Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics Topics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shraddha Sangelkar, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eric Constans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Joseph Lahmann, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bryson Halsey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

lengthy and whose final resultspermit no simple geometric interpretation. Method 1 has a much simpler derivation and is used byMartin [6], Myszka [7], and Bulatović and Dordević [8]. The dot product method presented by Wilsonand Sadler [9] obtains essentially the same results, but in a more complicated fashion. Prior work by twoof the co-authors [10] summarizes the new method for teaching fourbar linkages to engineering students.This method is referred to as the projection method. In the prior paper [10], the comparisons with otherfourbar methods are established. Prior work has also verified and discussed the computational efficiencyof the projection method in comparison to others [11].There have been few studies exploring the effectiveness of

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Dorribo Camba; Kristin Bartlett, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

. FIGURE 5. INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTSParticipants were then presented with groups of 7 to 10 shapes at a time, and used a drag-and-drop software interface to drag the shapes into the categories “real 3D solid shape” and “not a 3Dsolid shape.” The participants in the study were 111 undergraduate students taking a computer-aided design course. The students were majoring in various disciplines of engineering. Theparticipants completed the task for course credit.ResultsFor each shape shown in our experiment, we calculated the percentage of participants whoselected “not a real 3D solid shape.” On the one hand, we could conclude that any time a singleperson responded “not a real 3D solid shape,” that would indicate that at least

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2004 GSW

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel; Jason B. Pleming

their estimates. Team E was the bestprepared, using an Excel file with laptop to input parameters and generate their estimates.Figure 5 shows the results for the second tank and teams “B” and “E” are in agreementwith the actual measurements. More time was allowed after the second test for teams toevaluate their predictions and to understand why their predictions were off.Figure 6 shows the results for the first tank with a non-negligible exit tube length. Thisconfused all of the teams. The teams applied Bernoulli’s equation to the entrance and notexit of the tube. Hence, the predicted drain times were longer than measured. Thestudents learn that heights are measured with respect to the pipe outlet and not inlet.Again, students were allowed a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaylin Williams, Mississippi State University; Abigail M Clark, Ohio State University; Anastasia Nicole Doty, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

lead for the Research on Identity and Motivation in Engineering (RIME) Collaborative.Dr. Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University Dr. M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh investigates the use of digital sys- tems to measure and support engineering education. Current projects include leveraging writing to support programming skill development, using 3D weather visualizations to develop computational thinking skills for K-12 students, and exploring how instructors impact attention in large, computer-infused lectures. Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh also investigates fundamental questions

Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

O. Hawaleshka

developed industrialenvironment. This has resulted in major upheavals in the Philippine ~social and cultural environment. It has greatly affected the aspirationsof its people. The Governement of the Philippines has recognized thatone of the major components affecting future growth and developmentpossibilities of the country is the appropriateness and quality of itseducational system. Hawaleshka (2) gives an overview of the entire systemof Philippine higher education and of its problems.The Philippine system of higher education is extremely large and diversefor a country of 45 million population and its present state of develop-ment. There are over one thousand institutions of higher learning withabout 1.2 million students. At last count there were

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bob Fourney; Jason Sternhagen; George Hamer; Cory Mettler

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0038 Implementing a Freshman Experience in Electrical Engineering Bob Fourney (Robert.Fourney@ieee.org) Jason Sternhagen (Jason.Sternhagen@sdstate.edu) George Hamer (George.Hamer@sdstate.edu) Cory Mettler (Cory.Mettler@sdstate.edu) All Authors are affiliated with the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU)Abstract:This paper discusses the authors’ experiences with a newly implemented freshman experiencesequence in the EECS department at SDSU

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Adam Kramschuster; Gregory Slupe

left out (e.g., quality, sample technicians, etc…). However, this provides a basicoverview of the process involved in bringing a plastic product to market and serves as rationalefor the idea behind the class project. 449In this class project, it was proposed that eight student groups from both PLE-310: InjectionMolding Theory, Design, and Application (plastics engineering students only), and MFGE-325:Computer Aided Manufacturing (both plastics engineering and manufacturing engineeringstudents), would function in the roles described in Table 1 to manufacture a plastic product. Thetiming of each class in the program sequence, along with prerequisites, is shown in Table 2.Table 3 lists the tasks

