Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

andGPAi is that individual’s GPA at the start of the semester. PCE 300,i = GPAi ⋅ 0.0971 + 0.5432 (1) Table 1 Letter Grade, Grade Points, Percentage Relationship Letter Points Percent Letter Points Percent A+ 4.33 96.67% C+ 2.33 76.67% A 4.00 93.33% C 2.00 73.33% A- 3.67 90.00% C- 1.67 70.00% B+ 3.33 86.67% D 1.00 65.00% B 3.00 83.33% F 0.00 <65% B- 2.67 80.00%This

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

Education and Practice. 131:4, 218-222.7. Friesen, Marcia, K. Lynn Taylor, and M.G. Britton (2005) “A Qualitative Study of a Course Trilogy in Biosystems Engineering Design”. Journal of Engineering Education. 94:3, 287-296.8. Grigg, Neil S., Marvin E. Criswell, Darrell G. Fontane, Laurel Saito, Thomas J. Siller, and Daniel K. Sunada (2004) “Integrated Civil Engineering Curriculum: Five-Year Review”. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. 130:3, 160-165.9. Light, Richard J., Judith D. Singer, and John B. Willett (1990) By Design, Planning Research on Higher Education. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 296p.10. Newstetter, Wendy C. (2005) “Designing Cognitive Apprenticeships for

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gregory S. Parnell; Michael J. Kwinn

Education, American Society of Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp 193–197, April, 2001. 99. Kwinn, M. J., Pohl, E. A., McGinnis, M. L., and Carlton, W. B., “Capstone Design in Education: Systems Engineering and the West Point Way,” Proceedings of the12th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada.10. ABET EAC Committee, “Summary of Accreditation Actions for the 2002-03 Accreditation Cycle for the United States Military Academy,” 15 August 2003.11. Brown, S., Cho, J., Collier, N., Hill, N. and Kwinn, M. J., “Taking a Systematic Approach to the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yiming Rong

HUSTstudents and six KNU students working on eight projects, all of them are sponsored by industry. 2 Figure 1 shows several teams (with engineers) of 2005-2007. Figure 2 shows examples projects thestudents did in 2006. And Table 1 shows the details of the projects WPI and HUST students have workedon in the first three years of the program. Figure 1, The WPI-HUST teams in 2005-2007 (a) A four-step paper clipper packing machine (b) Original machine layout and materials flow (c) New machine layout and materials flow

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Khaled Elleithy

] L.A. DaSilva, G.E. Morgan, C.W. Bostian, D. G. Sweeney, S. F. Midkiff, J. H. Reed, C. Tompson, W.G. Newhall, B. Woerner, “The Resurgence of Push-to-Talk Technologies”, IEEE Communications Magazine, January 2006[6] J.Q. Bao, L. Guo, W.C. Lee, “Policy-Based Resource Allocation in a Wireless Public Safety Network for Incident Scene Management”, MobiCom ‘06 Proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking[7] Certified Wireless Network Administrator, Official Study Guide, Third Edition.BiographiesDr. Khaled Elleihty received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and automatic control fromAlexandria University in 1983, the MS Degree in computer networks from the same university in 1986,and the MS

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard J.H. Gash; David Fedroff

Getting Students to Think Green: Incorporating Green Building Rating Systems into Undergraduate Reinforced Concrete Education Major Richard J.H. Gash, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY Major David Fedroff, United States Military Academy, West Point, NYAbstract This paper presents a plan for introducing undergraduate students studying reinforced concretedesign to sustainable engineering. As increased emphasis on sustainable development initiatives continueto gain popularity it is imperative that young engineers entering into the design and constructionindustries understand the potential that concrete has for building green. Beginning

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Imin Kao

). Without the facility andinfrastructure, this study and implementation of podcast technology would not have beenpossible. Specifically, Mr. Yersson Gaona has been instrumental in making possible therecording and production of video podcasting for the classes and contents of podcastingdescribed in this paper. Ms. Jennifer Adams manages the University podcast server on which thecontents of the classes are published and maintained. This teaching project was also partlysupported by a NSF grant CMS 0428403.References[1] Wikipedia, URL address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting.[2] Apple, Inc., “Podcasting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),” http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301880[3] Miller, David B., “Podcasting at the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Eman Abdelfattah

devices and generate a lot of unnecessary traffic(bandwidth).Both DSR and AODV are flat reactive (or on-demand) protocols. They set up a path between the senderand the receiver only if a communication is waiting. An advantage of a reactive protocol is its scalability 1as long as there is only light traffic and low mobility. The disadvantages of these protocols are: (a) theinitial search latency may degrade the performance of the interactive applications, (b) the quality of thepath is unknown in advance, and (c) route caching mechanism is useless in high mobility networks asroutes change frequently [6].1.1 Destination Sequence Distance Vector (DSDV)DSDV routing protocol is an enhancement to

