Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Beth Carle, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology; MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

, studentsmove beyond literacy to integrated problem solving, innovation and creativity. In this case,students are expected to address an unscripted and open ended challenge, within a changingcontext.Many institutions have also adopted standardized testing such as the Collegiate LearningAssessment (CLA), or the revised CLA+8, or the work by Robert Ennis9. These assessments areuseful because they provide both a baseline to measure performance improvement and an externalbenchmark. At this point, RIT has not adopted these external tools, and is focusing on two keyactions, (1) the integration of applied critical thinking across the curriculum to support thedevelopment of the competency, including its integration into first year general education coursesto

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electronics manufacturing.Layering upon the above noted educational deficiencies in engineering curricula, programsgenerally do not present an integrated approach to engineering education that includes practicalapplication of theoretical knowledge. Students often master the course and laboratory workassociated with courses in the curriculum, but they do not gain a “systems” level engineeringexperience that requires them to synthesize what they have learned in their curriculum andextend their knowledge through independent learning that reaches outside their field of study.The need for “systems” level design and multidisciplinary experiences has been echoed by theCal Poly computer and electrical engineering Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) and

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

is in combining technical expertise with entrepreneurship. This paperalso discusses the current as well as the future need in engineering and technology to integratehigh technology entrepreneurship into the curriculum as an essential component. Several meansto achieve it are explored. The end result will prepare them to launch tomorrow’s successfulbusinesses while earning their degrees. It will definitely have a positive impact on the overallhealth of the economy.IntroductionEconomic globalization has put a tremendous pressure on our engineering and technology Page 9.1405.1education program to explore several aspects of

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Heer

engineeringstudents, is designed to assist teaching many practical engineering skills that may oftenbe left uncovered; innovation, design, knowledge integration, and the ‘real’ problems of‘real’ systems. With these hands on materials the students can attach a real meaning tomany of the seemingly ambiguous topics presented in lecture. In the following section the paper will present a platform for learning as it has beendeveloped at Oregon State University. TekBots and the AVR sub-platform are thenpresented with in the scope of the first course they are used in the Computer Architectureand Assembly Programming course. The paper concludes with how the AVR sub-platform is to be extended through the curriculum and future work

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Anabel Mederos; antonio delgado

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

to integrate AI into existing courses. 2. Adapt previously developed and tested AI courses from University of Florida for use in a credit-granting AI program at MDC. 3. Create interdisciplinary courses that make an AI certificate available and relevant to all MDC students. 4. Establish multiple student entry points into AI for traditional students and existing professionals. The project seeks to meet students where they “are”: geographically, economically, and academically. 5. Provide support mechanisms that engage and encourage underrepresented minorities students to study AI.Findings from the Project’s Evaluation and Research TeamsThe project’s evaluation team found that faculty and staff reported

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

understand that listening is an important skill related to engineering, includingsustainable design. It was hypothesized that listening to community voices would contribute toachieving sustainability learning outcomes in the affective domain [7]. Listening is perhaps besttaught in a cohesive approach that is integrated through the curriculum, similar to otherprofessional skills taught ‘across the curriculum’ including ethics [49,50], sustainability [51,52],communication [53,54], and professionalism [55]. Therefore, this research integrated the conceptof the importance of listening to community members into three civil engineering courses taughtby the author. Each of the three courses already included learning objectives related to ethics

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

its enabling technologies are highly sought-after in the engineering workforce. In the context of introducing components of IoT in engineering education, G. J. Mullett 8proposes the integration of IoT and its underlying enabling technologies in the EngineeringTechnology curriculum with the hopes of paving the path for a Cyber Physical SystemsTechnician program. In addition to the fundamental technical skills required by an engineeringtechnician, a cyber physical systems technician would potentially have knowledge of embeddedcontrollers, networking protocols, wireless technologies, system structure and operation, and theability to perform software diagnostics/downloads. Another example of IoT integration inengineering education is the