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough COmmunity College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

field lines into separate bundles that connect disparateregions on the solar surface as measured by SDO has been performed 7, 8. In operation thesquashing factor involves the measurement or computation of the distance between two closely-spaced field lines with their conjugate footpoints. The Pasco equipotential field line experimenthas been one of our standard labs with simple contour line tracing, and students would have nodifficulty in locating the contour lines in a SDO dataset. Furthermore the field line random walkproperty study in community college REU projects can be performed with a numerical correlationapproach on Excel-VBA and/or Matlab performs based on published literature 9. The galaxymagnetic topology from light polarization

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael S. Shapiro, IEEE.org

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

from learning about IEEE, Xplore, or InnovationQ Plus.It takes special skills to bring together undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, deans, anddepartment heads in all the engineering fields, computer, information and other science orscience-oriented fields and technologies -medicine, business, geography, ecology, aeronautics,telecommunications- who’s work “brushes against” that of electronics and engineering. Withthis work the author has detailed and celebrated the work of my IEEE CSM colleagues withhopes of illustrating the value this team offers to the institutions we support, and opening thedoor to future discussions and explorations.Bibliography: 1) M. Al Harthy, "Digital repositories: Critical analytical study," 2015 IEEE Seventh

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Richard Cozzens

experiences (i.e., job shadowing, plant tours,guest lectures, internships, and industry-sponsored projects and training). SUU Engineering andTechnology Department is developing and piloting a program that promotes collaborationbetween industry and the university. The objective of this new program is to provide the studentwith more hands-on and real-world experiences that supplement the classroom learning andprepare them for a career in engineering and technology field.Executive SummarySouthern Utah University (SUU) in partnership with Southwest Technical College (STC),Iron County School District (ICSD), MSC Aerospace and the Southern Utah ManufacturingAssociation (SUMA) are working together to expand the opportunities for students insouthern Utah

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Daniel Korth, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the world. One solution is a database and software that allows eachteam to upload latest revisions and documentation for all the other team members toaccess. This allows students to share what they have sketched to help inspire othermember designs. The software chosen for this a Senior Design that will be discussed laterin detail was TeamCenter Community. It allowed sketches, designs, and correspondingdocumentation to be centrally located and easily accessible. Another solution forsketching is to use TeamCenter Community to do application sharing. This allows otherstudents to take control of another student’s computer and sketch, or model right on thescreen. Everyone that has joined the application share is able to see what is beingsketched

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; John Matusik, The Engineering Groupe

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Civil Engineering

to each group, and the departmental faculty will also provide guidance uponrequest.Part II. Develop the design documents (drawings and computations) for the given land useconditions for systems (a) through (f) listed in Part I. Each student is required to submit two Page 12.1574.2CADD drawings and corresponding computations prepared solely by them. Remaining drawingscan be prepared by anyone else on the team, individually or collectively with others. Each groupis to maintain a project journal, to include documentation of phone logs, meeting minutes,weekly time sheets, etc. (project journals will be reviewed on a random basis throughout

Conference Session

Developing Programs for Adult Learners

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Continuing Professional Development

past 20years, the systems they produce have grown rapidly in scale and complexity. The changehas been driven by powerful computing and communications networks that deliver vastlymore functionality at lower cost and higher reliability. As examples, consider: flyingdrone aircraft on the other side of the world, an automated assembly line or loadmanagement in a communications or distribution network. The resulting systems havecapabilities many orders of magnitude greater than even two decades ago. To deliver andsustain such systems, the large monolithic, vertically integrated organizations of the1970s have largely been restructured and re-engineered into highly focused, tightlyinterlinked units in a global supply network.There are worrying

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College

review of the existing curricular frameworks for the sevenmanufacturing-related programs. These that had been previously identified were analyzedfor potentially significant overlaps in their technical skill sets. These disciplines are:Manufacturing Technology, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Technology, AerospaceTechnology, Industrial Management Technology, Industrial Technology, Drafting andDesign Technology, and Electronics Engineering Technology.The MSSC (Manufacturing Skill Sets Council) manufacturing competencies were alsocompared to the frameworks of the disciplines above. During the review of individualprograms, the combined programs and their correspondence to the MSSC competencies,similarities, differences, omissions and language were