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

M.A. Abuhelaleh; K.M. Elleithy

. Wagner. Secure routing in wireless sensor networks: Attacks and countermeasures. Elsevier’s Ad- Hoc Networks Journal, Special Issue on Sensor Network Applications and Protocols, 1(2–3):293–315, 2003. Also appeared in 1st IEEE International Workshop on Sensor Network Protocols and Applications.[5] Leonardo B. Oliveira, Hao C. Wong, M. Bern, Ricardo Dahab, A. A. F. Loureiro. SecLEACH - A Random Key Distribution Solution for Securing Clustered Sensor Networks. Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA'06)[6] A. C. Ferreira, M. A. Vilac¸a, L. B. Oliveira, E. Habib, H. C. Wong, and A. A. F. Loureiro. On the security of cluster-based communication protocols for wireless sensor networks. In 4th IEEE

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wenzhang Luo; Fan Chen; Junling Hu

(a) 90° point (b) 135° point Fig. 4 Frequency domain of Fig. 3. Fig5 Test velocity curve and its frequency domain at different points of Φ800×110mm pipe pile （L＝13.0m）The results for the solid pile are the similar to those in the pipe piles. [1] The results here areespecially helpful for the pile with big radius, which might fail to detect defects when thefinal test signal has the disturbing high frequency content.Stress Wave Propagation at the Top Surface and its InfluencesAfter the impact on the top surface of the pile, the longitudinal, transverse and surface wavespropagated in the pile body and reflected back on the boundary. All the stress

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carol Siri Johnson

, 1989.2. Hodgson, M., Conservation Distlist - Letterbooks, 2004, , accessed Sept. 8. 2007.3. Rhodes, B. and W.W. Streeter, Before Photocopying: The Art & History of Mechanical Copying 1780- 1938, New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press & Heraldry Bindery, 1999.4. Aldrich, M.A.L., New York Natural History Survey 1836-1845, University of Texas at Austin: Austin, 1974.5. Mann, C.R., A Study of Engineering Education Prepared for the Joint Committee on Engineering Education of the National Engineering Societies, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1906: New York City, 1918.6. Ferguson, E.S., Engineering and the Mind's Eye, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

Beyond Their Technical Capabilities: Providing Student Exposure to Professional, Communication, and Leadership Skills Christopher W. Swan and Julia Carroll Associate Professor and Graduate Student, respectively, Tufts UniversityAbstract Beyond their technical capabilities, future engineers will require strong leadership,communication, and professional skills to navigate an ever-changing field that is increasinglyinfluenced by issues associated with globalization and environmental sustainability. A newcourse on these “soft” skills has been developed at Tufts University. The course, recently taughtto civil and environmental engineering majors, was designed to introduce

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Sarosh Patel; Viqar U. Mohammed; Varun Kumar Godula

] “An Performance with ISM-Band Narrowband Interference” by Dr. Earl McCune.[5] “Bluetooth demodulation algorithms and their performance”, by Roel Schiphorst, Fokke Hoeksema and Kees Slump.[6] “Performance of Bluetooth Bridges in Scatternets with Limited Service Scheduling”, Vojislav B. Misic and Jelena Misic, Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 9, Issue 1 (Feburary 2004), Pages: 73 - 87.[7] "Bluetooth Scatternet Models", McDermott-Wells, IEEE Potentials Magazine, December 2004 - January 2005.[8] "Performance aspects of Bluetooth scatternet formation", Miklos, G.; Racz, A.; Turanyi, Z.; Valko, A.; Johansson, P., Mobile and Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, 2000. MobiHOC. 2000 First Annual Workshop on Volume 9

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

of Electrical and Computer Engineeringand is the founding Director of Microelectronics/VLSI Technology program at UMassLowell. He holds his Ph.D. from University of South Carolina. He is a registeredProfessional Engineer, P.E., in the State of Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is theASEE’s campus representative at the James B. Francis College of Engineering. He is alsothe transfer coordinate and the graduate Semiconductor/VLSI certificate coordinator. Hehas been teaching and has an industrial experience of 40+ years. He is the author of over200 theses, dissertations and papers published and presented in journals/conferences ofnational and international repute. 6. AcknowledgementsThe author is highly grateful

