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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

few engineering curriculum reform in Taiwan to implement ABET EC-2000 intocurriculum planning.2. Features and Learning Difficulties of the Course “Mechanisms”The course “Mechanisms”, or used as another name “Kinematics” in curriculum of mechanicalengineering, belongs to a typical traditional course in comparison with the other courses onnewly developed technologies, such as “Biomechanics”, “MEMS” or “Nano-technologies” andso on. In general, the course “Mechanisms” is one of the “machine design” or “mechanism andmachine theory” series courses4. It and the other courses together, such as “Mechanics” and“Material Science”, provide the students fundamental knowledge and analysis abilities for“machine design” as Fig. 1 illustrated.The contents

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Georgios Anagnostopoulos

undergraduate curriculum of manyengineering and science disciplines by involving senior design teams in machine learningprojects, an area that is of multi-disciplinary nature and is ever-developing. The idea ofintroducing research into the curriculum is not new, it is a national trend, and NSF has embracedthis idea by supporting initiatives that foster this approach, such as the REU (ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates), CRCD (Combined Research and Curriculum Development),etc. As it was emphasized in Project Kaleidoscope (1999), which was funded by NSF, “theundergraduate years are the last opportunity for academic study of STEM (science, technology,engineering and math) subjects by many of the future leaders of our society—the executives

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Hata

toPlasma Physics, 2004.Biographical InformationDAVID M. HATAMr. Hata retired in 2003 after 32 years of teaching at Portland Community College in Portland, OR.During his tenure at PCC, he taught in the EET and Microelectronics Technology programs and served asPrincipal Investigator for seven National Science Foundation grants. He is a past recipient of ASEE’sChester F. Carlson Award and Robert G. Quinn Awards and past Chair of the Two-Year College Division. Page 10.397.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kai Li; Xin Tang

byincorporating Kolb’s experiential learning model to assure an optimum learning experience. Hestated that, in the absence of the laboratory, learning, including distance learning, ofinformation security technology is incomplete. As a result, online experimental sessions play acritical role for students involving into distance technology programs, including those having todo with information security technology.Many efforts have been made to develop remote lab solutions. A mobile laboratory was used in[2] for distance engineering courses. It was actually not an online laboratory solution. In theirpioneering work [3], the authors propose a remotely shared laboratory, which enables sharingof laboratory data between universities using networked workstations

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Loker

Session 2147 Remote Data Acquisition using Bluetooth David R. Loker, P.E. Collin G. Frampton, Titan J. McElhaney, Jonathan R. Mook, Anthony M. Sansone Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractIn this paper, a remote data acquisition project using Bluetooth technology is presented for asenior technical elective telecommunications course in the Electrical Engineering TechnologyBaccalaureate Program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. There are several noteworthycharacteristics of this project

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hackworth; Isaac Flory

problems that are unique to offering a senior project course in a distance learningenvironment are explored and solutions are described.II. IntroductionThe senior design project, which has become a popular addition to many engineering andengineering technology programs, provides a number of challenges for both the student andfaculty supervisor. These challenges include selecting an appropriate project by the student,creating and meeting a schedule agreed upon by the student and the faculty supervisor, anddeveloping a suitable presentation of the completed project. Further complicating the process isthe administration and execution of the senior project in a distance learning environment.A senior design project requirement was introduced to the

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stuart Kellogg

. Kellogg is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the South Dakota School ofMines & Technology where he currently serves as coordinator of the Industrial Engineering and TechnologyManagement programs. In addition to pedagogical issues related to engineering education, his research interestsinclude applied and numerical probability models in the industrial environment. He has published worksMathematics and Computers in Simulation, Proceedings of IIE Research Conference, Quality Engineering, andProceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings. Dr. Kellogg is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers andthe American Society for Engineering Education

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Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Chris Graunke; Jeffrey Will; Peter Johnson

-pencil to a fully immersive virtual reality experience. Wide-rangingdata in this course was collected, and its analysis is here presented. A framework for analyzingvirtual reality media for applications in education is included. Special effort is directed towardspracticality in the field of engineering education, i.e., analyzing the cost to benefit ratio of usingdifferent teaching technologies. Lessons learned from this experiment are included. A key factor in the utility of this work is that only recently have virtual reality hardwaresystems become financially available to primarily undergraduate institutions. A new kind ofstripped-down virtual reality display has emerged that makes the technology affordable to most.Thus, bringing

