2006-2503: A COLLEGE-WIDE MATERIALS TESTING LAB: A UNIQUEAPPROACH FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCEJohn Williams, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign John Williams is Manager of the Materials Testing Instructional Lab (MTIL), a College of Engineering facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his doctorate in Engineering Science and Mechanics from N. C. State University in 1978. He joined UIUC in his present position in 1994 as an Academic Professional. Page 11.18.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A College-wide Materials Testing Instructional Lab
2006-2040: MEETING THE LEARNING STYLES OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERSIN A MAINSTREAM GENETICS COURSE: A BIOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVEPeter Coppinger, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology J. Peter Coppinger is an Assistant Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. His teaching portfolio includes courses in genetics and molecular biology, microbial biotechnology, and molecular pathogenesis. He received his PhD in molecular plant biology at UC Berkeley in 2005, and conducts research in plant-pathogen interactions. Peter Coppinger may be reached at coppinge@rose-hulman.edu.Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Shannon M. Sexton is currently
2006-1337: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROBLEM-FINDING ANDPROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTED ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT COURSE IN ALARGE CLASSNobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Dr.Eng., Assistant Professor Practical Engineering Education Program Nobuyuki Kitashoji is an assistant professor of the Division of Practical Engineering Education Program at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan. He has been engaged in the problem-finding and problem-solving oriented engineering experiment course since 1999, endeavoring to improve a learning environment and textbooks so that students will be able to flexibly apply an experiment to deal with problems in any field. He has experience in research in
2006-2363: A HYDRODYNAMIC WHEATSTONE BRIDGE FOR USE AS ATEACHING TOOL IN INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY COURSESDavid Bloomquist, University of FloridaMichael McVay, University of FloridaScott Wasman, University of FloridaClinton Slatton, University of Florida Page 11.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A HYDRODYNAMIC WHEATSTONE BRIDGE FOR USE AS A TEACHING TOOL IN INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY COURSESAbstractUndergraduate engineering students often find systems composed of electrical circuits difficultto grasp because variables such as current, voltage, resistance, capacitance, and inductance arenot easily visualized as their
2006-2151: PADDLING FOR A RECORD—BUILDING A KAYAK TO IMPROVECAD SURFACE MODELING AND COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION SKILLSEric Leonhardt, Western Washington University Eric Leonhardt is the Director of the Vehicle Research Institute at Western Washington University. He teaches courses in powertrain, vehicle design and vehicle construction. Prior to April, 2002, he worked for DaimlerChrysler in the CAx Research and Development Group.Veekit O'Charoen, Boeing Commerical Aircraft Group (Seattle) Veekit O'Charoen currently works on computer aided design and integration issues for Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group. He taught computer aided design techniques including surface modeling and CAD customization
2006-17: A FRAMEWORK FOR STUDENT LEARNING IN MANUFACTURINGENGINEERINGDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been a manufacturing engineer for over four decades, roughly equally divided between industrial and academic employment. He has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. Prior to this appointment, he served in a manufacturing engineering and education post at Focus: HOPE for six years and on the faculty of University of Cincinnati for fifteen years. His early career included some twenty years in research and development, manufacturing engineering and production management in the power
2006-86: INFORMED DESIGN AS A PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVINGAPPROACHChristopher Tomasi, Alfred State College Christopher J. Tomasi is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at SUNY Alfred State College of Technology. He has served on the leadership team of the New York State Professional Development Collaborative since its inception in 2003.Margaret Weeks, Margaret "Peggie" Weeks is Project Director and Principal Investigator of the Advanced Technological Education/NSF funded New York State Professional Development Collaborative. She is Associate Director of the Center for Technological Literacy at Hofstra University
2006-172: A WEB ENABLED STUDY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGBenson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley Benson Tongue is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his MS from Stanford University and his BSE, MA, and PhD from Princeton University. He taught from 1983-1988 at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has been at Berkeley since 1988.Eric Lew, University of California-Berkeley Eric Lew is an undergraduate student, majoring in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His projected graduation date is May 2007
2006-202: TEACHING PSYCHROMETRICS: A TIMELY APPROACH USINGACTIVE LEARNINGCraig 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.Laura
2006-422: A RIGOROUS FOUNDATION FOR SECURITY ENGINEERINGPROGRAMSBradley Rogers, Arizona State UniversityDale Palmgren, Arizona State UniversityAlbert McHenry, Arizona State UniversityScott Danielson, Arizona State University Page 11.114.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Rigorous Foundation for Security Engineering ProgramsAbstractSecurity may be defined as the protection of an asset from a malevolent human attack. Thedevelopment of a security system capable of preventing successful attacks requires integration ofhuman resources, technologies, and policies and procedures. Therefore, the development of asecurity system to protect high value assets can be
