Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

Tagged Divisions

Materials

material performance. Standards help in teaching engineeringstudents how to structure and organize complex technical problems in useful and practical ways.The paper will detail the origin and maintenance of technical standards and their importance andapplication in the workplace. Of particular focus will be best practices for integrating technicalstandards into the classroom, with examples from accredited universities that offer unique ideason how to challenge students in the use and application of standards.Curricula need to stay market-relevant, and standards education is a perfect medium to marrytechnical design to real-world issues. Knowledge and familiarity with standards can givestudents the edge they need to enter today’s competitive

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Information Systems

engineering. 2000: IEEE Computer Society Press; 1998.16. McKusick, M., et al., A fast file system for UNIX. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS), 1984. 2(3): p. 181-197.17. Kleiman, S. Vnodes: An architecture for multiple file system types in Sun UNIX. 1986: Citeseer.18. Schroeder, B. and G. Gibson. Disk failures in the real world: What does an MTTF of 1,000,000 hours mean to you. 2007.19. Hey, T. and A. Trefethen, The Data Deluge: Grid Computing - Making the Global Infrastructure a Reality. 2003: John Wiley & Sons.20. Wang, F., et al. File system workload analysis for large scale scientific computing applications. 2004: Citeseer.21. Hargrove, W., F. Hoffman, and T. Sterling, The do-it-yourself supercomputer

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1642: THE CHALLENGE OF CONSISTENT GRADING IN REALWORLD, OPEN ENDED DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE ANDMULTI-DISCIPLINARY INSTRUCTIONSarah Lockwood, University of CalgaryDaryl Caswell, University of CalgaryMarjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Page 15.1209.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 THE CHALLENGE OF CONSISTENT GRADING IN REAL WORLD, OPEN ENDED DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE AND MULTI- DISCIPLINARY INSTRUCTIONAbstractThe S_______ School of Engineering at the University of C____ admits ~730 first yearstudents each fall; these students are required to take a ‘Common Core’ program for theirfirst year before choosing their field of

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Glasgow, Kansas State University; David Soldan, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

exploreforces, causal factors, and effects in the real world. Diminished opportunity to physicallyexperience produces diminished ability to perceive. One predictable result is thatstudents in engineering and the applied sciences struggle to critically evaluate their workin problem-solving exercises. We made initial efforts to address this problem in 2006 and 2009, when weimplemented (on a trial basis) a large-scale field experience in which students used acentrifugal pump (with a 5.5 hp gasoline engine) to fill a 325 gallon polyethylene tank.They also explored the discharge velocities achieved by this pump through nozzles withdiameters ranging from 0.453” to 1.055”. The success of this activity led us to undertakesome significant changes in our

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University

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International

opportunity to do a hands-on project where the results can beseen immediately is probably much more enjoyable than a traditional project might be. Manyfaculty are also drawn to these for the same reasons.Many people have a desire to be of service to others. This can be done from a religious motiveor a secular one. Our own university defines service to others as part of its basic mission. Ourstudents have given up significant amounts of time, effort, and money to serve poor people inother parts of the world. This application of appropriate technology in a developing country isvery consistent with Baylor University’s mission, part of which is: “to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service.”At our university most of our service

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Liberal Education

situation.The seven stage representation of SSM can be stated as follows: ≠ Enter the situation considered problematical ≠ Express the problem situation ≠ Formulate root definitions of relevant systems of purposeful activity ≠ Build conceptual models of the systems named in the root definitions ≠ Compare models with real world situations ≠ Define possible changes which are both possible and feasible ≠ Take action to improve the problem situation Page 15.881.4In 1975, Smyth further elaborated on the elements needed in formulating the root definitions ofdifferent purposeful activities. These elements, remembered by the mnemonic CATWOE

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Christina White, Columbia University; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

of 10 4innovation.3. I understand the basics of the 57% 42%engineering design process. 8 64. Having an instructor with an 42% 42% 7% 7%education background makes the 6 6 1 1class more diverse.5. Concept generation with 7% 64% 14% 7% 7%historical innovators is a useful 1 9 2 1 1technique.6. How satisfied are you with the 57% 42%real world examples presented in 8 6 Page 15.366.21class.Results

