2007-263: INDIVIDUAL PROJECT-BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPRESEARCH APTITUDE IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING STUDENTSJitendra Tate, Texas State University-San Marcos Dr. Jitendra S. Tate is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Texas State University-San Marcos. He teaches courses in Materials Engineering, Plastics and Composites Manufacturing, Engineering Design Graphics, and Computer Aided Engineering. His research interests include low cost manufacturing of composites, mechanical characterization of composites under static and dynamic loading, fatigue life prediction modeling, finite element analysis, CADD, and statistical analysis. He is a member of several
prepares students for open-ended team projects in the second course. This paperdescribes an easily adaptable model for a “pre-capstone” course that prepares students for ateam-based capstone experience in electrical engineering. The course is broadly adaptable sinceit has many similarities with the structure, outcomes, and grading methods of other capstonecourses nationwide1.Outcomes for the pre-capstone course were chosen based on observed deficiencies in studentperformance in solving open ended projects as part of a team in the second capstone course. Thecourse was structured on a cognitive apprentice model. In the cognitive apprentice model,experts model behaviors or skills for novices who then practice the skills on their own.Continuous
AC 2007-276: INDUSTRIAL PARTNERING RESULTS IN A PROBLEM-SOLVINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND A PROJECT-BASED CAPSTONE COURSEJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine JOHN MARSHALL received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Electronic Control Systems, and Automation. Page 12.887.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Industrial Partnering Results in a Problem
AC 2007-304: DEVELOPMENT OF CAE COURSE PROJECT FOCUSING ONDATA MANAGEMENT THROUGH WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM DESIGNArnaldo Mazzei, Kettering University ARNALDO MAZZEI is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1998. He specializes in dynamics and vibrations of mechanical systems and stability of drivetrains with universal joints. His current work relates to modal analysis, stability of drivetrains, finite element analysis and CAE. He is a member of ASME, ASEE and SEM.Yaomin Dong, Kettering University YAOMIN DONG is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University
AC 2007-346: DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT IN TEAM-ORIENTED,PROJECT-BASED COURSES: EVALUATING A LATEX/SUBVERSION-BASEDAPPROACHSandra Yost, University of Detroit MercyMohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy Page 12.562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Document Management in Team-Oriented, Project-Based Courses: Evaluating a LATEX/Subversion-Based Approach1 AbstractThis paper discusses a low-cost approach to the implementation of a document versioning systemfor technical reports. Several alternatives have been considered, including commercial documentcollaboration services such as NextPage 2™ (NextPage, Inc.) and SharePoint™ (Microsoft Inc.),open