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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Frey; Jose Cruz

atUPRM) will facilitate this.Case #1: A chemistry student, working in a computer lab at the university, downloads theAnarchist’s Cookbook from the Internet. He saves it in his designated storage area. A systemsadministrator, who routinely scans student files for pornographic pictures (studentsdownloading pornographic pictures crowd out other students with more legitimate purposes),finds the Cookbook in the student’s files. What is the student doing with this information:satisfying his curiosity or planning for something more sinister?Case #2: A student takes a computer systems class in which she learns how to deal withcomputer viruses. Using what she has learned, she creates her own virus and contemplatesreleasing it into the University system

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlos G. Spaht

that have been included in the strategy of LaPREP and which shouldbe included in plans of similar programs.A. Advisory committee. The formation of such a committee should be the first order of business. Prominent school board, city council, education, business and religious leaders should be members. The committee serves as a two-way communication mechanism, receiving as well as contributing information. Additional one-on-one meetings may be held between certain committee members and the program director.B. Grant applications to local as well as regional and national foundations. Local foundations often have more of an interest in local projects than regional and national organizations. The project director should visit the grant

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell A. Aubrey

calculations required tomeasure speed and width of various objects. A second option with this application is to delay theexercise until op-amps and comparators have been covered. In this scenario additional studenttasks can be included such as calculating trip points, designing the time base and makingnumerous other calculations.A third application currently under consideration for this exercise is to use it in the fourthsemester electronic projects course as a start up project with planned guidance. In this case,block diagrams would be provided with suggested solutions from time to time to make sure thatthe project teams succeed in getting a working design in a one to three week period. This wouldprovide early positive design experiences and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

included the following three components: Ä Lecture and discussion - The purpose was to reinforce concepts in mathematics and science, and to lay the groundwork for laboratory and design activities planned for that day. Typically, the lecture and discussion would last less than one hour. Ä Laboratory work - A number of simple and inexpensive home-built devices and toys were provided to teachers to illustrate science and mathematics principles and to provide teachers with a set of useful teaching tools for use in their classrooms. Page 5.557.2 Ä Design - It was a project-based learning experience in which

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor

theirlearning of design tools such as mathematical modeling programs, mechanical drawing programsand physical modeling programs, learn the value of carefully planning projects, and learn thatdesign is an iterative process even when calculations are carefully performed. Page 7.652.1In order to enhance the mission of the GVSU curriculum and to further pursue the intent goals ofABET 2000, a project was implemented in the Dynamics course at GVSU. For this project,students designed and built catapults to compete in a contest which tested the accuracy of theirdesigns.The “Program Outcomes and Assessment”1 section of the ABET evaluation criteria for 2001

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Vasquez; Andrea I. Prejean; Sarah Irvine; Teresa Larkin

the pre-institute. Thus, the teachers and studentswere given a considerable amount of time to work together within their teams to plan anddevelop their lessons. Each morning, the institute began with a group discussion of the previous day's "reflectionquestions." Each day participants were given several questions to ponder after the conclusion ofthe day's events and activities. Participants were asked to go home and keep track of theirreflections in a journal. The reflection questions were typically associated with informationpresented during that day's sessions. The intent of the reflection questions was to give teacherstime to digest information they had received during the day, and to reflect on how thatinformation might have relevance

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Rasmussen; Matt Smith; David Gattie

courses that do not count toward their degree in order to pick up courses inwhat many might consider to be fundamental areas (for environmental engineers) such asgeology, soils, and “pure” hydrology. Geology, soils, forestry and other science majors thatmight benefit from engineering courses such as fluid mechanics are often prohibited fromregistering due to lack of prerequisites such as differential equations and statics. No matter howconscientiously laboratory exercises are planned, limitations on physical facilities, travel time,and conflicts with other classes prevent many natural resource-related majors from getting toobserve and quantify such things as water quantity and quality over a wide range of conditions“in the field.” Such

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2001 Annual Conference

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Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Scott Yost

-point, two of the three goals have been reached.Preliminary findings report that students have also reported distinct advantages with this methodof assessment: they know what to expect, they have access to the criteria before and duringpreparation of the assignment, and the system seems fair.Mid-semester disadvantages include increased time for both instructors in renovating,customizing, and designing the evaluation criteria for the assignments, but both professorsattribute this excess to a “learning curve” associated with the new system, and both expect theadvantages of the system to outweigh short-term complaints. In addition, both professors plan toextend this system of assessment to other Civil Engineering courses in both

