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2000 Annual Conference

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Jean-Michel I. Maarek

written tests. Theseauthors suggested that assessment of laboratory skills with practical examinations should beattempted by laboratory instructors and sought by program evaluators.Medical educators have actively investigated the assessment of performance on clinical skills ofprospective physicians3, 4. They developed the objective-structured clinical exam or OSCE. TheOSCE format is now considered the most effective instrument for assessing the students abilityto gather information by manipulation and observation, process the information, and takedecisions based on this information3. A practical laboratory exam with OSCE format has beendescribed for assessment of high-school students performance in a biology laboratory5. I describein this

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2000 Annual Conference

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Wesley P. Lipschultz; Jean Landa Pytel; Jayne Klenner-Moore

we obtained our information provided a set of unique solutions to the problems, thusproviding an array of equally viable "solutions" to the problem of choosing a major.2. The learner needs to have ownership of the learning: if higher education is to produce trueindependent learners, students need to feel that they can choose what they learn and that it istheir motivation which yields the learning. Any student with web access has the means to gothrough the Engineering Destinations program when they choose. Furthermore, the programpromotes student ownership over decision making because what information the student gathersand the order in which they gather it is within their control. Students also are not given one finalmajor, but complete

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2001 Annual Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly

thecollege’s server. The course instructors offered a tutorial on posting material on the Internet,in addition to unlimited help outside of class. The project in this course, however, wasInternet-based. Called Humanstruction, the project required each student to pick a subjectof interest within the framework of the course and write a research paper on that subject.Students had to post their projects on their respective web sites for peer and instructorevaluation. While the project could also include pictures, graphs, charts, or tables, it had tocontain at least 10 pages of text. In addition to the instructors’ evaluation, all assignmentsand the project were peer reviewed. Reports were required to emphasize the engineeringand historical aspects of the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1021: HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON INSTRUMENTATION INUNDERGRADUATE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGDick Blandford, University of Evansville Dick Blandford is the EECS Department Chair at the University of EvansvilleMark Earl Randall, University of Evansville Mark Randall Randall@Evansville.edu Instructor of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering University of Evansville Page 22.772.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 High Altitude Balloon Instrumentation In Undergraduate Electrical and Computer EngineeringAbstractA high

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Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Tyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College

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Instrumentation

AC 2011-880: HOME AUTOMATION WITH MICROCONTROLLER ANDNETWORKINGAsad Yousuf, Savannah State UniversityTyler Schecklman, Savannah Technical College Student at Savannah Technical College enrolled in the Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Program. Upon completion of Associate’s degree, will transfer to another institution to complete Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Page 22.778.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Home Automation with Microcontroller and NetworkingAbstractThe Internet now enables us to distribute information

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BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Kurtis Micou, University of California, San Diego; Dawn M. Kilkenny Ph.D., University of Toronto

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Biomedical

AC 2012-4309: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A TEXTBOOKFOR TISSUE ENGINEERING LAB INSTRUCTIONDr. Melissa Kurtis Micou, University of California, San Diego Melissa Kurtis Micou is a lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. She has taught tissue engineering lecture and lab courses to undergraduate students for the past seven years.Dawn M. Kilkenny Ph.D., University of Toronto Dawn Kilkenny earned her Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Immunology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. She subse- quently worked for four years as a Senior Research Specialist at the Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Resource

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Using Computers, Software, and Writing to Improve Mathematical Understanding

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

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Mathematics

AC 2012-2998: EDGE DETECTORS IN ENGINEERING AND MEDICALAPPLICATIONSDr. John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar Page 25.489.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Edge Detectors in Engineering and Medical ApplicationsAbstract Image edge detection is an integral component of image processing to enhance theclarity of edges and the type of edges. The current paper compares two methods forfinding the edges of an image. One method developed by the author is to define specialmatrices and applying them to the image using approximations for gradients

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheila Patricia Werth, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kaung Myat Win, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

Professor of the faculty) in 1996. In 2000, he joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer En- gineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., where he became a Full Professor and director of the Center for Electromagnetic Modeling and Design in 2008. His current research interests include WBANs, applied antenna design, and computational electromagnetics. Page 25.147.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An AM Radio Project in a Lower-level ECE ClassAbstractThe complex impedance concept has traditionally been a challenge for an

