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Gad J. Selig

Title: Transforming a Technology Management Master’s Degree Curriculum into a Successful Inter-Disciplinary Program for the 21st Century Needs of Global Organizations Dr. Gad J. Selig, PMP, COPDirector, MS in Technology Management and Dual Graduate Business/Engineering Degree Programs, University of BridgeportAbstractAs organizations develop their hiring plans in the areas of business, engineering technology and management, theyare seeking a greater number of individuals with multi-disciplinary skills, competencies and backgrounds to providethem with maximum flexibility for employer assignments, greater diversity in the work force and more effectiveemployees

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Adam Halstead; Jennifer Zirnheld

Rainbow Sculpture: Analysis of a Hands-on Case Study for an Introductory Engineering Course Adam Halstead, Jennifer Zirnheld University at Buffalo, Department of Electrical EngineeringAbstractThe Rainbow Sculpture is a man-made achievement that exemplifies how engineering and art canfunction concertedly. This sculpture, which now stands in Stockholm Harbor, is a visual icon thatrequired the work of experts in many fields to complete. This paper discusses how this piece ofart was utilized to teach freshmen engineers about engineering problem solving; in addition tofunctionality, it was emphasized that aesthetics, creativity, and imagination are important parts ofdesign. Surveys

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Syed S. Rizvi; Aasia Riasat; Muhammad S. Rashid

1 Analytical and Speedup Models for Performance Evaluation of a Generic Reconfigurable Coprocessor (RC) Architecture Syed S. Rizvi1, Aasia Riasat2, Muhammad S. Rashid3Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of Bridgeport1, 3, Bridgeport, CT Department of Computer Science, Institute of Business Management2, Karachi, Pakistan {srizvi1, muhammsi3}@bridgeport.edu, aasia.riasat@iobm.edu.pk2AbstractNew analytical and the speedup models for evaluating the performance of a generic reconfigurablecoprocessor (RC) system are presented. We present a generic performance

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Auf Akhtar; Syed S. Rizvi; Khaled M. Elleithy

1 A Novel Approach of Using Data Guard for Disaster Recovery & Rolling Upgrades Auf Akhtar, Syed S. Rizvi, and Khaled M. Elleithy {sakhtar ,srizvi, elleithy}@bridgeport.edu Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06601Abstract Though we already had a standardized way (from Oracle) for Disaster Recovery policy, a major crash ofthe PLM database made our DBAs to come up with a proposal to execute a procedure using

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Robert M. Brooks; Soumitra Basu; Shriram Pillapakkam; Kurosh Darvish; Keerthi V. Takkalapelli

The Effect of Incorporation of Empowerment Projects on Student Performance in a Civil Engineering CourseDr. Robert M. Brooks, Dr. Soumitra Basu, Dr. Shriram Pillapakkam, Dr. Kurosh Darvish, Keerthi V.Takkalapelli College of Engineering Temple University Philadelphia, PAAbstractIn this paper, student empowerment was utilized as a tool in design, discovery, and learning. Theprimary objective of this study is to provide adequate learning experience for the student withinthe scope of the syllabus for the course. In this study, a courses repeated over four years (onceevery year) was considered

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Jalpa Bani; Syed S. Rizvi

A New Dynamic Cache Flushing (DCF) Algorithm to Prevent Cache Timing Attack Jalpa Bani and Syed S. Rizvi Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT – 06604 {jbani, srizvi}@bridgeport.eduAbstractRijndael algorithm was unanimously chosen as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) by the panel ofresearchers at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in October 2000. Since then,Rijndael was destined to be used massively in various software as well as hardware entities for encryptingdata. However a few years back, Daniel Bernstein devised a

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Andrew Grossfield

toeveryone to ponder and contemplate at any time and can serve as a model for researching otherdisciplines.Forty years ago, mathematicians exhibited pride in their ability to hide geometric or visual representationsof mathematical concepts. The mathematics reform of the 1990’s sanctioned the representation offunctions as single valued curves. More remains to be done. Currently, Proof Without Words is anongoing feature of the MAA monthly, The College Mathematics Journal. Examine the wonderfulcompilations, Proofs Without Words 1 and Proofs Without Words II 2 by Roger B. Nelsen. Examine alsoMath Made Visual by Claudi Alsina & Roger B. Nelson 4. While mathematicians may enjoy the puzzlesprovided by Proofs Without Words, an effective pedagogical tool

