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Hui Geng; Daryl G. Beetner; Yiyu Shi

Laboratory Experiments for Introductory and Advanced VLSI Courses Hui Geng, Daryl G. Beetner and Yiyu Shi Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThis paper focuses on the experimental design of large scale integrated circuits (LSICs) bysenior and graduate level students at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Wehave designed a series of experiments to teach fundamentals of full-custom IC design, whichinclude front-end to back-end flow. These labs help IC beginners understand the entirefull-custom design process. Labs are executed in both an undergraduate and advancedgraduate course. The lab experience includes

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E. Carl Greco; Jim D. Reasoner

Assessment of an Individualized, Self-Contained System in Electrical Circuits Laboratory E. Carl Greco and Jim D. Reasoner Electrical Engineering Department – Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractA pilot study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of a teaching protocol employing anindividualized, self-contained laboratory system for instruction in a fundamental electricalcircuits laboratory. For purpose of evaluation, students were divided into two academicallymatched groups. The control group utilized traditional laboratory equipment and performed theirweekly laboratory assignments as two member teams. The study group used the ElectronicsExplorerTM Board (EEBoard

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Shannon L. Servoss; Edgar C. Clausen

Incorporating Inquiry-Based Projects into the Early Lab Experience Shannon L. Servoss and Edgar C. Clausen Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractIn using the traditional approach for teaching laboratory, the instructor provides detailedinstructions for completing the lab and, after performing the lab, students report results in eithera written or oral report. This approach effectively introduces the techniques and technicalwriting skills required of all engineers, but the process also has a tendency to become a bitredundant for both the instructor and the students

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Lauren Cole; Lindsay R. Hoggatt; Jamie A. Sterrenberg; David R. Suttmiller; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

A Transient Experiment to Determine the Heat Transfer Characteristics of a 100 W Incandescent Light Bulb, Operating at 48 W Lauren Cole, Lindsay R. Hoggatt, Jamie A. Sterrenberg, David R. Suttmiller, W. Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering University of ArkansasAbstractA simple and inexpensive experiment that illustrates a number of heat transfer principles ispresented for use in either the laboratory or the classroom. The purpose of this paper is todescribe a transient experiment which determined the heat transfer characteristics of a 100 Wlight bulb, operating

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BOUFARES Tahar; RAHMOUNI Mostapha; Mir-KASMI Souad; DJILLALI Karim

DERIVATIVES RHODANINE DYE- SYNTHESIS OF NEW DERIVATIVES OF RHODANINE DYES FOR DYE-SENSITIZED (DSSCs SOLAR CELLS (DSSCs) BOUFARES Tahar 1, RAHMOUNI Mostapha 1, Mir-KASMI Souad 1,2, DJILLALI Karim 1 1 - Synthesis and Catalysis Laboratory (LSCT) - Ibn Khaldun University of Tiaret, Algeria. (boufaresweb@yahoo.fr) 2 - Department of Chemistry, Saad Dahleb University of Blida, Algeria Abstract Solar energy is renewable energy par excellence. Environmentally friendly, it has many

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Sarah Hatfield; Daniel Schultz; Kristen M. Donnell; Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr

Design of an Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for use in a Bi-Static Linear Array Sarah Hatfield, Daniel Schultz, Kristen M. Donnell, Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr Applied Microwave Nondestructive Testing Laboratory Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Missouri University of Science and Technology   Abstract This paper presents the design of an antipodal Vivaldi antenna as a building block for a bi-static one-dimensional (linear) antenna array. The array will provide suitable range, cross-range, and depth resolution for a variety of applications in nondestructive evaluation. The design, simulation, and prototyping of the antenna are the main focus

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Darrin S. Muggli; Brian M. Tande

justproduced its first graduates in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The key element to therapid growth of the BC Engineering Department is its ability to offer students the opportunity topursue ABET-accredited degrees immediately through its partnership with UND DEDP. Thispaper presents the detailed model, some of the initial lessons learned, and some of the recentlydiscovered benefits for laboratory and curriculum development during its implementation atBenedictine College.BackgroundThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology1 lists 391 colleges with accreditedengineering programs in 2011, which corresponds to only 14% of the total of 2774 U.S.institutions granting four-year degrees (according to the National Center for Education

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Jianming Liu; Steven L. Grant

PhD candidate of Missouri S&T, and he received his BS from Shandong University, China in2005 and MS degree from Tsinghua University, China in 2009. He was an audio design engineer of Nokia inBeijing, China, and currently his research in Missouri S&T mainly focuses on speech signal processing,especially adaptive signal processing and doubletalk in echo cancellation.Steven L. Grant is currently the Wilkens Missouri Telecommunications Professor at Missouri S&T, and hereceived his B.S.E.E from Missouri S&T in 1979, M.S.E.E from Caltech in 1981, and Ph.D. from Rutgers in1994. In 1980, he was with Bell Laboratories. He was with International Telephone and TelegraphCorporation--Defense Communications Division from 1982 to 1984 and

