Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

by the dean in thelate 1990’s to help stem the fairly high attrition rate of the engineering programs. At the time,each of the engineering technology programs (civil, electrical, and mechanical) had their ownfreshman course of two credits and didn’t really want to change. This change would add anadditional two credits to the curriculum which, under university guidelines, would mean that twocredits would have to be dropped elsewhere in the curriculum. Additionally, while the Page 11.835.2undergraduate engineering programs were four-year programs, with ninety percent of theirstudents starting as new freshman, the four year engineering technology

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

can be accessible to students, without any increase in complexity, leading to a veryeffective method to teach the programming fundamentals.Whereas the approach described above has been used on numerous occasions and inmany institutions, we believe that it has rarely been done in Matlab. Our experience with Page 11.1203.7using this method the past three years is very encouraging.References1. Brockman, J., Fuja, T. Batill, S., “A Multidisciplinary Course Sequence for First-Year EngineeringStudents,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.2. McWilliams, L., Silliman, S., Pieronek, C. “Modifications to a Freshman

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Male Female2. Did someone from MSU come to your high school to talk about engineering? Yes No I can’t remember3. Which of the following people influenced your decision to enroll in engineering at MSU? Check as many as apply. My parent(s) or legal guardian(s) My brother(s) and/or sister(s) Other relatives Past math/science teacher(s) Past other teachers My high school counselor(s) Other non-relatives (friends, co-workers) Recruiters from MSU Other, please describe:4. Have you ever attended the Minority Apprentice Program (MAP) at MSU? Yes No5. Which of the following

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering form Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science form the U. S. Coast Guard Academy. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut. He previously taught at the Coast Guard Academy from 1974 to 1978 while serving on active duty in the Coast Guard. He retired form the Coast Guard in 1992 at the rank of Captain having had assignments in Marine Safety, Naval Engineering, Acquisition, and Research and Development. His last assignment on active duty was as Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Research and Development Center in Groton, CT. After retirement from active duty, prior to coming to the

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Dangelo, Intel Corp.; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University; Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

drivers. The RocketPort interface turned out to be easy once MSCommserial communications had been developed. Note MSComm only supports COM ports one to Page 11.89.5sixteen, which makes RocketPort COM ports seventeen to twenty invalid for VB.MC03 was found not to have the ability to receive serial data late in the development cycle. Thislimitation was a surprise for the project and GE Fanuc factory technical representatives. This isunderstandable due to the large quantity of PLC models GE Fanuc sells. A solution wasdesigned by directly wiring MC04’s outputs six to fourteen to MC03’s inputs eight to sixteen.Then, the transmitted serial data planned for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Raymond Calluori, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Vladimir Briller, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene Deess, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kamal Joshi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

delivery formats; and thegreater student satisfaction at NJIT for courses that use WebCT as their asynchronous learningnetwork platform.1. IntroductionSince offering its first distance learning courses in the 1970’s, the New Jersey Institute ofTechnology, NJIT, has been a leader in distance learning education. From its inception, NJIT hasemphasized the use of computer-mediated communication systems, or asynchronous learningnetworks (ALNs), as a means to keep distance learning students engaged in their coursework, topromote a sense of community among classmates, and to improve student learning. The firstALN used at NJIT was the Electronic Information Exchange System, EIES1. This system wasexpanded and modified to make it web-accessible, and became

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

overviewyour idea, rationale, major activities, expected results, and achievement of the NSF meritreview criteria of intellectual merit, and broader impacts. Thus, at minimum, the projectsummary should state the issue or problem you propose to study, establish its relevanceand importance to your field of study, state your research hypothesis, and define the longterm goal(s), short term objectives, and associated activities. This is a good point todefine your proposed activities in the areas of research, education, and service oroutreach if appropriate. It is mandatory to state the intellectual merit and broaderimpacts of your proposed work in the project summary, as these address NSF’s meritreview criteria that are required of all proposals submitted

