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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Mahmoud K Quweider, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Ala Qubbaj, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Emmett Tomai, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Liyu Zhang, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Hansheng Lei

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #30315Infusing Raspberry Pi in the Computer Science Curriculum for EnhancedLearningDr. Fitratullah Khan, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley Professor Fitratullah Khan has been teaching computer science courses since 1992. His areas of expertise are computer architecture, networking, database systems, computing platforms and languages. As the director of Infrastructure, Telecommunications, aDr. Mahmoud K Quweider, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley M K Quweider is a Professor of Computer & Information Sciences at the U. of Texas at UTRGV. He re- ceived his Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Multimedia and

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Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Stanton, United States Military Academy

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International

AC 2008-695: ADVANCING A COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM INAFGHANISTAN: A MENTOR'S PERSPECTIVEPaul Stanton, United States Military Academy Page 13.158.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 ADVANCING A COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN AFGHANISTAN: A MENTOR’S PERSPECTIVE The National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) recently requested assistancefrom the United States Military Academy to build a computer science program capable ofproducing the technological leaders needed by its nation and its army. We spent several monthsin Kabul, Afghanistan working alongside the host nation faculty to structure an ABET-style, goaloriented curriculum that can evolve

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Paulik, University of Detroit Mercy

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-210: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED SPIRAL CURRICULUM INELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGSandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy Sandra A. Yost, P.E., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she teaches in the areas of control systems, digital and analog circuits and electronics, and design. She is currently serving as Vice Chair-Programs for the ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division.Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy Mohan Krishnan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. His area of expertise is in applications of Digital Signal Processing, including

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1733: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A PARALLEL COMPUTINGCURRICULUM BASED ON BEOWULF CLUSTERINGFitra Khan, University of Texas-BrownsvilleMahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-BrownsvilleJuan Iglesias, University of Texas-BrownsvilleAmjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville Page 11.418.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Designing and Implementing a Parallel Computing Curriculum Based on Beowulf Clustering1IntroductionThe Computer Science/Computer Information Systems (CS/CIS) Department at The Universityof Texas at Brownsville (UTB) has improved its curriculum by including parallel computingtopics based on a computing and

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

incorporate collaborative project-based and inquiry-based learning inundergraduate computer networking curriculum. The project goals include: 1) Establish a cyber-infrastructure to enable remote learning which significantly improve the learning efficiency ofstudents on a commuter campus; 2) Foster students’ hands-on design and implementation skillsin networking field; 3) Improve teaching and learning efficiency by integrating project-based andinquiry-based learning pedagogy. During the past two years, an effective infrastructure has beenbuilt to support various online collaborative learning activities; and our proposed teachingstrategies have been continuously improved to meet the needs of a diversified student body. Theon-going project assessment

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

offer to improve our curriculum?” in theexit surveys administered in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In fact, such comments comprise just Page 24.470.4more than half of the suggestions in each year. Some comments in 2013 specifically refer to thenew embedded computing course in a call for more such courses. About a third of the 2013graduates would have taken the new course; most of the 2014 graduates in both programs willhave taken it. It’s been offered in both the spring and fall semesters in 2012 and 2013 to about175 students total. We expect the exit data from 2014 to provide some evaluative feedback fromthe students’ perspective. Where we expect

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Active Learning in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #8907ENGINEERING PROJECT PLATFORM FOR ELECTRICAL AND COM-PUTER ENGINEERING CURRICULUM INTEGRATIONDr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University Dr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram is on the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Gannon University, Erie, PA where he is a Professor. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University. His areas of research include digital signal and image processing, artificial neural networks, and outreach in STEM education. Page 24.503.1

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TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jonathan Wickert; Jack Beuth

