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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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E.N. Bart; Joseph Kisutcza

systems involved were extremely dilute.The rigorous equations were known for some time and one of these is as follows: y2 V dy Z= ∫ (1) ky a S y1 (1 − y )( y − y i ) (1 − y )ilmThree additional equations could be written to accomplish the same result. Z is thenecessary height of packing. Since some of the terms did not change greatly in a dilutesystem it was common practice to remove some of these from under the integral sign andmaking use of an average value between the top of the column and the bottom. The

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Fatih Oncul; Marty Drobny; Melvin Lewis; Faruk Apaydin

An Innovative Outreach Program on Mechanical Contracting for College-Bound High School StudentsFatih Oncul, Ph.D.1, Marty Drobny2, Melvin Lewis, M.S.3, Faruk Apaydin, M.S.,P.E4,Fairleigh Dickinson University offers innovative weekend outreach program onMechanical Contracting to college-bound high school students. The program isgenerously sponsored by Mechanical Contracting Association of New Jersey (MCA-NJ).Lectures are half-day long and expanded to ten Saturdays. High school students areintroduced to Mechanical Contracting related careers and subjects such as; HeatingVentilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), product piping, steam piping and energyconservation. Students are also involved in hands-on

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Vincent Winstead

requirements for two semesters of physics and four semesters of calculus throughconcepts of partial and ordinary differential equations. Additional required courses are in the subjectareas of systems theory (linear systems and control), statics, dynamics and DC circuits.The overlap between the Electrical Engineering and the Mechanical Engineering curricula is strong in theareas of mathematics and physics as well as in systems theory and thermodynamics. The overlap amongthe aforementioned and the Automotive Engineering Technology curricula is less broad since the level ofmathematics in the Automotive Engineering Technology required courses is limited to two calculussemesters and there are no required courses in systems theoretic concepts. See Table 1

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

, statistics,and significant figures, all of which are essential concepts for all aspects of engineering andtechnology. Most important, both the format and the application of this experiment (as well as theothers being developed) are fun, engaging, easy to follow, and supportive and enriching of theengineering thought processes.An ancillary aspect of the exercises is that they may be readily adapted for High School enrichmentprograms as well as “one-shot” orientation presentations.IntroductionMany students come to college without the traditional math and science preparation expected for thestudy of engineering and its related disciplines. Unfortunately our society has led students to believe 1

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Stefan A. Robila

recovery aspect when they occur.1. IntroductionInformation disclosure incidents, also known as data breaches, refer to situations when privateinformation is improperly disclosed. Often, confidential data handled by various entities are compromisedby loss, theft or pure negligence. Moreover, individual users fall prey to phishing attacks unwillinglyproviding their own personal data. Within the financial and health care sectors, such incidents have led tofederal legislation mandating strict policies on how the confidential information is handled and severelegal implications when these policies are not followed. Consequently, most of the individual states havenow enacted regulations mandating that security incidents be disclosed and individual

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Hassan A. Kalhor; Mohammad R. Zunoubi

, friction, windage and bearingloss. Rotor core loss is small because the rotor is rotating in synchronism with the revolving field.Stator core, which is stationary, is subjected to a magnetic field rotating at synchronous speed thatcauses both eddy current and hysteresis loss. A simple electrical circuit diagram of one phase ofa synchronous generator is shown in Fig. 1. Mechanical losses are not shown in this circuit. 2 Ra jXs If E VtError! Fig. 1- Equivalent circuit of one phase of a synchronous generatorRotor copper

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Tom M. Warms; Renee Drobish

trace, assuming arbitrary input values of 14 and 287.(Some features of the method were described earlier.1, 2) The method maintains names of identifiers onthe left side of a vertical line and the identifiers' values on the right. The name of the function beingexecuted appears above the vertical line. Boxes indicate output, underlines indicate input, indicatesthe RETURN character, and returned values are encircled. Indeterminate values are indicated by ?. Intracing each statement, the values that resulted from tracing previous statements are available. By thetime the statement to print the result is executed, the trace shows that num1, num2, and sum have valuesof 14, 287, and 301, respectively, and so it is these values that are printed

