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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Ocean and Marine

Paper ID #10126Simulation and Control of an Unmanned Surface VehicleDr. Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Lifford McLauchlan completed his Ph.D. at Texas A&M University, College Station. After spending time in industry, he has returned to academia. He is an associate professor at Texas A&M University- Kingsville in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. His main research interests include controls, robotics, education, adaptive systems, intelligent systems, signal and image process- ing, biometrics and watermarking. He is the current chair of the ASEE Ocean and Marine

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Sarosh Patel; Tarek Sobh

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Goal Directed Design of Serial Robotic Manipulators Sarosh Patel and Tarek Sobh questions. Equations describing the kinematic behavior of Abstract — Computing the optimal geometric structure of serial manipulators are highly nonlinear with no closedmanipulators is one of the most intricate problems in solutions. The difficulty in most cases lies not in finding acontemporary robot kinematics. Robotic manipulators are

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Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

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Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi D. Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #9727Assessing Doctoral Students’ Employability SkillsFarshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette Farshid Marbouti is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He is teaching assistant of preparing future professionals and preparing future faculty courses. He completed his M.A. in the Educational Technology and Learning Design at Simon Fraser University in Canada, and his B.S. and M.S. in computer engineering in Iran.Ms. Cyndi D. Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cyndi Lynch is the Director of Fellowships and Graduate Student Professional Development for the Pur

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Assessment in Construction Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University

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Construction

Paper ID #10842Mapping the curriculum around student learning outcomes and assessmentof learningDr. Ihab Mohammad Hamdi Saad P.E., Northern Kentucky University Dr. Ihab Saad is Department Chair and Professor of Construction Management and an alumnus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington where he received his Ph.D. in 1996 from the department of Civil Engineering and Construction. He has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry primarily in the civil/construction project management area. Dr. Saad received his Bachelor of Science and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Cairo Uni- versity in

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Mohammad Daneshzand; Reza Zoroofi; Miad Faezipour

thin edges in low-contrast regions”, Image Processing, The [18] J. A. Sethian. “Level Set Methods and Fast Marching Methods: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), vol. 1, no. 3, pp. Evolving Interfaces in Geometry, Fluid Mechanics, Computer 269-277, 2007. Vision and Materials Sciences,” Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996[11]S. Narita, K. Asakura, and A. Kataura, ” Effects of thromboxane [19] D. Enright, F. Losasso, and R. Fedkiw, “A fast and accurate A2 receptor antagonist (Bay u 3405) on nasal symptoms after semi-lagrangian particle level set method, ” ACM Computer and antigen challenge in sensitized guinea pigs,” Int. Arch. Allergy

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Raju Shrestha; Mahmoud Elsayed; Paul Cotae

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. On the Mutual Information of Sensor Networks in Underwater Wireless Communication: An Experimental Approach Raju Shrestha, Mahmoud Elsayed Dr. Paul Cotae Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of the District of Columbia University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC 20008 Washington, DC 20008

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Richard Steven Colon; Prabir Patra; Khaled Elleithy

the mind of Brutus, a StoryTelling Machine," Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, 1999.[9] A. Badiru and J. Cheung, Fuzzy Engineering Expert Systems with Neural Network Applications, Wiley-Interscience, 2002, p. Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Experts Systems.[10] A. L. Za and G. J. Nalepa, "A study of methodological issues in design and development of rule-based systems," WIREs - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Vols. Volume 1, March/April, pp. 117 - 137, 2011.[11] "Wordnet - A lexical database for English," Princeton University, [Online]. Available: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/. [Accessed 02 February 2014][12] "ConceptNet 5," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [Online

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper; Matthew P. Lutz; Michael Puddicombe; Jeffrey R. Mountain; Jack Patterson

design and engineering as well as the ability to mass produce the structure. The innovative design was achieved by determining the proper balance between the need for high technology and the practicability and affordability that is inherent to the comprehensive design. IV. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS The ΔT90 house was designed to be low cost from