Conference Session

Focus on Undergraduate Impact

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Resit Unal; Charles Keating; Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

’ curriculums.Bibliographic Information1. Criteria For Accrediting Engineering Programs, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 20012. Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, MI, 1997BibliographyWILLIAM PETERSONWilliam R. Peterson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Management at the Old DominionUniversity. Dr. Peterson received a BIE from Auburn University, a MBA from Kearney State College, and a Ph.D.in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. His industrial experience spans 20 years andincludes positions as a plant manager and as a manufacturing services manager. He is currently

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Madsen

about planning of education.After three years the IPN proved to be such a great success, that it was prolonged for another periodof three years, still financially supported by the Ministry of Education. This conclusion was basedon an assessment report produced by the Governmental Evaluation Centre in `Evaluering afIngeniøruddannelsernes Pædagogiske Netværk´. In the report p.31 it was concluded that: “…it ishard to believe that the pedagogical process of change within engineering education in Denmarkwould have had the same depth and comprehensiveness without The Pedagogical Network forEngineering Education in Denmark.”Pedagogical challengesBut there are still tasks to solve, since the students´ identity changes, the expected identity of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Duke; Don Morris

described and examples of the data collected presented. Thecourse assessment outcomes assessment process is part of an overall effort to sustain anoutstanding undergraduate educational program in engineering science and mechanics at acomprehensive land grant Research I university, Fig. 1. The undergraduate program objectivesare maintained consistent with the needs of its constituents as well as the University and Collegeof Engineering strategic plans through this process.Course Assessment Process – The Big PictureThe overall process for course assessment is depicted schematically in Fig. 2. Page 7.238.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationago4-5 However, there are some things about our entering students that have not changed overtime, mainly having to do with their preparation for college. Even though we have seen an upward trend in student SAT scores4, many of our enteringstudents are still not able to do simple algebra. Despite having taken advanced high schoolmathematics, students just are not able to do math once they reach college, which has been along standing problem6. Other students may not be able to write a complete sentence or have anappropriate science background to begin engineering7. Other students may be unable to copewith daily stresses8 or to plan for

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kauffman

(some required coursesplus a small additional “cafeteria”; 7 schools, 8%). A few added notes saying that thecore is not required by their official catalogs, but it is enforced virtually 100% throughadvisement.A summary of the results is given in Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 shows the number ofschools requiring each of the four most common core courses either as required or aspart of a “cafeteria” plan. Table 2 shows the number of schools requiring two, three,four, five or six or more semester hours in each of these core course areas.Thermodynamics and transport phenomena tied for being required most often.Thermodynamics is required as core or part of a “cafeteria” core by 82 of the 83schools. Transport phenomena, in one form or another, are also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zheng Min; Robert Weber; Feng Chen; Ben Graubard; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 1. A user in the C6 virtual reality system communicates with his/her environment using awireless tracking system, infrared shutter glasses, 6-D wands, and datagloves. These devicesmust be designed to avoid interfering with one another and other devices in the environment.Second Year PlansThe curricular plans for the second year include offering courses in the basic functional skillsneeded for interdisciplinary teams: • Offering an embedded systems course in spring 2002 that features the specification and analysis of real-time wireless systems taught by Dr. Rover. • Introducing a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

universitiesTuesday, 27 July 1999:Janet: What was really great today was the practice class. I thought that its 25-minute lengthwas the perfect amount of time to start with – you could get into the swing of the class, but didn’thave to take it all the way to the end. The oral critique at the end was really helpful. Giving theclass itself was definitely no threat.Dave: I felt very nervous and apprehensive today about the first teaching lab. It was alsointimidating to teach in front of other faculty members (should we be more apprehensive in frontof students who depend on us to be experts in our field?). After my class was over, I was relievedbut disappointed in my performance. The things that frustrated me the most were getting thrownoff my plan and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Per Reinhall; Michael Jenkins; Joyce Cooper; Angela Linse; Eric Stuve

subtopics, ofwhich 8 bear directly on the project. The relevant action items and subtopics are: 1. a strategic plan 3. faculty awards 4. reexamination of curriculum, including a) team skills b) communication skills c) leadership d) system perspective Page 6.174.4 e) integration of knowledge through out the curriculum Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Edication Annual Conference & Exposition Copywright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education f) multi-disciplinary activities

