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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sofia M. Vidalis; Joseph J. Cecere

schools, interfacing with various audiences and employersof the construction industry, and an advocate to the program. The advisory board acts in advisorycapacity to the SDCET program, the School of Science, Engineering and Technology, and thecollege. Each member of the advisory board is chosen by their position and/or expertise in theindustry, government, and academics. The advisory board committee meets and reviewsapplicants’ resumes and then selects the applicant or applicants that are best fit for the advisoryboard. There is a cap of 22 members that can serve in the advisory board. The SDCET Advisory board has been identified by the college to be an excellentexample of an outstanding board 1. Their activities show how different an

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

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B. Samanta

, medicineand econometrics, among others. Several methods have been used for predictionof real life complex, nonlinear time series commonly encountered in various suchapplication domains [1-3]. In recent years, there is also a growing interest inincorporating bio-inspired computational algorithms, commonly termed ascomputational intelligence (CI), in discovering knowledge from data, both ineducation and research [4-9].Among various CI techniques, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have beendeveloped in form of parallel distributed network models based on biologicallearning process of the human brain. Among different types of ANNs, multi-layerperceptron (MLP) neural networks are quite popular [4]. Recently singlemultiplicative neuron (SMN) model has been

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Orla LoPiccolo

immediately asked to list the five passive house concepts. The test results support existing studies that show 65% of students to be ‘visual learners,’[1] and that graphics with text provide a more effective means of introducing a new topic than video. [2] Key words: Passive house, video, graphic, visual learner.IntroductionPassive House construction reduces “the heating energy consumption of buildingsby an amazing 90%.”[3] With the passing of the American Clean Energy andSecurity Act (ACES) on June 26th, 2009, passive house construction is likely to bea requirement in the new nationwide energy code mandated by this Act. TheACES requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to: establish and enforce thisnew nationwide energy code and achieve a “30

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sarai Hedges

, lifelong learning, Six SigmaSix Sigma, started in 1986 by Motorola, has been defined in numerous ways. It has been called aphilosophy, a methodology, and a set of tools [1]. One of the more concise definitions is “adisciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects … in any process --from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.”[2] Six Sigma is now endemicto industry—automotive, chemical, financial, manufacturing, and retail to name a few—fromAmerican Express to GE, Advanced Micro Devices to Xerox and is credited with saving millionsof dollars while improving product or service quality and customer satisfaction. In June of 2008Allen Arthur, Sarai Hedges, and Virginia Westheider met to discuss using the

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Thomas R. Wedlick; Carol E. Reiley; Cynthia Ramey

provide a rewarding and exciting experience thatdraws students into studying the STEM fields within higher education. Preliminaryresults from a questionnaire administered the day of the competition showed that 43% ofstudents were more likely to go to college after participating in this event. A FAIR GAME: A LOW-COST EASILY IMPLEMENTED ROBOTICS COMPETITION LEADS TO DIVERSE ENTRANTS Thomas R. Wedlick, Carol E. Reiley, Cynthia Ramey Johns Hopkins University {tomw, creiley}@jhu.eduIntroductionThe engineering jobplace is expected to grow by 11% over the next decade [1]. Toprepare students to study these subjects in college, they need a sufficient background

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

in Baltimore, MD. An assessment tool is used toevaluate MRAS’s current Lean manufacturing state in terms of actual manufacturing practicerelated to inventory cycles, production processes, maintenance procedures and operations,facility layout, quality control, and other key metrics used to improve manufacturing facilities. 

