2006-676: ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: A PROBABILISTIC MODEL USINGMARKOV CHAINSAdly Fam, University at Buffalo, SUNY Adly T. Fam was born in Egypt on November 25, 1946. He received the BSEE degree from Cairo University, Egypt in 1968 and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977 and has been a professor there since 1987. He has over 80 journal and conference publications in the areas of system theory, digital control, geometry of polynomials in their coefficient space, digital signal processing, non-linear filters, and
2006-710: A MODEL FOR PREPARING THE NSF CAREER PROPOSALGarrick Louis, University of Virginia Garrick E. Louis is an Associate Professor of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. He also holds a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests include engineering for developing communities and sustainable infrastructure, particularly the development of policies and programs to assure sustained access to infrastructure-related services in the face of routine, and low-probability high-consequence interruptions from natural and deliberate man-made sources. Garrick’s projects include community-based water, sanitation and
2006-746: ADDRESSING HOMELAND SECURITY IN A PROCESS SAFETYCOURSEDavid Silverstein, University of Kentucky David L. Silverstein is currently an Associate Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering Extended Campus Programs in Paducah. He received his B.S.Ch.E. from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; his M.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee; and has been a registered P.E. since 2002. He has over twenty years experience in microcomputer programming. Silverstein is the 2004 recipient of the William H. Corcoran Award for the most outstanding paper published in
2006-789: A DISTRIBUTED LEARNING NETWORK UNITES THE MID-SOUTHGeoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College Geoffrey A. Wood is the Program Coordinator of the Manufacturing program and an assistant professor in the Engineering Technologies department at Southwest TN Community College in Memphis Tennessee. Degrees include a M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and a M.A. in Technical Writing from the University of Memphis. Mr. Wood worked in the inspection and NDE field prior to joining the teaching staff at Southwest. In addition to his academic career, he maintains a regular consulting business. Mr. Wood was awarded the State of Tennessee's Innovations in Distance
2006-807: COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN A DISTRIBUTEDDESIGN STUDIOJeong Han Woo, Western Illinois University Jeong-Han Woo is an assistant professor of the Department of Engineering Technology at Western Illinois University. His research interests include knowledge management in the AEC industry, BIM (Building Information Model), IT( Information Technologies) on the design and construction industry, and construction process simulation. His e-mail address is j-woo@wiu.edu.Mark Clayton, Texas A&M UniversityRobert Johnson, Texas A&M University Page 11.342.1© American Society for Engineering
2006-1748: A SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMHector Estrada, Texas A&M University-Kingsville DR. HECTOR ESTRADA is Associate Professor and Chair of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Page 11.131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Survey of the American Architectural Engineering CurriculumAbstract This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey of all ABET (Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology) accredited architectural engineering programs. The analysis isbased on data collected from a detailed study of the curricula
2006-1767: ANIMATION OF A POWER SYSTEM USING POWERWORLDSIMULATORFrank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown FRANK W. PIETRYGA is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He graduated from UPJ in 1983 with a BSEET degree and completed his MSEE degree in 1993 at the University of Pittsburgh, main campus. His interests include power systems engineering, AC/DC machinery, power electronics, and motor drive systems. Mr. Pietryga is also a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Page 11.216.1© American Society for Engineering Education
2006-1923: A HOMEWORK PROBLEMS DATABASE: DESIGN ANDIMPLEMENTATIONMatthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville MATTHEW ROBERTS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Roberts earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1993 then spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a civil engineering officer. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2002 and has been teaching structural engineering topics at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville since then.Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville CHRISTINA CURRAS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental
2006-2043: MULTIVIEW DRAWING INSTRUCTION: A TWO-LOCATIONEXPERIMENTPatrick Connolly, Purdue UniversityKathy Holliday-Darr, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, The Behrend College Page 11.944.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Multiview Drawing Instruction: A Two-location ExperimentAbstractSeveral methods have been developed, presented, and discussed at recent ASEE andEDGD conferences on the topic of computer-based multiview drawing instruction. Whilesmall-scale and localized testing of these instruments and methods has been undertaken,no larger-scale or multi-location experiments have been attempted. This paper describesan experiment that
2006-2136: A REMOTE LABORATORY FOR STRESS AND DEFORMATIONSTUDYAlamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He earned his MS and PhD from NMSU(Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power and instrumentation & process control. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME and TAP.Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University Jorge Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the
