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Nader Vadiee

Session 17-3 Information Technology Experiences Using Simulated Tele-Science Exploration of Mars (ITESTEM) Nader Vadiee Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) AbstractTo promote the advancement of Native American and Hispanic students in InformationTechnology (IT) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careersSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) proposes to develop a year-roundrobotics centered IT immersion program that will provide students a stimulating learningenvironment to explore their curiosity and

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result, new challenges are being created within theclassrooms to address this desire for knowledge of this new technology. FLUENT is acomputational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package to simulate fluid flow problems. It uses thefinite-volume method to solve the governing equations for a fluid. It provides the capability to usedifferent physical models such as incompressible or compressible, in viscid or viscous, laminar orturbulent, etc. Geometry and grid generation is done using GAMBIT which is the preprocessorbundled with FLUENT. The FLUENT solver has repeatedly proven to be fast and reliable for awide range of CFD applications. The speed to solution is faster because the suite of FLUENTenables users to stay within one interface from

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Mohan A. Ketkar; Nripendra N. Sarker

and adapt toemerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering and technology”. For this outcomegroup, the performance criteria were based on knowledge and application of mathematics,science, and pre-requisite courses.The six performance criteria developed for use in measuring this outcome are based ondetermining whether: Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education 1. Students have the knowledge and the ability to apply basic mathematics involving algebra, geometry, and trigonometry 2. Students have the knowledge

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these are the future graduatesthat will provide the maintenance and equipment testing on the equipment used in processoperations in a wafer fab manufacturing plant.The Electronics Engineering Technology department at Southern University in Baton Rouge,Louisiana is partnering with the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering departments to develop aclass 100 clean room for fabrication of nano-sensors. This laboratory is presently about 95%complete and is funded by the College of Engineering through a grant for laboratory enhancement.As a result of this laboratory, faculty and students will be able to fabricate and characterize a widerange of devices and structures within the laboratory.In the Summer 2008, the EET department will offer engineering

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

The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education References1. Friedlander, S. K. “Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Agglomerates: Aerosol Reactors.” World Technology Evaluation Center. Jan.-Feb. 1998.2. Kirk-Othmer, comp”Aluminum Compounds.Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Volume 2. 4th ed. 26 vols. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.3. Luhrs, C., Phillips, J., and Fanson, P.T.,”Production of Complex Cerium-Aluminum Oxides Using an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Torch,” American Chemical Society, 2007.CALEB HANSONGraduate student at the Department of Mechanical

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this behavior as the “Ultra Low cycle fatigue”. IntroductionMicro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and its offshoot Nano Electro Mechanical Systems(NEMS) have been very popular all over the world lately. At the heart of it, is the support from avery mature semiconductor technology. This bolstered interest and the presence of a well developedtechnology base has resulted in a very rapid growing commercial market for the MEMS and NEMSdevices. Haque et. al.1 lists some of these devices. Many of the commonly used MEMS/NEMSdevices have metallic thin films as mechanical structures. The elastic and plastic properties of thesethin films are differ significantly from those of the bulk material2,3,4. At these

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James Mayrose; David J. Kukulka

Session 10-1 Cooperative Learning: An Integral Part of Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum James Mayrose, David J. Kukulka State University of New York College at Buffalo AbstractStudents are confronted with an enormous amount of engineering content during their course ofstudy. Due to the tremendous amount of pressure placed upon performance in the way of grades,students often look for ways to “cut corners” or do “just enough” to get a decent grade. Studentswill only learn to master engineering concepts

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Walter W. Buchanan

Session 16 Partnerships in Engineering Education Walter W. Buchanan Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University AbstractPartnerships in engineering education are explored. Community energy awareness isbeing raised by building an energy display at the Mayborn Museum at Baylor University.A NASA training project is contributing to student success at the University of NewMexico. The importance of networking and building relationships to further developmentactivities in

