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2003 GSW
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Jerry K. Keska
prototypeimprovement (see appendix).Examples of challenging open-ended problems well suited to the teaching by inquiry methodare 1, 2, 3, 4, 10:(a) Spatial and temporal distribution of concentration;(b) Flow pattern recognition;(c) On-line viscometer; Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education(d) Multi-phase flow measurement systems;(e) Wear in machinery; and(f) MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) including fluidics, two-phase flow, and microheat exchangers.The teaching-by-inquiry process is started by introducing students, in the shortest possible waywith hands-on experience
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2003 GSW
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Chu–Chen Chen; Chun Ling Huang
notimplemented the use of energy efficient technologies in the past are: a) the budget constraints,and b) a shortage of skilled building energy managers and building engineers for operation andmaintenance of modern new systems. There is a strong demand for the new college graduatehighly skilled building energy engineers. New Master of Engineering at Southern University and A&M CollegeSince the spring semester of 2002, Southern University and A&M College, located in BatonRouge, Louisiana, has been granted approval to offer a new Master of Engineering (MEng)Program in the existing College of Engineering. The objective of this new MEng program is toprepare graduates for leadership positions in the engineering profession. Emphasis is placed
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2003 GSW
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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis
. Developed by a team ofuniversity professors, high school teachers, working engineers, and leading researchers, theInfinity Project puts engineering in the hands of high school students in a fun, cost-effective,hands-on curriculum. The Infinity Project provides a complete turnkey solution including world-class curriculum, state-of-the-art technology, and best-in-class professional development formath and science teachers. A business model was adopted that requires schools to make timeand monetary investments, thereby helping to insure rigorous assessment. The curriculum iscurrently taught in high schools across the nation and is making a big impact – nearly 100% ofparticipating students would recommend the course to a friend, over 50% of
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2003 GSW
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Pauline Melgoza
-29.6. Lowe, S.S., Rumery J. 2001 “Services to Distance Learners: Planning for E-reserves and Copyright,” Journal of Library Administration, v.32,No.1/2, 2001, pp.319-30.7. McCreanor, P.T. 2000, “Developing a Web-Enhanced Course: A Case Study,” Proceedings – Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, MO, Oct. 18-21, 2000, pp. S1 B/18-S1 B/22.8. Texas A&M University Reserves – Faculty Information Guide, URL: http://library.tamu.edu/reserves/faculty.html9. Utschig, T.T. 2001, “The Communication Revolution and Its Effects on 21st Century Engineering Education,” Proceedings – Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, Oct.10-13, 2001, pp.S1B/19- S1B/23.10. WebCT Homepage, URL
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2003 GSW
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E. H. Shaban
Summer Employment Policies For Permanent and Temporary Faculty E. H. Shaban Electrical Engineering Department Southern University B Baton Rouge, LA 70813 eshaban@engr.subr.edu AbstractThe decision making process of the University Administration with regard to the summeremployment assignments for the faculty is discussed. It is shown that the UniversityAdministration may concur with recommendations made by a lower hierarchy that maysometime do not comply with the university bylaws, policies, rules, and regulations. Acase is discussed where the
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2003 GSW
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Robert Lindsay Wells; Alan Morris; Christine E. Hailey
-12 to T3C-17.6. Pierson, S.W., Gurland, S.T., Crawford, V., "Improving the Effectiveness of Introductory Physics Service Courses: Bridging to Engineering Courses," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 387-392, October, 2002.7. Flinn, B.D., Silva, M.K, Carson, J.M., Liaw, B., Barba, J., Zhang, G., "A History of ECSEL Community College Interactions," Proceedings of the 1999 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE/ASEE, pp. 13a1-14 to 13a1-20.ROBERT LINDSAY WELLSLindsay Wells is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. His teachingexperience includes courses in introduction to engineering, dynamics, manufacturing, and measurement systems. Hereceived his B.S.M.E. degree in 1985 from the
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2003 GSW
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William Jordan
Conduct, presented at the A.S.E.E. Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002. In CD based Proceedings (no page numbers).10. Jordan, W., Elmore, B, and Napper, S., A Biblical Perspective on Engineering Ethics, in Proceedings of Christian Engineering Education Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.11. Quoted in In A Heartbeat Away, by Richard Cohen and Jules Witcover, The Viking Press, New York, 1974, pp. 91-96.12. Ten Boom, Corrie, The Hiding Place, Chosen Books, Minneapolis, MN, 1971, 237 pages. Biographical InformationWILLIAM JORDANDr. Jordan is Professor and Program Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He has
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2003 GSW
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Bill Elmore; Stan Napper
