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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

line of CNC-machined parts [4]. Some of itscustomers include GE, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, and Lockheed Martin. 
Over the last four years, MRAS has seen considerable growth in revenues, with businessincreasing 74%. The organization continues to expand its workforce to meet increasingcustomer demand, hiring over 300 new employees since 2004. The one million square footfacility contains manufacturing, laboratory, and engineering facilities designed specifically forthe development and production of aerospace systems [4].According to MRAS, the organization is constantly finding ways to improve its programs andprocesses. The company remains committed to designing and building aerostructures for today'sneeds and tomorrow's vision, while

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

design “Community Design Laboratory” offers architecture studentsexposure to “multiple issues and techniques” in a multidisciplinary setting with landscapearchitecture and city & regional planning students. The course description includes “analysis ofnatural features, climate, existing land uses, quality of the built environment” and “developingLEED-ND compliance analyses.”Other notable architecture programs that offer courses in sustainable site planning and designtopics are:Pratt Institute, New York - the graduate program includes a seminar titled “SustainableDevelopment Seminar” with the following course description: “The purpose of the Seminar is toexpose Pratt Graduate Students and other interested parties to the issues of

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

presentations. All three were involved inevaluating the presentations, and every project was awarded either an “A-” or an “A” based onquality of presentation and technical depth. The evaluators all felt that in general the studentswere very enthusiastic, had put in a high degree of effort, and had digested a significant amountof information.A laboratory segment was included to provide the student a greater insight and understanding ofthe electrical engineering principles and concepts that are at the foundation of RFID technology.Due to a limited inventory of hardware and software in spring 2007 the lab experiments consistedof a set of demonstrations rather than a hands-on exercise. Since then a sufficient inventory oftags and readers have been obtained

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

investigation of cognitive learning within the engineering profession is rather new, it hasbeen accepted by other fields of education with the most notable being the study of medicine. Untilrecently, the four-year medical school experience centered around lecture and laboratory work, somewhatsimilar to engineering education, with clinical work occurring primarily during the fourth year. Todaymany medical schools include clinical experience early in the medical school experience because studentshave demonstrated a better grasp of material when they are concurrently studying in “traditional” coursesand experience greater cognitive learning through the combination of clinical (problem-based learning)and lecture activities.1 A similar inclusion of

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

Inclusion. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.[23] Morell, L. Women in Engineering. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.Biographical InformationDr. Elif Kongar received her BS degree from the Industrial Engineering Department of Yildiz TechnicalUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1995. In June 1997, she received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering fromthe same university where, she was awarded full scholarship for graduate studies in the USA. She obtained herPh.D. degree in June 2003. She has been a research associate in the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing(LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Syed S. Rizvi; Aasia Riasat; Muhammad S. Rashid

that can ensure the availably of required FB into the RH.References[1] Andre DeHon, “Reconfigurable Architectures for General-Purpose Computing,” A.I. Technical Report, No. 1586, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, 1996.[2] Hartej Singh, Ming-Hau Lee, Guangming Lu, Fadi J, Kurdahi, and Nader Bagherzadeh, ”MorphoSys: An Integrated Reconfigurable System for Data Parallel Computation-Intensive Applications,” Transactions on Computers, Vol. 49, Issue 5, pp. 465 – 481, May 2000.[3] T. J. Callahan, J. R. Kouser, and J. Wawrzynek, “The GARP Architecture and C Compiler,” IEEE Computer, Vol. 33, Issue. 4, pp: 62 – 69, April 2000.[4] Y. Chou, P. Pillai, H. Schmit, and J. P. Shen, “Pipe-Rench Implementation of the Instruction Path

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

ankle motions are similar to the natural motions of thehuman ankle. In the lab, students will analyze the stresses in the inner sockets of rigid and mobile ankles(applying compressive and flexural loading) using the material testing system (MTS) available in theMechanics of Materials Laboratory at Mercer University. 8References[1] Scott M., Ankle Anatomy, Family Practice Notebook.com, 2008[2] Muilenburg, A.L., and Wilson, Jr., A. B., A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees, 1996 Retrieved July 14, 2007 from http://www.oandp.com/resources/patientinfo/manuals/7.htm.[3] Yachigusa R., Wandering Around Martial Arts, Samurai, A