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Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rex C. Kanu, Ball State University; Tyler Steven Steward, Ball State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2012-4884: SENIOR PROJECT: USING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT(DOE) TO IDENTIFY MATERIAL AND PROCESSING VARIABLES THATIMPACT PART WARPAGE IN INJECTION MOLDINGDr. Rex C. Kanu, Ball State University Rex C. Kanu is Coordinator of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program.Mr. Tyler Steven Steward, Ball State University Tyler S. Steward is a Manufacturing Engineer at Exedy of America Corporation. Address: 6025J Grace Lane Knoxville, TN 37919. Phone: 765-366-9686. Email: tssteward8807@gmail.com. Page 25.1154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Senior Project: Using the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Winston F. Erevelles

the original project definition. Working in 4 teams - each of whichhad 2-3 students at its core, this diverse body of students was completely responsible for alltechnical aspects of the project, communications, project management, teamwork/conflictresolution, and procurement issues.What was noteworthy about this approach was the iterative nature of taught theory, library andvendor research, laboratory experimentation for the feasibility of ideas, and the ultimateimplementation in the project. The delivery of the course in the project format placedsignificant demands on all concerned (students and faculty) in terms of the time and effortnecessary to participate or teach in an effective manner. However student evaluations andcomments made

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2000 Annual Conference

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Stanley J. Pisarski

different types of learning styles and how we, as educators, canincrease morale and motivate our students to do their best.I. IntroductionThe Electrical Engineering Technology department at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstownhas offered a basic course in microprocessors since the fall term of 1985. The core course was Page 5.653.1focused around the popular 8-bit Intel series 8085 microprocessor. The laboratory, offered tosupplement the lectures, centered on the SDK-85 trainer. It featured a hexadecimal keypad foruser input, a six character LED display for output, and a prototyping area for assembling customcircuitry to interconnect to the I

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2000 Annual Conference

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Kenneth A. Knowles; Carl E. Wick

that themodifications discussed above will increase the number of student completions significantly.This was a very worthwhile project having much educational value, and we encourage others totry this idea with this, or other scenarios.Bibliography1. The I2C-bus and how to use it, Phillips Semiconductor Corp, April 1995. This document is still available atseveral Internet locations, see for example, http://www.mcc-us.com/i2chowto.htm Page 5.710.52. Communicating with the I2C Bus Using the PIC16C5X, Microchip Technology application note AN515, 1993,available from URL: http://www.microchip.com/10/Appnote/Category/16C5X/index.htmKENNETH

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Robert Davis; Laura J. Genik; Craig W. Somerton

University. Heteaches in the area of thermal engineering, including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and thermal design.Dr. Somerton has research interests in computer design of thermal systems, transport phenomena in porousmedia, and application of continuous quality improvement principles to engineering education. Hereceived his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA. Page 5.712.10

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey W. Roule; Carl W. Steidley

this more complicated vending machine is, we believe, muchmore intuitive. Page 2.209.9 Figure 9ConclusionsThe broad use of the state/event approach, in the form of finite state machines or state transitiondiagrams, for the specification of systems is attested to by the literature. This approach has beenrecommended for the specification of the following: user interface of interactive software [4,5],data processing systems [2], hardware system description [1], communication protocols [8,9],and computer aided instruction [3].One of our jobs as educators is to teach students that there is no magic

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1999 Annual Conference

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W. D. Jemison; W. A. Hornfeck; J. F. Greco; I. I. Jouny

theelectrical engineering degree thus allowing students to concentrate within the major.According to our research, many electrical engineering departments offer the option toconcentrate in one of several areas such as telecommunications, general engineering, andcomputer engineering. While this option offers a more substantial exposure to computerengineering than the first option, the department does not currently offer formal“clustering”. The committee determined that offering “clustering” in several areas wouldbe difficult and would probably require additional faculty resources. The committee alsodid not believe that this option would enable students to gain enough knowledge in agiven concentration to be labeled specialists.Option 3: Offer a Separate

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1999 Annual Conference

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Christopher Field; Brian Jenkins; Deborah M. Mechtel

