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

lack of lablearners, including location, time, activities, and their equipments and education materials’ availability. Our mainpreferences [4]. The crucial factor for context awareness is focus in this technology is to rectify this situation as much asthe possibility of capturing this broad range of contextual possible. Using mobile technology and its wide features canattributes [5]. These characteristics combined together with be utilized in fulfilling these approaches.sensors that provide additional information about the current Virtual Lab is a mobile application consisting ofphysical environment can serve as a good basis to supportnew ways of

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James Accuosti

and businesses, community colleges have already exhibited anchanges the way or means in which we learn, we must innovative level of responsiveness and leadership withunderstand the way in which we absorb knowledge [6]. Straub technology-based programming [8].” Owen and Demb focusnotes that, as humans, we must understand how education on higher education, but if social forces constantly nag us withtechnologies contribute to our learning environments and the usual rhetoric about preparing our youth for a 21st centuryconvey knowledge. In addition, technology literacy is education, we, collectively, have to start with our youngest. Inincreasingly becoming mandated in K-12

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Moijue Kaikai; Erin D. Baker

. INTRODUCTION II. BACKROUND RESEARCH Energy for Education is an initiative set forth by the studentrun non-profit organization World Energy Project. The goal is Prior to developing any lesson plan, research wasto educate grade school students on energy issues -- globally conducted on topics, including: Energy in Springfield,and within their own communities – and on sustainable Currirculum Implementation, Mentoring Students of Color,practices used to resolve them. In order to achieve this, we and STEM Education.have developed a curriculum composed of a series of lessonplans in the classroom. This curriculum was developed in the A. Energy in

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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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Dan Tenney; Naif Jalal

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Use of Smart Table in Educational Institutions to Enhance Student Learning Performance Naif Jalal (Office Mgr, Texan Cardiovascular Institute, TX, US )and Dan Tenney ( Quality Executive, 3M Co., StPaul MN US) work related responsibilities. Technology has brought Abstract— Technology has influenced various changes to various fields and sectors across the globe.industries, including the educational sector. One such area which has been significantly influencedSMART™ Table can be regarded as

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

overdamped systems are covered by the software. Harmonic structures. loading, impulsive Loading, general arbitrary loading, and 5- To help students to check their solving of exercises and forces due to ground acceleration of earthquakes are involved through the software. Drawing true and pseudo response assignments comparing their manual calculations with the spectrum for a certain earthquake and damping ratio is also software results. included. The software is used for educational purposes such

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Keith M. Gardiner

ability, a knack of bringing problems being considered. A library of on-demand modulestogether many, possibly ‘off the wall,’ information sources. using technology, Distance Education archives, YouTube andThese assets must be melded with leadership characteristics, TED etc. could impart the necessary theoretical information asknowing when to step back, and humility in accepting other and when it was required. Testing and measurement wouldideas. The need for strong technical abilities for the specific then commence to simulate operations in a ‘real world’task on the horizon goes without saying together with curiosity environment; multiple choice assignments and quizzes wouldand habits of life-long learning

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Sk Hasan Hafizul Haque; H. M. Imran Hassan; S. M. Abul Hossain

V. FUTURE WORK controller laboratory for manufacturing engineering education”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 24, The present work has done successfully for controlling No. 7-8, pp. 590-298.the single tank water level by using one motor. As PID is used [7] Rehg, J., “PLC laboratories – the next generation”, ASEE Annualfor controlling and monitoring for a particular motor/machine, Conference & Exposition, 2002. [8] Automating Manufacturing Systems with PLCs by Hugh Jack (Versionbut

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Madina Mansurova; Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki; Anna Pyrkova

courses is achieved not only by the information and communication technologies of the al-Farabi Kazakhcontent and the friendly interface of educational material, but national university "Application of information and communicationalso through the use of assignments and tests for self- technologies in science and education", Almaty, 2013.assessment, allowing the learner to evaluate the degree of [7] Danayev N.T. Akhmed-Zaki D.Zh. Pyrkova A.Yu. Mansurova M.E. Kumalakov B.A. Principles of distance course design oriented onmaterial mastery. Self-organization and self-control conducted industrial competences. // Materials of

