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Longyin Sun; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA.Influencing Factors in the Decision and Management Sciences Sun, Longyin Christian Bach Technology of Management, Engineering Technology of Management, Engineering University of Bridgeport University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, United States Bridgeport, CT, United States Abstract — By reviewing the different researches in decision and Before the decision maker makes his choice, he is

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Nan Feng

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. BUILDING A STRONG BRAND AND MANAGING BRAND Nan Feng Technology Management School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT USA nanfeng@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract— This Article based on the objective that how to need to let consumers know and believe their brand. Five setsbuild a strong brand and the reason why people need to build a of propositions linking product-positioning

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Thair Jamal Khdour; Shaima Salem

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) The effects of integrating knowledge management with E- Learning systems Thair Khdour Shaima Salem Computer Information Systems Department Amman College for Financial and Managerial Science Albalqa Applied University Albalqa Applied University Salt 19117 Jordan Amman Jordan khdour@bau.edu.jo shaima_mis@yahoo.com Abstract—since the

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May Alzawawi

chain process: “ integrating environmental thinking into supply that sustainability have positive effects on the social, environmentalchain management, including product design, material sourcing and and financial performance of the organization.selection, manufacturing process, delivery of the final product to thecustomers as well as end of life management of the product after itsuseful life” [10]. 2.4 Drivers of Supply Chain Sustainability The trend toward contributing sustainability into the supply chain2.3 Triple Bottom Line initiates is a

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Thy Dinh; Bryan Slater; Farshid Zabihian

gyroscope, an accelerometer, and the I. INTRODUCTION magnetometer or combinations of any two of the mechanisms In this Space Flight Design challenge, we have assembled a to complement each other to get an accurate data calculationteam of mechanical engineering seniors who are dedicated to and relay it back to earth. A weight limitation has to be-take forth this challenge and broaden their knowledge from considered; in this case, the payload weight limitation is 70 kgmechanical engineering to build and program a spacecraft that ??. Another major aspect that has to be-considered is the ruleswould take their skill levels to the next

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Mohammed-Noor Naher Al-Maghrabi; Ahmed A. Abdou El-Abbasy

platform-independent,interagency National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program widely used Matlab programming language. A compiled(NEHRP), which in turn, led to the creation of NEES. NEES version is available which does not require Matlab license.is authorized by the U.S. Congress under NEHRP and funded DYSSOLVE is designed to fill the need for a lightweight,by NSF. classroom instruction and learning tool. Various problemsHeadquarters provides day-to-day leadership and management which can be solved include Single and multi-degree offor NEES network operations and serves as the focal point for freedom spring

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Arar Alkhader; Junling Hu; Akinwumi Akinkunmi; Prabir Patra; Xingguo Xiong

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA Modeling Iced Bio-Bandage Design for Skin Burns Arar Alkhader1, Junling Hu2, Akinwumi Akinkunmi1, Prabir Patra1, Xingguo Xiong3 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Bridgeprot, Bridgeport, CT, USA 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bridgeprot, Bridgeport, CT, USA 3 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, University of Bridgeprot, Bridgeport, CT, USA Abstract— Over the years, many designs for biobandage were accident refers to causes like electrical, chemical, etc., Whileintroduced for different types of burns but in most cases

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Tamer Abukhalil; Madhav Patil

Robotics, vol. 2013, 2013.[7] D. Blank, D. Kumar, L. Meeden, and H. Yanco, "Pyro: A python-based versatile programming environment for teaching robotics," Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), vol. 4, p. 3, 2004.[8] A. Elkady, J. Joy, and T. Sobh, "A plug and play middleware for sensory modules, actuation platforms and task descriptions in robotic manipulation platforms," in Submitted to Proc. 2011 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conf. and Computers and Information in Engineering Conf.(IDETC/CIE’11), 2011.

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Remah Alshinina; Christian Bach

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Improvement in the Performance of Design-Science Research in Information Systems Christian Bach Remah Alshinina School Of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering University Of Bridgeport University Of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A Bridgeport, CT, U.S.A cbach@bridgeport.edu ralshini

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Mohamed A. Ghalib; Yasser S. Abdalla; R. M. Mostafa

0.5µs and the maximum operating frequency is to be 25 kHz in datasheet. When designing circuits with TLP250 a 100nf bypass capacitor (ceramic capacitor) is in output of the driver, this capacitor called boost strip capacitor used to Fig.4 The flow chart for programming the signal phase inverter SPWM signal. protect the driver of dv/dt, a capacitor stabilizes

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Ketul B Shah; Aritra Ghosh; Md Naim Hossain; Young Lee

1 Enhancing Engineering Educational Using Virtual Lab Technology Ketul B Shah Aritra Ghosh Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department Texas A&M University - Kingsville Texas A&M University - Kingsville Kingsville, TX-78363. USA Kingsville, TX-78363. USA ketul.shah@students.tamuk.edu aritra.ghosh

