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FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

. 32): Center for Faculty Evaluation & Development Kansas State University.Dalle, T. S., & Inglis, M. J. (1989). What Really Affects Undergraduates' Evaluations of Nonnative Teaching Assistant's Teaching?Marsh, H. W., & Dunkin, M. J. (1992). Students' evaluations of university teaching: A multidimensional perspective. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (Vol. VIII, pp. 143-233). New York: Agathon Press.O'Hair, H. D., & Babich, R. M. (1981). The Evaluation and Prediction of Affective Response to Graduate Teaching Assistants' Classroom Communication.Roach, K. D. (1997). Effects of Graduate Teaching Assistant Attire on Student Learning, Misbehaviors, and

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Computer Applications in Energy Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clayton Hochstrasser, The Ohio State Univ.; Joseph Werner, The Ohio State Univ.; Donald Kasten, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

through the Utilizing Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learninggrant program for academic year 2007-2008. Page 13.429.9Bibliography1. McGrath, M.B., Brown, J.R., “Visual Learning for Science and Engineering,” IEEE Trans. on ComputerGraphics and Applications, Vol. 25, Issue 5, Sept.-Oct. 2005, pp. 56-63.2. Bailey, M., Cunningham, S., “Guest Editors' Introduction: Computer Graphics in Education,” IEEE Trans. onComputer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 25, Issue 5, Sept.-Oct. 2005, pp. 23-23.3. Cole, R.W., Miller, E.K., Chakrabarti, S., Gogineni, S., “Learning About Fields and Waves Using VisualElectromagnetics,” IEEE Trans. on Education, Vol

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Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

methods, they will be trained to see theneed to implement and promote technological changes at their work place throughout theircareers.References:[1] VHDL International, “VHDL International University Usage Survey,” VHDL International, Santa Clara, CA, 1995.[2] S. Palnitlear, Verilog HDL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.[3] Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design By Stephen Brown, Zvonko Vranesic, Published 2002 McGraw-Hill Professional[4] S. M. Sait, “Integrating UAHPL-DA systems with VLSI design tools to support VLSI DA courses,” IEEE Trans. Educ., vol. 35, pp. 321–329, Nov. 1992.[5] Norihiro Fujii, “Top-Down eLearning Tools for Hardware Logic Design,” Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

introduction to engineering design course.We draw from a pilot project that used writing/communication assignments to improvethe teaching of engineering design. We based our approach on the “writing across thecurriculum” (WAC) movement’s premise that verbal composition is an analog forthinking and that communication artifacts can be used to infer student learning incomplex problem-solving situations.CPR™ -- as an advanced form of educational technology -- partners both with the studentand with the instructor to monitor learning through formative assessment. In this project,through the vehicle of CPR™, we were able to implement assignments that fully utilizethe WAC pedagogy, without overly increasing the workload for instructors. Furthermore,CPR™’s

Conference Session

Hardware Descriptive Language Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

registers, the memory map andmemory mapped devices, as well as the instruction mnemonics and addressing nodes, aswell as the interface to the exception handling mechanism. From the programmer’s pointof view nod4 has the following CPU registers • A – accumulator • C – condition code register (Z,C,I) and IID • S – stack pointer • X – index register • PC – program address counterThe A register is primarily for handling data. The C register contains the zero flag (Z),carry/borrow flag (C), and the interrupt enable flag (I). The lower five C register bitsstore the ID for an interrupting device (IID). The stack pointer maintains the stack datastructure. The X register is a fairly general purpose index register. The program counter(PC

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Walter Collett, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Education, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, April 24-27, 2001.[6] M.E. Cambron and S.S. Wilson “Introducing Design to Freshmen and Sophomores at Western Kentucky University," Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 22-25. 2003. Page 13.1027.10[7] D. Muggli, M. Durham, T. Campbell, R. Schlager, C. Wilson, R. Chang, R. Roberts, M. Kolbus, M. Rees, A. O’Palko, K. Dodson, and R. Unser, “Toxecon IITM and High-Temperature Reagents or Sorbents for Low-Cost Mercury Removal,” in Electric Power 2006 Conference Papers (CD).[8] M. Martin, S

