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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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George J Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union; Elizabeth M Waters, The Cooper Union

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Sonya T Smith, Howard University

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Joseph Egan

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Margaret Ming Herbster, Loyola University Maryland; Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

labs are equipped with mannequins that range in functionality. The high-fidelitymannequin has anatomically correct air ways and landmarks, it also emits heart and lung sounds,and is capable of rapid eye movement and sporadic breathing. Every set up has a monitor that canindicate underlying physiological changes. All these functions can be monitored in the controlroom. The SimMan 3g* already has a very limited range of preprogrammed sounds. They werenot made with any attention to authenticity. There is a lot of potential to provide additional soundsand interactive scenarios.The client had asked us to focus on three types of recordings: 1. A rattled breathing from a patientwhose breathing is strained indicates to a nurse a patient needs

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Kinnari H Shah PhD, City Uni of New York-LaGuardia Community College

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology; Radhika Tulasi Natarajan; Lior Baron, CUNY Graduate Center

error learning of a complex task. The interactions of neuronpopulation in different areas of the brain can serve as an inspiration in class organizations withdifferent roles computer science student play and how they interact to solve complex learningproblem.3. Learning areas of the bird brainIn the past few decades, key areas involved in bird song acquisition and production wereidentified4,5. The areas are organized in two separate pathways, the song motor pathway, whichin involves 3 brain areas: Figure 1: Schematic of songbird brain depicting key areas and pathways (adopted from [6]) 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference, October 26-27, 2018 – Brooklyn Technical High Schoola. Actor: In the bird, HVC, RA and Motor neurons make up

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Daniel Takeda Brown; Jae Young Suh; Matthew Baideme, U.S. Military Academy

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Diversity

the start, middle, and end of the semester11.ImplementationAt Stevens Institute of Technology, the spatial skills enhancement program was piloted in 2016 asa part of E 120: Engineering Graphics, a required course for all incoming freshmen in engineering.To assess initial spatial ability, all first-year engineering students were required to take the PSVT:Rduring the first week of the semester. Students were then placed in one of three categories basedon their test scores: Spatial Novice, Spatial Intermediate, and Spatial Master. A different pointvalue was associated with each category, as shown in Table 1, with a maximum of five pointstranslating to full credit for the 5% of the semester course grade as suggested by Segil et al.10

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Yu Wang, The New York City College of Technology; Warren Hunter; XiaoLin Chen, NYCCT; Housney Ahmed; Haneefah Safo

performance.KeywordsArduino, Motors, Linear Actuator, Prosthetic, Raspberry Pi, Sensor Network1. IntroductionThe field of prosthetics focuses on the development of artificial limbs to help restore functionalityto persons who have lost or are missing one or more limbs. Early prosthetics made use of wood,copper, iron, and steel, but had limited functionality. At present, modern technology, such as 3Dprinting and connected devices, can be used to produce advanced prosthetic limbs. Nearly twomillion amputees are living in the US, and 54% of them has vascular diseases including diabetesand peripheral arterial disease [1]. Patients in this category can see benefits from the applicationof connected devices to the area of healthcare devices. These benefits may include the

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Claudia E Hernandez Feiks; Navid Allahverdi; Serdar Ozlek

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College; Michael Lawrence, Queensborough Community College

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Tak Cheung; Vazgen Shekoyan; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos, Queensborough Community College

undergraduate at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Her research interests focus on the area of the physics of sound particularly related to noise control using computational and numerical simulations.Dr. Rex Taibu Dr. Rex Taibu has taught studio physics classes for several years. His teaching experience has shaped his research focus. Currently, Dr. Taibu is actively engaged in 1) promoting scientific inquiry attitudes in students through designing, implementing, and assessing in- novative inquiry based physics labs. 2) conducting research regarding the role of language in conceptual understanding. 3) exploring cosmic rays (detection, data collection, and analysis). c American Society for

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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

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Juan Carlos Estrella; Suleyman Baran Turac, New York City College of Technology; Wellington Daniel Verduga Macias; Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology

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Track: Special Topic - Student Organizations Technical Session 13

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Special Topic: Student Organizations

what to do about it.” (Stake, 2010, p. 123) 31References• Lee, W. C., & Matusovich, H. M. (2016). A model of co-curricular support for undergraduate engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(3), 406–430. http://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20123• Lee, W. C., Godwin, A., & Nave, A. L. H. (2018). Development of the engineering student integration instrument: Rethinking measures of integration. Journal of Engineering Education, 107(1). http://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20184• Yosso, T. J. (2005). Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth. Race Ethnicity and Education, 8(1), 69–91. http

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Track : Graduate - Technical Session 10

