Spring 2007 Middle Atlantic Section Proceedings Archive (PDFs)

• 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge – Highland Racing
  E. Hou, T. N. Chang, A. Dhawan, J. Ji, E. Luxford, D. Rodriguez, W. Stoddart, and S. Siddiqui
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• A Better Way to Illustrate Atmospheric Dispersion in the Classroom
  Phil Dacunto and Mike Hendricks
  United States Military Academy
  
• A New Freshmen Engineering Design Experience in Chemical Engineering at NJIT
  R. Barat, G. DiBenedetto, and T. Boland
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• A software for the shear design of rectangular reinforced Concrete beams
  Ashlee Pieris, PE
  Raritan Valley Community College
  
• African-American Engineers: Social and Cultural Solutions for Underrepresentation
  Levern Rollins-Haynes, PhD (Orange County Community College)
  LTC Keith L. Haynes, PhD (United States Military Academy)
  
• An Experimental Process Course
  Graham Walker
  Manhattan College
  
• An Innovative Outreach Program on Mechanical Contracting for College-Bound High School Students
  Fatih Oncul, Ph.D., Marty Drobny, Melvin Lewis, M.S., and Faruk Apaydin, M.S., P.E
  
• An integrated Approach to Creating Student-Awareness, Pedagogy and Efficient Management of Multi-Cultural Teams in Engineering Projects
  Anilkumar Bhate, M.G. Prasad, and Lex McCusker
  Stevens Institute of Technology
  
• Assessment and Improvement – Defining Best Practice
  William E. Kelly
  The Catholic University of America
  
• Camp Pharma: A Novel Initiative to Generate a Pipeline of Diverse Student Talents in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  Laurent Simon, Piero Armenante, and Rajesh Dave
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Challenges in Teaching a Digital Signal Processing Course to International Graduate Students
  Kalyan Mondal, Ph.D.
  Fairleigh Dickinson University
  
• Closed Book Vs. Open Book Tests and Examinations in Statics
  Aiman Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E.
  Penn State Fayette
  
• Designing a Multi-Disciplinary Hybrid Vehicle Systems Course Curriculum Suitable for Multiple Departments
  Vincent Winstead
  Minnesota State University
  
• Developing Methods for Assessing (Diverse) Lifelong Learning Skills
  Shaina Slonim and Dr. Richard Puerzer
  Hofstra University
  
• Distance Learning with Limited Bandwidth
  Br. Henry Chaya FSC
  Manhattan College
  
• Diversity in the Development of Computing Projects
  Fani Zlatarova
  Elizabethtown College
  
• Diversity in Uniform: An Approach To Teaching Introductory Information Technology
  John C. Giordano and J. Scot Ransbottom
  United States Military Academy
  
• DIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION URBAN SPEED LIMITS: AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
  Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE and Pathickal Polouse, PhD
  University of the District of Columbia
  
• Engineering Clinics for Teachers
  Kauser Jahan and Kathleen Sernak
  Rowan University
  
• Engineering our Future New Jersey: Partnerships, the Critical Element
  Elisabeth McGrath and Dawna Schultz
  Stevens Institute of Technology
  
• Engineering Success & Successful Engineering: A West Point Cadet Project with NASA Illustrates the Value of Diversity
  Lou Harrington, Austin Bartlett, Quentin Willard, Jason McKay, Bruce Brown and Ernest Wong
  United States Military Academy
  
• Enrollment of Women In Undergraduate Civil Engineering Programs
  Peggy A. Johnson
  Penn State University
  
• EOP@NJIT: Diversity Personified
  Laurence (Tony) Howell
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Equal Opportunity in Engineering Education
  Hassan A. Kalhor and Mohammad R. Zunoubi
  State University of New York
  
• Ethics at Various Engineering Programs
  Aiman Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E.
  Penn State Fayette
  
• Impediments to Increasing Diversity in Post-secondary Education
  Carol Siri Johnson
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Information Disclosure Incidents and Computing Education
  Stefan A. Robila
  Montclair State University
  
• Intelligent Design and Engineering Design Education
  Suzanne Keilson
  Loyola College
  
• Libraries 101 for International Students
  Adriana Popescu
  Princeton University
  
• Modifying the Existing Non-invasive Optical Glucose Sensing Device and Demonstrating the Optical Rotatory Effect of glucose in the presence of Glucose Medium
  Sunghoon Jang, Robert Russo, and Hong Li
  New York City College of Technology of CUNY
  
• New Jersey Institute of Technology’s K-16 Programs to Enhance Diversity in the Technical Work Force
  DERAN HANESIAN AND ANGELO J. PERNA
  Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates in Engineered Nano- Composite Particulate Materials at NJIT
  K. A. Narh and R. N. Dave
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Solving problems in packed absorption using Mathcad®
  E.N. Bart, J. Kisutcza
  NJIT
  
• Some Tested Methods and Tools for Real-life Exposure in an Academic Setting for Millennial Generation Engineering Students
  Paul G. Ranky, PhD
  NJIT
  
• Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Petrochemical Industry
  Stephanie Farrell
  Rowan University
  
• Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Student Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Pharmaceutical Industry
  L. Kuczynski, C. McGuinness, S. Farrell, B. G. Lefebvre, and C. S. Slater
  Rowan University
  
• Student Enrollment at a Large Technical University: Encouraging Women to Enter the Engineering Profession
  V. Briller, Ed.D., E. Deess, Ph.D., R. Calluori, Ph.D., and K. Joshi
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• Teaching Engineering Students Energy Conservation
  Hassan A. Kalhor and Mohammad R. Zunoubi
  State University of New York
  
• Tech X Ploration: A Summer Institute for High School Girls or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation
  Josephine Lamela and Prof. James Finne (Middlesex County College)
  Karen Ford (New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education)
  Deborah Iacontino (Perth Amboy Public School System)
  
• The Design of a Robust Tool for the Measurement of Understanding the Impact of Engineering Solutions
  Michelle Albanese and Dr. Richard J. Puerzer
  Hofstra University
  
• The K-16 Engineering Pipeline: A Working Model
  Howard Kimmel, John Carpinelli, Rosa Cano, and Angelo Perna
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• The Role of Cultural Diversity in Enhancing Engineering Education
  Dr. M.G. Prasad
  Stevens Institute of Technology
  
• THE TRANSITION FROM THE 8085 TO THE “MODERN” WORLD
  James S. Finne, PE (Middlesex County College)
  John Carpinelli, PhD and William Barnes, PE (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  
• Tracing the Execution of Computer Programs – Report on a Classroom Method
  Tom M. Warms and Renee Drobish
  Pennsylvania State University Abington College
  
• Use of Knowledge and Skill Builders (KSBs) in a Measurements Laboratory Course
  Charles H. Forsberg
  Hofstra University
  
• Using Primitive Engineering as a Tool for Introducing Engineering Design Concepts for K-12 Outreach: Experiences with Trebuchets and Waterwheels
  Alfonso Ortega and Stephanie Rodriguez
  Villanova University
  
• Using Working Model Simulations in a First Statics Course
  Shari J. Klotzkin (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  Howard S. Kimmel (NJIT, Newark, NJ)
  
• What Students Say are the Top Engineering Challenges of the Future
  Seamus Freyne
  Manhattan College
  

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