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Yusuf Ozturk; Emrah Orhun; Chris Bowerman

development of newprograms or courses that focus on computing in context rather than the computer. ThreeUS and three EU universities formed a consortium to carry out a project entitledInternational Cooperation in Ambient Computing Education (ICACE). This consortiumaims to broaden the perspective of computing students through curricular innovation and 1 Funded by The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) and The Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission under the auspices of EU-U.S. Atlantis Program (FIPSE P116J07-0057 and EU 2007-2065/003-001 CPT-USMOBI). Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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Bruno Osorno

institutions surveyed [1] agree do not agree that “It is more difficult toevaluate the quality of an online course than of a face-to-face course.”Finally the big question becomes; where is online teaching going? Why online teaching? Theanswers will be attempted on this paper.Online in EE-The previous discussion was created to set up the scenario of what we have donesince the Fall semester of 2006. In this section we will indicate the implementation of an onlinegraduate level course in Electrical Engineering. This course has been taught for several years inthe face-to face (classroom) mode and it has had the usual outcomes of such way of teaching.However, online teaching created a challenge of great magnitude at the logistical andinstructional, and

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Jiancheng Liu

Figure 1. All blocks have identical outer dimensions. Students are allowed to designgeometric features on two planes of the block. The block designs form mating patterns withthose designed and fabricated by other students. The instructor specifies the assembly order ofthe blocks. During the design phase, students must complete their designs and pass them to otherstudents in a scheduled time frame. Students have to interact with each other frequently todiscuss the design details and negotiate necessary modifications. Students must completelyunderstand each others’ drawings and check for possible mismatches both in dimension andshape. Once each design is completed, the drawing will be arbitrarily given to another student forfabrication.The blocks

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Claudia Lee; Andrew Zepfel; Nina Timberlake; Larry Grill; Sean Gallagher

436 Bio-molecular Engineering Verified by High Sensitivity Detection Claudia Lee1, Andrew Zepfel2, Nina Timberlake3, Larry Grill4, Sean Gallagher1 1 UVP, LLC 2 Claremont McKenna College 3 Scripps College 4 Pitzer CollegeAbstractAn interdisciplinary, industry-academic collaboration was conducted to aid students at

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Donna M. Schaeffer; Patrick C. Olson

470 Figure 1 - A 2x2 Matrix of Knowledge and Credibility The quadrant that has experiences that are likely to require the most attention is the upperright. These are experiences that both increase knowledge and increase credibility. An interestingexample of such an experience in programming might be competing in (and perhaps winning) aninterschool programming competition. The most difficult quadrant for teaching and learning is the lower right. In that quadrant theexperience has high external credibility and has a low potential for increasing knowledge. Aprogramming example (for the sake of programming and not other purposes) might be buildingWEB sites for an external organization. This is very

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James Helbling

ERAU senior design courses are required 4-credit classes, taken in the senior year, thatallow students working in teams of typically 6 to 8 members to design an aircraft or spacecraftand then test one component or set of subsystems. Extensive written reports and formal oralpresentations are required in each course.Prior to the curricular changes discussed in this paper, the Aircraft Detail Design course involvedminimal wind tunnel testing and the limited involvement of an HU/COM instructor who servedin strictly an advisory role. The change in the course content addressed perceived weaknessesthrough: 1) additional verification of analysis via test and 2) an increased emphasis oncommunication skills.The first curricular change required students

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Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

concept of CI to the community (archives canbe viewed at http://nucri.nu.edu/incommunity). Nevertheless, integration of the engineering Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 447concept of CI is very limited, especially to the non-engineering students due to the lack ofappropriate course curriculum for schools and colleges.Skilled workforce needed to sustain CI/Teragrid ProgramCentral to this CI environment is the most important element, the skilled workforce that is requiredto maintain and sustain this program (Figure 1). Two components toward the development of

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Gordon W. Romney

,projects demand Agile Project Management, and the introduction of problems in classassignments leads to Agile Problem Driven Teaching (APDT). APDT effectively uses APM andthe agile tools like RoR and simultaneously trains the students to use AP and APM concepts intheir workplace. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 4831.3 How Agility Addresses the National University IT Teaching ChallengesSpecific challenges of the NU teaching model as they apply to IT are 1) its accelerated pace, 2)long instruction class periods, 3) the lack of the traditional laboratory

