Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Chance Glenn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-937: INCORPORATION OF BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMWarren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology Warren is currently a professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT and chair of the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program. He joined RIT in December 2000 after retiring from Bell Laboratories. He began his thirty two year career at Bell Labs as a member of technical staff in the Electronic Switching Division in Naperville Illinois. He was involved in a variety of projects at a variety of Bell Labs locations, including international assignments in The Netherlands and Germany. At the time of his retirement, he

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention in ET Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene Ferrara, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Andrew Vavreck, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

engineers actually do in industry, andto provide students with team-oriented project work. Team experiences and effectivelyfunctioning as a part of a team are addressed as students become involved in the projectwork.In spring of 2006, EDSGN 100 was offered for the first time as a common course forengineering and engineering technology majors. Prior to this time, engineeringtechnology freshmen students instead took three one-credit courses, in mechanicaldrawing, basic computer aided design (CAD), and an orientation to engineeringtechnology. The courses were aligned to enhance the mobility of students between thedisciplines, to increase interactions between students in the two disciplines to foster betterunderstanding of their commonalities and

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Jewell, Union College

Tagged Divisions

International

exception, these programs do not accommodate students takingengineering courses abroad. Term abroad (engineering) refers to engineering exchanges thathave been developed, and will be discussed in detail later. Mini-terms are programs with threeweeks of international travel during the winter or summer breaks. International design projectsinvolve collaboration over the Internet with students in engineering programs overseas, withapproximately one week of travel to the international university at the end for some type ofdesign competition. These projects took a three-year hiatus, but there has been a resurgence ofinterest on the part of faculty for these programs in the 2007-08 academic year, which will bereflected in the data for the class of 2008

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

spatial skills and invite them to take an optional 1-credit course to helpdevelop these skills. This class meets for 1.5 hours once a week for 14 weeks. Thetopics covered in this class include: isometric drawing, orthographic projections, flatpatterns, 3-D rotations, object reflections and planes of symmetry, cutting planes,surfaces and solids of revolution, and combining solids. Topics are listed in the orderthat was thought to develop 3-D spatial skills and in the order they have beentraditionally covered in this class.In the past we have noticed that 1) some students have a difficult time jumping right intoisometric sketching and 2) that by the end of the semester students seem bored, especiallywhen coving the topics of surfaces and solids of

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Mithun Singla, University of Houston; Christy Chang, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

ability ofpiezo materials to both deform under an electrical stimulus and to generate a voltage under amechanical stimulus allows them to act as both a solid state actuator and sensor. Further, thinsheets of PZT can be surface bonded or otherwise structurally integrated into a system, allowingfor easy implementation in a dynamic system, and the nearly linear proportionality between themechanical strain and the applied/sensed voltage allows for easy control of PZT behavior.The Flexible Beam SystemA horizontal and a vertical flexible beam have been developed as educational tools. The verticalbeam presented here is based on the horizontal beam system developed in previous work 9, 10 andwas developed as a senior capstone design project. The vertical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, devoting several courses to several of the individual topics.2 Multi-Disciplinary ContextOur multi-disciplinary engineering program at ASU is built around core values of engaged learning,agility and a focus on the individual. The main spine of the program is eight semesters of projectwork conducted inside an engineering studio. The freshman and sophomore years of the programare multi-disciplinary, with all students sharing a common set of projects and courses. At the upperdivision, a student will individually select two focus areas: a primary engineering emphasis area Page 13.366.2and a secondary emphasis area, which may or may not be in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Michael Ostendorf, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Scott Cray, Minnesota State University-Mankato

out of this was the role ofdeveloper perspective. Instructors will often assume that students have a certain knowledge orunderstanding of the physical world which may in fact not be there. This increases studentfrustration and can limit their progress. The intention of this project was to make use ofundergraduate students for the material development so that they could act as “assumptioncheckers”. However, barely two weeks into the summer work the undergraduate assistants hadbecome so familiar with the thermodynamics material that they started to fall into the same trap, Page 13.1012.4even to the point of uttering the phrase “but they should