Conduct, presented at the A.S.E.E. Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002. In CD based Proceedings (no page numbers).10. Jordan, W., Elmore, B, and Napper, S., A Biblical Perspective on Engineering Ethics, in Proceedings of Christian Engineering Education Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.11. Quoted in In A Heartbeat Away, by Richard Cohen and Jules Witcover, The Viking Press, New York, 1974, pp. 91-96.12. Ten Boom, Corrie, The Hiding Place, Chosen Books, Minneapolis, MN, 1971, 237 pages. Biographical InformationWILLIAM JORDANDr. Jordan is Professor and Program Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. He has
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2003 GSW
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Farrokh Attarzadeh
functions, includingpaying attention, memorizing, analyzing, and judgment. They are seldom exposed to informationdirected at generating new ideas and visualizing the nonexistent, which are primarily thefunctions of the right brain. Similar sentiments are expressed by Michael LeBoueuf 4 when hestates, “Creative abilities are the oil wells of our mind.” The Proposed ApproachA feasibility plan was designed and implemented. It consisted of three components: (a)presentation of the idea, (b) demonstration of the EMFA gadgets, and (c) conducting the survey.The plan was put to test in four senior classes: ELET 4108 (a project-based laboratory inMicroprocessor Interfacing), ELET 4300 (Unix Operating System), ELET 4309
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2003 GSW
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William E. Odom; Edward S. Kolesar
wasused to measure the force imparted on it by the tip of an activated electrothermal microactuator.Cochin and Cadwallender [7] have modeled the incremental side-to-side deflection (d) of asimple cantilever beam due to the application of an in-plane force applied to its tip (Ftip ) as: 3 Ftip = E h b d 4 lwhere losses due to friction have been ignored, and E = Young’s modulus of elasticity (average value of160 GPa for the MEMSCAP/MUMPs polysilicon [6]) h = the beam’s width (Figures 1 and 2; 10 µm) b = the beam’s thickness (Figures 1 and 2; 2 µm for poly 1) l = the beam’s suspended length (Table I, 290.5 µm).(a
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2003 GSW
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Geoffrey Orsak; Betsy Willis
curriculum for K-12 students and educators. All programs aim to increase thequality, quantity, and diversity of tomorrow’s engineers by leveraging collaboration of academia,industry, and the community. Three marquee programs include Visioneering, the InfinityProject, and the Gender Parity Initiative. Visioneering, a one-day event for middle schoolstudents, introduces engineering in a high-energy, high-tech environment. The Infinity Project isa year-long engineering curriculum for high school students that provides schools with acomplete turnkey solution. The Gender Parity Initiative seeks to reach gender parity in theundergraduate engineering population through institutional transformation. Filling the shortageof tomorrow’s engineers requires a
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2003 GSW
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Ronald E. Barr; Justin Cone; Robert J. Roselli; Sean P. Brophy
. The CPS SystemThe Classroom Participation System (CPS) is an interactive, computer-based instructional toolthat allows the instructor to poll the class on important topics during a live lecture. Each studentis issued a handheld responder that looks like a television remote-control device. The facultymember can pose a multiple-choice question to the class during a lecture, and each student inreturn presses a button corresponding to their answer to the question. Using a classroomcomputer or laptop hooked up to a projector, the CPS registers all the responses to the question,calculates class data, and then projects it onto the screen. Typically, this can be conveyed in theform of a bar chart showing the number of responses to answer A, B, C, or
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2003 GSW
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Ray Bachnak; Carl Steidley; Korinne Resendez
The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” ConclusionThis paper presented a closed-loop data acquisition system for online data acquisition,display, and monitoring. Using either the Internet Toolkit or the Web Publishing Tool, aprogrammer can easily grant or deny access of the virtual experiments to computers onthe network. The implementation of a digital video camera that offers real time imageson the published front panel was also described. References1. B. Diong, “Providing an updated dynamic systems and controls lab experience,” 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session
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2003 GSW
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Akanni Lawal; James M. Gregory; Lloyd Heinze
been successful.Students generally find the class interesting and an excellent alternative to the conventionaltechnical writing or speech classes. We recommend that other programs consider our coursedesign and communication tools.References 1. Sanoff, A. P., 2002, A Quiet Sort of Revolutionary, PRISM 12(1):27-30. 2. Fedler, C. B., Gregory, J.M., 1988, The Information Matrix: Taking the Trouble Out of Technical Writing, Engineering Education, 78(11):183-185. 3. Cantore, J.A., Gregory, J.M., 1993, Engineering Communications with Confidence and Reliability, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa. 4. Cantore, J.A., Gregory, J.M., 1996, Designing Communications with Confidence and Reliability, 2nd ed, Kendall
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2003 GSW
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Ifte Choudhury; Ricardo E. Rocha; Richard Burt
