MAESC 2012

Manufacturing

May 1, 2012 @ Christian Brothers University

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Time	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
7:45 – 8:00 a.m.	Check-in & On-site Registration (Assisi Hall Lobby)
8:00 – 8:50 a.m. (0.5 PDH)	Welcome & Keynote Address Session Welcome & Keynote Speaker Introduction (Malasri) Keynote Address Manufacturing in Shelby County Reid Dulberger President & CEO, Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County (EDGE) Conference Overview (Shiue) (AH153)
8:50 – 9:00 a.m.	Break
9:00 – 10:20 a.m. (1.5 PDHs)	Session 1-A Lean Manufacturing Seminar (AH153)	Session 2-A Wireless Communication Systems (AH155)	Session 3-A Civil Engineering 1 (AH151)	Session 4-A Mechanical Engineering (AH005)	Session 5-A Green Engineering 1 (AH013)
10:20 – 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 – 11:50 a.m. (1.5 PDHs)	Session 1-B Six Sigma Seminar (AH153)	Session 2-B Electrical Engineering 1 (AH155)	Session 3-B Civil Engineering 2 (AH151)	Session 4-B Packaging 1 (AH005)	Session 5-B Green Engineering 2 (AH013)
11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.	Lunch (Assisi Hall Lobby)
1:00 – 2:20 p.m (1.5 PDHs)	Session 1-C Good Manufacturing Practices Seminar (AH153)	Session 2-C Electrical Engineering 2 (AH155)	Session 3-C General Engineering 1 (AH151)	Session 4-C Packaging 2 (AH005)	Session 5-C Antenna for Space Applications (AH013)
2:20 – 2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30 – 3:50 p.m. (1.5 PDHs)	Session 1-D CBU Manufacturing Lab Tour & Demos (AH153)	Session 2-D Computer Engineering (AH155)	Session 3-D General Engineering 2 (AH151)	Session 4-D Robotics (AH005)	Session 5-D Recent Advances in Antenna Design for Wireless Devices (AH013)

Note: PDH = Professional Development Hour (for registered professional engineers)

