Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

conversations withstudents, particularly with those who did very well in the initial assessment; it is plannedto implement this technique in a more formal manner in the next academic year alongwith well instrumented surveys to evaluate the success of DI in a undergraduatemechanics class.1. Tomlinson, C. & Kalbfleisch, L. (1998, November). Teach me, teach my brain: A call for differentiated classrooms. Educational Leadership, 52-55.2. Tomlinson, C.A., & Allan, S. D. (2000). Leadership for differentiating schools and classrooms. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.3. Fischman, B. (as viewed on Jan 17, 2007) http://www.education.pitt.edu/leaders/FAQ/differentiatedinstruc.htm4. Felder, R. M. (as viewed on Mar 7, 2007) http://www.ncsu.edu

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amajd Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

required to use Newton’s laws in vectorform; the vector-form equation was used to update the player’s fighter plane and enemy’s planesas well. In the final game design, each plane takes the following form – P(t)=P0 + s(t) d Page 12.573.6Where P0 is the initial location of the plane, d is a direction vector deciding the path of the plane,and s(t) is the speed of the plane.1.3. Vector TransformationsIn the game, a player’s fighter plane has the freedom to move paced on the feedback from theinput devices (mouse, keyboard, etc.). Basic left and right movements were implemented asvector transformation operations. For generality, we

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

, systematic and Page 13.596.5well organized. They thought that the lab experiments complemented the lecture material verywell. They suggested that SPM experimental datasets could have been more interesting and thatthe instructor should have provided more guidance in class in using the WSxM software foranalysis.AcknowledgmentsFinancial support from the National Science Foundation through grants # EEC-0530575 (PI: Dr.Santosh Kurinec) and # ECS-0521341 (PI: Dr. S. K. Gupta) is gratefully acknowledged. Someparts of this paper were presented at the ASEE St. Lawrence Section Meeting held in Toronto,ON in October 2007.Bibliography1. S. K. Gupta, Micro

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Frempong, State University of New York

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International

servicing South Africa,Reunion, Mauritius, India and Malaysia. Telkom SouthAfrica later engineered an agreement with 36 Africantelecommunication operators to build the South AtlanticTelecommunications cable (SAT-3) and West AfricaSubmarine Cable (WASC) providing service along westernAfrica from South Africa to Spain and Portugal. About 40telecommunication operators around the world signed aconstruction and maintenance agreement for the combinedSAT-3/WASC/SAFE cable. In 2002, Tyco SubmarineSystems Limited (TSSL) completed the 13,800 –kilometerSAFE cable in June 2002, which has a capacity of about130 Gb/s and 6.3 million simultaneous phone calls.In 2002, France’s Alcatel Submarine Systems completedthe 14,350-Kilometers SAT-3/WASC segment with

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University

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Computers in Education

the face-to-face relationship between an instructor and students while using a widevariety of virtual learning environments in order to help increase student learning. A widevariety of technological options are now available such as instructional audio and videotools along with a broad range of instructional data3,4.(___)’s College of Engineering (CoE) has embarked on new delivery methods a fewyears ago. Distance learning facilities at (___)’s CoE utilized a custom-built system by aprivate company. The system operated via ISDN technology through a provider and wascapable of data transfers of up to 12 channels (56K per channel) for audio and video -resulting in a fairly sharp and fast signal of 672K. Other combinations (2 channel, 6channel

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Ravi Chilumula, Arizona State University; CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Mike Stiber, University of Washington-Bothell; Philip Loizou, University of Texas-Dallas; Takis Kasparis, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

Development Evaluation A http://jdsp.asu.edu Upgrades and T Software Development E for labs in: J-DSP Software Technology Enables: CRS 1: Multimedia A - students to run web simulations/visualization Computing, S CRS 2 : Networks, Local Lab S

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Lynch, U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

creating a positive image to aid in recruiting for the discipline.References1 Wessel, D. 2005. A Winning Profession Prism. 15, 1.2 National Association of Colleges and Employers. 2005. Job Outlook 2006.3 Smith, D. W., Mavinic, D. S., and Zytner, R. G. 2002. Future Directions of Environmental Engineering inCanada. Journal of Environmental Engineering Science. 1, 9–16.4 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition,Engineers, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm (visited January 11, 2006)5 Engineering Trends 2002 "Engineering Degrees Rising and Demand Falling - A Forthcoming Crisis? And WhatWill Be the Impact on Enrollment?" Report 0502C6 Engineering Trends. 2004