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Kara Cokeley; Claire Mockler; Min Feng Zheng; James Patrick Abulencia

have done and what could be done in a college laboratory tounderstand how to obtain biodiesel from algae. At this point we also chose a strain of algae togrow and eventually extract the necessary components to make our own biodiesel. The strainchosen was Neochloris oleoabundans, a freshwater microalga. Through our literature research, we were able to understand the process behind obtainingbiodiesel from algae, and it is not a simple one. The production of biodiesel starts with theextraction of fatty acids and two of the more popular methods, involving an external energysource, are ultrasound-assisted extraction and microwave-assisted extraction. Research has beendone that concludes microwave-assisted extraction is the best method to

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ronald C. Lasky

too weak to travel 20 kilometers, too much light and itwould violate laser safety requirements. Unfortunately, due to the small size of the fiber core, 1about 9 micrometers, geometric optics does not suffice. Therefore, the modeling of thisphenomenon requires numerical integration of laser optical modes to the fiber optical modes.Figure 1, is a physical schematic of this system.Fortunately, I had discovered a young PhD at an optical research laboratory who had developed acomputer program to calculate the coupling of light in such optical systems. My productspecifications were such at I could tolerate a 3 dB power loss within the mechanical

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Robert Schudy

,and other areas while at BBN Technologies, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, TASC, and Symbolics. Hisbusiness experience includes IT director, CEO, and chief scientist. He can be reached atrschudy@bu.edu.References 1. Vijay Kanabar, “INTRODUCING KNOWLEDGE-BASED PROJECTS IN A SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT COURSE”, ACM SIGCSE Proceedings, 1988, p 114-118 2. Manual for Preparing and Teaching Courses in the Online MSCIS Program November 8, 2005 3. Documentation and Product references to the various vendors – Microsoft, Google, Iocom, Twitter, Gantter.com, Blogger, Vista, Blackboard, Wimba.

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Julie N. Renner; Kathy E. Ayers

establish a network. In addition, the research fellow was asked to be part of multiple teams in a technical sup pport role by conducting laboratory experiments, supportin ng government reporting activities, acting as an academicc liaison, and providing technical guidance to engineers. This experience provided a broad technical exposure

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Marwah Almasri; Khaled Elleithy

popular topic among researchers as it incorporates newtechnologies and perspectives. Therefore, it is crucial to pay This model was introduced by the U.S. Joint Directors of Laboratories (JDL) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) [6]. However, it has been revised by other researchersattention to this type of network for exploring solutions to such as Steinberg et al [7]. The JDL model is one of the data-many problems. A WSN is composed of a huge number of based

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Daniel Gebremicheal; Paul Cotae

Science and Service System (CSSS), International conference, pp. 2004 – 2007, Jun.2011.[8] P. Cotae,” Blind Doppler Estimation and Compensation in the Underwater Communications,” Technical report submitted to the Naval Research Laboratories, Washington DC, Sept. 2009.[9] A. Patel and B. Kosko, “Stochastic resonance in continuous and spiking Nearon models with levy noise neyman-pearson signal detection,’’ IEEETrans on Neural Networks.,Volume.19,pp. 1993 – 2008,Dec.2008. 5

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Eman Abdel Fattah

REFERENCES [1] Y. Rodriguez-Gallo Guerra, J. P. B. Rodriguez, and C. R. Beltran, “Development of laboratory practice on WiMAX IEEE 802.16d physical layer,” Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching (TAEE), pp. 216 - 221, 2012.Bit Error Rate [2] M. D. Patidar, R.; Jain, N.K.; Kulpariya, S., “Performance analysis of WiMAX

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

investigation of cognitive learning within the engineering profession is rather new, it hasbeen accepted by other fields of education with the most notable being the study of medicine. Untilrecently, the four-year medical school experience centered around lecture and laboratory work, somewhatsimilar to engineering education, with clinical work occurring primarily during the fourth year. Todaymany medical schools include clinical experience early in the medical school experience because studentshave demonstrated a better grasp of material when they are concurrently studying in “traditional” coursesand experience greater cognitive learning through the combination of clinical (problem-based learning)and lecture activities.1 A similar inclusion of

