AC 2011-250: LAB EXPERIENCE FOR CIRCUITS CLASSES IN A SIM-PLIFIED LAB ENVIRONMENTClaudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University Claudio Talarico is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Eastern Washington University. Before joining Eastern Washington University, he worked at University of Arizona, University of Hawaii and in industry, where he held both engineering and management positions at Infineon Technologies, IKOS Systems (now Mentor Graphics), and Marconi Communications. His research interests include de- sign methodologies for integrated circuits and systems with emphasis on system-level design, embedded systems, and complex SOCs. Talarico received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the
AC 2011-706: THE COLUMBIA CITY TRAILHEAD: A COLLABORA-TIVE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE EX-PERIENCEBarry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has 9 years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and ma- terials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is an experienced contra dance caller.M. Regina Leffers, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Regina Leffers, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for the Built Environment and
AC 2011-1257: THE EVOLUTION OF A FIRST YEAR ENGINEERINGTRANSFER PROGRAM: 1995 - 2010Shelley Lorimer, Grant MacEwan University Dr. Shelley Lorimer, P.Eng. is the Chair of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Transfer Program (BSEN) at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. She teaches undergraduate courses in statics and dynamics, as well as courses in engineering professionalism. She is currently on a sabbatical leave with a provincial research organization called Alberta Innovates Technology Futures in the oil sands and hydrocarbon recovery group doing reservoir simulation. She has a Ph.D. in numerical modeling from the University of Alberta, also in Edmonton
AC 2011-1790: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM:THE DPO SCHOLARS PROGRAMMr. Theodore Demetrius Caldwell, Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan State Univer-sity Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University Major: Advertising Degree & Year: BA, 1996 Graduate Institution: Jones International University Major: Higher Education Leadership and Adminis- tration Degree & Year: MEd, June 2011 (expected) Appointment: Director/Assistant to the Dean for Diversity (2008-present) Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering at Michigan State University Assistant Director (2007-2008) Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering at Michigan State University Retention
AC 2011-144: EDUCATING MANUFACTURING LEADERS: CREATINGAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURERonald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas RONALD J. BENNETT PhD is Honeywell Fellow in Global Technology Management in the School of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas after having served as the Founding Dean. He holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering and an MBA. With a background of more than 20 years in industry, Bennett teaches and publishes on diverse topics including materials engineering, technical innovation, technology transfer, leadership and engineering education. He is an EAC of ABET commissioner for SME.Elaine R. Millam, Univeristy of St. Thomas Dr. Elaine Millam is a senior consultant
AC 2011-2541: EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT OF LIBRARY LEARNINGOUTCOMES IN A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING COURSEMelissa Bowles-Terry, University of Wyoming Melissa is the Instruction and Assessment Coordinator in the Reference and Instruction Services Depart- ment at University of Wyoming Libraries.Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming Larry Schmidt is the Physical and Applied Sciences Librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries. Page 22.554.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Embedded Assessment of Library Learning Outcomes in a Freshman Engineering CourseAbstract:When
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning community and is a 2006 CASTL Institute Scholar (Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning). She has published a case study to use in teaching computer science courses to increase the interpersonal orientation of the classroom experience. She is currently directing graduate and undergraduate students on NSF-funded projects to develop a Virtual Engineering Sciences Learning Lab in Second Life to provide an immersive learning environment for introductory engineering and computer science courses and to develop materials for teaching artificial intelligence through an experimental ap- proach modeled after the lab sciences. Her industry experience includes software and
AC 2011-2320: ENGINEERING IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: A LON-GITUDINAL VIEW, 1966-2011Mark Sanders, Virginia Tech Mark Sanders is Professor of Technology Education / Integrative STEM Education at Virginia Tech. His teaching, research, scholarship, and outreach efforts have focused on teaching and learning in Technology Education and STEM Education contexts.Dr. Thomas M. Sherman, Virginia Tech Tom Sherman has investigated issues such as academic learning, study skills, and learning assessment while serving on the faculty of the School of Education at Virginia Tech. He is the author of over 100 professional papers, manuscripts, books, and instructional programs.Dr. Hyuksoo Kwon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
AC 2011-2462: ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET DEVELOPMENT IN ASENIOR DESIGN/CAPSTONE COURSERandall Brouwer, Calvin College Randall Brouwer is a Professor of Engineering at Calvin College. He obtained the MSEE and Ph.D degree from the University of Illinois - Urbana. He served as an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow in 2005. His interests include computer architecture, embedded computer systems, engineering education, public policy, and entrepreneurship.Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College Professor J. Aubrey Sykes is a Ph.D. Chemical Engineer and a Professional Engineer licensed in Texas as a chemical engineer. In his early life, he worked in materials processes and products development of all kinds for W.R. Grace, Shell