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Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

develop a capacity for interdisciplinary work while fostering the excitementof scientific research. For K-12, we are talking about first steps toward this goal, which certainly involves enhanced exposure to a broad range of fundamental scientific content as well as conveying the excitement of scientific research. Beyond this, however, is the need to lay a foundation in such overarching subjects as the varied to good scientific process, systematic analysis, and problem-solving, complemented by development of good communication skills and the ability to work well in collaborative groups. (1)Hulse’s insightful observations reinforce today’s clarion call for Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics

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Gordon W. Romney; Paul D. Juneau

SSL Client AuthenticationIn SSL v3/TLS, the less well known, and frequently unused communal authentication of bothclient and server is applicable. Not only is there the SSL Server certificate as previouslydiscussed, but a client browser certificate is used as well. Thus, those who desire to access theserver must be pre-enrolled and be possessors of a client browser digital certificate. Thecertificate exchange is done via x.509 certificates, and public key cryptography is used to startthe connection. Two to four seconds is required to establish the secure connection. Onceauthentication is made, the channel is secured with symmetric key cryptography methods andhashes, typically RC4 or 3DES for symmetric key and MD5 or SHA-1 for the hash

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

A Living System for Teaching Engineering Principles Kauser Jahan1, Jess W. Everett1, Gina Tang2, Stephanie Farrell3, Hong Zhang4, Angela Wenger5 and Majid Noori6 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 3 Chemical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 4 Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 5 New Jersey Academic for Aquatic Sciences, Camden, New Jersey

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Thomas R. Wedlick; Carol E. Reiley; Cynthia Ramey

provide a rewarding and exciting experience thatdraws students into studying the STEM fields within higher education. Preliminaryresults from a questionnaire administered the day of the competition showed that 43% ofstudents were more likely to go to college after participating in this event. A FAIR GAME: A LOW-COST EASILY IMPLEMENTED ROBOTICS COMPETITION LEADS TO DIVERSE ENTRANTS Thomas R. Wedlick, Carol E. Reiley, Cynthia Ramey Johns Hopkins University {tomw, creiley}@jhu.eduIntroductionThe engineering jobplace is expected to grow by 11% over the next decade [1]. Toprepare students to study these subjects in college, they need a sufficient background

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Warren A. Rosen; M. Eric Carr

, students learn importantconcepts including the system bus, three-state logic, and active-low signals. Inaddition, the laboratory work is complemented by lectures and readingassignments on such topics as pipelining, superscalar processing, cache, andadvanced architectures such as Core Duo.Introduction Historically, early courses in microprocessors were based on simple training kits usingprocessors such as the 6800 or 8085 connected to system components such as memory, clock,etc.1 In these courses, the internal architecture as well as the remaining system components andinterconnects (memory, clocks, buses, etc.) were described conceptually and the emphasis, interms of the hardware usage, was on learning and using the instruction set and

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Harold R. Underwood

Assistance for Asperger Syndrome from Communications Technology Developed through an Integrated Projects Curriculum Harold R. Underwood, Associate Professor of Engineering Messiah College, Grantham, PAAbstract: Asperger Syndrome (AS), classified among neurodevelopmental disabilitiesbetter known as autism spectrum disorders, affects 1 in every 150 children in the UnitedStates1. Adults with AS experience impaired social interactions with tendency towardrestricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, though gifted with average to above-average intellect. While neither specific cause (although genetics is suspected) nor cureis known for AS at this time

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Ricardo A. Camilo; S. Keith Hargrove

activators transmit not onlytheir unique identification code, but location and status information as well. Tag signals arepicked up by network receivers up to 100 feet away, thus allowing a single receiver to collect tagdata from a number of activation points. Figure 1 (Source: AA3WK's) shows how RFIDtechnology works. Figure 1: RFID Technology DeploymentThe studied firm, Paper Products Inc (PPI, invented name to protect company’s privacy), is apaper-converting company with more than 50 years of operations in the Dominican market and isthe Number 1 paper-converting business in the DR.PPI’s principal products are valve and sewn paper bags for cement, flour, animal food, etc, madefrom Kraft paper; tissue paper and napkins

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Deborah Ihezie; S. Keith Hargrove

in Baltimore, MD. An assessment tool is used toevaluate MRAS’s current Lean manufacturing state in terms of actual manufacturing practicerelated to inventory cycles, production processes, maintenance procedures and operations,facility layout, quality control, and other key metrics used to improve manufacturing facilities. 

