AC 2011-1263: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES CHANGINGCONSTANTLY: A CASE STUDY MODELRichard G. Helps, Brigham Young University Information Technology BYU. Research interests in embedded systems, user interaction and technology curriculum design. Member ASEE, IEEE, IEEE-CS, ACM (SIGITE). ABET Commissioner. Page 22.874.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Information Technology Courses Changing Constantly: A Case Study ModelAbstractInformation Technology (IT) courses change frequently. These curricular changes follow thefrequent changes in the
AC 2012-4126: AN INVESTIGATION OF DATA DISPLAYS FOR INTER-PRETING PARTICIPATION IN ONLINE DISCUSSION: TWO PERSPEC-TIVESErin Shaw, University of Southern California Erin Shaw is a Computer Scientist at the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern Cal- ifornia’s Viterbi School of Engineering. Her research focuses on modeling and assessing student knowl- edge in the areas of science and mathematics, and experimenting with new technologies for aiding as- sessment in distance learning. As a Co-principal Investigator on National Science Foundation-sponsored studies, she researches new ways to assess student collaboration in undergraduate engineering courses and new ways to motivate secondary
Paper ID #7090Mobile Teaching: Merging Smart Phones, Cloud, and Desktop to AchieveContent-specific Instruction in a Generic EnvironmentDr. Larry Burton, North Carolina A&T University (Tech) Dr. Burton received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Duke University. He has 25 years executive international management experience in technology-based businesses, and holds ten patents in microwave and optical communications, video switching, and broadband infrastructure. His current research is focused on high availability / high reliability enterprise computing.Dr. Robert Cobb Jr., North Carolina A&T State
AC 2008-929: TEMPORAL EXTENSIONS FOR ENHANCED ENTITYRELATIONSHIP NOTATIONCurtis Welborn, Utah Valley State CollegeReza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College Page 13.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Temporal Extensions for Enhanced Entity Relationship NotationAbstractAn organization can have many business rules to implement in their daily operations.When these rules deal with the planning of business operations, there can be a strongneed to specify the temporal relationships between business objects. Software engineersare seldom educated as to the use of temporal logic though it is often needed to accuratelyexplain time-based relationships
. Page 12.982.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing ZigBee Theory and Practice into Information and Computer Technology DisciplinesAbstractAs pervasive computing turns from the desktop model to the ubiquitous computing ideal, thedevelopment challenges become more complex than simply connecting a peripheral to a PC. Apervasive computing system has potentially hundreds of interconnected devices within a smallarea. This is not only a departure from the typical computer-peripheral model it is also adeparture from the typical client-server model.ZigBee, based on IEEE 802.15.4, is an emerging standard within networked embedded systems.It has already been adopted by several major developers and
Engineering and Technology, National University, San Diego, USA. He is a lead faculty for MSc in Database Administration and MSc in Computer Science programs. Dr. Wyne has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering and B.Sc., in Electrical Engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised over 50 graduate and undergraduate projects. Dr. Wyne is with the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA for more than 8 years and is currently serving as a program evaluator for Computer Science Program and Information Systems Program. In addition, he is a guest editor for a journal, associate editor and serving on editorial boards for four international journals
AC 2010-1062: USING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AS A FRAMEWORK FORUNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGYJohn Krupczak, Hope College Professor of Engineering, Hope College. CASEE Senior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Page 15.1324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Functional Analysis as a Framework for Understanding TechnologyAbstractWhile engineers bear responsibility for promoting the general understanding of technology, themeans through which this may be accomplished is not well-established. In this work thetechnique of functional analysis or functional decomposition is adopted as a
Paper ID #7131Automated Text Analysis Facilitates Using Written Formative Assessmentsfor Just-in-Time Teaching in Large Enrollment CoursesDr. Luanna B Prevost, Michigan State University Dr. Prevost is a postdoctoral research associate with the Center of Engineering Education at Michigan State University. Her research interests are in student writing, problem solving, and technologies that can be used to assess and teach these skills.Dr. Kevin C Haudek, Michigan State UniversityEmily Norton Henry, Michigan State UniversityMr. Matthew C Berry, Michigan State UniversityDr. Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Associate
research on the role of the instructor as facilitator who provides tools to effectively assess learning in a technology based curriculumMary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lynn Brannon, Instructional Support Specialist at the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at the Pennsylvania State University, has a Master of Arts Degree in Education and Human Development specializing in Educational Technology Leadership. Her work focuses on projects that measure and assess student perceptions of learning related to their experiences with engineering course innovations. She is a faculty development consultant with previous experience in instructional design and instructor
AC 2010-1620: A WEB-BASED BAYESIAN VAN HIELE PROBLEM SOLVER FORCOMPUTER PROGRAMMINGJ. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University Dr. J. Wey Chen is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Information System at Southern Taiwan University. He formerly served a two-year appointment (2007-2009) as the Department Chair of the Department of Information Management at Southern Taiwan University and was the Computer Science Department Chair at Western State College of Colorado. His scholarly interests range widely, from computer science curriculum design to e-learning and software engineering practices. Page
