AC 2007-2824: THE INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLETECHNOLOGIES IN UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS: CASE STUDY ?BIO-DIESEL PROJECTManar Shami, University of the Pacific Manar Shami, Ph.D., PMP., is a Faculty at the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Professor Shami received M.Sc., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He did extensive research and consulting in project management in the U.S. and internationally. He was a Faculty at the University of Cincinnati. He was also a senior aviation engineer with ATAC Corporation in Sunnyvale, California working on NASA and DOD projects. He provided
AC 2007-507: SOLAR ENERGY: INNOVATIVE, APPLIED RESEARCHPROJECTS FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIESOlivia Dees, Middle Tennessee State University OLIVIA DEES is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Masters of Science in Professional Science (MS-PS) degree program at Middle Tennessee State University. She has a B.S. in Plant Biology with a minor in Environmental Science and Technology, and is currently pursuing a MS-PS degree with a concentration in Biotechnology.Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed D. Foroudastan is the Associate Dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences and Professor of Engineering Technology. He received his B.S. in Civil
AC 2007-730: INNOVATIVE EXPOSURE TO ENGINEERING BASICS THROUGHMECHATRONICS SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTSJohn Mativo, Ohio Northern University JOHN MATIVO teaches Materials and Product Manufacturing courses at Ohio Northern University. He has conducted several summer projects for middle an high school students. His university teaching experience totals eleven years six of which he served as Department of Technology Chair at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. He holds degrees in Technology, Education and Engineering. His Doctorate is from the University of Georgia. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Epsilon Pi Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Beta Delta.Adam Stienecker, Ohio Northern
AC 2008-1576: DETECT: DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS TOWARDINNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION BETWEEN FOURENGINEERING, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSMichael Dyrenfurth, Purdue UniversityMike Murphy, Dublin Institute of TechnologyDonal McHale, Dublin Institute of TechnologyRichard Hayes, Dublin Institute of TechnologyRobert Herrick, Purdue UniversityDhushy Sathianathan, Pennsylvania State UniversityHeinz Schmidt-Walter, Hochschule DarmstadtEugeue Coyle, Dublin Institute of TechnologyRobert Simpson, Dublin Institute of Technology Page 13.381.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 DETECT: Developing Sustainable Pathways Toward Innovative
AC 2008-849: INNOVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN AN ENGINEERINGCOURSE CALLED IMAGE FORMATION AND PROCESSINGJames Farison, Baylor University Dr. Jim Farison is currently professor and associate chair of the ECE Department at Baylor University, and is also administratively responsible for Baylor's multidisciplinary B.S. in Engineering program. He was a founding member and serves currently as the past chair of ASEE's Multidisciplinary Engineering Division, and is a member of the ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee. He received his B.S.E.E. from The University of Toledo and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, before returning to serve on the faculty at UT in the EE and then the
AC 2008-1156: INNOVATIVE LAB STATION USING THE FREESCALE 'HCS12MICROCONTROLLER AND DRAGON DEVELOPMENT BOARDChristopher Carroll, University of Minnesota-Duluth Christopher R. Carroll earned his academic degrees from Georgia Tech and from Caltech. He is Associate Professor and Assistant Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His interests include special-purpose digital systems, VLSI, and microprocessor applications, especially in educational environments. Page 13.749.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Innovative Lab Station Using
college of engineering thatbenefits humanity by educating socially responsible engineers inspired for life-long learningusing an innovative learn by doing philosophy in partnership with industry and otherstakeholders.” PBLI is consistent with this mission because it promotes the use of a multi-disciplinary, participatory, learn by doing, “hands-on” laboratory, project and design centeredapproach. The PBLI enhances educational outcomes for students in accordance with the strategic Page 13.1010.2plan, it enhances the professional development of the faculty in conformance with the strategicplan, by encouraging and supporting expansion of faculty
