Conference Session

ECCD Applications

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hassan Moghbelli, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran; Shahab Sabzi, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #12984Analysis And Simulation of Hybrid Electric Energy Storage (HEES) Systemsfor High Power ApplicationsDr. Hassan Moghbelli, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran Electrical Engineering teacher at Arak University of Technology.Mr. Shahab Sabzi, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran Shahab Sabzi is currently MS student in Electrical Engineering at Arak University of Technology, Arak/ Iran. Page 26.209.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Analysis and

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Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #12304Changing the World for Good: Tech Trek Alabama Changes 8th Grade Girls’Attitudes Towards STEMDr. Rhonda Kay Gaede, University of Alabama, Huntsville Rhonda Kay Gaede is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Her research interests include computer architecture, VLSI design, and reconfig- urable computing. She has a PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of IEEE (computer society), ASEE and ACM. Contact her at gaede@ece.uah.edu

Conference Session

Construction Session 1: Sustainable Practices

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; John Edward Patterson, Norwich University

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Construction

worked as an engineer in design offices and at construction sites.Dr. John Edward Patterson, Norwich University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Using a Micro-House as a Starting Point to Create an Affordable HouseINTRODUCTIONThe U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a competition in which collegiate teamsdesign, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are intended to be affordable, cost-effective,energy-efficient, and attractive. Since its inception in 20021, this competition is intended toeducate students and the public about the economic and environmental benefits of energyefficient, solar powered homes. The competition also serves as a venue to demonstrate thecomfort and

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

Paper ID #30551Metering and Data Acquisition System for Electrical GatewayDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he teaches subjects in He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electrical power systems, and analog/mixed signal electronics. He has taught senior capstone design since 1985 at several universities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Metering

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Thomas Ask

analyze what has not been designed.Finding a satisfactory solutions within the limits of human cognition, available time andinformation requires judgments described as bounded rationality [1]. Working within theseconstrains compels engineers to rely upon heuristics and intuition. Intuition is an amalgam oftheoretical education, practical experience, cultural insight, and creativity. Contending withintuition can be challenging because it can be difficult to articulate, much less defend. However,intuition is the outflow from creative cognition [2].Both psychological and sociological forces work against engineers embracing creativity. Theseinclude group dynamics and self-identification. Conducting creativity exercises in an engineeringclass by

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2007-1945: ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (ALERT!);MODERN PHYSICS. AN UPDATEGerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology Gerald Rothberg is a professor of physics and a professor of materials engineering in the Department of Chemical, Biomedical, and Materials Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Page 12.170.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Active Learning Through Technology (ALERT!); Modern Physics. An Update Abstract In a previous ASEE presentation the author described first results in

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-106: OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FIBER LINKCHARACTERIZATIONMustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine Mustafa G. Guvench received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from M.E.T.U., Ankara in 1968 and 1970, respectively. He did further graduate work at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio between 1970 and 1975 and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. He is currently a full professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to joining U.S.M. he served on the faculties of M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey and the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests and publications

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

olu Fasesan, Texas Tech University; Segun Ogunsanya, Texas Tech University; Lloyd Heinze, Texas Tech University

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Environmental Engineering

2006-1850: LIQUID ADDITIVES CONTROL WASTE AND REDUCES LANDFILLDUMPSLloyd Heinze, Texas Tech UniversityOlu Fasesan, Texas Tech UniversitySegun Ogunsanya, Texas Tech University Page 11.899.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2006-1850: CEMENT SLURRY PROPERTIES MONITORING THROUGH ADDITIVES CONTROL REDUCES LANDFILL DUMPSAbstractThe essence of this work is to show students how to reduce landfill dumps in onshore drillingand cementing operations by close looped monitoring of additives. While liquid additives areused in offshore & international cementing operations, land-based operations use a bulk-dry-batch-mixed process. Additives control

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; Behdad Kavianpour, University of California, Irvine

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Computing & Information Technology

California, Irvine Engineering Researcher at University of California, Irvine. Page 23.680.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Image Processing and Math CoursesAbstractThis paper demonstrates the importance of high school level algebra and trigonometry in solvingimage processing problems. The detection of lines and curves in an image is a fundamentalproblem in image processing. The problem is often solved by using the polar coordinate system. Inthe simplest case, the picture contains a number of discrete black points lying on a whitebackground. The goal is to

Conference Session

Spatial Visualization

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Bond Overstreet, EMH&T

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Engineering Design Graphics

master’s of science in instructional design and performance improvement. Page 25.540.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineering Design Software Implementation: How OneEngineering Firm Successfully Implemented AutoCAD® Civil 3D® Page 25.540.2AbstractThis paper examines the efforts of one engineering firm to position itself for future success andgain a competitive edge by upgrading its engineering design software. With a backdrop of thelongest U.S. economic recession since World War II1, EMH&T embarked

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy ; Richard J. Hartnett, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

in New London, Conn. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the M.S.E.E. degree from Purdue University, and his Ph.D. in E.E. from the University of Rhode Island. His research interests include efficient digital filtering methods, improved receiver signal processing techniques for electronic navigation systems, and autonomous vehicle design. Page 25.919.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Measurement of Op-Amp Parameters Using Vector Signal Analyzers in an Undergraduate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

] Ronald Musiak, Eric W. Haffner, Steve Schreiner, Alan K. Karplus, Mary B. Vollaro, Richard A. Grabiec, Forging New Links: Integrating the Freshman Engineering Curriculum, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2001.Biographies:STEVE NORTHRUP received his B.S.E.E. degree from the University of Michigan, AnnArbor, in 1986, and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Vanderbilt University in 1997 and2001. His research interests include robotics in education and embedded control systems.He worked as an automotive electronics design engineer from 1987 to 1993. He iscurrently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Western New England College.JAMES MORIARTY is

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2000 Annual Conference

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Akihiko Kumagai; Mukasa Ssemakula

, thisrecognition should become a motivation factor to study the mathematics and science behind themechanism operation.2. Discovery simulationsStudents use computer simulations and manipulate controllable parameters of a mechanism.Discussions among students and between students and an instructor are encouraged to describethe changes they observe by modifying those controllable variables. This is a discovery stage tomake students think about relationship between parameters and outcomes to develop a conceptof a given kinematics issue. Most of computer simulations in this course were developed usingWorking Model. Working Model is a very user friendly software package for designing andanalyzing mechanisms and it has been often used in kinematics education [2,5

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas L. Jones; Bunny J. Tjaden

] Course Web Page: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~es01/BUNNY TJADENBunny Tjaden is a visiting associate professor in the Computer Science Department at The George WashingtonUniversity in Washington, DC. She received her BA in mathematics from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA.She received a MS in Mathematics and a MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,MD. She completed her doctorate in Computer Science from The George Washington University. Dr. Tjaden’sareas of research include software engineering and the development of college level educational software. She iscurrently developing a multimedia tutorial for several medical procedures in collaboration with The GeorgeWashington University School of Medicine.DOUGLAS

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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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2000 Annual Conference

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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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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