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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
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AC 2007-2328: ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES FORTEACHING COMPUTINGEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Edward F. Gehringer is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University. His research interests include hardware and software support for memory management, architectures for security, object technology, and educational software for collaborative learning. Page 12.167.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies for Teaching Computing Edward F
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- Information and Network Security
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Nestor Osorio, Northern Illinois University; Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University
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and practices, admissions and graduation requirements, advising, research opportunities, retention, and minority groups. Topics relating to faculty include specific teaching methods, publications and research methods, hiring, promotion, tenure, and strategies and tools used in the classroom. Practitioners and alumni address subjects relating to industry and collaborations. Assessment and evaluation refer to improving specific courses as well as overall engineering programs, plus distance learning, design, and ethics courses. Other topics include history of engineering education, and education and learning theory. Taken together they comprise the foundational subjects of engineering
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- Emerging Information Technologies
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- David Dampier, Mississippi State University
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AC 2008-129: BUILDING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERS INDIGITAL FORENSICSDavid Dampier, Mississippi State University Page 13.264.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Building an Education Program for Engineers in Digital Forensics David A. Dampier Jansen Cohoon Department of Computer Science and Engineering Mississippi State University dampier@cse.msstate.edu; jec9@msstate.eduAbstractThis paper describes an innovative laboratory based program that offers life-long learningactivities to working professionals in the law
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- Computing Curriculum
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Barry Lunt, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University
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2006-960: CHANGING TIMES: THE STATUS OF COMPUTING EDUCATION INTHE UNITED STATESBarry Lunt, Brigham Young University Barry M. Lunt is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. Dr. Lunt received a B.S. and an M.S. degree in EET from BYU, and a Ph.D. in Occupational and Adult Education from Utah State University in Logan, UT. He has spent seven years in industry as a design engineer, and 19 years in engineering technology education. His present research emphases are the physical design of electronic circuits and systems, IT curriculum, and engineering technology education.Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University Joseph J. Ekstrom (Ph. D
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- Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University
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AC 2009-1434: DEVELOPING A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LABORATORYFOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND CYBER INFRASTRUCTUREThomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Thomas Hacker is an Assistant Professor in Computer & Information Technology, and a Research Assistant Professor in the Discovery Park Cyber Center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Dr. Hacker's research interests include high performance computing, high performance networking, grid computing, and operating systems.Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University Dr. Krishna Madhavan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Engineering Education at Clemson University in Clemson, NC. Dr. Madhavan's area of interests
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Denise Bauer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University
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AC 2008-1463: GROUP COMMUNICATION VIA TECHNOLOGY FORENGINEERING WORK: PERCEPTIONS ON EFFECTIVENESSDenise Bauer, Pennsylvania State University, University ParkGül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University Page 13.655.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Group Communication via Technology for Engineering Work: Perceptions on EffectivenessIntroductionGroup work is an important part of the engineering curriculum as employers are stressing theneed for future engineers to be able to work collaboratively with those both in and out of theirpreferred field. The use of technology in the classroom is also becoming a necessity as moststudents today
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Phil Rawles, Purdue University; Anthony Smith, Purdue University; Raymond Hansen, Purdue University; Jeffrey Sprankle, Purdue University
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AC 2009-1453: REVISING A NETWORK ENGINEERING CURRICULUM TOREFLECT CURRENT INDUSTRY AND STUDENT TRENDSPhil Rawles, Purdue UniversityAnthony Smith, Purdue UniversityRaymond Hansen, Purdue UniversityJeffrey Sprankle, Purdue University Page 14.1033.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Revising a Network Engineering Curriculum to Reflect Current Industry and Student TrendsAbstractOne of the fastest changing areas of technology education is information technology. Within theInformation Technology (IT) field, the area of network engineering and security is changingespecially quickly. Ongoing issues such as machine and network security
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University; Abhishek Gummadi, North Carolina State University; Reejesh Kadanjoth, North Carolina State University; Yvonne Marie Andrés, Global Schoolnet.org
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AC 2010-1154: MOTIVATING EFFECTIVE PEER REVIEW WITH EXTRACREDIT AND LEADERBOARDSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia.Abhishek Gummadi, North Carolina State University Abhishek Gummadi, agummad@ncsu.edu, is a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. He is working on a masters thesis on the role of game mechanics