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Girma Tewolde

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Robots and Smartphones for Attracting Students to Engineering Education Girma Tewolde1, Jaerock Kwon2Abstract ⎯ The field of Robotics has been around for over half a can actually make a difference has a powerful impact in theircentury. Historically robots have been mostly used for industrial perception about science and engineering education.manufacturing applications, although emerging areas in Kettering University is a primarily undergraduatemedical, space, security, military

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

[16]. The cost of run unmodified on the WolfBot. Simplified installation maycomponents per robot is under $550 for a single unit. As part be accomplished using the management interface described inof an educational activity, assembly can be integrated as a Section IV.C.class project for undergraduate students. Python has an extensive collection of mature libraries available for most common

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Joseph A. Levert; Andy Grosso

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) NYSID’s Project CREATE: An Organizational Model for Service Learning through Assistive Technology Development Joseph A. Levert, Member, ASEE, Andy Grosso the product of the students’ design experience serves the needs Abstract — Project CREATE (Cultivating Resources for of others in the community.Employment with Assistive Technology) is an organizationestablished by NYSID (New York State Industries for

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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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Anas Bushnag; Christian Bach

. NETWORK PERFORMANCEDRR and SFQ were providing better performance compared Network performance is a very important aspect becauseto other protocols. However, the best three protocols had some new technologies cannot be used or perform poorlydifferent orders based on the performance metric conducted. due to the huge amount of data they need in order to achieveThe scope of the research focuses only on unicast wired their targets [4]. Moreover, network performance can benetworks, so this work is not applicable for multicast orwireless networks. The proposed model shows how results were divided into several categories including queuingcollected and

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Leslie Chandrakantha

concepts using simulation. This approach of usingExcel Data Tables and formulas is relatively easy for studentsto comprehend the concepts by implementing in a spreadsheetand visualizing the sampling distributions and p-values. Excelis easy to use software and many students have access to it.Our preliminary assessment suggests that the computersimulation approach will enhance students understanding ofconcepts. REFERENCES[1] T. R. Black, “Simulation on spreadsheets for complex concepts: Teaching statistical power as an example,” International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 473-481, 1999.[2] H. Callaert, 2002. “Understanding statistical misconceptions.” Proc. of

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Wei Lu

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Phylogenetic Analysis Using Bayesian Model Wei Lu, Ph.D. ,P.Eng. Member, IEEE Mike Hanrahan, Ph.D. Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Keene State College. USNH Keene State College, USNH Keene, NH USA Keene, NH USA e-mail: wlu@keene.edu e-mail: mhanraha@keene.eduAbstract - Bayesian inference has been widely applied for

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Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

). education, Academy of Management Learning and Education, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 193-212 (2005). 3 Singer-Freeman, Karen, Linda Bastone and Joseph Skrivanek, Using E-Portfolios to support transfer studentsuccess, Diversity and Democracy, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter2014.4 Herman, Clem and Gill Kirkup, Learners in transition: theuse of ePortfolios for women returners to science, engineeringand technology, Innovations in Education and TeachingInternational, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 67-76 (2008).5 Chen, H. (2012

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Abdelrahman Elleithy; Gonhsin Liu; Varun Pande

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Theoretical versus Practical Results of an Advanced Power Model used in Communications of Wireless Sensor Networks Abdelrahman Elleithy, Gonhsin Liu, and Varun PandeAbstract—in this paper we present an advanced model for power 4. The time until all nodes have been drained of their energyconsumption in communications. The new model for power [5];consumed in communications takes into considerationparameters power consumption for the active mode, power 5. K-coverage: the time the area of interest is covered by atconsumption for

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Arafat Abu Mallouh; Khaled M. Elleithy; Ramadhan Mstafa; Adwan Alanazi

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) A Highly Secure Quantum Communication Scheme for Blind Signature using Qubits and Qutrits Arafat Abu Malluh, Khaled M. Elleithy, Adwan Alanazi, Ramadhan J. Mstafa Abstract—The advances in hardware speed has being rapidly must be kept secured. For asymmetric encryption, there areincreased rapidly in the recent years, which will lead to the two different keys; private and public. Both techniques’ability to decrypt well known decryption algorithms in short strength is inversely related with the computational power.time. This motivated many

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William Alpert; Alexander Vaninsky

