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master’s/30 credits level of the fulfillmentpathway. Recently, Outcomes 13 - 15 of the revised BOK1 have been incorporated into the2008-2009 ABET Criteria5 within Criterion 9 for civil engineering programs. Specifically,graduates must be able to “explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, andleadership.” In addition, the previous “proficiency” language relating to the four recognizedmajor areas of civil engineering was softened so that programs need only to demonstrate Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 325graduates’ abilities to

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370 MATLAB-Based Demo Program for Discrete-Time Convolution Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek 1,2and fred harris2 1 Department of Electronics Institute INAOE, Puebla, Mexico E-mail: gordana@inaoep.mx 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, SDSU San Diego,USA E-mail: fred.harris@sdsu.edu1. Introduction Though the field of engineering has changed dramatically in the last 20 years, the teachingengineering has changed relatively little1. Many of the

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386 TOWARDS A JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM IN AMBIENT COMPUTING1 Yusuf Ozturk*, Emrah Orhun**, Chris Bowerman*** Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University* Computer Science Department, Troy University** Department of Computing and Technology, University of Sunderland***Abstract ⎯ Funded by the US-EU Atlantis Program, International Cooperation in Ambient ComputingEducation (ICACE) Project is establishing an international knowledge-building community for

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the notion of acceptability of solutions, and are aware of errors encountered incomputing and how it relates to real-world designs. The team approach reveals to each memberthat the learning experience consists of frustration, compromise, and ultimately success. Futuredevelopment already approved by the department of mechanical engineering includes offering asimilar structure in an introduction to computer programming course so that students mayappreciate at the onset why understanding programming concepts is essential for engineers.Emphasis will also be placed on communication between MATLAB and the Basic Stamp2. Thisapproach establishes a most important link between theory and implementation.AcknowledgmentsProject examples presented in this

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Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

concept of CI to the community (archives canbe viewed at http://nucri.nu.edu/incommunity). Nevertheless, integration of the engineering Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 447concept of CI is very limited, especially to the non-engineering students due to the lack ofappropriate course curriculum for schools and colleges.Skilled workforce needed to sustain CI/Teragrid ProgramCentral to this CI environment is the most important element, the skilled workforce that is requiredto maintain and sustain this program (Figure 1). Two components toward the development of

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Vince Bertsch; John Krupczak; Kate Disney; Elsa Garmire; Tim Simpson

Tech Tally report, the NAE identified three major components, also called cognitivedimensions, related to technological literacy. These are knowledge, capabilities, and criticalthinking and decision-making. As defined in this report, “The ‘knowledge dimension’ of Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 138technological literacy includes both factual knowledge and conceptual understanding. The‘capabilities dimension’ describe how well a person can use technology (defined in its broadestsense) and carry out a technological design process to solve a problem. The

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indeed rich, especially in publications such asAmerican Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, and the European journal PhysicsEducation. Since engineering fundamentals are extensions of those of physics, the paperon toys written by colleagues in physics could well be relevant and applicable to ourprofession. Most of the toys discussed in the literature are related to aspects of solidmechanics, popular and well know toys like the top, yo-yo, gyroscope, slinky, balancingtoy, buzzing magnets, rattle disk, Euler’s disk, etc. An online search for physics of toyswill reveal adequate number of links to get an interested reader on a journey to learnmore, however, two excellent papers are included here for completeness11-12.Some of the toys discussed

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assistance in core classes on a one-on-one basis • Opportunities for service-learning experience related to their field of interest; students must complete 20 hours at government or non-profit organizations. • Receive counseling on transitional issues from a student affairs professional, a co- instructor in both sections of the FYS courses. The ECS Scholars Program started in 2006 with the following program goals andobjectives (the same goals persist each year):Goal: The first academic year fall-to-fall persistence of 75 first-time-freshman students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science will be 80% as well as 80% of the cohort will maintain adequate academic standing at the end of their first

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Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