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

: for each object N do for each pixel P through which N might be visible do compute color cnew and depth znew if znew < zpixel then cpixel = cnew zpixel = znew Page 13.1019.3The z-buffer algorithm projects an object toward the screen and writes to any pixels covered bythat object both the distance from the object to the view point (the depth or z value) and the colorinformation, but only if the new z value is less than the current z value associated with a givenpixel (Figure 2

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso; Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineer. As part of the effort to metacognize, the engineeringfaculty member teaching the course wrote reflections for every class period taught. Thereflections were in the form of written text describing plans for a class session, and describing,after class, how the class went.A product design project was a major component of the systems engineering course. Studentsworked in teams on a sequential design process for designing a consumer product. Theycollected customer requirements, translated customer requirements into technical specifications,generated several alternative concepts (in the form of sketches) based on the specifications, andusing engineering criteria, selected promising concepts for further development. Students alsopresented their

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University; Frank Li, Youngstown State University; Eric Lombardo, YSU; CHITRA RAJAGOPAL, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

this topic in any other course,several laboratory sessions are used to provide them with necessary background informationabout the topic followed by hands on laboratory session in order for them to design a fuzzy logiccontroller for the plant described earlier. The students are also required to develop and present adesign project at the conclusion of the laboratory. The only constraints that is imposed uponthem is the use of the DE2 as the platform for controller design and the approval of the instructorfor their proposed projects to ascertain that their project is sufficiently complex and encompassesthe materials covered.References1. Liu Limin, "A Prototyping IP Hardware for SOPC with Single Instruction Driving," 2006 International

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation).Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Engineering and Lead Faculty on Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering. Lead a six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members offering three undergraduate and six graduate programs

Conference Session

Engineering Accreditation Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Wolfe, Engineers Canada; Phil Alexander, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

International

proportional measure of curriculum to an absolutemeasure. Changes recently implemented in the CEAB criteria include: • refining the curriculum content requirements for Basic (natural) Science and Mathematics to allow more flexibility, • including morale and commitment of faculty, support staff and students as a component of the qualitative evaluation, and • including the requirement for students to be involved in a culminating design experience which includes exposure to the concepts of project management.Furthermore, as part of its continuous cycle of quality improvement, the CEAB is implementingchanges to the criteria, which include: • enhancing factors related to outcomes-based assessment, • modifying the options available to universities

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik Wilhelm, Paul Scherrer Institut; Irene Berry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mathew Stevens, University of Waterloo; Warren Schenler, Paul Scherrer Institut

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came to Switzerland to work at the ETH Zurich on energy research projects studying electric power system issues in Switzerland, Romania and China, and has continued this work at the Paul Scherrer Institut in the GaBE group. His research interests also include transportation, geothermal and hydrogen energy systems. Page 13.279.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 CARtogr aphy: Cr eating a Global Map-Based Fuel Use CalculatorAbstr actThe goal of this work was to create a web tool that offers accurate predictions of fuelconsumption based on driving directions. The

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

issues and proposedattributes for successful engineers of 2020, these attributes and issues may almost alwaysbe couched within the following pedagogical concerns: There is a need to construct engineering curriculum so as to serve more diverse learners. There is a need to help students develop better complex thinking skills. There is a need to provide learning environments that more actively engage students on multi-disciplinary team projects. There is a need to create an opportunity for value added curriculum, particularly in the areas business, management, and leadership skills.To do this is going to require more active and engaged pedagogies that usually providesome opportunity for experiential

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

International

leadership and management to engineers. The aforementionedattributes, along with cultural skills, are key factors in improving our globalcompetitiveness. Advertising these new requirements will perhaps broaden the appeal ofengineering programs to students well prepared in math and science who are primarilyinterested in careers in management and leadership.We also need to supplement some of the work that was traditionally done by engineerswith work done by technologists. The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)differentiates between the engineer, on the one hand, and the engineering technologist onthe other, by emphasizing how engineering graduates design projects, while engineeringtechnology graduates implement them:Engineering

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

], this growth will not abate anytime soon. In fact, an evidence of this isthe fact that DSP education, as a course, is now part of the undergraduate electives in mostuniversities [11-12]. It is likely to be part of the undergraduate core courses in the next fewyears. As the growth continues, some universities have made a course in Digital SignalProcessing (DSP) the first course taken by undergraduates instead of the traditional AnalogElectric Circuits course [5].We also note that DSP education is beginning to trickle down to the high-school level as well asevidenced by the Infinity project [14]. As more of the theory of DSP course percolates down tothe junior and sophomore levels, there is a need to include advanced courses in some kind

