AC 2009-1014: THE PEDAGOGY OF TAXES AND TAX PURPOSEDEPRECIATIONRobert Lundquist, Ohio State University Page 14.1238.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Pedagogy of Taxes and Tax-Purpose DepreciationIntroductionMost economic analysis in industry is done without considering the effects of taxes. Insome cases, typically those involving substantial investments, income tax can make animportant difference in the final decision. For this reason most introductory courses inengineering economy include a section on taxes and, necessarily, on tax-purposedepreciation.In any introductory course there are always some simplifications to be made. We wouldnot, for example
AC 2009-1273: UTILIZING DIVERSITY IN A BIOPROCESS ENGINEERINGCOURSE FOR A GROUP PROJECT TO DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZE ABIOREACTOR TO CONVERT CELLOBIOSE TO GLUCOSEHeather Gappa-Fahlenkamp, Oklahoma State UniversityMark Wilkins, Oklahoma State University Page 14.1340.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Utilizing Diversity in a Bioprocess Engineering Course for a Group Project to Design and Characterize a Bioreactor to Convert Cellobiose to Glucose Page 14.1340.2IntroductionThe field of bioprocess engineering includes the use of engineering principles to design,characterize, and optimize
2006-750: COMBINING REQUIREMENTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKEric Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering Eric Durant (M’02) is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He did his graduate studies at the University of Michigan, receiving the PhD degree in 2002. He teaches courses in both computer and software engineering and does consulting work involving signal processing, genetic algorithms, and hearing aid algorithms. Page 11.332.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Combining
electric motors and battery packs. The Vehicle Research Institute operates as a technology development center that provides undergradu- ate students with opportunities for career specific training and research. Funding comes from a variety of sources including the Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, EPA, Paul Allen Family Foundation, BP, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Whatcom Public Utility District, Boeing, Janicki Industries, Northwest Porsche Club, Danner Corp. and Fluke. Past supporters include the De- partment of Defense, Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru), PACCAR, Mazda, Ford, Bentley (parent company Audi), Alcoa, Conoco-Phillips, CNG Fuels of Canada, Chrysler, and DaimlerChrysler
Paper ID #21608Programmable Logic Controllers and Data Traffic Handling SolutionsDr. David Border, Bowling Green State University David A. Border, Ph.D., holds a principle research interest in electronic information systems. This field includes digital communication and networking and intelligent networked devices. His work includes wireless sensor networks. Prior research included work on signal bandwidth compression and signal specific data encoding techniques. His technology application interest includes networked systems. Typ- ical teaching duties include junior- and senior-level courses in the Electronics and Computer
Roberts University A senior student in Mechanical Engineering at Oral Roberts University, about to graduate. Interested in manufacturing/design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Space Air Diffusion LaboratoryAbstractSpace air diffusion systems are an integral part of many HVAC systems1-2. The design of thesystem includes finding the best location for introduction of air into the room. This paperexpounds on the designing, building, and testing of a space air diffusion laboratory setup forundergraduate engineering students. The laboratory will enable students to conduct hands-onexperiments that involve visualization and measurements of laminar, transitional, and turbulentceiling wall air-jets
, and integrating digital applications into the design process. He is skilled with a variety of digital modeling tools including Revit, Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, 3DS Max Design, and AutoCAD Architecture. In addition to university teaching he is an Autodesk Certified Revit Professional and provides training and consulting services. Page 26.1660.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Using BIM to support Habitat for Humanity: A case studyAbstract This paper documents a graduate level research project intended to enable students togain experience with Building
in Pasadena, and then taught for two and half years in the Department of Aerospace Science Engineering at Tuskegee University before joining California State University, Sacramento. While at Tuskegee University, she received the Teacher of the Year award in Aerospace Engineering for two consecutive years. At Sacramento State, she was named Outstanding Teacher in the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2000. She teaches courses in the areas of Computer Applications in Engineering, Dynamics, and Controls. Her research interests are in optimiza- tion and robotics. She also serves as a design judge for FIRST Robotics competitions at the elementary and high school levels
Missouri-Rolla) and Civil Engineering (University of Colorado- Boulder) as well as a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Lessons Learned from Implementing a Textbook’s Companion Website into a Production Operations Management CourseAbstractThe availability and use of online textbooks or companion websites for textbooks coupled toengineering management courses has been increasing. With this increase, the effectiveintegration of assignments conducted via these online textbook companion tools can increasestudent engagement with the course material as
and systems. He has conducted several projects to reduce CO2 fingerprint of buildings by evaluating and improving the energy practices through the integration of sustainable systems with existing systems. Pro- fessor Shehadi also has an interest in air pollution reduction and in providing healthier environment by analyzing the various pollutants that are present in outdoor and indoor air. His current research focuses on sustainable and green buildings and energy conservation. He is currently investigating various ways to reduce energy consumption in office buildings. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Occupancy Detection Chair Sensor – An Energy Conservation
