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Ahmed S. Khan; Beverly Cronin; Maneesh Kumar; Atef Mustafa; Pankti Patel; Joey Socorro

Application of RFID Technology in a Senior Design Course Ahmed S. Khan Beverly Cronin Maneesh Kumar Atef Mustafa Pankti Patel Joey Socorro DeVry University, Addison, Illinois 60101, USA AbstractThis paper describes the design and implementation of a senior project based on RFID (RadioFrequency Identification) technology. The objective of the project, titled “Real Space PhysicalObject Tracking System (RSPOTS), was to design a complete

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discussion.This paper is about realizing that potential for the purpose of teaching frequency-responseconcepts. This is an area that requires a teacher to present several different types of plots – time-domain response plots, frequency-response (e.g., Bode) plots, and pole/zero maps in the s-planeand z-plane – and to discuss their inter-relatedness.Here are some of the problems using computers to create plots “on-the- fly” in the classroom: • delays result from taking time to create plots, • delays result from making mistakes while creating plots, • plots are not readable from everywhere in a classroom, • plots are not interactively modifiable, or it is not easy to modify them, • plots do not clearly and easily illustrate the points of a

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R. Dennis Foster

international role in light of their nation‟s national policies. A Canadian professionalengineer of the year 2000, should be prepared [in 1982], to be capable of living his or her lifegoals as a world citizen.” I suggested then, that an Administrator of higher education planningfor the development of an engineering college to serve its nation‟s goals will need to consider 1)regional & national goals, 2) personal life goals, 3) professional practice goals and 4)international citizenship goals. Before the final submission of this hypothetical model I receiveda copy of a real model for the establishment of a Faculty of Engineering at the University ofVictoria. It was interesting to note that goals 1 and 3 were considered, 2 and 4 were not.The past two

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Rei Marzoughi

picture reflects engineering curriculums that are highlyspecialized with lack of reference to context2.The implications of these findings are far reaching. Do the results imply that we simply have notfaced the problem of how to get the technical core of the curriculum to work synergistically withthe complementary studies component? What does this mean with regards to the ability of ourprofession to protect the public interest? The purpose of my paper is to interpret my ownengineering education through the use of the two questions posed earlier, and in relation to thefindings of the study described above.The Engineering and Society ProgramEngineering and Society (E&S) is a five year program in which students partake in the exactsame courses as

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Surendra K. Gupta

general, how do you feel about the out of class assignments? 4.39 5.00 5 How was the instructor’s presentation in helping you understand the 4.72 4.00 material associated with the course? 9 How stimulating was the instructor? 4.14 3.5016 Overall, how would you rate this course? 4.57 3.5017 Overall, how would rate this instructor? 4.43 3.75AcknowledgmentsFinancial support from the National Science Foundation through grants # EEC-0530575 (PI: Dr.Santosh Kurinec) and # ECS-0521341 (PI: Dr. S. K. Gupta) is gratefully acknowledged.References[1] S. K. Kurinec et al and S. K. Gupta, Microelectronic Engineering Education for

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Hamid Shokrollah Timorabadi

parallel with a design example. The design example introduces a procedure that pointsout the steps involved in the design.A. TerminologyThe definitions of some of the technical terms referred to in the following parallel example areprovided in this section.Gate: Block of electronics hardware that takes one or more logic inputs and produces one logic output.Flip-Flop: is a logic cell that can store one bit of logic information.K-Map or Karnaugh-Map: provides a map or table that facilitates the minimization of the number of terms needed to express a function algebraically.Combinational Circuit: is a circuit where the binary value of an output is a function of the binaryvalue(s) at the inputs. Typically, the combinational circuit is built

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Deborah Tihanyi; Margaret N. Hundleby

and the genre demands of theoutcome(s) expected, and proceeds as a series of linked assessment “events”. These events relateboth backwards and forwards in a knowledge-building progression—to the requirements for thecourse and the expectations for the communication outcomes—and also loop around to return tothe overall context of the engineering discipline and to move beyond the course context toparticipate in the next phase of becoming a competent member of the knowledge community.Along the way, the assessment events are conducted collaboratively among combinations ofstudent/working group or student/instructor, and designed to allow analysis of both adequatepresentation of disciplinary content and rhetorical style (making and arguing a case

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Chirag Variawa

report.This paper focuses on the 2005-2006 academic year, and analyzes the second part of the ESPcourse series, ESP II. In was this particular year ESP was first taught in full-scale, and it wasalso the year in which the author was a student in the class. The course coordinator andinstructors, respectively, for the 2005-2006 year included Prof.’s S. McCahan, P. Anderson, R.Andrews, M. Kortschot, K. Woodhouse, and P.E. Weiss. Enrolment in the 2005-2006 year wasapproximately 950 students at the beginning of the course.Project-Based Learning (PBL) coursesEngineering Strategies and Practice II is a project-based learning course. The student’s grade isbased on their approach to addressing the client’s need, and the level to which they haveincorporated

