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Beverly Woolf; Enid Sichel; Mark Floryan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Web-based Personalized Laboratories for Engineering Students Enid K. Sichel, Member, IEEE , Beverly Park Woolf, Mark Floryan Abstract. We developed software that provides intelligenthands-on bench-top dynamic help to students as they study inlaboratories for introductory circuit analysis. Tutoring help is Theavailable at “teachable moments” as opposed to students waitingdays or weeks for traditional teacher-graded labs reports.Quantitative and qualitative studies show that using the softwareleads to improved learning, verbalization and

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Nicholas S. Rosasco; Dane Brown

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Digital Freedom Fighting An Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Education Module Nicholas S. Rosasco Dane Brown Department of Computer and Information Sciences Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Towson University United States Naval Academy Towson, MD Annapolis, MDAbstract—The STEM program at the U. S. Naval Academy is

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Fernanda Gobbi de Boer; Carla ten Caten; Istefani Carisio de Paula

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Application of the Problem Based Learning Method in the Discipline ‘Statistics for Engineering’ Fernanda Gobbi de Boer (Author) Carla ten Caten (Co-author) M.Sc. Student of the Graduate Program in Industrial Vice Dean of the School of Engineering Engineering Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Tara Kulkarni

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Service-Learning Projects in Environmental Engineering Courses: Models of Community Engagement Activities Tara Kulkarni, Member, ASEE institutions engaged in S-L. For example, the Service Center at Abstract—The curriculum for an introductory environmental the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) refers to S-Lengineering course was enhanced with the addition of Service- as “a pedagogy that involves the interaction of academicallyLearning (S-L) based

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Jose Javier Montaner Mora; Luis Miguel Mora Gonzalez

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. International Education UMANE Atlantis Program EU/US International Bachelor’s Degree Jose Javier – Montaner Mora Luis Miguel – Mora Gonzalez Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at NJIT Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at NJIT NJIT – New Jersey Institute of Technology NJIT – New Jersey Institute of Technology UNIPR – Univeristà degli Studi di Parma UNIPR – Univeristà degli Studi di

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Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Deciphering Drawings: A Student Guide to Construction Documents Priscilla Tengdin – Student - Civil Engineering Kayla Santello – Student – Environmental Engineering Robert Henry –Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of New Hampshire Durham, NH Abstract—This paper discusses the development of an drawings, as

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Thy Dinh; Bryan Slater; Farshid Zabihian

calculations are done by using defined variables asengineering can go beyond. Through the collaboration of the an integer (Int). To understand the scope of this designStudent Partnership in an Advancement of Cosmic Exploration challenge, the team was provided specifications for theor for short, SPACE club chapter, the team were able to get TubeSat kit (TubeSat Brochure).some of the under classmen to be involved in the project earlierin their studies to understand that engineering is not limited toearth only but also in space. Not only that the team havingassistance from these young innovative minds, the team also IV. OBJECTIVE VII. METHOD Our over

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Matthew Foley; Matthew Janiga; John Adams; Yan Varun Pande; Jayanta Paul; Manuel Curillo; Jani Macari Pallis

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Self Sustaning Solar Powered Cansat Exploiting the Power of the Sun Varun Pande Jayanta Paul Manuel Curillo Dr.Jani Macari Pallis Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Engineering University Of Bridgeport University Of Bridgeport University Of BridgeportUniversity Of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, USA Bridgeport, CT, USA

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Nan Feng

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. BUILDING A STRONG BRAND AND MANAGING BRAND Nan Feng Technology Management School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT USA nanfeng@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract— This Article based on the objective that how to need to let consumers know and believe their brand. Five setsbuild a strong brand and the reason why people need to build a of propositions linking product-positioning

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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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Ruzanna Davtyan

