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Peter J. Zeno

information on GPGPUareas of complex architecting, such as the use of computer programming, CUDA, and the general architecture of theaided design (CAD) software in the architecture, mechanical, NVIDIA GPU.and engineering fields. Additionally, electronic design (digitaland analog) and software system design also rely heavily onthe use of graphical and automated based tools to aid invisualizing the connectivity and relations of its componentsB. GPGPU Programming recommended that realistic data be used and the results are The use of GPUs for non-graphical computations has verified. Many times errors are introduced by inadvertentlyexploded in recent years [8, 9]. This is due

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Robert A. Hilton

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Reverse Engineering the Volcano CAN BUS Framework for Engine Control Unit Programming Robert A. Hilton Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Hartford West Hartford, Connecticut robert.a.hilton.jr@gmail.com Abstract— The goal of this project is to design a combination project is to create a generic programmer that can be used toISO 9141 (K-Line) and CAN BUS

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

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Educational Computer Program for Simulating Behavior of Structures under Dynamic Loads Mohammed-Noor N. Al-Maghrabi and Ahmed A. Abdou El- Abbasy Engineering. In 1934 Professor Lydik Jacobsen and his Abstract— Saudi Arabia has constructed many universities in student, John Blume, developed the first field instrument forthe last decade. Civil, mechanical, and mining engineering strong shaking of structures and investigated the performancedepartments have courses deal

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Katherine Aho; Kavitha Chandra; Ed Roberts

problem now required two cases, the students needed to use aexplained and an example is presented in Part D of this section. conditional statement to calculate the correct solution. This portion of the assignment acted as an introduction toB. Relation to physics curriculum conditional statements. An example of an if-else statement was Most of the programming assignments created are directly shown prior to the assignment. The students were allowed torelated to the physics concepts described in the Massachusetts follow the example to help them formulate the correct if-elseScience and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework

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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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Christopher Palmieri; Judith Hooymans; Cole Gingrich; Tooran Emami Ph. D.; Aaron Dahlen; Joseph Staier

our computer's calculations. This computer is needed to run MATLAB in order to perform the calculations necessary for creating a controller. Additionally, a version of MySQL relational database is chosen as the storage of data; data invaluable to the refining of the controller. Python programming language allows successful communicating between MySQL and the Arduinos connected through the

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Beverly Woolf; Enid Sichel; Mark Floryan

scarcely used in the engineering curriculum. There is anopportunity for computer-based teaching tools in engineeringand industrial technology programs [8]. In the chemicalengineering curriculum, for example, courses haveincorporated increasingly complex and realistic examplesthrough the use of spreadsheets, mathematical and processsimulation software, multimedia courseware, and resourcesavailable through the World Wide Web. Well-designed instructional technology can facilitate Figure 2. Students use the CIRCE software to sketch electronic waves. Three software levers (bottom and left) are used to fine-tune thelearning in ways that cannot be achieved in traditional

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Girma Tewolde

This paper presented the effective use of robots and Smartphones for attracting and inspiring students to STEM education. The long-term objective of this summer program is to increase awareness about the Computer Engineering and related fields of study, for high-school students in our surrounding region. The impact will be measured by

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Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

others to create positive change);undergraduate engineering programs, as per the learning 3. Understand and direct oneself as a learner (i.e., the ability tooutcomes required in engineering and technology programs identify one’s prior knowledge, recognize one’s strengths andfor accreditation by ABET [7]: “ a recognition of the needs for gaps as a learner, and know how one is motivated to learn);and an ability to engage in lifelong learning.” It is very 4. Become a reflexive, accountable and relational learner (i.e.,difficult to devise assessment schemes which demonstrate the ability to reflect on one’s practices and clarify expectationsattainment of this outcome – hence we have another valuable

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Nicholas S. Rosasco; Dane Brown

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. Digital Freedom Fighting An Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Education Module Nicholas S. Rosasco Dane Brown Department of Computer and Information Sciences Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Towson University United States Naval Academy Towson, MD Annapolis, MDAbstract—The STEM program at the U. S. Naval Academy is

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Abdullah Ibrahim Almhaidib

byand became the department of industrial engineering in 2002. creating and disseminating knowledge and technology toAccordingly, there are currently six departments offering future generations through teaching, research andseven Bachelor of Science Degrees. College of engineering partnership with industry and government”started offering graduate programs in 1981. Currently, thereare eight Master of Science programs and five Ph. D. One of the six strategic objectives of college of engineeringprograms in civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and stated in its strategic plan which is related to the collaborationindustrial engineering. In addition to four Master of Science with industry is [5

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Fernanda Gobbi de Boer; Carla ten Caten; Istefani Carisio de Paula

