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Nana-Kwaku Danquah; Patrick Mensah; Samuel Ibekwe; Guoqiang Li

Session 12-17 Determination of Thermal Expansion Coefficients of High Temperature Materials Nana-Kwaku Danquah, Patrick Mensah, Samuel Ibekwe, and Guoqiang Li Mechanical Engineering Department Southern University Baton Rouge AbstractResuscitating a dilatometer that was moved from one laboratory to the other, and has not been usedthereafter proved a daunting task in the quest to measure the thermal expansion coefficient of a hightemperature material. This poster presents the challenges faced, the solution obtained

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Yu-Lin Shen

Session 18-1Designing Evaluation Problems for Enhanced Learning of Engineering Materials Yu-Lin Shen Department of Mechanical Engineering University of New Mexico AbstractIntroductory materials science is a key course in most undergraduate engineering programs. Studentsare introduced basic concepts about the structures and properties of materials used in modernengineering. Materials science differs from many other engineering courses in that the use ofadvanced mathematics, while important, is not as extensive

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Ryan Schnalzer; Mahmoud Reda Taha; Mehmet Faith Su; Ihab El-Kady; Zayd C. Leseman

Session 12-16 Experimental Investigation of an Active Sub-micron Acoustic Sensor Using Bandgap Materials Ryan Schnalzer, Mahmoud Reda Taha Civil Engineering Department University of New Mexico Mehmet Faith Su, Ihab El-Kady Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of New Mexico Zayd C. Leseman Mechanical Engineering Department

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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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David J. Kukulka; James Mayrose

Session 4-1 Issues and Concerns Recruiting Women and Minorities into Mechanical Engineering Technology Programs David J. Kukulka, James Mayrose Mechanical Engineering Technology Department State University of New York College at Buffalo AbstractThe demand of women and minorities in engineering study is well documented. Recruitment ofunderrepresented individuals into programs dominated by white males pose a number of problems.Each underrepresented area provides its own set of challenges in recruitment

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Scott T. Lovald; Tariq Khraishi; Juan Heinrich; Howard Yonas; Christophe Taylor

Session 12-19 Investigating the Role of Fluid Dynamics and Wall Mechanics inAtherosclerosis, Plaque Rupture, and Plaque Excavation in the Human Carotid Bifurcation Scott T. Lovald, Tariq Khraishi, Juan Heinrich Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of New Mexico Howard Yonas, Christopher Taylor Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico AbstractAtherosclerosis affects millions of people worldwide and can lead to heart attack andstroke. The human carotid artery bifurcation is a critical site often affected by

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K.C. Praveen; Malur N. Srinivasan

working as a Design and Fabrication Engineer with Quadna, Inc. Colorado. His research interest is inmaterial science and fluid dynamics.MALUR N. SRINIVASANDr. Srinivasan currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Histeaching and research interests are in the materials and manufacturing area, including design-led materials and manufacturingprocess selection, preparation and consolidation of nanomaterials and quality improvement in manufactured products. Dr.Srinivasan is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque

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Guanlin Tang; Yu-Lin Shen

Session 12-22 Indentation Analysis of Metal-Ceramic Multilayered Composites Guanlin Tang, Yu-Lin Shen Department of Mechanical Engineering University of New Mexico AbstractMetal-ceramic nanolaminates are attractive materials because of their high strength and flexibility aswell as their potential applications in functional devices. The effective elastic modulus of thin-filmmultilayers is normally measured by nanoindentation. In this paper, a numerical study wasundertaken to study the elastic property

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Drew Goettler

scales the volumefraction of material defects such as: grain boundaries, dislocations and interstitials become quitesignificant and become a chief contributor the physical and mechanical material properties of thethin films. Some of the popular thin film materials used in MEMS/NEMS are Aluminum (Al),Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni) and Gold (Au). However Gold (Au) is usually preferred due to its highelectrical conductivity, chemical inertness and resistance to oxidation.Mechanical properties of thin films have been studied by many researchers in the past. Vinci et al.4developed and described several specialized techniques to determine the mechanical properties andstress strain states of both free standing and films bonded to substrate. He described

