Spring 2008 Middle Atlantic Section Proceedings Archive (PDFs)

• 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 Florida
  
• Accelerating Engagement of First-Year Students in Academics: Use of Ideas from Quality Literature
  David A Gray
  Messiah College
  
• Adding Automatic Control to the Senior Laboratory Experience
  Harry Knickle and Don Gray
  Chemical Engineering, URI
  
• A Model for a Bi-lingual Curriculum
  Abdelrahman M Rabie
  Associate Professor, ISAT Department, James Madison University
  
  Rahman Haleem
  Assistant Professor and Director, Institute for Technological Innovations (ITI)
  Zayed University
  
• A NEW MECHANISM TO SOLVE IEEE 802.16 AUTHENTICATION VULNERABILITIE
  Abdelrahman Elleithy, Alaa Abuzaghleh, Abdelshakour Abuzneid
  Computer Science and Engineering Department
  University of Bridgeport
  
• A Preemptive Goal Programming Model for the Sustainability of Growth in Engineering Colleges
  Elif Kongar
  Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Technology Management. University of Bridgeport
  
  Tarek Sobh
  University of Bridgeport
  
• Assessing the Effectiveness of a Mechanical Engineering Computer-Aided Design Course
  Roy T.R. McGrann
  Mechanical Engineering Department
  Binghamton University
  
• Assessing the Impact of New Teaching Methods by Predicting Student Performance
  
• Beyond Their Technical Capabilities: Providing Student Exposure to Professional, Communication, and Leadership Skills
  Christopher W. Swan and Julia Carroll
  Associate Professor and Graduate Student, respectively
  Tufts University
  
• CAD/CAM and Robotics Applications in Laboratory-Learning Environment
  R. Radharamanan and Ha Van Vo
  School of Engineering, Mercer University
  
• Case-based Learning Methods with 3D Interactive Multimedia for Millennial Generation Engineering Students
  Paul G. Ranky, PhD
  Full Tenured Professor, Registered and Chart. Professional Engineer
  Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, NCE, and the NJIT IT Program
  NJIT
  
• Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science Education
  Eileen M. Kowalski
  Department of Chemistry and Life Science
  
  Joe D. Manous, Jr.
  Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
  United States Military Academy
  
• Comparison of Shear Stress Acting in the Sockets of Typical Mobile and Immobile Ankle Prostheses Using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  Ha Van Vo, Stephanie Rossman, Zsaquez Flucker and R. Radharamanan
  School of Engineering, Mercer University
  
• Comparison of Student Performance in an Online with traditional Based Entry Level Engineering Course
  Ismail I. Orabi, Ph.D.
  Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  University of New Haven
  
• Computer Based Testing to Enhance Effective Teaching of International M.S. Students in Teaching-oriented Schools
  Saikat Ray
  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering
  University of Bridgeport
  
• Design, Simulation and Testing of MOSIS Fabricated CMOS Operational Amplifiers for Class Projects in an Analog I.C. Design Course
  M.G. Guvench
  University of Southern Maine
  
• 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 College
  
• Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Experiential Learning Platform
  Richard B. Mindek, Jr.
  Western New England College
  
• Discovery-Based Learning Engineering Classroom
  Bahram Nassersharif, Ph.D.
  Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
  University of Rhode Island
  
• DISCUSSION ON HIGH VOLTAGES AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION IN TO THE ENGINEERING CLASS ROOM USING REAL LIFE ACCIDENT CASES
  Navarun Gupta, Buket Barkana, Sarosh Patel, and Lawrence V. Hmurcik
  University of Bridgeport
  
• Distance Education: Remote Labs Environment
  
• Early and Continuous Exposure to Engineering as a Profession: Career Imprinting in Grades PK-12
  Hudson V. Jackson, PhD, P.E and Evelyn A. Ellis, Ed.D
  United States Coast Guard Academy
  
• Effect of Defects on Mechanical Properties of Composites: Undergraduate Research on Materials
  Mir M. Atiqullah
  Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology
  Southern Polytechnic State University
  
• ENGINEERING FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus,
  Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor
  University of the District of Columbia
  
• Evolution of a Senior Capstone Course Through the Assessment Process
  
• Finite Element Method - A Tool for Learning Runway Design
  
• Formation and Cooperation for SWARMed Intelligent Robots
  Wei Cao
  West Virginia University
  
  Yanqing Gao
  University of Arizona
  
  Jason Robert Mace
  Energy Corp. of America
  
• Free Body Diagrams of Gear Trains
  Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang
  Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering
  North Carolina A&T State University
  
