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Frank Lanzer

Attracting Girls to Engineering & Technology: Reach them before they're turned off Frank Lanzer Anne Arundel Community CollegeAbstractThe low percentage of woman and minorities in engineering, and other technical fields, iswell-documented. While one cannot force persons into a given field, we ought to ensurethat students are exposed to these disciplines and provided with both basic skills and avision of what they can become. Research generally shows attitudes and perceptions ofwhat individuals want to become being developed early in the secondary educationprocess. Community colleges, in particular, are uniquely positioned close to

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Harold R. Underwood

Assistance for Asperger Syndrome from Communications Technology Developed through an Integrated Projects Curriculum Harold R. Underwood, Associate Professor of Engineering Messiah College, Grantham, PAAbstract: Asperger Syndrome (AS), classified among neurodevelopmental disabilitiesbetter known as autism spectrum disorders, affects 1 in every 150 children in the UnitedStates1. Adults with AS experience impaired social interactions with tendency towardrestricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, though gifted with average to above-average intellect. While neither specific cause (although genetics is suspected) nor cureis known for AS at this time

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Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

A Simulation Model for Enhancing Warehouse Manual Processes in a Paper-Converting Company Using RFID Technology Ricardo A. Camilo & Dr. S. Keith Hargrove Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Information Engineering Clarence Mitchell, Jr., School of Engineering Morgan State University Baltimore, MD 21251AbstractIn recent times, the interest in using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in supplychain activities has increased due to potential benefits in customer responsiveness and inventoryand logistical costs reduction. RFID technology offers tremendous opportunities for

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Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

quality of life and modernize our technology in a more sustainablemanner. Sustainable engineering, commonly referred to as “green engineering”, has quicklybecome a critical societal issue, an issue that the engineers of today and tomorrow will play adramatic role in solving. Many universities are incorporating green engineering concepts intotheir core curriculum. In fact, the Board of Directors for the American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) considers it a priority that all engineering programs prepare their graduatesfor a profession that uses sustainable engineering techniques and methods1. These techniquesinclude alternative solutions to the consumption of non-renewable energy sources, such as oil.As the new presidential administration

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

the idea of using an aquarium to promote engineering concepts for a wideaudience is innovative and exciting. A creative initiative between the College of Engineering atRowan University, Cumberland County College (CCC) and the New Jersey Academy of AquaticSciences (NJAAS) to enhance STEM education at all levels has been undertaken by receivingsupport from the National Science Foundation. There is a growing realization amongengineering faculty that a new vision for the education of engineers needs to evolve to keep thiscountry at the forefront of technology. Science and engineering are essential for paving the wayfor America’s future through discovery, learning and innovation [1]. A recent report [2]indicates that the United States lags behind

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Neville Jacobs

THE MAKING OF ENGINEERS: THE ROBOT CHALLENGEBy Neville JacobsINTRODUCTION The purpose of this presentation is to describe two IEEE initiatives that we believe can raise theinterest of students in technology and engineering, counter the influence that television has exerted inglamorizing careers in other fields, such as medicine, law and high finance; and introduce students to thefun of getting involved with engineering challenges . We all know that engineering can be very excitingand rewarding, but we need to bring this to the attention of our pre-college students, so as to obtain alarger proportion of them going on to Engineering schools.TWO SYMBIOTIC PROJECTS:TISP - TEACHER IN-SERVICE PROGRAM This is an enrichment program

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re-examine the historical basis for the core computational skill set and assess thedegree to which it has met the needs of industry for modeling, design, and construction. Weidentify technology trends such as scripting languages (e.g., Python and Ruby), modernnumerical programming (e.g., Matlab), and Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools (e.g.,Revit and Sketchup) that, to be available and effective for industry, must have a curricular basisfor CE graduates. Finally, we provide recommendations for incorporating modern tools intoboth introductory engineering computing courses and senior level design courses.IntroductionComputational skills have been an integral component of engineering education for decades.Long before digital computer

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Samantha Murray

than 9.5% of engineering professionals are African American,Hispanic American or Native American. The project team includes Michigan Technological University (Dr. Neil Hutzlerand Joan Chadde), Foundation for Family Science/David Heil & Associates, and theAmerican Association for Engineering Education (Dr. William Kelly and SamanthaMurray), along with Dr. Christine Cunningham, who has developed the Engineering isElementary (EiE) curriculum now used in 46 states, will participate in development of thematerials. ASEE will help to disseminate the Family Engineering project to more than 50engineering societies, student chapters, and engineering professionals. This project brings engineering education to the elementary family unit

