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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Victoria Schuele; Ronald Edwards; Don Gillich; Andrew Kovanen; Brian Moretti

Educational Applications of Pyroelectric Acceleration Victoria Schuele1, Ronald Edwards1, Don Gillich1, Andrew Kovanen1, Brian Moretti1 1 Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996AbstractIn order to graduate the United States Military Academy (USMA) with an undergraduate degreein nuclear engineering or physics, each cadet must complete a capstone project. They also havethe option of completing an independent study to graduate with honors or further their futureeducational opportunities. The Nuclear Science and Engineering Research Center (NSERC), aDefense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) office, sponsors these projects, providing

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

aspecific need. Alternatively, concentrations in a new subject can be addressed by formulating acore body of knowledge. An even faster way to begin focusing content on a new area is to adaptexisting coursework that is intrinsically flexible; for example, using capstone design and specialtopic electives. To meet the need for developing Sustainability Engineers, Rowan University isusing the Engineering Clinic program to bring together both undergraduate and graduate studentsto work on projects directly related to Sustainability Engineering. The Center for SustainableDesign located at the South Jersey Technology Park was created to focus on a broad collection ofsustainable engineering projects primarily in the photovoltaic and wind energy areas

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Iem Heng; Farrukh Zia

levelprogramming languages; as far as embedded applications are concerned.In this section we describe a micro-controller based circuit which communicates with the PCthrough a standard serial port. This circuit is not only used to teach the basics of serial portcommunication in CET 3510; it also serves as a base for many capstone projects in ourComputer Controlled System Design I and II courses in the Baccalaureate Program.The schematic in Figure 6 shows a Microchip PIC18F2420 micro-controller based circuit.Similar micro-controllers are available from many other manufacturers such as Atmel andFreescale. This micro-controller has some very useful features as listed below:  Analog inputs for connecting analog sensors such as temperature and light level