Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Catherine Bale, U.S. Military Academy

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Computers in Education

standings of any team in a population of100,000, also in less than 0.02 seconds. Our enterprise database was inadequate for this task,since its relational engine needed a linear scan of 100,000 records in the worst case. A well-known balanced tree algorithm with node numbering was well-suited, but implementationpresented some arcane technical problems. Help came from the Open Source softwarecommunity in the form of a production-quality embeddable database system with the requirednode-numbering feature.5Bearing in mind that our usage load estimates were rough, we set out to implement the serversoftware for scalability. We chose an architecture of communicating services that each provideda separate function. In the system’s original configuration

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Schleter, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Computers in Education

2006-2279: USING WEB-BASED HOMEWORK IN AN INTRODUCTORYENGINEERING PHYSICS COURSEWilliam Schleter, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Instructor – Engineering Fundamentals Division – University of Tennessee, Knoxville Mr. Schleter received his BS in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Instructional Technology. He is a registered professional engineer in Tennessee and a full-time instructor in the Engineering Fundamental Division at the University of Tennessee.Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Professor and Associate Dept. Head – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – University of Tennessee, Knoville. Dr. Bennett received his Ph.D. from the University

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Nattam, Purdue University; Kermin Martinez-Hernandez, Purdue University; Doug Danforth, Purdue University; Steve Emberton, Purdue University; Ryan Pedela, Purdue University; Eugene Elkin, Purdue University; Carlos Morales, Purdue University; Kellen Maicher, Purdue University; Gabriela Weaver, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

Page 11.1269.6considering it would be very tempting to create a different kind of game for eachProceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2006, American Society for Engineering Educationeducation-based puzzle we created. Analysis of FPS games showed that minute control ofobjects (example being hundreds of tiny flip switches) would be a poor designimplementation. Thus we kept physical representation of puzzles abstract and easy for theplayer to manipulate. With these concepts in mind, we set about translating oureducational ideas into game-play.When initially creating the design for the game, the chemistry team came up with a list ofcommon misconceptions that freshman

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley

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Computers in Education

its computational/graphical capabilities. This will giveus the ability to discuss more advanced engineering/mathematical problems in a short period oftime, which cannot be accomplished with general purpose programming languages. We shouldkeep in mind that the main reason behind offering a programming course for engineeringstudents is to help them with their future scientific computational tasks. We believe that Matlabcan be used to serve this purpose. The fact that the majority of engineering jobs (excludingcomputer engineering which is not part of our discussion) do not require programming, but mayrequire problem solving, should also justify the use of Matlab in engineering programmingcourses. Moreover, since Matlab is an integrated part of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Jones, Southwest Tennessee Community College; James M. Northern, Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Computers in Education

2006-730: USING WIRELESS TABLET PERSONAL COMPUTERS TO EXTENDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOMS AND ENHANCE LEARNINGLisa Jones, Southwest Tennessee Community College Lisa G. Jones is currently Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering Technology at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, Tennessee. She joined Southwest in 2002 after 20 years of working as a design engineer and project manager in the electronics industry including Bell Labs, AT&T, Truevision, and Thomson Consumer Electronics. Ms. Jones earned her BSEE degree from Memphis State University in 1980 and her MSEE degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981.James M. Northern, Southwest Tennessee Community

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy; Carl Wick, U.S. Naval Academy; George Piper, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

. Students undertaking this exercise are working toward a metricbased on sound engineering design, in contrast to the victory-based metrics typically associated(in the students’ minds) with robotics competitions. The proposed format allows students a trulyopen-ended experience, since they must develop problem specifications themselves. Instructorsupport is required to assist in the development of an appropriate problem as well as during thedesign phase, but a well-prepared instructor can look forward to an extremely beneficial exercisethat strongly motivates students and provides substantial dividends for the students in regards torobotics and engineering design in general.IntroductionRobot design is a challenging topic to teach in a traditional

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

several areas for improvement. First, we have opened the Olympiad toteams of all levels of background, from junior-high students to university students. Recognizingthat it is inappropriate to give the same test to all students, we will give exams at two differentlevels in 2006. Furthermore, we will prepare a study guide that will be posted on the TCFFHRCwebsite, and we will encourage teachers to focus on challenging their students by assignmentsand tests that require students to integrate knowledge as an everyday exercise.References1. D. Ahlgren and I. Verner “Integration of a Fire-Fighting Robot Contest in Multi-Level Engineering Education”, Proc. 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.2. L. Vygotsky (1978) Mind in Society. Cambridge