Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University; Chunhua Dong, Fort Valley State University

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Computing and Information Technology

could enhance student learning of the subject particularly in computer programming.To this end, programmable robots could be utilized to supplement programming activities thatencourage and motivate students to apply their creative thinking and programming skills todevise solutions for real-world problems. Since developing a computer program to instruct arobot provides an immediate feedback as whether the program has accomplished its job, itengages students in both learning and reflection processes.This paper presents the application of an affordable programmable robot in three computerprogramming classes; namely, Computer Science and Information Systems: An Overview (CS0),Programming I (CS1), and Programming II (CS2). Also, the survey results

Conference Session

Cyber Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Przyborski, University of New Haven; Frank Breitinger, University of New Haven; Lauren Beck, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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Computing and Information Technology

faculty or vice versa. We decided that it was mostimportant to have motivated and engaging faculty members for the course; on the other hand, webelieved that every faculty member can relate their area of expertise to the Cyber World. Hence,after forming our instructor-team, we sat down to find overlaps between their areas of expertiseand cyber issues. This resulted in a lecture series of 8 topics developed and delivered by facultyfrom four colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the TagliatelaCollege of Engineering, and the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and ForensicScience.Each of the topics is summarized below and reflects the instructor’s expertise under the umbrellaof Cyber World (topics are in order):1

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

● Room (e.g. BL 266A) ● Instructor (e.g. “Jack H”)In the application, these columns are renamed to standard titles and new columns are added. Theprogram has been written in a modular format to allow easy substitution of titles. The outputspreadsheet is shown in Figure 2. In addition to renaming the columns, a few basic calculationshave been made. This includes changing the time from AM/PM to military formats. The timedurations have been calculated. This requires some correction for academic practices such as 50minutes = 1 hour and a 3-hour laboratory might be 2 hours and 45 minutes. It is worth notingthat the durations of ECET 452 and EE 311 are not an even or half and the times for thesecourses will need to be adjusted. The weight reflects

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen C. Davis, Miami University

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Computing and Information Technology

individual space.In the group space, usually in the classroom, the instructor can focus on more complex learningoutcomes. The time and activities in the classroom can be broken down into several phases: (1)opening minutes: connecting with pre-class preparation, keeping students accountable for thepreparation, and clarifying misconceptions, (2) middle of class: conducting the group activity,and (3) the closing minutes: debriefing the activity and reflection on issues and learning.The post-group activity can be a continuation or extension of the in-class activity. The reader isreferred to Talbert’s book (2017) for an extensive discussion of the history and pedagogy offlipped learning as well as detailed instructions about how to design lessons and

Conference Session

Computing Research II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Computing and Information Technology

been in practice for a very long time.Scholars have defined Problem-based learning as minds-on, hands-on, focused, experientiallearning (Wilkerson & Gijselaers, 1996). Instructors are considered to serve as problem solvingcolleagues assigned with the responsibility of promoting interest and enthusiasm for learning Aproblem-based curriculum is significantly different from the traditional discipline centeredcurriculum (Woods, 1994). Instructors are also encouraged to act as cognitive coaches who can nurture anenvironment that can support open inquiry (Barrows, 2000). It is important that the aims andobjectives of problem-based learning are reflected in every aspect of the learning environmentcreated. Problem-based curriculum should

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University; Debra Lee Davis, Florida International University; Ingrid A. Buckley, Florida Gulf Coast University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Florida International University; Edward L. Jones, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Computing and Information Technology

in the form of learning objects and tutorials, and can be configured to use variouscombinations of LESs. We describe how LESs are integrated into the F2F and online activities ofa software testing class. The results of a study we conducted that integrates LESs into the F2F ac-tivities of a software testing class show the potential positive impact such a pedagogical approachcan have on CS/IT/SE classes.1 IntroductionDue to the ubiquitous nature of computing in the 21st century, there is a great demand for a work-force that is knowledgeable in the areas of Computer Science (CS), Information technology (IT)and Software Engineering (SE). This fact is reflected in the large number of jobs expected inCS/IT/SE in the coming years. As a result

Conference Session

Computing Research I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University

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Computing and Information Technology

related to an ability toidentify, formulate, and solve electrical engineering problems, which students have 50.00%‘strongly agree’ and 39.30% ‘agree’ of statement. Question 2 is “I understand fundamentalbuilding blocks to design a memory, control unit, processor system of computer, alighted to anability to design electrical systems, components, or processes to meet desired needs, reflects at7.14% of disagree. It is because that this class has no lab sessions associated with it. Studentshave no opportunity to perform lab and course project. Moreover, in comparison with theinstructor’s previous experience teaching this course with a traditional project-based method (i.e.no student-centered and no back-and-forth module for reflection and adjustments

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Dempsey, Collin County Community College ; Ann F Beheler, Collin County Community College