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

environment).CurriculumAs in any academic program, the development of a cohesive curriculum is important, particularlywhen the program extends across departments, learning environments and academic institutions.The perspective of the community college on curriculum and the transferability of courses can bequite different from that of the 4-year institution. During the process of developing anarticulation agreement, it is not unusual for the community college to ask for a number of corepre-engineering courses (e.g., calculus, physics, chemistry, Engineering Design) that thecommunity college student could use to transfer into the engineering (and computer science)program/s at the 4-year institution. These core courses are selected so as to reflect the

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-844: MATLAB/SIMULINK LAB EXERCISES DESIGNED FORTEACHING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONSKathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati Dr. Kathleen Ossman is an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at the University of Cincinnati. She earned a BSEE and MSEE from Georgia Tech in 1982 and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1986. Her interests include digital signal processing and feedback control. Page 13.872.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 MATLAB/Simulink Lab Exercises Designed for

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs I (aka ChE Potpourri)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franklin King, North Carolina A&T State University; Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

areas reviewed with rapid, repeatedtesting.As part or our work, we are developing review courses to help prepare our students topass the discipline-specific Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. The review coursespecifically designed for chemical engineering majors. During the fall semester, thecourse covers the general topics and we place emphasis on the topics where chemicalengineers normally have a strong background: chemistry, mathematics, thermodynamics,materials, fluids, probability and statistics, circuits and computers. Statics andengineering mechanics were not covered. Recent research indicates that rapid, repeatedtesting could have a significant effect on long term retention.In our course, nine of the morning FE exam topics are

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Romitkumar Gajjar, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

Tagged Divisions

International

, two semesters each year, and the curriculum, includesmainly the fundamental concepts with the less use of the computers, the evaluation and theexams system also differ from the University of Florida in various ways.The paper deals with the in depth study about the curriculum, examination and evaluationmethods, at the Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda and at University Of Florida. TheResult of the paper shows advantages and disadvantages of the excessive use of computers,online evaluation and assessment system, distance learning programs. With all this, it highlightssome of the possible modification in such areas so that it can satisfy the educational requirementof both the countries and the requirements of today’s civil

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Summers, Weber State University; Julanne McCulley, Weber State University

2006-341: APPLYING MARKETING PRINCIPLES TO ATTRACTING ANDRETAINING ENGINEERING STUDENTSRobert Summers, Weber State University Dr. Robert A. Summers is a Full Professor in the Computer & Electronics Engineering Technology department at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho, where he was also an Associate Professor. His bachelor's degree is from Brigham Young University, and his masters from the University of Washington. Dr. Summers's experience in the engineering field also includes eight years in the aerospace industry, specializing in the design of avionics instrumentation and control systems. Throughout

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

General Engineering and in the Thermal Sciences. He received a BSME degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the MS and PhD, both in Mechanical Engineering, from The University of Notre Dame.John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University JOHN K. ESTELL is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Study, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

2006-511: USING REMEDIATION TO IMPROVE VISUALIZATION ABILITIES INMINORITY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTSNancy Study, Virginia State University Dr. Study is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. She formerly was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, and also taught as an Instructor at Missouri State University in the Department of Technology. Her research interests include the visualization and haptic skills of engineering and technology students. Page 11.1405.1

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Shaobo Huang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; John Ziadat, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

and Technology Assistant Professor at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Depart- ment. Teaching solid mechanics related courses. Researches Stem Ed and fracture mechanics in novel material systems.Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-K¨uchler is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Co-Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). Before joining SDSM&T, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1992. His main interest

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nestor L. Osorio, Northern Illinois University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #19782A Bibliometric Analysis of ASEE Conference Papers Published by Membersof the Engineering Libraries DivisionProf. Nestor L. Osorio, Northern Illinois University Nestor L. Osorio, Professor and Science/Engineering Subject Specialist at Northern Illinois University Libraries, email: nosorio@niu.edu.Mrs. Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University Daniela Solomon is a Research Services Librarian at Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve Uni- versity. Daniela is liaison to the Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indranil Brahma, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

categories, and then11 collecting terms for each category throughout the control volume in order to relate property changes to12 external heat transfer and/or work. They embrace the spatial non-uniformity present in any real process,13 are consistent with contemporary computational approaches, and can potentially serve as building blocks14 for the development of computational thinking in students. An assessment plan with limited sample size15 has been described. The primary purpose of this paper to interest other thermodynamics instructors in the16 proposed presentation so that the assessment can be performed with a large number of students1718 1. Pedagogical Problems with the Classical Presentation: The approximate sequence of the