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Efficiency of College Education in the Labor Market of the United States William Alpert, Alexander Vaninsky double compared with 2000. Also, the pay to college Abstract— The paper discusses the worthiness of the resources graduates has fallen by 5% since 2007-2008. One of theallocated for college education from the point of view of their reasons, as the authors state, is the government policy ofvalue in the labor market. We use Data Envelopment Analysis

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Richard Millham

. Yukselturk, "Predictors for student success in an online course," Educational Technology &Foundation for their support for the project and the Society, vol. 10, pp. 71-83, 2007.Enterprise Development Unit of the KZN e-skills [15] a. D. I. N. Cavus, "Assessing the success rate ofCoLab at the Durban University of Technology for students using a learning management systemtheir sponsorship. together with a collaborative tool in web-based teaching of programming languages," Journal of

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Amer H. Daggag

Literature reviewfurther this study reports the results of an ICT adoption surveyconducted for small- and medium-sized US-based companies. 1. Information Communication Technologies (ICT)Statistical analysis and diagrams were generated as the resultof the research. Overall, of the survey is resulted in the ICT is built by three words. Information means the learning offollowing findings. The green ICT requires companies to be facts about something or someone through statistics and data.able to present the needs of the present generations Communication is described as the exchange of informationcompromising to meet their needs through pollution through a certain medium. Technology is defined as the

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Frank Caserta; James McCusker; Gloria Ma

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) CAN WE USE A MATLAB APPLICATION TO IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON TRIGONOMETRY OF VECTOR PROBLEM SOLVING? James McCusker1, Gloria Ma2 and Frank Caserta, Jr.2 1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology University Institute of Technology AbstractVectors are a basic concept for electrical and mechanical engineering and computer

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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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Ali M. Elrashidi

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Performance Analysis of WDM-PON FTTH Using Different Pulse Shapes at 10 Gbps and 20 Gbps A. Elrashidi1,4, I. Ashry2,4, A. Mahros3,4, M. Alhaddad, and K. Elleithy Abstract— In this paper, we introduce a full fiber-to-the-home I. INTRODUCTIONsystem architecture. The introduced system is used to obtain a The explosive growth of the Internet is the main reason tosystem bit rate of 10 Gbps and 20 Gbps downstream and 5 Gbpsand 10 Gbps upstream

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Ammar Odeh; Khaled Elleithy; Miad Faezipour

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education E (ASEE Zone 1)Steganography in Text by Using MS Word d Symbols Ammaar Odeh, Khaled Elleithy, Miad Faezipour Computer Science & Engineering University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT06604, USA aodeh@bridgeport.edu, elleithy@bridgeport.edu, mfaezipo@bridgeport.edu

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Islam A. Ashry

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Investigating the Performance of Apodized Fiber Bragg Gratings for Sensing Applications I. Ashry1,4, A. Elrashidi2,4, A. Mahros3,4, M. Alhaddad, and K. Elleithy and reduce the overall size. Abstract—Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) technology has With the significant discovery of photosensitivity in opticaldemonstrated its suitability for many applications in recent fiber fibers, a new class of infiber component has been developed,technologies. Sensing application is one of

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Joseph Chen; Mark Molnar

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Reintroducing Six Sigma DMAIC Processes using a Hands on Approach Joseph C Chen, Ph.D. & PE & Mark Molnar the work force1. Thus it relies on the corporation toAbstract— In recent years industries and colleges have had a implement educational institutions to conduct further traininggreater need for improved six sigma training. Presented in the to their new engineers. One of such additional educationfollowing paper will be an up to date analysis of the

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Jeng-Nan Juang; Ramachandran Radharamanan

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Design of a Solar Tracking System for Renewable Energy Jeng-Nan Juang and R. Radharamanan energy sources to reduce domestic electricity cost. Solar Abstract—In this paper, a solar tracking system for renewable energy is an abundant source of renewable energy whichenergy is designed and built to collect free energy from the sun, makes it a good solution for people living under thesestore it in the battery, and convert this energy to alternating

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Muneer Alshowkan; Khaled Elleithy

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Authenticated Multiparty Secret Key Sharing Using Quantum Entanglement Swapping Muneer Alshowkan, Student Member, IEEE, Khaled Elleithy, Senior Member, IEEE Quantum Teleportation does not require a quantum channel to Abstract— In this paper we propose a new protocol for send the unknown state however, it require a classical channel.multiparty secret key sharing by using quantum entanglement The need for classical channel