AC 2011-2100: THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE MODEL FROM LASER SCANNINGOF PROVING GROUND ROADPavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University Dr. Pavel Ikonomov is Associate Professor in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Western Michigan University He earned his bachelor degree from Technical University of Varna and his first master degree at M.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Technology from Technical University of Varna. His second master degree he earned from Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan and his Ph. D in Precision Manufacturing Engineering from Hokkaido University, Japan. He worked several years as chef engineer in Bulgaria, Asst. professor at Technical University of Varna. CTO
AC 2011-1919: RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ACTUAL VEHICLE ROLLOVERAS A SPECIAL PROJECT IN AN UNDERGRADUATE DYNAMICS COURSEBlake M. Ashby, Grand Valley State University Blake M. Ashby is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University. His research and teaching interests include the areas of dynamics, kine- matics, solid mechanics, musculoskeletal biomechanics, injury biomechanics, and accident reconstruc- tion. Prior to joining to Grand Valley State, he worked for several years as a consulting engineer with Woolley Engineering Research Corporation and Exponent Failure Analysis Associates. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State
AC 2011-1859: SERVICE RESEARCH AND SERVICE LEARNING: DE-VELOPING COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION BETWEENA UNIVERSITY AND A NONPROFIT.Kristen Osterwood, University of PittsburghAmy E. Landis, University of PittsburghJason Douglas Monnell, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Monnell is a Research Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of Pittsburgh. He obtained his bachelors degree in Biochemistry from Union College (Schenectady NY) his PhD in Chemistry from Penn State in 2005. He investigates chemical and phys- ical interactions between surfaces and their environments. He is especially interested in heavy metals, chacogen containing molecules, and catalytic materials. Dr
AC 2011-1009: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND SPACECRAFT SUBSYS-TEMS MODELING AS PREREQUISITES FOR CAPSTONE DESIGNLisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters Ms. Lisa A. Guerra Research Fellow NASA / Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Lisa Guerra has 25 years experience in the NASA aerospace community. Ms. Guerra is currently working with the UTeach Engineering Program. She recently completed a 4-year assignment from NASA Head- quarters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at The University of Texas at Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Ms. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her
AC 2011-2869: PROVIDING AND ENSURING AN EFFECTIVE COMMU-NITY COLLEGE TRANSFER PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAMCecelia M. Wigal, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Cecelia M. Wigal received her Ph.D. in 1998 from Northwestern University and is presently a professor of engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Her primary areas of interest and expertise include complex process and system analysis, quality process analysis with respect to nontra- ditional applications such as patient safety, and information system analysis with respect to usability and effectiveness. Dr. Wigal is also interested in engineering education reform to address present and future student and national and international
AC 2011-335: USING AN EXTENSION SERVICES MODEL TO INCREASEGENDER EQUITY IN ENGINEERINGElizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering Elizabeth T. Cady is a Program Officer at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education of the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC.Norman L. Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering (Washington) Dr. Norman L. Fortenberry is the founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). CASEE facilitates research on and deployment of, innovative policies, practices, and tools designed to enhance the effective- ness and efficiency of systems for the formal
AC 2011-1127: LABORATORY PROJECTS APPROPRIATE FOR NON-ENGINEERS AND INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERINGJohn Krupczak, Hope CollegeKate A Disney, Mission College Engineering Facutly, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA Page 22.997.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Laboratory Projects Appropriate for Non-Engineers and Introduction toEngineeringAbstractMany engineering programs are facing unfamiliar challenges in the area of curriculumdevelopment and course offerings. Some engineering departments are working with a newconstituency of students through newly offered courses on engineering and technological topicsfor non
AC 2012-5591: CHANGING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDESABOUT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE ENGINEER-ING IN AN INTRODUCTORY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CLASSProf. Elizabeth Butler, University of Oklahoma Elizabeth Butler is a professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma. Page 25.302.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Changing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Sustainable Development and Sustainable Engineering in an Introductory Science and Engineering ClassAbstractNumerous
AC 2012-3771: DEVELOPING A SMALL-FOOTPRINT BIOENGINEER-ING PROGRAMDr. Alisha L Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alisha Sarang-Sieminski is an Assistant Professor of bioengineering at Franklin W. Olin College of En- gineering. Her research interests include how cells respond to and influence chemical and mechanical aspects of their surroundings and how people respond to and influence the schemas and power dynamics in their surroundings.Prof. Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of materials science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engi- neering. Her engineering education research currently focuses on self-efficacy in first-year