Conference Session

Effective Teaching with Online Technology

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Continuing Professional Development

interest. While technologically it can be done, it needs to bemanaged efficiently and effectively. Profiling the learner, the needs of the learner, and thelearner’s preferred style of learning are all important in offering a flexible and multidimensionalperspective of the subject.Bibliography 1. New Learning and Teaching Strategies in Distance Education—Theory and Practice. Toth, P.; Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, 2005. ITHET 2005. 6th International Conference on 07–09 July 2005. Page(s):T3B-1–T3B-6. 2. Using Learning Style Theory To Improve Learning and Teaching in the Engineering Classroom. Terry, R. E.; Harb, J. N.; Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

evaluation of short-term and long-term success of the Initiative’s goals to recruit,retain, and support female engineering students at UVa.AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank our SMEs for graciously sharing their experiences and opinions with us,and the reviewers for their comments and suggestions.References1. The University of Virginia Institutional Assessment and Studies Data Catalog web site,www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/data_digest/enrl_gender_within_race.htm, accessed inJanuary, 2006.2. Tietjen, Jill S., “Why So Few Women, Still?,” IEEE Spectrum 41(10) [NA], October 2004, pp. 57-58.3. http://www.prism-magazine.org/oct05/databytes.cfm, accessed in January, 2006

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole C McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University; Graham C. Archer P.Eng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

caretaker. The Bridge House was recently transformed by undergraduatestudents6 into a structural dynamics laboratory, including aesthetic rehabilitation, fabrication andinstallation of testing equipment and the addition of removable braces to alter the buildingdynamic response. The Bridge House is ideal for vibration experimentation since it is simpleenough for the students to quickly model by hand calculations and with computational models,yet complex enough so that the results can be readily applied to an actual structure. Thestructural system is straightforward consisting of ordinary moment frames in the N/S direction,and concentrically braced frames in the E/W direction. Removable braces were also installed inthe E/W direction (see Figure 1c

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; Marc Edwards, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

York, NY: The Berkley Publishing Group.5 Michaels, D. 2008. Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health.New York, NY: Oxford University Press.6 Lerner, S. 2010. Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States.Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.7 Steingraber, S. 2010. Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and theEnvironment. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.8 Makary, M. 2012. Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency CanRevolutionize Health Care. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.9 Downey, G. L. and J. C. Lucena. 2005. National Identities in Multinational Worlds: Engineers and‘Engineering Cultures.’ International Journal of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-course mod- ule focused on creativity and problem solving leadership and is currently developing a new methodology for cognition-based design. She is one of three instructors for Penn State’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Creativity, Innovation, and Change, and she is the founding director of the Problem Solving Research Group, whose 50+ collaborating members include faculty and students from several universities, as well as industrial representatives, military leaders, and corporate consultants.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette S¸enay Purzer an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Director of As- sessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering

Conference Session

CEIII Wrapup

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Hull Seale, UCSB; Thalia Anagnos, San Jose State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. (2013). http://www.nextgenscience.org/4. Sullivan, J. F., Cyr, M. N., Mooney, M. A., Reitsma, R. F., Shaw, N. C., Zarske, M. S. & Klenk, P. A., (2005). The TeachEngineering Digital Library: Engineering Comes Alive for K-12 Youth, Proc.ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.5. Johnson, G. (2001). Project Lead The Way® A Pre-engineering Secondary School Curriculum, Proc. 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico.6. NEES Strategic Plan 2010-2014. Retrivved March 15, 2013 from http://nees.org/resources/5711/download/strategic_plan_2010-2014.pdf7. Brophy, S., Lambert, J. & Anagnos, T. (2011). NEESacademy: Cyber-enabled Learning Experiences for K-16 Earthquake

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Spinelli

second, so up to two seconds could be held inthe arbitrary waveform generator’s memory. The Signals and Systems Toolbox providesa function timeaxis() that takes a time duration and a sample rate and returns anappropriate time axis. Page 8.1164.3 3% load the sample “gong” sound,% this defines sample rate Fs and sound samples y% “gong” is part of the standard MATLAB distributionload gong% define a time axis for 1 s of audio at a sample rate Fst = timeaxis(1, Fs);% select only the first one second of audio samplesy = y(1:length(t));% download the waveform to the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ganapathy Subramanian Natarajan, Texas Tech University; Chinweike I Eseonu, Texas Tech University; David A. Wyrick PE, PEM, Texas Tech University