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Anand Srinivasan; Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

products. It is markedly different from the traditional productdevelopment process, which focuses on optimized designs for individual products. This is arelatively new development in engineering design, which is not typically a part of an engineer’seducation. Furthermore, it is different from traditional engineering topics in that it requires anintegration of principles from both management and engineering design. All this makes for anew and different topic for which educational material needs to be developed. This paperpresents and describes an online learning tool that includes a tutorial, cases, and a glossary in amultimedia format hosted on the Internet. The tutorial presents the basic concepts as well ascurrent research on planning and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Bryant

Session # 3247 TEACHING INTRODUCTORY CIRCUIT ANALYSIS USING A SIGNAL PROCESSING APPROACH James Bryant Professor (Electronic Engineering Technology) DeVry University; Columbus, OH 43209 AbstractThis paper suggests that a traditionally modeled circuit analysis course may no longerprovide the optimal preparation for the more advanced courses in a contemporaryElectrical or Electronic Engineering curriculum. Specifically most contemporaryElectrical Engineering and Electronic Engineering curricula emphasize courses that eitherdirectly or indirectly involve electronic signal processing in some fashion

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

409-415.(4) Jenkins SR., Pollock JB., Zuraski PD., Meade RB., Mitchell ZW., Farrington JJ., “Capstone Course in an Integrated Engineering Curriculum”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Apr 2002, pp 75-82.(5) Hines PD., and Christie RD., “A Capstone Design Project to Meet the Needs of the Changing Power Systems Industry and Satisfy New Accreditation Standards”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 17, No 3 August 2003, pp 535-542.(6) Reddy GB., and Lantner JS., Introduction of Concurrent Engineering Methods in an Undergraduate Capstone Design Course”, Journal of Engineering Technology, Vol. 12, 1995, pp 32-36.(7) “Instrumented Air Conditioning Bench Experiment,” Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Miller

course.References1. R.F. Mager, Preparing Instructional Objectives. Fearon Publishing. 1962.2. J.E. Stice, “A First Step Toward Improved Teaching”, Engineering Education. 66, 394-398. 19763. R.M. Felder & R. Brent, “Objectively Speaking”, Chemical Engineering Education, 31, 178-179. 1997.4. R.M. Felder & R. Brent, “How to Improve Teaching Quality”, Quality Management Journal, 6, 9-21. 1999.5. J.E. Stice, Handout from ChE Summer School Workshop, Boulder, CO, July 2002.6. B.S. Bloom, Taxonomy of educational objectives. 1. Cognitive domain. New York, Longman, 1984.Biographical informationDAVID C. MILLERDavid C. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Dr.Miller has previously taught at Michigan

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Randal Direen; Frank Barnes; Edward McKenna; Driss Benhaddou; Deniz Gurkan; Alan Mickelson

webserver software so that they could be used together in thefuture. Page 10.496.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 2: OTDR virtual instrument front panel with readings illustrating the measurement of abreak after a short piece of single mode fiber.VI Student Instructor InteractionThe technological advances with the test and measurement equipments allowed themanufacturing facilities at various production lines to have a remote monitoring and controlover the processes. This e-learning project is in a

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Podlasek

beginning of time. The term “KnowledgeManagement” is an ambiguous concept for which numerous definitions have been proposed. Toprovide a starting point for the discussion, it is important to define Knowledge Managementfrom an innovation perspective. According to Dorf and Byers, Knowledge Management (KM) isthe practice of collecting, organizing and disseminating the intellectual knowledge of a firm forthe purposes of enhancing its competitive advantages2. Accordingly, universities, particularlythe colleges of engineering and technology, are being asked to modify their mission of teachingand research to include being a player in the global innovation and economic developmentprocesses. As Bordogna has noted, “Engineers are expected to foster progress