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Anilkumar Bhate; M.G. Prasad; Lex McCusker

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Ashlee Pieris

previous examplewill be omitted.In this example, again, we chose a simply supported beam and to populate the numerical fields, the storedvalues of “Example3” were used. From which the following screen can be shown. The main differences 4between this example and the previous are that now we have two concentrated loads on top of thedistributed loads.We chose the numerical values corresponding to “f’c”,”Fy”, “b” and “d” as shown. Then, the followingscreen comes to life. 5Finally, we have the desired stirrup spacing patterns as shown in the next screen.Bibliographic Information:1. American Concrete Institute: ACI 318-05 Building Code Requirements for

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Graham Walker

process project.2 Background Several efforts have been made over the years to improve the experimental experience thatstudents obtain at the undergraduate level. With respect to teaching students about mathematical design ofexperiment concepts and statistical analysis Gleixner, et al.2 and Munson-McGee4 both introduced theseelements into a laboratory course in chemical engineering. Equally, Lyons, et al.3 has introduced theteaching of instrumentation and experimental practices into a mechanical engineering laboratory, whileCyr, et al.1 has exposed students to open ended experimental process projects to promote creativity andinnovation. However, there is no documented case of where all of the material and practices necessary toaddress a

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Phil Dacunto P.E.; Mike Hendricks

calculate impacts. Due to its flexibility inprogramming applications, and its ability to handle large matrices of data, we chose Matlab to perform thecalculations of downwind plume concentrations. We chose ESRI’s ArcMap 9.1 for visualization andanalysis. We created the custom application so that students would be able to use it without previousexperience with either program.Calculating Downwind Concentrations - MatlabThe algorithm employed in the Matlab application calculated downwind, ground level concentrationsusing the Gaussian plume equation (Cooper and Alley, pg 612)1: ⎛ y2 ⎞ ⎧ ⎛ ( z − H )2 ⎞ ⎛ ( z + H )2 ⎞⎫ C= Q exp

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Laurent Simon; Piero Armenante; Rajesh Dave

Research Center funded by the National ScienceFoundation, and comprising four partner universities, i.e., Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute ofTechnology (NJIT), Purdue University, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.The Camp Pharma program consists of working with both high school science teachers and students inorder to (1) increase their knowledge in pharmaceutical manufacturing, with an emphasis on particulatesystems, which constitute most pharmaceutical drug products (e.g., tablets), and (2) to create an interest inthe pharmaceutical industry as a career option.During the summer, the high school students attending the program will work with NJIT undergraduateand graduate students to learn basic methodologies and lab protocols

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R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

required to take the FED course. Each engineering department offers its ownFED course. This allows declared freshmen – the vast majority – to take the FED course of their homedepartments. Undeclared freshmen are assigned to an FED course with available space.In this paper, we will describe the current FED course in the ChE department. The course activities willbe described, as well as the assessment tools utilized. In addition, there will be a short discussion of avariation of the FED course now being tested for transfer students who are older and generally moreexperienced than the freshmen.First-Day SurveysOne important assessment on the first day of the ChE FED course is a student survey shown inFigure 1. The questions deal with the students

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Levern Rollins-Haynes; Keith L. Haynes

talents from diverse sources there could be a loss of possible creativity and talent which couldotherwise benefit all citizens. Tulane University professor, Dr. Calvin Mackie writes,1 National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics and Cox, Matthews & Associates, BlackIssues in Higher Education Analysis of U.S. Department of Education, 2005.2 Tanisha Perez, UAW-Daimler Chrysler National Training Center Communications, 2/9/06, http://www.uaw-daimlerchryslerntc.org/resources/news.cfm?NewsID=1444.3 Although born as Canadian-American, Gilles also refers to himself as African American. 1 How many Imhoteps or