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Computing and Information Technology

away from release, MySpace was the new social media platform [2], Amazonjust launched what would eventually become a major cloud service provider called Amazon WebServices [3], and Skype had just released its Beta communication software using VoIP [4].The NWCET list, thorough as it was in 2003, has by 2019 become outdated. But even thoughthe list is no longer reflective of the realities of the IT workforce, some educational institutionsstill use them as a reference point. An updated and future-facing revision is essential. The “ITSkill Standards 2020 and Beyond” (ITSS) project, funded by the National Science Foundation’sAdvanced Technological Education program, will provide that revision by creating an updatedset of employer-led, future-facing

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kyle Joseph Wheelhouse, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

samples of Senior Design Projects which reflect common studentprojects.Wireless Sensor NetworksA wireless sensor network consists of many wireless-capable sensor devices workingcollaboratively to achieve a shared goal [4]. A WSN may have one or multiple base-stationswhich collect data from all sensory devices. These base-stations serve as the interface throughwhich the WSN interacts with the outside world [2]. The basic premise of a WSN is to performnetworked sensing using many relatively rudimentary sensors instead of utilizing the moreconventional approach of developing a few expensive and sophisticated sensing modules [2].The potential advantage of networked sensing over the conventional approach, can besummarized as greater coverage, accuracy

Conference Session

Cyber Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Pickard, East Carolina University; Dale Drummond, East Carolina University; Philip J. Lunsford II, East Carolina University; Ciprian Popoviciu

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

closely reflects the user experience when navigatingto dual-stack sites. Once the measurements are completed, they are sent to a central server forstorage and eventual analysis.The 197 IPv6 reachable domains were polled at 60-minute intervals for a period of 24 hoursfrom four network monitoring agents deployed in Toronto, New York City, and San Francisco.The use of multiple agent location vantage points helps avoid biases associated with anindividual location. The agents at each location were deployed in Virtual Machines (VMs)hosted by Digital Ocean. Each VM ran on CentOS 7.3 with 1 CPU, 512MB of memory, 20GB ofstorage on a Solid-State Drive (SSD), 1TB of transfer data, and was enabled for both IPv4 andIPv6. Digital Ocean was chosen as the

Conference Session

Topics in Computing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Al-Haj, Ohio Northern University; Naeem Seliya Ph.D., Ohio Northern University; Collin Lee Kemner, Ohio Northern University

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Computing and Information Technology

Education (NICE) Framework [1]. A list of secure coding practices wascompiled using two different resources: SEI CERT Coding Standard [2] and Open WebApplication Security Project (OWASP) [3]. The selected coding practices are applicable to C++and Java. Each secure coding practice is assigned a weight reflecting its importance and severity.We consider a set of 43 students’ programming assignments in C++ and Java, with all of thembeing anonymized for Personally Identifiable Information. Each assignment typically has differentcoding practices that are relevant, which is a result of the difference in requirements amongassignments. The problem description of each assignment is analyzed to determine the applicablesecure coding practices to each submitted

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merlinda Drini, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York

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Computing and Information Technology

, wireless communications and information secu- rity.Her research areas are computer networking, wireless communications and information security. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Power and Channel Aware Routing in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksMobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) consist of peer to peer networking architecture, where eachnode performs the role of a router, providing the services and routing decisions to the network.They should be adapting to the topology changes, reflecting these changes to their routing tables,as well. Movement of the nodes, results in a frequent connectivity failures between nodes.Therefore an important role in a wireless ah-hoc network routing protocol design should

Conference Session

Wireless Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Luis Eduardo Paredes, Guru Labs, L.C.; Jacob Morris, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

skills.  Designing and defending a solution to a real-world problem.Overall, students have positive comments about this capstone course and are benefitted greatlyfrom this experience.The following is an example of a senior design project which reflect common student projects.Sample ProjectThis sample project was a group project. Two CE students worked together on this design. Thissenior design project describes the realization of a wireless replacement for the traditionallywired pulse oximeter currently found in hospitals, which is used to monitor oxygen saturationand heart rate. This design allows patients freedom of movement and lack of restriction from atraditional wired device to a monitor. This freedom of movement also allows for

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jingshan Wu, Zhejiang University; Yujie Wang, Zhejiang University; Hanbing Kong, Zhejiang University; Ling Zhu, Zhejiang University

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Computing and Information Technology

interviews with teachers from Faculty of Engineering andFaculty of Information Technology, and also administrative staff from Kochen HonorsCollege. Those semi-structured interviews offer plenty of first-hand information onthe transformations and operations of the Robotics Class;2) Focus group discussion with students in the Robotics Class. Eight participants fromdifferent grades are encouraged to reflect openly and informally on their degreeprogram. The discussion lasts for 60 minutes, allowing us to explore how do studentslearn computational thinking and what are their attitudes on the learning experiences.3) Documental revision on programs, syllabus and other second-hand materials. Theauthors analyze computational components in the curriculum of

