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PREPARING ENGINEERING CONTENT FOR A KINDLE E-READER Faculty PaperInnovations In Engineering & Engineering Technology Education and Curriculum Development or Web-based Learning Ladimer S. Nagurney Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of Hartford West Hartford, CT 06117 nagurney@hartford.edu AbstractE-book readers, such as the Kindle, are becoming more popular due

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192.168.10.14throughput of previous IEEE 802.11a & g from 54 Mbits/sto 600 Mbits/s. and EV-DO, which is also known as 192.168.10.15Evolution Data Optimized, Evolution Data Only andEVDO. This protocol is used for wired and wireless MANETANCHOR 192.168.10.16 INFRASTRUCTEDBASEDPOINTNODE(MAPN)networks for accessing the internet services. EV-DO ANCHORPOINTNODE

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major is its multidisciplinary nature. 13.2% of the respondents were attracted by thisparticular characteristic. A major which allows students to study a combination of differentdisciplines might also attract these students. The students were split almost evenly with 5.8%wanting an interdisciplinary major, 4.1% not sure which to choose between a mechanical and anelectrical major and 3.3% were interested in both a mechanical and an electrical major. Thisreflects a desire of some students to keep their options open at least until graduate school orbeginning employment. References[1] Beggs, J.M., J.H. Bantham and S. Taylor. 2008. Distinguishing the factors influencingcollege students’ choice of major

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”, Polymer Composites 4, pp 40-46 (1983).[3] Z. Ounaies, C. Park, K. Wise, E. Siochi, and J. Harrision, “Electrical properties ofsingle wall carbon nanotube reinforced polyimide composites”, Composite Science andTechnology 63, pp 1637-1646 (2003), available online at sciencedirect.com.[4] Dietrich Stauffer, Taylor and Francis, “Introduction to Percolation Theory”, (1985).ISBN 0-85066-315-6.[5] O. Meincke, D. Kaempfer, H. Weickmann, C. Friedrich, M. Vathauer, and H. Warth,“Mechanical properties and electrical conductivity of carbon-nanotube filled polyamide-6and its blends with acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS)”, Polymer 45, pp 739-248(2004), available online at sciencedirect.com.[6] S. Bose, A. Bhattacharraya, A. Kulkarni, P. Poetscheke

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," Information Systems Research, vol. 3, pp. 60-95, 1992.[3] J. K. Ho, "Bridging academic research and business practice with the new media," Information Resources Management Journal, vol. 13, pp. 6-15, 2000.[4] J. Pfeffer and R. I. Sutton, The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action. Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.[5] S. L. Rynes, et al., "Across the great divide: Knowledge creation and transfer between practitioners and academics," Academy of Management Journal, vol. 44, pp. 340-356, 2001.[6] T. M. Amabile, et al., "Academic - practitioner collaboration in management research: A case of cross-profession collaboration," Academy of Management Journal, vol

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shownindividually, along with all combined results. Civil Engineering was included for the first timein 2011.All responses were collected with the use of an external online survey instrument. The majorityof the questions required only a Yes / No response. An example is “Have you every cheated onan exam or test at Merrimack College? Yes or No.” A few questions were open ended such as“What would be a reason(s) someone would cheat at Merrimack College?” Students also hadthe option to skip any question if they choose. Additional demographics were also askedincluding their major, class, full or part time, and age.While in high school, 77.2% in the 2011 survey and 91.8% in the 2005 survey said they knew ofother students who definitely cheated on homework or

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]. Engelbrecht, AP. (2007). Computational Intelligence: An Introduction, 2nd Ed, Wiley, West Sussex, England.[17]. Haykin, S. (2009). Neural Networks and Learning Machines. 3rd Ed, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.[18]. Yen, J. and Langari, R. (1999). Fuzzy logic: intelligence, control and information. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.[19]. Zadeh, LA. (1965). Fuzzy sets. Information and Control, 8:338-353.[20]. Poli, R, Kennedy, J, and Blackwell, T. (2007). Particle swarm optimization- an overview. Swarm Intelligence, 1(1):33-57.[21]. Farmer, JD and Packard, NH. (1986). The immune system, adaptation, and machine learning. Physica, 22D:187-204.[22]. De Castro, LN and Von Zuben, FJ. (2002). Learning and optimization using

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founding of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Engineering Council for Professional Development (ECPD) as an accrediting agency in the mid 1930’s were reflective of the efforts of higher education to respond to this need for quality assurance in the educational preparation of engineers. In 1980, ECPD metamorphosed into the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).  At the technician level, the response was less organized and more diffuse, with the emergence of many post-secondary trade schools in the first half of the twentieth century. Such schools were highly focused upon the requirements of a specific industry, and were almost always private, for-profit entities outside