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G.H. Massiha

Session 1-3 Home Energy Conservation Audits, A Service Learning Experience For Industrial Technology Students G.H. Massiha Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractThe goal of this project is to conduct testing and community education in the area of home energyconservation and energy reduction to Louisiana homeowners. In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrinaand Rita, rebuilding and repairing of damaged homes located in the areas devastated by

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Gonzalo B. Farfan; Roshan R. Rammohan; Mahmoud R. Taha; Ihab El-Kady

© 2008, American Society for Engineering Education IntroductionPhotonic Crystals (PCs) are a new and promising technology that could enable high efficiencyemission devices and fast computing devices. Composed of periodic dielectric or metallic-cum-dielectric structures as shown in Fig. 1, PCs are designed to control the propagation ofelectromagnetic waves (EM) in ways similar to how the periodic potential in a semiconductorcrystal controls electron motion by defining allowed and forbidden electronic energy bands. Anelectromagnetic wave passing throughout an array of periodic scatterers will undergo destructiveinterference for certain combinations of wave-vectors at certain frequencies, thus

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Ian A. Gravagne; Kenneth Van Treuren

security become ever more importantto Americans, engineering schools that have not traditionally focused on energy are moving toaddress the topic more formally. At Baylor University, an “energy core” of technical electives isbeing developed, including courses on wind energy, solar energy, power systems, turbines andcombustion engines. This paper documents the authors’ observations on the use of the TRNSYSsimulation software package in a senior/graduate elective on solar energy. The paper givesexamples of the types of projects students do using TRNSYS, how it can be used in theclassroom, and some suggestions for educators considering its use in future courses.Comparisons are made between projects completed using general-purpose numerical

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Mohammed E. Haque; Pallab Dasgupta

conceptualization.1Like most other game engines, the technology is encapsulated in a binary runtime library, while thegame related parts of the Unreal games are available as source code in a scripting language calledUnrealScript. The novel approach of Epic Games is that they released the Unreal Engine 2 Runtimefree for non-commercial and educational use. The runtime even includes the map editor UnrealEdand header files for C++ programmers. Beginners do find lots of technical documents and evenvideo tutorial that teach level design, script programming and much more.2The use of a game engine based collaborative virtual environment has enabled the development ofsoftware to support architectural design education.4 The focus of Moloney & Harvey’s4 paper

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Zhengmao Ye; Habib P. Mohamadian

system responses. In this article, performance ofthe two systems are compared and analyzed for control engineering education. IntroductionSome concepts and technologies in the area of control and optimization should be developed toimprove the control system class instruction and laboratory practice, covering most aspects ofclassical control, modern control and intelligent control theories. In most cases, the cost of acontrol system increases based on its complexity, thus the optimal performance to cost ratio isdesirable1,2,3. Proportional controller is the simplest and most intuitive structure for theimplementation of linear control systems. So a direct method has been presented4 for thedetermination of

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Ankur Shukla; Prafulla Kesari

Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Recruiting processThe TAs selected for the senior project lab are usually graduate students from ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science. Therefore, the lab provides a perfect environment forapplying their combined software and hardware skills to help the students successfullycomplete their senior projects on time. Careful selection, interviews, background checks,and detailed questioning are some of the methods used to select competent TAs. Priorproject experience and industry experience are highly sought in the recruitment process.The TA recruitment process consists of a simple procedure of submitting the resume bythe candidates. These resumes are

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

. 5. Al-Haik, M., Trinkle S. S., Garcia, D., Yang, F., Martinez, U., Sumali, H., and Miltenberger, S. "Investigation of the nano-mechanical and tribological properties of tooth/ fillings materials," in 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2007. 6. M. M. Reda Taha, Sheyka, M., Su, M. F., El-Kady, I., Khraishi, T. , Verleyd, J.C. , "An Integrated Numerical Approach for Microdamage Detection Using Nano Photonic Sensors," in SPIE Conference on Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring II, San Diego, USA, 2006, p. 617907. 4 7. Choudhury, J