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Dean M. Aslam; Aixia Shao

to nano learning. Using digital calipers and microscopes the hands-on activities focus on studyingsize variations of identical Lego pieces (quality control), leaves, flowers, samples of microchips, opticalfibers, human hair, and spider silk. The impact of the learning modules reported in the present studyseems very high because they explain (a) technologies that are in the market today as well as thetechnologies that are going to be in the market in the near term, (b) how these technologies are used tobuild complete systems or Microsystems, and (c) what technologies will be used to build Nanosystems.Introduction The macro (fabrication of cell phones) and micro (fabrication of microchips) technologies, which areresponsible for ever

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David I. Schwartz

Motivating Engineering Mathematics Education with Game Analysis Metrics David I. Schwartz Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Information Technology GCCIS, 70-2509 +1 585-475-5521 dis[at]it[dot]rit[dot]eduAbstractIn this paper, I develop a system for computational analysis of games that uses scoring functions tomotivate engineering mathematics education. Although many modern videogames have abandoned pointsas an archaic form of representing victory (or defeat

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Robert Dees; Ken S. Gilliam; Michael J. Kwinn

follows: assume that a multiple choice question with four possible answers has correct answer “D” andis worth one point. The traditional technique requires students to select one right answer, so if a studentanswers “D”, the student receives a 1 or a 0 for all other answers. Conversely, a strictly proper scoringrule requires the student assign probabilities that each possible answer is correct, say A=0.1, B=0.2,C=0.05, D=0.65. The student’s score depends on the scoring rule applied. Under the logarithmic scoringrule, the student would receive ln(0.65) points or -0.43. The scores are obviously bounded by (-∞, 0].Usually, the instructor rank orders students’ scores and then assigns final grades. This situation can beextremely punitive for students

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Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

stepper motor A. The angle of the incline ( θ ) is measured using a remote cameraand a protractor. The block is attached to a second stepper motor (B) by a thread that is attached to a forcesensor located on the block.To measure the static friction, the block is left free on the incline, and the angle is gradually increased untilthe block starts sliding. The coefficient of kinetic friction is determined by pulling the block up the slope atconstant speed after its initial breakaway. With these parameter, speed, incline angel, force, mass, variousexperiment could be conducted. The details of this experiment are furnished in [4-7]. CONCLUSIONRLE technology is a new modality for many students as well many

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Junichi Kanai

General Category Sponsor A Sponsor B Project X Project Y Project Y Course Documents Spring 2006 Fall 2005 Spring 2006 Course Guidelines MDL FAQ Forum FAQ Knowledge Base and Plicies Figure 1. Structure of the MDL Projects ForumUsers are allowed to start (post) new topics (messages), read messages, reply to a message, and attachfiles

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

of experiments are reported in this paper focusing on learning of a number ofareas including materials, engineering (EE&ME), computers, and microsystems. The PLVDG-basedlearning modules will be marketed by Nanobrick.com.Introduction The prevalence of new technologies in old and new consumer products emphasizes the need to explain toboth the formal and informal learner about (a) technologies that are in the market today as well as those that willbe there in the near future and (b) how these technologies are used to build micro- and nano-systems. As theexplanation of the underlying concepts in new technologies can be very challenging , traditionally efforts toincrease impact of informal as well as formal learning techniques have focused

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Harry Knickle; Don Gray

Adding Automatic Control to the Senior Laboratory Experience Harry Knickle and Don Gray Chemical Engineering, URI ASEE 2008, West PointDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island knickle@egr.uri.eduIntroduction and BackgroundOur program has 2 semesters of senior laboratory requiring a total of 4 credits. We alsohad a second semester junior level required data acquisitions and control laboratory for 2credits. The Department decided to drop the junior course and integrate data acquisitionand control into the senior lab courses. One objective was to reduce the credit load.Another objective was to introduce larger

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Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

theexcitement of engineering, but also the holistic approach that the modern engineer must take to solvingengineering problems.Finally, these efforts have recently prompted educational research to try and identify key concepts in thesystems domain that students have problems learning and how the pedagogy can be best adapted tocorrect the misconceptions that hinder learning.References1. Pugh, S., “Total Design: Integrated Methods for Successful Product Engineering”, Addison-Wesley, New York, 1991.2. Gallois, B. and Jain, R, “Introducing ‘Total Design’ in an Engineering Design Course: A Pilot Experience”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, June 2006, Session 1425.3. Sheppard, K and Gallois

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Marie-Pierre Huguet; Tom Haley; Sehnaz Baltaci-Goktalay