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Laurence Logue; Kathleen A. Hall

analysis of objects and structures. The topics covered include FEMprinciples, element geometries, element types, material properties, boundary conditions, modelloading, and accuracy and precision. These topics are discussed in lectures as well as in aseries of exercises in which students model and analyze several different systems. Non-linearmaterial models are introduced which show permanent deformations and residual stresses. Thepaper focuses on our successes, our less-than-successes, and our proposed plans for futuredevelopment and improvement.I. IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at Southern Polytechnic StateUniversity (SPSU) was forced to completely redesign its curriculum recently when theUniversity System of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nagraj Balakrishnan; Michael Leonard; Judith McKnew

into account relevant system interfaces)for the purpose of controlling changes to these components and maintaining integrity andtraceability throughout the system life cycle.” Doing CM well can have a significant influenceon reducing costs and improving productivity especially for organizations that are operating asvirtual global teams that rely on timely and correct information to make decisions.Organizations that realize the importance of CM are using software-driven approaches to thetask of coordinating the enormous quantity of detailed information involved in productinformation management. Properly implemented, a CM system provides, in a nearly paperlessenvironment, the ability to plan, identify, control and account for the status of a

Conference Session

Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; Paul J. Palazolo, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

). • In 2007, a second high school program week (focus session) was developed to provide participation options for high school students who had already completed the general GEE session and allow for more in-depth focus on two engineering disciplines. In addition, peer mentoring was extended to high school groups, and leadership training was added to the high school focus program to better prepare these participants to become middle school mentors. • In 2008, a brief orientation session for parents was introduced to broaden their knowledge of career opportunities in STEM fields, and middle and high school teachers selected to serve as educational consultants developed formal lesson plans for GEE

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

, then we convert it to a tree, and then you could dump the tree right out of Oracle for your SQL – there it is! And then they had all the little notations on the performance on the tree and you could look at that. And then in Ten [Ed: version 10] they dropped that, and it was like so, Grrr! And they went to a text, and then you had to learn to read the text and the indentation and which ones were not indented, and to see what's Page 22.874.6 happening. So now what we have to do is pull out the plan as text and write the tree from the plan, so, Um! you know...Geoffrey also talked about this phenomenon. He

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1909: INTRODUCING K-12 TEACHERS TO LEGO MINDSTORMROBOTICS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE ONLINE PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT COURSEMeltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Meltem Alemdar is a Research Scientist in the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Alemdar has experience evaluat- ing programs that fall under the umbrella of educational evaluation, including K-12 educational curricula, after-school programs, and comprehensive school reform initiatives. Across these evaluations, she has used a variety of evaluation methods, ranging from multi-level evaluation plans designed to assess pro- gram impact to monitoring plans

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

situation, leading all students design and plan a comprehensive project proposal with thedetails about the technical specifications and supplier contacts. Table 3 represents the skillsintroduced during UOL2. Table 3: The skills introduced during UOL2 course on a weekly basis.The students who successfully complete the transfer courses, UOL1 and UOL2, are eligible toregister for Experimental Chemical Engineering III (UOL3) course. This final course aims to Page 22.960.5provide students representative small scale units to study the fundamental chemical processes,such as distillation, liquid-liquid extraction and gas absorption. In this

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

internal team leadership needed toresolve common behaviors within dysfunctional teams. While no new theoretical results onteamwork are presented, the authors have focused instead on applying their experience asmanagers of teams in major corporations and institutions of higher education to explore what aneffective teaming curriculum might include and to develop related assessment tools. This paperoutlines a strategy for integrating deliberate teaming instruction into senior-level engineeringcapstone or project courses. The curriculum focuses on building team leadership skills andtechniques for addressing challenges such as planning and execution, social loafing, andprocrastination. Models for assessing students‟ teaming skills and for providing

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephanie Lynn Daza, University of Texas at Arlington; Vu V. Pham, University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

from teacher focusgroups, classroom observations and teacher-produced materials such as lesson plans andreflective papers. Additional data was collected by surveying undergraduate engineeringstudents.For each group (e.g. High School STEM Teachers, High School STEM Students, andUndergraduate Engineering Students), key findings regarding the group‘s perception of barriersfor underrepresented populations are discussed. Perceptions of barriers are organized bydisability, gender, and race/ethnicity. Concluding remarks discuss some of the themes reflectedacross groups, including how curriculum, identities, and self-perceptions are constructed basedon traditional norms and historically held biases about gender, race/ethnicity, and (dis)ability.While