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

ankle motions are similar to the natural motions of thehuman ankle. In the lab, students will analyze the stresses in the inner sockets of rigid and mobile ankles(applying compressive and flexural loading) using the material testing system (MTS) available in theMechanics of Materials Laboratory at Mercer University. 8References[1] Scott M., Ankle Anatomy, Family Practice Notebook.com, 2008[2] Muilenburg, A.L., and Wilson, Jr., A. B., A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees, 1996 Retrieved July 14, 2007 from http://www.oandp.com/resources/patientinfo/manuals/7.htm.[3] Yachigusa R., Wandering Around Martial Arts, Samurai, A

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Mir M. Atiqullah

laboratory for fabrication of the panels. Bibliography 1. Callister Jr., William D., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,” 7th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007. 2. Schwartz, M.M., “Composite Materials handbook,” McGraw-Hill Inc. New York, 1984. 3. Reihart, T.J. et al., editors, “Engineered Materials Handbook Volume I Composites,” ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1987. 4. Gdoutos, E.E., Pilakoutas, K. and Rodopoulos, C.A., Editors, “Failure Analysis of Industrial Composite Materials,” McGraw-Hill, 2000. 5. Mallick, P.K., “Fiber-Reinforced Composites: materials, manufacturing, and design,” CRC Press

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

presentations. All three were involved inevaluating the presentations, and every project was awarded either an “A-” or an “A” based onquality of presentation and technical depth. The evaluators all felt that in general the studentswere very enthusiastic, had put in a high degree of effort, and had digested a significant amountof information.A laboratory segment was included to provide the student a greater insight and understanding ofthe electrical engineering principles and concepts that are at the foundation of RFID technology.Due to a limited inventory of hardware and software in spring 2007 the lab experiments consistedof a set of demonstrations rather than a hands-on exercise. Since then a sufficient inventory oftags and readers have been obtained

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

Inclusion. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.[23] Morell, L. Women in Engineering. in ASEE, EDI 2007 – Diversity in Engineering. 2007. San Juan, PR.Biographical InformationDr. Elif Kongar received her BS degree from the Industrial Engineering Department of Yildiz TechnicalUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 1995. In June 1997, she received her MS degree in Industrial Engineering fromthe same university where, she was awarded full scholarship for graduate studies in the USA. She obtained herPh.D. degree in June 2003. She has been a research associate in the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing(LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

, Tianjin and Qingdao and proposebuilding design criteria for athlete housing facilities to address these hazards.8. Analyze and recommend techniques that allow large populations of people to communicatesimultaneously during the event.4This competition is an excellent venue to bring students that excel in various subject areas together inmulti-disciplinary teams to develop solutions to applied engineering problems. Field Trips to the UniversityAs a component of the partnership, it is important to bring middle and high school students onto theUniversity campus to experience first-hand engineering and science activities and laboratories. In thisrespect, trips have been arranged or are in the planning stages for several collaborative

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Michael J. Rust; Abe Kamal

. BackgroundOutreach programs by colleges and universities that are intended to disseminate engineeringknowledge and applications into local K-12 schools are not, in themselves, new concepts. Theuniqueness and specificity of the interactive nature of such programs are indeed the requisitecatalysts for new visions. As a result, some programs have experienced varied degrees ofsuccess, inequity, and sustainability.Lehigh University, a relatively small, private academic institution, launched an outreach programin 2002 for local middle and high school students1. Through this program, undergraduate seniorsand graduate students in Materials Science and Engineering disciplines developed practicaldemonstrations and laboratories in their respective subject matter. The

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

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Buket D. Barkana; Nelson Ngoh; Allen Cook

. • Be able to prepare instructional course materials for the classroom. • Develop a range of skills relating to the presentation of course materials in a formal setting.Course Activities: • Lectures and Discussions • Lab activities: Hands-on computer experienceGrading:Midterm exam: 30%Homework: 20%Final Project/Exam: 50%Organization of the Course: Lectures and LabsStudents are organized into groups of 2 or 3. Laboratory sessions are usually 2-3 hours. Sets ofreadings for each lab have to be read before class. Some readings are in text. Others will behanded out. Lecture will cover background material pertinent to lab, in these areas: • The physiology of speech production • The respiratory system • The acoustics and

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Frank Caserta; Robert J. Lind; Loutfallah G. Chedid

