AC 2011-754: DIGITAL DESIGN MEETS DSPChristopher S Greene, University of Saint Thomas Christopher Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology (MIT) and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on adaptive control and navigation systems before becoming Program Manager for several large aerospace programs. At Horton and Nexen, he was responsible for the development of industrial control products. In 2002, Dr. Greene joined the engineering department at the University of St. Thomas where he currently is the Pro- gram Director for Electrical Engineering and teaches classes in signals and systems, controls and digital design as
AC 2011-140: ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY FOR NON-ENGINERINGAND NON-SCIENCE MAJORSRobert M. Brooks, Temple University Dr. Robert M. Brooks is an associate professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University. He is a registered professional engineer in PA and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His research interests are Civil Engineering Materials, Transportation Engineering, and Engineering Education.Jyothsna K S, Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore Secured a gold Medal for the highest aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature Course at St.Joseph’s College (Autonomous). Working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for
AC 2011-1849: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF GO!: AN INNOVA-TIVE ONLINE PUBLICATION TO ATTRACT TEENS TO TRANSPORTA-TIONShashi S. Nambisan, Iowa State University Shashi Nambisan, PhD, PE, is Director of the Institute for Transportation and a Professor of Civil Engi- neering the at Iowa State University. He enjoys working with students and he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of Transportation systems as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. Dr. Nambisan has led efforts on over 150 research projects. He has taught over a dozen under- graduate and graduate courses in various areas related to transportation systems as well as undergraduate capstone design courses. He also has been very
AC 2011-1426: BEST PRACTICES IN K-12 ENGINEERING – ASSESS-MENTS OF PARTICIPANT OUTCOMESSusan E. Walden, University of OklahomaEugene F. Brown, Virginia Tech EUGENE BROWN Eugene Brown is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has worked with ONR and DoD since 2001 on STEM-outreach-related work-force development issues. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics and is the author of many papers and reports describing his research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics, fluid mechanics, and his work in STEM outreach.Ms. Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder MALINDA SCHAEFER ZARSKE is a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder
Ulseth, Itasca Community College Ulseth is an engineering instructor at Itasca Community and Iron Range Engineering. He is the co- developer of both programs. For the past 20 years he has taught physics, statics, dynamics, fluid mechan- ics, and thermodynamics. For the past 10 years Ulseth has worked with a diverse group of engineering educators to develop and prototype a 100% project-based BS Engineering curriculum.Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Steif is professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Sc.B. in engineering from Brown University (1979) and M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1982) degrees from Harvard University in applied mechanics. He has been active as a
AC 2011-1472: DERIVING ORIGINAL SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS AS ANASSIGNMENT IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY COURSESMurray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach, CA Murray Teitell, Ph.D. is a Professor at DeVry University, Long Beach, CA. He teaches courses in math- ematics, science and technology. His research interests are algorithms, solutions of equations and active learning. He is a Director of the Mathematics Division of ASEE.William S. Sullivan, DeVry University, Long Beach Page 22.422.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Deriving Original Systems of Equations
Investigator Award in 2005.Prof. Andreas S Spanias, Arizona State University, ECEE, SenSIP Center Andreas Spanias is Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also the founder and director of the SenSIP center and industry consortium (NSF I/UCRC). His research interests are in the areas of adaptive signal processing, speech processing, and audio sensing. He and his student team developed the computer simulation software Java-DSP (J- DSP - ISBN 0-9724984-0-0). He is author of two text books: Audio Processing and Coding by Wiley and DSP; An Interactive Approach. He served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and as General
AC 2011-1485: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IN-TERMEDIATE DESIGN COURSE USING ACTIVE LEARNINGJohn S. Lamancusa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park John S. Lamancusa is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Founding Director of the Learning Factory at Penn State. Before coming to Penn State in 1984, he was employed at AT&T Bell Labora- tories where his technical experience included electronic packaging, product design and acoustic design of telecommunications equipment. At Penn State, he teaches courses in design, vibrations, noise control, product dissection and mechatronics, and supervises senior design projects. He is the faculty advisor for Penn State’s student chapter of Engineers
. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Windsor. Dr. Urbanic is presently an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor. Her interests include integrating advanced technologies into manufacturing systems, in conjunction with balancing human characteristics and capabilities within the technical and business environments.Susan S. Sawyer-Beaulieu, University of Windsor Dr. Sawyer-Beaulieu a has more than 30 years professional engineering experience, including 10 years in the mining and mineral processing industry, 7 years in the metals recycling industry, 8 years in consulting, and holds professional engineering licenses in Ontario and Quebec. She is currently working as a Post Doctoral Fellow at the