• From Chalk to Electrons – Blended Engineering Education
  Frank X. Wright
  Director of Undergraduate Education
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
  Marie-Pierre Huguet
  Senior Course Developer
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
• From Electrons to Neutrons – Blended Engineering Education
  Marie-Pierre Huguet
  Tom Haley
  Sehnaz Baltaci-Goktalay
  
• Getting Students to Think Green: Incorporating Green Building Rating Systems into Undergraduate Reinforced Concrete Education
  Major Richard J.H. Gash
  Major David Fedroff
  United States Military Academy
  
• Great Problems Seminars: A New First-Year Foundation at WPI
  Arthur Heinricher
  Brian Savilonis
  David Spanagel
  Robert Traver4, Kristin Wobbe
  
• Helping Connecticut Aerospace Parts Manufacturers Become Lean
  
• How to Improve Student’s Retention Rate in Science and Technology
  Dr. Ali Setoodehnia
  Chair, School of Electronics and Computers
  ITT-TECH
  
  Dr. Kamal Shahrabi
  Dean, School of Engineering Technologies
  Farmingdale State College
  
  Anthony Manno
  Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
  Kean University
  
• IMPARTING CONSUMMATE INSTRUCTIONS IN MICROELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AND VLSI TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL
  Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E.
  Professor/Founding Director
  Microelectronics/VLSI Technology
  Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  University of Massachusetts Lowell
  
• Inclusion of RFID in a BSEE Curriculum
  John Adams and Charles Kochakian
  Merrimack College
  Department of Electrical Engineering
  
• Increasing the Participation of Women in the Engineering and Technical Services Industries
  Elif Kongar
  Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Technology Management
  University of Bridgeport
  
  Paul Kontogiorgis
  IBM Almaden Research Center
  
  Nancy L. Russo
  Department of Operations Management and Information Systems
  Northern Illinois University
  
  Tarek Sobh
  University of Bridgeport
  
• Innovative Engineering Education Using Programmable Lego Robotic VD Graaf Generators
  Dean M. Aslam, Zongliang Cao and Cyrous Rostamzadeh*
  Micro and Nano Technology Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
  * Robert Bosch LLC, EMC Department, Plymouth, MI 48170
  
• Interactive Web Based Animation Software: An Efficient Way to Increase the Engineering Student’s Fundamental Understanding of Particle Kinematics and Kinetics
  
• Interdisciplinary Learning for Chemical Engineering Students from Organic Chemistry Synthesis Lab to Reactor Design to Separation
  Matt Armstrong
  Richard L. Comitz
  Andrew Biaglow
  Russ Lachance
  Joseph Sloop
  
• Introduction to Engineering: A Freshman Year Multidisciplinary Engineering Course and Competition
  Joseph Robert Yost
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Villanova University
  
  Randy D. Weinstein
  Department of Chemical Engineering
  Villanova University
  
• Keeping the STEM Student Pipeline Flowing: An Innovative Partnership Between a K-12 School System and an Institution of Higher Learning
  Linda Ann Riley
  Charles Thomas
  Roger Williams University
  
• Motivating Engineering Mathematics Education with Game Analysis Metrics
  David I. Schwartz
  Rochester Institute of Technology
  Department of Information Technology
  
• MQP in China: Extension of WPI Practice on Project based Engineering Education
  Yiming (Kevin) Rong
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Mechanical Engineering
  
• Multidisciplinary High Energy Laser Weapon System Student Design Study
  John Hartke, Robert Kewley, Greg Kilby, Greg Schwarz, Gunnar Tamm
  United States Military Academy
  
• Nanotechnology Learning Modules Using Technology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics
  Dean Aslam and Aixia Shao
  Micro and Nano Technology Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  Michigan State University
  
• Program Assessment and Alignment
  Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. McCarthy, Assistant Professor
  Lieutenant Colonel Michael J. Kwinn, Jr., PhD, Associate Professor
  Department of Systems Engineering
  United States Military Academy
  
• Programming to Music
  
• Project-Based Team Learning: Teaching Systems Engineering When the Data are Sparse
  Robin K. Burk
  U.S. Military Academy
  
• Promoting Active Learning and Creativity in the Strength of Materials Course
  
• Promoting Systems Thinking in Engineering and Pre-Engineering Students
  Rashmi Jain, Keith Sheppard, Elisabeth McGrath and Bernard Gallois
  Stevens Institute of Technology
  
• Racing to Learn Engineering
  Dr. Peter Thomas Tkacik, Asst. Professor
  The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  
• Second Life as a Pedagogical Tool for Improving Statistics Homework Sessions
  Diana Schwerha, PhD, Chang Liu PhD, Sertac Ozercan, Tripura Vadlamani, and Lev Neiman
  Ohio University
  