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

M.A. Abuhelaleh; T.M. Mismar; A.A. Abuzneid

. Balakrishnan. Energy-efficient communication protocolfor wireless microsensor networks. In IEEE Hawaii Int. Conf. on System Sciences, pages 4–7, january2000.[2] Leonardo B. Oliveira, Hao C. Wong, M. Bern, Ricardo Dahab, A. A. F. Loureiro. SecLEACH - ARandom Key Distribution Solution for Securing Clustered Sensor Networks. Fifth IEEE InternationalSymposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA'06)[3] S. Selvakennedy, and S. Sinnappan. A Configurable Time-Controlled Clustering Algorithm forWireless Networks. 2005 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems(ICPADS’05).[4] Chris Karlof, Naveen Sastry, and David Wagner. TinySec: A Link Layer Security Architecture forWireless Sensor Networks. 2004 Conference on Embedded Networked

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Deepak S. Deepawale; Buket D. Barkana

that can identify the noise source based on the ACFparameters.References[1] Christophe Coureur, Yoram Bresler , “A Stastical Pattern Recognition Framework For NoiseRecognition In An Intelligent Noise Monitoring System”, Laboratoire d’ Acoustique, FacultePolytechnique de Mons, Rue de Houdain 9, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.[2] E. Scott et al., AIAA Journal, 31, 1583 (1993)[3] I. H. Flindel and P. Wright, Proc. EURO-NOISE, London, 437 (1992).[4] P. Moukas et al., IEEE Trans., SMC-12, 622(1982). 5[5] J. P. Clairebois and A. Tisseyre, Proc. INTER-NOISE, Leuven, 593 (1993).[6] K. Fukunaga, Introduction to Statistical Pattern Recognition, (Academic Press

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

, D. and Pfirman, S., Women in interdisciplinary science: Exploring preferences and consequences. Research Policy, 2007. 36(1): p. 56-75.[19] Steinke, J., et al., Assessing media influences on middle school-aged children's perceptions of women in science using the Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST). Science Communication, 2007. 29(1): p. 35-64.[20] Hakim, C., Women, careers, and work-life preferences. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2006. 34(3): p. 279-294.[21] Joshi, K.D. and Kuhn, K.M., What it takes to succeed in information technology consulting: Exploring the gender typing of critical attributes. Information Technology & People, 2007. 20(4): p. 400-424.[22] Shanahan, B. A Climate for

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

integrated in our daily lives. As they realize itsimpact and that it is not complicated they become intrigued by it and therefore want tolearn more about it. This causes them to want a more in depth understanding of differentaspects of technology. As a result, this has become an impetus for some students to takeadditional technology courses and some have even changed their major to technologyoriented fields. Some other students want to take more technology oriented coursesbecause they now see that it is something that they need to know since it has such a largeimpact on society and their future careers.Introduction:General education is an important educational component for all undergraduate studentsand most colleges do put a big emphasis on it. But

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Barrie Jackson

The Role of Process Safety Management in the Chemical Engineering Undergrad CurriculumBarrie Jackson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario CanadaAbstractThis paper will discuss the role of Process Safety Management education in the Chemical EngineeringCurriculum.It is recognized that the core body of knowledge for a Chemical Engineer continues to grow, and therenever seems to be enough time to adequately cover it all, one has to consider which issues are moreimportant than others. Basic fundamentals such as the sciences and math are considered essential butthere is always a question about some of the peripheral subjects such as Process Safety Management.With the notorious incidents such

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Hartke; Robert Kewley; Greg Kilby; Greg Schwarz; Gunnar Tamm

Multidisciplinary High Energy Laser Weapon System Student Design Study John Hartke, Robert Kewley, Greg Kilby, Greg Schwarz, Gunnar Tamm United States Military AcademyAbstract:With the recent advances in materials, electric power generation and storage, and solid state lasertechnology, the time has come to examine the application and feasibility of developing a mobile highenergy laser weapon system for the military. The high energy laser offers many advantages as a weaponsystem over conventional kinetic or explosive systems because of its power scalability, speed-of-lightengagement capability, and precision engagement capability. The development of such a

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Padmini K. Ramalingam; Munther Abualkibash; Rajendra Tadvi; Jeongkyu Lee

ONTOLOGY CREATION FOR WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY VIDEOS Padmini K Ramalingam, Munther Abualkibash, Rajendra Tadvi, Jeongkyu Lee Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06611, USA E-mail :{ pkuppusa, mabualki, rtadvi, jelee}@bridgeport.eduAbstractIn this paper we study multimedia ontology for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) videos byenhancing its existing data structure. The ‘wireless capsule’ is a tiny disposable video camera thattransmits 2 ~ 3 frames per second for a period of 8 ~ 11 hours. There are open problems in WCE,such as bleeding detection, as it is hard to identify accurately, using low-level features, i.e

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Michael Berry; Paul Russo; Joshua Wyrick