AC 2012-4584: DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT ANDGAP ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF EN-GINEERING PROGRAMSMr. Evan T. Curtis, Univeristy of Nebraska, LincolnAbby M. Kelly, University of Nebraska, LincolnJohnathan Ian Edward McCoy, University of Nebraska, LincolnDr. David Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln David Jones is a professor of biological systems engineering and the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.Dr. Dennis D. Schulte P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln Page 25.461.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2012-3849: A CLASSROOM DISCUSSION OF APPLIED ETHICSYilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Louisiana State University. He is currently the Coordinator of the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas, San Antonio.Dr. Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio Suat Gunhan received both his bachelor’s of architecture and master’s of science in architecture degrees from Dokuz Eylul University, and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Illinois Institute of Technol- ogy. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas
AC 2012-4346: A CREATIVE INTRODUCTION TO ENTROPYDr. David Zietlow, Bradley University David Zietlow is a professor of mechanical engineering.Dr. Jacqueline Henderson, Bradley University Page 25.37.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Creative Introduction to EntropyAbstract Developing pedagogical tools to explain engineering principles is a continuous process. A collaborative effort between The League of Imaginary Scientists and the University Departments of Art and Mechanical Engineering created a multi-level, interactive art installation introducing entropy and the second
AC 2012-3678: A GRID OF ONLINE LABORATORIES BASED ON THEILAB SHARED ARCHITECTUREProf. Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria Since 1995, Michael Auer is professor of electrical engineering at the Systems Engineering Department of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria and has also held teaching positions at the universities of Klagenfurt (Austria), Amman (Jordan), Brasov (Romania), and Patras (Greece). He was invited for guest lectures at MIT Boston and Columbia University and technical universities of Moscow, Athens, and others. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and member of VDE, IGIP, etc., author or co-author of more than 180 publications, and a leading member of numerous national
AC 2012-5213: A NEW COURSE ON DISTRIBUTION OF GREEN TECH-NOLOGIES: CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ELECTRONICS DISTRIBU-TION - GOING GREENDr. Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University Page 25.79.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012A New Course on Distribution of Green Technologies: Contemporary Topics in Electronics Distribution - Going Green AbstractIn this paper, we present a senior level electronics distribution course for an Engineering Technologyand Industrial Distribution Program. The course is developed as an upper-level undergraduate
AC 2012-3460: A PHYSICAL MODEL FOR THE DOT PRODUCT: DOESIT IMPROVE LEARNING OF VECTOR MECHANICS?Luciano Fleischfresser, Universidade Tecnolgica Federal do Paran Luciano Fleischfresser is an Associate Professor at Universidade Tecnolgica Federal do Paran, where he teaches the vector mechanics sequence (statics and dynamics) for engineering majors. Fleischfresser holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma’s School of Meteorology and bachelor’s/master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Universidade Federal do Paran and Universidade Federal do Santa Catarina respectively. His research interests are in engineering educational research and in environmental fluid mechanics.Mariana Nascimento Casarin, Universidade
AC 2012-3158: A STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING LAB TO INCREASEMOTIVATION AND INTEREST IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGMr. Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Tufts University Sandeep Sathyamoorthy is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University. Prior to this, Sathyamoorthy was a Project Engineer at AECOM Water, focusing on BNR/ENR wastewater treatment plant design and water reuse treatment processes.Dr. Linda Jarvin, Paris College of Art Linda Jarvin, Ph.D., is the Dean of Paris College of Art in Paris, France, and an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University, Mass. She received her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Paris V and her postdoctoral training at Yale
AC 2012-4934: AUTOMATIC HANDWRITTEN STATICS SOLUTION CLAS-SIFICATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN PREDICTING STUDENT PER-FORMANCEMr. Han-lung Lin, University of California, Riverside Han-lung Lin has received his master’s degree at the University of Electro-communications in Japan. He is currently a Ph.D. student in computer science at University of California, Riverside.Dr. Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside Thomas Stahovich received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berke- ley in 1988. He received a S.M. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. He is currently Chair and professor in the mechanical
AC 2012-4556: AUTOMATICALLY UNDERSTANDING HANDWRITTENSELF-EXPLANATIONSMr. James Herold, University of California, Riverside James Herold earned his B.S. in computer science at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona in 2004. He is currently a Ph.D. student in computer science at the University of California, Riverside.Dr. Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside Thomas Stahovich received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berke- ley in 1988. He received a S.M. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. He is currently Chair and Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the
AC 2012-4325: BRINGING ENGINEERING INTO THE STUDIO: DESIGNASSIGNMENTS FOR TEACHING STRUCTURES TO ARCHITECTSDr. Sinead C. Mac Namara, Syracuse University Page 25.270.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Bringing Engineering into the Studio: Design Assignments for Teaching Structures to Architects1. IntroductionThis paper describes an example of design education in architectural structures atSyracuse University. When architecture students choose a structural material for a designit is vital that embedded in that decision is an understanding of the scale of both thestructural members and of the spaces
AC 2012-3968: THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ON THESELF-EFFICACY OF STUDENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEER-INGMs. Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University Rachelle Reisberg is Assistant Dean for Engineering Enrollment and Retention, as well as Director of Women in Engineering at Northeastern University. She is the PI on the Pathways research grant funded by NSF’s Gender in Science and Engineering program. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Reisberg held a wide range of management positions in IBM, Hanover Insurance, and was the President of a high tech start-up company.Prof. Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University Joe Raelin is an international authority in work-based learning and collaborative