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Ashleigh Wright, North Carolina State University; Rebecca Brent, Education Designs, Inc; Elizabeth C. Dickey, North Carolina State University; Kimberly S. Weems, North Carolina Central University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University; Caesar R. Jackson, North Carolina Central University

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Diversity, Graduate Education

(STEM) fields, and consequent African-Americanunderrepresentation in academia and the professional workforce. Historically black colleges anduniversities (HBCUs) play a significant role in producing African-American scientists. While in recentyears African-Americans made up only 8% of STEM baccalaureate degrees awarded [1][2],approximately 20% completed their STEM undergraduate degrees at HBCUs [1], which constitute only3% of the post-secondary institutions in the United States [3]. HBCUs have a rich history in trainingtalented students in STEM disciplines and are important sources of future African-American science andengineering doctorate recipients [4]. Between 2009 and 2013, 24% of the African-Americans who earneddoctorates in science and

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Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum - Technical Session 11

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Alexander John De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

critical foundational skill that has been correlated with higher-level problemsolving ability, and thus higher performance in core courses like mathematics and chemistry [1].Research indicates that the ability to visualize spatially is important to persistence in an engineeringprogram, however, this skill is never explicitly taught at the pre-college or college levels [2]. Instead,spatial ability is usually developed through life experiences, such as building with LEGO©, playing videogames, playing certain sports, and other activities.There are significant gender differences in spatial skills competence, with women and underrepresentedminorities displaying lower spatial skills ability than men [3-8]. These students often struggle andeventually

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Track: Special Topic - Identity Technical Session 9

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

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Maria Luz Espino M.A., Iowa State University ; Sarah Rodriguez, Iowa State University

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Diversity, Special Topic: Identity

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IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Jinkins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Jill Clough, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Engineering Management

exams on the job or even true false or matching for that matter, so wecouldn’t use the familiar evaluation techniques for the class. In truth, one often has noidea of how one’s effort is perceived on the job until the yearly evaluation. Dependingupon the manager, then it may have little to do with the year’s work. This vaguenessmay be tolerated in the workplace but was not considered acceptable to the class.To address the students’ desire for a grading scale they could more easily understand anddiscuss, a performance scale similar to some seen in industry was devised as shown inFigure 1. Although it is not perfect, it--like most performance appraisal systems--is stillevolving. Student input is invited at the beginning of each semester to help

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Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

the importanceof the course topics and provided him confidence in his knowledge by forcing him tothink about the course and the connections between the course knowledge andprofessional discipline.The various impacts we found in this study confirm and provide further empirical supportfor findings reported in the literature. For example, we found that portfolio creation couldhelp students have a better understanding of what they learned as in Jalkio 1, take fullownership for their portfolios as in Williams 2002 2, help students enhance their learningas in Christy 1998 3, see the major advantages in keeping a record of achievement as inKnott 20044, feel positive about the value of portfolios for increased awareness ofeducational attainment as in

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IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Information Systems

concludes with a list ofresources that include many more active and cooperative learning exercises.1. IntroductionIn bygone days, the “sage on the stage” was seen as the consummate teacher. Authoritative andentertaining, his words were eagerly listened to by students, and dutifully copied into spiralnotebooks. But today, the competition is tougher. Students grow up with interactive games,watch video on their cellphones, and surf the Web from their laptops during class. To be sure,spellbinding lecturers still exist, but most of us would not count ourselves among them. We canstill use class time to deliver an abridged oral rendition of the textbook, but the majority ofstudents will see it as a waste of time. We can do better.Active and collaborative

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Claude Thomassian, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

the reader knows how to use PSpice to obtain simple dc biaspoint .OP and linear frequency sweep (phasors) .AC analysis. Numerical (PSpice) and symbolic(Analog Insydes) simulation results are presented and some comparison are offered. The purposeof this paper is not to lay out specifics or technical details.Example 1: Simple DC parallel resistor circuitIn the first example, Fig. 1, we have an ideal DC current source in parallel with three resistors.We will solve this example by using both PSpice and Analog Insydes and compare the results.An expression for V1 is obtained; some results are given illustrating approximation working inconjunction with one of the resistors, R3, passing to a ı limit

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International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

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International

amongst the highest inthe World, 52% in 2002 1.Ireland’s economy is flourishing within a global economy over which it has littlecontrol. It is vulnerable to factors occurring in the global economy. If the success ofthe Irish economy is to continue, then the national workforce must be as fit for themarket as is possible. That means being capable of innovation and change as themarketplace dictates. Society, organisations and people living in a learning societyrequire education on a lifelong basis suited to their needs so that they are equipped todeal with the challenges evolving in society. According to the Irish Government’swhite paper on adult education, modern workers are likely to have many jobs andcareer paths in their lifetime, and the higher