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Girma Tewolde

-4799-5233-5/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEEare all managed by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition Program outcomes - students who successfully completeof Science and Technology) [5]. Such competitions provide this summer camp are expected to demonstrate:great opportunities for the participants to appreciate the valueof their academic curricula and develop the skills for problem • Practical application of STEM to basic Computersolving, communication, and teamwork. They further help Engineering topics including mobile robotics,them explore potential career pathways and learn valuable programming, and Mobile Apps development.life and employment skills. In most cases these types ofrobotic teams

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

provided a high level of mentorship and direction. With the Index Terms—Eporfolios, internship, experiential learning, growth of engineering, technology, manufacturing (and manyassessment, ABET other areas) with industrialization, urbanization, modern warfare, and needs of large populations, academic programs I. INTRODUCTION were designed to rapidly provide engineers in large numbers. A. Experiential learning and assessment challenges Unfortunately, this reduced the opportunity for direct

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Richard Mendoza; Brian Stuckman; Anthony Melkonian; Alexander Gilman

innovative fog feature has been designed and design, fabrication and implementation of a fog productionintegrated into the back-glass of a restored vintage pinball ma- system that fits in the back-glass of a retro pinball machinechine. The fog feature adds an interesting effect to a zombie such that it can be triggered by actions performed by the playergraveyard scene painted on to the back glass of the Night of the to enhance the aesthetics of the machine. The client for thisLiving Dead themed game. The designed system is able to pro- particular project was a Vice President and Manager ofduce fog instantaneously through the use of a newly created at- Engineering Products and System Development at a globalomizer design

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

City College of Technology (“City Tech”) is thenetwork controller to dynamically fail over traffic to a path designated senior college of technology within the 24-unitwith lower service priority, and automatically switch back City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urbanonce the fault had been corrected. The ability to program public university system in the nation. The college plays annetwork infrastructure APIs is rapidly emerging as a key important role nationally in the education of future scientists,differentiating skill for network architects and administrators, engineers, technologists and mathematicians. The Nationaland will soon become a requirement for most employers

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Joseph A. Levert; Andy Grosso

. in 1995 and has grown to a network of 20 participating universities [7]. Another notable organization is Service- Learning Integrated throughout a College of Engineering I. INTRODUCTION (SLICE) which was established by the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2004 [8] and the AssistiveC APSTONE design projects are an integral part of all ABET accredited undergraduate engineering programs[1]. External sponsorship of design projects has been

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Abrar Mohammed Alajlan

ElectricalEngineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bridgeport, CT 06604, A. ScalabilityUSA (e-mail: elleithy@bridgeport.edu). Many sensor network applications deploy hundreds or even thousands of nodes collaborating to achieve desired978-1-4799-5233-5/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEEgoal(s); thus, scalability is one of the major designing Thus, the programming model for sensor networks shouldattributes in sensor networks applications [6]. A scalable deploy some applications that attain a proper level of energy-sensor network is representing the ability of the network to

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Keith M. Gardiner

performance engineers, and even transferred employees (andappreciation and understanding of semiconductor design, families) from Asia to take advantage of the part-time ormanufacturing processes and associated manufacturing partial release component of the Lehigh program. The nextsystems philosophies. In parallel the major professional major development came in the form of a grant from GM tosocieties, primarily ASME, IEEE, and SME developed develop a course embodying the principles of the ‘AgilityForum,’ a group headquartered at Lehigh [10] [11]. The administer, manage, grade and certify the performance of theircourse “Agile Organizations and Manufacturing Systems

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Adedamola Akinsanya; Christian Bach

. marketing knowledge, concepts and techniques to increase social and economic ends. It is also concerned with the Keywords—social marketing, behaviour, marketing analysis of the social consequence of marketing policies,technologies, society, programs. decisions and activities. [20] coined the term social marketing for their definition of “the design, implementation and control INTRODUCTION of programmes calculated to influence the acceptability ofIt is clear that the term social marketing is now a well

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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A.M. Annan; C. M. McLain; M. E. Perham; D. N. Robear; D. J. McLaughlin

engineering education to the new century”, National Academy ofnew Engineering program at that University. The lab and the Engineering, Washington D.C., 2005.impacted course described here received very positive [4] S. D. Sheppard, K. Macatanagay, A. Colby, and W. Sullivan,feedback from the students and have even encouraged many “Educating engineers: designing for the Future of the Field”, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Preparation forof them to pursue electrical project applications outside of the the Professions, Josey-Bass, 2009. pp 79-81, December, 200

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo

, this labinteresting to note that Lego has recently introduced a was removed and our programs became less “hands-whole line of their products aimed at girls called on” and more theoretical. Physical model building,“Lego Friends,” so the tide may be changing. at greatly reduced scales, and funded by the individual student or student teams, remained inNot only are students entering third level education, many design courses taken by architectureand particularly architecture and engineering engineering technology students but not a required inprograms, with limited spatial reasoning skills but the construction management engineering