2006-901: MADE IN FLORIDA: A STEM CAREER OUTREACH CAMPAIGNMarilyn Barger, University of South Florida MARILYN BARGER is the Executive Director of FL-ATE, the Florida Regional Center for Manufacturing Education housed at Hillsborough Community College. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry at Agnes Scott College, and both a B.S. in Engineering Science and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida. She has over 15 years of experience in developing curriculum in engineering and engineering technology and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida.Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College ERIC A. ROE is the Director of FL-ATE, an NSF Regional Center of
2006-1138: SENIOR CAPSTONE: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY,STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACHMindy Breen, Eastern Washington University MINDY BREEN received her undergraduate degree in Graphic Design from the University of Notre Dame and her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design from the University of Idaho. She is currently Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design at Eastern Washington University.Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University JASON DURFEE received his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He holds a Professional Engineer certification. Prior to teaching at Eastern Washington University he was a military pilot, an engineering instructor at
2006-1157: GREENCRETE: A PROJECT ON ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLYCONCRETENatalie Becknell, Garver Engineers Mrs. Becknell is a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas where her graduate work concentrated on developing ternary concrete mixtures for highway pavements.Micah Hale, University of Arkansas Dr. Hale is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in concrete materials, reinforced concrete, and prestressed concrete.Seamus Freyne, University of Oklahoma Dr. Freyne is an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Manhattan College in where he teaches Introduction to
2006-652: A BLUETOOTH-BASED HANDSET WIRELESS DATA ACQUISITIONSYSTEMDavid Border, Bowling Green State University Page 11.8.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A BluetoothTM-based Handset Wireless Data Acquisition SystemAbstractAn innovative data acquisition system that is suitable for laboratory work in electricalengineering/computer engineering communication coursework is detailed in this paper. Thework makes use of currently available technologies including a BluetoothTM module in thecommunication path, and a Windows Mobile 2003 PDA as the system handset. Such itemsillustrate important data acquisition and data communication elements that are being
2006-672: ASYNCHRONOUS FINITE STATE MACHINE DESIGN: A LOST ART?Christopher Carroll, University of Minnesota-Duluth Christopher R. Carroll earned his academic degrees from Georgia Tech and from Caltech. He is Director of Undergraduate Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth and serves in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His interests include special-purpose digital systems, VLSI, and microprocessor applications, especially in educational environments. Page 11.258.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006
2006-676: ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: A PROBABILISTIC MODEL USINGMARKOV CHAINSAdly Fam, University at Buffalo, SUNY Adly T. Fam was born in Egypt on November 25, 1946. He received the BSEE degree from Cairo University, Egypt in 1968 and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, in 1975 and 1977 respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977 and has been a professor there since 1987. He has over 80 journal and conference publications in the areas of system theory, digital control, geometry of polynomials in their coefficient space, digital signal processing, non-linear filters, and
2006-710: A MODEL FOR PREPARING THE NSF CAREER PROPOSALGarrick Louis, University of Virginia Garrick E. Louis is an Associate Professor of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. He also holds a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests include engineering for developing communities and sustainable infrastructure, particularly the development of policies and programs to assure sustained access to infrastructure-related services in the face of routine, and low-probability high-consequence interruptions from natural and deliberate man-made sources. Garrick’s projects include community-based water, sanitation and
2006-746: ADDRESSING HOMELAND SECURITY IN A PROCESS SAFETYCOURSEDavid Silverstein, University of Kentucky David L. Silverstein is currently an Associate Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering Extended Campus Programs in Paducah. He received his B.S.Ch.E. from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; his M.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee; and has been a registered P.E. since 2002. He has over twenty years experience in microcomputer programming. Silverstein is the 2004 recipient of the William H. Corcoran Award for the most outstanding paper published in
2006-789: A DISTRIBUTED LEARNING NETWORK UNITES THE MID-SOUTHGeoffrey Wood, Southwest Tennessee Community College Geoffrey A. Wood is the Program Coordinator of the Manufacturing program and an assistant professor in the Engineering Technologies department at Southwest TN Community College in Memphis Tennessee. Degrees include a M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and a M.A. in Technical Writing from the University of Memphis. Mr. Wood worked in the inspection and NDE field prior to joining the teaching staff at Southwest. In addition to his academic career, he maintains a regular consulting business. Mr. Wood was awarded the State of Tennessee's Innovations in Distance
2006-807: COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN A DISTRIBUTEDDESIGN STUDIOJeong Han Woo, Western Illinois University Jeong-Han Woo is an assistant professor of the Department of Engineering Technology at Western Illinois University. His research interests include knowledge management in the AEC industry, BIM (Building Information Model), IT( Information Technologies) on the design and construction industry, and construction process simulation. His e-mail address is j-woo@wiu.edu.Mark Clayton, Texas A&M UniversityRobert Johnson, Texas A&M University Page 11.342.1© American Society for Engineering
