AC 2007-1924: FIXED-POINT DSP IMPLEMENTATION: ADVANCED SIGNALPROCESSING TOPICS AND CONCEPTUAL LEARNINGWayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Wayne T. Padgett received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994. He has been teaching digital signal processing and related courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for 12 years. He is a member of ASEE, a senior member of the IEEE, and is on the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Technical Committee on Signal Processing Education. Page 12.752.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fixed-Point DSP Implementation
AC 2007-2323: STRATEGIES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER-BASEDSIMULATION TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMRajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University Rajesh Bhaskaran is the Director of Swanson Engineering Simulation Program in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. He is leading efforts in the Sibley School to integrate contemporary simulation technologies into the mechanical and aerospace engineering curriculum. As part of this initiative, he is developing web-based curriculum material for integrating the ANSYS and FLUENT packages into solid and fluid mechanics courses. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University
AC 2007-2637: PARTNERSHIP IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCEJerry Visser, South Dakota State University JERRY VISSER is Operations Manager of the Product Development Center at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD, where he brings conceptual ideas to tangible products. He serves as a faculty member for the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program. He leads the American Society for Quality as Chair of the Southeast South Dakota Sub-section.Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS KURT A ROSENTRATER is a Lead Scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, in Brookings, SD, where he is spearheading a new initiative to develop value-added uses
tracks and envisioned careerspaths, we identify ways in which to facilitate this increase in course offerings through partneringwith industries and other departments, often in other colleges.IntroductionIndustrial engineering has evolved greatly as a profession over time, moving from strictlyapplying methods in manufacturing to working heavily in the service industry as evidenced byindustrial engineers (IEs) now routinely being hired by logistics firms, health care agencies, andeven Wall Street firms. In our meetings with potential recruiters, including major consultingfirms, transportation companies, financial firms, health care providers, and manufacturers, it isclear that employers seek out IEs for their quantitative tools (probability
AC 2007-1206: DIGITAL DESIGN PROJECT COMPETITION USING ADVANCEDFPGA TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGESMihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyClint Cole, president DigilentInc, Pullman, WAMircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania Dr. Mircea Dabacan received the Diploma Engineer (M.S.) degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1984, and a Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1998. Since 2001 he has been an Associate Professor with Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications and since 2005 he holds the
AC 2007-827: ASSESSING THE INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION INTOENGINEERING CURRICULAWarren Hull, Louisiana State University Warren Hull is the Engineering Communications Coordinator at Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and an M.S. in Environmental Health from Harvard University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with nearly 40 years engineering experience. Prior to joining LSU he was an engineering consultant. He is also a retired U.S. Air Force officer.Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University Warren N. Waggenspack, Jr. is currently the Associate Dean for Engineering Undergraduates and holder of the Ned Adler
AC 2007-861: MEDITEC: AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP TOENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING INBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGRobert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University Robert Crockett received his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering. He holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder
AC 2007-542: USING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SERVICE-LEARNING TOINCREASE ENGINEERING AWARENESS IN HIGH SCHOOLLisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of EngineeringCynthia Orndoff, University of MissouriSusan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University Page 12.1546.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Entrepreneurship and Service Learning to Increase Engineering Awareness in High SchoolAcademic preparedness is a fundamental concern for every educational system; elementaryschools must prepare students for middle school, middle school for high school, high school forcollege, and college for graduate education or a career in a chosen field. There
AC 2007-1356: TRAINING FOR ADJUNCT FACULTYRonald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler Ron Welch is Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Tyler. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Until 2 Jan 2007, Ron was an Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA). Ron received a B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the USMA in 1982 and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1999, respectively. Ronald_Welch@uttyler.edu.Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University Allen C. Estes is Professor and Head, Department of Architectural Engineering
AC 2007-246: EASY-TO-DO TRANSMISSION LINE DEMONSTRATIONS OFSINUSOIDAL STANDING WAVES AND TRANSIENT PULSE REFLECTIONSAndrew Rusek, Oakland University Andrew Rusek is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Warsaw Technical University in 1962, and a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 1972. His post-doctoral research involved sampling oscillography, and was completed at Aston University in Birmingham, England, in 1973-74. Dr. Rusek is very actively involved in the automotive industry with research in communication systems, high frequency electronics, and electromagnetic compatibility. He is