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Smith College; Israel Koren, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Baaba Andam, Smith College; C. Mani Krishna, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; C. Andras Moritz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

created that consider architectural, operating systems, compiler, andhardware issues in power-aware systems. Associated with each module, are (a) backgroundinformation at the appropriate level, (b) list of references for further study, (c) description of theproblem(s) to be studied, and (d) relevant software.There are six topics over which these modules range: architecture, voltage scaling, operatingsystems and middleware, compilers, VLSI, and wireless networks. A brief description of somerepresentative module is provided below.Architecture • Static and Dynamic Power: This module explains the two types of power consumption in Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) circuits. Techniques to mitigate the two are covered

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Jarrett, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

concerns inpractice, in the context of three green housing proposals located at Hulsey Yards, a 35-acre in-town, industrial urban site south of downtown Atlanta that is strategically placed along the BeltLine Atlanta Project, a 22-mile inner-city light rail loop and greenway currently the focus of amulti-million dollar study by the Georgia Department of Transportation [3].PART ONE:Identifying ConcernsOil-Centered DevelopmentThe U.S. faces an epochal predicament: global oil production will peak within the next couple ofyears, if in fact it hasn’t already peaked. According Kenneth S. Deffeyes, oil production peakedexactly on December 16, 2005, when cumulative production exceeded 1.0065 trillion barrels ofoil [4]. Regardless of when oil production

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; michael anderton, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

must have excellent power management, Page 11.1359.2an efficient hull design, and the appropriate drive train and propeller. These criteria must be metto have a successful craft. The power management consists of the proper batteries, motor(s), andelectrical system. Also an extremely efficient solar array is necessary to prolong the craftsendurance. All engineering and design aspects will be tested to their limits. The sprint will testthe boat’s overall hull design. The idea of the sprint is very similar to that of a drag race in thatyou exert as much power as possible over a short distance. Hull weight, displacement of water,and aerodynamics

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the paucity of computing resources in the undergraduatecurriculum, we emphasized derivation of simplified analytical solutions, and extensive problem-solving using paper and pencil to assimilate analysis methods. Space studies were spread acrossdepartments of engineering science, mechanics, thermal sciences and physics. This fit well withthe demands of graduate curricula and research programs.Table 1 shows the compression in the fluid dynamics/ aerodynamics portion of the curriculumsince the mid 1980s. The second column indicates the number of hours allotted to this subjectarea, with Q denoting Quarter and S Semester. Column 3 compares the number of equivalentsemester hours. The last column is subjective, indicating the breadth of the content

Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Paul Cooper, Northern Kentucky University

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Instrumentation

. Mater. Res. 16, 2475- Page 11.775.12 2484 (2001).2. Halverson, D. C., Pyzik, A. J. and Aksay, I. A. ( U.S. Patent #4,605,440, August 12, 1986. Licensed to Dow Chemical from University of California., 1986).3. Aksay, I. A., Yasrebi, M., Milius, D. L., Kim, G.-H. and Sarikaya, M. (U.S. Patent #5,308,422., 1994).4. Pyzik, A. & Aksay, I. A. (U.S. Patent #4,702,770, October 27, 1987., 1987).5. NAZARENKO, S. et al., "Creating Layers of Concentrated Inorganic Particles by Interdiffusion of Polyethylenes in Microlayers," Journal of Applied Polymer Science 73, 2877-2885 (1999).6. Kim, G. H., Sarikaya, M

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin Odom, University of Idaho; Russ Porter, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Adrian Gomez, University of Idaho; Lloyd Gallup, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

., Mayadas, F., 2005. “Online Engineering Education: Learning Anywhere, Anytime,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1. 5. Novak, G.M., Patterson, E.T., Garvin, A.D., and Christian, W., 1999. Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall. 6. Todd, R., Magleby, S., Sorensen, C., Swan, B., and Anthony, D. 1995. A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America. Engineering Education: 165-174. 7. McKenzie, L., Trevisan, M., Davis, D., and Beyerlein, S. 2004. Capstone Design Courses and Assessment: A National Study. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City. 8. Ulmann, D. 1992

