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Han-Way Huang; Nannan He

manipulate in one operation, the microcontroller can be classified as 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and so on. In general, 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers are targeted toward simplerapplications that do not require high performance whereas 32-bit microcontrollers are targetedtoward more complicated applications that require much higher performance. The usefulness of amicrocontroller is greatly determined by the peripherals added to the chip. Over the years,microcontroller peripheral functions to a large extent have been standardized. For example, thefollowing peripherals [1, 2, 3, 4] are common to most microcontrollers: 345 Parallel I/O ports: An I/O port consists of a set of I/O pins (8, 16, or even 32

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Naima Kaabouch; Deborah L. Worley; Jeremiah Neubert; Mohammad Khavanin

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0041 Retention in Engineering Programs: Integrating Real World Problems in Calculus Courses To Increase Student Learning and Interest in Engineering Naima Kaabouch1, Deborah L. Worley2, Jeremiah Neubert3, and Mohammad Khavanin4 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, 2Department of Educational Leadership, 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, 4Department of Mathematics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USAAbstractAttrition in U.S. engineering programs has been a major concern for more than two decades.Several studies have shown that the most significant

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Naima Kaabouch; Deborah L. Worley; Jeremiah Neubert; Mohammad Khavanin

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0042 Impact of Peer Mentoring on Student Learning and Connection To Engineering Naima Kaabouch1, Deborah L. Worley2, Jeremiah Neubert3, and Mohammad Khavanin4 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, 2Department of Educational Leadership, 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, 4Department of Mathematics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USAAbstractMany students who enter engineering as an academic discipline in their first year of study switchto a different major after the first or second year. The attrition rates range from 30% to

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David E. Fly; Muhammed Buğra Açan

has greater tensile, impact, and flexural strength thanstandard ABS. Layer bonding is significantly stronger than that of standard ABS, for a moredurable part. Moreover, optimization of the 3D printed build parameters can yield bettermechanical properties.Research MethodsEach of the four experimental groups contained eight replicates for tensile specimens, all were 376solid density ABS. Table 1 summarizes the experimental groups. Experimental Build Internal Group Orientation Channel 1 Horizontal None 2 Horizontal Yes 3 Vertical

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Bakr M. Aly Ahmed; Mike Christenson; David A. Crutchfield

priority. As with many fields, thisdevelopment has the potential of impacting the teaching models and content of architecturalcourses and related research endeavors. This paper offers a case study of how a variety ofenvironmental-analysis technologies have been integrated within specific technical coursework,student research, and how the resulting feedback has been made visible to the student body andgeneral public.IntroductionIn Winter 2010, a team of NDSU College of Engineering and Architecture faculty and staffdeveloped a proposal for an NDSU Student Technology Fee Grant.1 The proposal, titled“Technology for Feedback,” aimed to benefit students both within and outside of NDSU’sprofessional architecture and mechanical engineering degree programs

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Bakr M. Aly Ahmed; Khaled Nassar; Mike Christenson

on situation and context.IntroductionEffective communication skills are required in all aspects of contemporary life.1 Inarchitecture/engineering/construction (AEC) fields, effective communication is not limited to theways in which constituents communicate face-to-face with others, which necessarily involvesaspects such as body and facial gestures; it also includes distance communications of work-related details and spatial relationships requiring a high degree of accuracy and clarity.Therefore, developing strong technical and practical communication skills is important for AECstudents, particularly to prepare for the professional requirements of distance communicationwith clients, government officials, managers, supervisors, and

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Achintya N. Bezbaruah

Coordinator (IC) and his/her responsibilities includecoordination with CCs, preparation of information documents, and disseminationof information via multimedia. The CCs start working with their contacts in theirhome country immediately, and send out detailed information (in PowerPointslides) on the program to their contacts. The information on the program includeprogram objectives, expectations, deadlines, basic steps on how to do research,report writing and research presentation tips, and example projects (Figures 1-3).Once contacts (potential mentors for the research group) is established, individualteleconferences (via telephone or Skype or Google Hangout) are organized. TheCC, IC and/or PD discuss with each mentor how to form a project group and

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Nannan He

. Twoverification tools supporting formal checking of embedded real-time software systems are alsoexposed to students.Overall Course DescriptionThis Real-time Embedded Systems (RTES) course targets learning real-time systems design andapplications from the practitioner’s point of view. It has three objectives: i) improve students’awareness of real-time specifications in critical embedded systems; ii) allow engineering studentto apply modern development tools to correctly designing and small-scale real-time systemsincluding both software system and hardware; iii) enable student to develop reliable real-timeapplications to solve problems with specific timing requirements.The topics covered in this course are grouped into seven top-level topics: 1

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andautomation domains. Third, input programming languages of these selected tools are introducedto students to help them apply the tools in the laboratory assignments and class project.IntroductionKnowledge of computing and software programming is important to all engineering andtechnology students. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that computing will be one ofthe fastest-growing U.S. job markets in STEM through 2020: about 73% of all new STEM jobswill be computing related 1. More importantly, software development training could be avaluable experience for all engineer students, as it can cultivate student’ problem solving andprocess development capability.However, software programming is often considered to be difficult for engineering