Web-Based Computer-Aided Engineering Tutorials Across the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Jonathan Wickert and Jack Beuth Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAIntroductionA skill in demand for graduating engineering students is the ability to combine computationaltools, intuition, and fundamentals effectively. Those factors are arguably more critical now thanpreviously because today’s engineers are often expected to make significant design decisionsbefore any product testing can be done. This reality of industrial practice, where

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Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

Session 3515 Balancing Classical Solutions with Computer Technology in the Undergraduate Geotechnical Curriculum Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractOne of the desired outcomes of civil engineering technology education is to prepare students forthe practice of civil engineering after they graduate. This requires developing student knowledgeand competence in the use of standard design practices, tools, techniques, and computerhardware and software appropriate to their technical discipline.1 To accomplish this, technicalcourses must

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Randy Broussard; Jenelle Piepmeier

Undergraduate Computer Vision Curriculum to Complement a Robotics Program Randy P. Broussard, Jenelle Armstrong Piepmeier United States Naval Academy Weapons and System Engineering DepartmentAbstractThis article discusses a computer vision curriculum, including laboratory exercises,which is suitable for undergraduate engineering students. While classroom andlaboratory exercises focus on off-line computation, on-line implementation can beachieved with simple equipment such as web-cams. Exercises include a sidewalk or linefollowing exercise utilizing the Hough transform, a face recognition using eigenfaces,barcode reading, handwriting recognition, and sign language recognition

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

Session 1772 A New Role of Assembly Language in Computer Engineering/Science Curriculum Afsaneh Minaie Reza Sanati-Mehrizy Assistant Professor Associate Professor minaieaf@uvsc.edu sanatire@uvsc.edu Computing and Networking Sciences Department Utah Valley State CollegeAbstract:A separate assembly language course in computer engineering/science curriculum is not requiredby curriculum guidelines anymore4. This is because assembly

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2001 Annual Conference

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Daniel Waldorf

Session # 2263 Computer-Aided Engineering for Tool Design in Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum Daniel J. Waldorf Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department Cal Poly State University – San Luis ObispoAbstractAt Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo, a variety of tool design issues are covered in a junior-levelmanufacturing engineering course called Tool Engineering. In the course, designing fixtures –for any process – is a major component of the content. The process of designing a fixture issimilar to the method a mechanical

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2001 Annual Conference

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William Edward Howard; Joseph Musto

Session 2793 Integration of Laptop Computers into a Freshman Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Joseph C. Musto, William Edward Howard Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractThe implementation of the Notebook Computer Program at Milwaukee School of Engineering(MSOE), in which all new incoming students are provided with a laptop computer, has had amajor impact on curriculum development in the Mechanical Engineering Program. Theimplementation of this program resulted in a number of curricular changes, including a revision ofthe first course in programming, a

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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy, Pennsylvania State University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Computing & Information Technology

excitement in learning.The three aspects of Mobile Computing are mobile communication, mobile hardware and mobilesoftware. The first aspect addresses communication issues in ad-hoc and infrastructure networksas well as communication properties, protocols, data formats and concrete technologies. Thesecond aspect focuses on the hardware, i.e. mobile devices or device components. The thirdaspect deals with the characteristics and requirements of mobile applications10.Widespread use of mobile devices makes an opportunity for the computer science andengineering programs to integrate the use of mobile devices into their curriculum in order toenhance and promote new ways of teaching and learning. Since young people are very excitedabout these devices

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2001 Annual Conference

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Rick Duley; A Boyanich; S P Maj

Session 1520 Too Much Material, Too Little Time: The computer education curriculum dilemma Rick Duley, S P Maj, A Boyanich Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western AustraliaAbstractAdding an engineering component into an already overcrowded computer science course tocreate a course suitable for the graduation of a potential professional Software Engineer (SE)reminds people of the problem of getting a quart into a pint pot — there is far too much materialand far too little time. Since Curriculum ’68 was published, designers of computer sciencecurricula have

