computer forensics education tosenior undergraduates and graduate students in computer science, software engineering,computer engineering, management information systems, and criminal justice programs.Courses include the basic Introduction to Computer Forensics course offered for threehours credit every Fall semester, and different special topics classes for graduate studentsin more advanced forensics technologies and research topics. The Introduction toComputer Forensics class has been offered six times since 2003, and since the lawenforcement training was started has been enhanced tremendously by much more activelearning activities. During the most recent semester, university students were tasked tocreate digital evidence, investigate and
AC 2008-1463: GROUP COMMUNICATION VIA TECHNOLOGY FORENGINEERING WORK: PERCEPTIONS ON EFFECTIVENESSDenise Bauer, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkGül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University Page 13.655.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Group Communication via Technology for Engineering Work: Perceptions on EffectivenessIntroductionGroup work is an important part of the engineering curriculum as employers are stressing theneed for future engineers to be able to work collaboratively with those both in and out of theirpreferred field. The use of technology in the classroom is also becoming a necessity as moststudents today
AC 2008-2331: NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRONICS INSTRUCTION –AN ELECTRONICS STUDIOArunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Arizona State University Research focus is in the field of Alternative Energy Technologies, more specifically in fuel cells. Developed a brand new undergraduate course on Electronics projects and has been using the e-Studio as an effective teaching tool.Barbara Rempel, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus An Edicator in the field of Electronics Engineering Technology for the past 17 years. Cureently involved in creating electronics embedded systems concentration for the undergraduate degree program. Her expertise involves, design and development of electronic circuits FPGA systems
AC 2008-929: TEMPORAL EXTENSIONS FOR ENHANCED ENTITYRELATIONSHIP NOTATIONCurtis Welborn, Utah Valley State CollegeReza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College Page 13.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Temporal Extensions for Enhanced Entity Relationship NotationAbstractAn organization can have many business rules to implement in their daily operations.When these rules deal with the planning of business operations, there can be a strongneed to specify the temporal relationships between business objects. Software engineersare seldom educated as to the use of temporal logic though it is often needed to accuratelyexplain time-based relationships
AC 2008-2195: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FORENSICS TOOL FOR WINDOWSMOBILE DEVICESKyle Lutes, Purdue University Kyle Lutes is an Associate Professor of Computer & Information Technology (CIT). He has authored/co-authored numerous papers, many of which were presented at national conferences or published in trade magazines/journals as well as two college textbooks. His background and interests cover all areas of software development, including mobile computing, client/server information systems, web application development, object-oriented programming (OOP), programming languages, software engineering, user interface design, and rapid application development (RAD). Kyle has been writing
University Azzedine Lansari received a PhD in Bioengineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. From 1992-1998, he was a senior researcher at Computer Sciences Corp. and MANTECH, Inc. He joined Zayed University in August 1998. Currently he is an associate professor of Information Technology. His teaching interests include instructional technology and statistical modeling. His research interests include systems modeling, educational technology and curriculum design. Page 13.768.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating the Security+ exam Objectives
AC 2008-1484: ASSESSING STUDENTS' WIKI CONTRIBUTIONSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Page 13.230.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Assessing Students’ Wiki Contributions Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractPerhaps inspired by the growing attention given to Wikipedia, instructors have increasingly beenturning to wikis [1, 2] as an instructional collaborative space. A major advantage of a wiki isthat any user can edit it at any time. In a class setting, students may be restricted in
AC 2008-1844: WEB-BASED SIMULATION OF FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORSYSTEMSAbul Azad, Northern Illinois University ABUL K M AZAD is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He obtained Ph.D. (control engineering) from the University of Sheffield (UK) in 1994. He has worked at various academic and industrial establishments since graduation in 1987. His research interests include mechatronics, vibration control, real-time computer control of engineering systems, adaptive/intelligent control, and mobile robotics. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 94 referred journal and conference papers, one edited book, and a book chapter. So far
, November 28. http://www.llrx.com/features/librarywikis.htm (accessed June 27, 2007)21. Fountain, Renée. 2007. Wiki Pedagogy. http://www.profetic.org/dossiers/dossier_imprimer.php3?id_rubrique=110 (accessed June 27, 2007).22. Kussmaul, Clif, Susannah Howe, and Simon Priest. 2006. Using wikis to foster team communication, cohesion, & collaboration . Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition.23. Kussmaul, Clifton, and Sharon Albert. 2007. Reading, writing, and revising with wiki technology: Tutorial presentation. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 22, no. 6: 138-139.24. Notari, Michele. 2006. How to use a wiki in education: 'Wiki based