Conference Session

Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Lawrence Boyer, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

13.845.12Engineering Education, Oct., 2005, pp. 363-371.6. Steif, P.S. and Dollár, A., 2007, “An interactive web-based statics course,” Proceedings of the 2007 AmericanSociety for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.7. Steif, P.S. and Dollár, A., 2003, “A new approach to teaching and learning Statics,” Proceedings of the 2003American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.8. Dollár, A. and Steif, P.S., 2003, “Learning modules for the Statics classroom,” The International Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 22(2), pp. 381-392.9. Paul S. Steif, etal, “Work in Progress: Improving Problem Solving Performance in Statics through Body-CentricTalk”, 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Session S2D-1

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Ivan L Guzman P.E., New York City College of Technology; Sara Gómez Woolley, New York City College of Technology

completionof an OER textbook was entirely altruistic. It is also a personal quest. As former students andnow educators, we have seen the cost of textbooks spiral out of control. We have also observedhow textbooks that were used as part of the education of the first author in the 1990’s, are stillmarketed several editions later with very little change in content, while still rising in cost. Withthat said, I immersed myself in this project to create an OER textbook with a sense of duty, assomething that needed to be done in order to help ease the burden of my students. What startedas a humble approach to publishing an OER soil mechanics laboratory manuscript, has flourishedinto a much more engaging and complete textbook by using commonly available

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

Tagged Topics

Diversity

interact with the student. Oftenan email or other contact from the instructor will have a significant impact on student motivationConclusionsIn this paper we highlighted the need for a variety of approaches necessary to address remoteleaning in in STEM disciplines at QCC, and discussed methods utilized to engage students with avaried, diverse approach. Techniques used to conduct experiments remotely, ensure a fairly andbalances method for assessment, and how to best utilize Synchronous and Asynchronousmodalities were also presented. Attracting, and maintaining a more varied group of students willresult in a more diverse group of Science and Engineering [S&E] professionals. In the long termthe society at large will bear the benefits from an

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Jacky Huang, Villanova University

used as a virtual projector for annotating notes. • The breakout rooms were created in Zoom during the lectures to encourage group discussion. • All lectures were recorded and provided to students. • Online office hours were provided in Zoom. • All handouts, homework announcement, homework grading, and recorded lecture links were posted on Blackboard. • The exams were given online, with monitoring cameras on and after students signed an Academic Integrity Form, which mainly included the following statement “By signing my name in the box below, I pledge that I have taken this exam under all instructions/rules, policies, and guidelines that have been given by my instructor(s), as well as those that

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

W. M. Kim Roddis, The George Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

, Treatment Process, Baltimore District Website, https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Missions/Washington-Aqueduct/, 14 Oct 2021.[5] M. Edwards, A. Dudi, “role of chlorine and chloramine in corrosion of lead-bearing plumbing materials,” Journal - American Water Works Association, Vol.96 (10), p.69-81. 01 Oct 2004.[6] M. Edwards, S. Triantafyllidou, D. Best, “Elevated Blood Lead in Young Children Due to Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water: Washington, DC, 2001−2004,” Environmental science & technology, Vol.43 (5), p.1618-1623, 01 Mar 2009.[7] Rachel Kurzius, “McMillan, D.C.’s Most Cursed Development Project, Explained,” The DCist, Jan 27, 2020, updated Oct 29, 2021. [Online] Available: https://dcist.com

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2003 GSW

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Ray Bachnak; Carl Steidley; Korinne Resendez

