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Howard Silver

function calculator Tic-tac-toe game Alphabetic character pattern generation for neural network testing Pop-up menu activating Four function calculator Sliders controlling Slope of a plotted line Sample interval for numerical solution of a differential equation Frequency of a sinusoidal input to a series RLC circuit Noise level and duration for signal detection using averagingKey words: MATLAB GUI Text Box Push Button Pop up MenuSlider Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Abayomi Dairo; Nikola Jovic; Paul Cotae

, underwater acoustic communication, FSK modulation. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 37I. Introduction Acoustic underwater communications are governed by three factors: limited bandwidth,time-varying multipath propagation, and low speed of sound in water [1] and [2]. In underwaterenvironments, radio waves do not propagate well due to above environmental conditions soacoustic channels are employed. The propagation speed of acoustic signals in water is about1.5x103 m/s, five orders of magnitude lower than the radio

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ASM Delowar Hossain; Zory Marantz; Djafar Mynbaev

gap continues to increase rapidly because electronics went throughanother technological revolution for the last ten years; the revolution that resultedin dramatic improvement of speed, miniaturization, functionality and otherparameters. This situation raises the question whether it is possible to teachmodern electronics, particularly in two-year programs. Obviously, it is not theconcern of our department only; this is a nation-wide problem that many expertsfrom industry and academia have realized [1]. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Kalyan Mondal

EENG/EGTE 3288 Microprocessor System Design II whichrequires programming the Freescale HCS12 microcontroller using the C language. As such, thiscourse is a prime candidate for introducing Secure Coding principles. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 132Secure coding concepts have been proposed and incorporated in some college curriculum [2 – 4]mostly in the computer science departments. However, due to the criticality of the cyber attacksand the resulting disruptions, all engineers must know the root cause of

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Walter W. Buchanan; Muhammad H. Kehnemouyi

Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 32 2activities that encourage young people to pursue careers in engineering. ASEE also uses itswebsite and newsletters to publicize top Prism articles about engineering. Other top ASEEpublications include the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE), our peer-reviewedinternational journal that is published quarterly by ASEE in partnership with a global communityof engineering education societies and associations

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Nadia Benakli; Satyanand Singh; Ashwin Satyanarayana; Arnavaz Taraporevala

in the late 1980’s for the purpose of creating and interactivelyexploring graphical representations of concepts. Many experimental studies designed tosubstantiate the educational effectiveness of such visualization technology [2]. In this paper wediscuss how Visualization can help students in Math and Computer Science by giving 3examples from each department.A. Computer ScienceMotivationKorhonen and Malmi [3] describe a visualization system that presents novice programmers withgraphical representations of algorithms which requires them to manipulate these representations Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering

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Andy S. Zhang; Ali Harb; Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia; Alex Wong

real-time computing to control the robot inresponse to surrounding environment.Traditional approach to product design was confined by disciplinary boundaries.There were seldom collaborations among engineers in different engineering fields.New multidisciplinary approach to product design however requires the engineers Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 277to possess broad knowledge and skills beyond their disciplinary fields in order for them toeffectively communicate with other members in a design team [2, 3]. This is especially

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Shahryar Darayan; David Olowokere; Xuemin Chen

tosupport a conclusion. It is essential to demonstrate objectives and outcomes forthe program are being measured and accomplished. Programs often struggle withdeciding what data to collect and ensuring the data is measurable [2].The ELET program has been in continuous accreditation since 1996. For the firsttime in 2008, the ELET program was accredited under the new TC2k criteria byTAC/ABET. In the last visit of 2007 by the TAC/ABET, the response was toaccredit the programs to September 30, 2010, and require that a request be made Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Bryndol Sones; Frank Wattenberg

the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 236reasonable tool to analyze the harmonic motion and its dampening characteristics.Unfortunately, the data does not match the models used in most introductory textbooks becausethese simplified models omit the torsion of the spring and constrain the problem to 2-D. Wehave measured the impact of this omission to contribute to systematic error, and the rotation ofthe mass and the 3-D motion are easily observed. To complement these classroom activities, wepropose using DIY-Modeling, which is a 3-D modeling-simulation

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Chiranjit Das; Zeinab Al obaidi; Navarun Gupta

. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 94Non-Separable Complex Wavelet Transform (DT CWT)The idea is to use two Real DWTs and pair them up in a way that they function as analyticallysatisfying complex wavelet transform[2][5]. The DT CWT uses two different sets of filters forthe two trees as shown in the diagram (fig.1) so as to satisfy the condition of ‘PerfectReconstruction’[5]. They are jointly designed to be approximately analytic. There is no data flowbetween the two trees in general. In the two Real DWT’s the Parseval’s Relationship is

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Hong Li; Ali Setoodehnia

the flexibility andaccessibility to achieve the effective and efficient learning outcomes. How different are thesetwo methods of teaching, and do either prove better for the student? With these questions, we Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 125comparedtwo different systems in curriculum development, class activities, student support andassessment.Curriculum Development:In both traditional college campuses and online campuses, curriculum developments are alwaysongoing processes tomaintain the degree program current