Sessions

Track	Sessions	Titles	Authors
	Welcome/Keynote Address Moderator: Siripong Malasri	Welcome Keynote Speaker Introduction Keynote Address: Manufacturing in Shelby County [ Abstract ] [ Slides ] Conference Overview	Malasri Malasri Dulberger Shiue
1	Session 1-A Seminar 1 Moderator: Siripong Malasri	Lean Manufacturing Seminar	House
	Session 1-B Seminar 2 Moderator: Ali Pourhashemi	Six Sigma Seminar [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	Babin
	Session 1-C Seminar 3 Moderator: Mike Tune / Katie Godwin	Good Manufacturing Practices Seminar	Farmer
	Session 1-D Seminar 4 Moderator: Paul Shiue	CBU Manufacturing Lab Tour & Demos	Shiue
2	Session 2-A Wireless Communication Systems Moderator: Mohammed Akhoirshida	Error Performance of BPSK Cooperative Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels	Akhoirshida and Matalgah
		Error Performance of DBPSK Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels	Akhoirshida and Matalgah
		Error Performance of NCBFSK Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels	Akhoirshida and Matalgah
	Session 2-B Electrical Engineering 1 Moderator: Khokiat Kengskool	Power Efficiency in Energy-aware Data Center Network [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Cheocherngngarn, Andrian, Pan, and Kengskool
		Power Electronics Lab	Bermel
	Session 2-C Electrical Engineering 2 Moderator: Divya Choudhary	Open Source Home Security System	Chu
		Portable Electronic Device Detector	Kelly
	Session 2-D Computer Engineering Moderator: Divya Choudhary	SLOT Security	Brooks
		ThyssenKrupp SG200 Elevator Speed Governor Test System Prototype	Denton
		Modeling Nolan Engineering Building with Kinect	Wellman
3	Session 3-A Civil Engineering 1 Moderator: Gene McGinnis	Design of a Light Rail System in Metropolitan Memphis	Boulanger, McGinnis, and Fox
		The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Geomatics Project	Caughman, Lin, McGinnis, McGinnis, Skaggs
		Assessment of Backwash Water Discharge Operation at Sheahan Pumping Station, Memphis, Tennessee	Malasri
	Session 3-B Civil Engineering 2 Moderator: Nantaporn Noosai	Control of Morphology in Watershed by Optimizing Sediment Supply or Release	Elgohry, Ding, and Altinakar
		A Study of the Flow Characteristics near Channel Confluence using CCHE2D/3D Models	Wei and Jia
		The Study of Geochemical Processes of Selected Technologies for Acid Mine Drainage Treatments [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Vijayan and Noosai
	Session 3-C General Engineering 1 Moderator: Ali Pourhashemi	U.S. Technology Transfer	Johnson
		Use of Case Studies in Design Courses in Engineering [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	Madhavan and Pourhashemi
	Session 3-D General Engineering 2 Moderator: Caristy Polischeck	Off-Grid Cashew Roaster	Peterson, Magnuson, Calvert, and Hall
		Power and Temperature Monitoring	Polischeck
4	Session 4-A Mechanical Engineering Moderator: Paul Shiue	2D Dual Layer Thermo-Fluidic Sensitivity Analysis and Topology Optimization	McConnell and Pingen
		Low-cost Plastic Injection Mold Design for Laboratory/Education Environment	Shiue
		Age Strengthening in Gray Cast Iron: Manufacturing Application, Truths, and Myths	Teague
	Session 4-B Packaging 1 Moderator: Siripong Malasri	Correlating Peel and Burst Test Data for Unrestricted Pouches with Fin Seal Edges	Brown, Ray, and Tsai
		Packaging Analysis	Powers, Warren, and Brown
		Water Absorption of Wooden Pallets: A Preliminary Study [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Malasri, Pourhashemi, Moats, Harvey, and Aung
	Session 4-C Packaging 2 Moderator: Siripong Malasri	Distribution Tote Testing: A Weight Study [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Malasri, Aung, Edwards, Archer, Moser, and Shiue
		Subsequent Impact Acceleration Analysis of Air Pillow Study [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Malasri, Aung, Moser, Warren, Jordan, Harvey, and Siow
		Estimating Drop Height from Saver’s Impact Acceleration [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Malasri, Siow, Moser, Harvey, Aung, Warren, Jordan, Edwards, and Shiue
	Session 4-D Robotics Moderator: Steven Menezes	SoutheastCon 2012 Hardware Competition Entry	Davis and Menezes
		PringLess Drains	Quinn, Maharrey, and Porterfield
5	Session 5-A Green Engineering 1 Moderator: Khokiat Kengskool	The Design and Optimization of Residential Fixed-Panel Photovoltaic Systems under the TVA Green Power Switch Program	Sterrett and Cain
		The Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuel: Switchgrass Pyrolysis Process Instrumented Large Scale Landfill Model for Understanding Hydraulics of Bioreactor Landfills	Noosai, Kengskool, and Pipatmanomai Mukherjee and Khire
	Session 5-B Green Engineering 2 Moderator: L. Lin	Study of Building Insulation Materials and Methods of Energy Conservation	Lin and Dunning
		Project Green Speed	Smith
	Session 5-C Antenna for Space Applications Moderator: Ahmed Khidre	Active-Feed Beam-Scanning Reflectarray Antennas	Nayeri, Yang, and Elsherbeni
		Phase Range Limitations for Multi-Layer Transmitarray Antennas	Abdelrahman, Yang, and Elsherbeni
	Session 5-D Recent Advances in Antenna Design for Wireless Devices Moderator: Payam Nayeri	A Printed Rectenna with Data Communication Function	Yang, Elsherbeni, and Yang
		Reconfigurable Microstrip Yagi-Uda Antenna with Steerable Circularly Polarized Beam	Khidre, Yang, and Elsherbeni

Index (By Author)