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William E. Kelly

Assessment and Improvement – Defining Best Practice William E. Kelly The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064IntroductionIn 2005, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) published two volumes on assessmentin the disciplines; these two volumes deal with the business disciplines.1 A third volume onmathematics has recently been published and a volume on engineering is scheduled for 2007.The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the AIR engineering volume.The vision of the engineer of 2020 presented by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) intheir recent report goes well beyond the ABET outcomes

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kalyan Mondal

2000, the University renewed and formalized the long-standing emphasis on global themesthrough the adoption of a new mission: to prepare students for world citizenship through globaleducation [1]. Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) being a leader in global education welcomesinternational students of diverse backgrounds to its engineering degree programs every semester.Most of these students possess high analytical abilities but have certain backgrounds that makethem struggle to conform to the US academic norms. This author teaches a core Digital SignalProcessing (DSP) course, EENG6633 [2] taken by first semester graduate students as well asfollow-up advanced courses on DSP applications (EENG7753) and DSP implementations(EENG7852). This paper

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E. Hou; T. N. Chang; A. Dhawan; J. Ji; E. Luxford; D. Rodriguez; W. Stoddart; S. Siddiqui

ground combat vehiclesare unmanned” [1]. In response to the congressional mandate, the Defense Advanced Research ProjectAgency (DARPA) initiated the Grand Challenge competition. The goal of the competition was to promoteand accelerate research and development of autonomous robotic ground vehicles that can navigate itselfin off- and on-road terrain. The motivation is to develop technologies that will keep military personnel offthe battlefield and out of harm’s way. The first competition took place on March 13, 2004 and the course was approximately 130 milesof desert terrain from Barstow, CA to Primm, NV. There were 15 participants in the competition but noteam was able to complete the course. The competition was repeated on October 8, 2005

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

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Shaina Slonim; Richard Puerzer

need to know.”1 Theauthors’ point is that research needs to be done in four areas: The “knowledge, skills, processes, values,and attitudes [that] characterize engineering…and…the mechanisms by which these elements changeover time”; how “innovation, critical thinking, systems thinking, biology, mathematics, physical sciences,engineering sciences, problem solving, design, analysis, judgment, and communication relate to eachother to characterize the core of engineering as a profession”; “the source of these core elements, andhow” they are shaped and whether engineering is “best characterized by the people it serves, the problemsit addresses, the knowledge used to address problems, the methods by which knowledge is applied., or itssocial relevancy

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Br. Henry Chaya

optimization, MIPs single-cyclemachine, pipelining, memory systems, peripheral interfacing and RAID. We rely on the MipsItsimulator for programming assignments.ChallengesSome of challenges we faced were limited Internet bandwidth, student acceptance of a new mode oflearning, language differences, and limited financial and laboratory resources. The biggest technicalchallenge was the limited bandwidth.Currently Bethlehem University has a single 1 Mbit/sec Internet connection for the entire campus at a costof $1200 per month. During the hours students are on campus, all downloads of audio or video contentmust be blocked. This restriction made any sort of synchronous interaction with students impractical

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kauser Jahan; Kathleen Sernak

Engineering Clinics for Teachers Kauser Jahan1 and Kathleen Sernak2 1 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, email:jahan@rowan.edu 2 Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, email:Sernak@rowan.edu Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro NJ 08028This ECT (Engineering Clinics for Teachers) Program is a partnership between RowanUniversity’s Colleges of Engineering and Education to provide an Engineering Clinicexperience for middle school teachers and guidance counselors. Modeled after the uniqueRowan Engineering Clinics, it utilizes real

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Fani Zlatarova

professionals also plays an important role in the selection of appropriatecomputing projects. The theoretical and practical orientation of the related work requires the student todisplay imagination, originality, significant knowledge and skills and even multidisciplinary vision inmost cases. Very often, the complexity of the computing projects requires the students’ closecollaboration in teams. This paper considers the variety of projects developed in liberal arts environmentand presents their role in obtaining a strong background for the future students’ activity after thegraduation from the respective academic institution.1. IntroductionTeaching computing disciplines involves a significant number of projects periodically assigned tostudents