1. Introduction
 
Middle River Aircraft Systems (MRAS), a subsidiary of General Electric Co., was founded in1929 by aviation pioneer, Glen L. Martin. Its headquarters is located in Eastern BaltimoreCounty, Maryland. MRAS designs, manufactures, and services aero structures and nacellesystems for commercial, military aircraft, and government markets. It is also a supplier of jetengine thrust reversers as well as a digital

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Frank Lanzer

was one of the highlightsof the two week experience.Certain activities within the above topics were especially effective and worthy ofadditional details.1. Alice was used for programming along with the model developed by Adams for the Imaginary Worlds Camp. It was encouraging that many girls favored this activity.2. The West Point Bridge Design Contest was central to engineering design. All students enjoyed the contest after a discussion of why structures support loads and the effect upon materials chosen. Environmental aspects are considered as to designs that require excavation.3. Another product for construction of structures was a surprise sensation, Armadillo Run. Students proceed through a sequence of statics and dynamics

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Samantha Murray

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

activators transmit not onlytheir unique identification code, but location and status information as well. Tag signals arepicked up by network receivers up to 100 feet away, thus allowing a single receiver to collect tagdata from a number of activation points. Figure 1 (Source: AA3WK's) shows how RFIDtechnology works. Figure 1: RFID Technology DeploymentThe studied firm, Paper Products Inc (PPI, invented name to protect company’s privacy), is apaper-converting company with more than 50 years of operations in the Dominican market and isthe Number 1 paper-converting business in the DR.PPI’s principal products are valve and sewn paper bags for cement, flour, animal food, etc, madefrom Kraft paper; tissue paper and napkins

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

, students learn importantconcepts including the system bus, three-state logic, and active-low signals. Inaddition, the laboratory work is complemented by lectures and readingassignments on such topics as pipelining, superscalar processing, cache, andadvanced architectures such as Core Duo.Introduction Historically, early courses in microprocessors were based on simple training kits usingprocessors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components such as memory, clock,etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining system components andinterconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and the emphasis, interms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set and

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

A Living System for Teaching Engineering Principles Kauser Jahan1, Jess W. Everett1, Gina Tang2, Stephanie Farrell3, Hong Zhang4, Angela Wenger5 and Majid Noori6 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 3 Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 4 Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 5 New Jersey Academic for Aquatic Sciences, Camden, New Jersey

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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D. Weber; G. Reluzco; D. Kaminski; B.W. Bequette

Creating Grade 11 and 12 Curricula Guided by both Project Lead the Way and NSF GK-12 D. Weber1,2, G. Reluzco1, D. Kaminski3, B. W. Bequette2 1 Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY 2 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 3 MANE Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYAbstractA new challenge for a privileged group of graduate students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutein the 2008-2009 academic year is to participate in an NSF GK-12

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Graig Sauer; Jonathan Lazar; Harry Hochheiser; Jinjuan Feng

(CompletelyAutomated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart), but visualCAPTCHAs are inaccessible, and existing audio CAPTCHAs are very hard touse. We have created an alternative form of human interaction proof, which isboth secure and accessible. This presentation will give an overview of theHIPUU concept and evaluation testing.Introduction There are a large number of individuals who have impairments. Thenational Federation of the Blind estimates that 1.3 million people in the USA arelegally blind and 10 million people has some form of visual impairment[1]. Whilemany people with impairments face challenges on the web, because the web isprimarily a visual medium, people who are blind face the greatest challenges.These individuals also

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

are required project-basedcourses that students take every semester. The Clinics enable built in flexibility in theengineering curriculum to include important technical and societal topics. This approach hasprovided significant opportunities for students to acquaint themselves with real-worldengineering issues, such as sustainability. Table 1 lists the general technical topics covered in theeight-semester Engineering Clinic sequence.Table 1. Overview of the technical topics covered in the eight-semester engineering clinic coursesequence.Year Fall Engineering Clinic Themes Spring Engineering Clinic ThemesFreshman Engineering measurements Competitive assessmentSophomore Multi-disciplinary

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Raluca I. Rosca

ofsessions. Eight people, including the author, participated in at least one of the diversity sessionsor used ETPP materials to complete their diversity statement, and seven of them answered theexit survey and interview of the 2005 ETPP-UF study. Out of these, two were post-doctoralassociates and six were engineering graduate students; six were women and two were men; threewere U.S. citizens or permanent residents and 5 were international students/post docs; four wereWhite, three Asian and 1 Hispanic.Diversity Sessions (ETPP-UF): ‘International Group’ Discussions, Fall 2004The first diversity session of the Fall 2004 offering had four participants: two post-doctoralassociates and two graduate students; two women and two men; two Taiwanese, 1 Indian

