Paper ID #18615Computational Modeling and Interdisciplinary Projects for Engineering Tech-nology StudentsDr. Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona Dr. Mohammad R. Muqri is a Professor in College of Engineering and Information Sciences at DeVry University. He received his M.S.E.E. degree from University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests include modeling and simulations, algorithmic computing, analog and digital signal processing.Dr. Javad Shakib, DeVry University, PomonaMr. James R. Lewis, DeVry University, Pomona c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017
42 49Associate 6 2 12 13Certificate 1 3 12Table 2: Graduation in Computer Science DepartmentLEAP Project Goal and ObjectivesThe goal of the LEAP project is to increase the graduation rate for students in Computer Scienceand Engineering programs at UVU, which is an open enrollment university, and to better preparethem for continued education and/or success in the STEM workforce. This is accomplished byproviding scholarships to academically talented students with financial need and by providingleadership training and opportunities, engaged learning activities, and mentorship (both student-to-student and faculty-to-student) 6.The objectives of the
Paper ID #19898A Student Project using Robotic Operating System (ROS) for UndergraduateResearchDr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took a position with the US Army where he has been ever since. For the first decade with the Army he worked on notable programs to include the M829A1 and A2 that were first of a kind composite saboted munition. His travels
Comparatively Mapping Genres in Academic and Workplace Engineering EnvironmentsAbstract In the Engineering workplace, one must be able to negotiate many genres of writing: he orshe must deliver updates, understand technical requirements, weigh project priorities, develop andcarry out problem-solving techniques, all while using different forms of technical communication.Engineering work relies on the ability to flexibly transition between a variety of technical writinggenres, while also navigating the broad array of technologies required to effectively complete theseprojects. However, the genres and types of writing present in the workplace do not always reflectthe genres and types of writing undergraduate Engineering students
- and post-surveys were statistically significant for the researchskills and knowledge construct, but not significant for self-efficacy, intentions towardgraduate school, attitudes toward the discipline of the assigned REU project, help seekingand coping behaviors, grit, scientific leadership, or scientific identity. A second evaluationwas conducted, comparing student and faculty mentor post-survey scores on the self-efficacyconstruct. The results were not statistically significant, suggesting that students and facultymentors had similar opinions on the ability of students to perform discrete research processesby the end of the REU. In this paper, we will describe the REU program recruitmentstrategy, structure, and activities; provide student
the collection of 2D images that are then translated to 3D byexternal reconstruction software.As with many computer engineering programs, students of the computer engineering program atUtah Valley University (UVU) conclude their degree programs with a semester capstone designexperience. The intent is for students to utilize competencies developed in the first three years ofthe curriculum in the solution of an embedded design problem. This paper summarizes theresult of an undergraduate capstone experience where the feasibility of utilizing ubiquitoustechnology (2D ultrasound) to mimic the functionality of enhanced but expensive 3D ultrasoundmachines is assessed.Capstone Projects at UVUThe goal of projects in our Capstone Design course is to
-Eliciting Activities Learning System (MEALearning.com), a site designed for implementing, managing, and re- searching MEAs in large classes.Rachel Marie Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Graduate Research Assistant at ERAU with an interest in design and creative thinking.Miss Paula Sanjuan Espejo, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach I am an UG Aerospace Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. I am from Spain and I am currently working on the SLA-aBLE project, the Implementation and Evaluation of Second Language Acquisition applied to programming courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
paper, we illustrate the use of an activity based teaching methodology by suggesting anincrease in students’ engagement through the use of specialized software tools in an introductorycybersecurity course. An activity based cybersecurity course enhancement is proposed to fosterstudent engagement. The proposed activities have shown promising results indicating enhancedlearning by the students. The methodology used in other Computer Science courses, is likely toenhance interest of students in other Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT)program areas as well. We anticipate that enhanced learning in a cybersecurity course, inparticular, and CS and IT courses, in general, is expected by increasing students’ engagementthrough projects
. Visualization training is part of the core summer curriculum.Undergraduates, STEM and non-STEM majors, participate in the program. Results: The2014/2015 program cumulatively recruited a total of 22 participants: 11 (50%) female, 11 (50%)male; 4 (18%) of participants were from historically black colleges or universities (HBCU), 1(5%) from Hispanic serving institutions (HSI), 5 (23%) first-generation college students.Students were also recruited from institutions with limited research opportunities: 10 (45%) ofthe 2014/2015 cohort were from non-PhD granting institutions. The program provided diversityin content, projects and participant ethnicities: 6 (27%) African American, 1 (5%) Asian, 4(18%) Hispanic/Latino, 1 (5%) Native American/American Indian