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Caleb Hanson; Marwan Al-Haik; Claudia Luhrs; Jonathan Phillips

Engineering, University of New Mexico. His research projectinvolves synthesis and characterization of composites based on nanoparticles.MARWAN AL-HAIKAssistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He received his PhD form FloridaState University in 2002. His current Research involves mechanical nanocharacterization of materials, synthesis andfabrication of nanomaterials, molecular dynamics simulation and biomaterials. He is a member of the American Societyfor Engineering Education (ASEE) and a co-organizer of the ASEE regional conference in Albuquerque, NM Spring2008.CLAUDIA LUHRSPhD. Chemical Engineering, Dr. Luhrs has 2 years experience at Intel. She joined the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at UNM as research

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Scott T. Lovald; Tariq Khraishi; Jon Wagner; Bret Baack

analysis of screw- plate systems for fixation of parasymphyseal fractures of the mandible. J Mechanics 23:69-77.16. Murthy AS, Lehman JA (2005) Symptomatic plate removal in maxillofacial trauma: a review of 76 cases. Ann Plast Surg 55:603-607.17. Schwartz-Dabney CL, Dechow PC (2003) Variations in cortical material properties throughout the human dentate mandible. Am J Phys Anthropol 120:252-277.18. Tate GS, Ellis E III, Throckmorton G (1994) Bite forces in patients treated for mandibular angle fractures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 54:734-736.19. Wagner A, Krach W, Schicho K, Undt G, Ploder O, Ewers R (2002) A 3-dimensional finite-element analysis investigating the biomechanical behavior of the mandible and plate osteosynthesis in cases

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Marwan Al-Haik; Zayd Leseman; Claudia Luhrs; Mahmoud Reda Taha

will adopt Materials Science courses as our “Discovery Courses”.Naturally, all materials and systems establish their foundation at the nanoscale. For example,studying the properties and behavior of materials at nanometer scale will assist in designing basicdevices like transistors with feature size of nanometer (called nanotechnology for electronics ornanoelectronics7). We envision Undergraduate Engineering Materials science is our “warehouse” tointroduce nanotechnology to undergraduate students. Material science is inherentlymultidisciplinary; it incorporates physics, chemistry, mechanical, civil and electrical engineering.Moreover, it is a required core course for two engineering departments at the University of NewMexico (mechanical and

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Khawar Abbas; Zayd C. Leseman; Thomas J. Mackin

scales the volumefraction of material defects such as: grain boundaries, dislocations and interstitials become quitesignificant and become a chief contributor the physical and mechanical material properties of thethin films. Some of the popular thin film materials used in MEMS/NEMS are Aluminum (Al),Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni) and Gold (Au). However Gold (Au) is usually preferred due to its highelectrical conductivity, chemical inertness and resistance to oxidation.Mechanical properties of thin films have been studied by many researchers in the past. Vinci et al.4developed and described several specialized techniques to determine the mechanical properties andstress strain states of both free standing and films bonded to substrate. He described

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Luciana Barroso; Jim Morgan

Session 5-3 Developing a Dynamics Simulation Tool for Student Exploration of Concepts Luciana Barroso & Jim Morgan Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University AbstractDynamics provides a tool for civil engineers to evaluate a changing world. The material presentedin the dynamics course relies heavily on the pre-requisites and connects concepts in new ways.Knowledge transfer to dynamic principles is difficult even when students do see a connection toprevious courses. Misconceptions are very

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Arup Maji; Mahmoud Reda Taha

current description of the 4-credit undergraduate course being discussed, CE305Civil Engineering Materials is as follows: “Lecture and laboratory studies of thephysical, structural, mechanical and chemical Properties of civil engineering materialsincluding cementitious and bituminous materials, metals, wood and composites.Experimental determination of materials properties” Approximately 40 students wereenrolled, 15 of whom were pursuing a degree in Construction Management (accreditedby ACCE) and the remaining 25 pursuing BS degree in Engineering (accredited byABET-EAC). The motivation to include the 15 Construction Management students intothis course was both to foster interaction with the Engineering students as well as toprovide a laboratory