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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XingYing Cheng; Daren Wilcox

, Prof. Arvind developed Bluespec version 1which used the Haskellish syntax. The version 1 is much like TRAC which is written in thepython Programming language. In 2001, the new version which is also the current version ofBluespec was launched. This version is based on Haskell syntax. Haskell syntax is derived fromO’Haskell which is an object-oriented, concurrent extension of the functional programminglanguage. It was developed at Oregon Graduate Institute and Chalmers University ofTechnology. The new version Bluespec contains full Haskell functionality at compile time,monads for handling state1. Besides, Bluespec is the only ESL synthesis solution for controllogic, complex data paths and algorithms. It has delivered high-level ESL synthesis

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kanti Prasad

VLSIprogram comprises of four distinct and disparate phases namely-Phase 1: Chip design –This basically involves the design of the chip based on specifications provided by thecustomer, Phase 2: Mask Set – It involves the conversion of design’s layout andplacement into set of masks e.g. diffusion, contact, and metallization masks etc., Phase 3:Mask Transfer – This involves transferring the mask set onto a wafer substrate such as Sior GaAs etc., Phase 4: Packaged Chip – This incorporates inscribing, dicing, bonding andencapsulating chip in a plastic or ceramic package, depending on customer’s requirement.In order to enhance the design capabilities UMass Lowell received a donation of $28mfrom Cadence and 50% discount from SUN on sparc stations, with a

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Amithraj Amavasai

, there was no difference between thetwo methods. This was established by the design of the overall course grading formula shown in Table 1.The traditional lecture format and the pretest methods have seventy percent of their grade as the samerequirements. Both the courses were taught by the same instructor. The level of difficulty for seventypercent of the grade was the same in both courses. In the traditional lecture format, thirty percent of thegrade from the mid-term examination was replaced by the pretest method. In the pretest method, threepretests were conducted. Each pretest consisted of 10% of the grade.Students were asked to rank several activities on a scale of 1to 5, 1 being to disagree strongly and 5 beingto agree strongly. The survey

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

new project andcorresponding instructional materials.IntroductionSince its inception, the College of Engineering at Rowan University has emphasized projectbased learning (PBL)1. Proponents argue that PBL is effective at reinforcing topics learned intraditional coursework, developing the so-called professional skills, and improving retention ofstudents3. However, PBL can be a difficult environment to teach in3, and the professional skillsthought to be developed through PBL are challenging to assess3,4. Furthermore, the developmentof suitable projects and running of these projects can place significant demands on faculty andstaff time. As a result, there is a risk of letting a project become the main focus of a course,overrunning the

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

redundant should be removed (e.g. oversized roadwidths), those that are compatible with our focus should be reused (e.g. locating planting islandsin all areas of parking lots), and that accepted sustainable site methods should be woven into thecourse (e.g. use rainwater collection systems and reuse grey water for site irrigation).Sustainable development was first defined by Gro Harlem Brundtland; then-prime minister ofNorway, in his 1987 report to the United Nations General Assembly titled Our Common Future,as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs.”1 Sustainability/climate change is the most criticalemerging concern for design professionals according to 84% of

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mary Lowe; Marcia Wiedefeld; Andrew Zink

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Keerthi Takkalapelli

Recruitment improvement in ASEE student membership Robert M. Brooks, Berk Ayranci, and Keerthi TakkalapelliAbstract:Problems and issues for advancing engineering education from the student perspectives areimportant considerations in engineering education. For one month period ads asking the studentto join ASEE’s student chapter were placed in the student longue and waiting areas in theengineering building. Only 9 students joined. Then a survey was made and distributedrandomly to the students to know what exactly the students wanted and their needs were. Thesurvey asked the students how important to them are the following issues by rating them on ascale 1 (least important) - 5(most important). The issues ranged