−1.5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Page 4.280.5 Figure 1. Time distributed events for a one dimensional traveling wave animation.Page 4.280.6Page 4.280.7References1. Jenkins. B, "Simulation and Animation in Optical Fiber Communication", Computers in Education Journal (acceptedfor publication)2. MATLAB Users’s Guide, The MathWorks, Inc., Natwick, MA 01760, 1992.DEBORAH M. MECHTELDeborah M. Mechtel completed requirements for the Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in

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1998 Annual Conference

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John D. Clayton; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

AC 1998-404: Nearly Singular Integrands in the Axisymmetric Finite ElementFormulationJohn D. Clayton,Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas Page 3.421.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1998 Session 1268 Nearly Singular Integrands in the Axisymmetric Finite Element Formulation John D. Clayton1, Joseph J. Rencis2 Georgia Institute of Technology/Worcester Polytechnic Institute ABSTRACTThe formulation and explicit integration

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1998 Annual Conference

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Marybeth Lima

design is an excellent example of a biological system. Students had tolearn about “the biology of tigers” in order to synthesize an effective design. Students also had toconsider the interrelations among biological systems, including the environment surrounding thetiger, and the interface between tigers and humans. This approach made explicit an importantparadigm shift central to biological engineering: to let the biology lead the design. In this case,this means building the enclosure around the tiger’s needs, instead of building the enclosure andputting the tiger inside it. For example, before thinking about building materials, the studentshad to consider the outside environment, and the needs of the tiger. Having researched theseareas, the

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #42602Board 39: Student Opinions on Example Problem ’Solution Walkthroughs’for Civil Engineering TopicsDr. Joel Lanning, University of California, Irvine Dr. Joel Lanning, an Associate Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine, specializes in seismic design for civil structures, including bridges and buildings. His research revolves around advancing tools and techniques for improving the cyclic resilience of structural components. Dr. Lanning is passionate about teaching and is dedicated to developing strategies and tools for effective learning. His teaching philosophy emphasizes the creation

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mokwa, Montana State University; Zachary Lee Morris, Montana State University; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University

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Civil Engineering

semester. After exchanging for a year, I decided to focus my studies on Civil Engineering and I transferred to Montana State University-Bozeman (MSU). I will complete my B.S. in Civil Engineering at MSU in May, 2011.Mrs. Whitney A Lutey, Montana State University Page 22.1717.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 X-Ray Computed Tomography: A New Pedagogical Tool for Studying Micro and Macro Geomaterial PropertiesAbstractCivil engineering students learn about basic geomaterial properties in the introductorygeotechnical engineering or soil mechanics course, which is

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnnie Lynn Hancock, Agilent Technologies

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Electrical and Computer

grandchildren and restoring his century-old Victorian home located in Colorado Springs. Contact Information: Johnnie Hancock Agilent Technologies 1900 Garden of the Gods Rd Colorado Springs, CO 80907 USA +1 (719) 590-3183 johnnie hancock@agilent.com Page 22.644.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Evaluating Oscilloscope Sample Rates vs. Sampling Fidelity: How to Make the Most Accurate Digital MeasurementsIntroductionDigital storage oscilloscopes (DSO) are theprimary tools used today by digital designers toperform signal integrity measurements such assetup

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative Energy Concepts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Anh NV Nguyen; Patrick Martin, York College of Pennsylvania; K. Vaisakh, Andhra University, AP, India

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, AP, India. His research interests include optimal operation of power system, voltage stability, FACTS, power electronic drives and power system dynamics. Page 22.732.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Fuzzy Logic-Based PMDC Motor Controller - an Undergraduate Student ProjectAbstract: Applied control is the second course in the control sequence after the traditionalautomatic control systems course. Interested students take applied control to experience thepractical applications of control theories and to explore the other branches in control systems

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Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-2606: COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE HVAC SYS-TEMS AND ENVELOPE PERFORMANCESAhmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming Dr. Ahmed Cherif Megri, associate professor of architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming (UW), teaches several HVAC and energy courses. Dr. Megri is also teaching a course titled ”Compre- hensive Performance of Building Envelope and HVAC Systems” for Summer School at UW, and ”Smoke and Fire Dynamics” during summer session at Concordia University, Canada. His research areas include airflow modeling, zonal modeling, energy modeling, and artificial intelligence modeling using the support vector machine learning approach. Prior to his actual position at UW, he was an assistant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Barb A. Barnet, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Platteville