2006-1748: A SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMHector Estrada, Texas A&M University-Kingsville DR. HECTOR ESTRADA is Associate Professor and Chair of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Page 11.131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Survey of the American Architectural Engineering CurriculumAbstract This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey of all ABET (Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology) accredited architectural engineering programs. The analysis isbased on data collected from a detailed study of the curricula
2006-1767: ANIMATION OF A POWER SYSTEM USING POWERWORLDSIMULATORFrank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown FRANK W. PIETRYGA is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He graduated from UPJ in 1983 with a BSEET degree and completed his MSEE degree in 1993 at the University of Pittsburgh, main campus. His interests include power systems engineering, AC/DC machinery, power electronics, and motor drive systems. Mr. Pietryga is also a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Page 11.216.1© American Society for Engineering Education
2006-1923: A HOMEWORK PROBLEMS DATABASE: DESIGN ANDIMPLEMENTATIONMatthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville MATTHEW ROBERTS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Roberts earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University in 1993 then spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a civil engineering officer. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2002 and has been teaching structural engineering topics at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville since then.Christina Curras, University of Wisconsin-Platteville CHRISTINA CURRAS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental
2006-2043: MULTIVIEW DRAWING INSTRUCTION: A TWO-LOCATIONEXPERIMENTPatrick Connolly, Purdue UniversityKathy Holliday-Darr, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, The Behrend College Page 11.944.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Multiview Drawing Instruction: A Two-location ExperimentAbstractSeveral methods have been developed, presented, and discussed at recent ASEE andEDGD conferences on the topic of computer-based multiview drawing instruction. Whilesmall-scale and localized testing of these instruments and methods has been undertaken,no larger-scale or multi-location experiments have been attempted. This paper describesan experiment that
2006-2136: A REMOTE LABORATORY FOR STRESS AND DEFORMATIONSTUDYAlamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. He earned his MS and PhD from NMSU(Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power and instrumentation & process control. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE, SME and TAP.Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University Jorge Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the
2006-1509: ACADEMIC CAPABILITY PRODUCING ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT: A SUCCESS STORYPhillip Sanger, Western Carolina University Phillip Sanger is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology and serves as the Director of the Center for Integrated Technologies at Western Carolina University. He holds a B.A. in Physics from Saint Louis University and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Technology development including MRI magnets and SiC power devices plus economic development has been his career foci.Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University Aaron K. Ball is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director in
2006-1540: IMMERSIVE COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY SIMULATIONSUSING A GAMING ENGINEChenghung Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Chenghung Paul Chang is currently a Research Assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2005. His research includes alternatives to traditional methods of administering laboratory experiments, including remote experiments and virtual experimental simulations.Dror Kodman, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Dror Kodman received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2001. Currently
2006-1606: A PRODUCTIVE INNER CITY - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGYCOLLABORATIONJosh Goldowitz, Rochester Institute of Technology Mr. Goldowitz is a graduate of University of Arizona. His current research interests include heavy metal phytoremediation in the urban environment and aquifer testing technology. He teaches introductory geology, hydrology classes and labs in RIT's Civil Engineering Technology Environmental Management & Safety department.Karl Korfmacher, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Korkmacher is a graduate of Duke University. His current research interests include aquatic environment mapping and monitoring, and urban environmental analysis. He Teaches GIS classes and
2006-1626: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGFRESHMAN PROGRAMTimothy Hinds, Michigan State University Timothy Hinds is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches undergraduate courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics and computational tools. He also teaches a senior-level undergraduate international design project course and has taught graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig Somerton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the
2006-1630: DEVELOPING A WIN-WIN ENVIRONMENT WITHSERVICE-LEARNINGGuy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University Mr. Guy Hembroff is an Assistant Professor within Michigan Tech University's School of Technology Department. His research interests are within the areas of cyber security, network protocols, encryption methods, health-care security, and biometrics. He has six years of industrial experience as a systems engineer and advanced network engineer. Mr. Hembroff is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Computer Information Science.Yu Cai, Michigan Technological University Dr. Yu Cai is an assistant professor at School of Technology in Michigan Technological University. His research