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2000 Annual Conference

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Augustus K. Uht

Sessions 1526 & 2526 The URI Integrated Computer Engineering Design (ICED) Curriculum: Progress Report Augustus K. Uht University of Rhode IslandAbstractThe University of Rhode Island started the ICED curriculum in the Fall of 1997. The key featureof ICED is a substantial 2-3 year long project tying together important but normally disjointcomputer engineering concepts across the major. The students learn how to make criticalhardware/software tradeoffs with long-term implications. Courses in processor design, compilerdesign and networks are required, and

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1999 Annual Conference

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William B. Perry; Victor Barocas; David E. Clough

Session # 3613 Implementing Computational Methods into Classes throughout the Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Curriculum William B. Perry, Victor H. Barocas, and David E. Clough University of ColoradoAbstractIn previous years, the undergraduate Chemical Engineering curriculum at the University ofColorado has contained a gap in students’ exposure to computational methods and programming.As freshmen, students learned programming concepts in the course Introduction to EngineeringComputing (GEEN 1300) and were later required to use these skills as seniors in NumericalMethods for Process

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1998 Annual Conference

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R. Pimmel; R. Borie; J. Jackson; D. Cordes; B. Dixon; A. Parrish

Session 3253 Teaching an Integrated First-Year Computing Curriculum: ‡ Lessons Learned D. Cordes, A. Parrish, B. Dixon, R. Pimmel, J. Jackson, R. Borie University of AlabamaAbstract: This paper describes an integrated first year curriculum in computing forComputer Science and Computer Engineering students at the University of Alabama.The curriculum is built around the basic thrusts of the Foundation Coalition, andprovides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of computing for both majors.IntroductionThe University of Alabama is one of

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Digital Simulation Tools in Energy Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura J. Genik, Michigan State University; Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

education. He received his B.S. in 1976, his M.S. in 1979, and his Ph.D. in 1982, all in engineering from UCLA. Page 22.1642.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using the Computer as a Tool across the CurriculumAbstractAn introductory course in mathematical tools is a common freshmen engineering course.Students are exposed to various mathematical and computer tools which should strengthen theirability to solve engineering problems in future courses. Examples of these tools would beMATLAB and Excel. In a review of the current curriculum at a 4 year institution, it wasrevealed

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1107: ENHANCE COMPUTER NETWORK CURRICULUM US-ING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGJianyu Dong, California State University, Los AngelesHuiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles Page 22.611.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Enhance Computer Network Curriculum using Collaborative Project- based LearningAbstractIt has been widely recognized that hands-on design and implementation is one of the essentialskills that students should acquire to become qualified computer networking engineers. Toenhance the training of students’ design skills, the computer networks

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Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Kane, University of New Hampshire and Cypress Semiconductor; Thadeus Paul Kochanski, Vital Electronics Institute; Andrzej Rucinski, University of New Hampshire

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Electrical and Computer

2009 Conference on Microelectronics Systems Education (MSE’09) in San Francisco. At the University of New Hampshire, he is the found- ing Director of the Critical Infrastructure Dependability Laboratory, the Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Space Science Center. He was the Member of the US State Department/Fulbright National Screening Committee and he is the Fulbright Senior Specialist. Page 22.391.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Creating a Global Computer Engineering and Science Curriculum Based on Vital

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Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blake C. Wade, University of Texas, Arlington and Kennedale High School, Kennedale ISD; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1313: CURRICULUM EXCHANGE - EDUCATIONAL ASPECTSOF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND KINESTHETIC EXPERIMEN-TATIONBlake C. Wade, University of Texas-Arlington/ Kennedale High School, Kennedale ISD, Kennedale,Texas Blake C. Wade is a chemistry teacher (general, pre-AP and AP) at Kennedale High School, Kennedale, Texas. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology (2006) from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. His current research interests include the way in which technology and traditional teaching meth- ods can be combined to pique students’ scientific interests and how to engage the minority learner in the STEM fields. He enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife Stephanie and their four year old daughter

