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Matthew Foley; Matthew Janiga; John Adams; Yan Zhang; Leffi Cewe-Malloy; Aaron Sakulich

research project use it. Cooperation between the Worcester Friends meetingcalled an Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP). Student teams and WPI students was made possible by WPI’s unique,investigate issues at the intersection of technology and human project-based educational philosophy [1]. Each year, studentsneeds, developing engineering solutions to societal problems. In must complete a major team research project [2]. The2013, a student team carried out an IQP project titled “Energyefficiency of Worcester Friends Meetinghouse” with the aim of Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) is a nine creditreducing energy consumption in a building housing a

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Applications of Online Computing

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Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT); Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT); Barbara Louise Stewart

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #8765Design of On-line Courses: Implications for Student Time ManagementDr. Carole E. Goodson, University of Houston (CoT) Carole Goodson is a Professor of Technology at the University of Houston. As an active member of ASEE, she is a member of the Academy of Fellows, a past Editor of the Journal of Engineering Technology, a past Chair of PIC IV and the ERM Division, and a past Chair of the Gulf Southwest Section of ASEE.Prof. Susan L. Miertschin, University of Houston (CoT) Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor teaching in the Computer Information Systems program at University of Houston. Her teaching

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Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

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Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #9231Redesigning an online executive Master’s class for a large number of studentsDr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Malini Natarajarathinam is an Associate professor with the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Natara- jarathinam’s teaching activities surround classes in purchasing, distribution networks and strategic re- lationships. She strives to make learning fun, relevant and perpetual to her students. The students of the Industrial Distribution Program presented her the Award of

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Longyin Sun; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA.Influencing Factors in the Decision and Management Sciences Sun, Longyin Christian Bach Technology of Management, Engineering Technology of Management, Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, United States Bridgeport, CT, United States Abstract — By reviewing the different researches in decision and Before the decision maker makes his choice, he is

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Sudhanshu Sinha; Manohar Mareboyana

. background modeling from an image sequence by using K-Means clustering", International Conference on Electrical [31] S.J. McKenna, Y. Raja, and S. Gong. Object tracking using adaptive Engineering/Electronics Computer Telecommunications and color mixture models. In proceedings of Asian Conference on Computer Vision, 1:615–622, January 1998. Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2010[15] Long-hui Guo, Liang He and Huai-zhong Li, "Traffic video image [32] S.J. McKenna, Y. Raja, and S. Gong. Tracking color objects using segmentation based on mixture of Gaussian model", International adaptive mixture models

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Computers in Education General Technical Session 2

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Shuju Wu, Central Connecticut State University; Shane Michael Carroll; Keith Boyd-Carter; James Krostoski

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Computers in Education

with bus schedules, real-time bus location and delayinformation so they can plan trips accordingly, and to provide useful information to thetransportation center for management purpose. The developed system has been tested anddemonstrated successfully.IntroductionThe presented work is the outcome of an undergraduate capstone project. Students in theComputer Engineering Technology (CET) major at Central Connecticut State University arerequired to finish a capstone project in their senior year study. The capstone project isaccomplished by successful taking two consecutive courses, Capstone Project I and CapstoneProject II. The Capstone Project I course is 1-credit in which students research, propose andfinalize project ideas. The Capstone

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Madhav D. Patil; Tamer Abukhalil

shield with a Quad-band GSM/GPRS engine works onreceiver has a special precision lens that transmits the frequencies EGSM 900MHz/DCS 1800MHz andreflected light onto an enclosed linear CCD array based on GSM850 MHz/PCS 1900MHz. It also supports GPSthe triangulation angle. The CCD array then determines technology for satellite navigation.the angle and causes the rangefinder to then give acorresponding analog value to be read bymicrocontroller. The output of the IR sensors is analog, D. Camerawhich is connected to the analog pin of the

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Abdelrahman Elleithy; Gonhsin Liu; Varun Pande