Providing Complementary Viewpoints of Healthcare Technology Through An Interdisciplinary Learning Experience Lunal Khuon1, Vladimir Genis1, Andrew Rich2, Arlene Solnick3, John Cornele3, Melanie Whitehead3, and Michael Hunn4 1 College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 2 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 3 College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 4 Draeger Medical Systems Inc., Telford, PAWe describe an interdisciplinary learning experience consisting of interactions
AC 2010-1447: AN EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTING IN THECLASSROOMSusan Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston. She began her career in higher education teaching applied mathematics for engineering technology students. She demonstrated consistent interest in the application of information and communication technologies to instruction. This interest plus demonstrated depth of knowledge of computer applications and systems caused her to change her teaching focus to computer information systems in 2000. Recently, she has completed graduate course work in the area of Medical Informatics in order
AC 2012-4776: AUTOMATIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR PEER RE-VIEWS OF STUDENT WORKLakshmi Ramachandran, North Carolina State UniversityDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Com- puter Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has also taught at Carnegie Mellon University and Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie mainly in computer-supported cooperative learning. Page 25.245.1 c American Society for
manager (Ernst and Young Consulting Turkey), where she added important values within 5 years. Also she worked in SAP Business for a long time and managed various SAP/ERP projects in Turkey and also abroad. Now she is serving in ERP, CRM and e-business categories as senior consultant and lecturing at various universities. Additional to these she is sometimes giving conference seminars and company trainings in her expertise areas. Dr. Baloglu has about 15 professional and academic papers, published in various technology magazines and books. And she currently works for Marmara University - Dept. of Computer Engineering under title of Asst. Prof and also teaches the some courses in
design by eliminating extraneous information. Helpand documentation is necessary; even though it would be better if the system could be usedwithout documentation.2 These general website design principles are appropriate to be used inonline course websites. Page 14.445.3 Figure 1: Exemplary Course Award Winner Example4Existing Course AssessmentSouthern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) is a special-purpose institution in the UniversitySystem of Georgia, with a mission to offer bachelors and masters degrees and continuingprofessional development in science, engineering, technology, and related fields. The universityenrolls
work in a global society supported largely through web site design. Ethnography, in thesense of internet, however, has brought to the forefront, immediate differences of language andelectronically designed web sites between inherently diverse world cultures. Confined to issuessolely associated with a single culture, web design struggles are ongoing to establish a workablestandard within Human Computer Interface (HCI). The diversity of issues is not limited todesign but to procedural or process differences using software language programming, browserinterface, keyboard selection, ASCII, UTF (multilingual), and of course the ongoing softwarecompatibility difficulties. Software publishers, web masters, internet engineers, and all other
AC 2007-1400: EXPLORATION OF JAVA PERSISTENCERobert E. Broadbent, Brigham Young UniversityMichael Bailey, Brigham Young UniversityJoseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young UniversityScott Hart, Brigham Young University Scott is an IT undergraduate working in the areas of information retrieval, and document management. Page 12.721.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Exploration of Java PersistenceAbstractData persistence in a relational database is one of the core requirements of many applications.There are a variety of methods for implementing data persistence; however the advantages
AC 2009-2305: TEACHING WEB DEPLOYMENT WITH OS-VIRTUALIZATIONMichael Bailey, Brigham Young UniversityJoseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University Page 14.1160.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Web Deployment with OS-virtualizationAbstractWhile hardware-level virtualization systems such as VMware are widely used in academia, theuse of operating system virtualization offers benefits of scalability that are far greater. Since2004 Brigham Young University has provided an operating system level virtual machine (VM)to each student in the introductory web systems course of the IT program. Each VM forms acapable web server platform, with Apache and
AC 2008-2195: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FORENSICS TOOL FOR WINDOWSMOBILE DEVICESKyle Lutes, Purdue University Kyle Lutes is an Associate Professor of Computer & Information Technology (CIT). He has authored/co-authored numerous papers, many of which were presented at national conferences or published in trade magazines/journals as well as two college textbooks. His background and interests cover all areas of software development, including mobile computing, client/server information systems, web application development, object-oriented programming (OOP), programming languages, software engineering, user interface design, and rapid application development (RAD). Kyle has been writing
education. He also has interests in human-computer interfacing. He has been involved in ABET accreditation for about 8 years and is a Commissioner of CAC-ABET and a CAC accreditation team chair. He spent ten years in industry designing industrial automation systems and in telecommunications. Professional memberships include IEEE, IEEE-CS, ACM, SIGITE, ASEE. Page 12.380.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Comparative Evaluation of ZigBee and Bluetooth: Embedded Wireless Network Technologies for Students and DesignersAbstractNetworked