Conference Session

The Use of Computers in Teaching Mathematics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Leslie Sena, Bethune Cookman College; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; David Bethelmy, Bethune Cookman College

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

concepts through basic ideal examples typically found in textbooks. Eachsubsequent module in that level will slowly relax unrealistic assumptions, thus increasing thenumber of related variables and ultimately resulting in a problem close to real world application.Thus, within a given level, module sets contain modules that vary in complexity and abstractionfrom simple and concrete to complex and highly abstract. The final module at the expert levelwill be comparable to a capstone course project requiring complex modeling for solving a real-world application.One of the pedagogical requirements for module development is that the module be inquirybased and introduce problems, and sub problems, by posing questions. The module will thenguide students

Conference Session

Engineering Economy -- Outside the Introductory Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Boerger, Engineering Economic Associates, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

book in 19515. This model for the first time provided a completeworking model of the economy that could be used to explain how changes in one sector of theeconomy (e.g. growth in output or changes in productivity) would impact other sectors. To fitwith the analysis technique he was using, Leontief used linear relationships between inputs andoutputs (“production functions”) in each industry.Chenery, part of Leontief’s Harvard Economic Research Project created in 1948 to extend thework of his earlier input-output efforts, took on the task of producing better empirical productionfunctions using an engineering understanding of how inputs are transformed into outputs. For

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; Khaled El-Sawy, United Arab Emirates University; Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

International

Outcomes* 1. Graduate students with knowledge of engineering principles and theories necessary for application in civil engineering projects. A, J 2. Develop students’ capabilities towards innovation and creativity in C, E engineering design. 3. Develop students’ computer skills to a highly competent level. K 4. Enhance students’ ability to communicate effectively. G 5. Enable students to conduct experimental work effectively. B 6. Enable students to improve their team-working skills, and to achieve life-long learning habits. D, I 7. Help

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siamak Faridani, University of Oklahoma; Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

space in their curriculum for a full MEMS course. To help solve this issue,this project proposed to use the traditional mechanics course and lab to introduce MEMS. Inother words, use a simple MEMS experiment to demonstrate both mechanics (i.e. beam bending)and MEMS concepts electrical induced force on beam).To enable other institutions to benefit from the actual experimental process done at theUniversity of Oklahoma, a website with information and a virtual lab was developed. A typicalpage of the website is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 The Layout of the MEMS Website Page 13.948.4One of the goals of the NSF grant was to make

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

” the recorded classes and study the lecture material and then beready to ask good questions in the live synchronous classes.Both synchronous and asynchronous courses have their advantages and disadvantages. Blendedon-line courses that integrate both synchronous and asynchronous communications can allowrapid interchange of ideas, generate enthusiastic discussion involving all participants, achieve areasonable level of professional engagement, and recreate certain elements of face-to-facediscussion. All of this can take place where attendance and participation are encouraged byfixing a set time for the live meeting and limiting the time frame of the discussion.The HP project has been able to successfully demonstrate the use of the tablet PC

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

oral communication skills. If theyrely on a general answer pattern instead of evaluating the various aspects of oral communication,then students will not be able to glean from the answers which aspects they will need to improveto become better communicators. In other words, then the administering of the instrument willnot add much pedagogical value.As part of a larger project that aims to address the need for improved communication skills forengineering undergraduates, the authors of this paper piloted an oral communication skillsinstrument with co-op and intern students and their supervisors at the employer site in thesummer of 2006. This pilot was reported at the 2007 ASEE national conference.1Engineering students at Pennsylvania State

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

full-project drawings for a small project while going throughschool. The experience of preparing a complete set of drawings gives the students an opportunityto reflect on cost, and constructability issues. It is possible to have the students go through thisexperience in a capstone project. The EAC and TAC criteria for accreditation of engineering andtechnology programs call for programs to graduate students with requisite skills of theirprofession. In the opinion of the author, graphic skills for engineering and technology graduatesare the most fundamental skills, and will enable them to produce more complete and accurateproject drawings.ConclusionThe accuracy and precision of shop drawings is vital to the success or failure of an

