Conference Session

Robotics in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland; Susan Cooledge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-1797: MICROCONTROLLER CONTROLLED WALKING ROBOTKenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland 1. Dr. K. M. Fotouhi is a professor of Electrical Engineering Technology Department at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He received his MS from Oklahoma State University and his PHD from University Of Missouri- Rolla. He has published numerous papers in Electrical and Solid State Physics fields. He is actively involved in joint research in growth and developing new semiconductor. He was the recipient of 1990 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Presidential Distinguished Research Award and he is a member of the honor Society of Eta Kappa Nu.Susan Cooledge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Alan Seelan; Jeongkyu Lee

database management tool for both database administrators(DBA) and developers. First, the integrated engine has various access functions to both DBA anddeveloper to manage user instances, administer privileges and monitor databases. Second, theefficient accessing of the result set is developed in the engine without granting or revokingtemporary privileges. Therefore, DBA does not have to provide the privileges to users who wantto access the result set, which makes the system more secured. Thirdly, an optimizedperformance meter is triggered as a combination of all the important factors that determine theperformance of the database, such as different hit ratios and CPU activity. Lastly, to providedevelopers a convenient tool for tuning SQL, we

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, Graz; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Frank Newman, University of Graz

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2010-242: FACILITATING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN THE LANGUAGECLASSROOM: MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES PROFILES TO IMPROVEFOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCEAdrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, GrazAnnette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied SciencesFrank Newman, University of Graz Frank Newman is a senior lecturer at the Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz in Graz, Austria. Frank has been teaching English, mainly writing skills, and American culture since 1984. He also teaches English for Engineers at the Graz University of Technology and was involved for many years in in-service teaching training in Austria and abroad. His current focus is using wikis in language teaching

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario Castro-Cedeno; Quamrul Mazumder

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Motivation and Maturity of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students with and without Co-Op ExperienceAbstractExperience-based education in the form of Co-Op is generally accepted as having a positivecorrelation with a student’s academic and early career performance. Unfortunately, most of theevidence is anecdotal or based on statistical studies of large databases. It does not explain whyand how a Co-Op experience correlates with enhanced student or employee performance. Thispaper proposes a model that can explain how Co-Op experience can result in better grades inschool and better performance at work. The paper also describes an experiment performed todetermine if students with Co-Op experience are more motivated

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-83: MOTIVATION AND MATURITY LEVEL OF ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT COOPEXPERIENCEMario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of TechnologyQuamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint Page 15.889.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Motivation and Maturity of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students with and without Co-Op ExperienceAbstractExperience-based education in the form of Co-Op is generally accepted as having a positivecorrelation with a student’s academic and early career performance. Unfortunately, most of theevidence is anecdotal or based on statistical studies of large databases. It

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

Academic Careers AbstractFor students graduating with a Ph.D. in engineering today and opting for an academiccareer, the path to eventual promotion and tenure is likely to be long and difficult. Whilenew Ph.D.s may understand the importance of continuing to do cutting-edge research,establishing a solid funding record, and obtaining strong teaching recommendations,there are many other factors important to career success of which they may be unaware.For example, they may have little knowledge of how formal promotion and tenure rulesmay be interpreted by their colleagues, what an annual performance evaluation reallymeans, how to establish a good network of mentors with whom to discuss importantcareer decisions

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Finhasali Chinwala, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

AC 2010-378: KNOWLEDGE OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES HELD BYENGINEERING STUDENTSEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno “Ed” Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Dr. Koehn has served as the principle investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction. He also has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. He has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education, as well as the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and is a registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.Finhasali

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

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Biomedical

University(BE@SLU) is to provide early undergraduate students (students entering their first or secondyears) with real examples of bioengineering career options (both research and industry) tosustain their interest in engineering through their early curricula. By exposing students to abioengineering research experience after their freshman year, the students may be better able torecognize their academic interests and may have a better idea of their career options inengineering. The program is structured to accommodate these early career students, with peermentoring, career discussions, and research training embedded into the program. The first weekof the program, “Training Week” not only covers basic laboratory technique, but we also have ajournal

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Steve Patterson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1203: SUCCESSES OF AN EARLY CONCEPTUAL DESIGNPRESENTATION FOR SENIOR DESIGN PROJECTSNabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Nabila (Nan) BouSaba is a faculty associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Nan earned her BS in Electrical Engineering (1982), and a Master degree in Electrical Engineering (1986) from North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to her current position at UNC-Charlotte, Nan worked for IBM (15 years) and Solectron (8 years) in the area of test development and management. She teaches the senior design course and manages the standalone computers in the Electrical

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Shreya Kothaneth, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Dale Pokorski, Virginia Tech; David Bailey, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

AC 2010-1345: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OFINSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIESGlenda Scales, Virginia Tech Dr. Glenda R. Scales serves as both Associate Dean for International Programs and Information Technology and Director of the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP) in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. As Director of CGEP, Dr. Scales manages a state-wide distance learning program that has a long history – over 25 years – providing working scientists and engineers with access to exceptional graduate degree programs. Dr. Scales also provides leadership for international programs, research computing and academic computing within the College of

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University; Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University