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Jed Marquart, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

profession:Two questions asked for each student’s perception of the activity contributing to their awarenessof the engineering profession as an overriding construct. Specifically, the survey queries were: • “This project provided me with insight as to what it is like to be an engineer,” and • “This project reinforced my decision to become an engineer.”One additional question asked students to report on their awareness of the application ofengineering to society as supported by their projects: • “The project I worked on allowed me to apply the engineering design method to a real world problem.”The survey results for these questions are shown in Table 3. Table 3. Overall awareness of the engineering profession

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of Technology; Shun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

atMingchi University in Taiwan. The evaluation results from the students measured before andafter using the approach are very encouraging which demonstrate its efficiency and success.The goals of micro-controller application coursesThe goals of presented teaching approach for micro-controller application course are thatstudents should gain knowledge of the principle of micro-controller operations and could designa real-world application project based on micro-controller topics. The period of the micro-controller application course at Mingchi University in one semester is a total of 51 hours (3 hoursper week times 17 weeks.) The syllabus of this industry-oriented micro-controller course isdescribed in Table 1. We teachers have already integrated

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

implicationsof defining “systems engineering.” Some of the questions we address here are as follows.What are the real-world problems that systems engineering claims to study, what are theprincipal methods of systems engineering and how different are they from those ofindustrial engineering, and what is and should be taught in programs in systemsengineering? What can students expect to learn and what jobs can they obtain aftercompleting their studies?IntroductionWith two recent actions, the industrial engineering community seems to haverelinquished any exclusive claim on the use of the phrase “systems engineering.” Thoseactions are (1) the vote by IIE membership to reject a proposal to add “systems” to itsname and (2) the determination that ABET’s new

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Forgie, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; MT Morris, University of Southern Indiana

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Industrial Engineering

project. Throughoutthe semester teams are responsible for providing weekly progress reports and atthe end of the semester teams propose a final solution to the initial engineeringdesign problem. Implementation of service learning as part of the freshman designcourse has been well received by students and faculty at Columbia. Also,empirical evidence indicates that since the implementation of community servicelearning projects into the engineering design course curriculum, the freshmanretention rate has increased. The successes achieved at Purdue and Columbiasuggest that community service projects are the perfect venue for simultaneouslyintroducing students to engineering principles and real world professionalexperiences.7This paper describes a

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

an educational site for water qualitymonitoring to demonstate environmental sustainability is significant due to three reasons12:First, it makes students aware of what’s happening or will happen in their own campus ifwatershed activities are not planned in a logical manner. Second, it enables us or a stakeholder toassess the efficiency of actions or regulation compliance. Third, it enables them to know the real-world application of the skills they acquire in various learning activities.The development and implementation of LEWAS has been planned in three phases. The firstphase which was implemented in an engineering lab in summer 2008, water quality data wascollected using a multi-probe sonde and sent to LabVIEW which was loaded on the

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciano Boglione, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

designchallenge designed to mimic real–world applications such as wireless phones or GPS devices.Each student was challenged to meet similar, yet unique design specifications. A collaborativeenvironment was fostered. Each student submitted a technical report along with a shortpresentation to the class as part of their final evaluation. Students were also asked to respond to anon–line questionnaire aimed at evaluating their experience. Responses were tabulated to measurestudents’ feedback in 3 major areas: their understanding of microwave theory of distributedcomponents; their understanding of the PCB technology applied to microwave design; and theirchallenges related to the execution of their project.This paper is organized as follows: the main features

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

robotics theory and the open areasof robotics research.IntroductionUndergraduate students in science and engineering frequently express a desire to relate theabstract theory presented in class to real-world or practical application. One method that can beused to integrate component theory with system or practical application is robotics. Sincerobotics theory includes topics such as sensors, controls, mechatronics, kinematics,microcontroller programming, embedded systems and software development; it is an ideal modelfor multidisciplinary application. Students from several disciplines including electrical andcomputer engineering, computer science and software engineering and mechanical engineeringcan work together in a robotics course to gain depth

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Toyama, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

neighboring and Asian countries with verydiverse educational and cultural backgrounds. Teaching engineering sciences in such a new andculturally diverse environment introduces many opportunities for innovation. However, there aremany challenges that are unique to TAMUQ. Because of their varied backgrounds and pre-college educational experience, students find it more difficult to link classroom theory withphysical results and applications. Integration and application of coursework from one class to thenext has also proven difficult.Learning Thermo-Fluid materials for many engineering students can be daunting, no matter theirprevious background. Thermo-Fluid laboratories are often the first place students have a chanceto make the physical real-world