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ayre, University of South Australia; Julie E. Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Page 22.1103.9Intentions to leave the professionApproximately one quarter of both the ATU respondents and the CREW2 women indicated thatthey were likely or very likely to leave their current job in the next 12 months. Of these 13respondents in the ATU group: five (35.7%) responded that they would seek another engineeringposition, three (21.4%) planned to leave the profession, and the remainder were undecided. Incontrast 58.2% of the CREW2 women contemplating leaving their current job planned to seekanother engineering position, 7.6% would leave the profession and 34.2% were not sure.Although this appears to indicate that more of the ATU women are planning to leave theprofession in the future than the CREW2 women, any analysis of these data

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; John H. Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona Western College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College

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NSF Grantees

Computer Science degree. The obviousprimary challenge of this collaboration was the distance separating the CCs from ASU.Although Central Arizona is only about an hour from ASU, Arizona Western and Cochise areeach a good three hours distant. While planning and administrative work can easily be done byInternet and phone, with this distance, it is difficult to take students out of school for a full day toserve on a panel or to have the students from these rural areas visit ASU. These challenges andhow we are working together in spite of them have been documented in other papers.6-7In the fall of 2009, the METSTEP Program (Motivated Engineering Transfer Students TalentExpansion Program) was funded by the NSF STEP program (grant # 0856834

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharie Kranz, Coronado High School; Catherine Tabor, El Paso ISD; Art Duval, University of Texas, El Paso; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas, El Paso; Amy Elizabeth Wagler, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric A. Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. teachers described skills as the main thing that they wanted their students to learn. Co-PI Dr.Lim works with teachers in El Paso and has observed many teaching procedures without aconceptual focus. Aharoni1 observes that it is difficult to build advanced conceptualunderstandings upon a foundation of rote procedure and advocated that students must examine Page 25.315.9and internalize each operation’s multiple meanings We hypothesize that IM’s programming willengage learners in exploring, explaining, and reflecting and enhance their procedural-conceptualconnections.5.2. Harel’s DNR-based InstructionThe iMPaCT LMs and planned PDPs are in accordance

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Timothy L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia; Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; Mary D. VanLeer, Perceptive-Systems; Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Page 25.382.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012and the corporate Engineering Outreach Program Manager, Roedler is responsible for executing an ex-ternal outreach strategy for LM leadership, influence, and leverage of technical industry associations.Prior roles include: Senior SE Program Manager, managing corporate councils for SE, Test & Evalu-ation, and Specialty Engineering focused on engineering practices, training, and improvement; ProcessManager in IS&GS, responsible for strategic planning of technology needs, process technology develop-ment/infusion, and process definition/improvement; this included achievement/sustainment of Level 5 SE-CMM/CMMI objectives; Technical leadership

Conference Session

Towards Global Competency for Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Brent E. Nelson, Brigham Young University

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International

Integrating Achievement of Global Competence into the CurriculumAbstractLike many institutions across the country, we have embarked on the development of experiencesand programs related to the objective of achieving global competence in our engineeringstudents. These internationally-oriented activities have been part of a phased plan at the collegelevel to develop a system to achieve global competence within our graduates that is integratedinto their curriculum. This paper presents a description of the current state of the college effortsin this area and provides an overview of future directions towards curricular and non-curricularsystems. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the system with academic degree programswithin the college and

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcin Lukowiak, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrew Meneely, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; James R. Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher A. Wood, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

cryptographicapplications as the motivating security focus. We describe changes made to an existingintroductory cryptography course, report on a recently-developed course entitled Hardware andSoftware Design for Cryptographic Applications, and present our plans for a Secure SoftwareEngineering course.1. IntroductionWith the pervasiveness and importance of cyberinfrastructure in modern society, securecomputing and communication have become critically important. Applications with importantsecurity requirements include e-commerce, voice/video communications, military operations,secure databases, and financial market transactions. As a result, the technology industry has agrowing need for secure infrastructure at lower levels, such as disk drives, processors (e.g