Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine Didion, Association for Women in Science; Patricia Paddock, NYC Department of Education; Suzanne Jenniches, Northrop Grumman; Annette Gildea, Gildea Media Group; Katie Gramling, Diamax; Greta Zornes, Tulane University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-2188: ENGINEERGIRL: A WEBSITE TO INTRODUCE MIDDLESCHOOL GIRLS TO ENGINEERINGBevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Bevlee A. Watford is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and founding Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. A professor of Engineering Education her research interests are in developing and implementing programs to enhance the success of undergraduate engineering students. She is also involved in providing pre-college opportunities for middle and high school students to increase their interest and future participation in the engineering profession.Catherine Didion

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Emerging Information Technologies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyle Lutes, Purdue University; Richard Mislan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Information Systems

AC 2008-2195: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FORENSICS TOOL FOR WINDOWSMOBILE DEVICESKyle Lutes, Purdue University Kyle Lutes is an Associate Professor of Computer & Information Technology (CIT). He has authored/co-authored numerous papers, many of which were presented at national conferences or published in trade magazines/journals as well as two college textbooks. His background and interests cover all areas of software development, including mobile computing, client/server information systems, web application development, object-oriented programming (OOP), programming languages, software engineering, user interface design, and rapid application development (RAD). Kyle has been writing

Conference Session

Educating for Results: Tools used in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-790: A SPREADSHEET TEMPLATE WITH SCALED GRAPH OPTIONSUSEFUL FOR ENGINEERING CLASSESJorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston-DowntownAlberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown Page 13.108.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Spreadsheet Template with Scaled Graph Options Useful for Engineering ClassesAbstractThis paper describes a spreadsheet template using Microsoft Office Excel® with scaled graphcapabilities. This template permits the students organize their calculations and print-out andmake scaled graphs, which are necessary for a better understanding of an engineering problem.The template has two

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2008-748: A MICROCONTROLLER APPLICATIONS COURSE AND THEFREESCALE’S MICROCONTROLLER STUDENT LEARNING KITChiu Choi, University of North Florida Page 13.58.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Microcontroller Applications Course and Freescale’s Microcontroller Student Learning KitAbstract – This paper describes the improvement of a microcontroller applications course by theadaptation of a new microcontroller development tool- Freescale’s microcontroller studentlearning kit with CSM12C32 module for the course. This paper also describes the pedagogy forthis course and the student evaluation results. The microcontroller applications

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ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vicky Fang, Cedarville University; Clinton Kohl, Cedarville University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-80: A SIMULATED MANO MACHINE--AN NOVEL PROJECT FORCOMPUTER ARCHITECTURE CLASSVicky Fang, Cedarville University assistant professorClinton Kohl, Cedarville University associate professor Page 13.103.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Simulated MANO Machine -- A Novel Project for Undergraduate Computer Architecture ClassAbstract:Hands-on experience and visualization are both crucial to enhance undergraduate engineeringeducation. This paper will describe a novel project that we feel meets both of these key elementsfor a first undergraduate computer architecture class. Instruction level simulation, though helpful,does

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul

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Information Systems

AC 2008-89: BOUNDARIES AND FLOWS: A STRATEGY FOR INTRODUCINGINFORMATION SECURITY TO UNDERGRADUATESRichard Smith, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul Assistant Professor at the University of St. Thomas and author of two books on information security. Page 13.255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Boundaries and Flows: A Strategy for Introducing Information Security to UndergraduatesAbstractOutside of 2-year technical colleges, most postsecondary students aren’t offered coursework ininformation security until they have fulfilled upper division prerequisites in mathematics,software

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Two Year College Tech Session II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

AC 2008-255: INTRODUCTION OF SERVICE LEARNING IN A FRESHMANENGINEERING COURSEDan Dimitriu, San Antonio College DAN G. DIMITRIU has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for over 20 years. He has been involved with several engineering societies and was elected vice-chair of the Two-Year College Division of ASEE in 2005. He has been the coordinator of the Engineering Program at San Antonio College since 2001. His research interests are: alternative fuels, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education.Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College JERRY O’CONNOR has been teaching physics (and a few engineering courses) at San Antonio College since 1987. He