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1999 Annual Conference

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J. A. Bragg; Stephen P. DeWeerth; Clinton D. Knight

Session 2532 Java Programming for Engineers: Developing Courseware for a Computer-Enhanced Curriculum Julian A. Bragg, Clinton D. Knight, and Stephen P. DeWeerth Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech has embarked on aComputer Enhanced Education (CEE) initiative to augment the core ECE curriculum(courses in signal processing, circuits, digital systems, microelectronics, andelectromagnetics). One of the goals of this initiative is

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2000 Annual Conference

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John W. Pierre; Badrul H. Chowdhury; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Session 2520 Computer Exercises to Incorporate Energy Concepts into the Electrical Engineering Curriculum R. G. Jacquot, J. W. Pierre, and J. C. Hamann/B. H. Chowdhury University of Wyoming/ University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThe authors report on a sponsored project to incorporate power concepts into non-power courses.Reported here are efforts to build computer exercises to accomplish a portion of this task.1. IntroductionIn 1997 the National Science Foundation funded university programs to enhance electric powereducation in the United States in light of a perceived shortage of competent

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1997 Annual Conference

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Don M. Coleman; Arthur S. Paul

Session 2432 Systems and Computer Science: A Curriculum for the Twenty First Century Arthur S. Paul, Don M. Coleman Howard University ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the evolution of an innovative curriculum in Systems and Computer Sciencebeing offered by a department within the School of Engineering, Howard University. It presentskey concepts and principles of systems engineering. It discusses how the merger of systemsengineering and computer science addresses some of the deficiencies identified by critics

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Valenzuela, Auburn University; Jeffrey Smith, Auburn University; Ben Reece, Auburn University; David Shannon, Auburn University

Technologies into the Industrial Engineering CurriculumAbstractIncorporation of powerful “scripting languages” in engineering modeling software is becomingincreasingly common. Unfortunately, while most engineering curricula include one or twoprogramming-related courses at the freshman and/or sophomore level, students generally showweak computer programming skills when they reach the core curriculum courses. This projectseeks to develop an innovative set of classroom modules involving computer programming foruse throughout the Industrial Engineering curriculum. The modules are in response to our beliefthat the main cause of the problem is not the specific material covered in the computerprogramming courses but the lack of

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Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session No: 3550 Electrical And Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum From The System Design’s Perspective Omer Farook, Chandra R. Sekhar, Jai P. Agrawal, Essaid Bouktache, Ashfaq Ahmed Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46323 Mohamed Zainulabeddin Electronics Corporation of India Limited, ECIL Post, Hyderabad - 500 062, IndiaAbstractTraditionally Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) curriculum startwith two courses in digital switching theory, one addresses combinational logic and theother

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hauser; Robert Spall

Session Number 1526 Enhancement of Computational Engineering within an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Robert Spall, Thomas Hauser Utah State UniversityAbstractThe NSF supported Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Initiative (CCLI) project describedherein addresses concerns regarding undergraduate education at research universities as high- 1lighted in the 1998 Boyer Commission Report by incorporating advances in information tech-nology into the curriculum. This has been accomplished by developing an

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

Session 2632 Assembly Language Curriculum Realignment in Computer Engineering at UCSC Stephen C. Petersen, Alexandra Carey, Richard Hughey, David Meek Department of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz petersen@soe.ucsc.eduIntroductionIntroduction to Computer Organization, numbered CMPE12C is the first lower-divisioncomputer-related course taken by most undergraduate students majoring in Computer Science(CS), Computer Information Systems (CIS), Electrical Engineering (EE) or ComputerEngineering (CMPE) at the University of California

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University; Greg Lammers, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #7754Sophomore-Level Curriculum Innovation in Electrical and Computer Engi-neeringDr. Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cordelia M. Brown is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt Univer- sity, her M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Tuskegee University. Her research interests include assessment of instructional methods, laboratory design, collaborative learning, and retention and recruitment issues in