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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

10.283.5creation of a community of readers centered on the blog topic. The totality of weblogs or blog- Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationrelated websites is sometimes called the blogosphere. Bloggers also join blogrings dedicated toparticular topics of interest. Individual weblog entries are almost always date and time-stamped,with the newest post at the top of the page. Blogs originated in the late 1990’s and became verypopular in 2003 when bloggers were credited for having influence over a number of politicallycontroversial events.9 In the UH course, students use the free blog host service

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A Renaissance in NRE Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Bennion; Jay Kunze; Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar; Michael Lineberry

The Idaho Universities’ Role with the New Idaho National Laboratory Jay F. Kunze, John S. Bennion, Michael J. Lineberry, and Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar Idaho State UniversityPURPOSE and GOALS:The goal set by the U.S. Department of Energy is that the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is tobecome the preeminent, internationally recognized nuclear research, development anddemonstration laboratory for nuclear energy. It is the intent of the Idaho Universities to partnerwith the INL so as to assist in achieving this mission, for the benefit of nuclear energy to the nation and the world, and for the benefit of the local

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Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dave Confer; Steven York; Michael Gregg; Jeffrey Connor

= current generated by fuel cell [A] Vm = molar volume of hydrogen = 24,000 [cm3/mol] z = number of electrons released by 1 molecule = 2 for hydrogen t = time [s] F = Faraday’s constant = 96,484 [C/mol] Faraday efficiency is a good way to compare fuel cells to each other, but not anaccurate way to compare a fuel cell’s efficiency to the efficiency of a different typepower source. The best efficiency measurement for this application is energy efficiency.Energy efficiency is defined as the ratio of usable electric energy to the energy of thehydrogen that was consumed. Energy efficiency can be calculated by: EELECTRIC Vcell I t ηENERGY

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

-1206. Donahoe, D.N., Pecht, M., “Are U.S. Jobs Moving to China?”, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 26, No. 3, September 2003, pp. 682-686.7. Hamm, S., “Information Technology: Tech’s Future,” Business Week, September 27, 2004, pp. 82-89.8. Bryant, L.A., “Trying Times for U.S. Engineers,” Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce, November 12, 2002.9. McManes, C. “Offshoring Contributes to High Unemployment, Poses Serious Challenges,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 2, April 2004, pp. 135-136.10. Lynch, C. L., “Facilitating And Assessing Unstructured Problem Solving,” Journal of College Reading And Learning, 1996, no. 27, pp. 16

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

care, also A+ benefits from S (stable) better, (independent) personal contained y setting) resistant) problems) A+ 1 3 1 0 2 2 B 3 1 1 0 2 1 I 1 1 0 0

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu

of the rover5.5 Database IssuesThere are many issues to be considered or resolved for the database to be constructed. Some ofthe issues to be resolved are stated below. • Frequency of picture taking: It is not clear how often the pictures should be taken. The robot speed is a factor in this consideration. • File size of every picture: Will picture be color or black and white? What resolution should be used to have the best and fastest results (for the camera supporting multiple resolutions, the finest resolution will produce biggest picture and cause slowest processing but may be the best decision for autonomous navigation)? • Picture processing: What kind of pattern recognition algorithm(s) will be

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Frances Stewart; Malgorzata Zywno

Learning Styles of Engineering Students, Online Learning Objects and Achievement Malgorzata S. Zywno and M. F. (Frankie) Stewart Ryerson UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the results of a research project investigating the effectiveness of an onlinelearning object and identifying behavior patterns of engineering students with different learningstyles that may affect their learning. Traditional instruction methods support only a narrow rangeof student learning styles. Instructional technology has a potential to expand the range of teachingstrategies. The authors have been using multimedia in their teaching to enhance active

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Glover; Frank Claydon; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft; Julie Trenor

