Paper ID #7127Sector-Search with Rendezvous: Overcoming Communication Limitations inMultirobot SystemsDr. Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Briana Lowe Wellman is an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science and Infor- mation Technology at the University of the District of Columbia. She joined UDC in May 2012 after receiving her Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Alabama in December 2011. Dr. Wellman’s area of specialization is robotics. Her research focus is on cooperative multirobot systems and sensor networks in search, coverage, and surveillance applications
a Research Assistant at the Network Systems Lab of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Danai’s current research interests include embedded system design, network security and cyber-physical systems. She is a member of the IEEE, the ACM and the ASEE. She is active as program committee member of some professional conferences including IEEE ICNP and ACM/IEEE ANCS. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Entrepreneurial minded learning in a freshman mini-project in Computing Danai Chasaki, Villanova University Computing and Information Technology are among the fastest growing fields in the U.S.and participating in efforts to attract and retain
Paper ID #17620Computing in Circuits and SystemsCheryl Xu, Florida A&M University/Florida State University Dr. Chengying Xu received the Ph.D. in 2006 in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, U.S.A., and the M.S. in 2001 in mechanical manufacturing and automation from Beijing University of Aero- nautics and Astronautics, China. She currently is an associate professor at the Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Her research interests include high temperature sensor design, intelligent systems and control theory, manufacturing of advanced materials. Dr. Xu has co-authored a textbook: Intelligent
University, China. He is currently an Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan, USA. He was awarded Faculty Research Awards in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2016 at University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan, USA. His research interests include en- gineering education, robotics and automation, control, autonomous systems, computational intelligence and machine learning. Dr. Luo was the General Co-Chair of the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Smart Technologies (IEEE-CIST 2015), and Journal Special Issues Chair, IEEE 2016 International Conference on Smart Technologies (IEEE-SmarTech), USA. He was the Publicity Chair in the
design, innovation and sustainability; synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making; assessing STEM students’ learning in the spaces of design, ethics, and sustainability; and exploring the impact of pre-engineering curriculum on students’ abilities and career trajectories.Dr. Lorraine G. Kisselburgh, Purdue University Lorraine Kisselburgh (Ph.D., Purdue University) examines organizing and communicative practices in sociotechnical contexts, particularly collaboration in engineering design teams, spatial and material in- fluences on organizing, and gendered practices in technological settings. She has backgrounds in com- munication, human performance, and computer science, and
program’s goal has been to provide a quality program thatmeets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set that allows them tosucceed in computing careers. The curriculum content for the Computer Science degree is basedon the 2008 ACM Curriculum Report. The Computer Science degree at UVU is accredited byAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) in 2002 and currently has morethan 850 students. The program also has an advisory board comprised of representatives of localindustry who assist in aligning the program to industry needs and helping to acquire industrysupport and resources.Table 1 and 2 shows the enrollment and graduation trends in the Computer Science program. Ascan be seen from the tables, the
Technologies. His current research is directed to technology enhanced learning and remote working environments especially in engineering. Michael Auer is Founding-President and CEO of the ”International Association of Online Engineering” (IAOE) since 2006, a non-governmental organization that promotes the vision of new engineering working environments worldwide. In 2009 he was appointed as member of the Advisory Board of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG). Furthermore he is chair of the Advisory Board of the International E-Learning Association (IELA) and member of the Board of Consultants of the International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE). In September 2010 he was elected as President of the
. Page 26.669.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Enhancing the Quality of Student Research by an On-going Multiple-Project-Based Course Chaomin Luo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan, USA1. IntroductionWith the continued advances in computational intelligence over the several decades, it is becomingincreasingly vital that development of a new course curriculum on computational intelligence andsoft computing in a university will contribute to technology advancements and applications [1,2].With the advance of increasingly
Paper ID #12992Educational Modules in Industrial Control Systems for Critical Infrastruc-ture Cyber SecurityDr. Chris Foreman, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Chris Foreman, Ph.D. CSE, MENG EE, is an Assistant Professor at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Technology. He has over 15 years of industrial control systems experience and over 6 years of academic research in the cyber security of critical infrastructure systems. He has also participated in three DHS contracts in the area of critical infrastructure cyber security across the water treatment, dams, and telehealth sectors as well as leading