AC 2012-3090: THE METHOD OF COVERING MEP SCOPE IN AN ESTI-MATING COURSEDr. Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio Suat Gunhan received both his bachelor’s of architecture and master’s of science in architecture degrees from Dokuz Eylul University and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Illinois Institute of Technol- ogy. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas, San Antonio.Dr. Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Louisiana State University. He is currently the Coordinator of the Construction Science and Management program at the
AC 2012-4098: THE ROLE OF CLASSROOM ARTIFACTS IN DEVELOP-MENTAL ENGINEERINGDiana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette Diana Bairaktarova is a doctoral student in engineering education at Purdue University. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria, and M.B.A. degree from Hamline School of Business, Minnesota. Bairaktarova has more than a decade of engineering design experience, working as a Module design, and MMIC Test Engineer. Her research interest is in the area of developmental engineering, creativity, engineering design, and STEM education, and engineering ethics. Bairaktarova is currently working on a research project to study the ways
AC 2012-4326: THE ROLE OF SLATE ENABLED TECHNOLOGY IN COL-LABORATIONAshley Robinson, Virginia Tech Ashley Robinson is a computer science doctoral student at Virginia Tech. She has been working with the Instructional Technology team at Virginia Tech since 2010, where she provides faculty and student assistance on tablet PC integration in the higher education classroom.Dr. Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech Catherine Amelink serves as Research Analyst and Assessment Specialist in the Dean’s Office, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech. Her research interests include factors in the educational environment that impact student success.Dr. Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech Holly Matusovich is an Assistant Professor
AC 2012-4874: THE TEACHER EFFECT: EXPLAINING RETENTION GAINSIN FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROJECTS COURSESDr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Engineering Assessment Specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Pro- gram (ITLL) and the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University, and an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of reten- tion, program evaluation, and teamwork practices in
AC 2012-4252: UNDERGRADUATE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGRESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN A PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADU-ATE TEACHING INSTITUTEDr. Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University Sudarshan Kurwadkar is an Assistant Professor and a board-certified Environmental Engineer. He teaches environmental engineering and general engineering courses at the freshman, junior, and senior level. His research areas include fate and transport of micro-pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and neonicotinoid insecticides in soil and aquatic environment. He is a Co-faculty Advisor for the engineering club and French club at Tarleton State University. Kurwadkar is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Texas, Ohio, and
AC 2012-3183: USB-POWERED PORTABLE EXPERIMENT FOR CLAS-SICAL CONTROL WITH MATLAB REAL-TIME WINDOWS TARGETDr. Eniko T. Enikov, Universiy of Arizona Eniko T. Enikov received his M.S. degree from Technical University of Budapest in 1993 and Ph.D. degree from University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998. His research is focused on the design and fabrication of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) as well as developing theoretical models of multi-functional materials used in MEMS. As a Postdoctoral Associate at University of Minnesota, Enikov has worked on several projects in the area of micro-assembly, capacitive force sensing. Currently, Enikov is an Associate Professor at the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
AC 2012-4684: USING COLLABORATIVE PEDAGOGY TO RECRUIT TECH-NOLOGY STUDENTS FROM FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERINGDr. Brian P. DeJong, Central Michigan University Brian P. DeJong is an Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Michigan University (CMICH), winner of CMICH’s 2010 College of Science & Technology Outstanding Teaching Award. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University in 2007. His research interests include auditory occupancy grids, teleoperation interfaces, lower-limb exercise robots, and engineering education.Dr. Dru M. Wilson Wilson, Central Michigan University Dru M. Wilson is an Associate Professor at Central
AC 2012-5422: VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTION + COLLABORATION LAB:SETTING A NEW PARADIGM FOR BIM EDUCATIONMiss Arundhati Ghosh, Arizona State University Arundhati Ghosh has a master’s in architecture and construction management and is a Teaching Assistant for the Project Management/BIM lab at ASU. Ghosh’s research interests include understanding the man- agement aspect of BIM and how it can be integrated with the workflow of a company. Ghosh like to run and bike. Page 25.1459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Virtual Construction + Collaboration Lab
AC 2012-3038: PERCEPTIONS OF ENGINEERING DOCTORAL PRO-GRAMSDr. Joy Watson, University of South Carolina Joy Watson is currently a STEM education consultant working with private industry, academia. and the U.S. Navy to develop a logistics/IT course for low-income, high potential middle and high school students. She completed her Ph.D. in the College of Engineering at the University of South Carolina in Aug. 2011. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before entering the doctoral program, she worked as a process engineer in the pulp and paper industry and as patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. At the University of South Carolina
AC 2012-3659: PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON USING A VIDEO GAME INTEACHING DYNAMICSDr. Brianno D. Coller, Northern Illinois University Brianno Coller is an Associate Professor of mechanical engineering. He started his research career ap- plying fairly deep mathematical ideas to gain insight into how complex physical and engineering systems work. His work was theoretical and somewhat abstract. Since then, his research has evolved toward studying a different type of complex system: how students learn and become excited about engineering. In this endeavor, Coller is mostly a ”nuts and bolts” practitioner, an engineer, and an experimentalist