Technical Consortium (Grant Numbers 003652-E2002-000 and 03652-E2003-000). The authors gratefully acknowledge the help of Dr. Consuelo Waight at the University ofHouston for her help in developing the assessment plan for the GRADE Camps.Bibliographic Information1. Digest of Educational Statistics 2002, National Center for Educational Statistics, 2002.2. “A New Look at Engineering,” ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges, 2003 Edition, 2003.3. Murray, S., Meinholdt, C., and Bergmann, L., “Addressing Gender Issues in the Engineering Classroom,” Feminist Teacher, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1999.4. Burgess, A., “Coeducation: the Disadvantage for Schoolgirls”, Gender and Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1990.5. Gillibrand, E., Robinson, R

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Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Amuso; Surendra Gupta; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson; Robert Merrill

Multi-department Engineering and Engineering Technology Scholars Program C. A. Richardson, S. K. Gupta, M. L. Valentine, R. A. Merrill and V. J. Amuso Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the objectives, strategies, assessment and evaluation, and special programfeatures of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Multi-department Engineering andEngineering Technology (MEET) Scholars Program. This program began inDecember, 2004 and is designed to recruit, retain and graduate additional transfer students in ourselected engineering and engineering technology degree programs.The MEET Scholars Program represents a collaborative effort of five

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leonard Perry

challenges. “What problem solving methodology can I use to solve anunstructured problem?”Six Sigma is a proven process improvement methodology used in industry for solving problems.The Six Sigma philosophy and methodology started at Motorola in the 1980’s has gainedpopularity in industry is based on the DMAIC model which contains five steps: Define, Measure,Improve, and Control. The DMAIC method provides the framework to improve the capabilitiesof an existing process by reducing variation, defects, or even costs. The DMAIC is a structuredproblem solving methodology that incorporates a majority of the process improvement toolsintroduced throughout an Industrial Engineering student’s career at the university. The DMAICmethodology can provide students

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tim McLernon; David Hughes

‘assessment’ in higher education”. Heywood explainsthat the term assessment in this instance applies to the assessment of institutions, programmesand teaching as well as to the assessment of student learning.For example, with the establishment of the Quality Assurance Agency and the focus of thefunding agencies on the ‘quality assessment’ in higher education in the early 1990’s, highereducation institutions have been attempting to interpret ‘best practice’ in assessment in an attemptto achieve high scores in the Teaching Quality Assessment and, latterly, Subject Reviewexercises. These exercises correspond to quality assurance inspections in industry and commercein that they concentrate on processes with little attention to the product. As a result

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education1 http://www.asee.org/about/publications/profiles2 “Should We Mandate the Master’s?” ASEE Prism, v9, n1, September 1999, pp. 20-21.3 Bloom, B. S. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook 1, Cognitive Domain. Longman, New York, 1956.4 VanderLeest, Steven H. “The Built-in Bias of Technology,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June, 2004.5 Gardner, H. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books, 1983.6 Gardner, H. Intelligence Reframed. New York: Basic Books, 1999.7 Dienes, Z. and Altmann, G, “Transfer of implicit knowledge across domains? How implicit and how abstract

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Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Kessler

students also determine the natural period of oscillation by raising and releasing thependulum and recording the RVDT output. By recording and reviewing the RVDT output, thestudents can easily find the period of oscillation which is used to calculate the polar moment ofinertia in the analysis.Analysis DescriptionThe following nomenclature is used in the analysis of the data T - Time period of oscillations (s) g - Acceleration due to gravity (9.807 m/s2) mt - Total mass = mR+mL = mass of rocket + mass L1 Lf of leg (kg) Lcg - Length from pivot to center of gravity of rocket assembly (m) J - Polar moment of inertia

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Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gustavo Molina

whicheach student was handed a different standard mechanical-component computation as presented ineither a computation handbook [11] or an advanced machine-component-design textbook, asShigley et al.’s [14]. Students were then given half-hour to develop the corresponding FPDs;examples of student work are presented in Figure 2 and following figures 3 to 5. The mainpurpose of this exercise was exploring the applicability of the method at sophomore level. Page 10.1386.5 Figure 3. FPD for belt-drive computation (See Appendix for summary of computations from reference [13] ). “Proceedings of the 2005