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- Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
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AC 2008-1484: ASSESSING STUDENTS' WIKI CONTRIBUTIONSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Page 13.230.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Assessing Students’ Wiki Contributions Edward F. Gehringer North Carolina State University efg@ncsu.eduAbstractPerhaps inspired by the growing attention given to Wikipedia, instructors have increasingly beenturning to wikis [1, 2] as an instructional collaborative space. A major advantage of a wiki isthat any user can edit it at any time. In a class setting, students may be restricted in
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- Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College
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, November 28. http://www.llrx.com/features/librarywikis.htm (accessed June 27, 2007)21. Fountain, Renée. 2007. Wiki Pedagogy. http://www.profetic.org/dossiers/dossier_imprimer.php3?id_rubrique=110 (accessed June 27, 2007).22. Kussmaul, Clif, Susannah Howe, and Simon Priest. 2006. Using wikis to foster team communication, cohesion, & collaboration . Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition.23. Kussmaul, Clifton, and Sharon Albert. 2007. Reading, writing, and revising with wiki technology: Tutorial presentation. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 22, no. 6: 138-139.24. Notari, Michele. 2006. How to use a wiki in education: 'Wiki based
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- Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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.11. Ridge, D., et al. Beowulf: Harnessing the power of parallelism in a pile-of-pcs. 1997.12. Vacek, G., D. Mullally, and K. Christensen, Trends in High-Performance Computing Requirements for Computer-Aided Drug Design. Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, 2008. 4(1): p. 2-12.13. Hacker, T.J., et al., Developing a Curriculum for High Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure Education., in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration. 2008: New Orleans, LA.14. Patterson, D., G. Gibson, and R. Katz. A case for redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID). 1988: ACM New York, NY, USA.15. Gray, J. and P. Shenoy. Rules of thumb in data
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Tomaszewski, RIT
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Imaging Science, Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Anthropology. These programs and others will benefit from the educational and research activities of faculty and students associated with this degree and create further synergy and opportunities for collaboration across the Institute through multidisciplinary connections. In addition to the core program requirements, courses specific to the GT BS degree can also be offered as minor with an existing degree. For example, GT would make an excellent minor to Page 15.615.6 Environmental Science, Civil Engineering Technology, Imaging Science or any other existing degree that
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- 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Arizona State University; Barbara Rempel, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Bert Valenzuela, Arizona State University
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validations, etc.Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State UniversityBert Valenzuela, Arizona State University Page 13.936.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 NOVEL TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRONICS INSTRUCTION – AN ELECTRONICS STUDIOAbstractArizona State University’s Polytechnic campus recently received funding from theNational Science Foundation (NSF) under the Advanced Technology Education Program,or ATE grant, targeted for curriculum development. The program described in this paperis the development of an “eStudio”, to facilitate effective course delivery andcooperative learning in both the BS and AAS programs.The
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- Mysore Narayanan, Miami University
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writing assessments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. Page 14.263.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of World Wide Web and Technology Enhanced Learning at Miami UniversityAbstractAt Miami University, Distance Education has become a reality in the area of fouryear mechanical and electromechanical engineering technology B.S. degreecompletion programs. At present, both the programs have been accredited byABET. Successful implementation of distance education is a greataccomplishment in an era when we are searching for different ways to better servethe needs of non
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Stephen Gilbert, Iowa State University; Pam Shill, Iowa State University; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University
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. Page 14.1255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Successful Use of Teams in a Human Computer Interaction REU: Combining Intensive Instruction with Strong MentoringAbstractSPIRE-EIT (Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education – EmergingInterface Technologies) at Iowa State University is a 10-week interdisciplinary summer ResearchExperience for 15 Undergraduates (NSF-funded) that integrates research and education inemerging interface technologies. Students are recruited from engineering, computer science,psychology, and design for an interdisciplinary mix. Classes in both content and professionaldevelopment occupy approximately 35% of the students’ time: computer programming andgraphics
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- Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
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AC 2010-1150: ONLINE VS. ON-PAPER EXAMSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia. Page 15.927.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Online vs. On-Paper ExamsAbstractAs information and education continue to migrate to an online format, on
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- 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Judith Challinger, California State University, Chico; Rachael Teasdale, California State University, Chico