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design of a widearea network for a fictitious company with four locations with their respective local area networksand 2) the design of a voice over IP solution for the same company. For both projects, students usethe CoT test bed, a telecommunications network used by CoT and AT&T for training and research.To prepare the students for these subsequent projects, we utilize an educational model thatincludes: theory through lectures leading to projects, presentations of infrastructure andtechnologies in class by the telecommunications network manager, demonstrations of andexperimentation with the infrastructure and technologies by network manager with teams of twostudents, a research and design phase when teams bring their projects to the

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Miguel A. Ramos; Enrique Barbieri

the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference 2 The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education • Proposal Presentations: Students in the Senior Project Class are required to deliver mid-semester proposal presentations. As part of the assessment process, the project idea is thoroughly evaluated by in-class peers, team members, the course instructor and the lab TAs using a common grading rubric [See Appendix 2]. This activity gives students feedback regarding the feasibility of their project. The proposal presentation is also an indicator of the work teams have been conducting during prior weeks as

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

both low-audiblefrequencies (e.g. seismic waves) and terahertz frequencies (e.g. phonon waves). This articlepresents the ability of an ABG sensor made of an epoxy matrix loaded with Tungsten scatterers todetect and quantify submicron damage in composite material substrates adhered to the ABG sensor.A finite element simulation, coupled with acoustic wave analysis using finite difference in timedomain, is used to present the ability of ABG crystals to be employed as submicron sensors. 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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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya; Jiecai Luo

collaboration more thannegotiation. Simulation and educational innovation software are usually shared for a monthbefore buying in a collaborative partnership. This is a bottom up rather than a top downprocess and shows that resources are shared rather than owned as a private property. Lots ofcompanies are taking advantage of dissolving new patents from their own workforce inpopularizing and commissioning more advanced software.The changes in communication techniques: At the crossover of new networking andconnective technologies over traditional social networking, a new world is evolving with theability to form adhoc groups and catalyze communities of action using personal interactivemedia (PDAs). Physical layer choice is not a challenge for new

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Walter W. Buchanan; Jerome Tapper; Alireza Rahrooh

is how to go aboutdoing this? This paper will focus on strategies used in selected public engineeringtechnology programs. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico Copyright: 2008. American Society for Engineering Education Vehicles for FundraisingWhen one of authors arrived at Texas A&M University as the department head of theirEngineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department, he observed that theprograms in the department had very strong industrial advisory committees. Thesecommittees were composed of alums of Texas A&M who were very loyal to theinstitution. There were also

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Luciana Barroso; Jim Morgan

persistent and cannot be easily debunked by standardinstruction with lectures, textbooks, demonstrations or laboratories. Educators and researchers havelooked at using computers to enhance classroom instruction ever since the technology made itfeasible to do so. This is particularly effective for topics that involve motion of objects or othersignificant visual components that are not easily represented on a black board. Simulation programsalso allow complex systems to be quickly and easily modeled and can be adapted to many differentlearning styles. The authors have collaborated in the development of a dynamics simulationsoftware package that has the power and flexibility to handle the model systems normallyencountered in a course in dynamics in

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Victor Gallardo; Mequanint Moges; Enrique Barbieri; Aymara Boggiano; Carlos Ramirez

Session 4-2 Development and Assessment of Online Modules for Hybrid Orientation Program Victor Gallardo, Mequanint Moges, Enrique Barbieri Engineering Technology Department University of Houston Aymara Boggiano, Carlos Ramirez Hispanic Studies Department University of Houston AbstractCurrent and future teaching methodologies rely on the careful use of technology in education as wellas in offering training opportunities