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NSF Grantees

Reinforced Concrete Design at the University of Wisconsin - Platteville. His interests are in design of reinforced concrete structures and he is a member of the ACI Committee 408 ”Bond and Development of Reinforcement.” He received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and had previously worked as a bridge engineer for Figg Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida.Barb A Barnet, Univeristy of Wisconsin - Platteville Barb Barnet, PhD, Statistics, has served as a faculty member at UW-Platteville for 12 years. Page 22.488.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Sokoloff

Controls laboratory at DeVry,in order to provide them with hands-on experience that they are likely to experience onthe job.Virtual Instrumentation is a current technology that is making a significant impact intoday’s industry, education and research. DeVry Institute selected LabVIEW as an goodrepresentative of this technology and is using LabVIEW in its curriculum at all DeVrycampuses in the United States and Canada. This article is a result of a research projectfor LabVIEW implementation into the Industrial Controls course. LabVIEW is also usedin the communication and physics courses. LabVIEW is one of many skills that thestudent will need as he enters today’s highly competitive job market.I. IntroductionLabVIEWTM (Laboratory Virtual Instrument

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1999 Annual Conference

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Peter Avitabile

formatpresentation should be viewed more like a classroom presentation where all aspects of the topiccan be explored in greater detail. (The multimedia presentation will be given at the live paperpresentation.)III ObservationsClassroom lectures are used to further explain difficult concepts that may be presented in astandard textbook. If the textbook was sufficient to describe the material at hand, then therewould be no need for classroom lectures. However, we often learn through reading material aswell as through listening to the presentation of that same material by an educated individual whocan further explain and describe the material in more detail. Unfortunately, the live classroompresentation is only given once. If the concepts have not been

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Paula Ford

writing tasks. • Identify their readers and describe the characteristics of their readers in a way that forms a sound basis for deciding how to write to them. • Invent the contents of their communications through research and reflection. • Arrange material to raise and satisfy readers’ expectations, using both conventional and rhetorical patterns of organization. • Reveal the organization of their communications by using forecasting and transitional statements, headings, and effective page design. • Observe appropriate generic conventions and formats for letters, résumés, memoranda, and a variety of informal and formal reports. • Design and use tables, graphs, and technical

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Raji Sundarajaran; Christina Sisterna; Charles A. Lipari; Robert W. Nowlin

realizable for many FPGA types. Other tools that are used to develop VHDLor schematic components are: Mentor Graphics2 and Synopsys3. The Synplicity tool is still usedto synthesize the design. Synplicity allows hierarchy and gives a graphical schematic-like viewof the register transfer description of the logic used to generate the device netlist. The XilinxFoundation Series software is used to test the generated netlist for functional verification. Theverified netlist can then be targeted to a specified FPGA device. This requires a place-and-routeof the netlist onto the target device’s logic and connection resources. The practical problemdeveloped in an educational laboratory is to create a functional design that fits to a knowndevice, as specified

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

S. M. Miner; R. E. Link

field. Virtually all engineering schools include instruction in computer-aided design to somedegree. Design software has become so powerful that a novice can conduct sophisticatedanalyses without knowing very much about the details or limitations of the analysis process.While it is important for engineering schools to educate students about the use of computer-aideddesign tools, they must also ensure that the students have an understanding of the underlyingmathematical models upon which these computer programs are based. It is a continuingchallenge to strike a proper balance between teaching the fundamentals in sufficient depth so thatthe student understands the underlying principles, and teaching the technology which does mostof the repetitive

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Fred O. Simons; Aaron L. Robinson

1220 Session 1220 Benchmark Evaluations of Modern Multi-Processor VLSI DSPµPs Aaron L. Robinson and Fred O. Simons, Jr. High-Performance Computing and Simulation (HCS) Research Laboratory Electrical Engineering Department Florida A&M University and Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32316-2175Abstract - The authors continue their tradition of presenting