Paper ID #12322Learning IPv6: Becoming a Subject Matter Expert of a Technical Topic througha Year-Long Capstone Design ProjectDr. Joseph Benin, U.S. Coast Guard Academy LCDR Benin is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy (BSEE), having served as the Regimental Honor Officer and Chairman of the Cadet Standards of Conduct Board. He then served as the Electrical and Elec- tronics Officer aboard the USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) while completing his Engineer-Officer-In-Training (EOIT) qualifications. He began graduate studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was selected as an adjunct MacArthur Fellow, and ultimately earned a
Paper ID #11538A Cloud-based Tool for Assigning Students to ProjectsDr. Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Dr. Smitesh Bakrania is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He re- ceived his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 2008 and his B.S. from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and combustion catalysis using nanopar- ticles. He is also involved in developing educational apps for instructional and research purposes.Mr. Brad Joseph Johnson, Rowan University Brad Johnson is a junior chemical engineering major and computer science minor
itseems that people, process, and technology problems have to be considered equally)In other words, engineering design itself could be considered as a wicked problem in manycases. The development of software for the US healthcare.gov website4 is a current highprofile example of a wicked problem.In summary, constraint software development is difficult because it is a wicked problem. Itprobably is getting more difficult because of rapid and significant changes to computer Page 24.1191.4software technology and the increasing demand for new, larger and ever more complexsoftware (the healthcare.gov website software is complex and large, requiring an
Paper ID #11401Design and Development of Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Modules for Foun-dations of Computer Programming CourseDr. Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, Farmingdale Dr. Gonca Altuger-Genc is an Assistant Professor at State University of New York - Farmingdale State College in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department. She is serving as the K-12 STEM Out- reach Research and Training Coordinator at Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center at Farmingdale State College. Her research interests are engineering education, self-directed lifelong learning, virtual laboratories, and decision-making
incoming freshmen using new technologies. She also researches means to incorporate more engineering mathematics and physics into the programming course.Dr. Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Matthew Verleger is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Fundamentals at Embry-Riddle Aeronauti- cal University in Daytona Beach, Florida. His research interests are focused on using action research methodologies to develop immediate, measurable improvements in classroom instruction and the use of Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) in teaching students about engineering problem solving. Dr. Verleger is an active member of ASEE. He also serves as the developer and site manager for the Model
AC 2011-2713: EXPERIENCE WITH SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR MAN-AGING STUDENT-AUTHORED WIKI TEXTBOOKSEdward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an associate professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has also taught at Carnegie-Mellon University and Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie mainly in computer-supported cooperative learning. Page 22.676.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011
Paper ID #12584Modeling Multi-Protocol Label Switching Networks in the LaboratoryMr. Jeffrey Erin Cole, Acute Systems, LLC Jeffrey Cole is a Master’s of Electrical Engineering Technology graduate from Southern Polytechnic State University. His research included various configurations such as basic MPLS, AToM, MPLS Layer 3 VPNs and MPLS Traffic Engineering. Other topics included network performance measurements, net- work time protocols and network traffic generator analysis. Undergraduate studies were completed at the University of Detroit Mercy in Computer and Information Science. He has over 9 years of experience in
IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee. He obtained the Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.Prof. Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette Thomas J. Hacker is an Associate Professor of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue Univer- sity in West Lafayette, Indiana. His research interests include cyberinfrastructure systems, high perfor- mance computing, and the reliability of large-scale supercomputing systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a member of IEEE, the ACM, and ASEE.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Co-Director of
Paper ID #20509Introduction to Deep Learning: A First Course in Machine LearningProf. Yosi Shibberu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Yosi Shibberu is professor of mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has taught undergraduate courses on data mining, machine learning and bioinformatics and computational biology. Dr. Shibberu recently spent a year at Jimma University, Ethiopia, as a Fulbright Scholar and is the current endowed chair for innovation in science, engineering and mathematics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering
Kavianpour, University of California - Irvine Miss Sogand Kavianpour received her B.S. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the Uni- versity of California, Irvine. She is currently working with a medical device company specializing in magnetic technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The first course of programming: Python or C?Which programming language should we teach in the first course of programming to ourundergraduate students of engineering? Most entering freshmen have no programmingexperience. We have to teach them the first steps of programming and swiftly bringing them to alevel of skill, where they can use computing in their other courses: to