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Zhengmao Ye; Habib P. Mohamadian

of which are products from Feedback Instruments Limited.The 33-110 servo system consists of 3 parts: Mechanical Unit, Analogue Unit and Digital Unit.The 150 servo system has a set of discrete units. The motor is a permanent magnet that isstationary and ideally proportional to the applied voltage when there is no load applied. Thetachnogenerator is a small permanent magnet machine which rotates to produce a back EMFproportional to speed, which is used to indicate the rotation speed. The tachnogenerator providesa signal representing speed, independent of the motor loading. The responses of the motor to thevaried inputs are not immediately observed which can be recognized as the time constant. Bothsystems can be used to analyze the stability of

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Santiago Cruz-Bañuelos

@udem.edu.mx Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse of the undergraduate student like static and mechanics of materials, Hutton [1] andLogan [2] consider this aspects and presents it in their textbooks.The next level is to solve ordinary differential equation which model engineering problems likeheat conduction with convection, bar deformation, electric potential, in this part of the coursethe Galerkin approach appears and the weak formulation which allow the concept of trialfunction in order to get an approximate solution, the concept of

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presentations by students • More patentable projects • More journal publications • Increase student sense of community responsibilitiesAs stated previously, some of these goals are already starting to materialize. Severalstudents have successfully applied for provisional patents and published papers based ontheir projects. However, the goal of the program is to make this type of success acommonplace occurrence. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationThe adoption of undergraduate research as a top priority for the University of Houstonserves as a

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Michael Sheyka; M.M. Reda Taha; T. Khraishi; I. El-Kady; Mehmet F. Su

(2005)MISRA, A., KUNG, H.: Deformation behavior of nanostructured metallic multilayers. Advanced Engineering Materials 3, 217 (2001)YO-HAN, Y., WOONG, L., HYUNHO, S.: Spherical nano-indentation of a hard thin film/soft substrate layered system: Critical indentation depth. Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12, 59-67 (2004)Mehmet F. Su received his M.S. degree in computer engineering from University of New Mexico in 2006.He is continuing his studies as a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department atUNM. Mr. Su is the author/co-author of more than 14 publications in the fields of photonic and phononiccrystal research.Dr. Khraishi currently serves as an Associate Professor of Mechanical

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learnedoutside of Georgia Tech, here at Procter & Gamble, is that the hands-on is critical. Theschoolwork is a foundation and a fundamental you have to have. But if you don’tphysically get the hands-on, and understand how components go together and understandhow processes go together, I think it’s all for naught. You’ve got to have both parts ofthe equation3.” Rick Graff, a senior drilling engineer with Chevron whose undergraduatedegree is in petroleum engineering is responsible for certifying and validating variousoutside vendor oil tool products from a materials and manufacturing processesstandpoint. He definitely sees the benefits of having undergraduate engineering majorsexposed to basic hands-on manufacturing skills even if it’s outside their

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Mark Atwater; Zayd Leseman; Jonathon Phillips; Marwan Al-Haik

not new, but conversely, rather well-known. This material is carbon.Carbon is the material that the micro/nanoelectronics industry is turning toward due to itsattractive mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. Researchers are focusing their efforts on Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationtwo specific forms of carbon, carbon nanotubes and graphite (graphene), as the answer toincreasing the density of components in integrated circuits (ICs).Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been well-researched and show some promising characteristics.However, they

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Maheshwar R Kashamolla; Zayd Leseman; Amit Savkar; Kevin Murphy

described above allows for the experimental characterization of the dynamic behaviorof important MEMS structures under vastly different environments, but in order to fully model theirbehavior another important preliminary experiment must be conducted. In order to properly modelthe dynamic behavior of MEMS, their mechanical material properties must be known. The twomain properties that must be determined are the elastic modulus and the structural damping. Thenatural frequencies of the microcantilever beams are also needed, but this information is used so thatthe material properties can be determined. Many references are available for the elastic modulus ofpoly-Si 12-14, but structural damping properties are not well characterized. Therefore, the