University of Bridgeport. Prof. Liu has Computer Science and Engineering from the received his B.S. from Tatung Institute of University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Technology and his M.S.and Ph.D. from State Abdelrahman has received his B.S. in Computer University of New York at Buffalo. Prof. Liu has Science and MS in Computer Science in 2007 and

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Fei Mi; Zixun Tong; Xingguo Xiong

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Design and Simulation of an Electrostatically-Driven MEMS Micro- Mixer ZixunTong Fei Mi Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Bridgeport, CT, 06604 ztong@my.bridgeport.edu Xingguo Xiong

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Manufacturing Materials and Processes

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Edward E. Osakue, Texas Southern University; Derrick Smith, Texas Southern University

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Manufacturing

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A 6S EXPERIENCE IN A MANFACTURING FACILITYABSTRACTGlobalization of science and technology has caused competitive pressures to continue unabatedin manufacturing business. Product prices continue to fall while production costs rise. In order toreduce production costs, some companies look to improved technology, employee layoff, facilityrelocation, etc. The search for operational excellence seems to be more intense with each passingday. Many companies have adopted Lean, Six Sigma or Total Productive Maintenance initiativesfor improving operational effectiveness and efficiency. 5S is a traditional management techniquethat helps organize a workplace by making it clean and free of

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Computer Programming and Simulation

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Kevin James Gucwa, University of California, Davis; Harry H. Cheng, University of California, Davis

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Computers in Education

, University of California, Davis Harry H. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate Group in Computer Science, and Graduate Group in Education at the University of California, Davis, where he is also the Director of the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu) and Director of the Integration Engineering Laboratory. His current research includes developing computing and robotics technologies and integrate them into STEM education in both formal and informal settings for integrated learning. From 1989 to 1992, he was a Senior Engineer for robotic automation systems with the Research and Development Division, United Parcel Service

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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Zachary Cody Hazelwood; Saleh M. Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

State University Saleh M. Sbenaty is currently a professor of engineering technology at Middle Tennessee State Univer- sity. He received the B.S. degree in E.E. from Damascus University and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in E.E. from Tennessee Technological University. He is actively engaged in curriculum development for technological education. He has authored and co-authored several industry-based case studies. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, power electronics, lasers, instrumentation, digital forensics, and microcontroller applications. Page 24.380.1

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

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Sudarsan Rangan, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #9228How to structure an internship that is great for the intern and the manager?Dr. Sudarsan Rangan, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University Malini Natarajarathinam is an Associate professor with the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Natara- jarathinam’s teaching activities surround classes in purchasing, distribution networks and strategic re- lationships. She strives to make learning fun, relevant and perpetual to her students. The students of the Industrial

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Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

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Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Technology (NJIT). He has served as the Chair of ASEE Divisions of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Experimentation and Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS). Professor Sepahpour is an active member of ASME and ASEE. Page 24.90.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A PRACTICAL EDUCATIONAL FATIGUE TESTING MACHINE (EFTM)AbstractAn experiment and its associated apparatus are proposed to better instill the significance of theFatigue Failure Phenomenon in undergraduate engineering education. The benchmark forestablishing the behavior of engineering

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Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

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Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Jaime Rene Huerta

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Community Engagement Division

Page 24.817.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Introduction to STEM Fields through Robotics: A Synergetic Learning Experience for Students and Their ParentsAbstract This work demonstrates the success of an initiative to promote Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in 19 school districts that are predominantly Hispanic andhave high numbers of students who come from low income households. An innovative methodof community involvement as part of the program’s Community Engagement strand, thisprogram provided a unique opportunity for both students and parents while developing STEMawareness. Through a synergetic summer learning experience, students and parents

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Wafa Mohamed Elmannai; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) A New Algorithm Based on Discrete Fourier Transform to Improve the Lifetime of Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks Communications Wafa Elmannai, Khaled Elleithy, Ajay Shrestha, Mohamed Alshibli, Reem AlataasAbstract—Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have become an In addition to the well-known resources constraints of theimportant means of gathering environmental and physical WSNs, Underwater WSNs present even more restrictions thatinformation from a wide range of areas. WSNs could be used in are preventing its proliferation [2, 3]. Unlike the