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Mohamed Omer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-282: A VISUAL LEARNING TOOL FOR PRESENTATION OF THEECONOMIC DISPATCH TOPICPeter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-HarrisburgMohamed Omer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg Page 13.131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Visual Learning Tool for presentation of the Economic Dispatch TopicAbstractComputer modeling and simulation has emerged as one of the most cost effective ways forproviding supplements to course lectures in diverse areas of engineering. Power systemsengineering has a long history of this and has seen a range of power systems programs forcommercial and educational applications. In

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Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Rose, Ball State University; Jim Flowers, Ball State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2008-285: TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: A GRADUATE COURSE TO BUILDDECISION-MAKING SKILLSMary Rose, Ball State University Mary Annette Rose is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Technology at Ball State University. As a certified technology teacher, teacher educator, graduate instructor, and community activist, she challenges learners to critically examine the interrelationships among technology, environment, and society. Her research interests include: teaching interventions which influence learners' critical thinking while engaging in distributed problem-based learning; conceptions of technological literacy among STEM disciplines; and consumer decision-making regarding mercury

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-296: INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRY PARTNERS INTO A CAPSTONEDESIGN PROGRAMStephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette received his BS, MS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA. His career has included executive R&D management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical devices with over fifteen US patents issued in a variety of surgical fields including General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, ENT, Voice Restoration, and Ophthalmology. As the Director of Device Research for a major ophthalmic medical device company, he directed all research activities, the

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Paul Blowers; Kim Ogden

Integration of Sustainability into a Chemical Engineering Senior Capstone Design Course Paul Blowers (blowers@engr.arizona.edu) and Kim Ogden (ogden@erc.arizona.edu) Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering PO Box 210011 The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0011 Sustainability issues are attracting many incoming students into engineering as issues related to populationgrowth, use of natural resources, and the impacts of manufacturing and use of products have emerged. Integratingsustainability issues into core courses has often been

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Kurt Colvin; Robert Crockett

A Distributed Systems Engineering Curriculum for Working Engineers in California Kurt Colvin, Ph.D., P.E. Industrial Engineering kcolvin@calpoly.edu Robert Crockett, Ph.D., MBA Biomedical & General Engineering rcrocket@calpoly.edu Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407AbstractAs part of a workforce initiative grant, we are developing a catalog and curricular structure toenable working engineers in California to obtain Systems Engineering education

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Christine Pauken

Engineering Perspectives on Biological Systems: A Course for all Engineering Students Christine Pauken Ph.D. Harrington Department of Bioengineering Arizona State UniversityProceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationAbstract.Recently, the course “Engineering Perspectives on Biological Systems” was developed anddelivered to 500 students over 5 semesters. This population includes aerospace, chemical,electrical, industrial, mechanical, materials science, and bioengineering students. The coursestarts with the building

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Finite Element Method - A Tool for Learning Runway DesignAbstractA computer program was developed by idealizing flexible pavement into a finite element continuum. Alayered pavement was idealized as an axisymmetric solid with finite boundaries in both radial and axialdirections. The axisymmetric body was then divided into a set of ring elements, rectangular in section andconnected along their nodal circles. Because of symmetry, the three-dimensional problem reduces to atwo dimensional case. The program is capable of handling changes of material properties such asResilient Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio in both vertical and horizontal directions. Several other elasticmultilayered

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

A Ball-on-Beam System with an Embedded Controller David Evanko, Arend Dorsett, Chiu Choi, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Electrical Engineering University of North FloridaAbstract --This paper describes the design and construction of a ball-on-beam balance system driven byan embedded controller. This embedded control system is intended for linear controls education. Theadvantages of this system are as follows: first, it can be used for demonstrating proportional, PI, PD, PID,and velocity feedback controllers in action. Among these controllers, the velocity feedback wasimplemented into the embedded controller for controlling the position of

