Airflow Velocity Measurements: A Project-Based Learning ExperienceKayson ChristensenJordan HuntBrayden ParadyMelanie ButtsAbdennour SeibiProf. Abdennour is a member of ASME and SPE. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS,and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics at Penn State University. He is a distinguished researcher inproblems related to the energy sector and advanced materials. He has published over 150 technical papersand 30 technical reports which earned him international recognition from ASME and SPE. He is currentlya Professor in the Mechanical Engineering program, at Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, USA.Mohammad ShekaramizMohammad Masoum © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023
Paper ID #39619Elevated TMEM38B in the caudate nucleus with Alzheimer’s diseaseKaitlyn Nicole LeggEmma Paige BarrettDr. Joon W. ”Simon” Shim, Marshall University Dr. Shim is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marshall University. He earned Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Mississippi State University. Dr. Shim did postdoc- toral training in neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School and cardiovascular science at Boston University School of Medicine. His research interest is centered on neurovascular in- teractions contributing to the mechanisms that underlie
Paper ID #28583Visualizing the Inherent Properties and Animated Responses of VibratingSystems Based on Finite Element ModellingProf. Shengyong Zhang, Purdue University Northwest Shengyong Zhang (syzhang@pnw.edu) is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Pur- due University Northwest. He has teaching and research interest in the areas of computer modeling and simulation, vibration and acoustics, system dynamics, and automobile lightweight design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Visualizing the Inherent Properties and Animated
from the University of Texas, Austin in May 1993 and her M.B.A. from the University of Houston, Clear Lake in May 1999. She has been a member of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) since 2001, most recently serving on the WEPAN Board as President Elect, President and Past President from 2007 - 2010.Mrs. Ana M Dison, Women in Engineering Program Ana Dison is the Assistant Director in the Women in Engineering Program in the Cockrell School of En- gineering at The University of Texas at Austin, and coordinates all current student programming including the Kinsolving Living Learning Community, the Graduates Linked with Undergraduates in Engineering (GLUE) research program, the Peer Assistance Leader (PAL
Paper ID #31800Power of visibilityDr. Tina Smilkstein, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Dr. Tina Smilkstein received her MS and PhD from UC Berkeley in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Her undergraduate work was done at Nanzan University in Nagoya Japan. After spending time in industry in Japan she returned to the US and did her graduate work. Her main interests are in integrated circuits and medical technology. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020THE POWER of VISIBILTYABSTRACT:This paper discusses feedback from students on visibility, events to make students
name is Harish Dangi from Kathmandu, Nepal. I did my B.Sc. in Geology and M.Sc. in Engineering Geology from Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Currently, I work at NEA engineering company limited as an engineering geologist.Mr. M. Wasif Naqvi, Michigan State UniversityDr. Liangbo Hu, University of Toledo American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Landslide mobilized debris flow at Kalli village in Achham, Nepal: A case study Diwakar K C1, Harish Dangi2, Mohammad Wasif Naqvi3, Liang-Bo Hu41 Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University ofToledo, Toledo, OH 43606
Session 1220 The Design of Optimal Digital Filters Directly from Analog Prototypes Aaron Robinson and Fred O. Simons, Jr. High-performance Computing and Simulation (HCS) Research Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering Florida A&M University and Florida State UniversityAbstract - Generally analog prototype filters are not candidates for the design of optimum digital jilters because the processingrequirements to convert from the analog protoppe jZter to the target digital
© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Analyzing Communications Activities in Student Software ProjectsIntroductionIt is well recognized that communications among the team members play an importantpart in the success of team projects1. This paper examines and characterizes the amountof communications that take place in the different activities and phases of softwaredevelopment projects. An important set of activities, project management, is alsoincluded in our study.Previous research2 has shown that team communications and team performance has acurvilinear relationship. Several studies7,8 have shown that effective communication isrelated to success in information technology projects. Some preliminary
2006-467: INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENHANCINGCONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER CONCEPTSRobert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute Robert L. McMasters is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. His current research and teaching interests include heat transfer and inverse problems. Dr. McMasters holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute Michael R. Sexton is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. His current research and teaching interests include turbomachinery and energy
Paper ID #35114Peltier Effect in Waste Heat ReclamationDavid Walden, West Texas A&M University I am David Walden. I am currently pursuing technologies that act in a way that is modular. These technologies would remove the need for high interdependence between entities such as people, states, and countries. It my vision that by implementing such technology we can allow for more people to experience greater freedom without detriment to the global environment. This is my guiding principle for the various research topics I seek to explore.Dr. Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University Kenneth R. Leitch