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaoyan Gong, Institute of Smart Education, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries. ; Liang Zhao, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology; RenHao Tang, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology; YaNa Guo, Faculty of InformationTechnology,Beijing University of Technology; Xiwei Liu, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries; Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jian He, Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology; Fei-Yue Wang, National Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Wanruo Shi, Beijing Normal University; Xiaojie Niu, Beijing Normal University; Xinzhu Wang, Beijing Normal University

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Computing and Information Technology

and cases of AI technology in real life, and have a visual cognition of core algo-rithms used by AI. Visualization of teaching cases: Through analysis of teaching modes of AI courses, visualteaching tools will make students' learning more efficiently. Visualization of teaching cases ismainly reflected in two aspects: visual explanation and visual programming. 1) Visual Explanation Usually at class, when teachers need to explain certain complicated problems, if they useonly verbal language to describe them or use abstract methods such as formulas, studentsmay find it difficult to understand. However, if teachers use visual explanation methods suchas animation to visualize complex problems graphically, students might find it easier toaccept

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

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Computing and Information Technology

that may be overlooked bynovices. The content knowledge of experts is organized in ways reflecting a deeper underlyingunderstanding of the content, allowing them to flexibly retrieve and apply key aspects of it whilesolving problems. By providing students with experiential learning opportunities, avenues forworking with scaled-down versions of technical problems, they too can begin buildingcontextual understanding, allowing them to notice subtle difference between similar situations.This will allow students to learn the information more effectively and to retain it longer,facilitating better transfer of knowledge and skills from the classroom to the workplace. In [2]emphasis is placed on the importance for learners to organize key ideas into

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Kailee Parkinson, Utah Valley University; Elham Vaziripour, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

University, North Carolina University, Michigan State University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Illinois Collected Data Points: Prerequisites to the course, main topics covered, subtopics included, referenced materials, programs utilized, assessment standardsSince Data Science courses offered on online platforms reflect the current expectations of theindustry, we’ve included a small sample of Data Science courses offered by Coursera andfast.ai. Our approach for gathering data from these courses was the same as our approachtowards universities to keep our data consistent.The data points mentioned above were then used to create a

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, University of Minho; Victor F. A. Barros, University of Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Emilia Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho; Isabel Ramos, University of Minho

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

be extended over a longer period, what, on the otherhand, turned out to be beneficial, thus allowing greater internal dissemination of the projectThe working groups allowed to confirm the general unawareness of gender inequality at theuniversity. However, if at the beginning of the discussion, people argued that gender issues at theUniversity were almost irrelevant (since no problems had been reported), in the course of thedebate people started to reflect more about the subject, admitting several situations of inequalitydue to gender.The next challenge consisted in discussing possible solutions for the identified issues, which turnedout to be also very difficult, not only to find solutions but also to recognize good practices in

Conference Session

Topics in Computing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Janis P. Raje

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

expressed in thispaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References 1. UVU Fact Book 2017, Office of Institutional Research. Online at https://www.uvu.edu/iri/documents/additional_resources/factbook17.pdf 2. NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM), Program Solicitation NSF 17-527. Online at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=NSF . 3. Warnock, John (2019), Utah’s Engineering Initiative has boosted state’s high-tech boom, Salt Lake Tribune, January 21, 2019. Retrieved from https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/ 2019/01/31/john-warnock-utahs/ . 4. Utah System of Higher

Conference Session

Computing Research I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohsen Taheri, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University; Mark A Weiss, Florida International University; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Christensen P.E., University of South Florida; Tiana Solis, Florida International University; Deepa Chari, Florida International University; Zahra Taheri

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

Foundation [CollaborativeResearch: Florida IT Pathways to Success (Flit-Path) NSF# 1643965, 1643931, 1643835]. Anyfindings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect theviews of the National Science Foundation.References[1] A. Hogan and B. Roberts, “Occupational employment projections to 2024,” Mon. Labor Rev., 2017.[2] “Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Computer Programmers, on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and- information-technology/computer-programmers.htm (visited January 29, 2019).” .[3] X. Chen, Stem Attrition: College Students & apos Paths into and Out of StemFields. Statistical Analysis Report

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Jianming Deng, Jinling Institute of Technology and Southeast University

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Computing and Information Technology

eight schools, while they would be electives in most U.S. schools.Such is also the case for the compiler course. This reflects an emphasis on the engineering orapplication nature of the curriculum.6. Math, sciences, and engineering course requirementsWe follow a similar pattern to examine the math, sciences, and engineering course requirementfor the computer science programs in these eight schools. We first look at the math requirement.Table 4 lists math hours, as well as course count, credits, and total math hours required of theeight computer science programs. Table 4: Math requirement (semester hours) Tsinghua SJTU SEU PKU BUPT HIT USTC BUAA Calculus I