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AC 2007-1538: VISIT – VISUALIZATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -A MULTI-TIER SYSTEM FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES IN DATACOLLECTION AND VISUALIZATIONJudith Challinger, California State University, ChicoRachael Teasdale, California State University, Chico Page 12.1590.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 VisIT - Visualization and Information Technology - A Multi-tier System for Interdisciplinary Experiences in Data Collection and VisualizationAbstractCollaboration on interdisciplinary teams is an important experience for computer sciencestudents, and one that is too rarely available. Methods for data
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- Information and Network Security
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- 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University
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AC 2010-1663: MOBILE AND WIRELESS NETWORKS COURSEDEVELOPMENT WITH HANDS-ON LABSHetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University Hetal Jasani is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Northern Kentucky University. His research interests include mobile and wireless networks, distributed systems and network security. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of computer networking including mobile and wireless networks and network security. He received the Ph.D. from Florida International University in 2006. Page 15.875.1© American Society for Engineering Education
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- Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University
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AC 2007-2585: PREPARING FOR ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKSHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is the Chair of Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His interests include controls, automation, and open source software. Page 12.1177.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Preparing for Electronic TextbooksAbstractElectronic copies of books are becoming increasingly common. Examples of these include noned-itable PDF files, or fully editable books based on the Wiki model17. Electronic books are wellsuited to
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- 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Tal Rusak, Cornell University; Christopher Barnes, Cornell University; G. Scott Russ, Cornell University; Vincent Kam, Cornell University; David Gries, Cornell University
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AC 2009-2507: CPAS: ON THE STRUCTURE AND USABILITY OF ACOURSE-PLANNING AND AUDIT SYSTEMTal Rusak, Cornell University Tal Rusak is an undergraduate student at the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, graduating May 2009. Tal's interests lie in understanding the structure of networks and novel computing systems as well as in the theory and practice of engineering and computer science education. Tal was recognized as the 2009 Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Award Winner. Tal's research in modeling the temporal variations of low-power wireless network links has been published internationally and was recognized by the Best Paper Award at ACM
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- Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston
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AC 2010-1447: AN EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTING IN THECLASSROOMSusan Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston. She began her career in higher education teaching applied mathematics for engineering technology students. She demonstrated consistent interest in the application of information and communication technologies to instruction. This interest plus demonstrated depth of knowledge of computer applications and systems caused her to change her teaching focus to computer information systems in 2000. Recently, she has completed graduate course work in the area of Medical Informatics in order
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- Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University
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AC 2010-62: A NEW MODEL FOR AUTHOR DRIVEN DIGITAL PUBLISHINGHugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan. His interests include Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering, with a particular focus in control systems. Page 15.67.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A New Model for Author Driven Digital PublishingAbstractBooks in print still dominate the college campus. The long-standing model for publishinginvolves corporate entities that take the work of an author and add value
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- J. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University
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15.112.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Web-based Bayesian van Hiele Problem Solver for Computer ProgrammingAbstractComputer programming teaching is often based upon the traditional lecture format. However, thismethodology may not be the best way to help many students actively understand underlyingconcepts. This paper formulates an alternative pedagogical approach that encompasses the vanHiele Model, cognitive model, and Bayesian network to design a web-based intelligent van HieleProblem Solver (IVHPS). The system takes full advantage of Bayesian networks (BNs), whichare a formal framework for uncertainty management to provide intelligent navigation support, andto make
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- Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS
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- Shelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi; Billy Walters, University of Southern Mississippi; Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi
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AC 2007-1013: KATRINA – AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITYShelton Houston, University of Southern Mississippi Dr. Houston is a professor in the School of Computing at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Houston has been involved in engineering technology education for 27 years. and has 10 years consulting experience in personal computer systems.Billy Walters, University of Southern Mississippi Prof. Walters holds a Masters of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Arizona. Prof. Walters’ career includes academic and professional appointments. He has experience working at the Johnson Space Center, with secure government contractors, and directing law enforcement
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- John Pickard, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Chip Popoviciu, Cisco Systems, Inc.