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,amplitude, pitch and wavelength were explained in such a way that students could easilyunderstand when the technology/engineering instructor would be calculating the wavelengths,frequencies and analyzing the acoustics of the speech. Similarly, the structure of the eye wasdiscussed for the student s to understand how the reflection of light rays on an object made itpossible for the refraction of light by the cornea, lens and the aqueous and vitreous humorshelped formed the inverted image on the retina. The sensitive photoreceptors pick up thestimulus and send out the electrical impulses through the optic nerve to the brain which decodesthe information for one to see the object in its up-right perspective. This principle isdemonstrated by comparing

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the potential to fullyengage every student. Whether a student is engaged in “instructing” or “beinginstructed”, s/he will be involved in one-to-one interaction, thus will give and be givenfull attention. While students who are less informed on a certain topic catching upthrough the instruction of peer students, the students who are fast-learners will be able tofurther clarify and better their own understanding of the topic by debating and explicitlyarticulating their thinking. “Clickers1” is also known as “audience voting system” or “instant pollingsystem”. Three basic elements make up a typical audience response system: pollingsoftware (similar to Powerpoint, but also let you collect data and organize them),response keypads (similar

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with extensive customer interface.References[1] J. Goentzel, L. Manzione, R. Piberink, J. Pruett, and B. Thiessen. “ StrategicDevelopment of Specialized Testing and Remanufacturing in a Global High Tech SupplyChain.” International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 11(1)P28, 2007.[2] Arntzen, B., Brown, G., Harrison, T., and Trafton, L. (1995), “Global supply chainmanagement at Digital Equipment Corporation,” Interfaces, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 69-93.[3] Beamon, B. and Fernandes, C. (2004), “Supply-chain network configuration forproduct recovery,” Production Planning and Control, Vol.15, No.3, pp. 270-281.[4] Cohen, M. and Huchzermeier, A. (1998), “Global Supply Chain Management: ASurvey of Research and Applications,” in Tayur, S

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Jeremy Li

Structures, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2003, p. 57-61.[2]. Pijush. K. Kundu and Ira. M. Cohen, “Fluid Mechanics”, 4th edition, Academic Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-123-73735-9.[3] J. Chakraborty, N. Verma and R.P. Chhabra, “Wall effects in the flow past a circular Cylinder in a lane channel: a numerical study”, Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 43, 2004, p. 1520 - 1537.[4] S. A. Isaev, P.A. Baranov, N. A. Kudryavtsev, D. A. Lysenkoand, and A. E. Usachov, “Comparative analysis of the calculation data on an unsteady flow around a circular cylinder obtained using the VP2/3 and Fluent packages and the Spalart-Allmaras and Menter turbulence models”, Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, Vol. 78, No.6, 2005, p. 1199

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. 10, p. 72, 2003.[2] M.Z. Jimenez, L. Salas-Morera, A. Cubera-Atienza, and M. Varo Martinez, “An Outreach Project For Engineering Education,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 96-104, 2010.[3] M. Yilmoz, J. Ren, S. Custer, and J. Coleman, “Hands-on Summer Camp to Attract K-12 Students to Engineering Fields,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 144-151, 2010.[4] Author unknown, “Girl Day Takes on New Urgency,” Professional Safety, Vol. 51, No. 1, p. 24, 2006.[5] M. Hunter, “Opportunities for Environmental Science and Engineering Outreach Through K-12 Mathematics Programs,” Environmental Engineering Science, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 461-471, 2006.[6] J. Musto, W. Howard, and S

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Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education difficulty, repeat some modules with different difficulty levels, check Need-Help icon fordifficult modules when s/he needs extra help. Moreover, the student would be able tosubmit questions or comments to his/her instructor and receive the instructor’s responseback. The different modules in the learning tool, as shown in Figure 1, are described inthe following sub-sections.3.1. Information Module It provides the fundamentals of object-oriented properties, analysis, design andimplementation. It demonstrates the basic knowledge of classes, objects, methods, andthe relations among them. It also presents students with the main programming constructsused in Java (including purpose

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(analysis, testing, and design) than a typical one-paper/single-use assignment or exam question.However, the cost may be amortized by grading savings in several offerings over time of large courses. Moresophisticated question variant generation awaits instructor-ready tools.References [1] Maplesoft, Maple T.A. 7 User Guide. Maplesoft, 2011. [2] ——, Maple 15 User Guide. Maplesoft, 2011. [3] Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning for the Commission on Behavioral and So- cial Sciences and Education, How People Learn, expanded edition ed., J. Bransford, A. Brown, and R. Cocking, Eds. National Research Council, 2000. [4] H. Anton, I. Bivens, and S. Davis, Calculus, 8th ed. Wiley, 2005. [5] B. Char, “Developing questions