last fifteen years, she has been a professor at York College of Pennsylvania where she teaches thermal sciences, freshmen design courses, and computer programming. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Pop-Culture Learning Technique Applied to ThermodynamicsA recent TEDx talk by Josh Kaufman claims that almost anything can be learned in 20 hours.1One of the key recommendations is to break the skill into its most basic elements and masterthese small skills before moving on. Mr. Kaufman claims that this technique can be applied toany topic, from playing the ukulele to learning computer programming. By studying people whoperform at the top of their field, other researchers have also come
University prior to joining the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Illinois University as Assistant Professor in 2013. His research interests include integrated planning and control of autonomous robotic systems, its application to mobility assistive robots, dynamic robotic manipulations with applications to manufactur- ing/industrial processes, and robotic machine/factory inspection systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 ROS-based control of a manipulator arm for balancing a ball on a plate.AbstractAutomation and robotics are the growing phenomena replacing human labor in the industries. Theidea of robots replacing humans
Paper ID #24913Rethinking Computer-Aided Design in the Civil Engineering Curriculum:Impact and Lessons LearnedDr. Jeffrey M. Otey, Texas A&M University Jeffrey Otey is an instructional assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his PhD from Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia and his research interests include CAD model quality and complexity, visualization, and rubrics.Dr. Jorge D. Camba, Purdue University Jorge D. Camba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.Nicholas
Western Washington University where I have been faculty in the Plastics and Composites Engineering Program for the past 13 years. My research interests are in composite manufacturing.David Frye, Western Washington University David has worked for Western Washington University in their Plastics and Composites Engineering (PCE) program for five years. As the PCE Lab Technician he helps develop curriculum and teaches many of the lab portions of courses that the program offers. David is a graduate of the University of Washington with a B.S. in Environmental Science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Teaching Composites Manufacturing Through Tooling Western
Industry as an electrical engineer and project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 An Arduino Based Programmable Logic Control (PLC) Lab
Paper ID #14411Application of Micro Computer in Optimal Linearization of Nonlinear Sys-temsDr. Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College Alireza Rahrooh received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Akron, Ohio in 1979, 1986, and 1990, respectively. He worked as an Electronic Engineer from 1979 to 1984. He was involved in conducting research for the Electrical Power Institute and NASA Lewis Research Center from 1984 to 1998. He was appointed to a faculty position in Electrical Engineering at Penn State University in 1988. In 1994, he joined the faculty of Engineering Technology at UCF till
analytical courses in the Engineering Mechanics sequence.Dr. John Farris, Grand Valley State University John Farris joined the faculty at Grand Valley State University after a successful tenure as the chief product designer for a medical device manufacturer. His other significant industrial experience includes designing engine components for Caterpillar Inc. and consulting on the design of stationary fuel cell power generation units. His current research interests are design methods and medical technology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island and his Bachelors and masters degrees from Lehigh University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
, University of the District of Columbia Sasan Haghani, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. His research interests include the application of wireless sensor networks in biomedical and environmental domains and performance analysis of communication systems over fading channels.Roussel Kamaha c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Real-Time System Implementation for Video ProcessingAbstractThis paper details the results of a capstone design project to develop a real-timehardware/software video processing system to implement Canny edge detection algorithm on aZynq FPGA platform. The HSL tool, part of
database administrator for seven years with companies including Hana Bank and IBM Korea. His primary research area is in the multimedia database management system and analysis. Research interests include graph-based multimedia data modeling, indexing structure, big data system/analysis, social media data mining, and user profiling. Page 26.808.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Gait-Based Gender Classification Using Kinect Sensor Abstract. Gender classification plays an important role in many applications such
Paper ID #16118Effect of Electrical Alternative Energy Sources on Power GridDr. Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University - Calumet Masoud Fathizadeh – PhD, PE Professor Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University Calumet since 2001. He has worked over 15 years both for private industries and national research laboratories such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Dr. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engineering company in 1995 spe- cializing in power system, energy management and automation systems. During last twenty years
Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in STEM. She was awarded a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award, a Sloan Research Fellowship, the 2006 WEPAN University Change Agent award, the 2006 Hewlett-Packard Harriett B. Rigas Award, and the 2007 University of Washington David B. Thorud Leadership Award. She is a Fellow of the IEEE.Dr. John B. Schneider, Washington State University John Schneider is an associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the Voiland College of Engineering and
