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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kyle V. Moses; W. Michael Petullo

Teaching Computer Security Kyle V. Moses and W. Michael Petullo Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States Military Academy West Point, New York 10996 kyle.moses@usma.edu, mike@flyn.org Abstract—Computer security is a tremendously challenging security vulnerability that might arise from it—as a program-area of engineering. Our society finds itself increasingly reliant on mer misunderstanding. Examples of misunderstandings in-computer systems, even while

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Holly T. Frederick

1 Pedagogical Advantages of a Multi-phase Undergraduate Laboratory Project Holly T. Frederick, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA ‘noun’ and idea based syntax to a ‘verb’ and action based [2].Abstract— A four phase laboratory project has been developed The ideas can be applied to different disciplines and even toand used in an undergraduate environmental

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kanti Prasad

21st Century Challenges: Integrating Fundamentals Into State-Of-The-Art Technology Curricula Complimented by Hands on Experience in Laboratories. Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E.; F.ASEE Professor/Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduAbstract:In order to prepare the workforce for VLSI program, theoretical instructions must integratefundamentals and be complemented with adequate laboratory facilities in order to validate thedesign from its conception to the

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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L. Simon

Development of a Web-based Computing Platform to Teach Controlled-Release Technology L. Simon addition, the influence of an array of conditions on a processAbstract— Traditional drug-delivery techniques, such as oral can be assessed immediately. However, learning throughformulations and injections, fail to establish continuous, targeted simulation, alone, has disadvantages, such as a lack of insightrelease of a medication to specific sites. In addition to problems into the mechanisms of action, but will

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Velma Latson; Lethia Jackson; Courtney Lamar; Daryl Stone

The Impact of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to Teach Programming at a Historically Black College and University Velma Latson, Lethia Jackson, Courtney Lamar, and Daryl Stone Bowie State University vlatson@bowiestate.edu, ljackson@bowiestate.edu, clamar@bowiestate.edu, dstone@bowiestate.edu The MOOC was used in the Computer Principles and Abstract— There is little research that describes the Technology (COSC 111) course. This is an introductoryimpact of the incorporation of massive open online computer science course offered in

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alisa Morss Clyne

in small student groups with the professor serving as awho can translate laboratory discoveries into cutting-edge facilitator or guide. Students encounter authentic problemsbiomedical technology. which are then used as a tool through which the students direct their own learning. While many active and collaborative Index Terms—Biomechanics, Problem-Based Learning teaching strategies are more effective than traditional lecture formats in enhancing

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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F.T. Fisher; R.S. Besser; K. Sheppard; C.H. Choi; E.H. Yang

§ Photonics properties ofcomponents of this aspect of the course take place in themulti-user Micro Device Laboratory (MDL), a class 100 clean Nanophotonics nanomaterialsroom facility available to nanotechnology researchers, which § Optical tweezerscontains a complete suite of micro/nanofabrication and § Photonic crystals: a band gapcharacterization equipment. for photons § Introduction: how biologyThe second thread of the course entails characterization and “feels” at the