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Chrisna Nguon; N. N. Nagadewate; Kavitha Chandra; Charles Thompson

Acoustic Scattered Field Computation C. Nguon, N. Nagadewate, K. Chandra and C. Thompson Center for Advanced Computation and Telecommunications Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA. 01854ABSTRACT detectable difference-frequency sound. Regardless, he still considered the possibility of producing a re- The scattering due to the interaction of dual- sponse from the interaction of dual-frequency pres-frequency beams on

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Rahmi Allamadani; Feng Chen

numerous The amount of charge stored in the caps will vary dependingengineers for decades now, only recently has it become more on the amount of weight that is trying to be launched. Attachedrealizable with advances in technology. The goal of this project is in between the capacitors and coil is a 4 layered PNPN SCRto use electromagnetic forces to propel a payload down a track at (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) which is triggered by a lowera desired velocity for launch. An electromagnetic launch system voltage of 1.7V. When the lower voltage is applied at the gateis one that the harnesses the power of using a large electric of the SCR the current from the capacitors passes through thecurrent to generate a

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Vazgen Shekoyan

first semester of a two semester-longcontext-rich can be found at [30]. introductory physics course with algebra prerequisite for Here is another reduced-specificity problem we have engineering technology majors. QCC typically offers 4 lecturedesigned that has several sub-components and requires the sections of the course with about 30 students in each section.solver to use more than one physics law or principle to get a The first author (V. Shekoyan) was the lecture instructor forcomplete solution: two sections; one section served as a control group and the other

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Marwah Almasri; Khaled Elleithy

Computer Science & Engineering from Comput. Surv., vol. 39, no. 3, 2007. Article 9. Taibah University in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Her research interests include[6] O. Kessler et al., ” Functional description of the data fusion process”, congestion mechanisms, wireless sensor networks, computer networks, mobile Tech. rep., Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, USA. computing, network security, and data fusion. January. Report prepared for the Office of Naval Technology. 1992[7] A. N. Steinberg, C. L. Bowman, and F. E. White, “Revisions to the JDL data fusion model,” in AeroSense’99, pp. 430–441, 1999.[8] D

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Abdul Razaque

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Pheromone Termite (PT) Model to Provide Robust Routing over Wireless Sensor Networks 1 2 Abdul Razaque, Member IEEE and Khaled Elleithy, Senior Member IEEEAbstract—In this paper, a scalable mobility-aware pheromone multiple access (TDMA) mechanism to decrease the energytermite (PT) analytical model is proposed to provide robust and consumption. From the other side, scheduled based MACfaster routing for improved throughput and minimum latency in protocols experience do not

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Allen S. Guinoo; Joshua A. Stewart; Lin Lin

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Heat Collectors through Active Solar Energy Heating Homes through Solar Energy Allen S. Guinoo Joshua A. Stewart Lin Lin Department of Engineering Department of Engineering Department of Engineering University of Southern Maine University of Southern Maine University of Southern Maine Gorham, ME, USA Gorham, ME, USA Gorham, ME, USA Allen.Guinoo@maine.edu

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Sarosh Patel; Tarek Sobh

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Goal Directed Design of Serial Robotic Manipulators Sarosh Patel and Tarek Sobh questions. Equations describing the kinematic behavior of Abstract — Computing the optimal geometric structure of serial manipulators are highly nonlinear with no closedmanipulators is one of the most intricate problems in solutions. The difficulty in most cases lies not in finding acontemporary robot kinematics. Robotic manipulators are

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Mohammad Daneshzand; Reza Zoroofi; Miad Faezipour

thin edges in low-contrast regions”, Image Processing, The [18] J. A. Sethian. “Level Set Methods and Fast Marching Methods: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), vol. 1, no. 3, pp. Evolving Interfaces in Geometry, Fluid Mechanics, Computer 269-277, 2007. Vision and Materials Sciences,” Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996[11]S. Narita, K. Asakura, and A. Kataura, ” Effects of thromboxane [19] D. Enright, F. Losasso, and R. Fedkiw, “A fast and accurate A2 receptor antagonist (Bay u 3405) on nasal symptoms after semi-lagrangian particle level set method, ” ACM Computer and antigen challenge in sensitized guinea pigs,” Int. Arch. Allergy