),terminal blocks (SCXI 1303 and SCXI 1325), signal conditioning hardware (SCXI1102), and a digital to analog conversion module (SCXI 1124. The PCI-MIO-16E-4 hasthe following specifications: • NI-DAQ driver with Measurement & Automation Explorer for easy configuration for Win 2000/NT/Me/9x and Mac OS • Two 12-bit analog outputs; 8 digital I/O lines; two 24-bit counters • Up to 16 analog inputs; 12-bit resolution; up to 500 kS/s sampling rateThe SCXI 1102C is ideal for higher bandwidth analog signals. Each channel can beconfigured for a gain of 1 or 100 allowing any combination of thermocouples to be used.This module has the following specifications: • 10 kHz low-pass filter on every channel • 32 channels, up to 333 kHz

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2003 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot

and design faculty would benefit greatly from a gooddose of creative design as practiced by our colleagues in the Arts. The paper will provideevidence of how two aspects of “creativity” are missing from most engineering students. IntroductionWith some exceptions, engineering design as we know it today is a relatively recentmanifestation of the evolutionary development of the current highly science-basedengineering curriculum. In many ways today’s engineering technology programs mirrorthe pre-1950’s engineering programs and today’s engineering programs appear, in somerespects, to be programs in applied physics. So how did we get to this point?The myth is that the Manhatten Project, one of the most

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2003 GSW

Authors

Ken Van Treuren

, GA. 6. PT6A-20 Technical Manual, Pratt and Whitney. 7. Mattingly, J., 1996, Elements of Gas Turbine Propulsion, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 8. http://www.energy.rochester.edu/us/list.htm 9. http://gatorpwr.che.ufl.edu/cogen/KEN VAN TREURENKen Van Treuren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received hisB. S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the USAF Academy and his M. S. in Engineering from PrincetonUniversity. He completed his DPhil in Engineering Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK. At Baylor he teachescourses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, propulsion, and freshman engineering.Table 1 Manufacturer’s Data6 ESHP

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2008 GSW

Authors

Jerry K. Keska; Chengyi Ma

that flow patterns and viscosity cause significantvariations in responses to different system. References1. Keska, J.K. , Simon, W.E., —Flow Pattern Phenomena in Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels, “ Space Technology and Applications International Forum, CP699 (2004)2. Wongwises, S., Wongchang,T., Kaewon, J. and Wang, C., —A Visual Study of Two-Phase Flow Patterns of HFC- 134a and Lubricant Oil Mixtures, “J. Heat Transfer Engineering, 23, 13-22 (2002)3. Ibrahim S., Green, R. G., —Velocity Measurement Using Optical Sensors, “ICSE2002 Proc.2002 (2002)4. Keska, J.K., —Progress in Analysis of Two-Phase Flow, “Proceedings of The Space Technology & Applications International

Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

form. Three of the five teamscompleted all of the evaluation questions.Table 5. Questions that the student teams answered to evaluate their assigned waterQuestion Day 1 Day 2 comments comments1. List the source(s) of this water OK OK2. List contaminants that are likely to be present in the 5 items listed 3 items listedsource water3. State the treatment used for the water OK OK4. Which of these [treatment] methods are likely to 5 items; only 2 3 items listedremove the contaminants listed above gps answered5

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Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar, Pennsylvania State University-Fayette; Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Hashemite University,; Taima Alhiyari, Al-Balqaa Applied University

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2008-2338: ENGINEERING STUDENTS OPINION ON PE 603100 - SPORTSAND HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE ATTHE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY IN JORDANAiman Kuzmar, Pennsylvania State University-Fayette AIMAN S. KUZMAR is an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus. He holds a Ph. D. degree from Duke University. He has a Master’s degree from Rice University. His B. S. is from the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. All of his degrees are in civil engineering. His industrial experience includes working as an Engineer for the NCDOT. He is a registered engineer in North Carolina.Abedalbasit Abedalhafiz, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