simulation of a local traffic,student health center, or student cafeteria. This paper reflects experiments conducted by a groupof students, in a simulation technique course, who had six weeks to complete their term project onmodeling and simulation of the student cafeteria, called the Nest, an acronym for Falcon Nest.To accomplish their goal, students focused on reducing average time visitors spent in the system.They first measured and analyzed the popularity (i.e. visiting rate in time unit) of each food station,the arrival rate of the customers, and the number of workers in each station. An important objectivefor the students was how they could change the simulation model to come up with a workingsolution to the overcrowding faced during the peak
): Who Succeeds in Science? The Gender Dimension and Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study. Page 26.328.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Career Priorities and the Challenge of Recruiting Women to Computing “I always hear stories about how we can’t find enough engineers, we can’t find enoughcomputer programmers… And that’s why we’re emphasizing math and science. That’s whywe’re emphasizing teaching girls math and science.” – President Barack Obama, May 20111AbstractMisconceptions, lack of awareness, and
of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University. He teaches courses in the areas of Robotics, Mechanics, Thermodynam- ics, Fluids, CAD, and Capstone Design.Dr. Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation, Student Learning and Air Pollution Dispersion Modeling
Mathematics (STEM) educational researcher with the Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational experience in the Atlanta area for the past twenty years includes high school mathematics teaching, Math/Science Magnet Program Director, Title I educational data specialist, and Associate Professor of Information Technology. As a former US Air Force electronics engineer, Doug was also an engineering project manager.Jason Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology Jason Freeman is an Associate Professor of Music at Georgia Tech. His artistic practice and scholarly research focus on using technology to engage diverse audiences in collaborative, experimental, and ac- cessible musical experiences. He also develops educational
(individual and group, in class and outside the class homework) as well as summative assessment?Data analysis and conclusions from the pilot project have been made public to benefit otherfaculty in CS and other SMT fields nationwide.KeywordsChallenge Based Instruction/learning (CBI), Interdisciplinary Studies, Engineering,Computational Science, Computer Graphics, Software Engineering. SMT (Science,Mathematics, and Technology) fields at minority-serving institutions.IntroductionThe advent of the 21st century with its technological advances has witnessed an explosion in theamount of information available to everyone through tools such as search engines, freeencyclopedias, on-line databases, and multimedia content, just to mention a few. The
Paper ID #15359Gamification-Based Cyber-Enabled Learning Environment of Software Test-ingDr. Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University Dr. Yujian Fu is an associate professor of computer science department at Alabama A&M University. Her research interests fall in formal verification of cyber physical systems, behavioral analysis of mobile security, software architecture and design analysis of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. Her projects are supported by NSF, Air Force and DoD. She have several publications regarding to the research and educational projects.Dr. Peter J. Clarke, Florida International
new initiative at Purdue Polytechnic aimed to redesign undergraduate student experiences through offering a combination of deep liberal arts experiences with student-driven, hands-on project-based learning.Dr. Marisa Exter, Purdue University Marisa Exter is an Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the College of Education at Purdue University. Dr. Exter’s research aims to provide recommendations to improve or enhance university-level design and technology programs (such as Instructional Design, Computer Science, and Engineering). Some of her previous research has focused on software designers’ formal and non-formal educational experiences and use of precedent materials, and experienced
• Biotechnology • Sporting Goods • Electronics/Semiconductor Industry • Material Science including textiles, polymers, etc. • Auto Industries • Aerospace IndustriesAs nanotechnology is emerging, there is a big demand for a new generation of nanotech literatestudents. Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. Toensure that student projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators Page 26.1183.4must continually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum.The field of nanotechnology is growing rapidly and there is an increasing
several major research projects on industrial applications of sensing and Control with focus on Energy Efficiency. He is a senior member of IEEE, ISA, and a member of ASEE.Mr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Salem, Text Scope CTO , Text Scope www.text-scope.comDr. Mais Nijim, Texas A&M Kingsville Page 26.1592.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Towards an integrated Hardware And SOftware Book (iHASOB)Abstract: This paper describes a new concept of an integrated Hardware And SOftware Book(iHASOB). The proposed iHASOB platform aims at increasing subconscious or habit learning
Paper ID #12707Searching the World Wide Web – Finding the Right Information the FirstTimeMs. Kristine Donate, Florida Atlantic University Twenty years in the RF Analog/Mixed Signal Design and EDA software industries doing design, customer support, application engineering, technical writing, training development and delivery, project manage- ment, AE and business management. Current focus is on telephony and IVR technologies. Realization of software development as a true passion of mine led to the pursuit of a Master’s degree in Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, graduated in December, 2013.Dr. Ravi T