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Brian Kosobudzki; Bill Grove; Sam Aguilar; Vince Sabella

actual project for a major automotive manufacturer, legal contractualaspects would be liability in the event of a system failure.Schedules- Figure 2: Schedule and Gantt chartEvaluation Methods-Project success or failure will be judge by task completion and overall project progress.Attendance to project meetings is of high importance and will be regarded as critical forproject success. 8 Resources- Costs were broken down between individuals in the group for select components. Some individuals in the group have access to discounted prices or items that are not available to the general public (such as the motor(s) and CAD drafting software

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Thomas F. C. Woodhall

important to keep inmind the goals of using a formative assessment strategy. Ultimately, the goal of assessing aportion of the design process is to assist student motivation and learning. This is a primaryobjective of formative assessment, which uses a circular process of evaluating, providingfeedback, and corrective instruction7. By informing students of the importance of the problemdefinition phase, it can help set the stage for the balance of the project and ensure that creativesolutions are developed in an orderly and timely fashion. Students also become quickly familiarwith the formative rubric assessment scheme early in the project.Key ConceptsBy adopting Dominick et al.’s outline for the design phase, it is logical to employ a breakdownof

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Colin Campbell; Steve Lambert; Oscar Nespoli

. Campbell, C. and Lambert, S., “Using Case Studies to Teach Introductory Design Concepts to First Year Engineers”, Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (www.asee.org.) 4. McClain,S. “A MathCAD Function Set for Solving Thermodynamics Problems”. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (On-line at www.asee.org.)6. Biographical InformationCOLIN CAMPBELLColin Campbell, BMath is the Assistant Director of the Waterloo Engineering Design Case Studies Group in theFaculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His particular case study interests are in courses that cross alldepartments, such as

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Lisa Schneider; Michael Kelley; Shefford P. Baker

: Transfer as an Epiphenomenon,” Detterman, D.K., and Sternberg, R.J. (Eds.), Transfer on Trial: Intelligence, Cognition, and Instruction, Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub. Corp., 1993.[7] Prince, M., “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 3, 2004.[8] Johnson, D., R. Johnson, and K.Smith, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, 2nd ed., Interaction Book Co., Edina, MN, 1998.[9] Johnson, D., R. Johnson, and K.Smith, “Cooperative Learning Returns to College: What Evidence is There That it Works?,” Change, Vol. 30, No. 4, July/Aug., 1998, pp. 26-35.[10] Springer, L., M. Stanne, and S. Donovan, “Effects of Small-Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science

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Lawrence Agbezuge

approximation is negligible if the meshing is refined.Because of symmetry about the vertical axis, half of the problem, forθ ∈ [−π / 2, π / 2] could be solved.4. Finite Element SolutionThe transient solution uses two time steps. The first time step of ∆t = 0.1 s is usedfor the initial portion of the solution where the nonlinear terms are most important.The second time step of ∆t = 100 s is used for the long term solution.Results for the transient solution (t=[0, 5000] s) are shown in figures 2 and 3.Notice that because the bottom half of the duct is insulated, temperatures in thebottom half of the pipe are higher than in the top half. Minimum temperature after5000s is 753 K, which is reasonably close to the steady state value (obtained in aseparate FE

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Doug Reeve P.Eng.; Annie Simpson; Veena Kumar; Emma Master; Dave Colcleugh; Greg Evans P.Eng.

see their responsibility to contribute topublic policy and communication of science and engineering to the general public.Concluding RemarksLeaders of Tomorrow offers an enriched experience for engineering students at theUniversity of Toronto and, although it is early in its development, we have madesignificant progress. Our aspirations are guided by our Vision: An engineering educationthat is a lifelong foundation for transformational leaders and outstanding citizens.ReferencesKomives et al., 2005Komives, S. R., Owen, J. E., Longerbeam, S. D., Mainella, F. C., and Osteen, L. Developing a LeadershipIdentity: A Grounded Theory. J. College Student Dev. 46, No. 6, November/December 2005, p 593-611.McCahan, et al, 2004McCahan, Susan; Bagley

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Patrick H. Oosthuizen

, which in this case was 250knots. But most of them apparently thought that it was safe to use the rudder to its full extentright up to that speed - something the plane's designers knew was not the case. In fact, pushingthe rudder first to one extreme and then the other, as was done in Flight 587's case, exposed thevertical tail surface to stresses that were double its design limits. The Airbus A300 and laterA310 do not operate on a fly-by-wire flight control system. They instead use conventionalmechanical flight controls. The action taken by the co-pilot that day on Flight 587 caused thevertical tail surface to separate in flight from the airplane and it was found in Jamaica Bay, about1 mile north of the main wreckage site. The plane’s engines