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Robert Hood; Mark Jacobs; James Masi; Kayla McCaffrey

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridegpeort, CT, USA. In the Wind: From Tunnel to Turbine Robert Hood1a, Mark Jacobs1a, James Masi1b Kayla McCaffrey2 University of Southern Maine formerly, University of Southern Maine Engineering Engineering, Gorham, ME 04038 USA Gorham, ME 04038 USA now, USPTO, Washington, DC james.masi@maine.eduAbstract- A country or region

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Kimberly Monique Holmes, George Mason University

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Graduate Studies

national coach and mentor for prospective and current graduate students at universities outside of Maryland through invited participation at STEM conferences such as GEM, NSBE, SACNAS, SHPE, and AISES. She is a former Board Member of the Northeastern Associ- ation of Graduate Schools and currently serves as a Liaison for Institutional Collaboration in the Chan- cellor’s Office at the Universidad Metropolitana in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition to her affiliations in Maryland, she is a member of the ”Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT) Engineering Research Center faculty” at Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh, an MIT MSRP advisor, and member of the MIT Deeper Engagement Working Group. She is Co-PI of the

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Chrisna Nguon; N. N. Nagadewate; Kavitha Chandra; Charles Thompson

Acoustic Scattered Field Computation C. Nguon, N. Nagadewate, K. Chandra and C. Thompson Center for Advanced Computation and Telecommunications Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA. 01854ABSTRACT detectable difference-frequency sound. Regardless, he still considered the possibility of producing a re- The scattering due to the interaction of dual- sponse from the interaction of dual-frequency pres-frequency beams on

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Rahmi Allamadani; Feng Chen

numerous The amount of charge stored in the caps will vary dependingengineers for decades now, only recently has it become more on the amount of weight that is trying to be launched. Attachedrealizable with advances in technology. The goal of this project is in between the capacitors and coil is a 4 layered PNPN SCRto use electromagnetic forces to propel a payload down a track at (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) which is triggered by a lowera desired velocity for launch. An electromagnetic launch system voltage of 1.7V. When the lower voltage is applied at the gateis one that the harnesses the power of using a large electric of the SCR the current from the capacitors passes through thecurrent to generate a

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Vazgen Shekoyan

first semester of a two semester-longcontext-rich can be found at [30]. introductory physics course with algebra prerequisite for Here is another reduced-specificity problem we have engineering technology majors. QCC typically offers 4 lecturedesigned that has several sub-components and requires the sections of the course with about 30 students in each section.solver to use more than one physics law or principle to get a The first author (V. Shekoyan) was the lecture instructor forcomplete solution: two sections; one section served as a control group and the other

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Computer Hardware

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Ying Yu, University of Hartford; Krista M Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #9644Use of a CPLD in an Introductory Logic Circuits Course with Software andHardware UpgradeDr. Ying Yu, University of Hartford Dr. Ying Yu received her B.Eng. from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 2000. She received her M.Eng. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, R.I., USA, in 2003 and 2007, re- spectively. Since 2008, she has been teaching as an assistant professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Hartford. Her current research interests are audio and speech signal processing, acoustic scene classification, speaker identification and

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Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Jacob P. Kovel P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Lee W. Lee, Central Connecticut State University

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Construction

Visualization and Decision Support Systems, 2) Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Construction Management, and 3) Interactive Learning Systems Using Games and Simulations. Address: Manufacturing & Construction Management Department, Central Connecticut State University, Copernicus Hall 21206, 1615 Stanley St. P.O. Box 4010, New Britain, CT 06050-4010;telephone: (860) 832-2624; e-mail: leen@ccsu.edu.Dr. Jacob P. Kovel P.E., Central Connecticut State University Dr. Jacob Kovel is an associate professor at Central Connecticut State University for 13 years. During that time he has served as the program coordinator for the construction management program and is currently

