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BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin; William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin; James W. Tunnell, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical

the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. He has served on the program committees for CLEO, OSA, and IEEE-LEOS, and he is the General Chair of 2012 CLEO annual meeting. He is a member of OSA, ASLMS, IEEE-EMBS, and BMES. Page 25.345.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012Controlled Drug Delivery from Alginate Spheres in Design-Based Learning CourseAbstractEngineering design is a central concept driving our engineering curriculum and an integralcomponent of the practice of engineering. Frequently, design concepts are not introduced inBiomedical Engineering at the university level until the

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Capstone and Design Projects in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Technology

AC 2012-4858: A PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PROJECT-BASED INTRO-DUCTION TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSEDr. Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Biswajit Ray is a professor and Program Coordinator of the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is active in industrial consulting in the area of power electronics. Page 25.92.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Problem-Solving and Project Based Introduction to Engineering Technology CourseAbstractThe motivation and implementation of an

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Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jody T. Hoesly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Libraries

librarian.Anne C. Glorioso, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 22.417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Dim, Dark and Daring: Our process for rapidly reducing our collectionIn the spring of 2010, Wendt Commons Library embarked on a project to repurpose our 4th floorfrom book stacks and study space into a Teaching and Learning Center. To create this flexibleand technology-enhanced “learning emporium”, the 4th floor collection consisting of over90,000 volumes needed to be removed along with the stacks. Other space in the library was notavailable

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abrar Mohammed Alajlan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) High-Level Abstractions in Wireless Sensor Networks: Status, Taxonomy, Challenges, and Future Directions Abrar M. Alajlan, Khaled M. Elleithy, Member, IEEE Several programming approaches have been proposed toAbstract— Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained a lot assist WSNs programming. Two broad classes of WSNsof considerations in recent years and have significant impacts on programming models have been explored lately; localdifferent application

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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael A. Palmateer; Jacob Plesums; Ryan Santiago; Austin Miller; Reza Rashidi, SUNY University at Buffalo

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

journals and conferences worldwide. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 3D-Printed Piezoelectric Acoustic Energy HarvesterAbstractEnergy harvesting has been widely researched in the past decade due to its significant usage forproviding energy to remote areas and electronic devices. Harvesting energy from piezoelectricbeams is one of the popular forms of energy conversion, enabling a wide range of applications. Ateam of four senior undergraduate students in a microfabrication course completed a project todevelop a piezoelectric-based acoustic energy harvester. The students performed all developmentsteps, including ideation, literature review, calculation, design, fabrication, assembly

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5: Collections & Spaces

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanette M. Mueller-Alexander, Arizona State University Library; Alexander Soto, Labriola National American Indian Data Center; Bethany Maureen Leonardi

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Engineering Education, 2023 Engineering Research for Indigenous Engineering Techniques – Research in ProgressAbstractAs universities enroll more Native American engineering majors and hire more Native faculty, ithas become imperative to be able to find research related to Indigenous techniques and methodsin engineering. Since fewer than 1% of all articles in Compendex and Inspec have the words“indigenous,” “native,” or “aboriginal” in the title, abstract or keyword fields, this becomes achallenge. As part of our broader research project into how to discover Native American researchin science databases, this paper focuses on engineering terms, broad terms for engineering andspecifically on prominently known Arizona

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Kohl, Cedarville University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

and Electronics Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Educators. Ph.D., Iowa State University M.S.E.E., University of North Dakota B.S.E.E., South Dakota State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Utilizing an Individually-Built Mobile Robot, in the Laboratory of an Advanced Digital Logic Design Course in Conjunction with a Final Class CompetitionAbstractThis paper describes the development and implementation of a series of laboratory projectsutilized in a junior level, required course for computer engineering majors titled, “AdvancedDigital Logic Design.” Eleven of the 13 lab experiences are directly related to this project.The

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Design Experiences in Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