ProcessIn order to develop an improved method of student team formation, various best practices werestudied. This is clearly a thorny issue that has been widely discussed in the literature in botheducational and industrial settings. Many methods are based in some way on assessing thestudent’s personality traits such as Myers Briggs indicators1 or The Big Five personality factors2.Papers specifically related to student team formation by Wesner3, Wilde4, and Adams5 report ona number of differing strategies that may be instructive for the interested reader.A source not widely reported on is research into team roles by R Meredith Belbin. His 1981book, Management Teams – Why they Succeed or Fail1, and a follow-up work, 1998’s TeamRoles at Work2, studied

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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Minorities in Engineering

’s with apercentage peak in 2000 at 20.6% of the total. In 2003, women represented 20.1% of thebaccalaureates awarded in engineering (Society of Women Engineers). According to Science (Culotta 1993), a publication of the American Associationfor the Advancement of Science, there are several reasons why African American,Latino, and Native American students remain underrepresented in science and technologyfields. These reasons include:• inadequate academic preparation;• low expectations by teachers;• image problems due to low minority representation at most universities; and• limited knowledge of mathematics and science professions. Loyola Marymount University seeks to help students overcome the barriers theyencounter

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University-Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 13.66.4 a) Robot stops within 0.05m of stop signs. b) Robot completes passing maneuver around a moving obstacle within the modular section(s) maintaining a safety buffer of 0.1m in front of and behind obstacle. c) Robot parallel parks in a designated parking spot.4. Optional modified basic traffic rules are as follows. a) Robot exhibits correct precedence order at an intersection, i.e. the first vehicle to reach a stop line is the first to leave. b) Robot maintains a safety buffer of 0.3m when traveling.LEGO Mindstorms NXT Specifications are summarized in literature21, 22.Route configuration:To provide a variety of navigational situations, a set of miniature route segments was constructedfor this course to allow

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Liu, California State University-Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning (EIAE 2007), E-conference, December 2007. 3. S. Beltran, and C. Liu, “LabVIEW Fault-Tolerance Visualization Subsystem," Emerging Technologies, Robotics and Control Systems and in the International Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing ISSN 1828 – 6984. 4. D. Demery, Z. Purnajo, H. Boussalis, C. Liu, K. Rad, and J. Dong, “Development of Enhanced FITS Image Viewer with Graphic User Interface”, 2005 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods, Las Vegas, June, 2005 5. G. Drolshagen, H. Svedhem, and E. Grun, 2001. Measurements of cosmic dust and micro-debris with the GORID impact detector in GEO. Proc. the 3rd

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

International

desirable. For example, students, who would otherwise become businessmajors due to an inherent need to manage and lead, can now visualize engineering ortechnology as alternative gateway to their career destinations. The number oftechnologists can also be enhanced by creating student-centered transfer opportunities ofA.A.S. degree holders and Certificate holders.References:1. N. L. Augustine, "Is America Falling Off the Flat Earth?", The National Academies Press, Washington D.C., 2007, pp.92, http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12021&page=R12. J. E. Stiglitz, "Making Globalization Work", First ed. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, New York, 2007, pp.374,3. S. Courter, M. Mariasingam, G. Moses and T. Smith

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Page 13.967.7a. StructureSampling rate of 8 KHz, 16 bits/sample 2 frame lengths: 30 ms (240 samples) for a bitrate of 13.3 KHz and 20 ms (160 samples) for a bit rate of 15.2 kbit/s. Most of low bitrate codecs limit voice bandwidth to 50-3400 Hz whereas iLBC utilizes the full 4 KHzbandwidth producing higher quality reconstructed voice.b. Advantages‚ As opposed to CELP codec that require previous data to estimate the pitch gain and lag, internet Low Bit rate Codec estimates the pitch of the signal in the same frame eliminating the dependency of previous samples and look ahead delays. This is why iLBC offers a better performance during packet loss conditions.‚ Use of LSF/LPC interpolation enhances the performance of the codec during high

