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Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rathika Rajaravivarma, Central CT State University

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Computers in Education

2006-1382: PEER ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES FOR ALABORATORY-BASED COURSERathika Rajaravivarma, Central CT State University Page 11.987.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Peer Assessment Methodologies for a Laboratory-Based CourseAbstractAdvances in technology and the explosive growth of the Internet have called fornew ways of learning environment. The content delivery is no longer the passiveapproach of lecture emanating from the teacher to the student. It is imperativethat computer networking courses taught at the undergraduate level containadequate hands-on implementation based projects and experiments in order tobetter train students. The computing curricula 2001 (CC2001

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chenghung Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dror Kodman, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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2006-1540: IMMERSIVE COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY SIMULATIONSUSING A GAMING ENGINEChenghung Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Chenghung Paul Chang is currently a Research Assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2005. His research includes alternatives to traditional methods of administering laboratory experiments, including remote experiments and virtual experimental simulations.Dror Kodman, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Dror Kodman received a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2001. Currently

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University

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2006-1421: INTERNET-BASED PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS: APPLICATIONWITHIN A LABORATORY COURSEAbul Azad, Northern Illinois University DR. ABUL AZAD is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Technology of Northern Illinois University, USA since July 2001. He completed his PhD in 1994 from the University of Sheffield, UK, which was sponsored by the Commonwealth Scholarship, UK. Subsequently he worked with the University of Sheffield and University of Portsmouth (UK) with various capacities. His research and teaching interests include Internet-based physical experiments, mechatronics, real-time computer control, adaptive/intelligent control, and mobile robotics. Dr. Azad has over 75 referred

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Leonard Perry, University of San Diego

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Racquel Brown, University of Hartford

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Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roxanne Toto, Pennsylvania State University; Mark Wharton, Pennsylvania State University; John Cimbala, Pennsylvania State University; John Wise, Pennsylvania State University

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Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Phillips, University of Guelph; Michele Oliver, University of Guelph; Bill Van Heyst, University of Guelph; Douglas Joy, University of Guelph; Warren Stiver, University of Guelph

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Page 11.340.4commercial software packages have been developed.The last strategy is to encourage and provide opportunities for self assessment of the quality oftheir work. In Engineering and Design II, they are required to make the mass comparison.Students know even before we sit down to assess their solid modelling whether they have donewell or not. In the electronic reassembly exercise, the student’s get immediate feedback on thequality of their work just based on the quality of the fitting that they see. In Material Science,students are required to compare their FEA results against their own simplified hand calculations.In Fluid Mechanics, students are required to compare results against literature or laboratory data.All of these self checks

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

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Lancashire, Nov-2004..4. “Xen Performance”. University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. 5-Nov-2004..5. J. Hess. “Pdmenu: Simple to use menu program”. .6. “A Stackable Unification File System”. File systems and Storage Lab, Stony Brook University. 15-Jan-2006.7. R. Ross. “Copy-on-write NFS server”. 5-Jan-2006. .8. T. Chung. “Fedora Project”. 17-Jan-2006. Page 11.1459.12

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Parten, Texas Tech University

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2006-2092: MICROPROCESSOR BASED QUASI-AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICPROJECTSMichael Parten, Texas Tech University Micheal E. Parten is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Parten has conducted research and published in the areas of instrumentation, control, modeling and simulation of a variety of systems, including hybrid electric vehicles. Dr. Parten has served for over twenty years as the Director of the Undergraduate Laboratories in Electrical Engineering. Page 11.929.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Microprocessor Based Quasi-Autonomous Robotic

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University

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2006-1431: INTEGRATING TEACHING AND TECHNOLOGY USING COELIVEEce Yaprak, Wayne State University Dr. Ece Yaprak is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology at WSU. Her academic interests are in digital design and computer networking. Her research has led to seven NASA and one U.S. NAVY faculty fellowships and three NASA grants. Her professional experience at General Electric, the Ford Motor Company, and several NASA laboratories and the US Navy SPAWAR Center help her blend real world experience into her teaching. She has won three teaching awards in the College of Engineering. She has developed distance learning classes. She is an IEEE/TAC program evaluator