Session 5-2 Simulating the Engineering Workplace: An Innovative Teaching Methodology in a Senior Electrical Engineering Class Carol Costello, August Allo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at San Antonio AbstractConcerns regarding the ability of the U. S. to produce competitive scientists andengineers have stimulated a major reconsideration of curricula in many universities. Thispaper documents the results of an innovative engineering professionalism programintegrated into the first semester of a two-semester
AC 2008-2890: NEW AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FORTEACHING MIXED DOMAIN EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN TOUNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE STUDENTSAlex Doboli, State University of New York-Stony BrookEddie Currie, Resonance Publications, Inc.Patrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor CorporationDave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Page 13.927.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 New and Innovative Educational Material for Teaching Mixed-Domain, Embedded Systems to Undergraduate/Graduate StudentsAbstractEfforts related to development of innovative, mixed-signal system design, teaching materials andmethodology are presented that focus on the co-design of
AC 2009-934: PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY THROUGH INNOVATIVESCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CURRICULA IN GRADES 3-5Augusto Macalalag , Stevens Institute of TechnologySusan Lowes, Teachers College/Columbia UniversityKaren Guo, Teachers College/Columbia UniversityMercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of TechnologyElisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 14.993.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Promoting Scientific Inquiry through Innovative Science and Engineering Curricula in Grades 3-5IntroductionTechnological and scientific literacy are crucial for students to compete in the globaleconomy of the 21st century1,2. The widening gap in
AC 2009-1900: STUDENT ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT: INNOVATIVE TOOLSFOR IMPROVING MINORITY STUDENT ATTRACTION, RETENTION, ANDGRADUATIONStephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan AmericanArturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan AmericanConstantine Tarawneh, University of Texas, Pan AmericanRobert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan AmericanHashim Mahdi, University of Texas, Pan American Page 14.1080.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Student Academic Advisement: Innovative Tools for Improving Minority Student Attraction, Retention, and GraduationAbstractLike most engineering programs across the country, the undergraduate mechanical engineeringprogram at The
AC 2009-1332: THE INNOVATION CHASE AND QUEST: A CASE INEXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETITIONSDonald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University Donald M. Reimer is currently a fulltime senior lecturer and Associate Director of The Lear Entrepreneurial Program in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. Mr. Reimer has served as an adjunct faculty member at Lawrence Technological
AC 2009-1349: A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO INNOVATION: A CLASSROOMEXPERIENCE IN INVENTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING FOR ANENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMDana Clarke, Applied Innovation Alliance Dana W. Clarke, Sr. is President/CEO of Applied Innovation Alliance, LLC. Mr. Clarke has over 30 years of industry experience in solving the most difficult problems business, science and engineering. Prior to this, he spend 18 years with Emerson Electric Corp. where he was involved in product and process development, 5 years working with many of the leading TRIZ experts in the US as their customer and 5 years as an employee of Ideation International. Having become involved in TRIZ in late 1991, He became the first American to
AC 2009-1405: FIRST-YEAR DESIGN EXPERIENCE: ASSEMBLING THE “BIGPICTURE” THROUGH INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DESIGNKelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech UniversityDavid Hall, Louisiana Tech UniversityMark Barker, Louisiana Tech UniversityPatricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 14.633.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 First-Year Design Experience: Assembling the “Big Picture” Through Innovative Product DesignAbstractAs part of the freshmen engineering curriculum at Louisiana Tech University, students developnovel solutions to problems that “bug” them. During the spring quarter, students are asked tospend several weeks