Authors	Title	Session
Abdelrahman, Yang, and Elsherbeni	Phase Range Limitations for Multi-Layer Transmitarray Antennas	Antenna for Space Applications
Akhoirshida and Matalgah	Error Performance of BPSK Cooperative Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels	Wireless Communication Systems
Akhoirshida and Matalgah	Error Performance of DBPSK Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels	Wireless Communication Systems
Akhoirshida and Matalgah	Error Performance of NCBFSK Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels	Wireless Communication Systems
Babin	Six Sigma Seminar [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	Seminar 2
Bermel	Power Electronics Lab	Electrical Engineering 1
Boulanger, McGinnis, and Fox	Design of a Light Rail System in Metropolitan Memphis	Civil Engineering 1
Brooks	SLOT Security	Computer Engineering
Brown, Ray, and Tsai	Correlating Peel and Burst Test Data for Unrestricted Pouches with Fin Seal Edges	Packaging 1
Caughman, Lin, McGinnis, McGinnis, Skaggs	The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Geomatics Project	Civil Engineering 1
Cheocherngngarn, Andrian, Pan, and Kengskool	Power Efficiency in Energy-aware Data Center Network [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Electrical Engineering 1
Chu	Open Source Home Security System	Electrical Engineering 2
Davis and Menezes	SoutheastCon 2012 Hardware Competition Entry	Robotics
Denton	ThyssenKrupp SG200 Elevator Speed Governor Test System Prototype	Computer Engineering
Dulberger	Manufacturing in Shelby County [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	Welcome/Keynote Address
Elgohry, Ding, and Altinakar	Sediment Supply or Release	Civil Engineering 2
Farmer	Good Manufacturing Practices Seminar	Seminar 3
House	Lean Manufacturing Seminar	Seminar 1
Johnson	U.S. Technology Transfer	General Engineering 1
Kelly	Portable Electronic Device Detector	Electrical Engineering 2
Khidre, Yang, and Elsherbeni	Reconfigurable Microstrip Yagi-Uda Antenna with Steerable Circularly Polarized Beam	Recent Advances in Antenna Design for Wireless Devices
Lin and Dunning	Study of Building Insulation Materials and Methods of Energy Conservation	Green Engineering 2
Madhavan and Pourhashemi	Use of Case Studies in Design Courses in Engineering [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	General Engineering 1
Malasri	Assessment of Backwash Water Discharge Operation at Sheahan Pumping Station, Memphis, Tennessee	Civil Engineering 1
Malasri, Aung, Edwards, Archer, Moser, and Shiue	Distribution Tote Testing: A Weight Study [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 2
Malasri, Aung, Moser, Warren, Jordan, Harvey, and Siow	Subsequent Impact Acceleration Analysis of Air Pillow Study [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 2
Malasri, Pourhashemi, Moats, Havey, and Aung	Water Absorption of Wooden Pallets: A Preliminary Study [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 1
Malasri, Siow, Moser, Harvey, Aung, Warren, Jordan, Edwards, and Shiue	Estimating Drop Height from Saver’s Impact Acceleration [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 2
McConnell and Pingen	2D Dual Layer Thermo-Fluidic Sensitivity Analysis and Topology Optimization	Mechanical Engineering
Mukherjee and Khire	Instrumented Large Scale Landfill Model for Understanding Hydraulics of Bioreactor Landfills	Green Engineering 1
Nayeri, Yang, and Elsherbeni	Active-Feed Beam-Scanning Reflectarray Antennas	Antenna for Space Applications
Noosai, Kengskool, and Pipatmanomai	The Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuel: Switchgrass Pyrolysis Process	Green Engineering 1
Peterson, Magnuson, Calvert, and Hall	Off-Grid Cashew Roaster	General Engineering 2
Polischeck	Power and Temperature Monitoring	General Engineering 2
Powers, Warren, and Brown	Packaging Analysis	Packaging 1
Quinn, Maharrey, and Porterfield	PringLess Drains	Robotics
Shiue	CBU Manufacturing Lab Tour & Demos	Seminar 4
Shiue	Low-cost Plastic Injection Mold Design for Laboratory/Education Environment	Mechanical Engineering
Smith	Project Green Speed	Green Engineering 2
Sterrett and Cain	The Design and Optimization of Residential Fixed-Panel Photovoltaic Systems under the TVA Green Power Switch Program	Green Engineering 1
Teague	Age Strengthening in Gray Cast Iron: Manufacturing Application, Truths, and Myths	Mechanical Engineering
Vijayan and Noosai	The Study of Geochemical Processes of Selected Technologies for Acid Mine Drainage Treatments [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Civil Engineering 2
Wei and Jia	A Study of the Flow Characteristics near Channel Confluence using CCHE2D/3D Models	Civil Engineering 2
Wellman	Modeling Nolan Engineering Building with Kinect	Computer Engineering
Yang, Elsherbeni, and Yang	A Printed Rectenna with Data Communication Function	Recent Advances in Antenna Design for Wireless Devices

Index (By Title)