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Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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. Page 11.125.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Student Owned Microcontroller BoardAbstractLaboratories provide valuable opportunities for students to work with professional equipment.This equipment is often costly, potentially unsafe, easily damaged, or difficult to operate. Forthese and many other valid reasons students are often provided limited access to equipment.Unfortunately when a laboratory is closed a student does not have access to the equipment. More-over, when the course is complete the student loses access altogether. Clearly this goes against ourdesire as educators to maximize student learning opportunities.At Grand Valley State University (GVSU) junior level students majoring in

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Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988, the Master of Science degree in Engineering Sciences in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from Arizona State University, Harvard University, and Purdue University, respectively. He was a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Lincoln Laboratory. He co-authored two textbooks on microcontrollers and embedded systems and authored over 70 journal and conference papers. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi (faculty advisor), IEEE (senior), and ASEE. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado. In 2005, Pack was named “Colorado Professor of the Year” by

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; David Mares, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy

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who wish to learn more about bioinstrumentation and biosignalprocessing who either have not taken all these foundational courses or do not feel well preparedin these areas. To meet this pedagogical challenge, the authors have incorporated a large numberof demonstrations and laboratory exercises into these courses, based upon our experience that thisgreatly aids learning.8–12 We take advantage of a new and highly flexible tool for educators: thenew ELVIS benchtop platform combined with the latest version of LabVIEW, both now availablefrom National Instruments (www.ni.com). In addition, the authors integrated various BIOPACproducts (available from BIOPAC Systems, Inc., www.biopac.com) with ELVIS in a way notseen before. The results of using

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Issues in Computer Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Bower, Kansas State University-Salina

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Page 11.1394.2read and modify, if needed, any exported global variables and data structures. The ability toread the kernel’s global data makes them ideal for student projects that examine global datastructures to more closely observe the behavior of the operating system. These projects typicallyonly read the data, so the stability of the system is maintained.With the introduction of the bachelor degree in Computer Systems Technology, Kansas StateUniversity at Salina offered an operating systems class for the first time in the fall 2004semester. From the initial planning of the class, the laboratory programming projects were aprimary concern. It was felt that programming projects using real operating systems would beperceived as more relevant

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Ashwinn Natarajan, Arizona State University; Rony Ferzli, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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-time signal processing in a friendly environment.Before using J-DSP to run real-time DSP algorithms on the DSK, students aregiven a brief overview of the interface between J-DSP and the TI DSK. Theprocess of connecting J-DSP to the hardware via the RS232 and the USB portsare explained. The role of CCS in this process is also described. Students are thenasked to select various DSP functions to examine the differences between real-time and offline signal processing. Hands-on exercises that use this J-DSPinterface to the DSK have been developed and disseminated to undergraduatestudents in the ASU DSP class. A laboratory session was organized wherestudents programmed select real-time DSP tasks using J-DSP. Pre- and post-labquizzes were given to

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

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2006-814: VIRTUAL TOOLKIT FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AS A TOOLFOR INNOVATIONMurat Tanyel, Geneva College Murat Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Geneva College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses. Prior to Geneva College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA from Aug. 1995 to Aug. 2003. Prior to 1995, he was at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA where he worked for the Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, UAE

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy; Carl Wick, U.S. Naval Academy; George Piper, U.S. Naval Academy

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2006-1905: TEACHING ROBOT DESIGN: STUDENT-DRIVEN, OPEN-ENDEDDESIGN PROJECTSBradley Bishop, U.S. Naval Academy BRADLEY E. BISHOP is an Associate Professor in the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1991, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He is the founder of the Mobile Robotics Laboratory at USNA. His research interests include robot swarm control, autonomous surface vessels, and nonlinear control.Carl Wick, U.S. Naval Academy CARL E. WICK is a Professor and