• Service-learning in Environmental Engineering: Projects with Local Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
  
• Strictly Proper Scoring Rules in an Absolute Grading Environment – Preliminary Findings
  Robert Dees, MS
  Ken S. Gilliam, MS
  Michael J. Kwinn, Jr. PhD
  United States Military Academy
  
• Student Development of Class Notes using a Wiki as an Alternative to a Single Course Textbook
  Vicki V. May, Ph.D., P.E.
  Associate Director, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning,
  and Instructor, Thayer School of Engineering
  Dartmouth College
  
• Teaching Engineering Design with a focus on the developing world
  Beena Sukumaran, Joshua Bonzella, Kevin McGarvey, Heather Klein
  College of Engineering
  Rowan University
  
• Teaching for Success; Molding Course Syllabi to Support Student Capstone Design Work
  
• TEACHING NEW ENGINEERING STUDENTS ABOUT THE DISCIPLINES: A DISCIPLINARY OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH?
  Jennifer Zirnheld, Adam Halstead
  University at Buffalo, Department of Electrical Engineering
  
• Technology Courses That Can Recruit Nontechnology Students
  Anthony Manno
  Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
  Kean University
  
  Dr. Kamal Shahrabi
  Dean, School of Engineering Technologies
  Farmingdale State College
  
• The Challenge Of Preaching To No Choir: How Mindset Can Make Or Break A Course
  Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E.
  Professor of Engineering, Union College
  
• The Effect of Incorporation of Empowerment Projects on Student Performance in a Civil Engineering Course
  Dr. Robert M. Brooks, Dr. Soumitra Basu, Dr. Shriram Pillapakkam, Dr. Kurosh Darvish, Keerthi V.Takkalapelli
  College of Engineering
  Temple University
  
• The Engineer as a Professor: Bringing Experience to the Engineering Classroom
  Neal A. Lewis, Ph.D.
  University of Bridgeport
  
• The Evolution of Technical Communication at Lukens Steel, 1810-1925
  Carol Siri Johnson
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
• The First Course
  GREGORY S. PARNELL, Ph. D.
  Professor of Systems Engineering
  Department of Systems Engineering
  United States Military Academy
  
  MICHAEL J. KWINN, Jr., PhD
  Associate Professor
  Department of Systems Engineering
  United States Military Academy
  
• The Opinion of the Engineering Faculty Members at the Hashemite University in Zarka, Jordan on Teaching Engineering Using Arabic Instead of English
  Omar A. Shehadeh
  Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature
  The Department of Arabic Studies, The Hashemite University
  
  Aiman S. Kuzmar, P. E.
  Assistant Professor of Engineering
  The Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs
  Penn State Fayette- The Eberly Campus
  
• The Role of Process Safety Management in the Chemical Engineering Undergrad Curriculum
  Barrie Jackson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
  Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario Canada
  
• The Use of Clicker Technology to Evaluate Short- and Long-Term Concept Retention
  Adam J. Czekanski
  David-Michael P. Roux
  Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering
  United States Military Academy
  
• Transforming a Technology Management Master’s Degree Curriculum into a Successful Inter-Disciplinary Program for the 21st Century Needs of Global Organizations
  Dr. Gad J. Selig, PMP, COP
  Director, MS in Technology Management and Dual Graduate Business/Engineering Degree Programs
  University of Bridgeport
  
• To Dam Or Not To Dam: An Insight Into The Environmental Politics Of Rivers
  Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E.
  Professor of Engineering
  Union College
  
  Megan Ferry, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Modern Languages
  Union College
  
• Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project
  MAJ Ryan A. Ebel
  MAJ Donald S. Abbott-McCune
  MAJ David Chang
  United States Military Academy
  
• Using Available Wireless / Wired Network Infrastructure for Public Safety and Emergency Early Response
  Abdelshakour Abuzneid
  Khaled Elleithy
  Computer Science and Engineering Department
  University of Bridgeport
  
• Using Space Travel to Teach Engineering to Liberal Arts Majors
  Roger Chapman Burk
  Department of Systems Engineering
  United States Military Academy
  
• Using Video Podcast to Enhance Students’ Learning Experience in Engineering
  Imin Kao
  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook
  
• Video Analysis: The Next Physics Laboratory?
  David J. Palazzo
  Instructor
  USMA Department of Physics
  
  Chad C. Schools
  Assistant Professor
  USMA Department of Physics
  
• Web-Based Collaboration Tool in Engineering Design Courses
  Junichi Kanai
  School of Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
• Wonder, Discovery and Intuition in Elementary Mathematics
  Andrew Grossfield, Ph. D., P. E.
  Vaughn College
  

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