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Richard Bannerot

Session XXXX 3-4 A Solar Still for Sophomore Design Richard Bannerot Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractA six-week long team project (design, build and test a solar still) conducted in asophomore design course is described. Eight stills were constructed and then testedduring a four-hour period around solar noon under very good solar conditions. Theperformances of the individual stills were

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Horacio Vasquez; Javier Kypuros; Roy Villanueva

on the DSP towards an H-bridge power converter to drive the motor. The material presented in this study is an effort to develop hands-on activities for students toimplement control system compensators, and not only the basic required components but alsoseveral alternatives to accomplish such task are presented. There have been multiple effortselsewhere to create prototype systems to implement control systems, in particular PIDcontrollers. For example, Murphee et al.1 controlled the position of a block attached to a screwnut that travels along a ball screw by implementing a PID controller on a DSP to create ademonstrative setup of control system concepts for undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents. A LabVIEW program was developed to

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Raja. S.R. Gardimalla; Enno “Ed” Koehn

performance standards. Usage of fossil fuels for operations is expensive. In order to minimize energy consumption it is better to rely on efficient and passive design measures. • Scarcity of fresh water is the basic problem in many parts of the world. A sustainable building seeks to reduce, control site runoff, use water efficiently, and recycle water for on-site use when feasible. • Environmentally preferred products are used to minimize life-cycle environmental impacts such as global warming, resource depletion, and human toxicity. In a material context, life cycle raw materials acquisition, product manufacturing, packaging, transportation, installation, use, and reuse/recycling/disposal is

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Mohammed E. Haque; Pallab Dasgupta

and Technology, a MSCE and a Ph.D. in Civil/Structural Engineering from New JerseyInstitute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey. His research interests include fracture mechanics of engineering Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationmaterials, composite materials and advanced construction materials, architectural/construction visualization andanimation, computer applications in structural analysis and design, artificial neural network applications, knowledgebased expert system developments, application based software developments

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Walter W. Buchanan

alternative energy producers, as well as a staticdisplay solar panel and a second wind turbine, will be part of the public exhibit. Foranother part of the exhibit, seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ME Lab)course built a wind turbine display complete with LED lights to show the magnitude ofthe power produced when a fan was operated at various speeds. Another team of seniorsin ME Lab instrumented wall simulations to measure the temperature drop acrossdifferent insulation materials. A similar display on the effects of window treatments(single pane, double pane, and double pane with low E) was also developed. The desiredresult of these efforts is an energy display which will educate the general public onrelevant energy issues. The display

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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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demonstratehow it can “make or break” professional success.Writing SkillsWhen asked in the entry survey what the students would like to improve about theirwriting, the following was mentioned: • Want to translate my ideas to paper • Convert technical information into readable form, making it easier to understand, avoid being so dry and boring • Be sure to be complete and correct, avoid repetition • Remove emotion from statements • Be able to communicate to different audiences • Learn techniques on writing with others as a team • How to organize material • How to iron out problems with grammar • How to avoid usage of personal pronouns (I, me, we) • How to catch typos, spelling • Learn the mechanics of scientific

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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya; Jiecai Luo

Mechanics,” Faculty development workshop NSF Grant No. DUE -9950358. April 6, 2001 at Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 7. Martin, M. W. and Schinzinger, R, “Ethics in Engineering,” McGraw Hill, 4th Ed., p.84, 2005. 8. Landis, R. B. “Studying Engineering,” Discovery Press, 3rd Ed., p. 102, 2007.PRADEEP BHATTACHARYADr. Bhattacharya currently serves as Professor and Chairman of Electrical Engineering Department at SouthernUniversity and A & M College, Baton Rouge. His research interest includes Microelectronics, Electronic andNano materials, Processing and fabrication of Electronic devices, Sensors and Engineering Education. Email:bhattach@engr.subr.edu Proceedings of the 2008