2006-1509: ACADEMIC CAPABILITY PRODUCING ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT: A SUCCESS STORYPhillip Sanger, Western Carolina University Phillip Sanger is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology and serves as the Director of the Center for Integrated Technologies at Western Carolina University. He holds a B.A. in Physics from Saint Louis University and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Technology development including MRI magnets and SiC power devices plus economic development has been his career foci.Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University Aaron K. Ball is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director in
2006-1540: IMMERSIVE COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY SIMULATIONSUSING A GAMING ENGINEChenghung Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Chenghung Paul Chang is currently a Research Assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2005. His research includes alternatives to traditional methods of administering laboratory experiments, including remote experiments and virtual experimental simulations.Dror Kodman, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Dror Kodman received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2001. Currently
2006-1606: A PRODUCTIVE INNER CITY - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGYCOLLABORATIONJosh Goldowitz, Rochester Institute of Technology Mr. Goldowitz is a graduate of University of Arizona. His current research interests include heavy metal phytoremediation in the urban environment and aquifer testing technology. He teaches introductory geology, hydrology classes and labs in RIT's Civil Engineering Technology Environmental Management & Safety department.Karl Korfmacher, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Korkmacher is a graduate of Duke University. His current research interests include aquatic environment mapping and monitoring, and urban environmental analysis. He Teaches GIS classes and
2006-1626: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGFRESHMAN PROGRAMTimothy Hinds, Michigan State University Timothy Hinds is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics and computational tools. He also teaches a senior-level undergraduate international design project course and has taught graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the
2006-1630: DEVELOPING A WIN-WIN ENVIRONMENT WITHSERVICE-LEARNINGGuy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University Mr. Guy Hembroff is an Assistant Professor within Michigan Tech University's School of Technology Department. His research interests are within the areas of cyber security, network protocols, encryption methods, health-care security, and biometrics. He has six years of industrial experience as a systems engineer and advanced network engineer. Mr. Hembroff is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Computer Information Science.Yu Cai, Michigan Technological University Dr. Yu Cai is an assistant professor at School of Technology in Michigan Technological University. His research
2006-1791: ARLISS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXTRACURRICULAR DESIGNPROJECT FOR UNDERGRADUATESJoshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology Joshua is a Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in May of 2004. He received a B.S. from Hampden-Sydney College in 2002, double majoring in Physics and Applied Mathematics. Josh was a 2004-2005 NSF STEP Fellow, where he worked at Cedar Grove High School. His Ph.D. research focuses on command generation for flexible machines.William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. William Singhose is an Associate Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of
2006-1834: BIG BLUE: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE ENGINEERINGDESIGN PROJECTJames Lumpp, University of Kentucky James E. Lumpp, Jr. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University in 1988 and 1989 respectively, and the Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iowa in 1993. He joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1993. He is a Member of IEEE, AIAA, ACM, and SWE and the Center for Advanced Networking and the Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center at the
2006-2068: A UNIQUE CAPSTONE PROJECT: BUILDING AN AIRPLANEVenkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York-Farmingdale Page 11.137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Unique Capstone Project: Building an AircraftIntroductionCapstone courses in engineering and technology provide the means for the graduatingstudents to demonstrate their comprehensive skills and knowledge and their ability toapply those to real world problems. They serve as an important tool in the accreditationprocess by enabling programs to provide evidence in producing graduates with thefollowing characteristics: 1) strong background in the concepts, tools and techniquesassociated
2006-2285: INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO A CIVIL ENGINEERING COURSEChristy Jeon, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAdjo Amekudzi, Georgia Institute of Technology Page 11.784.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Ethics into a Civil Engineering CourseAbstractEthics is a critical component of Civil Engineering education and practice. This paper discussesa case study to integrate ethics into a required undergraduate Civil Engineering course -- CivilEngineering Systems -- at Georgia Institute of Technology. The course introduces systems andsustainability concepts in Civil Engineering planning, design, operations, and renewal, and thuspresents an
2006-2291: DEVELOPING A NEW PROGRAM IN MARINE ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGYAnthony Dean, Old Dominion University Anthony W. Dean is Assistant Professor of. He received a Ph.D. in Engineering Management and a B.S. in Engineering Technology from ODU and an MBA from the College of William and Mary. Previously, Dr. Dean was Director of Operations and Business Development for Clark-Smith Associates, P.C., and served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS South Carolina and the USS EnterpriseGary Crossman, Old Dominion University Gary R. Crossman is Professor and Chair of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Professor Crossman received his B.S. degree from the U.S. Merchant