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Raju Shrestha; Mahmoud Elsayed; Paul Cotae

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. On the Mutual Information of Sensor Networks in Underwater Wireless Communication: An Experimental Approach Raju Shrestha, Mahmoud Elsayed Dr. Paul Cotae Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of the District of Columbia University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC 20008 Washington, DC 20008

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Richard Steven Colon; Prabir Patra; Khaled Elleithy

the mind of Brutus, a StoryTelling Machine," Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, 1999.[9] A. Badiru and J. Cheung, Fuzzy Engineering Expert Systems with Neural Network Applications, Wiley-Interscience, 2002, p. Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Experts Systems.[10] A. L. Za and G. J. Nalepa, "A study of methodological issues in design and development of rule-based systems," WIREs - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Vols. Volume 1, March/April, pp. 117 - 137, 2011.[11] "Wordnet - A lexical database for English," Princeton University, [Online]. Available: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/. [Accessed 02 February 2014][12] "ConceptNet 5," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [Online

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper; Matthew P. Lutz; Michael Puddicombe; Jeffrey R. Mountain; Jack Patterson

design and engineering as well as the ability to mass produce the structure. The innovative design was achieved by determining the proper balance between the need for high technology and the practicability and affordability that is inherent to the comprehensive design. IV. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS The ΔT90 house was designed to be low cost from

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Muneer Alshowkan; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Authenticated Multiparty Secret Key Sharing Using Quantum Entanglement Swapping Muneer Alshowkan, Student Member, IEEE, Khaled Elleithy, Senior Member, IEEE Quantum Teleportation does not require a quantum channel to Abstract— In this paper we propose a new protocol for send the unknown state however, it require a classical channel.multiparty secret key sharing by using quantum entanglement The need for classical channel

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Abrar Mohammed Alajlan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) High-Level Abstractions in Wireless Sensor Networks: Status, Taxonomy, Challenges, and Future Directions Abrar M. Alajlan, Khaled M. Elleithy, Member, IEEE Several programming approaches have been proposed toAbstract— Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained a lot assist WSNs programming. Two broad classes of WSNsof considerations in recent years and have significant impacts on programming models have been explored lately; localdifferent application

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Xingguo Xiong; Hanyu Xie

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) MEMS Dual-mode Electrostatically Actuated Micromirror Xingguo Xiong Hanyu Xie Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Bridgeport, CT 06604 xxiong@bridgeport.edu hanyuxie@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract

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Sapan Parikh; Amish Patel; Syed Rizvi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Increasing Quality of Service (QoS) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) by Using Timestamp Optimization Scheme 1 Sapan Parikh, 1Amish Patel, and 2Syed Rizvi 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bridgeport CT 06604 2 College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, Altoona PA 16601 3) Communication: Radio communication with

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Martin Sinclair; Ioannis A. Raptis

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Distributed Manipulation Using Large-Scale Actuator Networks Martin Sinclair Ioannis A. Raptis Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts 01854-5104 Lowell, Massachusetts 01854-5104 Email: Martin Sinclair@student.uml.edu Email: Ioannis Raptis@uml.edu Abstract—The

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Areej Alshehri; Christian Bach

1ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Challenges of Cerebral Palsy Management Areej Alshehri Christian Bach School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport Department of Technology Management Department of Technology Management Bridgeport, CT 06604 Bridgeport, CT 06604

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Ruzanna Davtyan

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Contextual Learning Ruzanna Davtyan Technology Management University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, USA rdavtyan@hotmail.com Abstract—this paper examines the use of Contextual Learning According to Hull “contextual learning theory says thatto answer questions about the multiple aspects of any learning learning occurs

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Yuanyao Liu; Zhengping Wu

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Efficient Critical System Event Recognition and Prediction in Cloud Computing Systems Yuanyao Liu Zhengping Wu Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA yuaoyaol@bridgeport.edu