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the General Engineering Department and Civil Engineer- ing Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He teaches the First-Year Engineering Program course Introduction to Engineering and Design. He is also the Director of Vertically Integrated Projects at NYU. His Vertically Integrated Projects course is on Smart Cities Technology with a focus on trans- portation. His primary focus is developing curriculum, mentoring students, and engineering education research, particularly for project-based curriculum, first-year engineering, and transportation. He is ac- tive in the American Society for Engineering Education and is the Webmaster for the ASEE First-Year Programs Division and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

students fromfreshman through junior levels using a carefully redesigned curriculum of engineering sciencecore courses (ESCC) and a blended set of applied laboratories. ESCC consists of six core coursestaught by teams of ME faculty with clearly set educational objectives and managed by acoordinator and trained teaching assistants. Though essay type examination questions candemonstrate positive learning outcomes, multiple choice questions are better to pinpoint areas ofconceptual difficulties. After designing and adopting ESCC in 2006, faculty agreed that carefullydesigned multiple choice questions should form an integral part for all examinations in coreclasses. We frequently discuss performance data on conceptual questions and archive them

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simeon Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

to a level of competence appropriate to these challengesthen becomes a difficult task in light of universal constraints on teaching resources, availablecredits within our template (128 semester based credits at FGCU), and the need to deliver design Page 14.473.2experiences throughout. A two required course sequence of (1) Fluid Mechanics and (2)Hydraulics or Hydrology and Hydraulics are often the required courses in a CE curriculum, asshown in Table 1, below, showing an analysis of 20 well established programs in CivilEngineering at publicly supported Universities, yet some programs require only one course in thegeneral fluids area and very

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxwell Stuart Reid, Auckland University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

that may confront students during their engineering career. Technicalrationality is inevitably entwined and complicated by social values and this engineeringstudies curriculum design is intended to facilitate the development of moral, ethical andsustainable integrity, where students are encouraged to explore possible alternatives beyondthe knowledge and constraints of the actual situation with an ability to make value-laden,ethical and sustainable judgement in the world of engineering industry and commerce. Mostimportantly, the curriculum needed to be accepted and embraced by the students, rather thanbe viewed as a soft subject or a waste of time.As developed, the curriculum is not rigidly or exclusively postmodern – a term with multipleand

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Daniel Allan Sullivan, Center for STEM Education, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Accrediting Engineering Programs – Effective for Reviews during the 2013-2014 Accreditation Cycle, 27 October 2012, 22 March 2014, .6. Oakes, W., Coyle, E., and Jamieson, L., “EPICS: A Model of Service-Learning in an Engineering Curriculum”. Page 24.1369.12 Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2000.7. Oakes, W. and Thompson, M. “Integration of Service Learning into a Freshman Engineering Course”. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2004.8. Duffy, J., Tsang, E. and Lord, S. “Service-Learning in Engineering: What, Why and How

Conference Session

Makerspaces

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tikyna Dandridge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

elementary gradesand argue that children as young as elementary grades can engage in some computationalthinking competencies [12], [13]. In addition, a limited number of studies have investigatedchildren’ computational thinking in an engineering context. For example, one study exploredchildren’s CT abilities during the implementation of an integrated STEM curriculum [14]. Theseauthors suggested that elementary students as young as kindergarten-aged can abstract patternsand use algorithms. In our previous research, we investigated kindergarten students’ ability toengage in pattern recognition in a STEM+C curriculum [15]. We observed examples of patternrecognition in the artifact that students have created during their experience with the

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Morgan Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Paper ID #36564Transdisciplinary STEAM education: Advocating forcompassion as a core value in engineeringCristian Eduardo Vargas Ordonez Cristián (Cris) Vargas-Ordóñez (he/his/él) is a Colombian third-year PhD student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Raised around the life of photography and as an amateur contact improv dancer and yoga teacher, he is interested in integrating the arts and engineering in educational settings to promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms. His research with his advisor, Dr. Morgan Hynes, includes literature reviews, calls for

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Razi Nalim P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Manikanda K Rajagopal, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Robert J Helfenbein, Indiana University-IUPUI, School of Education

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing and President of the Foundation for Curriculum Theory. Page 23.591.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Faculty and Student Perceptions of Project-Enhanced Learning in Early Engineering Education: Barriers, Benefits, and Breakthroughs  AbstractThe application of problem-based learning (PBL) to undergraduate engineering education hasemerged as an area of research interest over the past few decades. A related form of activelearning is project-enhanced learning (PEL), intended to support integrative