-20, 2002.2. Lau, A., Short, T., Kisenwether, E., and Fogarty, J., “Further Developments In Using Model Solar Racers As An Introduction To Engineering,” International Solar Energy Society 2005 Solar World Congress, Orlando, Florida, August 6-12, 2005.3. http://www.nrel.gov/education/student/natjss.html4. Engineering Equation Solver, FCHART Software, Madison, WI, www.fchart.com. Page 12.1556.21

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Wu, Iowa State University; Qingze Zou, Iowa State University; Stephanie Culter, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kam Leang, Virginia Commonwealth University; Gina Pannozzo, Virginia Commonwealth University; Santosh Devasia, University of Washington

AC 2008-814: MODELING AND CONTROL OF SMART ACTUATORS:INTEGRATING NANO/BIO TECHNOLOGY INTO THE ME CURRICULUMYing Wu, Iowa State UniversityStephanie Culter, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityQingze Zou, Iowa State UniversityGina Pannozzo, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityKam Leang, Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySantosh Devasia, University of Washington Page 13.900.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Modeling and Control of Smart Actuators: Integrating Nano/Bio Technology into the ME CurriculumAbstractA recent projection noted that over 7 million jobs will be created in the nano and bio-related fieldworld wide by 2015. The expected growth of

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1999. He is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Prior to this, Dr. Mayhew was a US Air Force Officer, working in research, development, and logistics engineering for 6 years and teaching aeronautics at the US Air Force Academy for 5 years. Page 11.920.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Mechanical Measurements: Rewriting the ScriptAbstractIn a recent paper, we describe specific steps to improve a mechanical engineering lab sequenceby paying close attention to the

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Prototype Automated Solar Tracking with Power Generation System Abstract — The purpose of this project was to design and build a Solar Tracking System froman electrical and mechanical perspective. The tracking system is equipped with automatedbattery charging circuit and switching capabilities for multiple batteries. The system can run afully autonomous mode using photoresistor to track the sun ensuring optimal coverage. Thepopular ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module is interfaced with an Arduino Mega using its communicationsprotocols for wireless control and monitoring of the system.I. Introduction In our everyday lives we constantly hear the chatter government and activists have inwhich

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

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Electrical and Computer

. dissertation was on germanium preamorphization and rapid thermal annealing for formation of ultra-shallow source/drain junctions. After graduation, he joined the faculty at North Carolina State University where he is now a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He became a presidential faculty fellow in 1995. Dr. Ozturk authored over 100 papers in journals and conference proceedings and holds 8 US patents. His current research interests center around advanced processes for new silicon based nanoelectronic devices, and innovations in undergraduate education in Electrical and Computer Engineering.Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University Michael Escuti received the BS degree in Electrical and

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Project and Model-Based Mathematics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar

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Mathematics

Commonwealth University Qatar in Doha, Qatar. She has published two recent articles: "Two Separate Cultures and Freedoms," published in the University of Richmond International Education Newsletter in Spring 2005 and "Young Speaks on Cities," written for the University of Richmond Magazine in 2001. Her most recent collection of poems, a booklet designed and illustrated by Aida Hashim and entitled Grains of Sand Upon the Desert Floor, appeared in the VCUQ Seventh Annual Faculty Exhibition held in 2005. In addition to publishing articles and writing poetry she presented several professional workshops and papers, the most recent of which, "Making Connections Among Culture, Personality, and content in

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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer I

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura A Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

twelve years, she has been a professor at York College of Pennsylvania where she teaches thermal sciences, freshmen design courses, and computer programming.Dr. Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania Timothy Garrison is Coordinator of the Mechanical Engineering program at York College of Pennsylva- nia. Page 26.33.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Demo Every Day: Bringing Fluid Mechanics to LifeAbstract Fluid Mechanics can seem particularly non-intuitive to the typical student. For example,most students will tell you that if velocity