STEM education initiatives. Likewise, the American Society of EngineeringEducation has exerted leadership with its one-stop ASEE EngineeringK12 Center thatidentifies and makes available effective engineering education resources to the K-12community. A collection of STEM education resources also are provided through webportals, websites, and individual digital resources through the National Science DigitalLibrary (http://nsdl.org/collection/stem-education/) and the California Space Authority’sonline searchable database called the STEM Inventory and Talent Development program toaccelerate development of a highly-skilled 21st century talent pool and support for acontinuum of math, science, engineering education, and lifelong learning.http

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Pradip Peter Dey; Thomas M. Gatton; Mohammad N. Amin; Mudasser F. Wyne; Gordon W. Romney; Alireza Farahani; Arun Datta; Hassan Badkoobehi; Ralph Belcher; Ogun Tigli; Albert P. Cruz

course are given as follows. Upon successful completionof this course, students will be able to: Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 203 * Construct a model of computation for a given specification. * Construct a Turing Machine for a given computational problem. * Develop a program implementing the model of computation. * Prove that regular expressions are equivalent to Finite State Machines. * Prove that complement of a regular language is regular. * Prove that a given language is Context-Free. * Construct a Push Down Automaton for a given

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Kurt Colvin

, typically online. This paper describes the process andexperiences of the redesign of a systems engineering course into a blended course. To besuccessful, the redesign requires careful application of pedagogical concepts and continuousimprovement using an understanding of how students learn. This paper is a status report of anongoing effort.IntroductionWhile distance education programs have exploded in recent years, a new trend within the fieldhas emerged: blended or hybrid courses. A hybrid course builds on a traditional, face-to-facecourse incorporating online elements, using the same course management software thatunderpins courses taught entirely online. This model can appeal to a wide range of instructors,even those who are critical of online

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have the ability to identify points of contact where longitudinal contact can beencouraged• to have the knowledge of how to remove impediments to longitudinal advising throughreconstruction of advising duties in larger programs with many staff members, or throughdirected contact with students in smaller departments• To have the ability to link student possibilities to exploratory activities that lead to self-determinationStudents in chemical engineering are generally very strong in academic abilities, but often havenot been exposed to a breadth of activities and possibilities that enable them to construct theirown paths. Sustained advising contact has led to strong statistically-based success of studentswho have progressed through

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Jesa H. Kreiner; Peter W. Othmer; Timothy W. Lancey

specializedsoftware which was purchased, if affordable, to support the design activities at theappropriate technical level of sophistication. The Air Cargo project utilized NASA Airfoildesign software and Simufoil, the Mini Baja utilized software for modeling of thesuspension of the vehicle and shock and vibration behavior of the frame. Every effort ismade during the conduct of this (and other) courses that the word processing, spreadsheets,Cad/Drafting, project management, internet communications and web browsing are in theinventory of the skills of our graduates. The car related projects represent ideal settings tolearn object related programming as software allows modeling of various physicalcomponents of the car: its engine, transmission, differential

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Eniko T. Enikov; Malcolm T. Gibson

. Micro-robotic drug delivery is adiverse area of research with emerging applications in intraocular surgery and cancer treatments.This research requires integration of engineering sciences such as bio-systems, fluid mechanics,thermodynamics, chemistry, material sciences, and more. This allows various engineeringdisciplines to utilize their classroom knowledge in direct research with real, innovativeapplications in technology. This method of complimenting engineering education with curricula-related research has shown improvement in engineering accomplishment and learning that isadvantageous to the future success of undergraduate engineering education.Introduction Engineering focuses on the development and discovery of important resources