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Application of the Problem Based Learning Method in the Discipline ‘Statistics for Engineering’ Fernanda Gobbi de Boer (Author) Carla ten Caten (Co-author) M.Sc. Student of the Graduate Program in Industrial Vice Dean of the School of Engineering Engineering Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, Brazil Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Tara Kulkarni

. These opportunities range from those provided to first year I. INTRODUCTION undergraduate students in engineering (for example atF Northeastern University9), to designing senior year capstone 1 URCO (1996) explored various definitions and forms of Service-Learning (S-L) by distinguishing S-L programs design projects to be S-L based, (for example at South Dakotafrom volunteerism, internships, community service, and field State University10), to entire program curricula based on S-Leducation. However, Berman (1996)2 cites the first principles

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Jose Javier Montaner Mora; Luis Miguel Mora Gonzalez

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA. International Education UMANE Atlantis Program EU/US International Bachelor’s Degree Jose Javier – Montaner Mora Luis Miguel – Mora Gonzalez Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at NJIT Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at NJIT NJIT – New Jersey Institute of Technology NJIT – New Jersey Institute of Technology UNIPR – Univeristà degli Studi di Parma UNIPR – Univeristà degli Studi di

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Abrar Mohammed Alajlan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) High-Level Abstractions in Wireless Sensor Networks: Status, Taxonomy, Challenges, and Future Directions Abrar M. Alajlan, Khaled M. Elleithy, Member, IEEE Several programming approaches have been proposed toAbstract— Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained a lot assist WSNs programming. Two broad classes of WSNsof considerations in recent years and have significant impacts on programming models have been explored lately; localdifferent application

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Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Developing a Software Defined Networking Curriculum through Industry Partnerships Carolyn J. Sher-DeCusatis and Casimer DeCusatis IT job market. Abstract—Software Defined Networking (SDN) is an emergingtechnology which radically improves cloud computing and other This new, cost effective model for IT relies more stronglytypes of data networking. We discuss a new SDN undergraduate than ever before on dynamic, high performance networkseducation program, developed

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Keith M. Gardiner

the Center for Manufacturing SystemsEngineering and an associated cross-disciplinary MS in MSE Program, he is issues, and every major US industry had task forces studyingalso a Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, Japanese methods. Total Quality Management, and QualityCMSE, 200 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA (Phone: 610- Circles became a powerful mantra and various professional758-5070; e-mail: Keith.Gardiner@Lehigh.edu). groups, together with the National Science Foundation (NSF) He spent 21 years with IBM in semiconductor manufacturing and with theCorporate Manufacturing Technology Institute when the ideas developed in and the National

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Arthur Rozario; Justin Paruvaparampil; Keis Sultani; ShuaiXiang Zhang; Andres Mora; Catherine Carti; Brendan O'Brien; M.C. Damas; Wenli Guo; Andrew Nguyen; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Alexei Kisselev; Tak Cheung

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA.Measurement of Photon Diffusion with Mobile Phone Camera with Appications to mHealth Monitoring 1Arthur Rozario, Justin Paruvaparampil, Keis Sultani, Chantel Damas, 1Wenli Guo, 2Andrew Nguyen, 1 ShuaiXiang Zhang, Andres Mora, Catherine Carti, Vazgen Shekoyan, 1Sunil Dehipawala, 1AlexeiBrendan O'Brien, Students of Pre-Engineering Program, Kisselev and 1Tak Cheung, 1Physics Department , 2CUNY Queensborough

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Priscilla Tengdin; Kayla Santello; Robert Henry

) of ASCE. The purpose of the survey was to gather information “Working drawings are critical to construction work. It about how civil engineering programs in the United States is essential that everyone in the building team is able to instruct their undergraduate students how to read, interpret understand and interpret them as appropriate to their and use engineering and construction drawings. needs.” [2] Forty (40) departments responded to the survey which At one time most civil engineering programs had a based upon an ASCE report would be

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Rasha Gaffer M. Helali

, maintainability, availability …etc. Different classes of metrics measure different aspects of system quality, so a single or multiple II. CHARACTERISTICS AND CHALLENGES IN SOFTWARE metrics belong to a class cannot be successfully used to measure all quality related facets of a system. MEASUREMENT G. Eason.et.al. in[9] Identify the characteristics of an optimal A principal objective of software engineering is to improve the metric

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper; Mike Kelley; Steve Beyerlein

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Using the EPSA Rubric to Evaluate Student Work on Ethics Case Studies in a Professional Issues Course Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, P.E., Ph.D., Mike Kelley, Ph.D., and Steve Beyerlein, Ph.D. subjective, difficult to quantify, inconsistent between differentAbstract— Engineering programs commonly utilize ethics evaluators, and costly to administer.2,3case studies as the basis for student discussions. Measuring thestudent learning resulting from the case study process