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Patrick H. Oosthuizen

587's case, exposed thevertical tail surface to stresses that were double its design limits. The Airbus A300 and laterA310 do not operate on a fly-by-wire flight control system. They instead use conventionalmechanical flight controls. The action taken by the co-pilot that day on Flight 587 caused thevertical tail surface to separate in flight from the airplane and it was found in Jamaica Bay, about1 mile north of the main wreckage site. The plane’s engines subsequently separated in flight andwere found several blocks north and east of the main wreckage site. The airplane crashed into aresidential area of Belle Harbor, New York. All 260 people aboard the plane and 5 people on theground were killed, and the plane was destroyed by impact forces

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Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

, engineering education is builton a foundation of sciences and mathematics courses, with students taking engineering courses in their upper years, with fewstudents experiencing design outside of a focused course in their discipline. In the 1990's, in response to. accreditation criteria,most engineering schools added a “capstone” design project in the final year. These projects are meant to be complex, have a“real world” flavor, and are often multi-disciplinary. In some cases, there are industrial sponsors and students work closely withpracticing engineers. As engineering education has evolved in the last decade, the concept of a “cornerstone” or first-year engineering designproject has been added. The goal of these projects to give students early

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Gregory E. Needel

of the mechanical engineering technology department for hissupport and assistance with the independent study project.Special thanks to Innovation First Inc. for their willingness to help with the independent study.Bibliography 1. Jerry B. Weinberg, George L. Engel, Keqin Gu, Cem S. Karacal, Scott R. Smith, William W. White, and Xudong W. Yu (2001) A Multidisciplinary Model for Using Robotics in Engineering Education. American Society for Engineering Education. 2. David J. Mehrl, Micheal E. Parten, Darrell L. Vines, (1997) Robots Enhance Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education. 3. Standards-Based Robotics Competition Curriculum Development Framework, The proceedings of the

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Nasser Saleh

groups, wikis and blogs were found to be an excellentopportunity for library staff to get acquainted with creating content.One of the recent programs was to train library staff on web2.0 applications; the QUL Learning2.0 Program was an 8-week voluntary online learning program that explored emerging web-based technologies. All library staff were invited to participate and given time to do the programduring working hours. 53 library staff had finished the training where they used wikis, blogs,Facebook, RSS feeds and Google Docs.Information Literacy through Queen’s University integrated learning initiativeThe integrated learning initiative at Queen’s applied science has initiated in mid 90’s to preparegraduates for increasingly rigorous

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Robert Edwards; Gerald Recktenwald

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2007.[10] L.C. McDermott, et.al., “Physics by Inquiry,” John Wiley & Sons, 1996.[11] D.A. Kolb, “Experiential Learning,” New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1984.[12] H. Tuan, C. Chin, C. Tsai, S. Cheng, “Investigating the Effectiveness of Inquiry Instruction on the Motivation of Different Learning Styles Students,” International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 3: 541-566, 2005.[13] R.C. Edwards, “A Simple Hairdryer Experiment to Demonstrate the First Law of Thermodynamics,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2005.[14] G. Recktenwald, R.C. Edwards, “Using Simple

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Carol Richardson

AALANA students in the engineering and engineeringtechnology programs at RIT. Reference Information1 Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2006 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred:2005-06, National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education, 2007. PDF2 The source of data for all tables in J. Graham from Institutional Research at RIT3 Richardson, C. Engineering Technology Retention Programs at RIT, 2005 ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings4 C. Richardson, S. Gupta, M. Valentine, R. Merrill, V. Amuso, Multi-department Engineering andEngineering Technology Scholars Program, 2005 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsBiographical InformationCAROL RICHARDSONCarol A. Richardson is the Interim Dean of the College of Applied

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Daren R. Wilcox; Gerd W. Wostenkuhler

expression.Each PAL block has 16 registers available. The registers are located in blocks referred to as macrocells.Each macrocell contains a register, routing resources, a clock multiplexer, and initialization control.Figure 2 shows the macrocell configured in the synchronous mode. The register can be configured as aD-type or T-type flip-flop. The register can also emulate J-K and S-R flip-flop behavior [7]. Figure 1. ispM4A5 64/32 Block Diagram [7]3. Design ReviewThe ispM4A5 lab board is shown in Figure 3. The design is focused on students who are beginners inthe area of programmable logic devices. The sophisticated complex designs make it hard to get started.Therefore a comparable robust design with clear and simple