certified program evaluator for BSc in Computer Science and BSc in Information Systems. At present i serve as Program Evaluator for BSCS and BSIS programs, I also served as the Commissioner for the Computer Accreditation Commission (CAC). Previously, I have taught at 6 different countries for over 30 years. I have been privileged to be part of the DESY Group (Deutches Elecktronen Synchrotron), Hamburg Germany, as a research fellow, and worked with an MIT group, led by a Nobel laureate. On the research side, I have been fortunate enough to secure a number of grants and have served on numerous international Ph.D. Thesis committees, been a member of the editorial boards for 7 interna- tional journals, and served as the
. Page 12.99.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Project-Based Approach to Teaching the Nuclear Fuel CycleAbstractThe nuclear fuel cycle – defined as the series of processes through which materials passin the course of electricity generation – is accepted as a subject in which graduatingnuclear engineering students should be well-versed.While a technology-based, water reactor-based approach to teaching the fuel cycle has agreat deal of validity, it can be argued that other approaches can offer students superiorpreparation to participate in today’s national (e.g. the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative andGlobal Nuclear Energy Partnership) and international debate regarding the futuredirection of the fuel cycle. The concepts
Research Center. His projects are: “Smart Traffic Light with Crosswalk Signals,” “Wireless Tire Pressure Gauge,” and “Studying Different Propeller Shapes to Determine the Most Efficient Propeller Blade Design.” Page 13.758.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrated Vehicle Security Alarm with Wireless Telephone NetworkAbstractThis paper describes the design, features, assembly, and functionality of a wireless integration ofa standard electronic vehicle security alarm with the telephone network. Generally, car alarmsare usually most effective when the
2006-1713: THE DANCING MARIONETTE - AN INTERDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE DESIGN EXPERIENCE FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ANDCOMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTSJyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University Jyhwen Wang joined the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University in 2001 after working 10 years as a researcher and R&D manager in industry. He teaches mechanical design applications and his research interest is in the areas of mechanical design and material processing technology. He received his Ph. D. degree in mechanical engineering (1991) from Northwestern University.Steve Liu, Texas A&M University Steve Liu is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science
Demonstrating Motor Control using NMOS Exclusive H-Bridge Design Marcus J. Soule (email:Marcus_Soule@umit.maine.edu) Dr. Bruce E. Segee (email:segee@eece.maine.edu) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Instrumentation Research Laboratory University of Maine. OronoAbstractDelivering power to high voltage devices is a common requirement in an industrial setting.It is often required to be able to source current in two directions from the same supply. Itis common to implement an H-bridge to supply power to these devices. An H-Bridge is adevice with four switching elements that resembles a capital H. These devices
Paper ID #10120Investigation of Digital Three-Dimensional Representation: Results of a Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement GrantMs. Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University Shahnaz Aly, LEED AP, M. Arch. is a Registered Architect in India and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences at Western Kentucky University. She has ten years of professional experience in the architecture and construction industry in residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. She has five years of experience in teaching and research in areas of architectural design, sustainable design
Electrical Power Project/Service Engineer from 1994 to 2000. His research interests include Electrical Power System Analysis, Electric Machine Drives, Renew- able Energy Technology, and Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Page 24.388.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014DEVELOPING A RENEWABLE ENERGY COURSE FOR A MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMAbstract:A course on renewable energy has become more of a requirement in MS programs. This is theresult of continuously shrinking global energy resources. The importance of
and applications than optical communications, whichis concerned mainly with optical systems using single mode optical fibers or optical waveguides,semi-conductor light sources and optical detectors. Developing an exhaustive curriculum andteaching materials for biomedical optics is therefore a much more challenging task. Page 5.595.65. AcknowledgmentsThe development of the undergraduate laboratory is supported in part by an Instrumentation andLaboratory Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation Division ofUndergraduate Education (DUE-9751369).6. Bibliography1. S Rastegar, GL Cote, “An interdisciplinary combined research
a five step process for ferreting out, or mining the key design issues in acomplex system in the hope students will discover a nugget that eventually leads to a successfuldesign and unique educational experience. The five step process we use to incorporate the Houseof Quality in capstone design is depicted below in Figure 1 and subsequently explained. Step 1: Scope and Bound the Problem Step 2: Create a Value System Step 3: Construct a House of Quality Step 4: Analyze the House of Quality to Ferret Key Design Issues Step 5: Assess Student Capabilities and Select Key Design Issues Figure 1: Five step process for ferreting out the key design issues. A. Scope and Bound The first step in