2006-344: A DESCRIPTION OF A CAPSTONE PROJECT TO DEVELOP A WEBBASED ENERGY CENTER FOR MONITORING ALTERNATIVE ANDRENEWABLE ENERGY SITESFrancis Di Bella, Northeastern UniversityRyan Healey, Northeastern University Mr.Healey is an ElectricalEngineering Technology student;Class of 2006. He is extremely versatil in electrical and computer engineering technology. He has authored the description of the web site engine. He expects to attend graduate school after graduation Page 11.37.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ASEE 2006 Annual Conference, Chicago, Ill
2006-1312: FEATURES OF A CONSTRUCTIVIST MICROCLIMATE SITUATEDIN A BEHAVIORIST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT A UNIVERSITY-BASEDENGINEERING RESEARCH CONSORTIUMGiri Venkataramanan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Giri Venkataramanan received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, the M.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After teaching electrical engineering at Montana State University, Bozeman, he returned to University of Wisconsin, Madison, as a faculty member in 1999, where he continues to direct research in various areas of electronic power
2006-495: VISUALIZATION IN CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is the holder of Cecil O. Windsor, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over fifteen years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, a MSCE and a
group discussions. The results of the study will bepresented in the next paper.PrototypesThe two e-document prototypes produced will contain the same content, but the approach used todeliver the content will differ. Prototype A will be a static Powerpoint e-document on theelectroporation (EP) procedure used in the non-viral gene transfer for lung diseases. The samecontent will be used in producing the Prototype B, which will be a dynamic rich mediapresentation. The research conducted will determine the software packages used to develop themodule.Classroom Participation GroupsTwo participation groups consisting of college students will be asked to participate in theidentical content pre-test. One group will view Prototype A. The other
2006-222: THE ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP: A TOOL FOR PROMOTINGFACULTY INVOLVEMENTWilliam Howard, East Carolina University William E.(Ed) Howard is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to joining ECU, he was a faculty member and program coordinator at Milwaukee School of Engineering. Howard has fourteen years of industrial experience in design and project engineering functions. He received BS and MS degrees from Virginia Tech, and his PhD from Marquette University. Howard is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin.Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering Joe Musto is an Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Director at Milwaukee
2006-253: THE ADVANTAGES OF STARTING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAT A COMMUNITY COLLEGEDan Dimitriu, San Antonio College DAN G. DIMITRIU has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for over 20 years. He has been involved with several engineering societies and was elected vice-chair of the Two-Year College Division of ASEE in 2005. He has been the coordinator of the Engineering Program at San Antonio College since 2001. His research interests are: alternative fuels, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education.Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College JERRY O’CONNOR has been teaching physics (and a few engineering courses) at San Antonio College since
2006-257: TEACHING GIS WITH INTERGRAPH'S GEOMEDIA IN A CIVILENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMWilliam Sprinsky, Pennsylvania College of Technology Biography: Dr Sprinsky is an Associate Professor at Penn College. His M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are from The Ohio State University in Geodetic Science. He has a B.S. in Physics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Polytechnic Institute of New York). He has over twenty years of experience in civil engineering and mapping with the Army Corps of Engineers. His major research interests are in surveying and geodesy. Page 11.1210.1© American Society for
2006-294: A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMPETITION FOR MIDDLE ANDHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSLaura Ford, University of Tulsa Dr. Laura Ford is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She earned chemical engineering degrees from Oklahoma State University (BS) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MS and PhD). Her research is in dry etching of metals and metal alloys.Christi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa Dr. Christi Patton Luks is Applied Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Tulsa. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A and M University and her M.S. in Applied Mathematics and her Ph.D. in Chemical
2006-895: A QUICK AND EASY PLC LEARNING EXPERIENCE FORMECHATRONICSClark Merkel, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDavid Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 11.107.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Session _____ A Quick and Easy PLC Learning Experience for Mechatronics Clark T. Merkel and David Fisher, Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstract:This paper discusses how the topic of programmable logic controllers was added to anexisting senior level course in the mechanical engineering program at Rose
2006-944: ASSESSING TEACHING METHODS FOR A COURSE IN NUMERICALMETHODSAutar Kaw, University of South Florida Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida. With major funding from NSF, he is developing customized and holistic web-based modules for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods (http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu). He has authored the textbook - Mechanics of Composite Materials, which is currently in its second edition. His scholarly interests include development of instructional technologies, integrating research in the classroom, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, and nanomechanics of