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requires the implementation of both digital andanalog modules on a single chip. The goal of this course is to introduce the modeling, designand analysis of analog CMOS VLSI. The students design analog VLSI layouts, extract thenetlists and simulate the circuit behavior. The transistor sizing in analog VLSI layouts is alsodiscussed.Upon the completion of this course, students are able to design and analyze basic analog andmixed-signal CMOS VLSI circuits. They get to know various analog/mixed-signal VLSIcircuits such as current sources and sinks, amplifiers, S/H circuits, switching-capacitancecircuits, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, etc. They are expected to be ableto design analog VLSI layouts, decide transistor sizing, and

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hand of toy if placed in a ch hild’s mouthh. Images o f the studennt’s experiments are fouund inFig 2, shhowing how w the studen nts conducteed the expeeriments in controlled ssurroundingss andcollected d respective data. d (a) (b) (c)Fig. 2: Student condducted expeeriments of safety s and iimpact testiing of a Smuurf Toy (a) h hand sensorr submerged d in water to t simulate moisture m annd testing off conductiviity, (b) impaact testingg on a masss balance sca ale and (c) images

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” 28(2), (2007) 42-43. Association for Computing Machinery, SIGCSE Bulletin (December 2008), Volume 39, 68-71. [13] Patt, Y & Patel, S Introduction to Computing nd Architecture 2 ed. McGraw Hill, 2008[3] Goulding, T. Using Complex Game Development to accelerate learning in the CS1 and CS2 [14] Spiess, F., Enigma Flash Retrieved July 29, 2009 th Programming Courses. IMSCI 08, 2 from http://enigmaco.de/_fs/index- International Multi-Conference on Society, enigma.html Cybernetics and Informatics Proceedings

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, environmental issues, upkeeing the system reliability. However, a proper operator trainingand educational programme with scientific and theoretical substantiation can greatly help themanagement of operations and dramatically reduce the non-recoverable costs.10 - References 1. Javidi, M.H.; Rastegar, H.; Shamloo, S.; A New Approach to Optimal Load Dispatch in Thermal Units via the Gradient and λ- th Iteration Methods. 15 Intl. Conf. of Elect. Power 2. Makhdoomi, M. "Economical Sequencing of Units' Entry and Exit for Network". An M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. of Tehran, 1385 3. Nosrati Firooz Salari, A. "Economic Load Dispatch in Rey Power Station", A B.Sc. Thesis, Univ. of Water and Power, Tehran, 1384

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. Then, If input Vref output 1. So, the comparatorcircuit restores the digital signal to a usable stream of digital data, 0’s and 1’sRFID Implementation and Testing Using a Programmable Analog Module (PAM)The RFID circuit was implemented on a bread. The complete RFID circuit is given infigure 7. Then, the RFID circuit was tested and the test results are given in figure 8. Proceedings of the 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Annual Conference University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 7: RFID Physical Board Layout. Figure 8: RFID Physical Board Testing Results.RFID Implementation and Testing Using a

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Design Competition * Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute * Rice University - ELEC 201 * San Diego State University - Mechatronics Course * San Jose State University * Stanford University - SPDL Home Page * University of California Berkeley * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Engineering Mechatronics Laboratory * University of Utah - ME3200/ME3210 Mechatronics Course * University of Washington - Mechatronics Web Site * Virginia Tech - Mechatronics Web Site * Wellesley College - January Robotics Course * Wilkes University - ME 398 Mechatronics Course1 Who owns mechatronics? By Alan S. Brown; Feature Article, June 2008 Mechanical EngineeringMagazine.2 http://multimechatronics.com/3 http://lims.mech.northwestern.edu

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Navarun Gupta; Sarosh Patel; Bhushan Dharmadhikari; Manan Joshi; Lawrence V. Hmurcik

would cause aspark, which could ignite the gasoline.By contrast, to these first 2 examples, the refrigerator in your house must be grounded tothe earth; this is mandated by law [4]. In general, a refrigerator consumes a great deal ofpower, and thus it draws a large current. The metal “box” that makes up the outside of thefridge is required by law to have a voltage of zero when referenced to the earth. This isdone for safety reasons. Since the refrigerator draws a large load current, simple leakagecan be of the order of 10’s of milliamps, which is more than enough to electrocute ahuman being [4].The rest of this paper covers some real-life cases that show the application and/ormisunderstanding of grounding in an electrical circuit.CASE IIn a