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abdelrahman Elleithy; Alaa Abuzaghleh; Abdelshakour Abuzneid

A NEW MECHANISM TO SOLVE IEEE 802.16 AUTHENTICATION VULNERABILITIE Abdelrahman Elleithy, Alaa Abuzaghleh, Abdelshakour Abuzneid Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Abstract- Wi-Max (Worldwide) Interoperability for Microwave Access is a new technology that canprovide broadband access at a high bandwidth. The availability of microwaves towers provides a verycost effective for delivering high bandwidth in metropolitan. Wi-Max is a multi-hop network wheresecurity is a major issue in designing such networks. Designing a secure Wi-Max is a major

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action Aaron S. Bradshaw, Merrimack College Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. Merrimack College Franklin Miguel, Merrimack CollegeAbstractAdded to solid technical skills, there are a number of “soft” skills that a civil engineer must possess to besuccessful in practice. A concept for a course is proposed where students can develop technical and non-technical practice skills using the learning approach of reflective action which was first introduced byDonald Schon in the 1980’s. Reflective action is demonstrated through a design problem involving

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Finite Element Method - A Tool for Learning Runway DesignAbstractA computer program was developed by idealizing flexible pavement into a finite element continuum. Alayered pavement was idealized as an axisymmetric solid with finite boundaries in both radial and axialdirections. The axisymmetric body was then divided into a set of ring elements, rectangular in section andconnected along their nodal circles. Because of symmetry, the three-dimensional problem reduces to atwo dimensional case. The program is capable of handling changes of material properties such asResilient Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio in both vertical and horizontal directions. Several other elasticmultilayered

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

A Ball-on-Beam System with an Embedded Controller David Evanko, Arend Dorsett, Chiu Choi, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Electrical Engineering University of North FloridaAbstract --This paper describes the design and construction of a ball-on-beam balance system driven byan embedded controller. This embedded control system is intended for linear controls education. Theadvantages of this system are as follows: first, it can be used for demonstrating proportional, PI, PD, PID,and velocity feedback controllers in action. Among these controllers, the velocity feedback wasimplemented into the embedded controller for controlling the position of

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Abdelrahman Elleithy; Alaa Abuzaghleh; Abdelshakour Abuzneid

A NEW MECHANISM TO SOLVE IEEE 802.16 AUTHENTICATION VULNERABILITIE Abdelrahman Elleithy, Alaa Abuzaghleh, Abdelshakour Abuzneid Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Abstract- Wi-Max (Worldwide) Interoperability for Microwave Access is a new technology that canprovide broadband access at a high bandwidth. The availability of microwaves towers provides a verycost effective for delivering high bandwidth in metropolitan. Wi-Max is a multi-hop network wheresecurity is a major issue in designing such networks. Designing a secure Wi-Max is a major

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

David Evanko; Arend Dorsett; Chiu Choi

A Ball-on-Beam System with an Embedded Controller David Evanko, Arend Dorsett, Chiu Choi, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Electrical Engineering University of North FloridaAbstract --This paper describes the design and construction of a ball-on-beam balance system driven byan embedded controller. This embedded control system is intended for linear controls education. Theadvantages of this system are as follows: first, it can be used for demonstrating proportional, PI, PD, PID,and velocity feedback controllers in action. Among these controllers, the velocity feedback wasimplemented into the embedded controller for controlling the position of

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Abdelrahman Elleithy; Alaa Abuzaghleh; Abdelshakour Abuzneid

A NEW MECHANISM TO SOLVE IEEE 802.16 AUTHENTICATION VULNERABILITIE Abdelrahman Elleithy, Alaa Abuzaghleh, Abdelshakour Abuzneid Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Abstract- Wi-Max (Worldwide) Interoperability for Microwave Access is a new technology that canprovide broadband access at a high bandwidth. The availability of microwaves towers provides a verycost effective for delivering high bandwidth in metropolitan. Wi-Max is a multi-hop network wheresecurity is a major issue in designing such networks. Designing a secure Wi-Max is a major

