2010 Zone I Professional Papers Proceedings Archive (PDFs)

• A context for unstructured experimentation: What resources are available to the student tinkerer?
  David Potter
• A Generalizable Neural Network for Predicting Student Retention
  Cameron Ian Cooper, Ph.D.
• A Multidisciplined Systems Approach to the Study of Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy
  Salah Badjou, Ph.D.
• A Novel Method of Teaching Dimensions, Units, Dimensional Homogeneity and Dimensional Analysis
  Dr. Scott Grenquist
• A Study on the Flow of Air and Water Vapor in the Fuel Cells
  R. Radharamanan and Jeng-Nan Juang
• Across the Universe: Cyborgs and Students in the Garden
  Gloria Monaghan
• Alpha-Robotics: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Teaching Engineering Concepts to K-2 Students
  Haruna Hosokawa and Judy Robinson
• An Extended Driving Simulator Used to Motivate Analysis of Automobile Fuel Economy
  Charles R. Sullivan and Mark J. Franklin
• An Extended Driving Simulator Used to Motivate Analysis of Automobile Fuel Economy
  Charles R. Sullivan and Mark J. Franklin
• Application of the SolidWorks in teaching mechanical design for the digital generation
  Xiaobin Le, Ali Moazed, Anthony Duva and Richard Roberts
• Are Online Courses Appropriate for Engineering Classes?
  Janet Baldwin, Ph. D.
• BIM as Design Exploration Tool in Architecture
  Andrzej Zarzycki
• Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design Experience - An Industry Based Partnership
  Ismail I. Orabi, Ph.D.
• CITYPOLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDIES
  Paul C. King and Gerarda M. Shields
• Communication and Collaboration in an Online Masters Degree
  Vijay Kanabar, Virginia Greiman and Jim Cormier
• Computational intelligence: inspirations from nature for problem solving
  B Samanta, PhD
• Creating an Interdisciplinary Introduction to Sustainability Studies Course
  Charles Thomas, Loren Byrne and Jeremy Campbell
• Creativity and Engineering: Constructing Poems
  Gloria A Monaghan
• Designers of Death: Nazi Engineers during the Holocaust
  Joanne Tuck
• Designing Freshman Engineering Experiences
  Chitra N. Javdekar, Ph.D.
• Educate New Generation on Nuclear Technology through Collaborating Engineering Project
  Suxia Cui, John Fuller, Pamela Holland-Obiomon, and Warsame H. Ali
• Embedding LEGO Mindstorms in the Electromechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum
  Dr. Rathika Rajaravivarma
• Enhancing Instruction in Civil Engineering Courses with Use of Video- Streamed Tutorials
  Chiara Silvestri, Suzanne LePage and Paul P. Mathisen
• Experiential Learning Theory and the Teaching of Software Intensive Courses
  A. Richard Vannozzi, MS, PLS
• 2010 LIST OF FACULTY PAPERS (NORTHEAST SECTION CONFERENCE)
  Hudson Jackson, Evelyn A. Ellis
• First Year Experience for Digital-native Students
  Andrzej Zarzycki
• Form-making with special effect simulations
  Andrzej Zarzycki
• FRIENDLY SABOTAGE IN MACHINE SAFEGUARDS AND THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING AND PLC’S TO STOP THIS
  Jack Toporovsky, Buket Barkana, Navarun Gupta, Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Lawrence V. Hmurcik
• Fuel Cell and Alternative Energy Education Program and Projects in the High School
  Ross McCurdy
• Greening the Engineering and Technology Curriculum via Real Life Hands- on Projects
  Elif Kongar and Kurt A. Rosentrater
• Henry Petroski: Bridging the Two Cultures
  Amos Joseph St. Germain
• Immediate linking of tolerance theory to hardware fabrication in a sophomore design course.
  Dr. Andrew C. Foley P.E. and LCDR Eben H. Phillips P.E.
• Implementation of Delphi methodology for designing engineering syllabus according to the industry’s needs
  Ali Alshubbak, Saeid Moslehpour, Eugenio Pellicer and Joaquín Catalá
• Incorporating Case Studies into a Material Science Course at the United States Coast Guard Academy
  David H. Plantz and William M. Simpson
• Incorporating design into a class teaching technical communication skills
  Lisa Shatz
• Incorporating Software Usage in Teaching Structural Analysis Courses in Civil Engineering
  Chiara Silvestri, Adriana Hera, Malcolm H. Ray and Siamak Najafi
• Integrating Online Learning to Junior-Level Electromechanical Design
  Salah Badjou, Ph.D.
• Integrating Web-Based Learning Modules into a Traditional Course
  Douglas E. Dow and Stephanie Cheney
• Inverting the Lecture Paradigm for a Multidisciplinary Course
  Nancy Savage, Samuel Daniels and Michael Collura
• Lessons from Socrates and the Online Classroom: Achieving Exceptional Performance in Project-Based Classroom
  Tom Goulding
• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Programs, Northeast LSAMP: Recruiting STEM Majors
  Harold N. Knickle
• Low Cost Soil Moisture Monitoring System: A Capstone Design Project
  Jeng-Nan Juang and R. Radharamanan
• Mathematics Learning Outcomes for Engineers in an Age of Excel®, MATLAB®, etc: Some Observations and Thoughts
  Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D., PE
• MODEL ACTIVITIES FOR COORDINATING CORE ENGINEERING COURSES
  Nathan Podoll, Kassim Tarhini, and Hudson Jackson
• Nanotubes, Nanostructures and Solar Cells
  Ononye, Lawretta
• Numerical Control Programming: An Exciting Entry Point to Manufacturing Engineering Education
  Peter S. Rourke
• Optimization of the Design of a Concrete Canoe using Finite Element Analysis
  Das, Gautham and Shaik, Sameer
• Parametric Engineering Design: Integrating Analytical Methods with CAD and Simulation
  Solomon Gilbert Diamond
• Preparing High School Students for College with Informatics
  Stephen J. Zilora
• Project-Based Engineering Design Courses and Computer Literacy
  Junichi Kanai, Jeff Morris and Mark Anderson
• Re-engineering the value proposition for class attendance in the digital age
  Alva L. Couch
• Renewable Energy Education at Merrimack College
  John Adams
• Selection and Execution of Civil Engineering Capstone Design Projects at the United States Coast Guard Academy
  Hudson Jackson, Kassim Tarhini, Corinna Fleischmann, Nathan Rumsey and Sharon Zelmanowitz
• Societal Impact of Thermo Fluid Design
  Brian Savilonis
• Teach Computer Techniques through Multimedia
  Suxia Cui, Younhui Wang, Felecia M. Nave and Kendall T. Harris
• Teaching a Project-based Web-Development and IT Project Management Course at a Distance
  Vijay Kanabar and Robert Schudy
• Teaching Digital Signal Processing with MATLAB,Simulink and DSP Kits A Practical, Cohesive, and Hands-On Approach
  Siben Dasgupta
• Teaching Finite Element Analysis in Undergraduate Technology Curriculum
  Ali R. Moazed, Richard Roberts, Xiaobin Le and Anthony Duva
• Teaching MEMS Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Graduate Program
  Xingguo Xiong, Linfeng Zhang and Lawrence Hmurcik
• Teaching Students to Integrate Life Cycle Assessment into Product Design through Sustainable Engineering
  Marie Planchard
• Teaching Sustainable Design in Construction A Module on the Recycling and Re-use of Urban Soil Stone Fill and Related Construction Material
  
• THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OUTER RING ROAD IN BANGALORE
  Das, Gautham and Cariappa, Rishi
• The Integration of Co-op Programs into International NGO Work
  Prof. Francis J. Hopcroft
• The Millennium Generation: Are they ready for the Ultra-Low Power challenge?
  Antonio F Mondragon-Torres
• The Social Outcomes of Participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition Community
  Jeanine Skorinko, Jennifer Lay, Grant McDonald, Brad Miller, Colleen Shaver, Cindy Randall, James Kevin Doyle, Michael Gennert, Gretar Tryggvason, and James van de Ven
• The Virtual Ideation Platform
  Robert Simoneau and Diane Dostie
• TRANSLATING DENTAL PERFORMANCE INTO ENGINEERING SCIENCE WITHIN A SENIOR CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECT
  Dr. GLENN E. VALLEE, Ph.D., P.E. and Dr. RICHARD P. BENIOT, DMD
• Understanding smart power grid systems by a course project
  Linfeng Zhang, Nicolae Gari, Xingguo Xiong, Junling Hu and Lawrence Hmurcik
• Use of Simulation Modeling in Teaching Sustainable Design, Construction and Facilities Management
  John W. Duggan, Ph.D., P.E. and Henderson Pritchard, Ph.D.
• Using Electronic Resource Guides to Enhance Information Literacy Skills
  Andrea Baruzzi and Theresa Calcagno
• Using Laplace Transforms to Build a Linear/Non-linear Speedometer
  Navarun Gupta, Sarosh Patel, and Lawrence Hmurcik
• Web-Based Tool for Learning an Integrated View of Engineering
  Anne Y. Boisvert, Bahaa E. Saleh and S. Hamid Nawab

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