: Higher education’s self-inflicted wound”, Tech Directions, Vol. 57, pp. 33-36.2. Ray, Christopher S. & Stilter B., 2000, “Documentation: A building construction management model for teaching writing in the discipline”, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, pp. 67-76.3. Ray, Christopher S., 1999, “Course development in construction writing and documentation”, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, pp. 57-71.4. Ray, Christopher S., 1998, “An action pan for developing and implementing writing skills in construction project administration”, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction
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2003 GSW
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Jerry K. Keska; Heechan Shin
, Histogram, and Cumulative Histogram and send to distant operators giving them achance to understand and analyze signals in time, amplitude and frequency domains. References 1. Keska, J. K. and B. E. Williams, "Experimental Comparison of Flow Pattern Detection Techniques for Air-Water Mixture Flow," International Journal of Experimental Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 19, pp. 1-12, 1999. 2. Keska, J. K., M.D. Smith, and B. E. Williams, "Comparison Study of a Cluster of Four Dynamic Flow Pattern Detection Techniques," Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, Vol. 10, pp. 65-77, 1999. 3. Keska, J. K. and R. D. Fernando, "Average Physical Parameters in an Air
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2003 GSW
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Richard Bannerot
Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education grade all four categories on the basis of 0 to 100+: 100 =A; 75= B; 50 = C; 25 = D; 0 = F 85-100 65-85 40-65 15-40 below 15appearance: looks fantastic, looks good; looks ok unacceptable failure well engineered, probably and probably appearance and robust works most works half probably of the time the time doesn't workquality of idea: one of the best good
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2003 GSW
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Richard Bannerot
own artistic skills was seen to be perhaps Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe strongest indicator of a “good” team player. Perhaps our engineering students wouldbenefit from a little experience in the Art Department. References1. Alan J. Dutson, Robert H. Todd, Spencer Magleby, and Carl Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1997, pp. 17-25.2. James L. Brickell, David B. Porter, Michael R
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2003 GSW
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Chun-Ling Huang
Educationtheir ability to perform specific accomplishments critical to the academic success inengineering majors (e.g., complete the mathematics requirements for most engineeringmajors).ER-S (Educational Requirements-Strength) variable is a measure of the strength of self-efficacy and is assessed by having participants rate their degree of confidence in theirability to complete their education requirements.Parameters estimate for the regression model of male and female students is expressed inTable 1. Table 1 Parameters estimate for the regression model Independent b β T sigT Variables Male MAT-SAT .001 .166 1.97 .051
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2003 GSW
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David L. Cocke; John L. Gossage; Emrah Alicli; Beytullah Misirli; Kuyen Li
maximum flexibility in learning management. The Multimedia Digital Document Archives instructor should strive to: a) understand the new Figure 3. Various content platforms technologies, b) develop teaching and learning supporting critical thinking in the strategies across media, c) develop instructional convergent classroom design skills, d) learn authoring and writing skills, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educatione) learn to construct content from learning objects and f) develop skills to edit
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2003 GSW
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Ali Abolmaali
visual and animation tools. These tools will be accessed through The University ofTexas at Arlington (UTA)’s Web site for use in classrooms globally. The three major steps inachieving this research goal were: (1) accepting data from the user; (2) running a pre-definedexecutable on the input data, which produces “Web-friendly” output file(s); and (3) redirectingthe browser to the output file. This study was successfully completed by using ActiveX controlsthat accept data from the user, transfer and run the FORTRAN executable files, redirect thebrowser to the result files and perform checks before displaying resulting diagrams or tables. Theuniqueness of these tools is that the executables are transferred to the client machine and run onit
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2003 GSW
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Lloyd Heinze; James Gregory; John Rivera
Math Readiness: The Implications for Engineering Majors Lloyd Heinze, James Gregory, John Rivera College of Engineering Texas Tech University AbstractGood Math skills are essential to obtain academic success in engineering majors incollege. Timing of when these skills are developed, while not a requirement for success,is highly correlated with success in engineering programs.At Texas Tech University, Calculus III is a required course for all programs in theCollege of Engineering except for degrees in the Engineering Technology Department.Success of a “C” or better grade in Calculus III is usually associated
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2003 GSW
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Damien Johnson; Pradeep Bhattacharya