AC 2011-90: ESTABLISHING A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TRACKWITHIN AN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PRO-GRAMDaniel Davis, University of Hartford Professor in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the Universirt of Hartford. Page 22.637.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Establishing a Construction Management Track within an Architectural Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractThe current recession has had a dramatic impact on all aspects of the construction industry.According to many studies a great percentage of architects are
AC 2011-372: ESTABLISHING GREEN BUILDING INSITUTE IN A SCHOOLOF ENGINEERINGAmitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE is the Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture and Construction Management at Farmingdale State College, SUNY. He de- veloped and implemented the new four-year program in Construction Management and the new B.S. pro- gram in Architectural Technology at Farmingdale State College. Dr. Bandyopadhyay has been appointed by ABET as the Commissioner to the Technology Accreditation Commission. Dr. Bandyopadhyay’ pri- mary research field is construction engineering and management. He served in the Word Trade
AC 2011-2227: EXPANDING A MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CUR-RICULUM TO INCLUDE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGChin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University Dr. Chin-Zue Chen is a Professor of Engineering Technology Department at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, where he has taught and in charge of robotics program since 1985. He initiated PLC, CAM, CIM, Sensors and Vision Systems courses in earlier years of his teaching, and involved in Additive Manufacturing in recent years. Prof. Chen is a Fellow of the Tennessee Academy of Science.Adel Salama., Austin Peay State University Prof. ADEL SALAMA, M.S., P.E. Adel Salama is a Professor and Chair of Engineering Technology Department at Austin Peay State University
AC 2011-2364: FACULTY AND STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN A GRAD-UATE LEVEL CIVIL ENGINEERING SEMINARRichard A. Coffman, University of Arkansas Richard A. Coffman is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering (geotechnical emphasis) at the Uni- versity of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Rick received his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2002, his masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003, and his doctoral degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri- Columbia in 2009. Rick is a licensed professional engineer and licensed professional land surveyor in the state of Missouri, and is a member of ASCE, the Missouri Society of
AC 2011-2700: COOKING A HAMBURGER IN SILICO TO PREVENTFOOD POISONINGCharles J. Coronella, University of Nevada, Reno Chuck Coronella is an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he has been since 1993. He earned his BS from Lehigh University, and his PhD from the Univer- sity of Utah. His research interests are in the areas of waste-to-energy processing and thermochemical conversion of biomass.Victor R. Vasquez, University of Nevada, Reno Page 22.384.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Cooking a hamburger in
AC 2011-147: CORRELATION BETWEEN ”ETHICAL ISSUES” AND ”GRADE”PERFORMANCE IN A GRADUATE CLASSRobert M. Brooks, Temple University Dr. Robert M. Brooks is an associate professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University. He is a registered professional engineer in PA and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His research interests are Civil Engineering Materials, Transportation Engineering, and Engineering Education.Naji Khoury, Temple UniversityJyothsna K S, Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore Secured a gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature Course at St.Joseph’s College (Autonomous). Working for the
AC 2011-2352: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-PLATFORM (PC,IPAD,MOBILE) EBOOK PLATFORMCarlos R Morales, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carlos R. Morales is an Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. Page 22.476.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Development of A Multi-Platform (PC,iPad, Mobile) eBook PlatformAbstractThis paper presents the development of an eBook publishing platform capable of delivering text,multimedia (video, 3D, audio), and assessments across a variety of platforms including PC, Mac,iPad, and Mobile
AC 2011-1115: ALIGNMENT OF PREPARATION VIA FIRST-YEAR PHYSICSMECHANICS AND CALCULUS COURSES WITH EXPECTATIONS FORA SOPHOMORE STATICS AND DYNAMICS COURSEKristi J Shryock, Texas A&M University Kristi J. Shryock is a Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. She received both a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M and received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M in May 2011. Her research work focuses on engineering education.Prof. arun r srinivasa, Texas A&M University, Department of Mechanical Engineering Prof. Srinivasa received his batchelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian
AC 2011-58: IT BASED INTERACTIVE TEACHING OF MATERIALS SCI-ENCESteven W. Gyeszly, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar Will be provided after the paper is accepted. Page 22.982.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Information Technology Based Interactive Teaching of Materials ScienceIntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to describe an information technology-based interactive method ofteaching a sophomore level Materials Science course for mechanical engineering students.Materials science is a unique course within the mechanical engineering curriculum in partbecause it is a
AC 2011-1971: RECONFIGURABLE AND SCALABLE AUTOMATED SYS-TEMS PROJECTS FOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION AND CON-TROL EDUCATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and
AC 2011-936: STATUS STUDY OF SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEX-ICO TECHNICAL COLLEGES OFFERING CAD/CAM/CNC PROGRAMSCOMPARED TO AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM IN CAD/CAM/CNCFarzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Farzin Heidari currently serves as an Associate Professor of Industrial Technology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Dr.Heidari has twenty years of teaching experience in CAD/CAM courses. He is currently serving as the Graduate Coordinator for the Industrial Management program. Page 22.10.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Status Study of South