AC 2009-2516: DEVELOPMENT OF SCALE-BASED EDUCATIONAL MODULESTO INNOVATE REACTOR PHYSICS AND CRITICALITY SAFETY CURRICULABrenden Mervin, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleGuillermo Maldonado, University of Tennessee Page 14.484.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of SCALE-based Educational Modules to Innovate Reactor Physics and Criticality Safety CurriculaAbstractThis paper addresses the development of a modular educational package based on the SCALE(Standardized Computer Analyses for Licensing Evaluation) nuclear analysis system1. Theeducational objective is to supplement theory with practice by introducing students to real
I -— . . . . . . .- Session #2306 ‘ ..— Innovations in Teaching Upper Level Structural Design: The Italian Experience from the 2nd Century to 1979 W. Max Lucas University of KansasAbstract Upper level students with a structural analysis and design emphasis in architectural engineeringprograms are anxious to try their hands at the design of large, complex structures, especially large spanshells and domes. However, while most of
Session 1626 An Innovative Course on Elements of Manufacturing Systems for Non-Engineering Students Murali Krishnamurthi, Mohamed I. Dessouky Northern Illinois University 1. INTRODUCTION The rapid changes in technology, the associated increase in skill requirements for technology-orientedjobs, and the shrinking population of people with the necessary skills are making it difficult for U.S. industriesto compete in the international market. The knowledge of technology is essential for functioning effectively intoday’s technological society, contribute to
Session 3686 Concurrent Innovation: The Impact of PRIDE's Collaborative Approach to Work Force Education and Retraining Robert Bowman The Shipyard College Philadelphia Naval Business Center Carole M. Mablekos, Ronald W. Smith Department of Materials Engineering Drexel University Abstract. As an education and training consortium, the Partnership for Retraining and Innovations in Delivering
AC 2009-446: STRENGTHENING THE U.S. ENGINEERING WORKFORCE FORTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: WHY THE PROFESSIONAL GRADUATEDEGREE IN ENGINEERINGRoger Olson, Rolls-Royce CorporationDonald Keating, University of South CarolinaThomas Stanford, University of South Carolina Page 14.1078.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Strengthening the U.S. Engineering Workforce for Innovation: Why the Professional Graduate Degree in Engineering?1. IntroductionThis is the third of four invited papers prepared for the National Collaborative panel sessionconcerning the deliberate advancement of professional engineering graduate education relevantto the needs of creative
secretary/treasurer Graduate Studies Division.Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University EDWARD SULLIVAN formerly associate dean and professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, California State Polytechnic University sadly passed away as we wrote this paper. We will miss him greatly.Joseph Tidwell , Arizona State University Polytechnic JOSEPH P. TIDWELL is director, of the joint alliance of companies managing education for technology JACMET, and community liaison, College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University Polytechnic, and past chair College Industry Partnership Division of the American. Society for Engineering Education.Duane Dunlap, Purdue
2006-142: THE PARALLEL CURRICULUM MODEL: UNDERSTANDINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS TO OPTIMIZE STUDENTLEARNINGYvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine Yvonne Ng, M.S.M.E., teaches computer science and engineering for non-majors at the College of St. Catherine. Educated as a mechanical and aerospace engineer, she worked in industry as an automation design engineer and contract programmer. She made computer science a more appealing topic for her all-women undergraduate student body by presenting this technically valuable course in a more comprehensive manner. She is currently working with the college’s AS and AAS program to create pathways for students to enter technical colleges and engineering
2006-154: AN INNOVATIVE TWO-TIERED APPROACH TO TEACHINGENGINEERING MATERIALS TO MANUFACTURING ENGINEERINGSTUDENTSPriya Manohar, Robert Morris University Dr. Priya Manohar is working currently as Assistant Professor of Engineering at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA. He has a Ph. D. in Materials Engineering (1998) and Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (1999) from University of Wollongong, Australia and holds Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) degree from Pune University, India (1985). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (2001 - 2003) and BHP Institute for Steel Processing and Products, Australia (1998 - 2001). Dr. Manohar held
2006-975: AN INNOVATIVE INQUIRY-BASED EXPERIMENT ON THETEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE RESISTANCE OF A FILAMENT LAMPRobert Ross, University of Detroit MercyPrasad Venugopal, University of Detroit Mercy Page 11.190.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Innovative Inquiry-Based Experiment on the Temperature Dependence of the Resistance of a Filament LampAbstractWe have developed an innovative inquiry-based student laboratory activity dealing with thetemperature dependence of the resistance of a filament lamp. This introductory experiment isappropriate for a second semester general physics laboratory. The hands-on, active learninglaboratory