): cumulative site hits ~ (time)1/2 Figure 1-1: b) cumulative distribution of site access throughout courseThis suggests that students’ site access strategies become more efficient (fewer per week) as the course goeson, but may not come to equilibrium in only 15 weeks. Since this remains the only blended instructionengineering course a Rensselaer, we could not assess how well their strategies transfer to subsequent courses.It is interesting to note that the “maximum” student quickly developed an equilibrium (linear) accessstrategy. Unlike other students (the percentile

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Peter Thomas Tkacik

page and one hour requirement, how would you grade a ten page report discussing the resultsof four hours of lab work?Due to the competitive nature of the students who discussed their progress in class, this example wouldhave been a sub-par report. No team spent less than four hours on the flow bench. The average reportwas 12 pages and included six figures, an appendix, bibliography, and cover page. The grading wasbased on the report, not the flow improvement, so the students justifiably received A‟s and B‟s (mostlyA‟s) for their tremendous effort. Weak logic, grammar errors, and mis-spellings accounted for the lack of100% A‟s. The worst of the lot were still impressive and encouraging to the Professor.Figure 2. The powerful engine has an

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Saikat Ray

U.S.A. The primary avenue of getting a job in the U.S.A. for a person who is not a citizen or a permanent resident is the H1-B visa (work visa).2 Due to immigration policies, it is easier to get the F-1 (student) visa and convert the status into H1-B after completion of the degree than directly getting the H1-B1 . Anecdotes tell that in the flourishing dot-com era of late 1990’s, many post-bachelor’s Ph.D. students would belured away by the companies. That may be the reason that in some schools it is difficult, de jure or de facto, for afunded post-bachelor’s student to get an M.S. diploma even after completing the equivalent course works.2 Obtaining employment based permanent residency (the “green card”) for getting a

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Ha Van Vo; Stephanie Rossman; Zsaquez Flucker; R. Radharamanan

views of prosthetic devices on plantar flexionusing Figure 7 as 10 B (rigid ankle) and Figure 8 as 10 A (mobile ankle) which experienced much morestress in anterior pylon (similar to normal tibia on plantar flexion) and less stress in the inner socket thanthe rigid ankle (Fig. 10A). Figures 10-13 compare the resulting images of the overall von Mises stress.These images show the stress concentration levels around the residual limb-socket interface and about thesocket-shank interface. Superior Prosthetics recognized a significant difference in color variation betweenthe distributed loading and individual loading. Images of the distributed loading demonstrated lowercolor (or lower stress) regions. Corresponding Tables 1-4 compare the distributed

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Eugeny Sosnovsky; Bradleigh Windsor; Yiming Rong

Design, 2006.128: pp. 14-25.8. ARTAS - Engineering Software, ARTAS - Engineering Software, 2007. Available at: http://www.artas.nl/.9. Design Simulation Technologies Inc., Working Model 2D, 2007. Available at: http://www.design-simulation.com/WM2D/index.php.10. Sosnovsky, E. and Windsor, B., CIS Slide Lock Design Process Development, MQP Report, 2007. Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.Biographical informationEugeny Sosnovsky is an undergraduate senior in Worcester Polytechnic Institute, pursuing a doublemajor in Mechanical Engineering and Physics with a Mathematics minor. Bradleigh Windsor is anundergraduate senior in Worcester Polytechnic Institute, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with

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M. Ali Montazer, University of New Haven

company. We are proud at theUniversity of New Haven to have been of service to the local industry free of charge. Weappreciate their trust in us by letting our faculty guided student teams work on projectsfor them and look forward to continue the practice with other manufacturingorganizations.ReferencesAskin Ronald G. and Jeffrey B. Goldberg, “Design and Analysis of Lean ProducationSystems”, Wiley, 2002.Banks, J., J. Carson II, B. Nelson and D. Nicol, “Discrete-Event System Simulation” 4thEdition, Prentice Hall, 2005.Montazer, M. A., Kursad Ece, and Hakan Alp, “Simulation Modeling in OperationsManagement: A Sampling of Applications”, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conferenceof the Production and Operations Management Society, Savannah, Georgia

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Manan Joshi; Sarosh Patel; Lawrence Hmurcik