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University; Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-521: EVALUATING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ WEBCOMMUNICATION COMPETENCY ON MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS ANDINFLUENTIAL FACTORS THROUGH INTERNATIONALINDUSTRY-ACADEMY COLLABORATION BY USING GLOBAL ACACERTIFICATIONHsinPiao Hsu, Kainan UniversityHui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University Page 15.534.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Evaluating University Students’ Web CommunicationCompetency on Multimedia Applications and Influential Factorsthrough International Industry-Academy Collaboration by Using Global ACA CertificationAbstract Through international industry-academy collaboration with Certiport andAdobe Certified Associate (ACA), using data mining from

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2010-382: CREATION OF A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT: APPLICATION OF BASIC SIX SIGMA PRINCIPLES TOCURRICULUM DESIGNAnoop Desai, Georgia Southern University Dr. Anoop Desai received his BS degree in Production Engineering from the University of Bombay in 1999, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from The University of Cincinnati in 2002 and 2006. His main research interests are in Product Lifecycle Management, Design for the Environment, Total Quality Management including tools for Six Sigma and Ergonomics.Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College Dr. Jean-Claude Thomassian received his BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

were to emerge, which in the authors’ opinion is highly unlikely. If even if such anevent were to occur, the curriculum places heavy emphasis on fundamental concepts related toworkplace safety. This way, students will be able to grasp concepts clearly. This enablesseamless application of skills learned in the classroom to real life situations which could be a lifesaving skill in the workplace in the context of safety engineering.Curriculum Development:A concentration in safety engineering primarily deals with making the workplace a safeenvironment for workers. It is obvious that it take into account voices of customers, safetyregulations, and government guidelines to workplace safety etc. A Six Sigma tool namedQuality Function Deployment (QFD

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Koehler, Northwestern University; Wendy Murray, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

thescalar projection of one vector onto another), and interpreting the solution as a vector, not ascalar. Even with the addition of the application-driven homework in W10, only 56% ofstudents were able to successfully answer a vector projection problem on the midterm exam,showing no improvement over W09. These results motivate further investigation intodevelopment methods designed to improve performance in this skill.4. Discussion and ConclusionsFor many first- and second-year engineering students, learning to transfer fundamentalengineering concepts to problems encountered in the real world represents a significantchallenge. Problem-solving strategies demand several upper-level cognitive processes, includingapplication, analysis, synthesis, and

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

now present in the course: cooperative learning,case-based teaching, active/inquiry learning, concept learning, problem-based learning, andconstructive alignment9-24. Additionally, educational research indicates that learning takes placewhen students are able to build scaffolds from existing cognitive structures to new information25-28 . Similarly, in cognitive constructivism, experiences lead to knowledge, and knowledgeacquisition is highly influenced by prior learning. Researchers such as Biggs11, Felder9, andPrince9 have confirmed fundamental principles such as “instruction should begin with contentand experiences likely to be familiar to the students and that new material should be presented inthe context of its intended real world

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Martina Trucco, Hewlett-Packard; Rich Friedrich, Hewlett Packard

Tagged Divisions

International

Centers and established August 2009 with US ARRA stimulus funds. The program will sponsor forty (40) one-year fellowships for engineering post-doctoral students in corporate research labs. For the first time, the engineering post-docs in the program are jointly supported by NSF and corporate hosts labs. By providing collaborative research programs to faculty and post-doctoral students, participants can experience real-life industry entrepreneurial experiences for turning inventions into products and services as well as understanding the skills needed to practice the engineering profession. I. Introduction Innovation and invention represent the livelihood of companies in a flat world. Companies must innovate or perish. Both

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

prevails improving andnow more than ever in much sophisticated levels. Men can now more than ever reach levels ofcomfort, healing of diseases, increasing age level expectations, moving around the world,watching the news and communicate in real time.All this thanks to the development of sciences and technology and engineers all over the worldare in many ways shaping a new life style, helping to save lives, making transportation faster andmore secure, enhancing communications and etc. This isolated aspect – the development ofsciences and technology, helped to make the globalization phenomenon a reality once more inhuman history. In the past Alexander the Great was may be the first leader to promote theglobalization through wars and invasions

