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M. Nazrul Islam

Security Technology: A New Field in Engineering Curriculum M. Nazrul Islam Department of Security Systems State University of New York – Farmingdale E-mail: islamn@farmingdale.edu AbstractSecurity of information as well as physical resources has become a crucial component inresearch and development. A significant amount of research interests and grants has beendedicated towards development of strong, efficient and robust security techniques and systemswhere both the academic institutions and industries have been involved actively. The

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Robotic Car Race for Attracting High School Students to Engineering and Engineering TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the development of a remote-controlled robotic racecar competitiondesigned to attract local high school STEM students to engineering and engineering technology.The competition takes about five hours to complete and includes a lecture on the EngineeringTechnology Program and a facilities tour.IntroductionRobotics is an excellent way to interest young students in science and technology. This paperdescribes a remote-controlled robotic racecar competition designed to attract local high schoolstudents to engineering and engineering technology. In this competition students build and pilot

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Todd Holden; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; George Tremberger Jr; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

An Explorative Structural Equation Modeling of Grades for Engineering & Technology Educational Research Todd Holden, Vazgen Shekoyan, Sunil Dehipawala, George Tremberger, Jr, David Lieberman & Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics Department 222-05 56th Ave Bayside NY 11364AbstractStructural equation modeling (SEM) has been used to probe the aspects that concerncausative hypotheses/elements contained in engineering and technology educationalresearch datasets; and to study the potential causal relationships. The grades in remedialcourses (reading, writing and high school math), college math, first physics course andgraduation GPA are used

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Bruce Char; Jeremy Johnson; David Augenblick

models and computation by having themwork and receive feedback on problems from instructional staff by lab work, and through graded on-line work.We use autograding technology to increase the amount of time the instructional staff has helping studentswith problems they face when problem solving. It allows students to develop proficiency by providing a largesupply of practice problems with immediate feedback. On-line grading technology also gives us convenientmeans to run the course consistently across many time periods and offerings over several terms. Writing autograded questions with variation incurs a higher cost in software engineering (analysis, testing,and design) than a typical one-paper/single-use assignment or exam question. However, the

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Sean Pratt; Yapah Berry; Olivia Reed; Gaffar Gailani

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference, Delaware, April 2012 Introducing Aerospace Engineering to High and Middle Schools Sean Pratt, Yapah Berry, Olivia Reed, and Gaffar Gailani Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design Technology Dept. New York City College of Technology 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201AbstractIn the past there was a common belief that research should only be introduced at the graduatelevel or at least the senior undergraduate year. Research in the freshman year was not even atopic for discussion. Today, throughout CUNY, colleges are stepping forward andconducting research at all

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Muhammad Faysal Islam; Mohammed Nazrul Islam

undergraduate degree completion are provided inFig. 1 for the years 2007 to 2011. Figure 1: Percentage of the University of Pennsylvania SEAS graduates in engineering career after undergraduate degree completionNow let’s look at the overall job types of 2011 graduates as provided in Fig. 2 below.Information technology is the major career track for recent graduates followed by consulting,engineering and financial analysis. The reason for high percentage of engineering graduatesseeking career in other fields for our case study could be impacted by the school's geographicallocation and other job related factors in the northeast United States. However, fields such as IT,consulting, technical management and finance require a high

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Martene Stanberry

“My First Year Teaching In a College Of Engineering” By Martene Stanberry, Ph.D. The first year of teaching as a faculty member in a College of Engineering provided mewith many opportunities for professional growth. It served as a time to set a foundation on how Iwill teach, do research, and serve the university and community in which I am a part. During thistime it was important to meet the challenges and expectations of the Department of MathematicalSciences, the College of Engineering, and Tennessee State University (TSU) as well as achievethe career goals and aspirations I had set for myself. There are several important factors to consider when making the transition to

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Jumoke Ladeji-Osias; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; John Wheatland; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke

has been unable to maintain satisfactory academic performance. 4) Improve graduate school or career preparation and placement: Most students utilized the career related workshops and fairs (70%) and discussed career choices with their industrial mentor, resulting in 88% of students obtaining engineering-related summer opportunities. Acknowledgements This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No 0965942. References1. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) (2007), Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology College, Washington, DC.2. American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) (2008), Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology College, Washington, DC