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Jorja Kimball; Margaret Hobson; Robin Autenrieth; Don Maxwell; Arun Srinivasa; Karen Butler-Purry

andscience to produce quality students, well prepared for higher education, to supply the nations’growing need for engineers and scientists. To address the urgent need for more engineers and thelack of understanding by K-12 teachers about what an engineer does, the Dwight Look College ofEngineering at Texas A&M University leveraged two National Science Foundation funded programsto provide engineering research and career information for high school science and mathematicsteachers.The College has NSF funding for a Research Experience for Teachers Site (RET) and a Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP). Though normallythese two programs are worlds apart, the College leveraged the two to create the

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part of a larger university goal to equip students with global competencies?)This session will present several possible models for work-integrated learning and discuss howparticipation in ASEE-CED can provide valuable resources for professionals and employersinterested in upgrading the preparation of engineers through experiential learning.DEBRA PEARSONDebra Pearson, Assistant Director in the Division of Professional Practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology, workswith cooperative education students and their employers in the aerospace and mechanical engineering fields. She is amember of the ASEE CED and International Divisions and serves on the CED Communications, Public Relations, andEmployers Relations Committee

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Cheryl L. Willis

pipeline of an educated and skilled workforce is known as a demand-driven workforcedevelopment system. The enabling technology for the federal government’s efforts is its labor market informationsystem.In order for STEM programs to meet the needs of the 21st Century workforce, we must understand the componentsof the nation’s labor market information system (LMIS) so that we can fully participate in our regional and localworkforce and economic development planning decisions. The LMIS collects, among other things, data from amyriad of sources on employment across occupations and industries, projections of high demand/high wageoccupations for the next 10 years, occupations and industries likely to see declining demand, and the knowledge,skills, and

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Nripendra Sarker; Cajetan M Akujuobi

Session umber 8-3 Establishing Multiple Assessment Methods for Accreditation ripendra Sarker and Cajetan M Akujuobi Department of Engineering Technology Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TX 77446 AbstractProgram Outcome (Criterion 3) is one of the eight Criteria used by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) in assessing the quality of a program. The objective of thiscriterion is to assess the professional attainment of graduates over several years

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Richard Bannerot

April 9, 2007 Fig. 2: Two Conventional Designs Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3: A Small Design (in the foreground) Figure 4: Two Unconventional DesignsProceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Evaluation of DesignStudents were asked to evaluate the eight collectors using the rubric: • Overall Impression: How does it look? Does it look like it will work? (30%) • Performance

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Kristi J. Shryock; Helen L. Reed

.3.7. Meyer, K.F., Morris, M., Estes, A.C., and Ressler, S.J. “How to Kill Two Birds with One Stone – Assigning Grades and Assessing Program Goals at the Same Time,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. American Society for Engineering Education. June 2005. Session 1834.8. Meyer, K.F., Estes, A.C., Welch, R.W., and Winget, D. “Program Assessment the Easy Way:” Using Embedded Indicators to Assess Program Outcomes,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. American Society for Engineering Education. June 2006. Session 1132.9. G. Rogers, “Using Course or Test Grades for Program Assessment

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purposes:“philosophical,” “flexible,” or “instrumental.” One thing these programs clearly were not was“disciplinary,” as used here. Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American society for Engineering Education Multidisciplinary Engineering ProgramsThe ABET website4 currently lists accredited engineering programs under a set of drop-downmenu titles, one of which is “Engineering, Engineering Physics & Engineering Science.” Thatlist currently comprises programs with one of those three titles, plus General Engineering and asmall number of other titles that ABET has

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for Engineering Education Figure 2. OC-3 Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) website: http://www.tech.uh.edu/onrl/sonet.phpThe required project specifications as shown by the schematic in Figure 3 represent theSONET communication link to connect the five cities. The number of users in each cityrepresents the minimum number for designing the equipment needs for each city. Thedistance between the cities is a static number which will be used to figure out how manyrepeaters will be needed to develop the link. Theory of OperationThe SONET communication link is used to provide high speed connection to the fivecities using the OC-3 format with the capability to be