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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

M. Nazrul Islam

computeror information security systems have been incorporated in several engineering and computerscience curriculum. However, there has not been enough progress in developing an engineeringcurriculum dedicated to security technologies. The objective of this paper is to propose a newengineering and technology curriculum on security technologies which will introduce thestudents to different types of digital and physical techniques employed to maintain the securityand privacy of any physical resources. Different algorithms and systems will be included in theprogram to deal with cryptographic techniques, biometrics, image processing concepts andhardware implementations. The curriculum will train the students on audio and videosurveillance, access

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Muhammad Faysal Islam; Mohammed Nazrul Islam

provide future engineers a mindset to think like problem solvers. Earlyexposure of systems engineering and project management principles in the curriculum would bebeneficial for all engineering and computer science students, because many of them will enterworkforce and manage critical interdisciplinary systems and work with peers from variousbackgrounds. The scope of systems engineering and project management can range from missiledefense to non-profit organizations and covers many aspects of our daily life.In this paper, an outline of first year systems engineering and project management topics andtheir rationale are discussed based on industry standard bodies of knowledge (BoK) and recentgraduate survey reports. Early exposure of both business

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

education is engineering. While close to 320 engineeringschools in the USA have received accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET) for their undergraduate programs, only a handful of those offerengineering programs that are completely online at the graduate and/or undergraduate level. Thetrend has started to change lately, and every year more and more engineering programs areadding an online component to their regular curriculum. The main obstacle is the fact that mostengineering curriculums require a very intensive hands-on laboratory component that is veryhard to implement and deliver completely online because of the cost involved in setting uplaboratory equipment for each online student. Currently, only a

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

      1. Objectives:   Villanova   University’s   (VU)   College   of   Engineering   has   taken   a   fresh   toll   on   how   freshmen   can   be   more   integrated   into   exploring   the   various   disciplines   in  engineering   through   engagement   in   hands-­‐on   –   or   what   we  call  experiential  -­‐  engineering  projects.  The  two-­‐semester  program  is  structured  to  provide  freshmen  with   the  basic  fundamentals  in  engineering  while  incorporating  micro-­‐projects  outside  the  classroom  followed  by