2006-1098: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ENGINEERING ACROSS ACADEMICBORDERSKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological UniversityLinda Phillips, Michigan Technological UniversityDavid Watkins, Michigan Technological UniversityJames Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University Page 11.822.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 International Service Engineering Across Academic BordersMotivationThe National Academy of Engineering’s recent report, The Engineer of 20201, clearlyspells out the challenges and opportunities confronting the profession, and futureengineering graduates in particular: globalization, sustainability, complexity, andadaptability. Coupled with this vision
Paper ID #28669Assessing Grassroots Engineering Applications in BrazilDr. Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute I currently develop a post-doctorate research at the Aeronautics Technological Institute (ITA) with a schol- arship from FAPESP (#2018/20563-3). I hold a PhD degree in Philosophy (University of S˜ao Paulo, 2017), a bachelor degree in Philosophy (Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, 2008), a master degree in Electrical Engineering (University of Campinas, 2002), and a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering (University of Campinas, 1999). My research area encompasses philosophy of
AC 2007-1012: PODCAST-ENHANCED LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTALENGINEERINGKurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson has been on the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty at Michigan Tech since 1993. His research interests include public health, engineering and social justice, effective teaching methods, and multimedia-based learning. His teaching repertoire ranges from first-year students to graduate students, all his classes are designed along best learning practices. Kurt is coordinator for several international study programs at Tech, and is co-director of the International Sustainable Engineering Initiative there. He is involved in many engineering projects
AC 2009-965: SHOULD A CYBERETHICS CLASS BE REQUIRED? PLAGIARISMAND ONLINE LEARNINGJana Whittington, Purdue University, CalumetJoy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet Page 14.1056.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Should a Cyberethics Class Be Required? Plagiarism and Online LearningKey words: plagiarism, online learning, cyberethicsAbstractWhile intellectual property is an umbrella legal term, and copyright is a legal term that relates toprint and media rights, plagiarism is less of a legal concern and more policy based. Plagiarismoften occurs in the traditional or online classroom. According to recent research
AC 2010-1234: WIRELESS NETWORKS IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: ADISCONNECTNipul Patel, Purdue University, North Central Page 15.1376.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WIRELESS NETWORKS IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY: A DISCONNECTAbstractWireless networking is relatively new and exciting technology for health care. Using handheldperipherals and wireless networking technologies, medical professional can have omnipresentaccess to patient information, clinical functions, and business functions. Wireless networks bringinformation access, data collection capabilities, and clinical applications closer to the point ofcare than is possible using
What Online Quizzing Can Tell Us About Our Students Jonathan P. Mathews*, Sarma V. Pisupati*, and Andrew Wiesner± *Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Department and John A. Dutton e-Education Institute College of Earth & Mineral Sciences ± Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 jmathews@psu.edu | spisupati@psu.edu | ajw13@psu.eduAbstractComputer based quiz and exam results from a large enrollment general education classwere analyzed to determine what an in-depth analysis of the quizzing
Session 2003-913 Capturing History with Modern Technology Wright Flyer Replica Space Launch Steven D. Harper, MS Eng, David G. Meyer, PE Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract Student interest in engineering technology has been in decline over the 10 past years.Today's students seek exciting career opportunities and can choose from a number of interestingand rewarding non-scientific disciplines. The need to show high school students that engineeringoffers rewarding career opportunities has never been stronger, with an estimated 400,000 unfilledjobs
Session 3542 Opportunities in Education at the Confluence of Technology and Management Elise M. Barrella and Keith W. Buffinton Bucknell UniversityAbstractDue to the increasing need for an understanding of technology and engineering for individuals inmanagement positions, a familiarity with both business and engineering principles, as well astheir interdependence, is required. This paper is a study of the academic opportunities offered byselected colleges and universities to prepare students to become business leaders in fields
AC 2010-33: A STRATEGY FOR INCORPORATING ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES INTO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONDavid Wells, North Dakota State University David L. Wells has been Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University since January 2000. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in process engineering and production engineering systems design and in product innovation and entrepreneurialism. His instruction is characterized by heavy reliance upon project-based, design-centric learning. Course projects are drawn from real industrial applications with real industrial constraints, often interactive with a corporate sponsor. Students are challenged to
AC 2010-1588: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY, EAC ABET, AND TAC ABETACCREDITATION CRITERIAJohn Blake, Austin Peay State University Page 15.1195.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technological Literacy, EAC ABET, and TAC ABET Accreditation CriteriaAbstractA person who has achieved technological literacy has an understanding of technology. It istempting to assume that people with degrees in engineering and engineering technology areeither technologically literate by nature or become literate by osmosis through study andpractice. However, the breadth of knowledge and understanding necessary for technologicalliteracy is such