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-1999: TC2K: A SUCCESSFUL WORKING MODEL FOR CONTINUOUSIMPROVEMENTDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

e, S S CS CS S S S g PC PC C C

Conference Session

Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Garcia, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Information Systems

Recognition, Article Published by HTG Systems.[3] Joyce, R. and G. Gupta, “Identity Authentication Based on keystroke Latencies,” Communications of ACM,Volume 33, Issue 2, ( February 1990). Retrieved on 8th March 2005.[4] Kung, S., Biometric Authentication: A Machine Learning Approach, First Edition , Published by Prentice Hall,PTR.[5] Obaidat, S. and B. Sadoun, Verification of Computer users using Keystroke Dynamics,” IEEE, Volume 27,Issue 2, (April 1997). Retrieved from IEEE on 16th February 2005.[6] Peacock, A., Learning User Keystroke Latency Patterns, acquired fromhttp://pel.cs.byu.edu/~alen/personal/CourseWork/cs572/KeystrokePaper/index.html [7] Umphress, D., and G. Williams, Identity Verification Through keyboard Characteristics

Conference Session

ChE: Outreach Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Ford, University of Tulsa; Christi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

butalso for the team to let the judges know when to start timing. 2006 TULSA ENGINEERING CHALLENGE DESIGN DOCUMENTATION CHEMICAL SWITCH COMPETITION PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY Name of school: ___________________________________________________________ School address, city, zip: ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Sponsoring teacher: _________________________________________________________ Phone number: _____________________________________________________________ Name(s) of entrant(s): (1

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 11.62.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Look at the Programs in Multidisciplinary Engineering Areas for which ASEE Is Now the Lead Society for ABET Accreditation ReviewAbstractAs the result of ABET Board action in spring 2005, ASEE is now the lead society for theaccreditation of multidisciplinary engineering programs for accreditation visits beginning in thefall of 2006. In this context, the terminology “multidisciplinary engineering programs” isdefined as the set of engineering programs with one of the following program titles (with a fewslight variations): Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, or EngineeringScience(s). ASEE also has lead society role

Conference Session

Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

0 0 students’ annotated bibliographies, y is s x c s

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

27 *One of these courses must be a writing course to satisfy the Gordon Rule (W). Total Hours = 129 Engineering common core - engineering courses Engineering courses unique to B. S. in Bioengineering Page 11.279.8Engineering topics Table 3: B.S. in Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Programs for High School Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Mativo, Ohio Northern University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

feedback from the students was the need of longer laboratory hours, even withthe addition of evening hours. They indicated that most of the technology in thelaboratories was not available in their schools. Parents were extremely happy about theoutcome and demanded a second program at a higher level. Students presented theirdesigns to a group composed from the families, the authors, the undergraduate assistant.The program was concluded with a cook-out where the families and staff of the differentinstitute programs socialized. The students were presented with certificates. In all, higherexpectations with quality instruction and ample resources yielded higher results.References[1] http:// www.edtrust.org[2] James, D. W., Jurich, S. and Estes, S

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juri Filatovs, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

correlation (Table 4) can be extracted, although there are overlaps: Page 11.1184.4 Table 4. Mapping of capstone design course goals into ABET & ASME Outcomes ABET Capstone Design Course Goal/s Description Outcome # That Map/s into Outcome d Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. 5 An understanding of professional and ethical f

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Genik, Wayne State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

% to 24°C. Determinethe heat transfer rate required per kg/s of dry air and the exit relative humidity of the air.2. Air at 35°C and a relative humidity of 10% is to be cooled by an evaporative spray cooler to20°C using water at 15°C (with an enthalpy of 63 kJ/kg). Determine the amount of waterconsumed per kg/s of dry air and the exit relative humidity.3. A cooling coil is used to take air at 0.06 kg/s, 31°C, and 70% relative humidity and cool it to18°C. What are the heat transfer rate required and the amount of water that must be drainedaway? You may assume that the liquid water leaving has an enthalpy of 85 kJ/kg. Page 11.1220.10