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Andrew Grossfield

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Visual Differential Calculus Andrew Grossfield, Ph.D., P.E., Life Member, ASEE, IEEE Abstract— This expository paper is intended to provide = (y2 – y1) / (x2 – x1) = = m = tan(α) Equation 1engineering and technology students with a purely visual andintuitive approach to differential calculus. The plan is that where α is the angle of inclination of the line with thestudents who see intuitively the benefits of the strategies of horizontal. Since the

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Samuel Erskine; Hassan Bajwa

sensor networks. International Journal of Sensor Networks, 2(3-4):188–200 [48] Wireless Sensor Network- An Advanced Survey Ahmad AA Alkhatib, Gurvinder S Baicher, Waleed K Darwish. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT) Volume 2, Issue 7, January 2013

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Khaled Almgren; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. ERP Systems and their Effects on Organizations: A Proposed Scheme for ERP Success Khaled Almgren Cristian Bach Computer Science and Engineering Department Technology Management Department University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, United States Bridgeport, United States Kalmgren@mail.bridgeport.edu Cbach@bridgeport.eduAbstract— The world has become more

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Ryan Kondracki; Courtney Collins; Khalid Habbab; Bijan Karimi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Solar Powered Charging Station Kondracki, Ryan; Collins, Courtney; Habbab, Khalid Faculty Advisor: Bijan Karimi, Ph.D. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences University of New Haven West Haven, CT Abstract — A solar powered charging station is designed so The objective of this project is to investigate the problem ofthat devices can be charged outdoors and in an

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Peter J. Zeno

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Visualization Tool for GPGPU Programming Peter J. Zeno Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT pzeno@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract—   The running times of some sequential from a top-down perspective. For example, hardware digitalprograms could be greatly reduced by converting and running its design, such as VLSI and FPGA

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Sithisone Kalaya; Hussain A. Alhazmi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Mobile Robots Exploration and Mapping in 2D     Sithisone Kalaya Hussain A. Alhazmi Robotics, Intelligent Sensing & Control (RISC) Laboratory, Robotics, Intelligent Sensing & Control (RISC) Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA

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May Alzawawi

computer & Chen (2010) claims that two thirds of the small to based applications programs and various IT enabled medium enterprises considered high costs as the major procedures and software which may be o utility during the 5 various data and information exchange process” [45]. IT concerning green products means that organizations have to systems work as an enabler for a successful green supply transfer their technology for innovative green products. chain. IT can facilitate the integration of sustainability

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Salamahn Mill; Dafe Ukaivbe; Weiwei Zhu

). A brief background about our motivation is Using the aerial sensor technology, a satellite can detectintroduced first. and classify objects on the earth with the help of propagated signals, or electromagnetic radiation. In 1980’s, Thematic1.1 Tsunami early warning systems (TEWS) Mapper (TM) became the prime instrument in infrared geostationary Satellites Landsats 4, 5 and 6. It is a scanner (or A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by sudden sensor) with seven spectral bands

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David W. Kraft

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Implications of Unchecked Exponential Growth David W. Kraft Abstract—Treatments of applications of the exponential Ln2 70function in Calculus textbooks are often cursory in that they treat T2 = ≈ , (2) k k%unchecked (Malthusian) exponential growth processes withoutexamination of their implications and consequences. Through theuse of problems posed to students

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Operating System and Decision Making Hussain A. Alhassan Dr. Christian Bach Department of Computer Science & Engineering Associate Professor, Department of Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, USA Bridgeport, CT, USA halhassa@my.bridgeport.edu cbach@bridgeport.edu Abstract—The diversity of operating systems offer

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Daniel Gebremicheal; Paul Cotae

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. On the Probability of Error for Threshold Devices Daniel Gebremicheal Dr. Paul Cotae daniel.gebremicheal@udc.edu pcotae@udc.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering Department School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University of the District of Columbia USA, Washington DC, 20008 Abstract—In this paper we derive the conditional