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Engineering and Public Policy

and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face different barriers to implement sustainablepractices. Some of the major barriers were consolidated by Natarajan & Wyrick (2011)6. The Page 25.579.3major barriers were finance, lack of expertise, lack of information, and company culture.Similarly there were factors that motivated firms towards better environmental practices. Themajor motivators were legislation, owner(s) perspective, customer demands, and internal drive.SMEs struggle with understanding environmental sustainability due to the lack of people withsustainability education in their organization. In addition an owner or a group of owners

Conference Session

Engineering and Technological Literacy: Past and Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

time. The technologies included in the broader definition also follow the commonpatterns of adoption and diffusion. Page 25.746.2A technology forecast includes the study of historic data to identify one of several commontechnology diffusion or substitution trends. Patterns to be identified include constant percentagerates of change (so-called “Moore‟s Laws”), logistic growth, logistic substitution, performanceenvelopes, lead/lag (precursor) relationships, anthropological invariants and other phenomena.QTF projections have proven accurate in predicting technological and social change in thousandsof applications as diverse as consumer electronics

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Sadowski, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

thing that has changed. As times have changed so has thevisual representation for the Division. The first logo that was used in the Engineering DesignGraphics Journal was in the 1970’s. This logo was implemented by Jim Earle and was only usedfor several years and for whatever reason was discontinued. The next appearance of a Divisionlogo was in the late 80’s. The editor was Barry Crittenden and the designer was Peter Miller.This logo was used fairly consistently through 1993. In 1993 a contest was held and a new logoselected. Mary Sadowski was the editor at the time. In the late 1990’s Judy Birchman was theeditor and a different logo was used. These dates are approximate; however, they give us a feelfor some of the changes in the Division over

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Goodwin, Iowa State University; Amy Brandau, Iowa State University; Deb DeWall, Iowa State University; Bing Du, Iowa State University

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First-Year Programs

-495. 5. Lopez, F. G., & Brennan, K. A. (2000). Dynamic process underlying adult attachment organization: Toward an attachment theoretical perspective on the healthy and effective self. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47(3), 283-300. 6. Bögels, S. M., & Brechman-Toussaint, M. L. (2006). Family issues in child anxiety: Attachment, family functioning, parental rearing and beliefs. Clinical Psychology Review, 26(7), 834-856. 7. Bebbington, P. E., Meltzer, H., Brugha, T. S., Farrell, M., Jenkins, R., & Ceresa, C. (2000). Unequal access and unmet need: neurotic disorders and the use of primary care services. Psychol Med, 30(6), 1359-1367 8. Knapp, J. R., & Karabenick, S

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Lawrence Kehinde, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, Texas Southern University

. 266, pp. 741-743, November 1994. 12. “School Troubles Contribute to Manufacturers Worker Shortage”, Business Journal, December 7, 2001. 13. ICAF Industries Studies 2005 Report, National Defense University. 14. A. Selmer, M. Kraft, R. Moros, C.K. Colton, “Weblabs in Chemical Engineering Education”, Trans IChemE, Part D, Education for Chemical Engineerings, Vol. 2, pp. 38-45, 2007. 15. Sloan Consortium of Institution and Organizations Committed to Quality Online Education, “Staying the Course: Online Education in the United States, 2008”. http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/staying_course 16. J. T. Bell, H. S. Fogler, “Virtual Reality Laboratory Accidents”, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, The University of Georgia; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

areas such as space and human body. A challenge facing TEGs is their low efficiencydue to obtaining their energy from low energy sources such as waste heat and a low figure ofmerit (ZT) that enable conversion of heat into electricity1. , where T is the absolutetemperature, s is Seebeck coefficient, is electrical conductivity, and k is thermal conductivity.In power generation, the Seebeck effect enables the direct conversion between heat and electricenergy streams. Heating one end of the unit cell while holding the other end cooler induceselectromotive force within the material and may be harnessed for electrical power2. In Figure 1,two dissimilar semiconductors A and B are connected electrically in series but thermally inparallel with

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn; Craig Somerton

safety were reviewed with the students. Figure 1 Two Convective Heat Transfer Problems Airplane-Wing Anti-icingFor light aircraft it is very important for the wings not to ice up when it is traveling at a very highand cold altitude. We would like to know how much heating must be provided to keep the wingsfrom icing up. Some pertinent information: Temperature of air at plane altitude: -40°C Wing surface area: 14 m2 Plane speed: 100 m/s Effective wing diameter: 0.75 m The Polar Bear RunWe wish to know the skin temperature we would