AC 2011-1669: AI & SCIFI: TEACHING WRITING, HISTORY, TECH-NOLOGY, LITERATURE AND ETHICSRebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the B.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University in 1990, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Boston University in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in elec- trical engineering from the University of Washington in 2004. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science de- partment at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her research interests include speech recognition and understanding as well as engineering education
AC 2011-1333: MAKING ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING WORK: PART-NERSHIPS AND PRACTICE–NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYElizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University Elizabeth Parry is a K-12 STEM curriculum and professional development consultant and the coordinator of K-20 STEM Partnership Development at North Carolina State University’s College of Engineering. She has over twenty five years of experience in industry and STEM education. Prior to her current position, Ms. Parry was the project director of RAMP-UP, an NSF and GE funded project focused on increasing math achievement in K-12 through the use of collaboration between undergraduate and graduate STEM students and classroom teachers. She is an active member of
AC 2011-625: MISSOURI S&T ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CAP-STONE SENIOR DESIGN: LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES TOCOMEStephen A. Raper, Missouri University of Science & Technology Stephen A. Raper, received the B.S., (1985) M.S., (1987) and Ph.D. (1989) degrees in Engineering Man- agement from the University of Missouri-Rolla. Stephen graduated from Republic high school in 1978 and enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving 4 years and also began his higher education pursuits on a part-time basis. During his transfer enrollment visit to UMR, he met Professor Bernie Sarchet and quickly knew that he wanted to study Engineering Management. His experiences outside of the university and the military include an
AC 2011-2795: SATISFYING THE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER REQUIRE-MENTS OF ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP: THE CASE OF INDUSTRIALDISTRIBUTION AT TEXAS A&MWilliam J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University William J. Sawaya is an Assistant Professor in the department of Engineering Technology and Indus- trial Distribution in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in quality management and process improvement. He has done work and research on the topics of inter-organizational collaboration, inventory management, new product development, product introduc- tion, healthcare products, transportation systems analysis-focusing on railroads and multi-mode container operations, product testing
AC 2011-217: UNCERTAINTY ABOUT UNCERTAINTY: WHAT CONSTI-TUTES ”KNOWLEDGE OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS APPRO-PRIATE TO THE PROGRAM NAME AND OBJECTIVES” IN OUR PRO-GRAM ACCREDITATION CRITERIAJeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas Jeff Jalkio received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and worked for thirteen years in industry in the fields of optical sensor design and process control. In 1984, he co- founded CyberOptics Corporation, where he led engineering efforts as Vice President of Research. In 1997 he returned to academia, joining the engineering faculty of the University of St. Thomas where he teaches courses in digital electronics, computing, electromagnetic fields, controls
AC 2011-32: FAMILIARIZING THE UNKNOWN: THREE UNUSUAL EN-GINEERING CASESMarilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches classes in business and technical writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics; she is part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She is active in ASEE as a regular presenter, moderator, and paper reviewer; she has also served as her campus’ representative for 17 years, as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section, and as section newsletter editor. She was named an ASEE Fellow in 2008 and received the James H. McGraw Award in 2010
AC 2011-1218: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL SYSTEMSTESTING COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICU-LUMMuhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University Muhammad Zafrul Hasan received the B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He received the Master of Electronic Engineering from Eind- hoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) under a Philips postgraduate scholarship program. He subsequently held several faculty positions in an engineering college and in a university in Malaysia. He obtained the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was awarded the NJIT Hashimoto Fellowship in the academic year 2005-06. He
learning and students as emerging engineering professionals. She is a fellow of AAAS and ASEE, was the 2002 recipient of the ASEE Chester F. Carl- son Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, and received the 2009 David B. Thorud Leadership Award, which is given to a UW faculty or staff for demonstrating leadership, innovation, and teamwork.Dr. Sheri Sheppard P.E., Stanford UniversitySamantha Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a third year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on her PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in engineering education. She completed a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2008 and a MS in Mechanical Engineering with
basic academic and career interests develop, (b) how educational andcareer choices are made, and (c) what factors affect academic and career success (i.e.,achievement and persistence). SCCT is based on Bandura’s4 more general social cognitiveframework – an influential theory of cognitive and motivational processes that has been extendedto the study of many areas of psychosocial functioning. More recently, SCCT has been expandedto illuminate the factors responsible for educational and occupational satisfaction and otheraspects of positive adjustment to school and work contexts5,6. SCCT offers a useful perspective from which to understand and promote the careerdevelopment of racially diverse students in STEM fields. A theory-based
engineering professionals. She is a fellow of AAAS and ASEE, was the 2002 recipient of the ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, and received the 2009 David B. Thorud Leadership Award, which is given to a UW faculty or staff for demonstrating leadership, innovation, and teamwork.Dr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teaching decisions, and the application of ideas from