Title	Session
2D Dual Layer Thermo-Fluidic Sensitivity Analysis and Topology Optimization by McConnell and Pingen	Mechanical Engineering
A Printed Rectenna with Data Communication Function by Yang, Elsherbeni, and Yang	Recent Advances in Antenna Design for Wireless Devices
A Study of the Flow Characteristics near Channel Confluence using CCHE2D/3D Models by Wei and Jia	Civil Engineering 2
Active-Feed Beam-Scanning Reflectarray Antennas by Nayeri, Yang, and Elsherbeni	Antenna for Space Applications
Age Strengthening in Gray Cast Iron: Manufacturing Application, Truths, and Myths by Teague	Mechanical Engineering
Assessment of Backwash Water Discharge Operation at Sheahan Pumping Station, Memphis, Tennessee by Malasri	Civil Engineering 1
CBU Manufacturing Lab Tour & Demos by Shiue	Seminar 4
Correlating Peel and Burst Test Data for Unrestricted Pouches with Fin Seal Edges by Brown, Ray, and Tsai	Packaging 1
Design of a Light Rail System in Metropolitan Memphis by Boulanger, McGinnis, and Fox	Civil Engineering 1
Distribution Tote Testing: A Weight Study by Malasri, Aung, Edwards, Archer, Moser, and Shiue [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 2
Error Performance of BPSK Cooperative Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels by Akhoirshida and Matalgah	Wireless Communication Systems
Error Performance of DBPSK Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels by Akhoirshida and Matalgah	Wireless Communication Systems
Error Performance of NCBFSK Wireless Communication Systems with Co-Channel Interference in Nakagami Fading Channels by Akhoirshida and Matalgah	Wireless Communication Systems
Estimating Drop Height from Saver’s Impact Acceleration by Malasri, Siow, Moser, Harvey, Aung, Warren, Jordan, Edwards, and Shiue [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 2
Good Manufacturing Practices Seminar by Farmer	Seminar 3
Instrumented Large Scale Landfill Model for Understanding Hydraulics of Bioreactor Landfills by Mukherjee and Khire	Green Engineering 1
Lean Manufacturing Seminar by House	Seminar 1
Low-cost Plastic Injection Mold Design for Laboratory/Education Environment by Shiue	Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing in Shelby County by Dulberger [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	Welcome/Keynote Address
Modeling Nolan Engineering Building with Kinect by Wellman	Computer Engineering
Open Source Home Security System by Chu	Electrical Engineering 2
Off-Grid Cashew Roaster by Peterson, Magnuson, Calvert, and Hall	General Engineering 2
Packaging Analysis by Powers, Warren, and Brown	Packaging 1
Phase Range Limitations for Multi-Layer Transmitarray Antennas by Abdelrahman, Yang, and Elsherbeni	Antenna for Space Applications
Portable Electronic Device Detector by Kelly	Electrical Engineering 2
Power and Temperature Monitoring by Polischeck	General Engineering 2
Power Efficiency in Energy-aware Data Center Network by Cheocherngngarn, Andrian, Pan, and Kengskool [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Electrical Engineering 1
Power Electronics Lab by Bermel	Electrical Engineering 1
PringLess Drains by Quinn, Maharrey, and Porterfield	Robotics
Project Green Speed by Smith	Green Engineering 2
Reconfigurable Microstrip Yagi-Uda Antenna with Steerable Circularly Polarized Beam by Khidre, Yang, and Elsherbeni	Recent Advances in Antenna Design for Wireless Devices
Sediment Supply or Release by Elgohry, Ding, and Altinakar	Civil Engineering 2
Six Sigma Seminar by Babin [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	Seminar 2
SLOT Security by Brooks	Computer Engineering
SoutheastCon 2012 Hardware Competition Entry by Davis and Menezes	Robotics
Study of Building Insulation Materials and Methods of Energy Conservation by Lin and Dunning	Green Engineering 2
Subsequent Impact Acceleration Analysis of Air Pillow Study by Malasri, Aung, Moser, Warren, Jordan, Harvey, and Siow [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 2
The Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuel: Switchgrass Pyrolysis Process by Noosai, Kengskool, and Pipatmanomai	Green Engineering 1
The Design and Optimization of Residential Fixed-Panel Photovoltaic Systems under the TVA Green Power Switch Program by Sterrett and Cain	Green Engineering 1
The Dixon Gallery and Gardens Geomatics Project by Caughman, Lin, McGinnis, McGinnis, Skaggs	Civil Engineering 1
The Study of Geochemical Processes of Selected Technologies for Acid Mine Drainage Treatments by Vijayan and Noosai [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Civil Engineering 2
ThyssenKrupp SG200 Elevator Speed Governor Test System Prototype by Denton	Computer Engineering
U.S. Technology Transfer by Johnson	General Engineering 1
Use of Case Studies in Design Courses in Engineering by Madhavan and Pourhashemi [ Abstract ] [ Slides ]	General Engineering 1
Water Absorption of Wooden Pallets: A Preliminary Study by Malasri, Pourhashemi, Moats, Harvey, and Aung [ Abstract ] [ Paper ]	Packaging 1