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Conergy 1 175 watt Photovoltaic Modules 17,160 S – 175 MU UL 1703 SMA SCCB12 2 DC Combiner Boxes 130 NEMA 3R/4 3 Lightning Arrestors 130 Delta LA602 Square D 4 DC Disconnects 79 HU363RB NEMA 3R UL98

Conference Session

Learning to Communicate with Engineers and Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicoleta Serban, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nagi Gebraeel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

skills [8]. In 2004, one study reported that, of 73 top-ranked U.S. and Canadian engineering schoolssurveyed about communication instruction for engineers, 33 percent reported integratinginstruction “in which communication specialists and engineering professors collaborate [9].Many schools have integrated the instruction with various engineering courses, particularly theCapstone Design course [10-16]. Student projects and communication skills instruction have already become a part ofsome introductory statistics courses. Projects have been included for a long time [17-20], even asfar back as the 1970’s [21]. Some statistics professors have recently stressed the importance ofcommunication skills to statistics undergraduates. In

Conference Session

Beneficial Case Studies in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Arens, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

might learn to move up and down the taxonomy fromtheir Architectural peers. Page 14.1126.2Bloom’s TaxonomyBloom’s Taxonomy is the seminal work of the 1950’s educational committee chaired byBenjamin Bloom. The committee established a set of taxonomies in three domains of learning:cognitive, affective and psychomotor. The cognitive domain taxonomy is widely accepted inmany fields and has been identified as, “arguably one of the most influential educationmonographs of the past half century 1.” The taxonomies are a language that is proposed todescribe the progressive development of an individual in each domain and are defined asfollows2

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anbu Elancheziyan, Drexel University; Jaudelice de Oliveira, Drexel University; Fernand Cohen, Drexel University; Fredricka Reisman, Drexel University

AC 2008-2136: INTEGRATING SENSOR NETWORKS IN UNDERGRADUATECURRICULUM: A MARRIAGE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICEAnbu Elancheziyan, Drexel UniversityJaudelice de Oliveira, Drexel UniversityFernand Cohen, Drexel UniversityFredricka Reisman, Drexel University Page 13.766.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating Sensor Networks in Undergraduate Curriculum: A Marriage between Theory and PracticeIntroductionWireless Sensor Networks are composed of small nodes equipped with sensor(s), a wirelessradio, and limited computational power. Sensor nodes are used as data collectors and also in dataforwarding. The nodes collect the sensed data and

Conference Session

Solar Power, Wind Power, and Energy System Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

). Page 13.837.3 Component Descriptions Item Device # Model Conergy 1 175 watt Photovoltaic Modules 17,160 S – 175 MU UL 1703 SMA SCCB12 2 DC Combiner Boxes 130 NEMA 3R/4 3 Lightning Arrestors 130 Delta LA602 Square D

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1231: A METHOD OF PACING ON-LINE COURSES: BLENDINGASYNCHRONOUS ASSESSMENTS AND RECORDED LECTURES WITHSYNCHRONOUS LECTURESCharlie Edmonson, University of Dayton CHARLIE P. EDMONSON is a Professor and Program Coordinator of Industrial Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the faculty at UD, he retired from the U. S. Air Force after 30 years of engineering design, industrial engineering, and experience at various levels of management. Page 13.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Method of Pacing On-line Courses: Blending Asynchronous

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Ravindran, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Arindam Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

availability of the course instructor in helping the students withthe project is critical. The post-project test and informal interaction with the students at the endof the semester revealed that the project had played a vital role in integrating course concepts. Our overall conclusion is that with a carefully planned syllabus, course projects, and theavailability of student support resources, introducing reconfigurable computing to undergraduatecomputer engineering students can be a useful vehicle for teaching topics on parallel hardwareand parallel algorithms. We plan to make available online all the course materials developed forthe new course.Bibliography1. Douglass, S., “Introducing the Virtex-5 FPGA family”, Xcell Journal, pp. 8 -11