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Indranil Goswami

aspects of the exercise. Thesecond hour is used by the students to perform the various parts of the experiment and recordtheir observations. Students are required to submit a written report outlining and explaining theirfindings.Frog HoppersThe objective of the game Frog Hoppers is to use an elastic spring-like element (the frog’s tail)to make the plastic frog jump into a plastic bucket, which also serves as the container. Theexercise, in which students received instructions and then proceeded to conduct theirexperiments, is organized into the following modules – (1) measurements, (2) kinematics(projectile motion), (3) structural mechanics (bending), (4) dynamic coupling, (5) fatiguestrength and (6) aerodynamics.In the first hour of the exercise

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

Finite Element Learning Module for Improving Knowledge of Fatigue using Commercial Software Josh Coffman1, Jiancheng Liu2, Ashland O. Brown2, Sachin S. Terdalkar1, Joseph J. Rencis1 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; 2University of the PacificAbstractFinite element (FE) active learning modules have been developed for various undergraduateengineering courses. These FE learning modules are used to introduce basic and complexengineering problems to enhance student learning of the theory and fundamentals of the finiteelement method. A review of educational literature reveals that fatigue and finite elements arenot addressed

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Olugbenga O. Akinbiola

million by the end of 1998.• Also Allies Signal/Honeywell initiated Six Sigma efforts in 1992 and saved more than $600million a year by 1999.ObjectivesThe following are the objectives of this study:-Variation reduction for high quality products.-Determination of minimum tolerance that will reduce number of defectives.-Identification of the most appropriate management tool that will ensure better output. In figure 1, according to Software Technology News article, an annual publication from TheDepartment of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) 10 depicts the steps in animplementation of Statistical Process Control (SPC). The key steps for the implementation ofStatistical Process Control are:n Identify defined processesn Identify

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

from countries like China and India. To introduce that concept, Figure 1 will show the beginning of the study. To show one ofthe many interesting features that the table shows is that there are less people in manufacturingwith more skill. The table clearly indicated a decrease in what the government labels asmanufacturing. What the tables do not indicate is the growth in the services and tech sector. Alsoleft out is the fact that manufacturing employees though fewer are being paid 30% more thanthey were just ten years ago. So, we cannot necessarily take these tables to show merely theimmense decline in manufacturing numbers but also the staggering increase in efficiency as well. Throughout the second chapter we take a close look

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Robert Aldi

. Hany Ghonheim is doing research work with tor- sional composite couplings. Using his new idea for fiber orientation was the source of inspiration for this drive- shaft. Essentially Dr. Ghonheim’s method involves wrapping fiber reinforcements directly from one end of the shaft to the other with a radial transverse of less than 180 degrees. An example of this orientation can be seen in Figure 1. The thick rectangular areas in the two-dimensional representations indicate the shaft ends and where the fibers are anchored. The line between the two circles (tube ends) is the fiber and goes straight from one point at the disc to a predetermined position on the other. The position on the other can be located by an angle

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Neville Jacobs

kept the cost down by buildingmost of it from very basic materials, such as piecesof wood, threaded rods, paper clips, cheap motorsand brass fasteners. Two years later thedocumentation was finished, and it was ready to betried out. Figure 1 2-LegRobot Figure 1 shows a finished operational 2-leg robot. Surprisingly, though all robots are builtusing the same manuals, this finished robot will be different to any other 2-leg robot in the competition,and will behave differently as well (details later). Over the years, the design has beenimproved and expanded, such that a team orteacher seeking more challenge can go beyond the2-leg robot, and build a

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Andrew Grossfield

. These techniques can provide a quickcheck of computer-generated graphs or be employed when a computer is unavailable orinconvenient. If we desire to recruit more students into the analytical and other sciences, weneed to discover better, easier and more pleasurable ways to present conventional math conceptsbefore attempting to accelerate curricula by moving advanced differential concepts into thelower grades.Contents 1. Introduction 2. Polynomials 3. Arithmetic operations on functions and their effect on curves Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division 4. Elementary operations on curves and the algebra needed to produce them Translations, stretches, compressions and flips 5