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Jerry K. Keska

Session XXX 2-2 The Integration of Physical Experimentation Based on NI ELVIS System into an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program Jerry K. Keska Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana Lafayette, LA 70506 AbstractThis paper reports the results of the development and implementation of hands-on laboratoryexperiments in a newly developed

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Session 5-2 Simulating the Engineering Workplace: An Innovative Teaching Methodology in a Senior Electrical Engineering Class Carol Costello, August Allo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractConcerns regarding the ability of the U. S. to produce competitive scientists andengineers have stimulated a major reconsideration of curricula in many universities. Thispaper documents the results of an innovative engineering professionalism programintegrated into the first semester of a two-semester

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majoring in Engineering, Computer Sciences,Mathematics, Physics, and Secondary Math/Science Education at the University of NewMexico (UNM) from 1989 to 2007. In addition to tuition assistance, this program hadvarious components that assured every scholar had the adequate academic support andprofessional development opportunities to succeed in their field of study. Data thatreflects the impact of this program on student success in STEM fields at UNM will berevisited. Although the program ended nationwide in September 2007, NTP at UNM lefta great legacy among students, faculty and staff at UNM. Many students have gone on toprofessions with private industry, state, and federal agencies. [2]The Importance of Networking and Building Relationships to

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of phones and the number ofusers, connectivity to the PSTN, etc. Team members are required to work together and beaccountable for the quality of their research and knowledge provided to complete the design.Projects are evaluated based on innovation, team work, know-how and presentation. Students areencouraged to provide security solutions as available in the market. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 4. College of Technology Voice over IP System Summary and ConclusionsIn summary

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Ankur Shukla; Prafulla Kesari

Session 4-3 The Role of the Teaching Assistants in a Senior Level Computer Engineering Technology Capstone Class Farrokh Attarzadeh, Enrique Barbieri, Ankur Shukla, Prafulla Kesari Engineering Technology Department University of Houston AbstractThe paper describes the role of the Teaching Assistants (TAs) in the capstone class in theComputer Engineering Technology (CET) program in the Engineering TechnologyDepartment, College of Technology (CoT) at the University of Houston. The TAsrecruited are required to have the knowledge and

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Matthias W. Pleil

Mechanical Engineering Department University of New Mexico Thor D. Osborn Sandia National Laboratories AbstractThis paper will showcase an innovative approach to creating interest in microsystemsengineering processing and design at the community college undergraduate level. Thisproject based curriculum begins to address some of the economic competitiveness issuesraised in the recent National Academy of Sciences report “Rising Above the GatheringStorm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future,” and theNational Academy of Engineering’s “Engineer of 2020.” Common points raised includethe students

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Alireza Kavianpour; William Nguyen; Paul Wagner

Mathematicians, Aug. 1986, Berkeley,U.S.AAlireza KavianpourDr. Kavianpour is a professor at DeVry University, Pomona, CA. He received his Ph.D. fromUniversity of Southern California. His research interests are in the field of microprocessors’applications. He is the author of over thirty research papers.William NguyenMr. Nguyen is an EET student at Devry University, Pomona, CAPaul WagnerMr. Wagner is an EET student at Devry University, Pomona, CAProceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education

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beimplemented. These changes will prompt modifications in the grading structure as well asthe tools used to assess student learning. These changes will be informed by the analysespresented here as well as the results of new analyses from spring 2008.ELET 4308 is not just a senior course but a glimpse of the corporate world experiencedby students before beginning their professional careers. The innovative ideas introducedby students are molded and refined into proper form by the end of the project. Some ofthese ideas have been issued patents and been published in technical/research journals [1-5]. The environment provided by the capstone class simulates the industrial environmentand gives the students a solid foundation for technical and management

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Miguel Ramos

Session 6-1 The Evolution of a Senior Capstone Course in the Context of a Research-Based University Quality Enhancement Plan Farrokh Attarzadeh, Enrique Barbieri, Miguel Ramos Engineering Technology Department College of Technology University of Houston AbstractThe process of reaffirming accreditation at the University of Houston has identifiedresearch-based instruction as a critical component of the campus learning environmentfor the foreseeable future. This assertion is consistent with broader trends in

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Eddie Miller; Chun L. Huang

outcome by using FLUENTsoftware on selected homework problems.CHUN L. HUANGDr. Chun Ling Huang earned a B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Chung Yuan ChristianUniversity (CYCU) in Taiwan, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama (UA) atTuscaloosa. He was a graduate teaching and research assistants at CYCU and UA before joining the faculty of SouthernUniversity in Baton Rouge (SUBR), Louisiana, in 1990. Currently, he is a professor of mechanical engineering inSUBR. His areas of interest include computational fluid dynamics and experimental study as well as numericalsimulation in fluids and heat transfer. He is a member of ASME and ASEE. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf

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Ian A. Gravagne; Kenneth Van Treuren

Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationIAN A. GRAVAGNEDr. Gravagne is an assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at BaylorUniversity. He teaches the Engineering Design II (“senior design”) course, as well as technical electives in solarenergy, robotics and engineering mathematics. His principal research interests are the engineering applications ofdynamic equations on time scales and energy education. He can be contacted at Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu.KENNETH VAN TREURENDr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering department at Baylor University

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course, and some of them overlap with other classes, such as Laplace Transform,Fourier series and transforms, etc. The main concern in this paper is how to set the materials forwhole EE curriculum in engineering mathematics area, which covers most of useful engineeringmathematics tools, and at the same time, reduces the overlaps with other EE classes. In other words,in our proposed Engineering Mathematics Course (ENGR 340), we will emphasize somemathematical methods only offered in the E-math course, and cut or reduce the materials which willbe taught at other courses to increase students learning efficiency. In this paper, proposed E-mathcourse teaching materials will be given, and some discussion will be provided

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. 6. ConclusionsThe impact of a multi-initiative effort on a complex problem as proper ethics teaching tool ina university or school is difficult to assess with firm casual approaches [7]. However, Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationqualitative connections can be identified for, before, within, or after undergraduate levelclasses in each subject and assessed. Newer student design competitions should be steadilygrown by industries. Newer research and development laboratories should be opened to bringmore hands on “real world” training from industries to

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Steve Menhart

://www.technologicalarts.com/7. URL: http://www.freescale.com/8. URL: http://www.imagecraft.com/STEVE MENHARTDr. Menhart currently serves as a Professor of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology at the Universityof Arkansas at Little Rock. He teaches courses primarily in digital systems design (VHDL) and microcontrollers.His current research interests include digital control and energy efficiency related issues. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education

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Muhammad H. Zaman; Mia K. Markey; Kathy J. Schmidt

Session 3-3 Developing a Numerical Methods Course with a Substantial Computer-Programming Component Based on Cutting-Edge Research Problems: Success and Challenges Muhammad H. Zaman, Mia K. Markey Department of Biomedical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Kathy J. Schmidt Faculty Innovation Center The University of Texas at Austin AbstractIn order to meet the growing

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game elements like the game rules and game data (e.g. geometry, textures and soundfiles). Main emphasis is put here in the game engine. This module is the heart of the computer gameand represents the basic framework independent of the game. This general purpose feature allowsthe use of the engine for other applications, e.g. the indoor visualization of building elements. Gameengines incorporates all sorts of elements that are vital to a game like physics, graphical userinterface (GUI), artificial intelligence, network functionality, sound and event engine.2Fritsch & Kada2 stated that the Unreal Engine 2 (developed by Epic Games) is one of the mostwidely used game engines to date. Because it is a cross-platform solution, a broad range of

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Amir Karimi

BiographyAMIR KARIMIAmir Karimi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and an Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at TheUniversity of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Kentucky in 1982. His teaching and research interests are in thermal sciences. He has served as theChair of Mechanical Engineering (1987 to 1992 and September 1998 to January of 2003), College of EngineeringAssociate Dean of Academic Affairs (Jan. 2003-April 2006), and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies(April 2006-present). Dr. Karimi is a Fellow of ASME, senior member of AIAA, and holds membership in ASEE,ASHRAE, and Sigma Xi. He is the ASEE Campus Representative at UTSA, ASEE-GSW Section

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for two-thirds of a public institution’s funding to come from the state.Today things are dramatically different. A recent survey found that state funding can varyfrom eight percent to up to 57 percent of a state four-year institution of highereducation’s budget. On the low end were national research institutions and on the highend were predominantly teaching intuitions. [1] The rational from the respective statelegislatures appeared to be that research institutions could get by for less due to the grantmoney they took in. Their student tuition also tends to be higher. However, funding fromthe state and student tuition is not enough. Almost all public institutions now mustengage in fundraising to be able to balance their budgets. The question

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Busters in Turbulent Blood,” Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Annual Research Report.9. Stroud, J.S., Berger, S.A., and Saloner, D., 2002, “Numerical Analysis of Flow through a Severely Stenotic Carotid Artery Bifurcation,” Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 124, pp. 9-20.10. Tang, D., Yang, C., Yuan, C., 2007, “Mechanical image analysis using finite element method,” Carotid Disease, Cambridge

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Edition, McGraw-Hill USA. 7. J.E. Akin (2205), Finite Element Analysis with Error Estimators: An Introduction to the FEM and Adaptive Error Analysis for Engineering Students, First Edition, Elsevier USA.Santiago Cruz-BañuelosDr. Cruz-Bañuelos currently serves as Professor and Head of the Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering Department at the Universidad de Monterrey in México. His research interests arein the Finite Element Method and Boundary element method, also he is working in the designof new blades for wind mills for water pumping proposes. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008