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Middle River Aircraft Systems (MRAS), a subsidiary of General Electric Co., was founded in1929 by aviation pioneer, Glen L. Martin. Its headquarters is located in Eastern BaltimoreCounty, Maryland. MRAS designs, manufactures, and services aero structures and nacellesystems for commercial, military aircraft, and government markets. It is also a supplier of jetengine thrust reversers as well as a digital

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Frank Lanzer

was one of the highlightsof the two week experience.Certain activities within the above topics were especially effective and worthy ofadditional details.1. Alice was used for programming along with the model developed by Adams for the Imaginary Worlds Camp. It was encouraging that many girls favored this activity.2. The West Point Bridge Design Contest was central to engineering design. All students enjoyed the contest after a discussion of why structures support loads and the effect upon materials chosen. Environmental aspects are considered as to designs that require excavation.3. Another product for construction of structures was a surprise sensation, Armadillo Run. Students proceed through a sequence of statics and dynamics

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Samantha Murray

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D. Weber; G. Reluzco; D. Kaminski; B. W. Bequette

Creating Grade 11 and 12 Curricula Guided by both Project Lead the Way and NSF GK-12 D. Weber1,2, G. Reluzco1, D. Kaminski3, B. W. Bequette2 1 Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY 2 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 3 MANE Department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYAbstractA new challenge for a privileged group of graduate students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutein the 2008-2009 academic year is to participate in an NSF GK-12

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Josh Coffman; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis

Finite Element Learning Module for Improving Knowledge of Fatigue using Commercial Software Josh Coffman1, Jiancheng Liu2, Ashland O. Brown2, Sachin S. Terdalkar1, Joseph J. Rencis1 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; 2University of the PacificAbstractFinite element (FE) active learning modules have been developed for various undergraduateengineering courses. These FE learning modules are used to introduce basic and complexengineering problems to enhance student learning of the theory and fundamentals of the finiteelement method. A review of educational literature reveals that fatigue and finite elements arenot addressed

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Graig Sauer; Jonathan Lazar; Harry Hochheiser; Jinjuan Feng

(CompletelyAutomated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart), but visualCAPTCHAs are inaccessible, and existing audio CAPTCHAs are very hard touse. We have created an alternative form of human interaction proof, which isboth secure and accessible. This presentation will give an overview of theHIPUU concept and evaluation testing.Introduction There are a large number of individuals who have impairments. Thenational Federation of the Blind estimates that 1.3 million people in the USA arelegally blind and 10 million people has some form of visual impairment[1]. Whilemany people with impairments face challenges on the web, because the web isprimarily a visual medium, people who are blind face the greatest challenges.These individuals also

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Alfred A. Scalza

1 Motivational Concepts and their Application to Students in Engineering And Construction Management Alfred A. Scalza, P.E. Department of Architecture & Construction Management Farmingdale State College State University of New YorkIntroductionPrecisely, what do we mean by the word “Motivation”? One dictionary defines motivation asproviding a motive; another says to motivate is to excite. A third dictionary says to provide aforce or stimulus or influence. When it comes to motivating a student, they

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Raluca I. Rosca

ofsessions. Eight people, including the author, participated in at least one of the diversity sessionsor used ETPP materials to complete their diversity statement, and seven of them answered theexit survey and interview of the 2005 ETPP-UF study. Out of these, two were post-doctoralassociates and six were engineering graduate students; six were women and two were men; threewere U.S. citizens or permanent residents and 5 were international students/post docs; four wereWhite, three Asian and 1 Hispanic.Diversity Sessions (ETPP-UF): ‘International Group’ Discussions, Fall 2004The first diversity session of the Fall 2004 offering had four participants: two post-doctoralassociates and two graduate students; two women and two men; two Taiwanese, 1 Indian