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanjun Xian, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2010-1857: SENSORWORLD: A NEW APPROACH TO INCORPORATINGLARGE-SCALE SENSOR DATA INTO ENGINEERING LEARNINGENVIRONMENTSHanjun Xian, Purdue UniversityKrishna Madhavan, Purdue University Page 15.1059.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 SensorWorld: A New Approach to Incorporating Large-scale Sensor Data into Engineering Learning EnvironmentsAbstractSensors play a critical role in engineering and science applications. However, most engineeringstudents very rarely have access to large-scale real-world sensor data within the classrooms.Students who major in fields such as environmental engineering are not well prepared for theengineering

Conference Session

Online and Web-based Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

businesscommunication and collaboration. Wonderland allows “users to communicate and share livedesktop applications and documents and conduct real business.” Organizations can run theirown Wonderland server or can download the Wonderland client and connect to publiclyavailable Wonderland worlds.9Second Life, also an open source platform, boasts the Internet’s largest user-created 3-D virtualworld community. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today isinhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe. According to Virtual Worlds Newsusers around the world have spent more than one billion hours in Second Life to date, and thatthere is now more than 270 terabytes of content contained in the virtual world.10 Second life isalso

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Banaszek, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

learning effectiveness, “realworld” applicability, and motivation (see Figure 1). The lecture, however, outscored the labin learning effectiveness and motivation. It is also important to note that only one-third of theparticipants had used GIS software previously.Question Course component Lab Lecture TextI learned a great deal from ... 6.333 6.833 5.167The … was applicable to “real world” engineering. 7.667 7.500 5.833I have found the … to be very motivational. 5.167 6.500 4.833Figure 1. Item ratings (on a nine-point scale

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jeffrey Pribyl, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Engineering Education, 2010 Full Development of Engineering Scenarios to Promote Student Engagement in Thermodynamics – Year 11. Background on Project ConceptMany thermodynamics courses are taught with traditional teaching methods and textbooks.Thermodynamics is prone to elicit a negative impression from students "who perceive the subjectas dry and abstract 1.” While there has been progress in recent years with online activities, mosttextbooks offer limited visual aids and few descriptions depicting actual equipment or industrysettings. Even though the topics covered often have a real-world basis they are generallysimplified and only offer a superficial impression of industry applications. The result is thatmany students

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

civilengineering students for professional practice. The Civil & Environmental EngineeringCapstone Design Class has been offered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for more than15 years. The focus of this Senior Level class is to immerse students in a situation where theywork on a major design challenge in multi-disciplinary teams. This course integrates prior coursework and skills, allowing students to solve problems taken from a "real world" context.Consistent with ABET criteria, this class prepares students for professional practice though acomprehensive experience involving design, management, economic, social and leadershipaspects. The success of this class is directly attributable to the evolution of content, curriculumintegration and

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparna Sukhavasi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

text) was applicable to “real world” engineering.Perceived Knowledge: I knew a great deal about soil borrow sites (before vs after) lab session.Quiz: A technical quiz was conducted over soil borrow sites. The likert scale questions were intended to evaluate student perception of laboratory activity interms of learning (text and lecture) 10. In addition to the likert scale questions there were twospecific open ended questions pertaining to strength and weakness of the laboratory activity. Atechnical quiz was conducted at the end of the questionnaire on soil borrow site selection toevaluate student learning during the laboratory session.Procedure: This evaluation being a longitudinal one was conducted in the years 2004, 2008 and2009. Over

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University; Mohammad MUQRI

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

perspective, Javawas at the right place and at the right time. The World Wide Web was just emerging as atechnology that may finally allow every computer to communicate with others. The problem waslack of interactivity. Java did that in the form of shiny and multi-media rich applets.The Enterprise wasn't very impressed, however. Enterprise applications require much moresophistication. Partly due to the World Wide Web phenomenon, the network became an integralpart of the enterprise. Corporate LANs turned into WANs. Internet, Intranets, and Extranetsbecame commonplace. The growth of the networks shifted the strategy for much of theenterprise. For one thing, the enterprise became more complex and larger than before. Isolatedsystems were no longer

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

knowledge and understanding about the practical and real world applications of audio (voice, speech, music) processing • To become familiar with audio processing hardware and software • To develop knowledge and understanding about the fundamentals in DSP, using a combination of the various media of audio analysis • To become familiar with real-time implementations of signal processing • To develop an audio signal processing laboratory that can be adopted by other institutions.Major Learning OutcomesAfter successfully completing the course the student will be able to: • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding about audio signal processing and its real world applications