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Shanon Reckinger; Blanca Aca; Katherine Pitz

[9, 10, 12]. Personal16% of total enrollment of those institutions (compared to interest refers to students not having a genuine interest in the47% in China, 38% in South Korea, and 27% in France) [3]. applications, technologies, or theory relating to a particularIt was observed that over two-thirds of the engineers who field. The outreach project presented here aims to providereceive PhD’s from US universities are not US citizens [4]. underrepresented groups with a short term project that allowsFurthermore, the higher up on academic STEM ladder (i.e. them to explore the field of fluid dynamics in a deep andmiddle school student, high school student

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Richard Steven Colon; Prabir Patra; Khaled Elleithy

, is with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the birds fly, and fire burns. We take for granted our humanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University Of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, knowledge about the world and causal relations (doing X,CT 06604, USA. (e-mail: ppatra@my.bridgeport.edu). K. M. Elleithy is with the Department of Computer Science and results in Y). But a machine has no understanding of wordEngineering, University Of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA. (e-mail: concepts within any specific context. Therefore, many earlyelleithy@my.bridgeport.edu). story/narrative generation systems had difficulty handling978-1-4799-5233-5/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEEeven

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Madina Mansurova; Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki; Anna Pyrkova

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Development of courses directed on formation of competences demanded on the market of IT technologies Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki, Madina Mansurova, Anna Pyrkova, al-Farabi Kazakh National University Labour Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of supplementAbstract—Important feature of new educational programs, Chapter 10-1 "National Qualifications System". In accordanceaccording to the State program of a development of education, is with the NQS Sectoral Qualifications

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Ashwin Satyanarayana; Hong Li; Josephine Braneky

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Improving Retention by Mentoring and Tutoring Freshmen Students Ashwin Satyanarayana, Hong Li, and Josephine Braneky {asatyanarayana, hli, jbraneky}@citytech.cuny.edu Department of Computer Systems Technology New York City College of Technology, 300 Jay St, N-914, Brooklyn, NY 11201. The issue is twofold: attracting students to

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Tomislav Bujanovic; Prasanta Ghosh

, use education and research related to contemporary powerknowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to perform engineering. In our smart grid lab we have modern equipmentcomplex experiments and learn how to use optimization as well as analysis and synthesis tools currently available inprocedure for accurate data interpretation, and propose power industry. In this lab students conduct differentadditional requirements for the electromechanical devices tomeet the application specifications. In this paper we discuss the pre-designed experiments and analyze the responseeffects of the strides we have made to improve

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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

: troubleshoot, and maintain technology related software,Teresa.Piliouras@BestWeCanBe.org).978-1-4799-5233-5/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEEProceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) hardware, and systems. solving and learning within digital environments (which are As noted above, SCANS makes a distinction between deemed practical life skills) [4], [13].foundation skills and competencies – which require higher In comparison to SCANS and ATC21S, The Partnership fororder knowledge and behavior. Foundation skills are useful in 21st Century Learning Skills’ learning framework addsall occupations. For instance, foundation skills are

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Anatoliy Gordonov

specific program is not an easy task and The second generation of buffer overflows is related to thedepends on many factors. These factors include computer mistake (called off-by-one) that can frequently be found inarchitecture, OS environment, programming languages used to programs. By “one” we mean an element of an array. Forcreate the program, and, of course, the qualification of the example, very often, this error can be found in loop operatorsattacker. One of the widely used buffer overflow variants is a where elements may start from 0 instead of 1, or by comparingstack overflow, which can be exploited in computers that the end of the loop with “<=n” instead of “< n

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Thomas Goddard; Konstantin Litovskiy; Nathan Nichols-Roy; Matthew Reed; Igor Shvartser; Nicholas Smith; David Zeppa; Linda Werner; Julia E. Rice; Hans W. Horn; Amanda C. Engler

diagram. Fig. 3 shows the unique vector paths in different colors. 3 engineering tools and practices: the SCRUM project management methodology [x], Doxygen [xi], code reviews, and Mob Programming [xii]. The research scientists were not familiar with the SCRUM project management

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Moijue Kaikai; Erin D. Baker

successful implementation of this project, theWednesday, geothermal and hydroelectric on Thursday, and Diversity Programs Office of the College of Engineeringthen we finished up explaining wind power on Friday. adapted the wind turbine project for 300 female students, teachers, and guidance counselors from various local high schools in Western Massachusetts for this year’s UMassD. Wind Project Amherst annual Women in Engineering and Computing After the first week of assessment, videos, and classroom Career Day