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. Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu, CCIE, is a Technical Leader at Cisco Systems with over nine years of experience in data and voice over IP communications technologies. As part of Cisco's Network Solution Integration Test Engineering (NSITE) organization, he currently focuses on the architecture, design and validation of large IPv6 network deployments in direct collaboration with Service Providers and Enterprises worldwide. Ciprian is a regular speaker or chair at conferences and industry events and contributes to various technology publications. He is an active contributor to the IETF standards, he is a Senior member of IEEE and member of several academic advisory boards. Ciprian is co-author of the
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- 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
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- Ronald Glotzbach, Purdue University; Nathan Bingham, Purdue University; Meiqi Ren, Purdue University; Dorina Mordkovich, Purdue University
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. Page 11.504.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 e-Stadium: Real-Time Game Statistics, Highlights, and EntertainmentPurdue football e-Stadium3 has garnered significant media attention by delivering interactivecontent that users want to receive during live-game attendance. Students, faculty, and staff haveworked together for the 2005-2006 season to implement many new features releasing one newfeature at each home game of the ‘05-‘06 season. It has been recognized by The Exponent as,“the ultimate football experience1,” and gained further exposure in a PurdueSports.com article, e-Stadium: Fans have the game in the palms of their hands4 and a Cedar Rapids Gazette article,Hold a Jumbotron
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- Internet and Distributed Computing
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- Fani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College
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2006-1829: LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION IN DATABASE QUERY DEFINITIONFani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College Associate Professor of CS, CS Department, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Page 11.890.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Levels of Abstraction in Database Query DefinitionAbstractOne of the most challenging steps in the database design and processing is the definition ofqueries. The planning and analysis of systems development are critical for the entire creationprocess. However, real computer-oriented aspects emerge in the design phase. Building up theoptimum structure of an information system will determine the quality of its
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- Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston
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AC 2009-1768: USABILITY ANALYSIS OF A CONCEPT-MAP USER INTERFACEFOR AN ON-LINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSusan Miertschin, University of HoustonCheryl Willis, University of Houston Page 14.1300.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Usability Analysis of a Concept Map User Interface for an Online Learning EnvironmentAbstractA concept map is a graphical representation of relationships among concepts.Construction of concept maps using modern concept mapping software has beensuggested as an active learning strategy with potential for improved learner outcomes,particularly among students native to a digital environment. In addition, modern
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- Information and Network Security
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- Okechi Egekwu, James Madison University
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for 11 years and joined JMU in 1993 as one of the core faculty that started the ISAT program. Page 13.133.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A World where Everything is Automated: The Challenges and Opportunities of the Robust RFID Infrastructure that will make It a RealityAbstractTo achieve the full benefits of RFID implementation in any industry requires that organizationsdevelop and carefully manage complicated RFID networks. A robust RFID network platformwill be necessary to support the different devices and software that will lead to an event-drivenenvironment. In place of the familiar process
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- Kyle Lutes, Purdue University; Richard Mislan, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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doctoral dissertation, preparing the ultimate online resource for his course in Small Scale Digital Device Forensics, and planning the annual Mobile Forensics World Conference. Page 13.1212.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 WinMoFo: The Development of a Forensics Tool for Windows Mobile DevicesAbstractThe ubiquity of mobile computing devices (e.g. smartphones), our society's ever increasing useof these devices, and the continual appearance of these devices at crimes scenes has created aneed for tools to aid in the acquisition of critical, time-sensitive evidence