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Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clark Merkel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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-HulmanInstitute of Technology. A two week “PLC” experience was implemented based on theuse of Allen-Bradley Pico PLCs and the Picosoft application software. Additionally twodifferent laboratory demonstration stations were built in-house to provide a “hands-on”control experience for students. This paper talks about how the “PLC” experience hasbeen implemented and how well it has been received as part of the mechatronics course.Introduction:Mechatronics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has historically been a classfocused on the use of microcontroller devices and the language skills needed to programthem. In this course, students learn to program a Handy Board microcontroller and use itto monitor a variety of different sensors and control a number of

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saroj Biswas, Temple University; Musoke Sendaula, Temple University; Sesha Yeruva, Temple University; Krishana Priya Sannidhi, Temple University; Ravi Shankar Dwivedula, Temple University

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non-commercial e-Learning systems3, 4, 5 that have been developed at various academic institutions.Web based interactive laboratory experiments have also been developed for electrical circuits5,6,electronics7,8, fluid mechanics, and control systems courses9, 10, 11, 12, and various other courses.Some of these systems also allow certain level of interactivity through the use of whiteboard,chat, email, and other interfaces, however, lack an interactive environment for monitoredproblem solving, and feedback. On the other hand, an e-tutoring system is ideally an electroniccounterpart of a human tutor. The e-tutoring system must be capable of guiding the studentwhen he or she stumbles on a problem, suggest background or prerequisite material

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Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anshuman Panda, Polytechnic University; Hong Wong, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Sang-Hoon Lee, Polytechnic University

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Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. He worked for the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH, during the summers of 2000 and 2001. He is currently a doctoral student at Polytechnic University. His research interests include control of mechanical and aerospace systems.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1 News, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Jones, Southwest Tennessee Community College; James M. Northern, Southwest Tennessee Community College

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areconverted to PowerPoint presentations and more problem-based case studies that support criticalthinking, interactive learning, and team/peer instruction are added. The Engineering Technologycurriculum has many problem-based courses and laboratory exercises that can be used to supportactive and collaborative learning while using the wireless tablet PC.The wireless capability of the tablets allows for the quick conversion of a regular classroom to acomputer lab. All that is required is the wireless tablets and an access point connected to theInternet if Internet access is desired. The instructor can use the tablet PC and projector to makepresentations. Using the pen input, the instructor can easily annotate PowerPoint slides duringthe presentation

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Computers in Education

connected to BUS 2 contributed 2, 470amperes. FIGURE 4 Three-phase Short Circuit Analysis of Power SystemInclusion in the Power System CurriculumThe PowerWorld simulator tool was incorporated into the Power Systems 1 curriculum severaldifferent ways which included classroom demonstrations, take home quizzes, and small groupprojects. Many sample load flow and short circuit analysis problems were demonstrated to theclasss during the laboratory period accompanying the course. The students were required tocomplete several assignments using the simulation tool on their own personal computers. Oneparticular assignment consisted of calculating the load flow solution of a simple 3 bus networkby hand. Then, it was required to use the

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Jacquot, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming

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0 0 Figure 11. Line voltage as a function of distance and time for pulse propagation.ConclusionThe authors have discussed a series of MATLAB programs written to assist in the teaching ofelectrical transmission lines. Both sinusoidal steady-state and transient behaviors areexamined graphically with dynamic animations being the most instructive. The programs can beused in the classroom or in the computer laboratory, although some careful thought by theinstructor on how they will be used is required to get the maximum benefit. These and otherpartial differential equation animation programs are available at the University of WyomingMATLAB animation resource website at www.eng.uwyo.edu/classes/matlabanimateThese

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Filsinger, University of Cincinnati

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better absorb those topics.Second, the initial run of this course proved to be too abstract. Not enough practical applicationwas provided. To the greatest extent possible, theory should be kept to a minimum, with greateremphasis on practical application. Virtually all of the standard classroom problems in AI are“toy problems,” which have little or no connection to what students would consider usefulapplications. Both classroom examples and laboratory experiments should focus on how toapply the techniques to real world problems.Finally, I was surprised that while the mathematics was difficult for the students, it was notactually beyond their reach, at least from a mechanical perspective. Technology students