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Cory Gionet; Ashraf Ghaly

inaddressing various design scenarios. Figures 2a&b show the un-roofed and the roofed, respectively, 3Dmodel created in this theme. All drawings were produced with SolidWorks.Suspension BridgesA suspension bridge consists of the following major components: the foundation, towers, anchorages,cables, main span, and the approach spans. The main principle behind a suspension bridge is that the mainportion of the load is carried by the suspension cables that run from one anchorage, through the towers,and into the other anchorage. The Bronx Whitestone Bridge was the example used in the assignment ofthis theme. In 1905 the idea to build a bridge was proposed because residents of the area wanted a way totravel from Bronx, New York to Whitestone, Queens (1

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Sarosh Patel; Khaled Elleithy

(AODV) [12],Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR) [13], Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) [15], AssociativityBased Routing (ABR) [16, 17], Signal Stability Routing (SSR) [18] to name a few are reactive or on-demandprotocols. Also some hybrid protocols exist such as the Waypoint Routing Protocol [4].B. Flat and Hierarchical protocols In the case of flat routing algorithms, all the participating nodes have equal privileges and responsibilities. Flatrouting algorithms are very well suited for small networks where the network is easily manageable by equalfunctionality nodes. But, as the size of the network increases flat routing algorithms fail to keep up and theirperformance degrades with increase in the number of nodes. This is

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David J. Palazzo; Chad C. Schools

2d Figure 2a: Left exterior still photograph of the HMMWV before the frontal crash. Figure 2b: Left exterior still photograph of the HMMWV after the frontal crash test. Figure 2c: Interior still photograph of the anthropomorphic test dummy before the frontal crash test. Figure 2d: Interior still photograph of the anthropomorphic test dummy after the frontal crash test. B A Figure 3: Plot of the acceleration (in g’s) vs. time for the motion of the anthropomorphic test dummy during the frontal crash test.6 During our video analysis, we observed a maximum head acceleration (Peak “B” in Figure 3

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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

error for all measured dimensions was found to be less than 2%. Theerror may be due to work material (blue wax), cutting tool, and improper part set up by the student team. (a) (b) Figure 5. (a) Design of a spline with 12 grooves; (b) Spline with 12 grooves (part made) Table 2. Absolute Percentage Error (APE) Measurement Desired Tolerance Actual APE Groove length 2.50 in ± 0.05 in 2.538 in 1.52% Groove width 0.25 in ± 0.005 in 0.253 in 1.20% Groove depth 0.25 in ± 0.005 in

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M.G. Guvench

geometric dimensions ofthe compensation capacitance (Cc in the circuit) based on which chip layout design will be made. Thecompensation capacitance is calculated to achieve the required value of Phase Margin ( > 45 degree) andGain x Badwidth Product ( > 0.5 MHz ). Detailed guidance for these can be found in Allen and Holberg’stext [1].Figure 2. (a) Mathematica Design Calculations (b) Transistor Sizes and Bias Currents CalculatedPSpice simulations are done starting with DC Vout-Vin transfer (Figure 3) which yields the input offsetvoltage, maximum and minimum output voltage levels. Slope of the DC transfer characteristics yields thelow frequency open loop gain (Av = 33,466). Note that with zero input the input offset of even 0.2mVcan

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permitted to listen to music of their choice. Their music choice normallyconsisted of music from multiple categories which prevented examining the effects of music bymusic type. References1. Dreher, B, “Let Music Move You”, Health, Vol 17, Issue 10, December 2003.2. Foss, R. “Music in Computer Science Courses Using inexpensive, exciting technology to teach programming principles. SIGSE Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 4, December 1989.3. Franklin, J.A.,”Computer Generated Music as a Teaching Aid for First Year Computing”,Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual CCSC Northeastern Conference on The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges CCSC '01, Volume 16 Issue 4, April

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(Figure 5). Several options are available to the user; thesecan be viewed and changed by clicking the OPTIONS button (Figure 6). And finally, thecontrols of the animation are familiar to any user; they are similar to those of a modern DVDplayer (Figure 7). Figure 6. OPTIONS Menu Figure 7. Controls3. Problem Solving MethodologyFollowing is an example of how a student can use the software.As shown in Figures 8 and 9, the student must solve for the two initial velocity vector angles thatwill cause the bullet to travel from point A to point B, with an initial velocity magnitude of 400m/sec. VELOCITY

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Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

understand this leap it is necessary to derive the irreversible bimolecular-type second order reaction2performance equation: Starting with the generic second order reaction: A + B → products (1.1) The corresponding rate equation is as follows2: dC A dC B (1.2)  rA     k tot C AC B dt dt It is possible to follow the derivation of this equation in Chemical Reaction Engineering, byOctave Levenspiel in Chapter 3. The following is the end result of the derivations