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Robert I. Egbert; Douglas R. Carroll

back to Rolla. We also hope to getstudents in the Program more involved in activities at Rolla.Plans for the FutureFuture plans include moving the Program from Kemper Hall on the MSU campus into a newfacility made from a building in the downtown area of the MSU campus. This is an olderbuilding that was vacant and was purchased by the university. Several other university facilitieswill also be relocating to the facility but the Cooperative Engineering Program will haveapproximately 16 thousand square feet of space that will be on parts of the two floors in thefacility. The first floor will include classrooms and laboratory space for both the Civil andElectrical Engineering programs, including some high bay areas for the Civil Engineering

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Ludovic V. Grivault; Matthew J. Gualdoni; Daryl G. Beetner

Testing the Susceptibility of a High-Speed Integrated Circuit Ludovic V. Grivault, Matthew J. Gualdoni, Daryl G. Beetner Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Missouri University of Science & TechnologyAbstractHigh-speed integrated circuits (ICs) can be very sensitive to electromagnetic interference. If theresponse of the circuit to electromagnetic interference can be quantified and understood, thecircuit – or the system it goes in to – can be made more robust and reliable. The following paperoutlines the development of hardware to allow testing of an SRAM module againstelectromagnetic noise. The ultimate goal of the work is to develop models which predict thesusceptibility of digital ICs.MotivationModels of

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Charles Wright; Reza Ahmadi; Amshumaan Raghunatha Kashyap; Anagha Rayachoti; Alberto Berrueta Irigoyen; Jonathan W. Kimball

3Bibliography[1] M. H. Kheraluwala, R. W. Gasgoigne, D. M. Divan, and E. Bauman, "Performance characterization of a high power dual active bridge dc/dc converter," in Proc. Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1990., Conference Record of the 1990 IEEE, 7-12 Oct. 1990 1990, pp. 1267-1273 vol.2.[2] Underwriters Laboratory, "Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment for Use with Distributed Energy Resources," accessed on 3/12/12, http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1741.html[3] Missouri S&T, "Solar House Team," accessed on 3/12/12, http://sunhome.mst.edu/.[4] J. Chen, A. Prodic, R. W. Erickson, and D. Maksimovic, "Predictive digital current programmed control," IEEE

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Jeffery S. Thomas

hadtrouble correctly identifying failure modes, because this was probably their first attempt at failureanalysis, but the experience was motivational because it involved real-life components andcreative writing.IntroductionA reverse case study was used in the sophomore-level Materials Testing course at MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) during the spring semester of 2012. Thisone-credit-hour laboratory course accompanies the mechanics of materials course required ofmany engineering majors. The inspiration for this unique type of case study came from DeborahA. Beyer1 in the Department of Nursing at Miami University. Professor Beyer presents herstudents with a list of medications and asks them to deduce a patient’s medical

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W.S. Khan; M. Ceylan; E. Asmatulu; R. Asmatulu

collegesthrough lectures and seminars. The teachers must outline the role of nanotechnology in society,the environment, medical science, and daily life, and the requirement of the nanotechnologyworkforce. Educators must create workforce training programs that provide technicians with thebackground and skills to use nanotechnology [14]. A nanotechnology training program must bescientific and skilled-based. A two-year degree program in colleges with appropriate curriculaand laboratory facilities is needed to provide students with general and fundamental knowledgein nanotechnology.6. CONCLUSIONSNanotechnology has the potential of reducing greenhouse gases emissions significantly andthereby mitigating global warming. The rate at which global warming is

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W.S. Khan; M. Ceylan; B. Zhang; R. Asmatulu

carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have indicated that the raw material may release vis-ible particles into the air when handled, that the particle size of the agglomerate can be a fewProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Educationmillimeters in diameter, and that the release rate of inhalable and respirable particles is relativelylow (on a mass or number basis), compared with other nanopowders. Maynard et al. [6] reportedconcentrations of respirable dust from 0.007 to 0.053 mg/m3 when energy was applied(vortexing) to bulk the SWCNTs for approximately 30 minutes. Similar findings were reportedby Han et al. [6] at a laboratory producing MWCNTs in which exposure concentrations as highas 0.4 mg/m3 were

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Benjamin Cooper; Steve E. Watkins

WWW: www.squeak.org.8. K. N. Rodhouse, B. Cooper, and S. E. Watkins, Programming for Pre-College Education using Squeak Smalltalk,” Computers in Education Journal, 21(2), 101-111, (2011).9. L. Prechelt, “An Empirical Comparison of Seven Programming Languages,” Computer, 33(10), 23-29, (2000).10. Y. Chen, “An Empirical Study of Programming Language Trends,” IEEE Software, 22(3), 72-179, (2005).11. “Computer Science Department,” University of North Carolina Wilmington, (2012). Available WWW: http://uncw.edu/csc/.12. “Open Cobalt,” Computer Science Department, Duke University (2012). Available WWW: http://www.opencobalt.org/.13. “Contextualized Support for Learning Laboratory,” College of

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Harvest Collier; Diane Hagni

willing to learn and share ideas. In theseevents, faculty bring a lunch, CERTI provides dessert, and various topics are presented anddiscussed, such as end-of-semester course evaluations, academic dishonesty, classroomdisruption management, best practices in laboratories, and technology tools for teaching (thelatter presented in conjunction with the educational technology office).Instructors from engineering disciplines have made up about one-third of the attendance for thepast two years at faculty development events, followed closely by those in the hard sciences andProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education