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W. Riddell; S. Bakrania; K. Bhatia; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; L. Weiss

Putting the horse before the cart – Fitting a new project into established design and writing pedagogy W. Riddell†, S. Bakrania†, K., Bhatia†, J. Courtney, K. Dahm†, R. Harvey‡, L. Weiss†† College of Engineering† College of Communication‡ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences†† Rowan UniversityProject-based learning has been an important aspect of the Rowan University College ofEngineering curriculum since its inception in 19961. In the fall of the sophomore year,engineering students take a multidisciplinary, integrated, project-based course that is designed toteach both

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Kanti Prasad

/TeachingInspiration in my teaching has manifested from ‘only those people, who learn how toconnect the new information with the existing software in their intellect become wise,else they remain otherwise’. Having contemplated on this theme for a long time, theauthor developed a comprehensive model for VLSI education. This was presented at theCanadian Conference on Engineering Education (C2 E2) at University of Novas Costia in1998, which received wide acclaim from the academia and industrial leaders, thereafter.The model primarily consists of five phases: 1) Fundamentals 2) Materials 3) Devices 4)Circuits and 5) VLSI system. Each phase has to be taught and learnt by students in theirentirety as depicted in Figure 1. A comprehensive testing and verification

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Alfred A. Scalza

1 Motivational Concepts and their Application to Students in Engineering And Construction Management Alfred A. Scalza, P.E. Department of Architecture & Construction Management Farmingdale State College State University of New YorkIntroductionPrecisely, what do we mean by the word “Motivation”? One dictionary defines motivation asproviding a motive; another says to motivate is to excite. A third dictionary says to provide aforce or stimulus or influence. When it comes to motivating a student, they

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Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

quality of life and modernize our technology in a more sustainablemanner. Sustainable engineering, commonly referred to as “green engineering”, has quicklybecome a critical societal issue, an issue that the engineers of today and tomorrow will play adramatic role in solving. Many universities are incorporating green engineering concepts intotheir core curriculum. In fact, the Board of Directors for the American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) considers it a priority that all engineering programs prepare their graduatesfor a profession that uses sustainable engineering techniques and methods1. These techniquesinclude alternative solutions to the consumption of non-renewable energy sources, such as oil.As the new presidential administration

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Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

6 Cumberland County College, Vineland, New JerseyAbstractEngineering educators have typically used non-living systems or products to demonstrateengineering principles. Each traditional engineering discipline has its own products or processesthat they use to demonstrate concepts and principles relevant to the discipline. In recent yearsengineering education has undergone major changes with a drive to incorporate sustainabilityand green engineering concepts into the curriculum. As such an innovative initiative has beenundertaken to use a living system such as an aquarium to teach basic engineering principles.This paper describes the activities and course content being developed for a freshmanengineering class at

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Neville Jacobs

that IEEE started 2 years ago, and whose purpose is to exposestudents at every level to technology projects of about 2 hours duration. The projects would conform to,and be part of the ongoing school science and math curriculums. I will not dwell on this program, as I’msure that others at this conference who will be talking about it. I see it as a key way to start getting agreater number of students, of all ages, familiar with what technology is all about.THE ROBOT CHALLENGE. This is an initiative from the Baltimore, Maryland, Section of IEEE, and is now in its 13th year.The purpose is to expose teams of boys and girls in High School (grades 9 though 12) to all the elementsof an engineering project, so that they can really see if this

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, CPU, Internet); spreadsheets (e.g., addresses, interpretation, “what if,” copyingformulas); and, structured programming (e.g., assignment statements, loops and branches,function calls).These topics, which might seem elementary, have been absent from the curriculum for mostinstances of the CS112 course. Instead, the course has favored the more nuanced aspects ofobject-oriented design. These deficiencies, in addition to the perceived need for adapting thecomputing curriculum for civil engineering, have motivated the development of a new IT forEngineering course beginning in 2007. The new course, ENGR117, was offered for the firsttime in spring 2009, was designed to meet these objectives: • understanding the historical context for computing

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Raluca I. Rosca

Preparing a Diversity Statement- An Introduction to Diversity Issues for Future Faculty Raluca I. Rosca Engineering Sciences and Mechanics Department, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractWhile the diversity in engineering classrooms strives to mirror the diversity of the society atlarge, our future engineering faculty are not explicitly prepared to deal with it. Using a mixeddata approach, this paper describes how a writing exercise (preparing a diversity statement) andthe associated peer-review discussion expanded the definition of diversity and the plans toaddress it in academia for two groups of participants in the Engineering Teaching PortfolioProgram at

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Jiancheng Liu; Ashland O. Brown

in industry and is now a standard engineering tool for both analysis and design.When FEM first appeared in the 1960’s it was introduced into the engineering curriculum at thegraduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM was introduced at theundergraduate level in engineering and engineering technology programs, even in some two-yearengineering technology programs. Today, FEM is primarily offered as an elective undergraduatecourse in mechanical, civil, and aeronautical engineering programs. Fatigue analysis that in the past was carried out by hand and/or in-house computer programsis now done using commercial FEM software. Fatigue design modules have recently beenintegrated into commercial FEM codes that include ABAQUS

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XingYing Cheng; Daren Wilcox

Introductory Digital Logic Design and Bluespec XingYing Cheng1, Daren Wilcox2AbstractMost digital logic courses in engineering curriculums introduce hardware design using VHDL.The three primary levels of abstraction in VHDL taught in the introductory course follow closelyto the traditional steps of Boolean logic, namely structure, data flow, and behavior. However,presenting the introductory material at a higher level of abstraction might just be as beneficial.Recently, a new electronic design automation tool, Bluespec, has emerged that promises a highlevel of abstraction for digital hardware design. In this paper, Bluespec will be introduced inrelation to current VHDL design concepts

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The University of _____ Reduced Instruction Set Computer (MARC)AbstractWe present our design of a VHDL-based, RISC processor instantiated on an FPGA for use inundergraduate electrical engineering courses and research. Our architecture incorporates asimple instruction set serially executed in a 5-stage cycle (fetch, decode, execute, memory, writeback). The design utilizes SRAM memory to store instructions and pushbuttons, switches,LEDs, and 7-segment displays provide feedback and user input. Specifically, we use the AlteraCyclone II to instantiate our system running on the Altera DE2 development and educationboard. We also leverage the associated CAD tools to build this system. Our implementationallows students the ability to easily

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Orla LoPiccolo; Amit Bandyopadhyay

: MS in Sustainable Design - Building and Site Integration inSustainable Design: “The course provides students with knowledge of site design and waterconservation strategies, methods and tools. Based on understanding ecological principles,students will research new approaches to integrated site and building design. Exercises, casestudies, and application of tools will provide students hands-on opportunities to investigatedesign issues and determine outcomes. 4-Field trips to exemplary projects will be part of theclass.”Our Existing Site Planning and Design Course Description States:“An advanced course in the utilization of engineering and architectural principles from conceptthrough construction techniques of a site development. Computer aided

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Andrew Grossfield

AC 2009-700: VISUAL ANALYSIS AND THE COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONSAndrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Visual Analysis and the Composition of FunctionsAbstractA major problem today concerns educating the next generation of engineers, mathematicians andresearchers. Too many of our nation’s students end up neither comprehending nor liking mathcourses. More intensive drilling of material as currently practiced may be both ineffective andundesirable. In fact, this rigorous drilling may turn more young students away from mathematicsand the sciences. Why has this situation developed when mathematics is so interesting? Reformis urgently needed.There are situations and