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Mohammed-Noor Naher Al-Maghrabi; Ahmed A. Abdou El-Abbasy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Educational Computer Program for Simulating Behavior of Structures under Dynamic Loads Mohammed-Noor N. Al-Maghrabi and Ahmed A. Abdou El- Abbasy Engineering. In 1934 Professor Lydik Jacobsen and his Abstract— Saudi Arabia has constructed many universities in student, John Blume, developed the first field instrument forthe last decade. Civil, mechanical, and mining engineering strong shaking of structures and investigated the performancedepartments have courses deal

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Thair Jamal Khdour; Shaima Salem

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) The effects of integrating knowledge management with E- Learning systems Thair Khdour Shaima Salem Computer Information Systems Department Amman College for Financial and Managerial Science Albalqa Applied University Albalqa Applied University Salt 19117 Jordan Amman Jordan khdour@bau.edu.jo shaima_mis@yahoo.com Abstract—since the

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Gad J. Selig

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Critical Success Factors for Winning Entrepreneurs and the Role of an Incubator in Accelerating the Growth of Start-ups and Early Stage Companies Dr. Gad Selig, PMP, COP Abstract—This paper will focus on successful entrepreneurship business]; special purpose [technology]; independent; part ofand what it takes to win as well as how incubators facilitate the an organization like a university) [3] [4].process of growing start-up and early stage companies or II. STARTING A NEW BUSINESS VENTUREventures. An incubator case study

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William Alpert; Alexander Vaninsky

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Efficiency of College Education in the Labor Market of the United States William Alpert, Alexander Vaninsky double compared with 2000. Also, the pay to college Abstract— The paper discusses the worthiness of the resources graduates has fallen by 5% since 2007-2008. One of theallocated for college education from the point of view of their reasons, as the authors state, is the government policy ofvalue in the labor market. We use Data Envelopment Analysis

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; Haishen Yao

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Using Mathematics Review to Enhance Problem Solving Skills in General Physics Classes Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan, and Haishen Yao have found positive correlations between the scores of Abstract— Mastery in basic arithmetic, algebra, and mathematics pre-tests administered at the beginning of physicstrigonometry is necessary to perform well in physics courses. In courses and the grades received in those physics courses6-16.this project we studied the effect of

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Verica Radisavljevic-Gajic

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Linear Observers Design and Implementation Verica Radisavljevic-Gajic, Member, IEEE and of appropriate dimensions. To take the advantage of good Abstract— In this paper we show how to implement full- and features of feedback (see for example Chapter 12 of [9]), it isreduced-order observers using the software packages for often assumed that all state variables are available forcomputer aided control system design MATLAB and feedback (full

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Ammar Odeh; Khaled Elleithy; Miad Faezipour

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education E (ASEE Zone 1)Steganography in Text by Using MS Word d Symbols Ammaar Odeh, Khaled Elleithy, Miad Faezipour Computer Science & Engineering University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT06604, USA aodeh@bridgeport.edu, elleithy@bridgeport.edu, mfaezipo@bridgeport.edu

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Wafa Mohamed Elmannai; Khaled Elleithy

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

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Joseph Betthauser; Daniel Benavides; Jeff Schornick; Neal O'Hara; Jimit Patel; Jeremy Cole; Edgar Lobaton

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) WolfBot: A Distributed Mobile Sensing Platform for Research and Education Joseph Betthauser, Daniel Benavides, Jeff Schornick, Neal O’Hara, Jimit Patel, Jeremy Cole, Edgar LobatonAbstract— Mobile sensor networks are often composed of agentswith weak processing capabilities and some means of mobility.However, recent developments in embedded systems haveenabled more powerful and portable processing units capable ofanalyzing complex data streams in real time. Systems with suchcapabilities are able to perform tasks such as 3D

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Kyle Pustola; Can B. Aktas

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Quantifying Sustainable Improvements: Interactions of Energy Efficient Construction Techniques and Estimating Their Efficiency Kyle Pustola, and Dr. Can B. Aktas, University of New Haven Abstract—Many sustainable building improvements can beimplemented in order to increase a building’s efficiency. The II. BACKGROUNDarticle demonstrates ways in which improvements can be tested,compared, and evaluated together to identify synergies among A. Building Energy Efficiencydifferent improvements to find the best return on

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Frank Caserta; James McCusker; Gloria Ma

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) CAN WE USE A MATLAB APPLICATION TO IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON TRIGONOMETRY OF VECTOR PROBLEM SOLVING? James McCusker1, Gloria Ma2 and Frank Caserta, Jr.2 1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology University Institute of Technology AbstractVectors are a basic concept for electrical and mechanical engineering and computer