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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John C. Giordano; J. Scot Ransbottom

States Military Academy is to provide the nation with leaders of characterwho serve for the common defense. In order to integrate itself, and hence the Army officer corps, the 1U.S. Military Academy has self-consciously attempted "to balance the Corps" and therefore has"develop[ed] goals for each class for desired percentages of scholars, leaders, athletes, women, blacks,Hispanics and other minorities." [1] The academy also seeks diversity in the faculty, not only withrespect to race, ethnicity, and gender, but additionally in military experience and perspective. Combineclass sizes limited to 18 cadets per section with a core course presented to each of the 1,200-1,400 cadetsper year, and you

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

exposing allstudents (not merely those who self-select to take elective courses) to hands-on design and problem-solving and the application of science and mathematics principles toward the solution of relevant, real-world problems in the context of required K-12 courses, we expect that more students will be motivatedto enroll and succeed in gatekeeper courses in middle and high school and pursue engineering and otherSTEM careers.Inspired, in part, by Massachusetts’s leadership as the first state to introduce science and engineeringstandards1, program developers of Engineering Our Future NJ planned a two-phase campaign designed tostrengthen the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards2 to: (1) articulate engineering in thelanguage of the

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Lou Harrington; Austin Bartlett; Quentin Willard; Jason McKay; Bruce Brown; Ernest Wong

helpimprove upon. Weight Micro-meteoroids Size Radiation Power & Power Sources Vibrations Cost Visibility Thermal Capability Durability Figure 1: NASA’s Key Concerns for Object Detection SensorsBased on our initial analysis, we defined our problem statement as follows: Develop a model to helpNASA determine which sensor or combination of sensors will be best suited for autonomous landing androving on lunar and planetary surfaces. The greatest benefit we believe our team will

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

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Hassan A. Kalhor; Mohammad R. Zunoubi

, 16.8% MS, 14% of doctoral degrees and represent 20.4%of the engineering faculty.III. ADVANTAGES OF EXTENDING OPPORTUNITIES TO WOMEN AND MINORITYGROUPSMore women and minorities must be attracted to engineering, because: 1-There is great need for engineers and technologists, and all available human resourcesshould be mobilized.-Engineering is a relatively high paying profession, and attraction of women andminorities promotes social justice and economic well-being.-Participation of diverse people in engineering fosters multi-culturalism, which bringsnew perspectives and insights much needed in our global economy.IV. WAYS OF ACHIEVING DIVERSITYA good percentage of women, although qualified in every way

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Adriana Popescu

increasingly complex, technologydriven society”8. The Center has created new courses and revised some existing ones, with the goal ofexposing students to real life problems that need to be solved from a multidisciplinary perspective.Besides courses such as “Engineering in the Modern World”, “High-Tech Entrepreneurship” and“Introduction to the Innovation Process”, students can enroll in “Reading and Writing About theScientific Literature in English” (WSE-1) and “Writing an Effective Scientific Research Article”(WSE-2). WSE-1 is particularly designed to introduce non-native English speakers to reading and writingscientific literature by analyzing how successful scientists use the published literature as readers andwriters. Both courses, WSE-1 and WSE-2

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Peggy A. Johnson

for improvingthe situation institution were explored.CURRENT STATE OF ENROLLMENT Available data describing the enrollment of women in civil engineering (and similarly named)departments nationally were compiled. Table 1 lists the nationwide percentage of women graduating witha B.S. in Civil Engineering over a period of years. The percentage of women steadily rose during the1980's and 1990's, but has stabilized in the most recent decade at about 20 to 22 percent. For comparison,the 2004 national average for women graduating with engineering B.S. degrees for all engineeringdisciplines, which was 20.3 percent (Gibbons, 2004). Figure 1 shows the percentages of women in the 2005 B.S. classes in Civil Engineering for 233programs

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Carol Siri Johnson