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Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Farison

pm Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs 1671 4:30 - 6:00 pm Business Meeting Tuesday, June 22 2171 7:00 - 8:15 am Multidisciplinary Programs: A Look Ahead 2471 12:30 - 2:00 pm Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by DesignThe business meeting, chaired by Dr. Gosink, was attended by 9 members. The following werethe primary items of business: Dr. Gosink announced that, on Sunday, June 20, the ASEE Board of Directors had approved the concept of assuming the role of “Lead Society” for “EAC programs in engineering (without modifiers), engineering physics, and engineering science(s), and TAC programs in engineering technology (without modifiers).” The ASEE

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rafic Bachnak

the 1-degree variation of an un-tuned system is too small to matter for practicalapplications.ConclusionThe system described in this paper illustrates the design and development of a feedbackcontrol system that employs a proportional, integral, and derivative controllerimplemented using LabVIEW. The system provides a very good tool for learning howto implement PID control and is being converted into an experiment for use in an upper-level control systems course. The setup is straightforward provided that the PWM methodfor powering the fan is supplied to the student. The LabVIEW environment is intuitiveand allows much to be done in little time.References1. M. Naghedolfeizi, S. Arora, and S. Garcia, “Survey of LabVIEW technologies for

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Session # 2560 MEGATRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION TODAY Bethany S. Oberst, Ph.D., United Arab Emirates University (UAE) and Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E., World Expertise LLC (USA)AbstractIn 1982, John Naisbitt published Megatrends, summarizing themes he detected fromcontent analysis of media reports. Since 2000, the editors of the InternationalEngineering Education Digest have been conducting a similar scan and summarizing theresults in a monthly electronic publication distributed as a

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

1 Session # 2560 Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students Bethany S. Oberst, Ph.D. United Arab Emirates University (UAE) Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. World Expertise LLC (USA) Ion Tiginyanu, Ph.D. Technical University of Moldova (MD)AbstractIn 2003 the Technical University of Moldova

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Jackson; Jesse Petway; Doreen Lawrence; Patrick Dessert; Barbara Oakley

received the John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Teaching Award and the Naim andFerial Kheir Teaching Award.DOREEN S. LAWRENCEDoreen S. Lawrence is Vice President, Kumon Children's Research Institute, Kumon North America, Inc.in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is a part time faculty member of the Business School at the University ofPhoenix. She received her BS in Business Administration from Wayne State University in Detroit,Michigan, as well as her Masters of Arts in Industrial Relations from the same institution in 1985.JESSE PETWAYJesse Petway is the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Service for the Pontiac SchoolDistrict. He is responsible for core subject areas for K-12 and grade level content standards.MARK JACKSONMark Jackson, Ph.D

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radian Belu

final numerical results. In short doesthe answer make sense?Students frequently have difficulties stating a physical problem in mathematical terms. Inaddition, they often have in more or less degree lack the ability to do the symbolic manipulationsnecessary for solving the relevant equations. To really learn EE students must learn to dosymbolic analysis of circuits, systems, EM field problems, antennas, etc, the first and the laststeps in problem solving, and this should be the main focus of our teaching efforts. Our effortswe have as teachers are therefore how to handle the situation that many students have to alimited ability in symbolic manipulations. The literature is full of good suggestion s, one ofwhich is to use Computer Algebra Systems

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Justin Davis

Strategic Planning for New Faculty: From What to How Justin S. Davis Mississippi State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes methods of implementing advice given to new faculty members.Every new faculty member is (or should be) given advice through mentoring, new facultytraining, and development programs. Many times new faculty are told what they need todo to succeed, but not how to do it.1. Introduction Broad advice targets a broad audience, but specific advice is more difficult to givebecause every faculty member’s situation has different priorities. Therefore, theimplementation of the broad advice is left to the creativity of the faculty member

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; John Weese

Engineer I Dentist Artist Prestige S Nurse And Teacher Police Officer Pilot Photographer Difficulty Librarian Auto Mechanic Social Worker E Electrician Bookkeeper Secretary R Mail Carrier