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Muneer Alshowkan; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Authenticated Multiparty Secret Key Sharing Using Quantum Entanglement Swapping Muneer Alshowkan, Student Member, IEEE, Khaled Elleithy, Senior Member, IEEE Quantum Teleportation does not require a quantum channel to Abstract— In this paper we propose a new protocol for send the unknown state however, it require a classical channel.multiparty secret key sharing by using quantum entanglement The need for classical channel

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Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mandy Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

. She is also a Senior Research Advisor to the Stanford University Epicenter. Page 24.1124.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Student Perspectives on Developing More Relevant Ph.D. Programs in STEM Disciplines through Professional Skills Training A submission to the ASEE 2014 Annual Conference Mandy Wheadon Graduate Student, Department of Technology, Leadership & Innovation Nathalie Duval-CouetilAssociate Professor, Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation Associate Director, Burton D. Morgan Center for

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Abrar Mohammed Alajlan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) High-Level Abstractions in Wireless Sensor Networks: Status, Taxonomy, Challenges, and Future Directions Abrar M. Alajlan, Khaled M. Elleithy, Member, IEEE Several programming approaches have been proposed toAbstract— Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained a lot assist WSNs programming. Two broad classes of WSNsof considerations in recent years and have significant impacts on programming models have been explored lately; localdifferent application

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Projects in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Electrical and Computer

assessment. Speech quality and intelligibility assessment has become atopic of increasing importance in research literature [4][5][6] due to the rapid development oftelephony systems of various kinds of technology, VoIP being one of the fastest growing. “Audioand speech signal processing”, or similar courses such as “digital speech processing”, “automaticspeech processing”, are widely offered in modern electrical engineering curriculum. However,most of these courses focus on traditional topics, such as speech coding, speech synthesis, andspeech recognition for their course projects [7][8][9]. Few has made speech quality andintelligibility assessment as the focus of a major project, even though this topic is becomingincreasingly important both in

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Xingguo Xiong; Hanyu Xie

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) MEMS Dual-mode Electrostatically Actuated Micromirror Xingguo Xiong Hanyu Xie Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Bridgeport, CT 06604 xxiong@bridgeport.edu hanyuxie@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract

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Sapan Parikh; Amish Patel; Syed Rizvi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Increasing Quality of Service (QoS) in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) by Using Timestamp Optimization Scheme 1 Sapan Parikh, 1Amish Patel, and 2Syed Rizvi 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bridgeport CT 06604 2 College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University, Altoona PA 16601 3) Communication: Radio communication with

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Laboratory Experiences with Mechanical, Materials and Fluid Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9838A Swirling Pipe Flow Course ProjectDr. John E Matsson, Oral Roberts University John Matsson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988 and 1994 respectively. Page 24.117.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Swirling Pipe Flow Course ProjectAbstractStudents designed a rotating pipe flow apparatus for the fluids

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Martin Sinclair; Ioannis A. Raptis

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Distributed Manipulation Using Large-Scale Actuator Networks Martin Sinclair Ioannis A. Raptis Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts 01854-5104 Lowell, Massachusetts 01854-5104 Email: Martin Sinclair@student.uml.edu Email: Ioannis Raptis@uml.edu Abstract—The

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Areej Alshehri; Christian Bach

1ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Challenges of Cerebral Palsy Management Areej Alshehri Christian Bach School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport Department of Technology Management Department of Technology Management Bridgeport, CT 06604 Bridgeport, CT 06604

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Ruzanna Davtyan

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Contextual Learning Ruzanna Davtyan Technology Management University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, USA rdavtyan@hotmail.com Abstract—this paper examines the use of Contextual Learning According to Hull “contextual learning theory says thatto answer questions about the multiple aspects of any learning learning occurs

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Yuanyao Liu; Zhengping Wu

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Efficient Critical System Event Recognition and Prediction in Cloud Computing Systems Yuanyao Liu Zhengping Wu Department of Computer Science and Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA yuaoyaol@bridgeport.edu

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Andrew Grossfield

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Visual Differential Calculus Andrew Grossfield, Ph.D., P.E., Life Member, ASEE, IEEE Abstract— This expository paper is intended to provide = (y2 – y1) / (x2 – x1) = = m = tan(α) Equation 1engineering and technology students with a purely visual andintuitive approach to differential calculus. The plan is that where α is the angle of inclination of the line with thestudents who see intuitively the benefits of the strategies of horizontal. Since the