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Ranjan K. Sen; Pradip Peter Dey

  can  think  of  multiple  programs  running  at  the  same  time  where each may potentially impact behavior of the other directly (via altering common data) or indirectly (by blocking a resource resulting in the other programming not able to proceed or in deadlock) unless the input‐output relations is ascertained to be correct from both a spatial as well as temporal point of view. The  first  is  enforced  easily  in  conventional  memories  (Random  Access  Model)  but  the  later  requires ordering  discipline  generally  implemented  via  synchronization  primitives  similar  to  those  used  in operating system design.    Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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MATLAB environment. The Uniform and the Gaussian randomvariables are considered. The demo programs include histograms, probability, probability densityand distribution functions. The results of the evaluation of the program are also presented.1. Introduction The way engineering is being taught has changed in recent years with the introduction ofcommercial and educational software that enable and facilitate a better understanding of thesubject matter and increased teaching efficiency. Students learn better, remember longer and arebetter able to identify the appropriate concepts to solve new problems when they learn byaddressing concrete problems and actively participate in exploration and pursuit of knowledge1. It is known that random variable

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elective for undergraduate students. Therefore, the majority of engineering programs do not require coverage of FE theory and application as a component of their undergraduate curriculum. Industry is placing an increased emphasis on the ability to apply this powerful computational tool; so it follows that students earning an undergraduate degree in engineering should learn this skill in order to meet the demands of entry-level engineering job descriptions. The persistence of the deficiency of FE coverage in undergraduate engineering programs is due to various reasons, such as the recent focus on reducing credit-hours in engineering programs; the need to remove other material at the expense of adding this new material; and the fact

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programming language in any program if it were not for theavailability of external validation?” is an important question.Framework From both the work of Dewey, and the experiences of our own times two aspects ofexperience appear as very important. The first is the hope of experience that will increaseknowledge. The second is the idea of the experience being credible with some external validation.This seems like an ideal application for a 2x2 matrix5, along one axis increasing knowledge andalong the other increasing credibility. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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include being a founding member and officer in the Central Texas Electronics Association; past chairman of IBM’s Materials Shared University Research Committee; Ph.D. Recruiting Coordinator for IBM’s Systems Technology Division; and executive sponsor for 3M division’s student programs. He has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation). Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional

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industry toward using Agile (“ease of movement”) techniques in programming andproject development has motivated the faculty at the National University (NU) School of Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 482Engineering and Technology (SOET) to introduce agility into pedagogy. Agile Problem DrivenTeaching (Dey et.al., 2009) as used in teaching IT is described in this paper.1.1 The IT Industry Evolution Toward AgilityIt has been fascinating to watch the evolution of IT project management (PM) from the rigidstructure of the 60’s through the early 90’s to the triple

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Phillip R. Rosenkrantz

for analyzing data over time. This is a useful feature for outcomes assessment.Examples of survey useBelow is a partial list of surveys divided into categories. Almost all examples are related tooutcomes assessment. Examples are shown at the College of Engineering level, program leveland course level. In some courses SurveyMonkey is being used for course management and/orformative assessment as shown with a few examples. The following link is to the IMEDepartment Assessment Page which includes links to several of the surveys. Readers arewelcome to look at these surveys and use them as needed:http://www.csupomona.edu/~rosenkrantz/imeassessmentdocs.htmCollege Level Assessment • Cal Poly Pomona Project Symposium Feedback – Industry

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sensors for chemical detection. While the first demonstrations were primarilyfocused on the detection of vapors alkanethiols [9], more recent applications have includeddetection of heavy metal ions (Hg, Cu, As) in liquids [10] and organic molecules [11]. The later areparticularly well-suited for classroom exercises, as many issues associated with safe handling oforganic vapors have been eliminated. Cantilever beams and their deformation under mechanicalloads is a classical undergraduate topic covered in all mechanical engineering programs. The mostcommon method of measuring the deflection of a cantilever is the optical lever technique as shownin Fig 1. The technique works with a focused laser diode beam at the free end of the cantilever,which is

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optimization, machine design, fluid power control andengineering education. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 256Appendix A: Accident Reconstruction MEAMemorandum To: Forensic Engineering Team From: H. M. B. G. Kotakadeniya, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka Police Service RE: Traffic Accident Reconstruction Protocol Priority: [Urgent]Since 2003 your country has been making large aid efforts toward development and economicstabilization here in Sri Lanka. Relations have gotten