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zafer Gurdal; Jan Hol; Gillian Saunders-Smits

symbolic geometry variable(s)and internal force variables, and symbolically solve the values of the internal forces from thoseequations. A portion of such a nodal equilibrium equation is shown in Figure 3, in which theequations of equilibrium at point D of Figure 1 are solved. First, vertical and horizontalequilibrium equations represented by the symbolic names EQDy and EQDx, respectively, arewritten as two equations using the symbolic variables FAD, FCD, and θA. In a similar fashion theexternal forces at node D, PappDy and PappDx, could also be left symbolically, but in this casethey are specified numerically. Out of these two equilibrium equations, we can solve for twounknowns. We choose to solve the equations for the values of the internal

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kemi Ladeji-Osias

what topics to cover, the delivery format of your course and the textbook, you are almost ready to create your syllabus. Your syllabus sets the tone for your course and provides students information on instructors, the course and your expectations of them. Also include information on course management software that will be used. • Instructors: Important information about yourself and teaching assistants include name, phone number, office location, and office hours. • Course: Include the course name and number, course description, objectives, meeting times, textbook(s), reference material, grading policy and course content. I like to provide my students with a tentative weekly listing of the

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Owe Petersen

. Often it is the students who have a drive and a passion to work on their projects whichresults in the best success. We believe our Senior Design approach complements the range andvariety of operating styles found in a normal group of students.Bibliography1. Farr, J., et. al, “Using A Systematic Engineering Design Process to Conduct Undergraduate EngineeringManagement Capstone Projects,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 2, 2001, pp. 193-197.2. Doty, R., and Williams, S., “A Practice-Based Senior Design Experience,” Proc. 2002 ASEE Annual Conf. andExposition, June, 2002.3. Born, R., “A Capstone Design Experience for Electrical Engineers,” IEEE Trans on Education, vol. 35, no. 3,Aug. 1992, pp. 240-242.4. Wikoff, K., Friauf, J., Tran

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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Wolter

Topics • Identification of • Acquisition Theory and Link to SE Topics •Ethics Interests • Needs Determination •Contracts • Players • Functional Analysis and •Legal Issues • Generating • Contractor the use of M&S •Managing Risk Alternatives • Business •Knowledge IT

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Service Learning Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Limbrunner; Charline Han; Chris Swan

Service Learning on an International Scale: The Experiences of Tufts University Christopher W. Swan, Charline S. Han, and James F. Limbrunner Tufts UniversityAbstract There has been tremendous growth in the use of service learning in environmentalengineering, especially in experiences beyond the U.S. This growth has been fostered by groupssuch as Global Village Engineers and Engineers Without Borders who seek to help communitiesin developing nations have a “better way” of life. Tufts University, long recognized forproviding service to its host communities in Massachusetts, has also seen an increase in student-driven initiatives that are beyond U.S

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dean

successfulassembly of a working model. Traditional labs on campus usually require a written reportcontaining the student’s interpretation of the results, or an assembled working system that isacknowledged by the instructor as correct. If the lab on campus would require such a report orassembled system, then the virtual lab should as well. Student Schematic of the System Using MS Visio Program 1 .0 1 1 .1 3 1 .0 1 S ol 1 S ol 2 Figure 4. Creation of System Model in VisioSimilarly the working system model

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

scale measurements are performed at a single frequency and the small scaleeffects are measured as a function of time, space and frequency. Our labs have concentrated onthe 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz ISM (Industrial, Medical and Scientific) bands. As such, these labsrequire both a spectrum analyzer and a sweeping RF signal generator that are portable andrugged enough for field use. Both Anritsu and Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) offer suitable spectrum Page 10.862.5analyzers units for such investigations. At UVM we have utilized the R&S FSH-3 (Fig. 5-left) in Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eduardo B. Fernandez; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

root attacks address space violation unauthorized file access lack of protection Hardware Page 10.1435.5 Figure 1. Typical layers of a system. Proceedings of the 2005 Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education S u bje ct P r