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Gaetan Garcia; Matthew R. Stein

; FromTele-Laboratory to E-learning in Automation Curricula at the University of Pisa, IFAC World Congress2005, 20059: Euan Lindsay, Dikai Liu, Steve Murray and David Lowe; Remote Laboratories in EngineeringEducation: Trends in Students’ Perceptions, Proceedings of the 2007 AAEE Conference, 200710: Dimitris Karadimas and Kostas Efstathiou; An Integrated Educational Platform Implementing Real,Remote Lab-Experiments for Electrical Engineering Courses, Journal of Computers,2(2),200711: Jan Machotka, Zorica Nedic and Özdemir Gol; Collaborative Learning in the Remote LaboratoryNetLab, International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, 200712: David Lowe, Steve Murray, Euan Lindsay, Dikai Liu, and Chris Bright; Reflecting ProfessionalReality in Remote

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Hassan Bajwa; Mohammad Seddik

described by Maxwell's equations. Antenna characteristics such as gain,impedance, VSWR and reflection coefficient can be determined by Maxwell equation.Here, we present a simple hands-on experiment that can serve as an interactive teachingmodule in microwave and antenna design courses.In many antenna design and microwave courses, mathematical modeling and derivation isfollowed by designing of an antenna in simulation software. Usually students are unableto implement these designs during the semester. Here we present some experiments thatcan be integrated into graduate and undergraduate microwave and antenna designcourses. Students should be implementing the design without taking a formal lab course.We have designed several patch and conformal

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Xingguo Xiong; Hassan Bajwa; Lawrence Hmurcik

published papers and posters in the VLSI related journals andconferences. 1. IntroductionVLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits) has been one of the most important technologiesdeveloped in 20th century. During the last decade, the VLSI industry has made continuousefforts to keep shrinking the size of the transistors, so that more and more transistors can bebuilt into a single VLSI chip to make it more and more powerful [1]. Moore's law hasgoverned the trends in VLSI industry for the past decades [2]. The transistor size has beenshrunk into deep submicron or even nanometer domain, so that more and more transistors canbe integrated into the same chip area. Nowadays a state-of-the-art Intel Xeon MicroprocessorMP X7460 based on 45nm technology

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Alan Hadad; Akram Abu-aisheh

University of Hartford Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  their respective disciplines. Thus, for example, the faculty member in engineering with expertise in digital signal processing would work side by side with the faculty member in technology with the same specialty, and the students would have easy access to both faculty, regardless of whether they were students of engineering or technology.  To accomplish this, a merger was arranged that had three dimensions. The first was an administrative merger that took place on 1 July 2003. This meant that there is one dean, one promotion and tenure committee, one academic standings committee, one curriculum committee for the entire

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Sarah Tasneem

describe the course materials and approach which integrates these ideas andcan contribute to the foundation of an excellent liberal arts education. Section 2 describes the disciplineof computer science in brief. Section 3 discusses the introductory computer science course taught atEastern Connecticut State University (ECSU). Section 4 identifies the importance of the algorithmicproblem solving scheme to foster logical and critical thinking in students’ mind in the process ofdesigning solution to problems. Section 5 depicts an example of a lab experiment which studentsconduct. Section 6 demonstrates how students analyze the performance of algorithms. Section 7discusses student responses and section 8 draws the conclusion.2. DISCIPLINE OF COMPUTER

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Jerald D. Cole

Google Calendar.ArchitectureThe OpenTok™ API compendium consists of(1) A client-side JavaScript library that integrates audio/video streams in the context of a webpage. (An ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation is also available.)(2) A server-side library, available in Java, PHP, Python, and Ruby, that provides daemons for session authentication, token generation, and management.Jerald D. Cole • jcole@bridgeport.edu • (203) 982-0677 3The interplay of these components is given in Figure 5. OpenTok™ uses locally installed Flash video components thatinterface with webcams, microphones, and audio-out channels (such as speakers or headphones) resident on theclient’s

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Buket D. Barkana; Nelson Ngoh; Allen Cook

The Learning and Teaching Experiences in a Graduate Level Stem Course for Teacher Educators Faculty Paper K-12 Education (Curriculum Integration) Buket D. Barkana1, Nelson Ngoh2, Allen Cook2 1 School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering 2 School of Education University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 E-mail: {bbarkana; ngoh; acook@bridgeport.edu}Abstract: It is essential that teachers understand the