PRESS. FELDER, R. M., & SILVERMAN, L. K. (1988). LEARNING AND TEACHING STYLES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION. ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 78(7), 674-681. GARDNER, H. (1985). FRAMES OF MIND: THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: BASIC BOOKS. GERLAI, R. (1998). CONTEXTUAL LEARNING AND CUE ASSOCIATION IN FEAR CONDITIONING IN MICE: A STRAIN COMPARISON AND A LESION STUDY. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH, 95(2), 191-203. HONEY, P., & MUMFORD, A. (1986). USING YOUR LEARNING STYLES: PETER HONEY MAIDENHEAD,, UK. HULL, D. (1995). WHO ARE YOU CALLING STUPID?: THE REVOLUTION THAT'S CHANGING EDUCATION: CORD COMMUNICATIONS.JOHNSON, E. B. (2002). CONTEXTUAL

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Mohammad Naimur Rahman; Amir Esmailpour

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA A Hybrid Electrical and Optical Networking Topology of Data Center for Big Data Network Mohammad Naimur Rahman Dr. Amir Esmailpour Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Haven University of New Haven West Haven, CT, USA West Haven, CT, USA MRahm1@unh.newhaven.edu aesmailpour@newhaven.eduAbstract

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Thomas Dodson; Nicholas Mattei; Joshua T. Guerin; Judy Goldsmith; Joan M. Mazur

surveyed included primarily majored in general College of Engineering advisors, and staff advisorspsychology, but also included biology, social work, family from the College of Arts and Sciences advisors.sciences, and undecided majors. This variety allows us to When we authored our study instrument we had a varietymake more general statements about the types of advice that of study goals in mind. In addition to demographicdifferent students would prefer. information, we wanted to know when and where users would The EES was limited to paper surveys. As our system interact with our system, what they

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Mohammadjafar Esmaeili; Ali Eydgahi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. The Relationship of Active Learning Based Courses and Student Motivation for Pursuing STEM Classes Mohammadjafar Esmaeili Ali Eydgahi Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University College of Engineering Technology College of Engineering Technology Ypsilanti, MI, USA Ypsilanti, MI, USA mesmaeil@emich.edu aeydgahi@emich.edu

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Shawn Maxwell; Rajin Roophnath

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Miniature Wireless Quadcopter Shawn Maxwell Rajin Roophnath Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering University of Hartford University of Hartford West Hartford, CT West Hartford, CT designing the software from scratch to tailor it to the hardware

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Longyin Sun; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA.Influencing Factors in the Decision and Management Sciences Sun, Longyin Christian Bach Technology of Management, Engineering Technology of Management, Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, United States Bridgeport, CT, United States Abstract — By reviewing the different researches in decision and Before the decision maker makes his choice, he is

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Reem Khalid Mahjoub; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Knowledge Management Knowledge Management Purposed Model Reem Khalid Mahjoub Christian Bach Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT Bridgeport, CT rmahjoub@my.bridgeport.edu cbach@bridgeport.edu

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Arafat Abu Malluh; Khaled M. Elleithy; Zakariya Qawaqneh; Ramadhan J. Mstafa; Adwan Alanazi

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) EM-SEP: An Efficient Modified Stable Election Protocol Arafat Abu Malluh, Khaled M. Elleithy, Zakariya Qawaqneh, Ramadhan J. Mstafa, Adwan Alanazi Abstract— Recently wireless sensor networks (WSN) becamean interesting topic because of its increasing usage in manyfields; medical systems, environment monitoring, military I. INTRODUCTIONapplications and video surveillance. Usually sensors are placed in WSN is an emerging technology that helps to bringthe desired

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Marwah Almasri; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Data Fusion Models in WSNs: Comparison and Analysis Marwah M Almasri, and Khaled M Elleithy, Senior Member, IEEE the advantages and the disadvantages of each model to Abstract—In WSNs, hundreds of sensors collect data from the understand the different objectives for applying such models.environment but these sensors have limited energy. Therefore, This paper is structured as follows: section II, presentsenergy consumption is

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Leslie Chandrakantha

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Learning ANOVA Concepts Using Simulation Leslie Chandrakantha Abstract: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is an City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA. (phone:important topic in introductory statistics. Many students 212-237-8835,email:lchandra@jjay.cuny.edu).struggle to understand the ANOVA concepts. Statistical Their evaluation of the simulation suggests that it provided anconcepts are important in engineering education. In this effective supplement to book and lecture based methods ofpaper, we describe

