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M. Nazrul Islam; Joseph Abel; Qinghai Gao

Computer Security in Undergraduate Curriculum M. Nazrul Islam, Joseph Abel and Qinghai Gao Security Systems & Law Enforcement Technology Farmingdale State College, State University of New York Email: islamn@farmingdale.edu ABSTRACTDigital information and infrastructure are crucial components in every aspect of today’s world.There is a huge need for security professionals with expertise to analyze the security threats, designand develop security tools, and manage and update security architecture. A computer securitytechnology program is developed for undergraduate curriculum following the industry

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Jikai Du; Chad M Walber; Shawn E Thompson; David J Kukulka; Edward Purizhansky

Department Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New YorkAbstract In today’s engineering education, challenges exist to motivate and educate students fromthe millennial generation, such as closing the gap between 21st century workplace demands anda 21st century education, enhancing students’ passion for learning and commitment to lifelonglearning, better infusing 21st century skills into the classroom, and so on. Among various highimpact practices and educational technology, real world problems and hands-on experience areefficient approaches to improve the learning experience of engineering technology students. Inthis paper, a college industry partnership was established through Industrial Advisory

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Mana Seifaei; Salah Badjou

design approach in traditional capstone design courses.!2. The ContextWhen he joined Merrimack College, the faculty co-author chose to teach capstone design. Thegoal and challenge were to introduce a multidisciplinary systems, i.e. mechatronics, approach inteaching capstone design in a traditional specialized discipline such as electrical engineering. Indeveloping the syllabus, the faculty co-author studied carefully the EE curriculum at MerrimackCollege in order to assess areas where students would require additional training and knowledge.He adapted the practices and methods he had developed from his teaching of electromechanicalengineering at Wentworth [3-4] to the particular program at Merrimack College. He wrote anextensive syllabus, which

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Brandiff R Caron

Revolutions, Regulations, and Realities: Licensure and Accreditation in the US and Canada Brandiff R. Caron Centre for Engineering in Society, Concordia University, Montreal, QCAbstract: In this thought piece I describe some recent successes in pushing forward a new (and potentially,revolutionary) kind of engineering education at my home institution: Concordia University. I situate thesesuccesses within the highly regulated context of engineering education in Canada. The piece ends with areflection on how some of the realities of engineering education in Canada often sit uncomfortably with theaspirations of those

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Matthew Rhudy

creating a meaningful set of assignments within alaboratory course. The students generally reflected positively on the experience. The studentsvalued the learning associated with writing in different styles. Of the five consideredassignments, students particularly appreciated the value of the written abstract, technical email,and oral presentation assignments. These types of assignments are recommended possibleassignments within laboratory courses based on these results.AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program and itscommittee members for their help developing these assignments.References1 Ernst, E. W. (1983). A new role for the undergraduate engineering laboratory. IEEE Transactions on

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Shuvra Das

affordto lose so many talented and motivated students and neither can the profession. In 2015 we dida study of the different reforms and decided to adopt the Wright State Model [6] to address theproblem. 2. Wright State Model and its ImplementationReform and the classical approaches are about changing teaching methods. Wright State model[7] provides a third way. Wright State researchers proposed an approach where the Calculussequence still remains a key component of ABET accredited engineering curriculum but the pre-requisite structure is revised significantly through the introduction of a new course onEngineering Mathematics. Wright State first proposed this model and started offering this newcourse that is taught in the freshman year by

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Pong P Chu

entirecomputer engineering curriculum [6]. The effectiveness of the development is evaluated by anarray of assessment instruments, including contents tests, lab works, student survey, and studentinterviews, and the result is reported in [6]. Since the assessment is aimed at the semester-longcourse, it does not evaluate individual topics or projects. However, we believe that theintroduction of hardware-software integration helps to obtain overall positive responses.6. Summary The advancement and availability of FPGA offer a new opportunity for “hardwareprogrammability” and make the hardware-software codesign scheme more relevant. We use theupdated case studies to introduce this subject in a digital design course. These case studiesintegrate the key

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Joseph Benin P.E.; Avinash Srinivasan

Transition to Object Oriented-Programming (TOOP): An Innovative and Hands-On Introduction to Linux, OOP, and Arduinos using EMoRo Joseph Benin and Avinash Srinivasan Electrical Engineering & Cyber Systems United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT 06320 [joseph.t.benin; avinash.srinivasan]@ uscga.edu March 25, 2019 Abstract The United States Coast Guard Academy established a Core Curriculum Review Task Force in 2011 that submitted recommendations with necessary changes to the Academy’s core-curriculum. A key

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Leonard Anderson; Aslah K Alshaiea

Group & Individual College Showcase Group“The position of capstone courses in the curriculum, their integrative nature, and their mandatorypresence in accredited engineering degree programs make them excellent environments forobserving and cultivating students’ professional competencies and for documenting studentachievement of these in support of program accreditation.”1 The Engineering AccreditationCommission (EAC) of ABET has developed and approved new Student Outcomes (SO’s) inCriterion 3 to be implemented in the 2019/2020 accreditation cycle. The previous a-k StudentOutcomes have been replaced with the new 1 -7 Student Outcomes. “These criteria apply to allaccredited engineering

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Wei Xie; Jared Auclair; Jinxiang Pei

recognized curriculum based • Use the model-based DoE to on our theory and practice improve the production approach to training. efficiency of viral vectors. • Draw on expert faculty across • Provide in person, hands-on, the colleges (engineering, experiment training in viral computer science). vector manufacturing. To accelerate the adoption of Viral A trained and certified workforce BENEFITS Vector Manufacturing we can will be able to effectively educate the

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Lisa Greenwood; Mark Indelicato; Miguel Bazdresch; Mike Eastman

taken place. Early PBL wastightly structured with few implementation alternatives. More recently, the notion of problembased learning has become “… diverse, complex and contested” (Savin-Baden, 2008, p. 101).Researchers acknowledge that PBL is not a panacea for all teaching and learning environments(Jonassen & Hung, 2008), and educators face new challenges when deciding to delve into PBLtechniques. Potential concerns include vague learning expectations or outcomes, changes inteaching and learning approach (Maudsley, 1999), and requirements for “instantaneouschanges in curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices…” (Barron et al., 1998, p. 271). Engineering educators face many challenges and potential pitfalls associated

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Stephen Wilkerson; Joe Cerreta; Andrew D Gadsden

crop cycles currently dominatingMaryland and Pennsylvania farms. This program is formulated as a project-based learning(PBL) initiative. In particular, the program is a Capstone Design 2-semester course thatadditionally has design and build criteria as a requirement. Completion of this project is arequirement for graduation, and students usually take the capstone design course in their senioryear. Because this course is within the Engineering and Computer Science curriculum of thecollege, however, many of the topics that the students are required to learn are well outside oftheir typical course requirements. In this paper, we detail the approach to having undergraduatestudents research and master multiple technology areas and then apply them

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Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen; Joseph Vaglica

enrolled in the construction management program atWayne State University Engineering Technology Division are encouraged to participate in theannual ELECTRI International/NECA Student Chapter Competition on electrical constructionmanaging projects. The main competition component is the challenge to propose an energyupgrade design and simulation for a facility providing community services to achieve a net zerofacility by incorporating energy saving measures and distributed energy resources based on theunique needs of the buildings and climate. Students are expected to provide detailed technicalsolutions in the proposal by examining the past year utility expenses, planning the renovationdesign, estimating new system costs, and demonstrating energy