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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Authors

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

Authors

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

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Zahra Zamanipour; Matthew Young; Afsana Ahamed

thisinitiative. Additionally, it was evident that the EML concept was applied to the project, and thatthe students were actively engaged and benefitted from it.As a further step and growth of this project, it is conceivable to implement an add-on requirementthat requests to control the greenhouse temperature using this temperature monitoring.References[1] C. H. Roth, Digital systems design using VHDL, Wadsworth Publ. Co., 1998.[2] M. Radu, C. Cole, M. A. Dabacan and S. Sexton, "Extensive use of advanced FPGA technology in digital design education," in 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition, 2008.[3] C. C. Liu, "Use of FPGAs in a Digital System Design Course with Computer Gaming Applications," in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2018

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Four Pillars of Manufacturing Knowledge

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Cleveland State University

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Paper ID #42332Productivity Improvement Through Assembly Line BalancingProf. Somnath Chattopadhyay, Cleveland State University Dr. Somnath Chattopadhyay teaches mechanics, materials, manufacturing and design at Cleveland State University. He has authored a text on Pressure Vessel s and was an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. His research interests are in the areas of fatigue and fracture, pressure vessel desgnnand analysis, and manufacturing. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 A Case Study of Productivity Improvement Through Assembly Line

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cris Robert Exum; Ciprian Popoviciu, East Carolina University; Colby Lee Sawyer, East Carolina University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Paper ID #41653LoRaWAN Solution for Automated Water Drainage of Agricultural FieldsCris Robert ExumDr. Ciprian Popoviciu, East Carolina University Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu has over 26 years of experience working in various technical and leadership roles in the IT industry. He founded and led Nephos6, the first company to enable OpenStack for IPv6 and deploy it in production. Prior to starting Nephos6 he worked for CIsco and he is an industry recognized IPv6 subject matter expert. Currently he is an assistant professor in the college of engineering at East Carolina University and his research is focused on IoT and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt M. Degoede, Elizabethtown College; Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College; Rachel Koh, Smith College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Paper ID #41551MBL (Mastery-Based Learning) Supports a Normalization of Failure as anEssential Part of LearningDr. Kurt M. Degoede, Elizabethtown College Professor of Engineering and Physics, Elizabethtown College. His research interests in biomechanics include developing clinical instruments for rehabilitation and human performance. Dr. DeGoede teaches upper-level undergraduate mechanical engineering using mastery-based assessment models and project-based learning, design courses, and first-year multidisciplinary courses.Dr. Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College Dr. Brenda Read-Daily is an Associate Professor of

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Betsy Calhoun

RESEARCH PROJECTASEE Mid-Atlantic SectionSpring 2006 ConferencePaper due March 1, 2006Betsy Calhoun, R.A.Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Architectural TechnologyAdjunct Academy at City TechNew York City College of Technology, CUNY LEARNING FROM ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY: ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY RELEVANT TO CONTEMPORARY ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION: The Interrelationship of Building and the EnvironmentNOTE: THIS PAPER IS TO BE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION WITH SLIDES OFPHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS TO ILLUSTRATE THE IDEAS I DISCUSS.Introduction and thesis statement. Today we speak of ‘technology’ and think solely ofdigital, computer-related ways of learning, communicating and designing. Are wethrowing

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Russell Trafford; Linda Head

using the AtbashCipher, which can be seen in Figure 3. The main point of the lab was to break the ice withprogramming MATLAB and help them start to climb the associated learning curve, as well asintroduce them to the idea of letters being represented as numbers for use in ciphers. Studentswere first required to research the existing standard for representing characters in MATLAB(which uses the ASCII standard) and how to convert letters into numbers. The students were thenshown the concept of performing arithmetic on these numbers and how to turn them back intolegible characters. Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova University Figure 2: Conversion table for the Atbash CipherAfter

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Laura-Ann S. Chin; Kenneth A. Kroos; Justinus A. Satrio

 university.  However,  newer  students  do  not  work  that  way.   They   need   a   reason   and   motivation   to   buy   into   an   engineering   education,   thus   an   inviting   and   creative   approach  is  needed  early  on.  Rather  than  telling  students  to  have  faith  and  wait  patiently  for  their  sophomore   year,  VU’s  engineering  program  engages  them  in  their  first  semester.       VU  Engineering  has  strategized  this  teaching  opportunity  through  a  series  of  freshman  mini

