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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Howard Silver

Abstract for ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring 2006 Conference Computer Simulation in Electrical Engineering Dr. Howard Silver School of Computer Sciences and Engineering Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ 07666Simulation is a powerful technique particularly when applied to problemsfor which formulas for solution are difficult to derive or don’t exist at all.Many software packages have built-in random number generators, enablingsimulation to be applied. PSpice and MATLAB will be used in the examplespresented.An example of a simple algorithm for generating a uniformly distributedrandom number sequence

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Seymour Blank; John Hudesman; Robert Armstrong; Ed Morton; Adam Moylan; Neisha White

., 4sections of EM150, our gatekeeper course) and two simultaneous sections of “Digital Control” (i.e., 4sections of EM250). The students were randomly assigned to either the SRL section or the section taughtby instructors in their usual manner. A uniform department mid-term and final exam will be given to allsections. The results will be evaluated. We propose to report our preliminary findings to the Spring 2006ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference.

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ronald E. Barr

at 5 pm, and then downloaded to aEuropean site at 12 midnight. Thus, the global engineering project is a 24/7 reality. But, it is notjust the internet that has created global competition in engineering. Other countries around theworld have been ramping-up their science and engineering education output, while America hasseen a decline. According to the NSF “Science and Engineering Indicators” report [2], theUnited States has experienced a decline in its science and engineering position in the world.Figure 1 shows a ratio of the number of science and engineering degrees earned by the 24-year- ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference April 28-29, 2006

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Keith M. Gardiner

for First Year Students,”Proceedings, ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Raritan Valley Community College, April 24, 2004.[6] First Year Practical Engineering – Engineering 5, John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN 0-471-56979-8.[7] Dym, C. L., and Little, P., “Engineering Design: A Project-Based Introduction,” Wiley, 2000. Chapter 1 inthis text is included as chapter 1 of ref. 5.[8] Wright, P. H., “Introduction to Engineering, Third Edition, Wiley, 2001. Chapter 9 from this text is largelyabstracted from the Rogers Commission Report and is included as a case study in ref. 5.[9] Schwartz, J., and Wald, M. L., “Costs and Risks Clouding Plans to Fix Shuttles,” New York Times, June 8,2003. This article is included in ref. 5, and is

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William E. Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Richard J. Forselius

members and students using an example of an engineering technology student.Workshops were conducted at the fall 2004 and spring 2005 ASEE Mid-Atlantic meetings where representatives from industry,government and academia provided insight into the world of voluntary standards and techniques for incorporating standards andconformity assessment-related topics in university curricula. Examples of current standardization issues – such as sustainabledevelopment; manufacturing and design issues; health and safety requirements; economic, social and political considerations – werediscussed from the perspective of teaching design in engineering and technology programs.Feedback from these workshops emphasized the need to find ways to make actual standards