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Craig Stringer

traditional age and adult students approached and executed thetoy analysis project.IntroductionOver the past decade, engineering colleges and the National Science Foundation have placedgreater emphasis on integrating engineering design into the curriculum, emphasizing hands-onprojects, teamwork and greater student to student collaborations. The introduction toengineering course taught at The Pennsylvania State University for first year level engineeringstudents focuses on these areas of emphasis along with the goals of student recruitment,retention, and engineering development throughout the four-year curriculum [1]. Through thiscourse, students are exposed to a lecture/laboratory setting in which many of the lecture topicsare used as tools to solve

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Kanti Prasad

”. Motorola’s executive V.P. said, “You will be history, and to prove mypoint I am awarding $1 million to Purdue University to come out with an integrated curriculum,which will accomplish both”. I came overwhelmed with enthusiasm and shared this conversation 5with our former Chancellor William T. Hogan who said, “This is our mission in the university”. Ifelt deeply relieved, that we were doing the right thing. The author involved leaders namelyRobert Meisenhelder and Robert O’Reilly from Analog Devices, George LeVan, Andy Hunt andDylan Bartle from Skyworks Solutions, John Beck and Rob Richardson from Intel. The issue ofintegrated curriculum is of prime importance to these national leaders. Preparing the

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Sigrid Berka

culture.At the same time, it is a great incentive for students enrolled in URI’s 5 year dual degree GermanIEP program, working towards a B.S. in an engineering discipline, and a B.A. in German.Students in this program spend their 4th year studying and interning abroad. The IEP has ademanding curriculum, and the annual study tour is one of its most effective tools to retain thesestudents who go the extra mile. It serves several purposes: firstly, it introduces students toGermany as an attractive site for science, technology and culture. Highlights of the study tour arevisits to German companies as a means of preparing students for their internships in the 4th year.At companies such as Bayer, BMW, Conti, Hilti, Lufthansa Technik, Siemens, or ZF

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S Claudina Vargas

introduction to basicrocket science.The DAE curriculum project follows a language-infused STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics) – STEM-L - curriculum approach in order to promotedeeper learning, steering students away from memorization and towards the internalizationof concepts and ideas. The language-infused DAE curriculum project focuses on theprocess (the learning environment or classroom) and engages the students actively inbuilding their own understanding and knowledge. The students are the main agents in theprocess of discovery and learning. They are immersed in the process of exploring andrefining their mental models about rocket science, research, and experimentation. Peer-assistance and team work are integral components of

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Steve Klosterman; Simon Pitts; Steven McGonagle; Carey Rappaport

IntroductionThe mission of the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL) at Northeastern University isto create an elite cadre of engineering leaders with an exceptional ability to lead engineeringteams by providing purpose, direction and motivation to influence others to achieve a collectivegoal, realizing the successful completion of engineering projects from concept to market success.This is achieved via an intensive, one-year graduate curriculum consisting of severalcomplimentary elements, leading to either a masters in engineering or, for those already with anadvanced degree, a certificate.In concert with Northeastern’s history and reputation as a leader in global experiential learning,most notably via the undergraduate co-op program, GEL works

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Biswanath Samanta

model for integrating current topics in machine learning research into the undergraduate curriculum. IEEE Transactions on Education, 52(4):503-511.[27]. Lavesson, N. (2010). Learning machine learning: a case study. IEEE Transactions on Education. Doi:10.1109/TE.2009.2038992.[28]. Venayagamoorthy, GK. (2009). A successful interdisciplinary course on computational intelligence. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(1):14-23.[29]. Magdalena, L. (2009). Soft computing for students and for society. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 4(1):47-50.[30]. Samanta, B and Al-Balushi, KR. (2001). Use of time domain features in neural network based diagnosis of a machine tool coolant system. Proceedings

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Kenneth Edward Dudeck; Wieslaw Grebski

NEW GENERAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM WITH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND POWER GENERATION TRACK AT PENN STATE Faculty Paper Sustainable Energy in the Curriculum Kenneth Edward Dudeck & Wieslaw Grebski Penn State Hazleton ked2@psu.edu AbstractThere is an emerging need for multidisciplinary quality engineers with broad range skills capableto design, develop, and integrate new technologies applied to the Alternative and RenewableEnergy Technology industry.The Penn State Hazleton Campus has developed a new innovative Bachelor of Science inGeneral

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Cristian Craciun

Teaching Automation Using Real PLC’S and Virtual Factories Faculty Paper Innovations In Engineering & Engineering Technology Education and Curriculum Development Cristian Craciun, Instructor and Lab Engineer of Engineering Laboratories Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut1. Abstract It is a need to teach students in Engineering by showing the machines and tools used in industry, this can be accomplished by buying equipments and putting them in the labs, through field trips or creating virtual factories. The