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Achintya N. Bezbaruah; Rajani G. Pillai; Hannah Hood; Holly Erickson; Eric Dobervich; Jane Laux; Jamie Varholdt; Adam Gehlhar; Michelle Weber; Harjyoti Kalita; Talal Almeelbi; Mary Pate; Michael Quamme; Mohammad Enayet Hossain; Seydou Cisse; Amanda Grosz; Navaratnam Leelaruban

, and fabrics. Itis projected that nanotechnology market will grow by 19% during 2013 to 2017[1] from its present market value of US$1.6 trillion [2]. There will a demand fornanotechnology workforce and the demand is projected to sustain over the years.Nanotechnology markets are growing in electronics, energy, healthcare, and 418construction [1]. It is felt that there is a need to introduce nanotechnology to thefuture generation of scientists and engineers while they are still in their middleschools.Project DescriptionSeven teaching modules involving various aspects of nanotechnology weredeveloped and introduced to the seventh grade students at West Fargo STEMCenter Middle School in West Fargo, ND. Pre

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Majura F. Selekwa

. Typically, the topic is simplified by combining the common characteristicsof all microcontrollers and presenting them generically in a way that enables students to translatethose characteristics to various types of microcontrollers when needed to.1 IntroductionThe title of this article is deliberately exaggerated to stress on what needs to be done in theearly stages of the topic before students are exposed to any specific microcontroller classes. Thisinformation is not covered in a single first lecture only, but rather in the first two or three lectureson the subject. Today, there are many systems that are controlled using microcontrollers; such systems, bet-ter known as embedded systems, constitute the largest share of modern consumer and

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Luis Rodriguez; Gail Coover; Dalelia Davis; Angela Frey; George Johnson; Oumar Kaba; Andrew Pham; Kathlyn Bender

-Madison, rubymaser@yahoo.com)AbstractEfforts to broaden participation in science and engineering (STEM) are of national importance.This paper describes the development and implementation of teaching strategies for theWisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) Excel program. Theprogram involves: 1) selecting underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in scienceand engineering whose first year academic performance indicates they are at risk for leavingSTEM; and 2) providing an intensive 8-week immersion experience in STEM scholarship,research, academic and career exploration and advising. Collectively program faculty membershave identified a shared programmatic strategy with respect to supporting students

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Jerry Gao; Lianbo Zhu

1. Downing, “Essential Non-Technical Skills for Teaming.” Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 1, 113- 117, 2001. 2. Fromm, “The Changing Engineering Education Paradigm.” Journal of Engineering Education, 92, 2,113- 121, 2003. 3. Sageev and Romanowski, “A Message from Recent Engineering Graduates in the Workplace: Results of a Survey on Technical Communication.” Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 4, 685-693, 2001. 447Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

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Adam Kramschuster; Gregory Slupe

molding industry, custom molders exist as experts to mold plasticcomponents for a variety of companies and industry sectors that do not hold this expertise. Asimplified diagram of the companies involved in bringing a product to market is shown in Figure1. Table 1 lists the individuals working at each company with a short description of their role.Typically, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) contacts a custom molder to manufacturea plastic component or assembly. Oftentimes, OEMs may not have the technical expertise toperform the injection molding in-house. The project engineer at the custom molder reviews apart design from an industrial designer at the OEM to ensure the part has been designed formanufacturability (DFM). A strong

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Wen-Chen Hu; Naima Kaabouch; Hung-Jen Yang; Hongyu Guo

consistency is a major issue.Advanced mobile browsers such as Opera Mini8,11 are able to adapt themselves to various Webpages as shown in Figure 1.a. However, not all mobile browsers have this kind of features; e.g.,the Android Browser2 shown in Figure 1.b does not present the page as good as the Opera Minidoes. The problem is greatly relieved since the introduction of HTML5 (HyperText MarkupLanguage) and the newest CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). This article tries to help engineeringeducators to develop their class Web pages automatically adaptive for both desktop or laptopcomputers and mobile handheld devices by using HTML5 and CSS. Additionally, mobilefeatures of HTML5 and CSS may be useful for engineering education and some of them will

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Dilpreet S. Bajwa; Sreekala G. Bajwa

participated in this research. The companies included John Deere, Caterpillar,Bobcat, 3M, SpaceAge Synthetics, and Greenland Composites. All these companies have strongglobal presence and are heavily involved in manufacturing sector. They regularly hire NDSUmechanical engineering students and also help to review engineering program as advisory boardmembers. These companies also sponsor CSP’s with engineering schools and offer internshipsand cooperative opportunities for engineering students.Student’s perceptions about CSP’sTable 1 summarizes the student response to CSP’s evaluation questionnaire. Overall the surveyshowed students were highly satisfied with the structure of currently offered CSP’s byMechanical Engineering Department. They were excited