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Kanti Prasad

Preparing Students with Industrial Collaboration in Meeting the Challenges in Engineering Design with Consummate VLSI Education Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E. Professor/Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduAbstract:For in-depth Microelectronics education, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities are requiredto complement theoretical instructions in order to validate the modeled microelectronicdesign from its conception to the finished chip along with its

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Olugbenga O. Akinbiola

machines, try to educate/train their engineers on new technology, improve thequality of material for production and eliminate overtime schedule for the technicians so as toimprove their production.IntroductionResearchers have proposed frameworks, implementation, given caveats for practitioners whowant to implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) and design of experiments in variousmanufacturing and non manufacturing domain. The definition of quality varies widely dependingon the applications. Genechi Taguchi11 offers a generalized definition for quality of performancewhere he regards performance as the major component of product or process quality. In the early1920s, Sir R. A. Fisher introduced design of experiment as a statistical technique in

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Mary Lowe; Marcia Wiedefeld; Andrew Zink

requirements of the academicprograms. Their personal experiences and insights, as well as information about best practices,will be shared.ResourcesInclusivityAccess STEM: The Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics. Access STEM is one of several regional alliances funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) to increase the successful participation of people with disabilities inacademic studies and careers.http://www.washington.edu/doit/stemChemists with Disabilities (CWD)Many scientists and technicians who have disabilities are pursuing successful careers inchemistry and allied sciences-in industry, education, and government. CWD members personallydemonstrate the professional achievements of

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D. Weber; G. Reluzco; D. Kaminski; B.W. Bequette

teachers with complete curriculum; supply lists; and PowerPoint lectures. Hisexposure is with the junior level course, Principles of Engineering (POE), and the senior levelcourse, Engineering Design and Development (EDD). In POE, the George Reluzco (the teacher)and Dale developed an international energy survey to expose students to the energy productionand transportation technology around the world, to gauge the balance of energy needs withenvironmental protection in different nations, and to get a sense of how each country’suniversity-level research is melding with green entrepreneurial ship to put that country on thecutting edge. The EDD class is a yearlong project-based design course and the GK-12 goals havebecome manifest in providing support

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Raluca I. Rosca

ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges. American Society of EngineeringEducation. 20083. U.S. Census Bureau. “DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000; Data Set: Census 2000Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data”. United States. As accessed on line at http://factfinder.census.gov/4. Website for the Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program .5. Lappenbusch, Steve; Turns, Jennifer; and Allen, Karina, “Professional Portfolios for Seniors in TechnicalCommunication ”, internal report, 2004, as quoted in 66. Yellin, Jessica M., Jennifer Turns and Beza Getahun. 2005. How Early is too Early to Start Teaching?Teaching Portfolios as a Training Tool for Undergraduate Instructors. In Proceedings of

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Thomas R. Wedlick; Carol E. Reiley; Cynthia Ramey

to apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning.This competition is designed for students with no prior engineering background and isdesigned to teach them basic programming and electro-mechanical design.Our robotics competition is inexpensive (the robot kits are 40% cheaper than LegoMindstorms) and less time-consuming (for organizers and advising teachers), compared toother more publicized robotics competitions, which makes it ideally suited to attractinvolvement by low-income schools. For the last three years, the robotic challenge hasattracted many local public schools for those very reasons.This competition was developed by a well-known robotics center with industrialpartners. Its primary objective is to

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

in industry and is now a standard engineering tool for both analysis and design.When FEM first appeared in the 1960’s it was introduced into the engineering curriculum at thegraduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM was introduced at theundergraduate level in engineering and engineering technology programs, even in some two-yearengineering technology programs. Today, FEM is primarily offered as an elective undergraduatecourse in mechanical, civil, and aeronautical engineering programs. Fatigue analysis that in the past was carried out by hand and/or in-house computer programsis now done using commercial FEM software. Fatigue design modules have recently beenintegrated into commercial FEM codes that include ABAQUS

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Robert Aldi

Rochester Institute of TechnologyManufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology & Packaging Science American Society of Engineering Educators Mid-Atlantic Section Static Fixturing and Testing of Torsional Shafts in Combined Loading By: Robert AldiAdvised by: Professors Carl Lundgren and Hany Ghoneim Date: April 10, 2009 Table of Contents 1.0 ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................................................3 2.0 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE

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Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

flawed. We will consider the past,present, and future of US manufacturing industries in order to best understand how our nation’sproduction-focused economy has become what it is today.Chapter 1:Present Status The country has seen a great shift in areas of employment over the past ten years. In mostsituations we see tabloids and media explanation about the death of manufacturing throughoutthe country. But American ads on television and an innate fear about entering the manufacturingsector is very present in our country’s media depictions of manufacturing. This is deceiving forseveral reasons, left out of the argument is the number of engineers, and would-be manufacturingsector employees that have gone on to work for technology and service

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The University of _____ Reduced Instruction Set Computer (MARC)AbstractWe present our design of a VHDL-based, RISC processor instantiated on an FPGA for use inundergraduate electrical engineering courses and research. Our architecture incorporates asimple instruction set serially executed in a 5-stage cycle (fetch, decode, execute, memory, writeback). The design utilizes SRAM memory to store instructions and pushbuttons, switches,LEDs, and 7-segment displays provide feedback and user input. Specifically, we use the AlteraCyclone II to instantiate our system running on the Altera DE2 development and educationboard. We also leverage the associated CAD tools to build this system. Our implementationallows students the ability to easily

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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

bus, which students can findconfusing. In addition, since the Z80 is based on the 8080, Z80 instructions are very similar tobasic x86 instructions. As an added benefit, the memory addressing on the Z80 is much simplerthan x86-family addressing; the Z80 uses a flat memory model as opposed to the more confusingsegment-plus-offset model used by x86 architecture CPUs. In the next section, we describe the course objectives, followed by a description of themicrocomputer construction and course content.Course Objectives and Content The Drexel Applied Engineering Technology Program offers the introductorymicroprocessor course in a 10-week quarter format. The course is required for students in theElectrical Engineering Technology

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. • Certified Level: 26-32 points • Silver Level: 33-38 points • Gold Level: 39-51 points • Platinum Level: 51-69 pointsBased on LEED certificated for new building Sustainable Site (SS) can obtain up to 14 creditsfor all its subcategories11. Water Efficiency (WE), can attain up to 5 credits. From these groupsthe Sustainable Sites (SS) and Water Efficiency (WE) can be part of the sustainable water in theHydraulic/ Hydrology syllabus in construction technology management program. FromSustainable Sites (SS) the credits 6.1 stormwater Design, Quantity and Quality Control and fromWater Efficiency (WE) the subcategories of Innovative Wastewater Technologies and Water UseReduction (by 20-30% Reduction) are included in the syllabus.Effect of

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XingYing Cheng; Daren Wilcox

Introductory Digital Logic Design and Bluespec XingYing Cheng1, Daren Wilcox2AbstractMost digital logic courses in engineering curriculums introduce hardware design using VHDL.The three primary levels of abstraction in VHDL taught in the introductory course follow closelyto the traditional steps of Boolean logic, namely structure, data flow, and behavior. However,presenting the introductory material at a higher level of abstraction might just be as beneficial.Recently, a new electronic design automation tool, Bluespec, has emerged that promises a highlevel of abstraction for digital hardware design. In this paper, Bluespec will be introduced inrelation to current VHDL design concepts

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Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

Applying Lean Assessment Tools at a Maryland Manufacturing Company Deborah Ihezie and S. Keith Hargrove Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Information Engineering Clarence Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering Morgan State UniversityAbstractManufacturing companies are implementing and adapting to a number of strategic practices toenhance quality and improve productivity to remain competitive and reduce costs. The use ofLean practices has proven to achieve these objectives. The purpose of this research is to evaluateand perform an assessment of the current status of a local manufacturing organization, MiddleRiver Aircraft Systems (MRAS), located

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George Munyori; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

Studies on Filtration of Fermentation Wastewater Using Sand- Carbon Filter George Munyori, Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State UniversityAbstractBiofuels production from cellulosic materials as carbohydrate source is being investigated as oneof the alternatives to the solution of the energy problem. One of the potential processes involvessimultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation. The wastewater from such process must be treatedbefore being released to the environment. In order to make the process even more economicaland environmentally friendly, the wastewater needs to be treated and recycled. This study isinvestigating

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

sustainabledevelopment and the interdependence and interrelationship of sustainable development toglobal, national, regional and local programs, policies and practices.”SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY - “Landscape Architectural DesignStudio III” “This course introduces and applies concepts of urban and regional planning,environmental planning, and landscape ecology, in the context of large-scale landscapearchitectural, community, and urban design. Emphasis will be placed upon the application ofappropriate technologies and strategies to foster environmentally and economically sustainablecommunity forms, as well as greater environmental and social equity. Occasional field trips toillustrate various design solutions.”University of Minnesota