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

. Much of the research for the first chapter of this project was done through the use of twoprimary sources. The first of the two sources was the Department of Commerce5 and the secondwas the Bureau of Labor Statistics4. The paper brings to life many eye-opening statistics aboutthe current job market as well as exploring the last decade of job shifts. Attempts are made toremove the current market collapse from much of the information. A major objective is to provethat American manufacturing while shrinking is not less productive. We have seen trends andshifts through American labor throughout our growth as a country. We saw the “death” of steelthroughout the country no more than twenty years ago. The country emerged from the seemingcrisis and

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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public watersupply and treatment facilities consume about 56 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year enoughto power more than 5 million homes for an entire year9. Sustainable construction research andapplications are still in their early years. There is a great need for research, education and casestudies from applications to further develop a more sustainable future in development andconstruction. Referring to US EPA, half of irrigation water can be wasted as a result ofevaporation, wind and over watering, but weather based irrigation system can reduce irrigationwater use by 20% or 24 billion gallons per year8. For reaching to water resources sustainabilitywe must increase public awareness about the challenges the world is facing in relation to

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Scott C. Pender; Andrew J. Foote

. Much of the research for the first chapter of this project was done through the use of twoprimary sources. The first of the two sources was the Department of Commerce5 and the secondwas the Bureau of Labor Statistics4. The paper brings to life many eye-opening statistics aboutthe current job market as well as exploring the last decade of job shifts. Attempts are made toremove the current market collapse from much of the information. A major objective is to provethat American manufacturing while shrinking is not less productive. We have seen trends andshifts through American labor throughout our growth as a country. We saw the “death” of steelthroughout the country no more than twenty years ago. The country emerged from the seemingcrisis and

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Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1851: A COURSE ON PROCESS DESIGN AND OPERATION INAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMVassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston - Downtown Vassilios Tzouanas is an Assistant Professor of Control and Instrumentation in the Engineering Technol- ogy Department at the University of Houston-Downtown. Dr. Tzouanas earned a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from Aristotle University, the Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering/Process Control from the University of Alberta, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemical Engineer- ing/Process Control from Lehigh University. His research interests focus on process control systems, process modeling and simulation, artificial intelligence and expert systems. His

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Multidisciplinary Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willard W. Neel P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and applied mechanics from the University of South Carolina and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, respectively. His areas of research interest include engineering mechanics applications.Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute Page 22.73.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Multidisciplinary Investigation into Various Possible Geometries Of Imperial Roman Artillery: A Case StudyIntroductionMultidisciplinary projects provide unique opportunities to foster critical thinking inundergraduate engineering students and to help students develop an

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Prafull Purohit, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

joined the Me- chanical and Electrical Department, Universidad Iberoamericana as an Associate Professor. From 2002 through 2008 he was with the DSPS R&D Center’s Mobile Wireless Communications Technology branch, Texas Instruments Dallas, TX and in 2008 he moved to the nanoMeter Analog Integration Wireless branch where he worked as Analog IP verification technical lead. In 2009 he worked for Intel Guadalajara, De- sign Center in Mexico as Front-End/Back-End technical lead. In 2009 he joined the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department at the Rochester Institute of technology where he currently is a tenured track assistant professor. His research interests are analog and digital

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Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan, The University of Toledo

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Mechanics

AC 2010-2340: ON STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF BARSTRUCTURESGanapathy Narayanan, The University of Toledo Page 15.922.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 On Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of Bar structuresAbstractThe Finite Element Analysis of structures is one of the most powerful and wellknown methods to determine the displacements, member forces and memberstresses or strains. The external loads and properties of members are generallyassumed deterministic, meaning that the variation of loads are not random in timeor the member properties are of constant values over time. In this paper, theanalysis will be discussed on bars structures with

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Hammad Mansoor, Fairfield University; Danushka Bandara, Fairfield University

degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, in 2009. He received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. From 2019 to 2020, he worked as a Data Scientist at Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY, USA. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA. His Current research interests include Applied machine learning, Bioinformatics, Human-computer interaction, and Computational social science. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Automating

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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

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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

Authors

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

Authors

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

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anouk Desjardins, École Polytechnique de Montréal; Louise Millette, École Polytechnique de Montréal; Erik Bélanger, École Polytechnique de Montréal

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2010-228: THE CHALLENGE OF TEACHING SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT USING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT WITHINTEGRATED PROCESS DESIGNAnouk Desjardins, École Polytechnique de Montréal Anouk Desjardins has worked on the evolution and the teaching of the course Sustainable Development Capstone Project. After graduating in civil engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal she obtained a Master’s of Applied Science in 1999. Then she worked in industry as a process engineer. Since 2008 she joined Ecole Polytechnique as a research assistant for sustainable development projects and as a lecturer.Louise Millette, École Polytechnique de Montréal Louise Millette is, since 2002, the first (and only) woman to