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Using a Real-Options Analysis Tutorial in Teaching Undergraduate Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. White Jr., University of Arkansas

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Engineering Economy

Transport Services, Logility, Motorola, and Russell. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using a Real-Options Analysis Tutorial in Teaching Undergraduate Students John A. White Department of Industrial Engineering University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 AbstractAn undergraduate tutorial on real-options analysis used in teaching an advanced engineeringeconomy course is presented. The tutorial includes the binomial option pricing model and theBlack-Scholes model. Reasons for using real-options analysis are

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Energy Conservation

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher J. Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Wesley A. Zloza, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Samuel Jaroslav Stafl, Milwaukee School of Engineering ; Brent Radlinger

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Education, 2017 DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB-BASED DECISION TOOLFOR SELECTION OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS (DERS) FOR MOVING COLLEGE AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES TOWARD NET-ZERO ENERGYAbstractNet-Zero energy buildings are currently being built, and they no longer consist of smalldemonstration projects but rather large commercial and institutional buildings. However,achieving a “net-zero energy building” concept for existing buildings has its challenges in anurban environment where private and/or public space around the building considered is limited,in addition to the inherent energy challenges associated with urban multi-story buildings. Whilethe most achievable task would be energy efficiency improvements in the operation of thebuilding

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Institutional Transformations

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6812Strategies to Support (Female) STEM Faculty as Voiced by Female STEMFaculty at a Major Research UniversityPamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, has taught high school physics and pre-engineering, and has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. She prepares future early childhood, elementary and middle school

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Energy Laboratory Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a professor of mechanical and civil engineering at the University of Evansville in Indiana. He is a member of the ASEE Engineering Deans Council. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and serves on their Board on Performance Test Codes. He chairs the PTC committee on Steam Generators and is vice-chair of the committee on Fans. Page 11.862.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Laboratory-Scale Steam Power Plant Study – Rankine CyclerTM Effectiveness as a Learning Tool and a Comprehensive

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Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Angela Marie Jones, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

– 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

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Civil Engineering in the Age of AI

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Campbell, Oklahoma State University; John J Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University; Alan Kirkpatrick

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

teaching Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Steel I, Steel II, and the beginning Architecture Design Studio.Prof. John J Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University JOHN PHILLIPS, a registered engineer and Professor of Architectural Engineering, practiced as a structural engineer for nine years before returning to his alma mater to teach at Oklahoma State University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in building structures.Alan Kirkpatrick ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Evaluation of Current Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Their Use in Structural Engineering Related FieldsAbstractThe structural engineering community is currently

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Prymus, University of Pittsburgh; Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #45537A Description and Evaluation of a Team-Based Composition Course Integratedinto a First-Year Engineering ProgramRenee Prymus, University of Pittsburgh Renee Prymus is the Director of the First-Year Engineering Composition Program and a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh.Irene B. Mena, University of Pittsburgh Irene B. Mena has a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering education. She has experience teaching programming, design, entrepreneurship, and sustainability topics, and is the Director of the First-Year Engineering Program

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kaitlyn Kreider, State University of New York at New Paltz; Kevin T. Shanley, State University of New York at New Paltz

curriculum. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Parametric Analysis of a Stirling Engine Using Engineering Equation Solver Kevin Shanley Kaitlyn Kreider Mechanical Engineering Program Mechanical Engineering Program Division of Engineering Program Division of Engineering Program SUNY New Paltz SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY, USA New Paltz, NY, USA shanleyk@newpaltz.edu kreiderk2@newpaltz.edu The Stirling engine is a clean energy source that converts

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Hands-On Projects and Demos

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

biochemical engineering electives (Lab Techniques, Pro- tein Engineering, etc.). His research focuses on developing novel blood substitutes and optimizing gene therapy treatments.Dr. Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University Daniel A. Kraut is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Villanova University and teaches in the Bio- chemistry Program. He received a B.A. in Biochemistry from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in Bio- chemistry from Stanford University. Dr. Kraut studies the mechanism of protein degradation by the proteasome. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 3D Printing & Arduino in the Chemical Engineering Classroom: Protein Structures, Heat Exchangers