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Accreditation Cycle”, ABET.[4] Gloria Rogers, “Assessment 101, Direct and Indirect Assessments: What Are They Good For?”, Community Matters Newletter, (August 2006), ABET Inc.[5] Gloria Rogers, “Assessment 101, Rubrics: What Are They Good For?”, Community Matters Newsletter, (September 2006), ABET Inc. APPENDIX CEN 325 Water Resource Engineering City of San Roberto Light Water Distribution System (Version S) Project 1 of 2 Design Projects for a Team March 31, 2009Introduction. The City of San Roberto Light (population 2736) has an existing drinking waterdistribution system which meets its

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systems to a changing environment Component 7 – Sharing user experience in application design Component 8 – Use of external consultants for planning and implementationWith regard to the complete 276-person sample, several factors appear in both the importanceand performance sample, which indicate they accurately reflect the factor structure for the entiresample. These include the development of new systems, the CEO’s personal involvement indeveloping new IS systems, use of internal and external co-worker s to implement IS, and userparticipation in application design. Several other factors are similar to each other as well. Usingthese factors, one can construct a new version of this survey with distinct subsamples

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Foreign Language Departments in Internationalizating theCurriculum,” Modern Language Journal 93.4, 607-27 (2009).[14] Deardorff, Darla K., ed. The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence. Los Angeles:Sage (2009).[15] Eris, Ozgur, Chachra, Debbie, Chen, Helen L., Sheppard, Sheri, Ludlow, Larry, Rosca,Camelia, Bailey, Tori, and Toye, George, “Outcomes of a Longitudinal Administration of thePersistence in Engineering Survey,” Journal of Engineering Education October 99.4, 371-392.(2010).[16] Boundaoui, Assia, “Why would-be engineers end up s English majors?,” CNN report abouthigh drop-out rate in STEM disciplines, accessed on May 23, 2011 athttp://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/17/education.stem.graduation/index.html?hpt=C1&imw=Y

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., “Engineering’s New Look”, ASEE Prism, 14( 6), 31-35, (2005).[5] Clark, J., “Minorities in Science and Math,” ERIC Digest, Educational Resources Information Center, Publication ED433216, (1999).[6] Cavanagh, S., “Educators Revisit Girl’s Loss of Math, Science Interest,” Education Week, 24(34), 6. (2005).[7] Thom, M., Pickering, M., and Thompson, R., “Understanding the Barriers to Recruiting Women in Engineering and Technology Programs,” Proceedings of the 2002 Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, (2002).[8] Cromer, K., “Programs, Teachers Draw Girls Into Science, Math,” Pensacola News-Journal, May 2, (2005).[9] Akram, M,; Darwish, M., and Green B., “PALM – Peer Assisted Learning Methodology,” Proceedings

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of Similitude", Nature 95: 66–8, doi:10.1038/095066c014. Van Driest, E. R. (March 1946), "On Dimensional Analysis and the Presentation of Data in Fluid Flow Problems", J. App. Mech 68 (A-34)15. Whitney, H. (1968), "The Mathematics of Physical Quantities, Parts I and II", Am. Math. Mo. (Mathematical Association of America) 75 (2): 115–138, 227–256, doi:10.2307/2315883, http://jstor.org/stable/231588316. GA Vignaux (1992), Erickson, Gary J.; Neudorfer, Paul O., ed., Dimensional Analysis in Data Modelling, Kluwer Academic, ISBN 0-7923-2031-X17. S. Drobo (1954), "On the foundations of dimensional analysis", Studia Mathematica Wikipedia, "Reynolds Number", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynold_number18

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the complexity of learning structured-code atthe very beginning.9. REFERENCES[1] Papert, S., Mindstorms: Children, computers and powerful ideas, New York: Basic Books, 1980.[2] Committee on Information Technology Literacy, National Research Council, Washington DC,“Being fluent with information technology”, 1999.[3] Soloway, E., Should We Teach Students to Program, Communications of the ACM, 36(10), 21-24,1993.[4] Jenkins T., The Motivation of Students of Programming, Proceedings of ITiCSE 2001, pp 53-56,2001.[5] A 2007 Model Curriculum for a Liberal Arts Degree in Computer Science, ACM Journal onEducational Resources in Computing, Vol. 7, No. 2, Article 2, June 2007. [6] Gibbs, N. E. and Tucker, A. B., A Model Curriculum for a Liberal Arts

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directly control the robots. We use the MS Windows Hyperterm programfor this purpose, but any terminal program could be used. Using the Elliminate system, we share theJedit and Hyperterm applications with the remote users. The remote user therefore interacts with therobots as if he or she were sitting in the lab. Students type commands, the controller responds, displaysinformation and in some cases moves the robot in response to commands.Figure 3 below shows the computer monitor as seen by the remote user. The remote user directlycontrols the jEdit and HyperTerminal windows. ( The “.”s in the HyperTerminal window are promptsfrom the robot controller inviting the user to type commands.) The jEdit window contains the user’sprogram, an ASCII text