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

learners and5% are kinesthetic learners.[4] In an earlier study by Fowler et al, it was found that 75% ofstudents are visual learners and 80% of students are active learners.[7] Active learners learnmore by working on projects, solving problems and working in teams. Visual learners prefer tolearn from drawings, videos, photographs and diagrams. [8] They typically close their eyes torecall something that they have seen, often think in visuals, learn best from visual media and findoral information difficult to remember. [6] Engineering students today are surrounded by visuals Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Yacob Astatke; Farzad Moazzami; Craig Scott; Jumoke Ladeji-Osias

shifting
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David A. Vaccari

significantly improve studentlearning. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 253Accreditation, Outcomes and Assessment:Accreditation is a peer-review process for assurance of quality. Engineering programs in the U.S.need to be concerned with two kinds of accreditation: regional and ABET. A major difference isthat regional accreditation accredits the entire institution, whereas ABET accreditation accreditsindividual engineering programs. Regional accreditation in New Jersey and nearby states, plusPuerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, is

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Scott A. Sinex

, spreadsheet simulations, random and systematic errors Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 223Introduction:Getting students to deal with measurement error is not a trivial task, but is the hallmark of a goodscientist and engineer. So many K-16 laboratory activities tend to explore a single dependentvariable as the independent variable in changed. Then students address the question: “Whaterrors influence your results?” This is an important question to address; however, novicelearners need to investigate error not have it thrown in as an after

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Aiman S. Kuzmar

taught Statics to Engineering Technologystudents at the same institute. He made several presentations and published paperson the differences on teaching Engineering Mechanics courses which includeStatics and Strength of Materials betweenEngineering and EngineeringTechnology students[1, 2]. In these papers and presentations, it was demonstratedthat teaching Statics to Engineering students should be different than teaching it toEngineering Technology students despite being the same subject because of thefundamental differences between the two disciplines. Engineering is based on Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Yu Wang; Alex Wong; Aparicio Carranza

operations at the register level tostudy the x86 instructions of the Intel microprocessor; analyze the little Endian computermemory unit and memory address; explore the stack data structure; understand the relationshipbetween C/C++ language to assembly language or machine instructions; gain hands-on Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 263experience with microprocessor parallel interface; and develop PC based software (C/C++ orassembly language programming) to interface to the external electronics devices. Currently theHigh

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Ali Daneshmandnia

of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 61instructors will become stimulated when they teach using its User-Centered Design (UCD)approach, which is the common design methodology for programs such as Moodle.Using Moodle should be satisfying and worthwhile in a HCI project because several HCIconcepts can be examined, namely: familiarity of interface, consistency, error recovery, dialogueinitiatives, and task migratability (Hinze-Hoare, HCI and Educational Metrics as Tools for VLEEvaluation, 2008). The following are reasons that author this study gives for

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Fritzpatrick Roque; Aidan Murphy; Bijan Bayat Mokhtari; Joseph Kim; Alex Barbaran; Andy S. Zhang; Farrukh Zia

that further increase the probability of risk. Currently, many of the Doctors administering the endoscopic examination rely on intuition to detect if a loop has formed. For the purposes of detecting these loops in a more accurate and dependable way, a reliable yet simple, inexpensive yet sophisticated, user-friendly sensing device with an emphasis on optimal efficiency and patient comfort was developed. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 283The device, which is called Loop-O-Scope the by team, revolves around a stretch

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Bryndol Sones

) Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 244Program at West Point: reactor engineering, radiation shielding, radiation detection, and nuclearweapons effects. The use of MCNP in our curriculum may seem like an obvious choice. Itpermits experimentation using virtual facilities requiring no capital investment in physicallaboratories, and it enables the student use of a modern engineering tool, an ABET priority forour NE Program. However, MCNP use does not come easily to our student because it requiresuse of DOS command prompts and prescriptive input

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Bijan Bayat Mokhtari; Ethan Wong; Aidan Murphy; Andy S. Zhang; Fritzpatrick Roque; Iem Heng

: Cognitivelearning,experientialandcooperativelearning,hands-onlearning.1. IntroductionOne of the oblems pr that many engineering technology students face whelooking for their first engineering job is: Do you have relevant experiEmployers prefer graduates with relevant experience to those without Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education

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Ahmed Azam

it easier for students, teachers and administrators to strive towardsacademic success. It is the technical means by which everything can be delivered as aservice over the internet, accessible from any device, any place, anytime. By providingaccess to education and the academic community anytime and anywhere, DeVry canemerge as a leader in the academic world. DeVry is made up of many voices but is oneuniversity, and cloud computing could be the tool used to unite our vision, objectives,and values for many different audiences.Key words: Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Integrated Services, DeVry University,Hosted Services, Hybrid Learning Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the

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Robert Avanzato

platform provides animmersive environment which supports the team design process, the reviewprocess and the presentation process.There are examples of successful utilization of virtual worlds to supportcollaborative design in the literature.Ehsani and Chase [1] discuss the uses ofvirtual worlds with distributed design teams to reduce the time to developprototypes and reduce overall costs, and they included the review of several case Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 15studies in the architectural and construction field. One such

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Issam Damaj; Ashley Ater Kranov

ofsociety. Other definitions of sustainable development includes the following: Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 48 • "Sustainable means using methods, systems and materials that won't deplete resources or harm natural cycles" [4] • Sustainability "identifies a concept and attitude in development that looks at a site's natural land, water, and energy resources as integral aspects of the development" [5] • "Sustainability integrates natural systems with human patterns and celebrates continuity, uniqueness and placemaking" [6

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Anatoliy Gordonov

this would solve the problem. Unfortunately, this is nota complete solution. If we try to plant a flower in the soil that is not prepared specifically for it, the flowerfades out after a while. In order to study and then use security rules, students have to beprepared for this. They have to fully understand the consequences of breaking these rules. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 109 2 Here I would like to give an