AC 2008-2591: COMPARATIVE FRAMING ANALYSIS FOR TEACHINGWIRELESS NETWORK MOBILITYRobert MacDonald, Purdue University Robert MacDonald is a graduate student with the College of Technology at Purdue University. He completed his undergraduate degree in 2006, obtaining his BS in Network Engineering Technology from Purdue University as well. Robert is expecting to complete his MS in December of 2008. His interests lie in advanced internetwork design, wireless networking, and applied network security. His thesis research is focused on the implementation of secure routing protocols.Raheel Malik, Whirlpool Corp. Raheel A. Malik is a senior analyst with the Information Security and Audit Compliance
AC 2008-2882: NETWORK PROCESSES COMMUNICATION: CLASS PROJECTSMohammad Dadfar, Bowling Green State University MOHAMMAD B. DADFAR Mohammad B. Dadfar is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include Computer Extension and Analysis of Perturbation Series, Scheduling Algorithms, and Computers in Education. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in data communications, operating systems, and computer algorithms. He is a member of ACM and ASEE. Page 13.925.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Network
AC 2008-2323: EXTENDED ACTIVE LEARNING AS A MEANS TO LEARNSYNTAX IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGESSteven Hansen, University of St. Thomas Page 13.599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Extended Active Learning As A Means To Learn Syntax in Programming LanguagesAbstractActive learning is an education form that has gained much interest in recent years. Manyinstructors can come up with schemes that help students better learn algorithmdevelopment, program development, project management, and other aspects of neededskills in the computer sciences. In the past decade, I worked on the development of activelearning techniques to learn syntax. I find
AC 2008-1887: INTEGRATED CURRICULUM AND LABORATORYDEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANDCOMPUTER NETWORKING PROGRAMShuju Wu, Southeast Missouri State University Shuju Wu (swu@semo.edu) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology at Southeast Missouri State University. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Her current teaching and research interests include telecommunications and computer networking, IP and overlay multicast, system design and analysis, and wireless ad hoc networks.Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University Ragu Athinarayanan received his Masters and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering
AC 2008-2843: A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED: THECHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ROBUST RFIDINFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL MAKE IT A REALITYOkechi Egekwu, James Madison University Okechi Geoffrey Egekwu obtained his PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is currently a Full Professor in the Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT)program at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the manufacturing and technology management areas. He also teaches operations management at MBA programs at James Madison University (JMU) and Eastern Mennonite University. Professor Egekwu worked in industry
, UAE. He has worked at several academic institutions of which the last two were the University of Missouri-Columbia and Columbia College, MO. His teaching interests include programming languages, logic design, and computer architecture. His research interests include computer simulation, web-caching architecture, and curriculum design.Abdallah Tubaishat, Zayed Univeristy Dr. Abdallah Tubaishat received his PhD degree in Software Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is conducting research that spans two main areas, one is technical: software engineering and the other is non-technical: e-learning. He is conducting both types of research in parallel and has presented his work
AC 2008-1682: A PORTABLE VIRTUAL NETWORKING LAB FOR IT SECURITYINSTRUCTIONPeng Li, East Carolina UniversityTijjani Mohammed, East Carolina UniversityLee Toderick, East Carolina UniversityChengcheng Li, East Carolina UniversityPhilip Lunsford, East Carolina University Page 13.80.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Portable Virtual Networking Lab for IT Security InstructionAbstractInformation and computer technology programs are facing several challenges such as rapiddevelopments of technologies, outdated lab equipment and materials, and increasing demands forremote labs from on-campus and distance education (DE) students. The purpose of this paper
and assistance. Iwould also like to acknowledge the input and recommendations of colleagues who participatedin the University of Minnesota Summer School for Information Assurance, notably Dr.Youngdae Kim and Dr. Nick Hopper.Bibliography1. Anderson, Ross (2001). Security Engineering, John Wiley, New York.2. Association for Computing Machinery (2005). Computing curricula: information technology volume.Association for Computing Machinery. October 2005.3. Bishop, Matt (2005). Introduction to Computer Security, Addison Wesley, Boston.4. Bloom, B.S. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives; Book 1: Cognitive domain. Longman, New York.5. Fuller, U., Johnson, C., Ahoniemi, T., Cukierman, D., Hernan-Losada, I., Jackova, J., Lahtinen, E., Lewis, T
AC 2008-904: THE ROLE OF IT-RELATED DISASTER RECOVERY INEXPEDITING THE RECOVERY FROM HURRICANES IN TOURIST-BASEDCOASTAL COMMUNITIESBarry Cumbie, Auburn UniversityChetan Sankar, Auburn UniversityP.K. Raju, Auburn University Page 13.1261.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The Role of IT-Related Disaster Recovery in Expediting the Recovery from Hurricanes in Tourist-Based Coastal CommunitiesAbstractWhile proximity to the ocean affords visitors and residents of coastal communities a uniquelifestyle, the threat of coastal storms constantly looms, threatening the economic viability ofthese tourist-based economies. The executive director of community
AC 2008-1245: DISTANCE LEARNING WITH LIMITED BANDWIDTHHenry Chaya, Manhattan College Brother Henry Chaya is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Manhattan College in New York City. He is currently on leave to serve as chairperson of the Computer Information Systems department at Bethlehem University in the West Bank. Both institutions are sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools of which the author is a member. Page 13.444.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Distance Learning with Limited BandwidthAbstractAccess to quality