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Islam A. Ashry

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Investigating the Performance of Apodized Fiber Bragg Gratings for Sensing Applications I. Ashry1,4, A. Elrashidi2,4, A. Mahros3,4, M. Alhaddad, and K. Elleithy and reduce the overall size. Abstract—Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) technology has With the significant discovery of photosensitivity in opticaldemonstrated its suitability for many applications in recent fiber fibers, a new class of infiber component has been developed,technologies. Sensing application is one of

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Leslie Chandrakantha

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Learning ANOVA Concepts Using Simulation Leslie Chandrakantha Abstract: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is an City University of New York, New York, NY 10019, USA. (phone:important topic in introductory statistics. Many students 212-237-8835,email:lchandra@jjay.cuny.edu).struggle to understand the ANOVA concepts. Statistical Their evaluation of the simulation suggests that it provided anconcepts are important in engineering education. In this effective supplement to book and lecture based methods ofpaper, we describe

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Jeng-Nan Juang; Ramachandran Radharamanan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Design of a Solar Tracking System for Renewable Energy Jeng-Nan Juang and R. Radharamanan energy sources to reduce domestic electricity cost. Solar Abstract—In this paper, a solar tracking system for renewable energy is an abundant source of renewable energy whichenergy is designed and built to collect free energy from the sun, makes it a good solution for people living under thesestore it in the battery, and convert this energy to alternating

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Ali M. Elrashidi

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Performance Analysis of WDM-PON FTTH Using Different Pulse Shapes at 10 Gbps and 20 Gbps A. Elrashidi1,4, I. Ashry2,4, A. Mahros3,4, M. Alhaddad, and K. Elleithy Abstract— In this paper, we introduce a full fiber-to-the-home I. INTRODUCTIONsystem architecture. The introduced system is used to obtain a The explosive growth of the Internet is the main reason tosystem bit rate of 10 Gbps and 20 Gbps downstream and 5 Gbpsand 10 Gbps upstream

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John Finnie

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Does the Birkbeck type bedload sediment trap effect local flow velocity? John Finnie PhD1 Abstract -- A series of experiments was conducted to railroads often results in erosion and deposition indetermine to what extent a trap for bedload sediment other reaches of the channel. The restoration ofeffects local flow velocity. The Birkbeck type bedload stream corridors and environments requires accuratepit sampler consists of a metal box with internal load predictions of sediment transport. Climate

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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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Abdelrahman Elleithy; Gonhsin Liu; Varun Pande

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Theoretical versus Practical Results of an Advanced Power Model used in Communications of Wireless Sensor Networks Abdelrahman Elleithy, Gonhsin Liu, and Varun PandeAbstract—in this paper we present an advanced model for power 4. The time until all nodes have been drained of their energyconsumption in communications. The new model for power [5];consumed in communications takes into considerationparameters power consumption for the active mode, power 5. K-coverage: the time the area of interest is covered by atconsumption for

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Omar Yahya; Miad Faezipour

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Automatic Detection and Classification of Acoustic Breathing Cycles Omar Yahya and Miad Faezipour, Member, IEEE These two techniques have less accuracy [2, 3] and need high Abstract— This paper focuses on respiratory phase detection level maintenance [4].and classification without the help of the airflow measurements.Instead of using the airflow measurements to identify breathing Because of the limitations of the previous

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Beverly Woolf; Enid Sichel; Mark Floryan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Web-based Personalized Laboratories for Engineering Students Enid K. Sichel, Member, IEEE , Beverly Park Woolf, Mark Floryan Abstract. We developed software that provides intelligenthands-on bench-top dynamic help to students as they study inlaboratories for introductory circuit analysis. Tutoring help is Theavailable at “teachable moments” as opposed to students waitingdays or weeks for traditional teacher-graded labs reports.Quantitative and qualitative studies show that using the softwareleads to improved learning, verbalization and

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Girma Tewolde

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Robots and Smartphones for Attracting Students to Engineering Education Girma Tewolde1, Jaerock Kwon2Abstract ⎯ The field of Robotics has been around for over half a can actually make a difference has a powerful impact in theircentury. Historically robots have been mostly used for industrial perception about science and engineering education.manufacturing applications, although emerging areas in Kettering University is a primarily undergraduatemedical, space, security, military