-level analysis, modeling, and design”. This Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education relatively new program also maintains the Wentworth Institute of Technology’s focus on hands-on laboratories with faculty instructors, small class sizes, and work-coop experiences. Theprogram is highly successful placing graduates in industry and graduate programs. More than35% of all Wentworth Institute of Technology students typically accept permanent employmentwith their co-op employer[16].The literature on studies of how or why students chose particular majors suggested, as well as

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Warren Rosen

modern microprocessors 3. Build and program a simple microcomputer system 4. Interface basic I/O components to a microcomputer 5. Understand advanced microprocessor concepts such as pipelining, superscalar processing, and the Core 2 architectureThese objectives are achieved through a combination of lectures, outside (primarily web-based)reading assignments, hands-on laboratory exercises, and the construction of the Z80-basedmicrocomputer.The course is offered in an 11-week quarter term format. The course begins with a conventionalintroduction to microprocessors, including such topics as history of microprocessors, internalorganization, and common microprocessor families. Next, programming in assembly is discussedand the students

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Robert T. Bailey

students take notes. Perhaps because the subject is taken by so many engineeringstudents across multiple disciplines, a number of investigators have developed and examinedinnovative teaching strategies for improving student learning in Statics. (See, for example, [2-4].)There are several well-established textbooks for Statics, one of which is Engineering Mechanics:Statics by R.C. Hibbeler [1]. To assist the instructor, a set of PowerPoint® slides that are linkedto the textbook can be downloaded from the publisher’s website. These slides were originallycreated by Danielson and Mehta as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program grant to develop resource materialsthat leveraged relatively

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Junichi Kanai; Mark Anderson

content and quality. The system made asignificant impact on the outcome of the project results. This paper will present issues indeploying the tools and the best practices for using these tools in capstone design courses.IntroductionTo become successful engineers, students must learn technical knowledge, good communication,skills, and teamwork skills. Traditional lecture-based coursework focuses on providing a solidtheoretical foundation and analytical skills for each of the various disciplines. On the other hand,laboratory courses and engineering design courses are often used to teach communication andteamwork skills4. Typical communication skills include, but are not limited to, maintaininglab/design notebooks, writing technical reports, and

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Olga Lepsky; Michael Werner

. CONCLUSIONIn the “Algorithms Design and Analysis” course, students tried modifying algorithms to achieve a betterperformance (example 2.5), to apply it to a slightly different or a more general problem (examples 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5),to improve the output (ensuring uniqueness for a particular input in example 2.2 and eliminating bias in example2.3). While easier problems were given to all the students in the homework / laboratory assignments, the morechallenging questions on modifying algorithms were given as extra credit bonuses and later discussed with thewhole class. Exams showed that the students understood and better remembered the algorithms for which possibletweaks were discussed. Students told us in their evaluations that tweaking the algorithms

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

nanomedicine research project that could beconducted from at least two different perspectives within different laboratories (and ifappropriate, via an internship as well). For some students, the proposed research was acontinuation of their primary thesis project; for others, it was an opportunity to develop a newsecondary research direction. Trainees were asked to select at least one scientific co-mentorduring the application process; however, many took the initiative to cultivate additional mentorsover their 2-year training period (Table 1). Sources of formal and informal mentorship wereidentified from trainee progress reports, meetings, interviews, and publications. Table 1. Trainee utilization of mentoring during their Nanomedicine research

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jeffrey R. Mountain

transfer, materials and manufacturing, and mechanical systems design.(f) an understanding of professional and ethical 6. Recognize and achieve a high level of professionalresponsibility and ethical conduct in all aspects of engineering work.(g) an ability to communicate effectively 7. Formulate and deliver effective written and verbal communications of laboratory, analytical, and design project work to a variety of audiences.(h) the broad education

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Michael J. Davidson

the structure, in a three dimensionalmodel and through the use of add-on software and/or third party software analyze and design thestructure. As educators, how do we, or for that matter do we, bring this software to theclassroom or laboratory. It allows our students to solve complex problems and potentially makesthem more marketable. However, if all we teach is the software, who answers the question “ Dothe results make sense?” As of today and it may change in the future, the computer does nothave a professional engineering stamp and the software provider implicitly states that it shares noliability and make no guarantees concerning the use of the output from its software. Is itpossible to make tens of thousands of input entries and have no