Session 1608 Session 1608 Introducing Biomedical Engineering Content into Biological Engineering Courses Susan M. Blanchard, John E. Parsons, S. Andrew Hale, Larry F. Stikeleather, James H. Young, Roger P. Rohrbach Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NCAbstractThe Biological Engineering (BE) degree program in the Department of Biological andAgricultural Engineering at NC State University offers
Robotic Systems" Proc. IEEE Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. pp. 3385-3370.2. Fernandez, J.A., Gonzalez, J. "NEXUS: a flexible, efficient and robust framework for integrating software components of a robotic system" Proc. IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation , 1998. Volume: 1 , pp.: 524 -529.3. Walter, J.A. "SORMA: interoperating distributed robotics hardware" Proc. IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation , 1998. Volume: 4 , pp.: 3511 -3518 .4. Farritor, S., Dubowsky, S., Rutman, N., Cole, J. "A systems-level modular design approach to field robotics" Proc. IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation , 1998. Vol. 4 , Pp.: 2890 –2895.5. Sanderson, A.C. "Modular robotics: design and examples" Proc. IEEE
Session 2259 Strain Gage Based Instrumentation for In-Situ Diesel Fuel Injection System Diagnostics Zoran S. Filipi, Samuel C. Homsy, Kevin M. Morrison, Steven J. Hoffman, David R. Dowling, Dennis N. Assanis W. E. Lay Automotive Lab Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2121 ABSTRACT Dynamic start of injection (SOI) is identified as one of the key injection parameters
Session 1461 Cooperative Learning: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problem-Based Environmental Education Dennis B. George, Melissa S. Goldsipe, Arthur C. Goldsipe, Martha J.M. Wells, and Harsha N. Mookherjee Center for the Management, Utilization, and Protection of Water Resources/Department of Sociology, Tennessee Technological UniversityBeginning in the year 2001, engineering education programs in the United States seekingaccreditation will be evaluated according to Engineering Criteria 2000 developed by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology 1. Outcome
Paper ID #10088Work-in-Progress: The Platform-Independent Remote Monitoring System(PIRMS) for Situating Users in the Field VirtuallyMr. Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Tech Daniel S. Brogan is a PhD student in Engineering Education with BS and MS degrees in Electrical En- gineering. He has completed several graduate courses in engineering education pertinent to this research. He is the key developer of the PIRMS and leads the LEWAS lab development and implementation work. He has mentored two NSF/REU Site students in the LEWAS lab. He assisted in the development and implementation of curricula for introducing the LEWAS at VWCC
Paper ID #9962Methods for Examining the Educational Pathways of Adult MakersDr. Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Micah Lande teaches human-centered design innovation at Arizona State University and researches how engineers learn and apply a design process to their work. He is an assistant professor in the Depart- ment of Engineering on Arizona State University’s Polytechnic campus.Dr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Shawn Jordan, Ph.D.is an Assistant Professor in theDepartment of Engineering atArizona State Univer- sity. He is the PI on three NSF-funded projects
Paper ID #9624Perspectives on Failure in the Classroom by Elementary Teachers New toTeaching EngineeringDr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is 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, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. As a pre-service teacher educator, she includes engineering in her elementary and early
Paper ID #9673Promoting the Adoption of Innovative Teaching Practices by TransportationEngineering Faculty in a WorkshopMafruhatul Jannat, Oregon State UniversityDr. David S Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David S. Hurwitz is an assistant professor of transportation engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. David conducts research in the areas of transporta- tion user behavior, traffic control, transportation safety, driving & bicycling simulation, and engineering education. In particular Dr. Hurwitz is interested in the consideration of user behavior in the design
Paper ID #10812Students Pursuing Senior Projects Analyze the Public Need and Draft thePublic PolicyDr. Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach Murray Teitell is a Professor at DeVry University, Long Beach, California. He teaches courses in mathe- matics, science and technology. His research interests are algorithms, solutions of equations and statistics as they relate to education, engineering and design.Mr. William S. Sullivan, DeVry University, Long Beach Page 24.1131.1 c
Paper ID #10256The Effectiveness of ”Interactive” Slide Presentations for Promoting StudentEngagement in University Engineering CoursesSean A Wirth M.S. Civil Engineering student @ CU Boulder from 2011-2014. Part-time adjunct instructor and CADD Technician. Carried out observations of in-class student engagement levels under direction of Abbie Liel, Ph.D.Dr. Abbie B Liel P.E., University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Abbie B. Liel is an assistant professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder.Prof. John S McCartney, University of Colorado Boulder John S. McCartney
Paper ID #8510The Potential for Computer Tutors to Assist Students Learning to Solve Com-plex ProblemsDr. Paul S. Steif, Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Steif is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Sc.B. in engineering from Brown University (1979) and M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1982) degrees from Harvard University in applied mechanics. He has been active as a teacher and researcher in the field of engineering education and mechanics. His research has focused on student learning of mechanics concepts and devel- oping new course materials and classroom approaches. Drawing upon