Conference Session

Environmental Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Patricia Quintana-Cifuentes, Purdue University; Paul Asunda, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

initiatives, such as Agenda 21, had indicated the critical role of education in the process of reaching a sustainable future, in an effort for making education an active participant towards sustainable development. This study aimed to identify key sustainability components integrated into STEM in 8th-grade curricula, we explored sustainability activities and projects aligned with the Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS) and Standards for Technological Literacy (STL). The research question for this study focused on exploring the key components for the integration of sustainability education into Science, Mathematics, Technology, and Engineering Education in middle schools. We analyzed 73 peer-reviewed articles from 2013 to 2018

Conference Session

Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; April A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

programdirector worked with faculty from each department to develop an integrated, scaffoldedcurriculum that was delivered by the two graduate teaching fellows per department as part of thecore undergraduate curriculum. The thrust of the program was to incorporate teaching andlearning of context-specific communication, exemplified by the communication-in-the-disciplines (CID) (Dannels, 2001) approach that positions the standards of professionalcommunication within the norms of engineering work. Collaboration occurred in at least onerequired course for each engineering student from Freshman through Senior year. The coursestypically included a team design project, thus necessitating some instruction on teamcommunication, oral presentations, writing, and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Zulinski; Jon A. Soper; Dennis O. Wiitanen; David Stone; Allan R. Hambley; Martha E. Sloan; Noel Schulz

the Laboratory, providing them with asupportive environment.The Role of FacultySome attention has been given to the possibility that communications technology may maketraditional universities obsolete. 20 However, our view is that the roles of both faculty and theirinstitutions will change, but they will not vanish as a result of technological advancements indelivering education. The result of properly directed change will be better, more-relevanteducation without an increase in cost. For example, students and faculty at many universities canshare educational resources over the INTERNET. We plan to integrate this capability into ourdesign environment to complement the materials that we develop.Faculty will function as managers of the facility

Conference Session

Panel: Embedding Writing in Experiential Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Debbie Morrow, Grand Valley State University; Tracy Volz, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Duke University; Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; William A. Kitch, Angelo State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

for institutions courses in Civil & professional practice California State Polytechnic Environmental (genres, language University – Pomona Engineering choices, grammar & Howard University mechanics) Lawrence Technological University Angelo State University Integrated across all Curriculum-wide within Writing for years the engineering program professional practiceTechnical Writing as a Component of Co-op Term: An

Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

are capable of truly integrating math, science, engineeringanalysis, and design into the classroom.The objectives of establishing this degree program include those that are directed toward ourstudents as well as the profession:• Assure graduates of a truly integrated education equipping them for success as engineers and/or educators, and• Work toward changing the K-12 paradigm: effectively introduce engineering into K-12 by influencing the teaching profession.One of the difficulties of establishing and completing a truly interdisciplinary engineering degreeis addressing requirements from programs, departments and colleges different than typicallyfound in engineering. For example, graduates must complete not only an engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Diana Wiant, Centaurus High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and her M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder JANET L. YOWELL is a K-12 Engineering Coordinator for the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the Lafayette liaison for the TEAMS program and an editor for the TeachEngineering.org digital library. She holds a BA in communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to joining the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, she served as the technical editor for a CU water resources engineering simulation and optimization research center.Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Lee, San Jose State University; Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Tai-Ran Hsu, San Jose State University; David Parent, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

DAVID PARENT is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University. He teaches courses and conducts research in semiconductor device physics, integrated-circuit (IC) manufacturing, digital/mixed signal IC design and fabrication, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Contact: dparent@email.sjsu.edu. Page 11.40.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Development Framework for Hands-On Laboratory Modules in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)IntroductionMany of the most popular and advanced consumer products in recent years

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janece Shaffer

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

scope of this paper is naturally limited due to the focus on only one cohort for eachcourse (the fall 2022 semester). As these changes continue in further instances of the courses, welook forward to comparing multiple cohorts before and after said changes. We will also be able toconfirm if the increased retention rate is maintained. Future work includes further integration offocused team-development and story-driven learning in other courses in the curriculum andassessment of the impact of compounding engagement in EML.Conclusion Teams are not only an integral part of modern engineering, but they also support students’entrepreneurial mindset by providing a space to engage with the 3Cs collaboratively. Similarly,story-driven learning