Formation of Required Typeness InSb By Crystal Ion Slicing Damien Johnson and Pradeep Bhattacharya Electrical Engineering Department Southern University Abstract A usual p-n junction has a p-type and n-type monolithic structure. For example,n-type Indium Antimonide (InSb) can carry currents in the form of electrons with anegative charge and a p-type Indium Antimonide can carry currents in the form ofelectrons with a positive charge. During this process, a pn junction is formed, causingelectrons to diffuse into the p-layer and holes to diffuse into the p-layer. A depletionregion is formed when
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2003 GSW
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Jerry K. Keska; Russel R. Life
Design of an Isolated and Controlled Precision System for Determination of Thermal and Moisture Transmission Properties Jerry K. Keska and Russel R. Life University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractIn the analysis of thermal energy losses for a building, three components of thermalenergy transfer need to be considered. These components are thermal energy conduction,convection, and radiation. The conduction component is influence by gradient oftemperature in the exterior surfaces, the thermal conductivity, the effective area ofexterior surface, and differences in air humidity between internal and externalenvironment. The
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2003 GSW
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Terrence L. Chambers; William E. Simon
students get amore realistic design experience while local industry gets the engineering support that itneeds to be more competitive. During the Fall 2002 semester, MCHE students from ULLafayette began working on two assembly-line automation projects for MEPoL clients.This paper describes the progress made and the challenges encountered as this transitionfrom design competition to real-world projects has taken place, and focuses on thebenefits of using an extension service as a vehicle for industry-sponsored projects. IntroductionMany engineering departments require a major design project during the senior year.This “Senior Project” is often called a “Capstone Design” experience, because the projectis meant to
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2003 GSW
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Kuldeep S. Rawat; Gholam H. Massiha
Designing Telemetric Data Acquisition System For Clinical Studies Kuldeep S. Rawat, and Gholam H. Massiha Department of Industrial Technology University of Louisiana at Lafayette AbstractThis paper presents a systematic approach to design a PC-based telemetric data acquisitionsystem for clinical studies. This involves understanding signal characteristics, signal pick-updevices, mechanism to transfer signal telemetrically, and other data acquisition hardwarecomponents. Most of the clinical studies involve capturing and processing biological signals likecough, sneeze, snore, and pain. A PC
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2003 GSW
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Mostafa Ghandehari; Samee Ullah Khan
Examples from Elements of Theory of Computation Mostafa Ghandehari Samee Ullah Khan Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Texas at Arlington, TX-76019, USA Tel: +1(817)272-5688, Fax: +1(817)272-3784 {ghandeha,sakhan}@cse.uta.edu AbstractStudy of formal languages is a central topic in theoretical computer science and engineering.Results from number theory are used to give examples of regular and non-regular languages. Inparticular Goldbach’s conjecture gives examples of two non-regular languages whoseconcatenation is regular
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2003 GSW
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James M. Gregory; Akanni Lawal; John Rivera; Lloyd Heinze; Gary Harris; Donald Bagert
Texas Tech University Gary Harris Mathematics Department Texas Tech University Donald Bagert Computer Science & Software Engineering Department Rose-Hulman University AbstractIn an attempt to attract minority and first-generation college students to engineering, math, andcomputer science degrees, the National Science Foundation funded several Scholarshipprograms. Texas Tech University competed and received one of these grants. This grant hasbeen a major benefit to minority students who met
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2003 GSW
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W. Conway Link; Carlos G. Spaht
Demonstrating Techniques for Estimating the Constant of Variation in Commonly Occurring Variation Problems in College Algebra Textbooks W. Conway Link, Carlos G. Spaht, II Mathematics Department Louisiana State University in Shreveport AbstractDemonstrating Techniques for Estimating the Constant of Variation in Commonly OccurringVariation Problems in College Algebra TextbooksIn many College Algebra Textbooks, the section on variation contains direct variation problemsof which Hooke’s law for an elastic spring is an example, and inverse variation problems ofwhich the illumination produced by a light source is an example
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2003 GSW
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Kuldeep S. Rawat; Sumit R. Pal
information extraction suffered as a result. However, atpresent, high-resolution time-frequency representation technique provides a naturaldomain for analyzing and processing such non-stationary data. This technique canmeasure the local changes in frequency and scale content of a signal in the data set. Inthis paper we present the applications of this advanced signal processing and analysistechnique to solve problems related to geophysical seismic data especially applicable tohydrocarbon exploration and prospecting. One of the latest digital signal processing toolsis MATLAB (Matrix Laboratory), from MathCAD, which can be used to analyze,interpret, and process seismic data to specialized graphics features required inengineering and scientific