Senior Member of the IEEE, a Member of the ASEE, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Florida.Mr. Jorge Luis Portillo RodriguezRebeca Feregrino Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University Electrical engineering technology graduate from Kennesaw State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Industrial Wire Cutting Machine: A Senior Capstone Design Project Austin B. Asgill, Jorge Portillo-Rodriguez, Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez Eric Fernandez, Red Hayes Kennesaw State University – Marietta CampusAbstractManual wire cutting with poorly designed manual
integrated circuit design, and digital application specific integrated circuit design. He was employed for eight months at the Microsoft Online Learning Initiative where he worked on lab development for courses related to microprocessor systems and interfacing and antenna design.William Bishop, University of Waterloo Dr. William Bishop obtained his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Bill is currently a full-time lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include configurable computing, tools and strategies for e-learning, and image and video
from UAA in 1999. Page 23.584.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Extending the Case Study of When to Collect Social Security: Economic Decision Making for CouplesAbstractThe decision of when to start collecting social security benefits is a complex one. Many peoplemust answer the question of whether to start collecting reduced benefits at age 62 or wait untilage 66 (or later) for regular payments. Most available literature, including the publications of theSocial Security Administration, focuses on the dollar difference in monthly payments andcompletely
., Homework Set 3, Problem #4. Online. Available: http://www.ece.umn.edu/users/kieffer/5581/5581hmk3sol.pdf. Fall, 2000. Page 8.1263.16Wm. Hugh BlantonWm. Hugh Blanton received the B.S. Technology degree in electronic engineering technologyfrom the University of Houston in 1971, the M.S. in math/physics education from West TexasState University in 1979, the MBA from West Texas State University in 1986, and the Ed.D. ineducational leadership and policy analysis from East Tennessee State University in 1992. He hastaught electronic engineering technology at various colleges and universities since 1974 as well asworked as a biomedical technologist at
re-think many aspects oflife. One area drastically altered was the way we design and construct buildings.Building designers suddenly had to consider energy consumption as a primary issuedictating design. The Department of Energy (DOE) was created in 1977 to combine andcoordinate the activities of the Federal Energy Administration, the Energy Research andDevelopment Administration, the Federal Power Commission, and parts of several otheragencies. The newly formed Department of Energy found itself charged with developingstrategic plans and programs for long-term energy development and policy, includingenergy conservation programs.During this time in American history, the environmental movement focused muchnational attention on the degradation
stated concerning the plaintiff’s ability to discover damning safetyand design documents, one might think it would be better to discard all such studies andthereby deprive the plaintiff of the evidence to prove up his case. Such would be a pennywise and pound foolish move.For me, a plaintiff’s lawyer, to be successful with this line of investigation, I must find adefect. I must then take your documents and educate a jury as to the content. The jurymust understand the defect and must be convinced from your documents and studies. Page 5.675.7Your documents prove my case.For years, you have had these documents. You were the creator, the investigator
, Newark, NJ, USA. His research interests include modeling, robust control, decentralized control, fault diagnosis, renewable energies, and machine learning.Alex BlinderDr. Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Mohsen Azizi is an assistant professor in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. From 2010 to 2013, he was an R&D engineer at Aviya Tech Inc. and Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc., Longueuil, Canada, where he designed and developed control and fault diagnosis systems for jet engines. His research
, decoybeacons, and air cannons. Late night sessions in the laboratory, unique contest strategies,exotic robot features, and satisfying student outcomes provide an ample source of stories to beshared.BeginningsThe first Kansas State University mobile robot contest (1993) was an offshoot of an informalexperiment in undergraduate research, the MARS Lab (Mobile Autonomous Robotic SystemsLaboratory) [1]. The following year, a mobile robotics course was developed to support andenhance these activities. The contest is now in its seventh year and continues to serve as ashowcase of our students’ work and as a vehicle for interdisciplinary engineering education.This paper briefly describes the mobile robotics course and the mobile robot contest [2] andthen
AC 2011-2607: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO DESIGN HVAC SYS-TEMS AND EVALUATE ENVELOPE PERFORMANCESAhmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, associate professor of architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW), teaches several HVAC and energy courses. Dr. Megri is also teaching a course titled ”Compre- hensive Performance of Building Envelope and HVAC Systems” for Summer School at UW, and ”Smoke and Fire Dynamics” during summer session at Concordia University, Canada. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Prior to his actual position at UW, he was an
. Page 24.1231.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014AC 2014 - 10538: The Integration of Building Codes into the ArchitectureDesign ProcessAhmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State UniversityDr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (AE). He teachescapstone, lighting, electrical, HVAC and energy design courses. He is the ABET Coordinator forthe AE Program. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling,and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Dr.Megri holds a PhD degree from INSA at Lyon (France) in the area of Thermal Engineering and”Habilitation” (HDR) degree from Pierre and Marie Curie