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Myszka, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) Page 13.168.3All of the courses cited that grade determination would be based on laboratory reports andexams. Many of the courses also required homework and some form of a design project. Thegrade for the project was based on a formal is a report.Possible Inconsistency between the Outcomes and Evaluation MethodsCritically reviewing the four outcomes identified above, attention was placed on a key word inoutcome 1 being “apply”, and from outcome 2 being “implement”. These are both interpreted ashaving a working knowledge. The action words are consistent with “conduct” from theaccreditation outcome b., listed in the introduction section.It is noted that traditional homework and exams directly evaluate outcome 3, and partially assessoutcome 1

Conference Session

MIND: Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Tarig Ali, University of Central Florida; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

don’texist.The use of online-based, “open book, open mind” approach is being recognized in the literatureas a potential method of examination for distance courses in the faculties of engineering, science,and technology1,3. Faculty may have to develop new methodologies, and structure or restructuretheir course differently to accommodate and facilitate the effectiveness of online examinationmethods. Some very recent studies documented the practicality and effectiveness of distancelearning methodologies3. Results from an early study of the desirability and feasibility of usingdistance learning indicated that this teaching and methodology has a useful role in distancelearning4. The case for employing project-based learning methods as opposed to more

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University

and socialcontext above 4. The senior students rated ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; abilityto identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; recognition of the need for, and an abilityto engage in life-long learning; and ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineeringtools necessary for engineering practice at 4 or higher. All average results were 3.33 or higher. This suggests that the failure case studies can beimportant for enhancing learning of all ABET outcomes. The students were also asked to rate the relative contributions of the textbook, lectures,homework, projects (if any), exams, and the case studies to their interest and understanding ofthe course material. Case studies were ranked

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mina Hoorfar, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Homayoun Najjaran, University of British Columbia Okanagan; William Cleghorn, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Case Western Reserve University as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research involved in the enhancement of water management in the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Dr. Hoorfar is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.Homayoun Najjaran, University of British Columbia Okanagan Homayoun Najjaran received his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tehran in 1996 and University of Toronto in 2002, respectively. He worked on different research projects in the area of mechatronics at the National Research Council (NRC) Canada from 2003 to 2006. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

information. The faculty member mayrequire the team to research the library and/or the web to find the latest availableinformation regarding their project. The visual representation of data helps to identifywhere the change is required and it serves as a feedback for continuous improvement ofprogram.In the matured or well developed stage of assessment, in-depth or specifics inperformance criteria are used for evaluation.Performance criteria #1: “Listening to other team members” Specific (A): Number of team meetings Specific (B): Minutes of the meetingPerformance criteria #2: “Sharing the work” Specific (A): Individual contribution Specific (B): Knowledge of other members’ contributionPerformance Criteria #3: “Information

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Lamb, Youngstown State University; David Kurtanich

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

reaccreditation process before;based on the old criteria in which you collected student work and the evaluation team looked at asnapshot in time of the programs 5. However, we knew that this reaccreditation process wouldbe different. The initial stages of preparation for the 2005-2006 TAC-ABET visit was very similar toprevious reaccreditation visits. Student material, notebooks, homework, projects, and various Page 13.239.2other materials, were gathered and displayed for the evaluation team. The department did have alimited amount of general data that had previously been collected for faculty research projects,which was analyzed and used for the

Conference Session

Mobile Robots in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abraham Howell, State University of NY-Binghamton; Richard Eckert, Suny - Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York-Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

# Express. The abe_functions.dll encapsulates BIObot’sfunctionality and manages all serial port communication so the user can focus on creating high-level intelligence for BIObot. After adding the library as a reference to their C# project, studentshave immediate access to all of the BIObot functions. The student GUIs must control BIObotusing open loop velocity, closed loop velocity, or position control. A user should also be able toenter the left and right motor velocities or number of encoder ticks depending upon whichcontrol methodology is selected. Additionally, the GUI must be able to retrieve and display theA/D sensor readings and read an in-range RFID tag and display the data in both ASCII and hexformat. A custom C# .NET library