Manufacturing since 2010 and International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering since 2007.Dr. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University Dr. Hossein Mousavinezhad is an active member of ASEE, IEEE and is a program evaluator for engi- neering programs (ABET). Hossein is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Idaho State University and serves as IEEE Education Society VP, is the Founding General Chair of IEEE International Conferences on Electro Information Technology. Page 26.385.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Computer-Aided
Paper ID #15859Employing Model-Eliciting Activities in Cybersecurity EducationMrs. Mayari Illarij Serrano Anazco P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette MAYARI SERRANO is currently a graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. She earned her B.S. degree from the Army Polytechnic School, Quito, Ecuador. She com- pleted her M.S. in Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University. Mayari is currently a PhD student at Purdue University and is working in for the Women in Engineering Program. Her interests include foster STEM enthusiasm, and technology innovation.Dr. Alejandra J. Magana
, Purdue Uni- versity. His research interests in includes Cybersecurity education, Security visualization, and applied security in SDN/NFV networks, Fog networks, and IoT. In addition, he has published two books on Win- dows Phone programming. Page 26.82.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Pilot Study on VM Template Authentication Forough Sheikh Ansari Baijian Yang Department of Computer and Information Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Paper ID #6702Crop Monitoring Platform: A Case of Teaching Machine Vision through Un-dergraduate ResearchDr. Duke Mejia Bulanon, Northwest Nazarene University Duke M. Bulanon is an assistant professor of the Physics and Engineering Department at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho. His research interests include agricultural automation, image pro- cessing, machine vision, and robotics.Dr. Stephen A. Parke P.E., Northwest Nazarene University Dr. Stephen Parke earned the AA degree from Olivet Nazarene University in 1980, and the BSEE and MSEE degrees from Purdue University in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He
AC 2011-657: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, DATA COMMUNICA-TIONS, AND SIMULATIONMaurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University Maurice Felix Aburdene is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University. His teaching and research interests include control systems, parallel algorithms, simulation of dynamic systems, distributed algorithms, computer communication networks, computer- assisted laboratories, and signal processing.Kundan Nepal, Bucknell University Kundan Nepal is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Bucknell University. His research interests span the areas of reliable nanoscale digital VLSI systems, embedded computing using
AC 2011-2017: STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTATIONALPROBLEM-SOLVING TASKSAlejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alejandra J. Magana is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and the School of Engineering Education, at Purdue University. Alejandra’s research inter- est are focused on identifying how computational tools and methods can support the understanding of complex phenomena for scientific discovery and for inquiry learning.Aidsa I. Santiago-Romn, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Aidsa I. Santiago Romn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Materials and the Director of the Strategic Engineering
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue Univer- sity in West Lafayette, Indiana. His research interests include cyberinfrastructure systems, high perfor- mance computing, and the reliability of large-scale supercomputing systems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a member of IEEE, the ACM, and ASEE. Page 24.162.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 An Exploratory Survey on User Perceptions and Adoption of NEES.orgIntroductionScientific communities have developed new technologies
Technology, in 2009. His research interests include testing and verification methodologies, as well as embedded software engineering, dependability and reliability analysis of embedded systems, and security of cyberpysical systems, with emphasis on time-triggered applications. Page 24.346.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Curriculum Development for Embedded Systems Security AbstractThe paper describes issues involved in the development of a modular curriculum for
Paper ID #19313Three-Dimensional Obstetric Ultrasound for the Developing WorldMr. Dennis K. Njeru, Utah Valley University and Novarad Corporation Dennis Njeru is a software engineer in research at Novarad Corporation, where he works on developing innovative medical image analysis software. He received his B.S in Computer Engineering from Utah Valley University. His research interests include image registration, tissue segmentation, functional MRI, and diffusion tensor imaging.Dr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a professor of Computer Engineering at Utah Valley University. She received her B.S
Paper ID #7474Internet Accessible Remote Experimentation with Integrated Learning Man-agement SystemDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abul K. M. Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in Control and Systems Engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. He has been in academics for 15+ years, and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 100 refereed journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has
Paper ID #12938Game Design and Development Capstone Project Assessment Using ScrumJohn Glossner, Daniel Webster College Dr. John Glossner is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Daniel Webster College. He also serves as CEO of Optimum Semiconductor Technologies. Prior to joining OST John co-founded Sandbridge Technologies and served as EVP & CTO. Prior to Sandbridge, John managed both technical and business activities in DSP and Broadband Communications at IBM and Lucent/Starcore. John was also an adjunct professor at Lehigh University. John received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from TU Delft