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Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

. As a other highly confidential information, such as full name, dateconsequence, the hospitals create comfortable environments for of birth, social security number, and address.their faculties, staffs, and patients to improve their As a consequence, hospitals reinforce their system withperformance[1]. They design their buildings in a ways that can restricted rules to prevent leaking patient information and raiseeasily and quickly be accessed from each section to another regulation to ensure privacy. Moreover, the hospitals demandand where staff are able to move

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Faisal Z. Miqdadi; Abdulla F. ALMomani; Mohammad T. Shadid Masharqa; Nabil M. Elmousel

1 ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. The Relationship between Time Management and the Academic Performance of Students from the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi, the UAE Faisal Z. Miqdadi, Abdulla F. ALMomani, Mohammad T. (Shadid Masharqa), and Nabil M. Elmousel relationship to a student’s academic performance. In addition, Abstract—This research study is about time management and it discusses ways to make students more

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Eman Abdel Fattah

wireless, mobile fewer areas of non-coverage. We also have tech-savvy userscommunication is rapidly approaching. Increasingly, consumers that are more diverse in age and economic status than everyare demanding versatile and convenient modes of communication before. One of the three key factors is lagging behind,that are available whenever they want, wherever they are; all of however. That is service [1]. Service in the wirelessthis without losing performance and efficiency. On the other communications world may best be defined as that auspicioushand, the demand for high-speed broadband and technology withless energy costs are growing side-by-side. The

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Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

according to Irani’s example [8] .mind which makes objects made of silicon and wire come aliveon the screen. It can be as basic as software interacting withsimple hardware installed in kids’ toys. What complicates III. MODELoperating systems is that it has the capability to respond tohuman command which is called intelligent operating [1].Since there are many operating systems invented to performcertain tasks, our paper focuses on operating systems whichwork on computers, whether it is a personal computer or amainframe computer [2]. There are many operating systems developed in the world;some of them are for private at home or school, some are forgovernment use, such as in the military, while others

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David Cain; Brian Layng; Kyle McNulty; Ryan O'Connor; Tomas Estrada

(PLC). The PLC will take input from infraredlike our pace car, the Joggobot uses a camera and sensor sensors in order to dictate the location of the track’s lane line.oriented to follow a strip on a t-shirt worn by the runner. Our initial idea was to keep our speed controller and steeringWhile the products are similar, they do not accomplish the controller as separate entities, however, we found the Arduinosame task of pacing [1]. Uno was capable of executing both

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Varun Pande; Jayanta Paul; Manuel Curillo; Jani Macari Pallis

A basic CubeSat-based stage was launched which acknowledged necessities of LEO-relied science missions I. INTRODUCTION was made also two distinct science and altitude controller systems was made to satisfy both science missions. The DISCOSat-1 mission is the first CubeSat mission to passively measure the frequency, velocity, and directionality A. Mission Plan of the small (~≤1mm) component of man-made and Baseline is to launch CubeSat from the P-POD at 300-km meteoritic material in low Earth orbit (LEO). While larger

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Ketul B Shah; Aritra Ghosh; Md Naim Hossain; Young Lee

1 Enhancing Engineering Educational Using Virtual Lab Technology Ketul B Shah Aritra Ghosh Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department Texas A&M University - Kingsville Texas A&M University - Kingsville Kingsville, TX-78363. USA Kingsville, TX-78363. USA ketul.shah@students.tamuk.edu aritra.ghosh

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Reem Khalid Mahjoub; Christian Bach

. knowledge management models are proposed in the third section. After that, the advantages and disadvantages of knowledge management are discussed with some examples. I. INTRODUCTION The summary, future work and conclusion is added at the end of the paper. Knowledge management is an important factor forstrategy management [1-5]. In earlier models, this overview II. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCHwas built upon the resource-based theory which was

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Raju Shrestha; Mahmoud Elsayed; Paul Cotae

network system. . If the channel is noiseless, the output Different numerical calculation and experimental will be equal to input. However, in practical situations, observation for both network systems such as information the transmission medium is noisy and an input is loss, bit error rate, mutual information, and channel converted to the output Y with probability . capacity are considered. Keywords— mutual information, channel capacity, (1) maximum rate of information, underwater sensor communication, acoustic channel, collaborative network 3. Analyzing

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Yao Agoudavi; Nathan Cyrille; Luis Hernandez; Amber LaGuerre; Zhineng Li; Katherine Vides; Sunil Dehipawala; Andrew Nguyen; Alexei Kisselev; Tak Cheung

student research project has been gaining acceptance by our pre- Keywords— EXAFS; Zn metalloprotein; Fe metalloprotein; engineering students.bond length; local environment Zinc and iron are important in metalloproteins that are involved in biological pathways with zinc metalloprotein being I. INTRODUCTION also implicated in neuro pathways [1]. Synchrotron X-ray Community college pre-engineering students need based absorption spectroscopic technique has been used