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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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Matthew Baideme P.E.; Cristian Robbins; Jeffrey Starke

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) A Model to Build, Assess, and Reflect on Students’ Metacognition through the Classroom Debate of Controversial Environmental Issues Matthew P. Baideme, Cristian A. Robbins, and Jeffrey A. Starke described as the process of considering multiple viewpoints Abstract— Debates have been used as a tool to promote and arriving at a judgment that can be applied by individualsactive learning in the classroom. Role-play debates have or groups to convince others to agree with

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Adedamola Akinsanya; Christian Bach

a more informed look into the historical research to compare and unearth morepersonal experience aspect of narrative analysis. The research understanding of the importance and practicality of narrativesmethod of narrative analysis would be analyzed along with a and narrative analysis in the field of research not onlynarrative from an engineering graduate student to better attributed to science but other important aspects of life e.g.demonstrate its validity and show its practicality as a research social research.method in the engineering field. BACKGROUND Keywords— narrative analysis, personal

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William Alpert; Alexander Vaninsky

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Efficiency of College Education in the Labor Market of the United States William Alpert, Alexander Vaninsky double compared with 2000. Also, the pay to college Abstract— The paper discusses the worthiness of the resources graduates has fallen by 5% since 2007-2008. One of theallocated for college education from the point of view of their reasons, as the authors state, is the government policy ofvalue in the labor market. We use Data Envelopment Analysis

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Sultan Alghamdi; Christian Bach

constructs are position it in the customers minds, and differentiate the offervery high levels of abstraction with a general meaning. They [9]. Marketing strategy also involves the processes of creatingoffer a concrete level and have narrow definitions, for example, value (price/product), communicating the value (promotion),the construct of consumer communication relations in the and delivery of the value (channels) [9]. Other scholars identifymarketing framework. that marketing strategy are approaches involved or associated with competition and market share. Marketing strategy III. THE GOAL

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Samuel Erskine; Hassan Bajwa

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. A Survey of Comparison in Classification of Transport Control Protocol for Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Network Samuel Erskine Dr. Hassan Bajwa Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, USA Bridgeport, USA serskine@bridgeport.edu

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Vazgen Shekoyan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Moving towards problems assignments with reduced goal-specificity in introductory STEM courses Vazgen Shekoyan and Wenli Guo of problems students encounter in the workplace? Are Abstract—Are solving standard end-of-chapter problems traditional problems effective in helping students buildfound in typical STEM textbooks an effective way of helping problem solving expertise?students to become better problem solvers? For instance, does it

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Carlos A. Munoz

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Object Tracking Using Autonomous Quad Copter Carlos A. Munoz Robotics, Intelligent Sensing & Control (RISC) Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA. carlosm@bridgeport.edu, Abstract - To have a quad copter autonomously catch There are even some future jobs that could potentially be(tap) an object by receiving XYZ coordinates given by

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Tiago Martins Ribeiro; Raimundo Pereira da Cunha Neto

sent certain messages. Thus, as precepts [2], Many fields of technology are showing up more and moreconfidentiality, authentication, non-repudiation and integrity efficient in the use of cloud computing and thus promotecontrol divisions are areas of interconnected problems of greater opportunities for jobs in clouds. According to [4],network security. What usually comes to mind when we think provides cloud computing services transparently to the userin network security is the fact that they keep the information through the convergence of a range of important technologies,away from unauthorized users, and so be related to among other features and peculiarities. He cites some fields

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Dan Tenney; Naif Jalal

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Use of Smart Table in Educational Institutions to Enhance Student Learning Performance Naif Jalal (Office Mgr, Texan Cardiovascular Institute, TX, US )and Dan Tenney ( Quality Executive, 3M Co., StPaul MN US) work related responsibilities. Technology has brought Abstract— Technology has influenced various changes to various fields and sectors across the globe.industries, including the educational sector. One such area which has been significantly influencedSMART™ Table can be regarded as