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Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Developing a Software Defined Networking Curriculum through Industry Partnerships Carolyn J. Sher-DeCusatis and Casimer DeCusatis IT job market. Abstract—Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an emergingtechnology which radically improves cloud computing and other This new, cost effective model for IT relies more stronglytypes of data networking. We discuss a new SDN undergraduate than ever before on dynamic, high performance networkseducation program, developed

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Arafat Abu Malluh; Khaled M. Elleithy; Zakariya Qawaqneh; Ramadhan J. Mstafa; Adwan Alanazi

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) EM-SEP: An Efficient Modified Stable Election Protocol Arafat Abu Malluh, Khaled M. Elleithy, Zakariya Qawaqneh, Ramadhan J. Mstafa, Adwan Alanazi Abstract— Recently wireless sensor networks (WSN) becamean interesting topic because of its increasing usage in manyfields; medical systems, environment monitoring, military I. INTRODUCTIONapplications and video surveillance. Usually sensors are placed in WSN is an emerging technology that helps to bringthe desired

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Muhammad Wasimuddin; Navarun Gupta

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Design and Implementation of Least Mean Square Adaptive Filter on Fetal Electrocardiography Muhammad Wasimuddin and Navarun GuptaAbstract – This paper demonstrates the Least Mean Square(LMS) adaptive filter for adaptive noise (interference) removal.A measured signal contains an unknown signal of interest and aninterference signal. The goal is to design an LMS based adaptivenoise canceller that adaptively removes the maternal heartbeatsignal from the fetal electrocardiogram signal.This Least Mean Square based adaptive filter will remove

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Richard Steven Colon; Prabir Patra; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Random Word Retrieval for Automatic Story Generation Richard S. Colon, Sr., Prabir K. Patra, and Khaled M. Elleithy If we consider the activity of creating literature, can a Abstract— Over the past forty years, significant research has computational system write a story such that a reader wouldbeen done on story/narrative generation in which the computer is not know the story was computer generated? Can the storiesthe author. Many existing systems generate stories

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Ali Radhi Al Essa; Christian Bach

and sometimes the whole process needs to be repeated. For thatorganization which has huge amount of data. Data warehousing reason the data mining process is considered as an iterativeand data mining help regular (operational) databases to perform process[6]. It involves six phases: 1) problem definition, 2)faster. They also help to save millions of dollars and increase theprofit, because of the correct decisions made with the help of data data preparation, 3) data exploration 4) modeling, 5)mining. This paper shows the process of data mining and how it evaluation, and 6) deployment [7].can be used by any business to help the users to get better

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Anas Bushnag; Christian Bach

60%, meaning 40% of the link is stillC. Congestion Avoidances available [48]. TCP congestion control reduces the congestion inside • Delay : It is the total time duration needed by athe network after it occurs, but congestion avoidance packet to be transmitted from sender to receiverinvolves trying to prevent congestion from happening. RED: including queuing delay, propagation delay andrandom early detection is the most famous protocol for finally transmission delay [1].congestion avoidance. It works by dividing the

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Sultan Alghamdi; Christian Bach

marketing strategy where it is integrated with marketing revolution that offers customized and personalizedmarketing elements of positioning, selection of target segments, marketing services. However, this study will prove there aresegmenting the market, understanding consumer behavior, different factors or ways technology impacts marketingmanaging sales, managing marketing campaigns, and strategy. These include consumers, managing sales, managingunderstanding the market. marketing campaigns, and understanding the market [1, 2, 7]. Keywords—component; Marketing Strategy; Technology Impacton Market strategy; Significant change; Internet marketing

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Adedamola Akinsanya; Christian Bach

- social ideas and involving considerations of product, planning,established part of the marketing vocabulary in universities, pricing, communication, distribution and marketing research.”government agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and This is deemed as the origin of social marketing [21]. A recentprivate for-profit firms. [1-10]. However, it is still undergoing definition and more accurate description has been put forwardthe constant improvement that is inherent in any field. This as the “adaptation of commercial technologies to programspaper seeks to better capture the concept that is social designed to influence the voluntary behaviour of targetmarketing and includes an example that which links

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Ruzanna Davtyan

forget, but it also helpto store long term memory which will help them to apply thesememories to their job obligations later in their life. CL-called contextual approach because it helps teachersconnect content that students learn academically with real- Figure 1. REACT strategyworld situations that usually students experience. This inspiresstudents to make connections between the knowledge and theirlives.A. Relating students are asleep? All students are familiar with this Relating is “learning in the context of life experience, or situation, so all of them can apply this experience to their newassociate (Johnson, 2002) p.46.” Teachers using this