Paper ID #9663Traffic Signal System Misconceptions across Three Cohorts: Novice Students,Expert Students, and Practicing EngineersMr. Mohammad Rabiul Islam, Oregon State UniversityDr. David S Hurwitz, Oregon State University Dr. David S. Hurwitz is an assistant professor of transportation engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. David conducts research in the areas of transporta- tion user behavior, traffic control, transportation safety, driving & bicycling simulation, and engineering education. In particular Dr. Hurwitz is interested in the consideration of user
Association of Schools and Colleges. Dr. Wilczynski was named the 2001 Baccalaureate College Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation, the only national award which recognizes outstanding college teaching.Prof. Corey S O’Hern, Yale UniversityProf. Eric R Dufresne, Yale University Director, Center for Engineering Innovation and Design Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Page 24.1320.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using an Engineering Design Center to Infuse Design Experience into a Mechanical Engineering
Paper ID #6635Piloting an Energy Specialist Training Program: Lessons LearnedDr. Sungwon S. Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Sungwon S. Kim joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at MSU Mankato in January of 2011. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University (2008), working in the area of synthesizing carbon nanotubes, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), working in the area of designing and analyzing double spiral heat exchangers, and his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea University (2000
test processes. His research at OU involves GPS Ground Based Augmentation Systems utilizing feedback control. Dr. Davis holds a dual discipline (electrical & mechanical) professional engineering license in the state of Oklahoma.Dr. Pakize S. Pulat, University of Oklahoma Dr. Simin Pulat is the Associate Dean for Undegraduate Education in the College of Engineering and a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Operations Research from the North Carolina State University. Her research interests include broadening STEM education, recruitment and retention of diverse group of engineering students, transportation logistics, lean and six sigma
Paper ID #8226Result-Oriented Engineering Capstone Designs to Aid Persons with Disabili-tiesDr. Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic UniversityDr. Oren Masory, Florida Atlantic UniversityDr. Zvi S Roth Page 23.1043.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Result-Oriented Engineering Capstone Designs to Aid Persons with Disabilities Hanqi Zhuang, Oren Masory, and Zvi Roth College of Engineering and Computer Science
Paper ID #7471STEM Applications: Integrating Informal Learning with the Formal Learn-ing EnvironmentDr. Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation CenterMs. JoAnn M. Marshall, Cyber Innovation Center/National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center JoAnn M. Marshall is the events coordinator for the Cyber Innovation Center. In that role, she recruits schools to participate in the Regional Autonomous Robotics Circuit (RARC), facilitates committee meet- ings, coordinates event logistics, and serves as a resource to participating teachers. JoAnn received her Bachelor degree from the University of Alabama and her Master degree from
Paper ID #5785STEM Think Tank and Conference: Encouraging K-12 Teachers to IntegrateSTEM in the ClassroomDr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner took on the position of director of the Center for STEM Education in April 2011 just as the Center began. An engineer by training and in her ways of thinking, she received a B.S.E. in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1991. She then earned her M.S. from Drexel University in 1993 and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1996. Dr. Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on K
Paper ID #6355Students Use Statistics to Justify Senior Project SelectionDr. Murray Teitell, DeVry University, Long Beach Murray Teitell is a Professor at DeVry University, Long Beach, California. He teaches courses in mathe- matics, science and technology. His research interests are algorithms, solutions of equations and statistics as they relate to education, engineering and design. He is Program Chair-Elect of the Mathematics Divi- sion of ASEE.Mr. William S. Sullivan, DeVry University, Long Beach Page
and was instrumental in the breakthrough EDI/EFT payment system implemented by General Motors. Mr. Ferguson is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University.Dr. Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng. Page 23.1133.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Taxonomy of EntrepreneurshipAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to propose a way of naming and categorizing entrepreneurialactivities or entrepreneurship endeavors and events that clearly and succinctly differentiate onetype of entrepreneurial activity or
Paper ID #6416The State of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Engineering Educa-tion: Where do we go from here?Dr. Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Flora Tsai is a lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and an associate lecturer at Singapore Institute of Management (UniSIM). She has over eleven years of teaching experience for undergraduate software engineering subjects. She was a graduate of MIT, Columbia University, and NTU. Dr Tsai’s current research focuses on developing intelligent techniques for data mining in text and social media. Her recent awards