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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

A New Old Approach to Teaching Microprocessors Warren A. Rosen and M. Eric Carr Goodwin College of Professional Studies Drexel University Philadelphia, PAAbstract Traditional approaches to teaching microprocessors employ trainingmodules that comprise a commercial microprocessor, memory, clock, and I/Ointerfaces. The basic operation of the system is explained and students thenprogram the boards to run various test applications. These approaches generallyreduce the microprocessor’s internal architecture to an abstract “black box,” andthe study of microprocessors to a study of assembler instructions and interfacing.Two alternatives have been

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

A Living System for Teaching Engineering Principles Kauser Jahan1, Jess W. Everett1, Gina Tang2, Stephanie Farrell3, Hong Zhang4, Angela Wenger5 and Majid Noori6 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 3 Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 4 Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 5 New Jersey Academic for Aquatic Sciences, Camden, New Jersey

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Kanti Prasad

-Art TechnologyAfter establishing the laboratories in VLSI Design and Fabrication in 1984 and 1986respectively, these facilities have been upgraded continually. In addition, pertinentcourses for the VLSI Design and Fabrication were developed and taught and the authorhas been teaching these courses all along. The courses in the area of Computernetworking and MMIC technology were also developed. All these courses deploy aproper mix of engineering fundamentals and training at state-of-the-art technologies forpreparing the students to withstand the challenge of global competition.The author felt astonished, how deep this topic was germane to the industry as revealed atthe 50th anniversary of American Electronic Association celebrated at the

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Raluca I. Rosca

through the 2005 survey and exit interview, and the 2009follow-up email survey. From these, we present only the data associated to the professionalcareer and the diversity statement.In the 2005 Exit interview, we asked the participants ‘What Job would you like to have in theFuture.?. In Table 1 we report the answers in order of preference, and we code them asfollows:-‘Industry-Research’= industry or research laboratory-‘Research Teaching’ =faculty in a Carnegie Extensive (Carnegie 1) institution-‘Teaching-Research’=faculty in a Carnegie Intensive (Carnegie 2) institution-‘Teaching’= faculty in a Carnegie three or a Community College.We compare those answers with the present-day work positions of people, as found on a generalinternet search or as

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difficultieswith rigid body dynamics among science and engineering students and among teachers expectedto teach the topic of balancing to precollege students. In 1995, we began to examine student performance in solving the types of mechanicsproblems assigned in the introductory calculus-based physics course. We hoped to developtutorials that would help students learn how to solve such problems, especially those that requiremore than rote application of memorized algorithms. In 1996, the Physics Education Group wasconsulted by faculty in the College of Engineering about ways in which they could improveinstruction in the sophomore engineering mechanics courses.1 We volunteered to advise them onthe development of supplementary instructional materials

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Sustainable water in Hydraulic Course for construction management studentsAbstract:Water is the source of the life for human use and maintains the health of local ecosystem. Waterresources sustainability is the ability to use water in sufficient quantities and quality. Sustainablewater use has been defined as “the use of water that support the ability of human society toendure and flourish into indefinite future without undermining the integrity of the hydrologicalcycle or the ecological systems that depends on it.6” There is need for adding the new section inthe syllabus of hydraulic and hydrology that is been teaching to the colleges, especially technicalcolleges. As a part of this move to the greener environment in State College we are

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

of the module. Theeducational value of the FE learning module will be monitored using pre- and post-quizzes.Additional assessment tools will be used to identify any bias in the FE learning module towardsany Felder-Soloman learning style and/or Myers-Briggs personality type. Statistical study ofthese assessment results will allow the content and presentation of the module to be continuouslychanged to better suit engineering students.Learning Experience ProgressionHistory and OverviewExperiential learning has been valued as early as the teachings of Confucius or Aristotle. At thestart of the 20th century, John Dewey5 first identified experiential education as a fundamentalfoundation in formal educational. During the decades following John