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Warren; Diana Mellar

regularbasis? 2) Do tourists frequent these locations? 3) Do these attractions tend to have anengineering technology slant, such as snowmobiling, auto racing, or aviation show? 4) Does theattraction draw high school aged folks and/or their parents? 5) Is there potential for the collegeto gain exposure at the attraction? 6) Are there potential opportunities for mutual marketingagreements between the college and the attraction? Clearly, there are additional questions toconsider, but it is possible that most colleges have at least one valuable marketing opportunitythat they hadn't ever considered.Bibliography1. ABET Engineering Technology TC2K Program Evaluation Report (2004-05), form TC4, 5-15-04, http://www.abet.org/documents/tac/TC004 PEV Report

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Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shahryar Darayan

An Experimental Setup to Measure the Conductivity of a Solid or Liquid Sample Utilizing Multi-Frequency LCR Meter Shahryar Darayan Department of Engineering Technologies Texas Southern UniversityAbstractA computer-controlled automated data acquisition system is designed to measure theconductivity of the liquid (saline water) or the solid sample (rock saturated with saline water) inthe frequency range 10 kHz to 2 MHz. The set-up is based on LCR (Inductor, Capacitor, andResistor) multimeter and four-terminal sample holder system that was developed to reduce thecontact resistance, to minimize any stray capacitance, and

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

Session 2461 Discovering the Power of PowerPoint: Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides from a Skillful User’s Perspective Michael Alley Kathryn A. Neeley Engineering Education Dept. School of Engineering & Applied Science Virginia Tech University of VirginiaAbstract Slides projected as overheads or by computers have become a conventional and dominantfeature of engineering presentations in academia, business, and professional societies. Thetraditional

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Silverstein

inchemical engineering. Students experienced the pain of multi-disciplinary teams as theysuccessfully completed a report consisting of referenced summaries of technical papersand identification of vendors of products and services, all tied to objectives the teampreviously developed and the courses in which they were enrolled. The project madecontributions to program outcomes in communication, lifelong learning, multidisciplinaryteamwork, and contemporary issues. An additional benefit was the increased interactionamongst students in a small, non-traditional chemical engineering program.Bibliography1 ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) Criteria for accrediting engineeringprograms: Effective for evaluation during the 2004-2005

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sandra Furterer; Lesia Crumpton-Young

processes. Theteam benchmarked the College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL) to understand the technologyand processes that they used to enable their prospective graduate students to pre-apply to theirgraduate programs. They identified aspects of the technology that provided more efficienthandling of the pre-applications, including having a menu driven, user-friendly interface; havingimmediate response and feedback of data throughout the system from one process owner to thenext; allowing easy access to entered data with knowledge and confidence that the data was Page 10.208.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

variety of learning styles. Of greater concern, engineeringeducation methodology is not as attractive to woman as it is to men. Engineering education hasbecome too mathematical, too abstract, and is not employing recent pedagogical trends, such asproblem based learning, and cooperative learning, in large scale. The impact of this has beennoted in industry, which has clearly had a major impact on the development of new accreditationcriteria for undergraduate engineering programs. Starting in 2000, ABET’s (Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology) Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs has stressedthe need for engineering programs to initiate cooperative learning environments with teamworkand communication skill development, as well

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Franz

Use of LabVIEW Software to Create a Virtual Electrical Power Systems Lab Prof. Harry Franz, P.E. University of Houston- DowntownAbstractThis paper discusses the creation of a Virtual Electrical Power Systems Laboratory for theUniversity of Houston–Downtown in Houston, Texas. Electrical Power Systems, theelectrical engineering technology EET-3334 course, contains the basics principles andapplications of electrical power systems.Both circuit simulation software and LabVIEW are used to create exercises and designprojects. Included in the course are practical lighting designs and motor controls. Alsoincluded is computer simulation of electrical single phase and

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mitchell Neilsen

now offering Educational Partner Programs to enable the integration of thesesophisticated development tools into the curriculum.Another frequently required technology is a real-time operating system (RTOS). We currentlyuse both commercial (VxWorks) and open source (ERIKA, LeJOS, BrickOS, etc.) operating Page 10.270.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsystems. We also built an RTOS that provides an efficient and extensible set of services. Thefunctionality of the RTOS includes scheduling