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

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. Slicing Solids k. Presentation of Solids. Table 1. A Summary of Several Important Solid Modeling OperationsThe developed reference guide has been provided to all instructors assigned to teach this coursein the spring 2006 semester. The instructors can utilize such a guide while teaching in theclassroom/laboratory settings to complement their teaching and effectively aid the students withthe understanding and visualization of three-dimensional solids. Using this guide, a variety ofsolid models can be developed and edited with ease through interactions and discussions withstudents. The constructed models effectively enhance the visualization capabilities of studentsand provide them with new perspectives. This method of delivery for

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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Engineering Course Based onStudent Feedback,” 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.3. Kuncicky, D., Matlab Programming, Prentice-Hall, 2003.4. Herniter, M., Pangasa, R., Scott, D., “Teaching Programming Skills with Matlab”, 2001 ASEE AnnualConference and Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2001.5. Azemi, A., “Using Matlab to Teach the Introductory Computer-Progamming Course for Engineers, 2004ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.6. Cole, W., Everbach, E., McKnight, S., Ruane, M., Tadmor, G., “Teaching Computers to EngineeringFreshmen Through a ‘High-Tech Tools and Toys Laboratory’ ”, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2001.7. Litkouhi

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Josephson, Tuskegee University; Jaya Krishnagopalan, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University

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Engineering Department. His research interests include adsorption, permeation of chemicals through polymeric materials, membrane separation and fire extinguishing agents. Page 11.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Spreadsheet Instruction Within A First Year Chemical Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper reports upon our experiences with incorporating formal instruction in spreadsheetsoftware (Microsoft Excel) in our department’s introductory chemical engineering course.Spreadsheet instruction was conducted in the department’s computer laboratory with all thestudents

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Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yul Chu, Mississippi State University

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. Page 11.14.11[10] Hung-Cheng Wu, et al., Energy Efficient Caching on Cache Architectures for Embedded Systems, Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Vol. 19 No. 5, pages 809-825, 2003.[11] Kin Johnson, et al., The Filter Cache: An Energy Efficient Memory Structure, 30th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, Dec. 1997.[12] Premkishore Shivakumar and Norman P. Jouppi, CACTI 3.0: An Integrated Cache Timing, Power, and Area Model, Western Research Laboratory, WRL-2001-2, Dec. 2001.[13] A. Seznec, A case for two-way skewed-associative cache, the 20th International Symposium on Computer Architecture (IEEE-ACM), San Diego, May 1993.Biographical InformationYul Chu

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley

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many advanced engineering courses andtextbooks, an early exposure to this software is beneficial.References[1] T.W. Martin, A. Azemi, D. Hewett, and C.P. Schneider, “PSpice in Electrical Engineering Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 1307-1308.[2] D. Andrews, A. Azemi, S. Charlton, and E. Yaz, “Computer Simulation in Electrical Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 1994 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Meeting, pp. 77-82.[3] A. Azemi and E. Yaz, “PSpice and MATLAB in Undergraduate and Graduate Electrical Engineering Courses,” Proceedings of the 24th Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 456-459, 1994.[4] E. Yaz and A. Azemi, “Utilizing MATLAB in two Graduate Electrical Engineering

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Reising, University of Evansville

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Computers in Education

2006-812: MATHCAD FOR IN-CLASS EXAMPLES IN A RANDOM PROCESSESCOURSEJames Reising, University of Evansville JAMES A. REISING is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, where he has taught since 1980. Prior to that time he was employed by Eagle-Picher Industries at the Miami Research Laboratories and the Electro-Optic Materials Department. He is a senior member of IEEE. Page 11.913.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Mathcad™ for In-class Examples in a Random Processes CourseAbstractSome textbooks1,2 used for courses in