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Samuel Erskine; Hassan Bajwa

sensor networks. International Journal of Sensor Networks, 2(3-4):188–200 [48] Wireless Sensor Network- An Advanced Survey Ahmad AA Alkhatib, Gurvinder S Baicher, Waleed K Darwish. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT) Volume 2, Issue 7, January 2013

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Khaled Almgren; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. ERP Systems and their Effects on Organizations: A Proposed Scheme for ERP Success Khaled Almgren Cristian Bach Computer Science and Engineering Department Technology Management Department University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, United States Bridgeport, United States Kalmgren@mail.bridgeport.edu Cbach@bridgeport.eduAbstract— The world has become more

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Ryan Kondracki; Courtney Collins; Khalid Habbab; Bijan Karimi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Solar Powered Charging Station Kondracki, Ryan; Collins, Courtney; Habbab, Khalid Faculty Advisor: Bijan Karimi, Ph.D. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Sciences University of New Haven West Haven, CT Abstract — A solar powered charging station is designed so The objective of this project is to investigate the problem ofthat devices can be charged outdoors and in an

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Peter J. Zeno

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Visualization Tool for GPGPU Programming Peter J. Zeno Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT pzeno@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract—   The running times of some sequential from a top-down perspective. For example, hardware digitalprograms could be greatly reduced by converting and running its design, such as VLSI and FPGA

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Data Analytics in Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Barton K. Pursel, The Pennsylvania State University; Anna Divinsky

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #10058Mining Student-Generated Textual Data In MOOCS And Quantifying TheirEffects on Student Performance and Learning OutcomesDr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkBarton K. Pursel, The Pennsylvania State University Barton K. Pursel, Ph.D., is a Research Project Manager at the Pennsylvania State University, focusing on the intersection of technology and pedagogy. Barton works collaboratively with faculty across disciplines to explore how emerging technologies and trends, such as MOOCs, digital badges, and learning analytics, impacts both students and instructors.Anna Divinsky

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Construction Safety and Risk Management

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Harrison Pierce, Linbeck Group, LLC; Suat Gunhan, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Construction

Paper ID #10568Fatal Fall Accidents in Small Building Construction ProjectsDr. Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San AntonioMr. Harrison Pierce, Linbeck Group, LLCDr. Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio Dr. Gunhan received his PhD Degree in Civil Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Construction Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio.Dr. Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio Page 24.601.1

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Sithisone Kalaya; Hussain A. Alhazmi

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Mobile Robots Exploration and Mapping in 2D     Sithisone Kalaya Hussain A. Alhazmi Robotics, Intelligent Sensing & Control (RISC) Laboratory, Robotics, Intelligent Sensing & Control (RISC) Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 221 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA

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May Alzawawi

computer & Chen (2010) claims that two thirds of the small to based applications programs and various IT enabled medium enterprises considered high costs as the major procedures and software which may be o utility during the 5 various data and information exchange process” [45]. IT concerning green products means that organizations have to systems work as an enabler for a successful green supply transfer their technology for innovative green products. chain. IT can facilitate the integration of sustainability

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Salamahn Mill; Dafe Ukaivbe; Weiwei Zhu

). A brief background about our motivation is Using the aerial sensor technology, a satellite can detectintroduced first. and classify objects on the earth with the help of propagated signals, or electromagnetic radiation. In 1980’s, Thematic1.1 Tsunami early warning systems (TEWS) Mapper (TM) became the prime instrument in infrared geostationary Satellites Landsats 4, 5 and 6. It is a scanner (or A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by sudden sensor) with seven spectral bands

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David W. Kraft

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Implications of Unchecked Exponential Growth David W. Kraft Abstract—Treatments of applications of the exponential Ln2 70function in Calculus textbooks are often cursory in that they treat T2 = ≈ , (2) k k%unchecked (Malthusian) exponential growth processes withoutexamination of their implications and consequences. Through theuse of problems posed to students