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action Aaron S. Bradshaw, Merrimack College Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. Merrimack College Franklin Miguel, Merrimack CollegeAbstractAdded to solid technical skills, there are a number of “soft” skills that a civil engineer must possess to besuccessful in practice. A concept for a course is proposed where students can develop technical and non-technical practice skills using the learning approach of reflective action which was first introduced byDonald Schon in the 1980’s. Reflective action is demonstrated through a design problem involving

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jean-Paul Brice; Matthew Stein

A 3D Manipulation Robot for Internet Use with Sensory Substitution Jean-Paul Brice Roger Williams University Matthew Stein Roger Williams UniversityAbstract The Ihands project [1] at Roger Williams University is an online robot that allows Internet usersto manipulate objects through a graphical user interface. The robot resembles a hand with two pairs ofopposed fingers and a perpendicular thumb. The fingers are integrated with sensors to provide hapticfeedback to the users. Users also have visual feedback and are able to move the hand and grab objectsplaced on a

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action Aaron S. Bradshaw, Merrimack College Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. Merrimack College Franklin Miguel, Merrimack CollegeAbstractAdded to solid technical skills, there are a number of “soft” skills that a civil engineer must possess to besuccessful in practice. A concept for a course is proposed where students can develop technical and non-technical practice skills using the learning approach of reflective action which was first introduced byDonald Schon in the 1980’s. Reflective action is demonstrated through a design problem involving

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Finite Element Method - A Tool for Learning Runway DesignAbstractA computer program was developed by idealizing flexible pavement into a finite element continuum. Alayered pavement was idealized as an axisymmetric solid with finite boundaries in both radial and axialdirections. The axisymmetric body was then divided into a set of ring elements, rectangular in section andconnected along their nodal circles. Because of symmetry, the three-dimensional problem reduces to atwo dimensional case. The program is capable of handling changes of material properties such asResilient Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio in both vertical and horizontal directions. Several other elasticmultilayered

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Gyamerah, Prairie View A&M University; Irvin Osborne-Lee, Prairie View A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2008-2958: DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOENGINEERING CONCENTRATION INTHE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&MUNIVERSITY: OUTCOMES AND LESSONS LEARNEDFelecia Nave, Prairie View A&M UniversityMichael Gyamerah, Prairie View A&M UniversityIrvin Osborne-Lee, Prairie View A&M University Page 13.404.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Development of a Bioengineering Concentration in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University Outcomes and Lesson LearnedAbstract With the daily advances in biotechnology, the increasing importance of nanotechnologyand exponential demand for a

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

AC 2008-1546: ANALYSIS OF VERBAL DATA FROM AUTOMATED SYSTEMDESIGN PROBLEM-SOLVINGSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (“Tony”) Hsieh is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2008-1149: LABORATORIES ENHANCEMENT WITH LABVIEW-BASEDGRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLSSuxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Suxia Cui is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Technology at Prairie View A&M University. She received her BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University in 1997 and 1999 respectively. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University in 2003. Her research interests include digital signal processing, data compression, image processing, video coding, and wavelets.Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang received the B.S. degree in technical physics from Xidian

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

AC 2008-297: IMPLEMENTATION OF CAD/CAM/CNC CURRICULUM USINGMASTERCAM X SOFTWARE IN TECHNICAL PROGRAMSFarzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Page 13.702.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Implementation of CAD/CAM/CNC Curriculum Using MastercamX Software in Technical ProgramsIntroductionOne of the major contributions to the growing acceptance of Computer Numerical Control(CNC) has been the development of Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). A ComputerAided Manufacturing (CAM) program uses a CAD drawing, and then adds the cuttingparameters to generate the CNC program.MastercamX is PC-based CAD/CAM software, which