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Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Victor Yu, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(nanoelectromechanical systems – NEMS), and smart materials (piezoelectric materials, shapememory alloys, and electrorheological fluids). In the biomaterials block of instruction, a newlaboratory exercise was devised and incorporated to provide the students exposure tocontemporary methods in measuring mechanical properties of biological tissue. Thus, thisexercise tasked the students to measure the elastic modulus of a cow femur using ultrasoundtechnology. The primary learning objectives of this laboratory exercise were (1) to determine theelastic constants of a biologic composite material using an ultrasonic method. (2) To gain anappreciation for why natural materials are nearly always composite, and (3) to discuss howmedical devices may influence the

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Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 12.1504.3circuit rises, by 1975 economics may dictate squeezing as many as 65,000 components on asingle silicon chip.” Forty years ago, 1 billion transistors per integrated circuit wasinconceivable.This technology trend of an exponential increase in the number of transistors per die has fueledthe growth in the electronics industry over the last forty years. Not only does this technologytrend have a significant impact on commercial products but it also has a significant impact ondigital system designers, the tools they use, and the level of abstraction in which digital designerswork. Obviously we do not have an exponential increase in the number of engineers that areavailable each year to design integrated circuits. Therefore, to keep pace

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

thought processes, personalabilities, understanding of important requirements, and capabilities to deliver valuable products.The authors, with the help of design education consultants, defined four areas of performancethat encompass essential aspects of engineering design performances:Learner development outcomes are defined under two areas of performance: (1) Personal capacity: Individuals performing and improving individual skills essential to engineering design (2) Team processes: Teams developing and implementing collective processes that support team productivity in design Page 12.293.3Solution development outcomes are defined

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Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Ben Latigo, University of the District of Columbia; Sisay Beru, University of the District of Columbia; Mamadou Keita, University of the District of Columbia; Steven Omoijunanfo, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design of a Renewable Energy Based Power System for a Zero Energy Visitors’ CenterI. IntroductionThe work presents the design and building of a hybrid, solar and wind powered system, whichwill provide electricity to a “zero energy visitors’ center” (ZEVC). The hybrid energy systemand the “Leed”1 certified visitors’ building will be located on the Van Ness campus of theUniversity of the District of Columbia. The system is intended to increase the viability anddeployment of renewable energy technologies by way of disseminating in the community atlarge, valuable information on the benefits brought to society by renewable energy sources. Theproposed system will serve as a

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ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Adrienne Smith, Springfield Technical Community College

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Engineering Technology

of students enrolled in the field of Engineering Technology has been declining from anall time high in the early 1980s to today’s lower full time equivalent (FTE) student count.According to the NSB figures, degrees awarded in the Engineering Technologies (typically in thefields of civil, electrical/ electronics, construction, computer, and mechanical technology) havefallen from approximately 53,667 in 1985 to 35,544 in the year 2000. One might note that duringthe same time frame, AS degrees awarded in the computer sciences rose from 26,500 to 33,700[1] . In a survey taken in 2002, a majority of respondents said that enrollments in their ETprograms had declined 20 to 90% in the last decade [2]. Today, most faculty teaching in theseprograms

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Smith, University of Arkansas; Waleed Al-Assadi, University of Missouri

CurriculumAbstractAs demand rises for circuits with higher performance, higher complexity, and decreased featuresize, asynchronous (clockless) paradigms will become more widely used in the semiconductorindustry, as evidenced by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors’ (ITRS)prediction of a likely shift from synchronous to asynchronous design styles in order to increasecircuit robustness, decrease power, and alleviate many clock-related issues 1. ITRS predicts thatasynchronous circuits will account for 19% of chip area within the next 5 years, and 30% of chiparea within the next 10 years 2. To meet this growing industry need, students in ComputerEngineering should be introduced to asynchronous circuit design to make them more marketableand more

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Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; MohammadOmar Andar, Kabul University; Maria Beebe, Washington State University

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International

in the 1970s as afive-year program, as shown in Table 1. The KU model is a typical American-style engineeringeducation consisting of basic sciences, such as, two courses in chemistry, three courses inphysics; a mechanics series including statics, dynamics, and strength of materials, fluidmechanics, and thermodynamics; a math series, including pre-calculus, calculus I and II, calculusof several variables, and differential equations.Major areas of civil engineering are covered through required as well as elective courses,including structures, water resources, transportation, and geotechnical engineering. Structuralengineering is covered by two courses in structural analysis and two courses in concrete. Waterresources engineering is covered by