Cultural and Academic Learning Through Project Based Initiatives 1 2 3 Michael Berry, Paul Russo, and Dr. Joshua Wyrick The Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, College of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, ,ew JerseyEngineers Without Borders (EWB) provides students a unique outlet to experience academia through awhole new lens, one that sheds light on global issues and the opportunity to effect the lives of others.Rowan University’s EWB project, involving clean water distribution in Senegal, is one such project thathas exposed our young intellect to a breadth of different

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wei Cao; Yanqing Gao; Jason Robert Mace

Formation and Cooperation for SWARMed Intelligent Robots Wei Cao1 Yanqing Gao2 Jason Robert Mace3 (West Virginia University1 University of Arizona2 Energy Corp. of America3) Abstract This article discusses the feature of intelligent robots, and specially emphasizes the difference between the intelligent robot and the traditional mobile robot. The behavior of a Swarmed group of intelligent robots is presented. A new Master-Slave management model has been proposed by the authors and the developed Client-Server communication protocol is reported.Section I: Intelligent

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

A.E. Schuster; J.A. Sanchez; C.W. Swan; J.L. Durant; D.M. Matson

Support Mechanisms for Sustainability of Community Health Projects in Arada Vieja, El Salvador A.E. Schuster, J.A. Sanchez, C.W. Swan, J.L. Durant and D.M. Matson Tufts UniversityAbstractEngineers Without Borders (EWB) at Tufts University is a student-run organization that seeks to find andimplement sustainable solutions to problems facing communities in developing countries. EWB affordsstudents a first-hand experience with project research, design and construction. Equally important,students gain an understanding of the necessity of support mechanisms to sustain a project. Since the fallof 2005 the chapter has developed a relationship with the community of Arada

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

ENGINEERING FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThe human mind is of its very nature inquisitive. It is a mystery of sorts why so relatively few individualspursue science and engineering careers, especially since they are well paying and very satisfying. Thispaper presents a history of the involvement of engineering faculty for more than 35 years in teachingstudents

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Kamal Shahrabi; Anthony Manno

amanno@kean.eduAbstract:Our current economic era has been called the Information Age due to its dependence onthe manipulation of information and the huge improvements in technology and science.In order for the United States to be able to compete effectively in the global economy itneeds to train and graduate students who specialize in the sciences and technology.Therefore, it has become a major issue confronting the country. That is why the authorsset out to find a way to keep students in science and technology programs since it isdifficult to recruit them in the first place. This paper will present a general strategytoward assessing student performance and how to retain students according to thoseresults.Introduction:In today’s modern society

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Navarun Gupta; Buket Barkana; Sarosh Patel; Lawrence V. Hmurcik

DISCUSSION ON HIGH VOLTAGES AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION IN TO THE ENGINEERING CLASS ROOM USING REAL LIFE ACCIDENT CASES Navarun Gupta, Buket Barkana, Sarosh Patel, and Lawrence V. Hmurcik University of BridgeportAbstractWe discuss the Engineering principles of Hi-voltage (any voltage above 600 volts). Wecite 3 examples that typify some of the problems facing the Engineer and technicianworking with Hi-voltages, including geometry considerations, the need to follow properprotocol and the laws (both scientific and political) governing Hi-voltage.IntroductionHigh voltage is a source of interest to both the Engineer and to the layman. Interestranges from the sight of speeding electrified commuter trains to

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

advantages of damming a river are, there are always some disadvantagesthat can derail the project. Dams may be built to achieve one or more of several goals such as reducing oreliminating the hazard of floods, regulating water flow in a turbulent river, storing water for drinking orirrigation purposes, generating hydropower, creating an artificial lake for recreational activities, orestablishing a new habitat for fish, birds, and animals. Historically, dam building has always beencontroversial. Currently, arguing about building a new dam and studying its impact can take years. Damconstruction is impacted by technical, political, economical, environmental, and cultural factors. Theconstruction of a new dam may also result in the displacement of

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Shih-Liang Wang

Free Body Diagrams of Gear Trains Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North Carolina 27411AbstractMany senior students in the author’s machine elements course have difficulties in drawing aFBD (Free Body Diagram) correctly, which is the first step in force and stress analysis of amechanical system. One of the challenges to those students is that even though the principles todraw a FBD are the same for every mechanical system (A FBD is a sketch of a mechanicalsystem cut free of its surroundings to shows all the

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Promoting Active Learning and Creativity in the Strength of Materials CourseAbstract“Active learning” has proven to be a better way of engaging students in the learning process.Traditionally, creativity has not been one of the requirements in instructional engineering problems. Aprogressive open-ended problem has been incorporated into the strength of materials course. The idea isto allow students to advance from the basic straightforward experiences to more open-ended ones. Abeam has been chosen as the open-ended problem. Given specific restrictions on size, shape andmaterials, students are able to go through a cycle of design, construction, testing and redesign. In additionto meeting the