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Matthew Foley; Matthew Janiga; John Adams; Yan Varun Pande; Jayanta Paul; Manuel Curillo; Jani Macari Pallis

have lots of spacecraft and vehiclessensors in the payload, keeping in mind the limited energy placed in a carrier which symbolizes a seed pod (Fig. 1). Thesource. The data transmission will be done using Bursts cansat’s can be set free after a controlled delay consideringoperations, to optimize energy usage. We will in the project time and space as advised by Pascal mission team [1] andlaunch an autonomous CanSat that releases a payload. The because it can reduce the impact of collision it is preferred byCansat will be deployed from a rocket at an altitude of at least Atromos team [7].500 plus meters. The container and payload will descend at 12meters per second using a passive

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Hesham Alsahafi; Majed Almaleky

related with robotics, such start location to a target location. Locomotion unit depends onas Zen Robotic Recycling, which has multiple sensors for detection unit in moving and stopping. Pickup unit depends onaccurate analysis. Based on these analyses, the robot can make the control unit to determined and defined target location byindependent decisions to pick up objects from the waste the data, which receive control unit from detection unit.stream [1]. Zen Robotic Recycling can be used only in This work is divided into two important sections,recycling factories and some commercial establishments, but it hardware and software. Hardware section contains

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Hao Dong; Xingguo Xiong; Xuan Zhang

controller, Through using VHDL language to the traffic light controller countdown controller and LED display controller. Led displaydesign, the traffic light control circuit uses digital signal showing the countdown time which give the driver a directlyautomatic control to realize two groups of lights which are red, time conception to reduce the probability of traffic accident.yellow and green.[9]-[12] Those lights command vehicles and According to the simulation phase, the time split module ispedestrians passing safely at the crossroad, which bases on the necessary based on the real-life requirement. [6]data of traffic state transition.[1

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Hamoud Alshammari; Hassan Bajwa; Jeongkyu Lee

Hadoop Based Enhanced Cloud Architecture Hamoud Alshammari1, Hassan Bajwa2 and Jeongkyu Lee1 Department of Computer Science 1 Department of Electrical Engineering2 221 University Ave, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USAAbstract— Explosion of biological data due to large- responsible to distributes data blocks throughout ascale genomic research and advances in high cluster to enable reliable, extremely rapid computationsthroughput data generation tools result in massive [1]. ZooKeeper

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

) 4π|x − x0 |Consider a confocal transducer emitting dual-frequencies ωa and ωb onto a volume Ω sur-rounding an ellipsoid scattering region Ωs . Theincident field is represented as Pi (x, t) = +Re Pia (x)(+) ejωa t + Pib (x)(+) ejωb t where Pia +and Pib represent the incident pressure amplitudes.When the incident field ensonifies the scattering vol-ume, the compressibility contrast ǫ = (κs − κ)/κcause the waves to scatter. To obtain an expression for the difference-frequency field, an expansion in pressure P = P0 +P1 +P2 +.., density ρ = ρ0 +ρ1 +ρ2 +..., and veloc-ity u = u0 + u1 + u2 + ... is applied to the governing Figure 1: Depiction of problem geometry. Dual

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Yuan You; V.N. Lakshmi; Saion Sinha; D. Dutta; C.K. Sarkar; S. Basu Mail

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. AFM characterization of Multilayered Graphene film used as Hydrogen Sensor Y. You[1*],V.N. Lakshmi[1], S.K. Sinha [1], D. Dutta[2], C.K.Sarkar[2], S. Basu[2] [1] [2] Department of Physics & Department of Electrical IC Center, Department of Electronics & Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering University of New Haven, Jadavpur University

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Sithisone Kalaya; Hussain A. Alhazmi

, we would like to develop our mobile robot to have the capabilities to localize itself in an unknown environment as well as the ability to create the local map from data collected during the exploration. Communication link between the robots and a host computer is essentials in this experiment because the mobile robots continuously streaming data to the Fig. 1 the mobile robots used in the experiment host computer. The tasks such as data storages, retrieval, computations, and mapping are to be executed in the host PTZ camera, and Sick laser in [1, 2]. We felt the previous computer. Earlier researches in robot exploration and method

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Askhan Vakil; Hassan Bajwa

harvesting applications [1- heaters, antennas are emerging as a promising technology3] and integration of antennas into solar cells to design for light energy harvesting [6] tools.low-cost light weights systems [2, 4]. Similarly, Solar plants use different ways to harvest energy fromGrapheme has emerges as a promising candidate for next the Sun. Some panels use the heat (infrared photons) andgeneration and post silicon electronics. Graphene based concentrate it on a specific point (boiler) to heat water forantennas

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Rahmi Allamadani; Feng Chen

application the goal will to propel a large mass switches are used in the circuit for safety including a chargingsuch as the aircraft in a linear motion to a high enough speed switch and firing switch. The control system for this projectwhere it can be launched from a short runway. will all be done through LabView which will apply the 1.7V to gate of the SCR to trigger the device. In addition to triggering I. INTRODUCTION (Heading 1) the SCR, LabView will also be responsible for determining The current system in place right now by the US Navy uses how much charge the capacitors will hold depending