2006-1279: INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARYENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE: INCREASING INTERDISCIPLINARYINTERACTIONSteven Northrup, Western New England College Page 11.766.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Innovation and Improvement of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Course: Increasing Interdisciplinary InteractionAbstractInnovations to a multidisciplinary team design experience have been made with the objective ofincreasing the level of interdisciplinary design required for successful project completion. Theproject required teams of four to five students to design, machine
2006-679: CREATING AN INNOVATION CONTINUUM IN THE ENGINEERINGCURRICULUM: EPICS AND THE EPICS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVEEdward Coyle, Purdue University Edward J. Coyle received his BSEE degree from the University of Delaware in 1978, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 1980 and 1982. Since 1982, he has been with Purdue University, where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Co-Director of the Center for Wireless Systems and Applications (CWSA), and Director of the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI). From 2000 through 2004 he served Purdue as Assistant Vice Provost for Research in Computing
with interests in environmental sustainability and accessible technology.Mr. Andrew J Lopreiato, Northeastern University Mr. Lopreiato is an undergraduate student at Northeastern University expecting to earn a B.S. in Me- chanical Engineering in 2023, with minors in Sustainable Energy Systems and Economics. He joined Northeastern University Innovators for Global Health in 2019 to work on the club’s surgical lamp project, and he travelled with NU-IGH to Ethiopia in 2020. He became NU-IGH’s Design Lead in 2020.Mr. Raiden L Schodowski, Northeastern Univeristy Mr. Schodowski is a B.S. Bioengineering student at Northeastern University with a concentration in Cell and Tissue engineering and minors in Global Health and
2006-858: BLANK SLATE ENGINEERING AT FLORIDA GULF COASTUNIVERSITY – INNOVATIVE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY FROM THEGROUND UPSusan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University SUSAN M. BLANCHARD joined FGCU as Founding Director of the School of Engineering in February 2005. She received the A.B. in Biology from Oberlin College in 1968 and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University in 1980 and 1982, respectively. Before moving to FGCU, Dr. Blanchard was the Director of Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Programs at North Carolina State University and Professor in the joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina
Paper ID #19354Technology and Need as Starting Points for Innovation - Experiences fromMultidisciplinary Student TeamsMs. Tuuli Maria Utriainen, Aalto University Tuuli Utriainen is keen to deeply understand the human experience. She’s worked in the borderline of various fields and facilitated over 60 global teams engaged in human-centered product development. Tuuli is currently working at CERN, where together with her team she’s established the IdeaSquare unit. Its purpose is to connect the technological know-how and radical thinking of CERN to solve some of the human kind’s biggest issues.Dr. Ville Taajamaa, University of
Paper ID #18034University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for Engineering Edu-cation: A Multi-case Study of Entrepreneurship Education in ChinaProf. Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University 2015-Present Professor, Institute of China’s Science,Technology and Education Strategy, Zhejiang Uni- versity Associate director of Research Center on Science and Education Development Strategy, Zhejiang University 2012-2014 Professor, School of management, Hangzhou Dianzi University Dean of Organiza- tion Management, School of management, Hangzhou Dianzi University 2008-2012 Director of Teaching & Research Division, School of
Paper ID #18712MOSL: An Innovative Approach to a Supplementary Course of Mathematicsin EngineeringIng. Jose R. Portillo, Universidad Galileo Roberto Portillo is a mathematics professor and sub-director of the Teaching Assistants Department of Universidad Galileo in Guatemala. He holds a Bs. in Electronics and Computer Science and a Ms. in Operations Research. In several years he was awarded with the ”Excellence in Teaching” award. His current research interests are focused in Engineering Education.Dr. Alberth E. Alvarado, Universidad Galileo Alberth Alvarado received (with honors) the B.S. degree in Electronics and