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Xiaomin Jin; Dennis Derickson; Simeon Trieu; Samuel O. Agbo

51 Photonics Research and Education at California Polytechnic State University Xiaomin Jin, Dennis Derickson, Simeon Trieu, and Samuel O. Agbo Electrical Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 AbstractCalifornia Polytechnic State University is a major undergraduate teaching institute. We have avery active photonic teaching and research program in the Electrical Engineering (EE)department. In the recent years, the photonics group went

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Preliminary Designwhich made students even more accepting of the team teaching arrangement in Aircraft DetailDesign. In fact, after a few semesters, students have begun to expect HU/COM instructors intheir senior design courses, and first-year engineering students already know which HU/COMfaculty is teaching in which AE senior design course.While the first critical challenge was classroom related, the second critical challenge is moreadministrative in nature. To understand the nature of this challenge, one must also understandthat as an undergraduate teaching institution, ERAU has many degree programs but none that arehoused in the HU/COM department. Rather, HU/COM is a service department, teaching general Proceedings of the 2009 American

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local companies. The intent of thispaper is to describe the benefits and difficulties associated with this methodology. While specificclasses in this experience are typical of an industrial engineering curriculum, the lessons learnedand benefits could translate to other disciplines.Introduction The use of Project Based Learning (PBL) has contributed to Cal Poly’s reputation of“learn by doing” for many years. As part of the Industrial Engineering (IE) curriculum at CalPoly, students work in small groups with local companies on facilities related projects. Theunique aspect of these projects is that students from a senior class and students from asophomore class are partnered together to work on these industry based projects. These

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Frederick Harris; Gordon Lee; Stuart H. Rubin; T. C. Ting; Billy Gaston; Gongzhu Hu

Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 308 Throughout the business world, whether commercial or noncommercial, there exists theneed for a solution that can capture input from disparate data sources, analyze the information,discover new information of relevance, link related information, and from said information allowthe necessary personnel to make intelligible decisions. The term “necessary” is used becausesuch a solution should possess the capability to adapt the distributed information to each end-user based on ability, role, clearance, learning capacity, and level of need. This involves someknowledge and

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organized inorder to be accessible from long-term memory4. Students who possess isolated informationabout concepts on a factual basis will remain novices and be unable to solve complex problems.Students often have difficulty transitioning from fact recall courses to more integrated andinformationally cross-connected courses in engineering. This may be because students have yetto learn how to create a scaffold for holding new information in a coherent whole where topicsare related to each other. Concept maps may be one way of enabling students to succeed inovercoming this difficult transition to problem solving and critical thinking.Concept maps and their historyA recent meta-analysis of concept and knowledge maps points out that diagrams like

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.html[5] HAC-UM96 Datasheet1, Retrieved from http://www.hactech.com/documents/HAC-UM_V2.pdf[6] HAC-UM96 Datasheet2, Retrieved Summer 2008 from http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/RF/HAC-UM96_manual.pdf[7] Temperature Sensor DS18B20 Datasheet, Retrieved from http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS18B20.pdfBiographyReza Raeisi, PhD Dr. Raeisi is an Associate Professor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Fresno. His research interests include Integrated Circuits, VLSI-CAD, and Embedded Systems Design. He is an experimentalist and enjoys hands-on working in the area of FPGA based digital design synthesis

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traditionalinstructor-centered approach to teaching the class, the instructor presents new concepts, derivesimportant equations related to the concepts, and then presents a collection of illustrative sampleproblems that are solved by the instructor in detail. Additional examples are given as in-classexercises, or assigned as homework problems. Periodic assessment of student learning is done inthe form of quizzes and tests given during the duration of the semester. Success in this courseusing this approach has been limited, as Circuits has traditionally been an engineering course thathas high attrition rates.2.2. The Two Case StudiesTo study the impact of the Interactive Learning Network model of instruction, two case studieswere done: Study 1 involved