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Jenny Au; Ololade O. Mudasiru; Kavitha Chandra

length 2D, comprised of 2Ncontinuum limit by matching the response of the array to an elements positioned at locations x[n], n = −N,−(N − 1), ....., 1,objective beam function. An analysis of the expected value andvariance of the beam is presented as a function of the angular 2, .. N is depicted in Fig. 1. The positions are normalized withdirection. Comparison of these metrics to those generated from respect to the half-length of the array yielding a normalizeduniformly distributed array positions is conducted. The number range of positions from −1 to 1.of elements and random ensembles required to meet a

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Nicholas Misiunas; Charles Thompson; Kavitha Chandra

-element distance distribution nonuniformly spaced arrays.that ensures the array produces a specified beamform. The performance of the firefly algorithm is examined in Applications of this are arrays consisting of wireless nodes this work with respect to the probabilistic metrics of thewhere a nonuniform spacing offers robust performance [1] beam pattern. The characterization of the inter-element spacingand low power wireless sensor networks [2]. The analysis of

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Abdulla Fawzi Almomani; Faisal Miqdadi; Mustafa Hassanin; Mustafa Samy; Mohammed Awadallah

1 The 1st Pneumatic Fluidic muscles based Exoskeleton Suit in the U.A.E Abdulla Almomani, Faisal Miqdadi, Mustafa Hassanin, Mustafa Samy, and Mohammed Awadallah, IEEE durability. They are commonly designed for military use, to Abstract— Team Excelsoir’s Prototype is a fully functional help soldiers carry heavy loads both in and out of combat. Inwearable exoskeleton arm that moves in sync with the operator’s civilian areas, similar

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Nan Feng

for between-respondent comparisons (Sujan & Bettman, 1989) p.7”.FIGURE 1: MODEL ON BUSINESS SUCCESS AND CRITICAL SUCCESSFACTORS (CSF) This factor is effective to build a strong brand because product brand development refers to the process of growing theFactor 1: “This assumption asserts that customers determine brand. Brand development strategy is based on internal andthe highest-quality product within their reservation price and external business environment, in order to establish thispurchase it, provided its quality does

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Naseem Khan; Elif Kongar

concerns today and how it can be used to help others or make change inand some discomfort. This paper will also try to illustrate society. According to a report by the Digital Governmentsome of the most anticipated and expected specifications that Strategy of the United States (US Office of the President) it ismodern smartphones are coming and future innovations that expected by the year 2016 there will over 5 billion mobileembed security features to keep mobile users confident about broadband subscribers in the world up from 1 billion in 2011their gadgets. Internet research focusing on studies and and that the Americans will access the internet more on theircommon guidelines from industry experts consumed

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Samuel Erskine; Hassan Bajwa

they would also not transport control protocol or internet application, such as TCPrequire infrastructure support extension, even when it is or UDP for WSNs [1]. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) wasdeployed. Given the promise that the above considerations required to possess reliability which would be needed forwould not be available, sensor nodes would be required to sensor application. However, UDP does not have any flowoperate by itself alone, when

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Salamahn Mill; Dafe Ukaivbe; Weiwei Zhu

tsunami; thedistort the real signal received by satellite sensor. Hence high-maintained system does not work properly all the time,removing clouds and cloud shadows from these infrared satellite and tsunami waves sometimes sneak past the recorders, etc.images has become critical. Using the technique proposed byMeng et al.[1], this paper designs an algorithm to remove clouds Consequently, its false warning rate is up about to 75% byand cloud shadows from satellite images for our remote sensing [14] and others. In addition, the whole system is verytsunami detection system. Future work is discussed. expensive as well as its frequent

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Lile Yu; Jingyun Xiao; Xingguo Xiong; Prabir Patram

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) A Magnetic Micropump with Tri-membrane Fully Differential Structure Lile Yua, Jingyun Xiaob, Xingguo Xionga, Prabir Patrab a Department of Computer Engineering and Science, University of Bridgeport, CT, USA b Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, CT, USA Abstract—MEMS are typically defined as the devices or have attracted strong interests. In [8], a rotating magneticsystems which are integrated

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Thomas Dodson; Nicholas Mattei; Joshua T. Guerin; Judy Goldsmith; Joan M. Mazur

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Lessons Learned from Development of a Software Tool to Support Academic Advising Nicholas Mattei, Thomas Dodson, Joshua T. Guerin, Judy Goldsmith, Joan M. Mazur should also be able to guide the students in selecting courses Abstract— We detail some lessons learned while designing and that are best suited to their abilities and goals. Finally,testing a decision-theoretic advising support tool for advisors should be able to refer students to support services,undergraduates at a

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Teresa Piliouras; Pui Lam Yu; Kristin Villanueva; Holly Robillard; Yingxin Chen; Michael Berson; Jeanne R. Lauer; Garret Sampel; Daniel Lapinski; Maigh Attre

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) A Deeper Understanding of Technology is Needed for Workforce Readiness – Playing Games, Texting, and Tweets Aren’t Enough to Make Students Tech-Savvy Teresa Piliouras, Raymond Yu, Kristin Villanueva, Yingxin Chen, Holly Robillard, and Michael Berson, Best We Can Be, Inc. Jeanne Lauer, Garret Sampel, Daniel Lapinski, and Maigh Attre, AITE High School countries around the world [1]-[12]. Abstract— Technology skills

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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