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Obregon; Kevin Hall

WEB-BASED VISUALIZATION: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION Kevin W. Hall, Rafael Obregón Engineering Technology, Western Illinois UniversityAbstractFor some time, computer graphics and illustrations have been used to convey informationbetween customers and suppliers and between teachers and students. Procedures and tools usedto convey information have dramatically changed. However, one idea has not: Graphicalinformation can be interpreted more quickly and more accurately than information transmittedthrough written or spoken language.Today, there is an increasing demand for visualization tools in both manufacturing andeducation. Visualization is

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Thompson; Harold Broberg

10.1102.1introductory engineering technology courses. This survey, while not comprehensive, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationappears to be representative and is based on university instructors who chose to maketheir syllabi and other information publicly available on the Internet.Universities and Courses:Table 1 shows the institutions surveyed, course designations and titles, credit hours, andthe most informative website used in compiling the material for each course. Theappendix shows the approximate geographic locations of the 26 universities/collegessurveyed. The only universities surveyed which had ECE and ECET

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Sekmen

-2004 criteria for accrediting engineering programs”, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, November 2002 (http://www.abet.org/criteria.html).6. ”2003-2004 criteria for accrediting engineering technology programs”, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, November 2002 (http://www.abet.org/criteria.html).7. ”2003-2004 criteria for applied science programs”, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, November 2002 (http://www.abet.org/criteria.html).BiographyAli Sekmen, Ph.D.Ali Sekmen is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Tennessee State University. He received his Ph.D.degree in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He holds B.S. and M.S. degreesin

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

Classrooms. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 9. Nilson, Linda B. (2003). Teaching at its Best (2nd ed.). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company. 10. Sladovich, H.E., 1991. Engineering as a Social Enterprise. Washington, DC: National Academic Press.Biographic SketchesGil Laware is an Assistant Professor of Computer Technology at Purdue University. Currently, he is the VicePresident of Research of the DAMA (Data Management Association) Foundation. He has written and spoken on thelinkage between business planning, metadata, knowledge management in delivering information technologysolutions. He holds an MBA in Management and another in Management Science.Beverly Davis is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership at Purdue

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Barbara Bogue

, but nevergoing any farther; the coalitions would have built in dissemination, as each institution in the Page 10.907.1coalition exported the ideas of the others. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education and Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright , American Society for Engineering EducationThe coalition initiative had many successes and provided a model for such efforts. As noted onthe NSF Engineering directorate home page, “These efforts integrate new knowledge acrossdisciplines, accelerate technology development, and improve the capabilities and diversity ofengineering

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Marvin Abrams; Ian Lewin

involved the measurement of illumination intensity and data reduction from a studentquestionnaire. The questionnaire sought to determine if there was a correlation between thevisual effectiveness of high pressure sodium (HPS) versus pulse-start, metal halide (PSMH)luminaires in the Cal Poly Pomona parking lots. The Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineeringmaintains a strong interactive relationship with industry advisory and partner committees to helpmake the engineering program as relevant as possible for it 4,700 students. This type ofacademic course-industry project is encouraged for many upper division classes.IntroductionThe pedagogy and subject matter in this research project has wide applicability to many of thescience, technology, engineering

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma

laboratory experiences and practices developedin the Information Technology (IT) industry. The targeted audiences are from the ABETaccredited programs in Computer Engineering/Technology or Computer Science studentsin their senior year with a background in (i) Internet; (ii) IP Addressing; (iii) Local AreaNetwork technologies, such as Ethernet; and (iv) Basic router configuration. In the firsthalf of the paper, the key concepts related to Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) andVirtual Private Network (VPN) technologies are discussed in detail. In the second half ofthe paper, the lab time procedure to setup a VPN test lab at Central Connecticut StateUniversity (CCSU) is described. This section also focuses in configuring the VPNHardware Client and

Conference Session

Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Fink

Session 2249 Teaching the Significance of Data Correlation in Semiconductor Testing Rainer J. Fink Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3367 fink@tamu.eduAbstractTexas A&M University offers a two course sequence in mixed-signal semiconductor testing. Althoughmost educational institutions offer courses in the utilization of electronic devices, very few have the state-of-the-art