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul D. Mathis, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9564CAREER: A Study of How Engineering Students Approach InnovationDr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette S¸enay Purzer an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In 2011, she received a NSF CAREER award, which examines how engineering students approach innovation. She is also a NAE/CASEE New Faculty Fellow. Purzer conducts research on aspects of design education such as innovation and information literacy.Mr. Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nicholas D. Fila is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Rufe; Tracy Tillman; Bob Lahidji

plan, finaldrawings, and tooling are transferred to MFG 490 the following semester. MFG 490students produce and sell the products, both to students and to others outside theUniversity. In the case of the sponsored project mentioned above, when the final designis agreed upon, the students will build several prototypes for testing. In this case thesponsor is unsure about pursuing a patent; however, he has requested a patent search bedone to determine if there are any infringement issues.Below is a photo of MFG 490 students manufacturing EMU s trademark eagle. Thisproduct concept was developed in MFG 316 and further developed for production inMFG 421. Unfortunately, due to intellectual property concerns a photograph of thesponsored project

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Sloan; Ashok Goel

8.1219.3“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 1532 L w L L t 1 2 h w s t h

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Session 2547 Teaching Dynamics in a Master Classroom using CourseInfo B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)I. Introduction Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is located in Murfreesboro, about 30 milessoutheast of Nashville. MTSU was founded in 1911 and is the fastest growing university in thestate of Tennessee. Currently, the student enrollment is approximately 20,000 and we have 800full-time faculty members. The university has five colleges; Basic and Applied Sciences, Business,Education, Liberal Arts, and Mass Communication. Engineering

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBackground and perspectiveI have followed and participated in accreditation activities since the late 1960's, and, although Ido not consider myself to be a charter member of the latest embodiment of engineeringaccreditation, ABET 2000, I have generally been an advocate for ABET at the University ofColorado over the past 15 years. For the Department of Chemical Engineering at Colorado, I amconsidered to be the architect of our ABET 2000 process, and many of our process componentshave been adopted by the other engineering programs here. At the same time, I have foughtagainst stubborn and increasing resistance on the part of my faculty colleagues to maintain afunctional ABET process

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Growing the National Innovation System: Leading Change at Universities for Innovative Graduate Education D. R. Depew, 1 S. J. Tricamo, 2 D. H. Sebastian, 2 S. K. Fenster, 2 R. J. Bennett, 3 D.D. Dunlap, 4 G. S. Jakubowski, 5 M. I. Mendelson, 5 T. G. Stanford, 6 D. A. Keating, 6 J. M. Snellenberger 7 Purdue University 1/ New Jersey Institute of Technology 2/ St Thomas University 3 Western Carolina University 4 / Loyola Marymount University 5 University of South Carolina 6 / Rolls-Royce Corporation 7

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

Education” Appendix A Major Topic Area Organization FormMajor Topic Area: CMOS Microelectronics Area Coordinator: CaverlySub Area Number: 3 Date:Sub Area: Integrated RF AmplifiersSub-topics: topics for 15 to 20 minute lectures/demonstrations Sub-Topic Content A RF Amplifier Classes (A, B, AB, C); terminology (PAE, ) B Detailed terminology (PAE, , IMD, HD, IP), Amplifier S-parameters C Transistor types for integrated RF amplifiers – FET, CMOS D Amplifier design using S-parameters E Simple single stage amplifiers – single

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Siddhartha Bagchi

mm 0 0 50 100 150 -5 -10 -15 mm Figure 1The energy of a flowing fluid at a particular point may be calculated as follows:E = Z + P/ γ + V2/ 2g …………..(1)Where, E= total energy head in cm; P/ γ = pressure head in cm ; V = velocity in cm/s ; V2/ 2g =velocity head in cm ; Z = elevation of the constant datum, which is considered as zero; g = Page 6.319.2acceleration due

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. Craft; Sunil Shenoy; Ronald Bolick; Ajit D. Kelkar; Devdas M. Pai

100 500 500 500 0 0 0 0 5 10 15 0 5 10 15 0 5 10 15 T im e ( m s )response. Damage is expected whenever the smoothened curve deviates from anapproximate bell curve (Figure 1b). 20000 48 Ply