AC 2007-372: VHDL PROJECTS TO REINFORCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURECLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONRonald Hayne, The Citadel Ronald J. Hayne, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Citadel. His professional areas of interest are digital systems and hardware description languages. He is a retired Army officer with experience in academics and Defense laboratories. Page 12.1588.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 VHDL Projects to Reinforce Computer Architecture Classroom InstructionAbstractExploration of various
development of a codebook for analysis of the ethnographic interview data. Dr. Loshbaugh taught in CSM's EPICS program, for which she developed extensive course and faculty-support materials, and designed and implemented a leadership course and overseas summer field session. She has recently been appointed to develop a diversity plan for CSM, and has experience in international education, corporate training and coaching, and academic editing.Brittany Claar, Regis University Brittany A. Claar is an undergraduate student at Regis University, studying sociology; she has recently transferred from Colorado School of Mines, where she was a Chemical Engineering student and worked as a Research
AC 2007-3085: ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING WIND TUNNELMODELS FOR STUDENT PROJECTS IN FLUID MECHANICSEric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin Eric Zissman is a December 2006 BSME graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin Philip Schmidt is the Donald J. Douglass Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program Development and Director of the PROCEED Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Page 12.195.1© American Society for
AC 2007-2219: STUDENT/TEACHER TEAM BIOTECHNOLOGY/GENETICSWORKSHOPVirgil Cox, Gaston College Virgil G. Cox, OE , Dean of Engineering and Industrial Technologies at Gaston College for almost twenty years Dean Cox has taught courses in a broad range of engineering disciplines, has evaluated many programs and courses and published over 10 articles dealing with technology and education in refereed journals. Dean Cox was also an Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering at Maine Maritime Academy. Dean Cox is a retiree of the US Navy and a Veteran. Dean Cox received his B.S., MSEE, and Ocean Engineers degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College
AC 2007-106: OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FIBER LINKCHARACTERIZATIONMustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine Mustafa G. Guvench received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from M.E.T.U., Ankara in 1968 and 1970, respectively. He did further graduate work at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio between 1970 and 1975 and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. He is currently a full professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to joining U.S.M. he served on the faculties of M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey and the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests and publications
AC 2007-1577: MARKETING MANUFACTURING USING THE NSF FUNDEDREGIONAL CENTER FOR NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURINGKaren Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology Karen Wosczyna-Birch is the state director for the CT Community Colleges' College of Technology (COT) and the Executive Director for the COT's NSF funded Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing. She is also a professor and has over 26 years of teaching and administrative experience in science, technology and engineering education at the two year community college level.Lauren Kaufman, CT Business and Industry Association Lauren Kaufamn is the Vice President of the CT Business and Industry Association. She is also a co-PI on the College
the principal investigator on research contracts from Intel Corporation, Sandia National Labs, Motorola Inc., and Active Noise and Vibration Technologies. He has also consulted with Inter-Tel Communications, Intel Corporation, Motorola, Texas Instruments, DTC, and the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. In his work with Intel Coproration he contributed to the development of architectures with signal processing capabilities and received an award from Intel for "leadership and contributions to the development of the Intel 60172 processor architecture" and a corporate award for his support of the Intel research program. He recently published refereed papers in Perceptual Coding of
AC 2007-1223: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EDUCATION VIA DISSECTIONJ.W. Bruce, Mississippi State University J.W. Bruce received the B.S. degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1991, the M.S.E.E. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2000, all in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Bruce has served as a member of the technical staff at the Mevatec Corporation and the Intergraph Corporation. Since 2000, Dr. Bruce has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University, where he is an Associate Professor. Dr. Bruce teaches courses on embedded systems, VLSI, and
AC 2007-828: LABORATORY PRACTICUM IN COMBUSTIONDavid Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles David Blekhman is an Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University. He holds M.S. in Thermal Physics from St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia and a Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Since joining GVSU, he has taught courses in the Mechanics and Thermal-Fluids sequences. He has also focused on developing courses in Combustion and Alternative Energy. Page 12.1001.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007
their very naturehave not been constructed in the field. Therefore, an understanding of such operationscan be developed through a pre-planning process of first “building on paper.” Alaboratory session was incorporated into a construction means and methods course todemonstrate the benefits of pre-planning construction operations. Students used theK’NEX construction system to build a replica of the Tower Bridge. By design, somegroups pre-planned their operations, while others did not. The value of pre-planning wasevident through observation of their performance.Introduction Construction operations can be categorized as either “routine and repetitive” or“unique and complex.” Regardless of the category, the ability to analyze and improve