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Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

are required project-basedcourses that students take every semester. The Clinics enable built in flexibility in theengineering curriculum to include important technical and societal topics. This approach hasprovided significant opportunities for students to acquaint themselves with real-worldengineering issues, such as sustainability. Table 1 lists the general technical topics covered in theeight-semester Engineering Clinic sequence.Table 1. Overview of the technical topics covered in the eight-semester engineering clinic coursesequence.Year Fall Engineering Clinic Themes Spring Engineering Clinic ThemesFreshman Engineering measurements Competitive assessmentSophomore Multi-disciplinary

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Kanti Prasad

VLSIprogram comprises of four distinct and disparate phases namely-Phase 1: Chip design –This basically involves the design of the chip based on specifications provided by thecustomer, Phase 2: Mask Set – It involves the conversion of design’s layout andplacement into set of masks e.g. diffusion, contact, and metallization masks etc., Phase 3:Mask Transfer – This involves transferring the mask set onto a wafer substrate such as Sior GaAs etc., Phase 4: Packaged Chip – This incorporates inscribing, dicing, bonding andencapsulating chip in a plastic or ceramic package, depending on customer’s requirement.In order to enhance the design capabilities UMass Lowell received a donation of $28mfrom Cadence and 50% discount from SUN on sparc stations, with a

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Amithraj Amavasai

, there was no difference between thetwo methods. This was established by the design of the overall course grading formula shown in Table 1.The traditional lecture format and the pretest methods have seventy percent of their grade as the samerequirements. Both the courses were taught by the same instructor. The level of difficulty for seventypercent of the grade was the same in both courses. In the traditional lecture format, thirty percent of thegrade from the mid-term examination was replaced by the pretest method. In the pretest method, threepretests were conducted. Each pretest consisted of 10% of the grade.Students were asked to rank several activities on a scale of 1to 5, 1 being to disagree strongly and 5 beingto agree strongly. The survey

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Olugbenga O. Akinbiola

million by the end of 1998.• Also Allies Signal/Honeywell initiated Six Sigma efforts in 1992 and saved more than $600million a year by 1999.ObjectivesThe following are the objectives of this study:-Variation reduction for high quality products.-Determination of minimum tolerance that will reduce number of defectives.-Identification of the most appropriate management tool that will ensure better output. In figure 1, according to Software Technology News article, an annual publication from TheDepartment of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) 10 depicts the steps in animplementation of Statistical Process Control (SPC). The key steps for the implementation ofStatistical Process Control are:n Identify defined processesn Identify

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W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

new project andcorresponding instructional materials.IntroductionSince its inception, the College of Engineering at Rowan University has emphasized projectbased learning (PBL)1. Proponents argue that PBL is effective at reinforcing topics learned intraditional coursework, developing the so-called professional skills, and improving retention ofstudents3. However, PBL can be a difficult environment to teach in3, and the professional skillsthought to be developed through PBL are challenging to assess3,4. Furthermore, the developmentof suitable projects and running of these projects can place significant demands on faculty andstaff time. As a result, there is a risk of letting a project become the main focus of a course,overrunning the

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Robert M. Brooks; Berk Ayranci; Keerthi Takkalapelli

Recruitment improvement in ASEE student membership Robert M. Brooks, Berk Ayranci, and Keerthi TakkalapelliAbstract:Problems and issues for advancing engineering education from the student perspectives areimportant considerations in engineering education. For one month period ads asking the studentto join ASEE’s student chapter were placed in the student longue and waiting areas in theengineering building. Only 9 students joined. Then a survey was made and distributedrandomly to the students to know what exactly the students wanted and their needs were. Thesurvey asked the students how important to them are the following issues by rating them on ascale 1 (least important) - 5(most important). The issues ranged

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

redundant should be removed (e.g. oversized roadwidths), those that are compatible with our focus should be reused (e.g. locating planting islandsin all areas of parking lots), and that accepted sustainable site methods should be woven into thecourse (e.g. use rainwater collection systems and reuse grey water for site irrigation).Sustainable development was first defined by Gro Harlem Brundtland; then-prime minister ofNorway, in his 1987 report to the United Nations General Assembly titled Our Common Future,as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs.”1 Sustainability/climate change is the most criticalemerging concern for design professionals according to 84% of