complete. And he quickly discovered thatUNIX wasn‟t the answer, as its availability was extremely limited at his university. Luckily, hediscovered an educational operating system called MINIX,22 created by Andrew Tennenbaumfrom the Free University of Amsterdam. MINIX was a teaching tool for demonstrating the nutsand bolts of operating systems to students, and was the perfect proving grounds for Torvalds totest some of the ideas he had been thinking about for some time. Minix itself was a response toATT‟s decision to restrict access to the source code of UNIX. Andrew Tanenbaum writes: I was teaching a course on operating systems and using John Lions' book on UNIX Version 6. When AT&T decided to forbid the teaching of the UNIX
engineering. The original program had a 2+2 structure,where students who completed their associate degree in electrical technology could enter ourprogram while often working as a 2-year degree technician. The Buffalo State program hasoffered the complete 4-year structure for several decades. The electrical engineering Technologyprogram includes two majors: Electronics and Smart Grids. The first two years of these have thesame courses. Early in the first year of the 4-year structure, freshmen in both majors only tookcourses outside the major, completing their math, science, and general education requirements.A screenshot of the course sequence for the first year in both Electrical Engineering technologyprograms is shown in Fig. 1.The freshman circuits
– Platteville where he teaches courses in structural design and structural mechanics. He earned his BS from North Carolina State University and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin where he performed research on precast, segmental concrete bridge behavior and on anchorage of headed reinforcement. His current interests are in engineering education curriculum reform, learning analytics, and methods for improving student retention. Page 24.1393.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Work in Progress: Using Outcomes-Based Assessment in an
Paper ID #38073Efficiency-Testing a Solar-Powered Payload for StratosphericBallooningNoe Santiago Bazan Palacios (Research Assistant/Student) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Efficiency-Testing a Solar-Powered Payload for Stratospheric Ballooning Author: Noé Bazán Abstract: This paper explores the efficiency of solar panels during a solar-powered payload flight as it reaches stratospheric altitudes and is subjected to different environments, as well as the possibility of
AC 2008-1297: A “BALLOON SATELLITES” PROJECT COURSEJohn Kuhlman, West Virginia University John Kuhlman is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1975, and his M.S. and B. S. Mechanical Engineering degrees also from CWRU in 1973 and 1970, respectively. His current research interests include spray cooling, reduced gravity fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and applied CFD. He is a course co-instructor for the WVU Balloon Satellites project course project course, and also serves as a course instructor for the WVU Microgravity Research Team project course.G. Michael Palmer, West
strength of materials. Dr Fang’s research interests are in the areas of ceramic grinding, lapping, and polishing, NDT, acoustics, genetic algorithm, and multi-objective optimization.Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Zhan is an Assistant Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Zhan earned his D.Sc. in Systems Science from Washington University in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked at University of California, San Diego and Wayne State University. From 1995 to 2006, he worked in the automotive industry as a system engineer. In 2006 he joined the Electronics Engineering Technology faculty at Texas A&M. His research activities include control system
2006-43: DEVELOPING A DESIGN BASED ALTERNATIVE ENERGY COURSECraig Somerton, Michigan State University CRAIG W. SOMERTON Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He teaches in the area of thermal engineering including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design. Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porous media, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA.Andre Benard
Paper ID #22458Environmental Forensics: an Authentic Blend of Science, Engineering, andLiberal Arts IngredientsDr. Ashraf Ghaly P.E., Union College Ashraf Ghaly is Director of Engineering and Carl B. Jansen Professor of Engineering at Union College, Schenectady, NY. Published over 250 papers, technical notes, and reports. Supervised over 50 research studies. Registered PE in NYS. ASCE Fellow and Member of the Chi-Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 ASEE Annual Convention Salt Lake City
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University, and has more than 10 years industry experience in the manufacturing sector in a variety of roles including process engineering, operations management, and technical sales. His area of expertise centers on applying OR/MS and Simulation techniques to Supply Chain & Operations Management problems, and has also conducted research in the areas of Human Factors and Work Design for evaluating time and motion efficiencies of operations. Jim also holds an undergraduate IE degree and a Six Sigma Greenbelt.Mr. Brian Jeffrey Carmichael, Security Automation Systems Brian is a recent graduate of Purdue University’s Electrical Engineering Technology program. He
Mathematics at Grand Valley State University. His research interests are: Nonlinear Elasticity (regularity or equilibria and material instabilities); Variational Calculus (field theory, regularity of min- imizers, relaxed formulations); and PDEs (compensated-compactness and homogenization methods in solving nonlinear pde’s;) Page 26.470.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Shaft and Bearing Design in Eccentric and Nonaligned Gears Mounted on Rotating Shafts Grand Valley State UniversityOverviewIn Machine