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Stirgus; Morteza Nagahi, Mississippi State University; Junfeng Ma, Mississippi State University; Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Deborah K. Eakin, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

exploration, sys- tem of systems, virtual reality and complex systems, systems simulation, risk, reliability, and vulnerability in critical infrastructures with applications to diverse fields ranging from the military to industry. His pub- lications appeared in several ranking journals including the IEEE Systems Journal, and the Computers & Industrial Engineering Journal. His total awarded projects exceed $ 4.2 M including National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), Industry, and other Research Laboratories.Dr. Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University Lesley Strawderman received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2005. She has also received a M.S.I.E

Conference Session

Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Loryn R. Becker, Michigan Technological University; Ted J. Wierzba, Michigan Technological University; Mohsen Azizi, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Ebrahim Tarshizi, Michigan Technological University; Laura Claire O'Connor, Michigan Technological University; Ryan J. Livernois, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Mohsen Azizi received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Concordia Univer- sity, Montreal, Canada, in 2010. From 2010 to 2013, he was a R&D engineer at Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc. and Aviya Tech Inc., Longueuil, Canada. Since 2012 he has been an adjunct assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at Concordia University. In 2013 he joined Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, where he is currently an assistant professor in electrical engineering technology. His research interests include cooperative control and networked estimation in multi-agent systems, distributed and decentralized control of large-scale systems, and fault diagnosis, isolation and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Strategies Beyond the Classroom to Tackle Gender Issues

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Madjar, University of Connecticut; Bryan Douglas Huey, University of Connecticut; Leslie M. Shor, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

chemicalengineering, with 21 and 14%, respectively, of all female freshmen intended engineering majors.By contrast, the most common majors for male freshmen intended engineering majors aremechanical and computer engineering, with 29 and 13%, respectively, of male freshmenintended engineering majors. The rationale behind these trends by engineering major may belinked to altruistic values.4 Girls may not perceive certain fields as advancing communal goalssuch as helping other people,5 and therefore may not be strongly drawn into certain fields. Inrecruiting, inspirational messages like “engineering is essential to our health, happiness, andsafety,” may especially appeal to women.6Table 1. Gender split by major and distribution of women and men among

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Blais Dannemiller, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University; Stephen Michael Morse, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. All of these initial lessons focus on teaching utility maximization to thestudents (for example: maximum retention, optimal performance, maximize the return on timespent studying, etc.) with respect to their time and efforts. Through the course of the semester,opportunities arose to reinforce these principles by deconstructing performance on homeworkassignments. The trends advanced in the paper were presented to the students at the midpoint ofthe semester in an attempt to leverage the students’ perceptions that self-efficacy entailsmaximizing performance on tasks.1,2With increasingly more powerful computers, new online learning management systems (LMS),and data analytics collecting data to quantify homework performance has been easier.3

Conference Session

Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Alavizadeh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. The focus of the paper in particularly, is on a course on research methodology whichhas been taught by the author since 2012. The paper details the core courses’ contents, how theyserve other courses, and a discussion on the feedback received from the students on the corecourse that was taught by the author. The feedback received from the students indicate that thestudents found the changes helpful in clarifying the expectations of the degree, the directed MSproject requirements, and the university resources for research endeavors.IntroductionThe Master of Science in Technology is an interdisciplinary degree with two tracks: InformationTechnology/Advanced Computer Applications (IT/ACA), and Industrial Technology (IT). Theprogram consists of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Anthony L Donaldson, California Baptist University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Dr. Xuping Xu is currently professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California Baptist University. He received B.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and applied math- ematics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 1995. He received M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and applied mathematics, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, in 1998, 1999, and 2001, respectively. In 2008, Dr. Xu joined the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering at California Baptist University. Between 2001 and 2008, he was an assistant professor and subsequently an associate professor in the Department of Elec