the authenticity of the VM templates and how do we protect VM templates from beingmanipulated? If cryptophytic approach is applied, how long will it take to authenticate VMtemplates? This article studied related work and proposed a cryptography based solution toauthenticate VM templates. Real virtual machine templates of different sizes were used tomeasure the performance of different approaches. The results show that a PKI-like strongauthentication approach is not unacceptable to be used in real cloud computing environment.This study is derived from a security course project. Students learned the basics of cryptographyand began to apply their knowledge in a real world setting. The study provides insights andbenefits for both the cloud
Paper ID #15901Android-Based Remote Robot Control SystemDr. Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University Dr. Yujian Fu is an associate professor of computer science department at Alabama A&M University. Her research interests fall in formal verification of cyber physical systems, behavioral analysis of mobile security, software architecture and design analysis of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. Her projects are supported by NSF, Air Force and DoD. She have several publications regarding to the research and educational projects.Mr. Md Hossain Shuvo, Alabama A&M University Graduate Student, Dept. of
/absence of or to the extentof which that sub category was used ranging from zero to three. Repenning et al. measuredstudent’s learning of CT as patterns rather than concepts using Agent Sheets11. This led to anautomatic analysis tool using latent semantics to determine student growth in CT. Recently,the same group created a system entitled Real-Time Evaluation and Assessment ofComputational Thinking (REACT), a real-time assessment tool allowing teachers to getimmediate feedback on what students are struggling with or where they are succeeding2.Seiter developed the Progression of Early Computational Thinking model (PECT)20. ThePECT model combined evidence of programming concepts in Scratch projects with levels ofproficiency (basic, developing, and
Paper ID #16453Attracting Students to Programming via Physical ComputingProf. Alka R Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Alka Harriger joined the faculty of the Computer and Information Technology Department (CIT) in 1982 and is currently a Professor of CIT. For the majority of that time, she has been actively involved in teaching software development courses. From 2008-2014, she led the NSF-ITEST funded SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) project. Since October 2013, she has been co-leading with Prof. Brad Harriger the NSF-ITEST funded TECHFIT (Teaching
Page 26.10.21 IntroductionRetina is a light-sensitive layer of tissue (Figure 1), located at the inner surfaceof the eye. The optics of the eye creates an image on the retina, similar tothe film in a camera. Light striking the retina activates nerve impulses. Thesepulses are sent to various parts of the brain through the optic nerve. Retinascans require that the person removes their glasses, place their eye close tothe scanner. A retinal scan involves the use of a low-intensity coherent lightsource, which is projected onto the retina . A retina scan cannot be faked andit is impossible to forge a human retina. Furthermore, the retina of a deceasedperson decays too rapidly to be used to deceive a retinal scan [17, 18]. Therecognition of a
coursework. Students fail in programming classes at rates starting at 20%[3], [4] up to 50% [5]. Pair Programming suggests grouping a student with a peer, employing the“two heads are better than one” philosophy shown to improve the output of projects [6] andperhaps learning outcomes [2]. Students placed in teams may also gain the benefits of peerprogramming, while also providing more authentic industry working conditions and supportingABET student outcome (d), working in multidisciplinary teams [7]. This paper looks at howusing teams in the Bauhaus studio model impacts student outcomes within a programming-centric Honor First Year Engineering (HFYE) course at a large Midwestern research University.We will start by looking at how teams are formulated
and the necessity of scaffolding forsupporting collaborative learning. Page 26.901.2 In STEM field, Soundarajan proposed the Peer Instruction for online collaborativelearning, in which students were assigned different roles in different tasks7. Bohorquez andToft-Nielsen integrated collaborative learning in specific course instruction and revealed theeffectiveness of problem-oriented method and collaborative learning in biomedical engineeringeducation8. Dong and Guo developed and adopted the Collaborative Project-based LearningModel to promote students’ collaborative learning in computer-networking curriculum, andclaimed the improvement in
over twenty years experience designing and supporting learning environments in academic settings. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (an Ethics in Science and Engineering project to develop frameworks for developing ethical reasoning in engineers, and a Cyberlearning project to develop collaborative design environments for engineers), and by corporate foundations, the Department of Homeland Security, the College of En- gineering, and the Purdue Research Foundation. She has been recognized as the inaugural Butler Faculty Scholar, a Faculty Fellow in the CERIAS institute, a Service Learning Faculty Fellow, Diversity Faculty Fellow, and recipient of the Violet Haas Award (for efforts on
. Fig. 7. Experimental setup using Kincet sensorRegarding to the implementation, we program on a computer with Intel Core i5-2430 2.0 GHzCPU, 4 GB DDR main memory. The Kinect sensor is connected to this computer through USBport. We program under 64-bit Windows 7 operating system with Kinect SDK 1.7, XNAS40 aswell as EmguCV version 2.9.0. The programming IDE for this project is Microsoft Visual Studio2010 with .NET framework 4.0.We have 72 volunteers including 38 female and 34 male, and ask them to walk in front of thesensor back and forth. The program records gait silhouettes as well as gender of the testedperson. Page 26.808.9The following are