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sree Kalyani Lakkaraju, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan M. Morgan, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Andrea L. Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

to design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context PREVIOUS: an ability to perform civil engineering design by means of design experiences integrated throughout the professional component of the curriculum 4. Breadth Program Criterion: NEW: the ability to explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership; and explain the importance of professional licensure PREVIOUS: an understanding of professional practice issues such as: procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, how the design professionals and the construction professions interact to construct a

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

andare currently preparing a proposal for a minor in entrepreneurship.As part of the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) Program sponsored by theKern Family Foundation, UDM is developing a number of entrepreneurship case studies whichare being integrated into existing engineering fundamental courses. These case studies areintended to illustrate how entrepreneurs have capitalized on their knowledge of specificengineering topics. The aim is to provide routine exposures to successful engineeringentrepreneurs and principles of entrepreneurship throughout the curriculum. The ideal, long-termvision is that each engineering course would have one or more corresponding case studies. Thispaper will summarize the three cases which have been

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Dudevoir; Carl Fossa

not normally teach some of thetopics necessary to successfully design less well-defined, “real world” projects. This paperdescribes the evolution of the integrative senior design course in the Electrical EngineeringProgram at the United States Military Academy (USMA). In the early 1980’s the senior designproject in the Electrical Engineering Program at USMA was an individual project completed atthe end of the final electronics course. The design project has since evolved into a two-semesterdesign course with interdisciplinary group projects. Throughout the two-semester course,students work with a dedicated faculty advisor to develop a written project proposal, several in-progress reviews, a prototype demonstration, and a final report. The

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allen J. Antoine Jr, Rice University Office of STEM Engagement; Carrie A. Obenland, Rice University; Roger Ramirez, Rice University; Christopher Barr, Office of Research, Rice University; Matthew Cushing, Rice University; Carolyn Aitken Nichol, Rice University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

. Additionally, Allen has traveled across the country with WeTeach CS to facilitate teacher preparation courses for the high school computer science competency exam. He also serves as a master teacher for Bootstrap, a program that aims to implement computer science principles in mathematics classrooms. Before joining R-STEM, Allen worked in various positions in the educational field. As an interventionist in Orleans Parish Schools, he worked with elementary students to improve their literacy and numeracy levels. As a middle school teacher in Alief ISD, he taught 8th grade mathematics and Algebra I. Addi- tionally, Allen worked on mathematics curriculum development for Alief ISD and Rice University. Allen currently holds a

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Lagoudas Wilkerson, Texas A&M University; Joanne K Olson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #41525Board 167: Pre-College Engineering: Perspectives of Engineering Faculty(Work in Progress)Natasha Lagoudas Wilkerson, Texas A&M University Natasha Wilkerson is a Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in engineering education at Texas A&M University. She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and her M.S. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University. She is the President of the Cosmic Leap Foundation and Co-Founder of Vivify, LLC.Joanne K Olson, Texas A&M University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Pre-College

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Bazzoli; Blair Rowley

was a three hour per quarter, two quarter course. It had a fall-winter, winter-spring structure. Each first quarter had one 2-hour lecture and two, 1-hourlaboratories per week. The curriculum the first quarter had two teaming events, basics ofengineering drawing, an introduction to instrumentation, resistive circuits involving Ohms andKirchoff’s laws, and integrated circuits used for timers, flip-flops, counters, and an introductionto two of the college programs. In addition the students learned to use HTML to design their ownweb sites and MatLab and Excel to solve statistical problems involving normal distributions.The second quarter had one, 2-hour lecture and one, 1-hour laboratory, and one teaming event.The students were introduced to

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa

domain analyses. On the digital side, simulatorsare available for testing integrated circuits, programmable logic device (PLD) circuits, and discrete logiccircuits. The EET program at Texas A&M focuses on two of these tools. The analog course sequencecurrently performs simulations with Cadence’s ORCAD PSpice while the digital course sequence usesAltera’s MaxPlusII PLD software. Fortunately, most simulator tools are comparable in form andfunction, so it would not be difficult to extend the processes discussed here to other tools.The basic concept is presented in the block diagram in Figure 1. Using a virtual instrumentation toolsuch as National Instruments’ LabVIEW, an integrated measurement and simulation tool can bedeveloped. By using a