AC 2007-998: FACULTY-FRIENDLY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS FORBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMSSteven Schreiner, Western New England CollegeJudy Cezeaux, Western New England CollegeDiane Testa, Western New England College Page 12.731.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Faculty-Friendly Assessment System for Biomedical Engineering ProgramsAbstractMany engineering programs have limited resources to create and operate an assessment system.Paramount to the success of a system is the system’s ability to engage faculty without being anundue burden so that the faculty remains compliant and the system yields useful information.The assessment
AC 2007-101: THE ROLE OF ADJUNCTS IN TEACHING ASCE’S BODY OFKNOWLEDGEJames Maccariella, Urban Engineers, Inc. / Rowan University Jim Maccariella is a graduate of Drexel University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering. In addition, he is a graduate of Kennedy-Western University, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Structural Engineer and currently serves as the Bridge Department Head of Urban Engineers' New Jersey office. He is responsible for managing and designing bridge rehabilitation
Page 12.1448.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 THE NATIONAL PROJECT FOR THE INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHER ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN RUSSIA Abstract The new priority national project started in Russia in 2005, the main objective of this project being the realization by engineering universities of certain complex programs for perfection of academic and scientific activities. As a result, an effective segment of the national innovative system is to be formed on the basis of the leading technical universities of the Russian Federation. Selection of the project participants is done in the form of an open competition, and universities – the winners of this
AC 2007-1158: TEACHING VISUAL DESIGN THINKINGJames Wronecki, East Tennessee State University James A. Wronecki is a designer/educator with diverse experience product and digital design medias. Mr. Wronecki currently serves an Assistant Professor of Digital Product Design within the Digital Media Program and Technology Department at East Tennessee State University. He received his Masters of Industrial Design from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pa. He has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia University, and The Art Institute of Atlanta
professional conferences and universities. He is currently working on a book, under contract with Rowman & Littlefield, titled The Engineering Ethos, which analyzes the values and thinking styles common to the engineering profession. Dr. Newberry, in collaboration with colleagues at Texas Tech University and the University of Texas, has multiyear funding from the National Science Foundation to develop educational materials for professional ethics for engineers. Dr. Newberry gives frequent presentations on professional ethics to groups of Texas engineers to help them satisfy continuing education requirements. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and has been involved
AC 2007-449: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING MODELFOR INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGAmir Jokar, Washington State University-Vancouver Amir Jokar is an Assistant Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. Prior to WSU Vancouver, he was a research assistant professor at Kansas State University where he earned his Ph.D. degree in May 2004. His general research area is in thermal/fluid sciences with more background in micro/mini-channel heat transfer and fluid flow, thermal system design and simulation, two-phase flow, condensation and evaporation. His other areas of interest include electronics cooling/thermal management and
AC 2007-1476: CULTURES WITHIN CULTURES: WELCOMING ORUNWELCOMING FOR WOMEN?Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Elizabeth Godfrey is currently the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland after a career that has included university lecturing, teaching and ten years as an advocate for Women in Engineering. Her research interests have focussed on the Culture of Engineering Education and Gender but new research interests are opening up in the First Year Experience, Engineering Cultures and the evaluation of learning outcomes. Page 12.430.1
AC 2007-1349: ENGINEERING OUR FUTURE NEW JERSEYLiesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology Liesl Hotaling is Assistant Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), Stevens Institute of Technology. She received a B.S. in Marine Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a M.A.T. in Science Teaching from Monmouth University and a M.S. in Maritime Systems from Stevens.Beth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology Beth McGrath is Director of CIESE, where she manages program development and implementation and guides collaborations with K-12 schools and other educational partners. She is also leading the RIEE, Research & Innovation in
AC 2007-406: AN ISOLATED DISTANCE EDUCATION LAB ENVIRONMENTFOR THE STUDY OF WIRELESS DEVICESLee Toderick, East Carolina University Lee Toderick received a B.S. in Computer Science from East Carolina University and an MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University. His professional certifications include CCNP/CCDP and RHCE. His currently serves as teaching instructor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University. Research interests include remote lab access for distance learning students, firewall implementation, and applied computer network security.Jingyuan Deng, East Carolina University Jingyuan Deng received a B.S. in Communication Engineering from Tianjin
AC 2007-1889: ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR HUMAN NEEDS: EXPANDING THESCOPE OF ENGINEERING SENIOR DESIGNSusan Conry, Clarkson University Dr. Conry is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clarkson University. She obtained her B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees at Rice University. Her interests include engineering education, multiagent systems, and parallel and distributed systems. Dr. Conry teaches in a variety of areas in computer engineering and software engineering. Page 12.622.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Design for