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Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

military agencies to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG),Fort Meade, Fort Detrick, Andrews Air Force Base and the National Naval Medical Center. Anestimated 28,000 positions will be moving to, or created at APG with more than 50% of themneeding to be filled by new hires. The Army alone will add 3,400 new hires with 55% of themholding degrees in electrical/electronic engineering. The current employment trend indicates thatover the next four years, Maryland will experience an increase of close to 60,000 new jobs, mostof which will be high education, high technology jobs. The American Association ofEngineering Societies (AAES) reports that based on 2005 to 2007 numbers, Maryland producesan average of 293 graduates with bachelor’s degrees in electrical

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Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Grace Mack

university’sentrance placement exams. The students receive and complete their weekly math assignmentsonline. They also come to our campus on Saturdays to receive one on one tutoring andmentoring. Proper course placement, specifically math courses, is critical for engineeringstudents, as it has been proven to have an effect on their retention, length of time to attain adegree, and overall success. The importance of accurate placement is even more crucial whenattempting to improve the success rate and retention of minority engineering students. The paperwill explain in detail the structure, layout, and methodology of the program, and look at possiblefurther implementation of this math placement method for all engineering and other science,technology

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Mauro J. Caputi

to 2010, ENGG 15 enrollment levels remained fixed at around 55 First-YearEngineering students. However, during Fall 2011, the enrollment dramatically spiked to 95students in the one Lecture section, and was then divided into four Project Lab sections, witheach section composed of six Teams of four students. ENGG 15 is occasionally cross-listed with a course in the department of Technology andPublic Policy, TPP 15, to allow non-engineering majors to take the class as a Natural Sciencedistribution course. I decided to refer to the course simply as DESIGN 15, since it was easier touse this informal name that represented both ENGG 15 and TPP 15.THREE MAIN COURSE COMPONENTS DESIGN 15 is centered on three main course components: 1

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Mauro J. Caputi; Tiffany LaBozzetta; Michelle Llanos; Mary Kate Sirianni; Necol Habib

write favorable comments about the Lab, includingcomments for improvements. The feedback has been used to modify and strengthen severalportions of the Lab Projects and Lab Manual.BIBLIOGRAPHY[1] Caputi, M. J., DESIGN 15 Class Workbook & Lab Manual, Season 11 - Fall 2011. Hofstra Engineering Dept., 2012.[2] Hacker, M., Burghardt, D, Technology Education: Learning by Design. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.[3] Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing: Helping New Teams Perform Effectively, Quickly. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm.[4] Hofstra University Peer Teacher Program Guidelines. http://www.hofstra.edu/About/Administration/Provost/prov_peerteacher_guidelines.html

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Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

                            Integrating  Freshmen  into  Exploring  the  Multi-­‐faceted  World  of  Engineering   and  Sustainability  through  Biofuels  Synthesis  from  Waste  Cooking  Oil     Laura-­‐Ann  S.  Chin1

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Jesse E. Jaeger; Jibin T. Chacko; Richard A. Maier; James Patrick Abulencia

new technology, which can become skills for future careers [5].The study was conducted over two years with the class of 2012 and 2013. Each year the studentswere separated into groups to create an educational video that illustrates a fluid dynamics conceptthat both engineers and non-engineers can learn from. A list of possible subjects to focus on wasprovided, but students were not restrained to those topics. The project was first assigned to aclass of 2012 with 32 students. The students did not receive any additional resources, such asvideo editing software, to complete the project in the five week period. The next year the projectwas assigned to a class of 2013 with 35 students under the same conditions as the first year’sgroup. The desired

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individual grades. It was also determined that thisteaching method should be performed later in the semester to allow students time to settle intothe course and college life in general. The goal of this paper is to test this hypothesis andprovide faculty with quantitative and qualitative data on the results to aid them in implementingJigsaw Learning successfully into their courses.Background:Both the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)9 and the AmericanSociety of Engineering Education (ASEE)10 seek education standards which: encourage studentsto communicate, provide teamwork practice and encourage learning techniques for self-directedcontinuing professional development.Long lecture classes can be tedious for the student and a

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lessons learned. Inaddition, we describe three student projects that were based on the Z80 system.IntroductionUndergraduate courses in microprocessors are typically based on simple training kits orsimulators based on processors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components suchas memory, clock, etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining systemcomponents and interconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and theemphasis, in terms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set andinterfacing peripheral devices. Since those early times, microprocessor technology hasprogressed to the point that a trainer employing a Pentium or Core 2 device would