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Marwah Almasri; Khaled Elleithy

Computer Science & Engineering from Comput. Surv., vol. 39, no. 3, 2007. Article 9. Taibah University in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Her research interests include[6] O. Kessler et al., ” Functional description of the data fusion process”, congestion mechanisms, wireless sensor networks, computer networks, mobile Tech. rep., Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, USA. computing, network security, and data fusion. January. Report prepared for the Office of Naval Technology. 1992[7] A. N. Steinberg, C. L. Bowman, and F. E. White, “Revisions to the JDL data fusion model,” in AeroSense’99, pp. 430–441, 1999.[8] D

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Abdul Razaque

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Pheromone Termite (PT) Model to Provide Robust Routing over Wireless Sensor Networks 1 2 Abdul Razaque, Member IEEE and Khaled Elleithy, Senior Member IEEEAbstract—In this paper, a scalable mobility-aware pheromone multiple access (TDMA) mechanism to decrease the energytermite (PT) analytical model is proposed to provide robust and consumption. From the other side, scheduled based MACfaster routing for improved throughput and minimum latency in protocols experience do not

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Allen S. Guinoo; Joshua A. Stewart; Lin Lin

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Heat Collectors through Active Solar Energy Heating Homes through Solar Energy Allen S. Guinoo Joshua A. Stewart Lin Lin Department of Engineering Department of Engineering Department of Engineering University of Southern Maine University of Southern Maine University of Southern Maine Gorham, ME, USA Gorham, ME, USA Gorham, ME, USA Allen.Guinoo@maine.edu

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Teaching Dynamics

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James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #9969Development and Assessment of an Inquiry-Based Learning Activity in Dy-namics: A Case Study in Identifying Sources and Repairing Student Miscon-ceptionsDr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of machine design, fluid power control and engineering education. He is a past Chair of the ASEE-DEED Division and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.Dr

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Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Clifford J. Chapman, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, “Vector Control and Dynamics of AC Drives,” Oxford Press,1996.[3] D. Cheng, “Field and Wave Electromagnetics, 2nd ed.,” Addison-Wesley, 1992.[4] Fishbane, Gasiorowicz, and Thornton, “Physics For Scientists and Engineers, 2nd ed.,”Prentice Hall, 1996.[5] R. Novotnak, J. Chiasson, and M. Bodson, “High-Performance Motion Control of anInduction Motor with Magnetic Saturation,” IEEE Press, 1999.[6] H. Hofmann, S. Sanders, and C. Sullivan, “Stator-Flux-Based Vector Control of InductionMachines in Magnetic Saturation,” IEEE Press, 1997.[7] J. Kirtley Jr., “6.685 Electric Machinery, Class Notes 5: Winding Inductances,”Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering and ComputerScience, 2005.[8] C. Sullivan and S. Sanders

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Applications of Online Computing

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan University; Joseph Francis Stanzione III, Rowan University; Jenahvive K. Morgan, Rowan University

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #8702Strategies for using on-line practice problemsDr. Jess W. Everett, Rowan University Jess W. Everett has worked in four distinct areas: waste management operations research, contaminated site assessment and remediation, education innovation, and sustainable engineering. He has employed a wide variety of techniques, including computer modeling, laboratory experiments, field testing, and surveys. His current research focuses on energy conservation, alternative energy generation, engineering learning communities, and hybrid courses (courses with classroom and on-line aspects).Ms. Kaitlin Engle Mallouk, Rowan

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene L. Harding, Purdue University

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Aerospace

Paper ID #10790An Undergraduate Course in Military Electronic Applications, aka ElectronicWarfareProf. Gene L. Harding, Purdue University GENE L. HARDING is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he has taught for eleven years. He has three years of industrial experience with Agilent Technologies and 28 years of combined active and reserve service in the United States Air Force. Page 24.176.1 c American Society for Engineering