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Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

Motorola. His interests include engineering management, technological literacy, and real-time embedded systems. Page 15.494.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Management Performance Monitoring Methods Utilized by Manufacturers to Become More CompetitiveAbstractTo become more competitive, organizations have made changes in their operations,manufacturing techniques, and business practices. Innovative technologies are being used,machinery updated, and new strategies followed. Many have also implemented improvementprograms to enhance quality, increase efficiency, and streamline

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul F. Hadala; Freddy Roberts; David Hall

when a Pfactor of safety of 2.0 is employed.Students manually select points from a stress concentrationfactor plot (which is available in most elementary mechanics of dmaterials books) and enter these points into a curvefittingpackage to determine an expression for the stress concentrationfactor, K, versus d/w, where d is the diameter of the hole and wis the width of the plate. By embedding this expression into ascientific calculation software package, students generate therequired plot of load versus hole diameter.The instructors found that it is helpful to give a 10 - 15 minutepresentation on the effect of discontinuities on the stress w

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Purvesh B. Thakker; Gary R. Swenson

ideas. Instead of email, a discussion board (Figure 2.4) will save thetrouble of compiling 50 initial project ideas and re-emailing them out to everybody as theychange. The discussion board implemented is a free piece of software created by Matt Wrightcalled “WWWBoard4”. A discussion board will allow everybody to see in real time whatprojects ideas are being proposed. Everyone will then know the scale of the other projects, andcan begin identifying people that are working on similar projects, or even find partners. Once a project idea has matured enough, a team will officially be formed, a

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Williams Trost, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Paper ID #43281The Intersection of Smart Home Technology and the Disabled PopulationJacquelyn Williams Trost, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Jacquelyn Trost is a graduate student at North Carolina A&T University, pursuing a master’s degree in Information Technology. She is a resident of High Point, NC. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Intersection of Smart Home Technology and the Disabled Population Jacquelyn Trost North Carolina A&T

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Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University Calumet

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Materials

. Page 13.248.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Basswood BridgesAbstractThe “Elementary Engineering Design” course for freshmen students at Purdue UniversityCalumet consists of two components: one ME and one EE. Due to the two part structure and inorder to expose the students to the faculty, it is also team taught. The course counts as twocredits, with the format one hour lecture and three hours lab. The basswood bridge is the majorproject of the ME half and counts for one quarter of the total course grade. The object, as isusual with bridge projects, is to design, build and test a truss bridge having a high strength toweight ratio. The design process includes statics analysis in combination

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanveer Singh Chawla, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

for Engineering Education, 2018 Two Approaches to Optimize Formula SAE Chassis Design Using Finite Element AnalysisAbstractThis paper documents two approaches used by undergraduate students to design and optimize asteel space frame chassis using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for the Society of AutomotiveEngineers’ Formula SAE (FSAE) collegiate design competition. Junior level students inVehicle Design I used CATIA V5’s Generative Structural Analysis workbench to analyze theirindividual FSAE chassis designs. A tutorial is presented that allows a quickly modeled CADwireframe to be analyzed within CATIA using FEA with beam elements. Senior vehicle designstudents in a course titled Introduction to Finite Element

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nicholas van Bloemen Waanders, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Mechanical Engineering; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2757: THERMODYNAMIC CONCEPTS IN A MODEL-ELICITINGACTIVITYPaul Nicholas van Bloemen Waanders, Cal Poly, Mechanical Engineering I am a Mechanical Engineering Masters Student studying at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State UniversityBrian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity in San Luis Obispo. Prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly in 2006, he taught for seven years at the United States Air Force Academy and worked for four years in the Air Force Research Laboratories. Research interests include active learning and engineering education, spatial disorientation