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Kentucky in 1982. His teaching and research interests are in thermal sciences. He has served as theChair of Mechanical Engineering (1987 to 1992 and September 1998 to January of 2003), College of EngineeringAssociate Dean of Academic Affairs (Jan. 2003-April 2006), and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education(April 2006-present). Dr. Karimi is a Fellow of ASME, senior member of AIAA, and holds membership in ASEE,ASHRAE, and Sigma Xi. He is the ASEE Campus Representative at UTSA, ASEE-GSW Section

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Hamid Majlesein; Sujeet Bhatte; Zhengmao Ye

Session XXXX 12-26 Practical Approach on Communication Wireless Sensor Network Design for Engineering Education Hamid Majlesein, Sujeet Bhatte, Zhengmao Ye Department Electrical Engineering Southern University and A&M College Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA AbstractWireless sensor networks are one of the foremost areas of research in computer networking. Theincreased interest in this

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Chad E. Kennedy

, Retrieved February 8, 2008.7. Wankat, P., 2006, “Learning From the Enemy: Educational Methods of Private, For-Profit Colleges.”, American Society of Engineering Education 2006 Conference Proceedings, 2006-61.CHAD E. KENNEDYDr. Kennedy serves as a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Technology at DeVry University,Phoenix Campus. He enjoys combining mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering disciplines for variousapplications in bioengineering. His research and teaching interests include bioimaging, bioautomation andinstrumentation, cell and tissue automation, biocomplexity and biosignal processing. He is also a founding member ofRestorative Biosciences Inc. and sits on the board of Arizona Bioindustry Association

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terminology“multidisciplinary engineering programs” is defined as the set of engineering programs with oneof the following program titles (and a few slight variations): Engineering (including GeneralEngineering), Engineering Physics, and Engineering Science(s). An important characteristic thatthese programs have in common is that they do not have “program criteria” that supplement the“general criteria” that apply to the accreditation criteria for all other engineering programs. Thisnew role for ASEE means, among other things, that ASEE now has membership on the ABETEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and is responsible for recruiting andrecommending Program Evaluators (PEVs) to ABET for accreditation visits for multidisciplinaryengineering

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Computer Engineering isnot part of the curriculum of many high schools; thus, students are not exposed to this field ofstudy. Many high school students have misconceptions of engineering, a complete lack ofunderstanding of “what it means to be an engineer”, and/or feel they are incapable of achievingsuch high aspirations. The University of Texas at San Antonio is the third largest Hispanic-serving institution in the U.S. One of the goals of the University is to recruit disadvantagedstudents and underrepresented minorities, especially those who are the first generation, to attain adegree in higher education. To this end, the authors, in collaboration with the College ofEducation and Human Development’s Academy for Teaching Excellence have created a

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designing projectsfor customers outside your university is considered the practice of engineering,which mush be supervised by a registered professional engineer. Many Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico—Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationuniversity faculty are not registered engineers and may be illegally practicingengineering by supervising projects that will be built in the community. At myprevious university we had to change some teaching assignments so that therewas a registered engineer working with each student design team. Community IssuesEven if the probability and severity

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andprovide ample opportunity for them to learn in an environment that allows them to fail safely.Educators and researchers have looked at using computers to enhance classroom instruction eversince the technology made it feasible to do so. It is now widely accepted that computer aidedinstruction can help students gain a better understanding of the subject matter if implementedappropriately15. This is particularly true for topics that involve motion of objects, three-dimensionalstructures or other significant visual components that are not easily represented on a black board.For example, engineering dynamics is the study of motion but this motion cannot be showneffectively using traditional teaching tools, including mechanical models, which are

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is as old as thenanotechnology field itself 1. One of the first stand alone nanotechnology undergraduate degrees inthe world was established at Flinders University (Australia) in 20002. The pioneers at Flindersraised a valuable concern “The field (nanotechnology) is currently in its infancy and is incrediblybroad, spanning chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and engineering. This is in fact probablyan incomplete list but it makes the point. How do you possibly teach all these areas to students in afour year honors degree?“2. Alternatively, other investigators proposed, utilizing lower divisioncourses as a departure course to familiarize undergraduate students with concepts ofnanotechnology3. All these successful pioneering experiences

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, Educational √ √ √ √ 4 E Research Sessions14. Partner with Social Scientists and Learning Scientists √ √ √ √ √ 5 E15. Teach Creativity and Innovation √ 1 C16. Study “How People Learn” and Learning Styles √ √ √ √ √ 5 E17. Think Globally, Educate Global Engineers √ √ √ √ √ 5 D18. SEE has Many Aspects Besides Rigorous Educational √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ 8 E

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,” 10th Annual National Report Card: Energy Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior, Aug 2002IAN A. GRAGAVNEDr. Gravagne is an assistant professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Baylor University.He teaches the Engineering Design II (“senior design”) course, as well as technical electives in solar energy, roboticsand engineering mathematics. His principal research interests are the engineering applications of dynamic equations ontime scales and energy education. He can be contacted at Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu.KENNETH W. VAN TREURENDr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. Heteaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in