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Rasha Gaffer M. Helali

increased because they have been recognized as a useful external attributes accurately such as reliability, availability instrument for managing software process effectively. …etc. The following section focus on current used metrics and Software metrics allow to use a real engineering approach to their limitations. software development, providing the quantitative and objective base that software engineering was lacking. In fact, II. SOFTWARE METRICS their use in industry is becoming more and more In this section, we will discuss software metrics concept and widespread.[2] As regards the research in software metrics [2], classification along with their advantages

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Tomislav Bujanovic; Prasanta Ghosh

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Laboratory Experiments for Enhanced Learning of Electromechanical Devices Tomislav Bujanovic and Prasanta Ghosh, Senior Member, IEEE new smart grid workforce. In the Department of Electrical Abstract— In advanced Power Engineering and Smart Grid Engineering and Computer Science we have developed smartLaboratory environment students get opportunities to grid laboratory to support both undergraduate and graduatedemonstrate their ability to design and conduct experiments

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Joseph Betthauser; Daniel Benavides; Jeff Schornick; Neal O'Hara; Jimit Patel; Jeremy Cole; Edgar Lobaton

computational tasks. For example, IV. SOFTWARE AND MANAGEMENT the popular NumPy [5] package includes a set of linear algebraA key design goal of the WolfBot platform is to maximize tools used extensively for kinematic motion calculationsaccessibility to researchers. This goal has been realized in processed locally on the WolfBot.three parts: simplified access to hardware (sensors, actuators,communications), compatibility with popular software C. WolfBot Managementlibraries (e.g. the Open Source Computer Vision (OpenCV) As the number of WolfBots grows, care must be taken tolibrary [6] and Robot Operating System (ROS) [10]), and ease ensure

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Julie N. Renner; Kathy E. Ayers

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Exploring Electrochemical Technology: A Perspective on the ASEE/NSF Small Business Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellowship Julie N. Renner and Kathy E. Ayers write research proposals for the small business to review Abstract—The American Society for Engineering Education before accepting them into the program. Companies benefitadministers a postdoctoral fellowship program supported by the financially, paying only a modest amount toward the

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

construction drawings. I. I NTRODUCTION • Discuss an iBook that is being developed to help undergraduate engineering students learn to read, Construction drawings are the central communication interpret and work with engineering and constructiontool for the architectural and engineering design of a drawings. The iBook incorporates 2-D images, 3-Dconstruction project. Construction drawings have a images, virtual reality models, drawings andlanguage of their own and each person involved with the photographs into an interactive learning

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Gad J. Selig

. 9. Osterwalder, A. and Y. Pigneur, Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. 2010: John Wiley & Sons.10. Timmons, J.A. and S. Spinelli, New venture creation: Dr. Gad J. Selig is the Associate Dean for Business Entrepreneurship for the 21st century. Vol. 4. 1994: Development and Director of the Technology Management Irwin Boston. Degree Program in the Graduate Studies and Research11. Block, Z., Corporate venturing: Creating new Division and the School of Engineering at the University of businesses within the firm. 1995: Harvard

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Joseph Chen; Mark Molnar

ensure the optima setting is confirmed • Develop Process Control plan • Design a SPC chart for process owner • Update the charter, project management information • Conduct Final presentation The following case study will provide detailed information 1) Project Charter:of how such a Six sigma project has been conducted. This case The first of such define tools introduced to engineers here atstudy is one of the six team projects conducted in January Bradley University is known as the Project Charter. When2014. Fig. 2 shows structure of the case study. given the task of applying Six sigma methodology to a project

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Jordan Cox; Farshid Zabahian

@mail.wvu.edu Abstract— The United States Army Corps of Engineers The tech. orders in use have not been updated to maximize(USACE) built and manages the Summersville dam and its power produced by Hydro. Current procedures place heavyrecreation area. The USACE’s priorities are flood control emphasis on protecting recreation and wildlife atdownstream of Summersville Lake and recreation, not producing Summersville Lake and downstream on the Gauley River.power. USACE currently allows the Hydroelectric plant (Hydro) The emphasis on recreation and wildlife coupled with personalattached to the dam to make power only when enough water isbeing

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Teresa Piliouras; Pui Lam Yu; Kristin Villanueva; Holly Robillard; Yingxin Chen; Michael Berson; Jeanne R. Lauer; Garret Sampel; Daniel Lapinski; Maigh Attre

., Student) Relationship Management than writing them by hand. Therefore, my teacher has us type strategy for continuous system improvement, 3) Student our papers and email them to him; then he corrects the feedback is invaluable in designing and evaluating the documents and emails them back. To a non-native learner, program. Students provide lots of suggestions about what Chinese characters are unwieldy to write, learn, remember, they want to learn. This helps us create productive, and, especially, to look up. Before I discovered the Internet engaging learning activities. and smartphone character dictionaries, I had to look up words