Conference Session

Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Garcia, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

@ 5,215,000 @ 802520 @ 3400 > 4,000,000 k/s p/s c/s Unknown c/sAs it was demonstrated, password auditing is a very effective method of ensuring that anorganization has strong authentication procedures. There are many password auditingapplications available to companies. Among all the applications that were tested, LC5 proved to Page 11.985.8be the most efficient and comprehensive. It was shown how important strong passwords are forsecurity. 7Bibliography[1] @stake LC5. Available from

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Lee, Coherent Systems International; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

control flow, dotted lines represent data flow, and dot-dash lines indicatehow the GUI is enabled. Page 11.1059.3 Figure 1. RPAS/Function Block DiagramRadar SimulationThis section describes the features of RPAS. As an example, the basic form of the radarrange equation gives the ratio of signal power from the target to the background noisepower at the radar receiver, which includes both noise received from the externalenvironment and noise added in the radar [6]. Consider the classical Radar RangeEquation, S/N = (Pp τ Gt σ Ar)/ [(4π)2 R4k Ts L] (1)where S/N = radar signal-to-noise

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Fayerweather, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

information watching my colleagues presenting their projects. (Average = 3.8) 7. The debate made the project more effective than a traditional student presentation. (Average = 3.8) 8. I worked harder, knowing that the students would vote on my team's effectiveness. (Average = 3.7) 9. This project should be adopted as a permanent component of future thermodynamics classes. (Average = 3.9) 10. I consider this design project to be an excellent experience. (Average = 3.7) Page 11.1001.9Appendix B: Selected Statement Responses Graphically Represented 1. Com pare d to a s tandard

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

largely throughthe window of history.” Such a description is easily received by the public, because itcould have been penned by a designer, an artist, or a composer as well. His ability towrite as “a story-teller who informs and enchants” (S. Reiser, jacket review comment7)illustrates nicely Lienhard’s bidisciplinarity as engineer and communicator. Further,Lienhard’s two books illustrate different bidisciplinarities, those of engineer-historian (The Engines of Our Ingenuity ) and engineer-biographer ( Inventing Modern: Growingup with X-rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins ).2. Bidisciplinary professions Recent bidisciplinary areas of research have become new “subdisciplines” orsubjects in their own right. Examples include optoelectronics

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassouneh Al-Matar, Oklahoma State University; Afshin Ghajar, Oklahoma State University; Ronald Delahoussaye, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Y m,n-1 X X Figure 1. An interior node at location (m,n) and its neighbors. Applying the heat balance equation around grid point (m,n) we get the followingapproximating algebraic equation, also known as the finite difference equation: ∂T q m−1,n + q m +1,n + q m,n −1 + q m,n +1 + S∆x∆y = ρc∆x∆y (1) ∂t Where

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; David Mares, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-mail.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the National Instruments (NI) Corporation for their support of thisproject. In particular, Ravi Marawar, Ph.D., Academic Program Manager at NI, was most helpfulin making this project a reality. Page 11.485.11References [1] J. G. Webster, ed., Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design. John Wiley & Sons, 3rd ed., 1998. [2] L. Cromwell, F. J. Weibell, and E. A. Pfeiffer, Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements. Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1980. [3] R. S. Mackay, Bio-Medical Telemetry. IEEE Press, 2nd ed., 1993. [4] R. M. Rangayyan, Biomedical Signal Analysis: A Case-Study Approach. John Wiley

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Throne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

constructed so that if theinput units are in cm, then the output units are in cm.This rectilinear one degree of freedom system can be modeled as shown below in Figure 3.Figure 3. Model of a one degree of freedom system. Only one cart is free to move, and there is atleast one spring attached.The transfer function for this model can easily be shown to be X 1 ( s) K ? F (s) 1 2 2| s - s -1 yn2 ynwhere K is the static gain, yn is the natural frequency, and | is the damping ratio. In the timedomain, both | and yn can be estimated