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Construction

AC 2010-23: USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING TO TEACHMECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING COORDINATIONThomas Korman, California Polytechnic State UniversityLonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University Page 15.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Building Information Modeling to Teach Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing CoordinationAbstractThe coordination of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems has become a majorchallenge for project delivery teams. The MEP coordination process involves locatingequipment and routing Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) duct, pipe, electricalraceway

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University

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Two Year College Division

AC 2010-1791: WATER TRAINING INSTITUTE: INDUSTRY LINKAGES ANDINSTITUTIONALIZATIONJana Fattic, Western Kentucky University Jana Fattic is the Associate Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies at Western Kentucky University. Her role includes project coordination and budget management of state and federal grants totaling over one million dollars annually. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Kentucky University, and is currently conducting research for her Master's thesis on ways to connect hands-on experiential components with distance learning opportunities for students in STEM disciplines. Ms. Fattic worked in both the public sector as a regulator and private

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-194: THE FIRSTE DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUMJoan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington Joan A. Kowalski earned both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering from Penn State University. In 1987, she joined the faculty at the Penn State New Kensington Campus, where she has advanced to the rank of Senior Instructor in Engineering. In 1999, she assumed the role of Program Director for the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Program. She co-founded the Females Interested in Reaching for Science, Technology and Engineering (FIRSTE) Program in 1993 and continues serving as a co-director. This program is designed to attract high school females towards

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yaser Abdulaziz Hadi

and Technology. It hasbeen recognized as the accreditation body for engineering programs in the UnitedStates. ABET originally established in 1932 as the Engineers Council forProfessional Development (ECPD) [1]. ABET accreditation shows that a programhas met high standards of quality. A student graduating from an ABET accreditedprogram is recognized as qualified for professional employment in manycompanies. ABET accredits programs of study, rather than institutions ordepartments.ABET accredits academic programs at universities and colleges preparinggraduates for entry into professional disciplines of applied science, computing,engineering, and technology. It is a specialized accreditation agency that accreditspost-secondary degree-granting

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Pritpal Singh

engineering students.At Villanova University, our civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineeringfaculty and students have been involved in such projects for about seven years. However, there isalso a lot of scope for electrical and computer engineering students to get involved in projects inthe areas of power and communications. At Villanova University, we have recently started todevelop a number of international projects that are involving electrical and computer engineeringstudents. The projects to date include micro hydroelectric power projects (in collaboration withmechanical engineering colleagues) in both Nicaragua and the Philippines. We also have solarpower projects being designed for Bali, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc

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College-Industry Partnerships

AC 2010-2048: ENGINEER DEVELOPMENT AND MENTOR PROGRAMTammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Tammy Baldwin graduated with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Idaho. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Educational Administration. Tammy has been with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. for four years and is the University Relations Coordinator responsible for encouraging and supporting engineering curriculum at universities across the United States and internationally.Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc Page 15.473.1© American

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-1975: EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NSF WEB-BASEDTECHNOLOGY PROJECTS IN CURRICULUM, COURSE, AND LABORATORYDEVELOPMENT FOR FIRST TIME NEW ABET ACCREDITATIONRichard Chiou, Drexel UniversityWilliam Danley, Drexel University Page 15.550.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experience in Implementation of NSF Web-based Technology Projects in Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Development for First Time ABET AccreditationAbstractThe new Applied Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University received a first-timeprogram accreditation from the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of theAccreditation Board for

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Forsgren, NASA Headquarters; Lauren Miller, NASA Headquarters

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Aerospace

NASA lessons learned. Mr. Forsgren began his career at Cleveland’s NASA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in 1983 as an apprentice mechanic. After attending evening classes and gaining years of experience, he was promoted to a project manager role. Success in this position led to a move to NASA Headquarters in 2005 to become the deputy director of NASA APPEL under Dr. Ed Hoffman. Mr. Forsgren holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, both from Cleveland State University. His contributions have been recognized by the Agency, having

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Weber, Lake Superior State University

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Electrical and Computer

component of engineering education is helping students understand how the informationof a given class is applied to the current technology and applications of that field. In addition, it isalso critical for students to understand the broader impacts of a product during the design,manufacturing, and useful life stages as well as how the materials are disposed of, recycled, or re-used afterwards. One method of helping students achieve this insight is through the use ofmarketing-based presentations in which groups of students present competing technologies.This paper will describe such presentations that encourage students to explore both the technicaldetails of a product as well as the economic, environmental, and societal impacts in order toconvince

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Thomas, Virginia Tech; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-2070: TECHNICAL OUTREACH COMMUNITY HELP: ANENGINEERING OUTREACH-MENTORING PROGRAM FOR MINORITIES Lauren Thomas, Virginia TechMichael Smith, National Society of Black EngineersSarah Brown, Northeastern University Biographies:Lauren D. Thomas is a Ph.D. student in engineering education at Virginia Techand holds office in the National Society of Black Engineers as the TORCHchairperson from 2008-2010. Her current research interests center aroundinterdisciplinarity, knowledge ownership and transfer in the field of opticalengineering.As the director of the NSBE World Headquarters Programs Team, Dr. MichaelSmith manages a budget in excess of $1.4 million for the strategic development,coordination, implementation, and evaluation of all

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

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International

AC 2010-1810: AN UPDATE ON THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITYOF HARTFORD AND HERAT UNIVERSITY TO BOOST ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONMohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of HartfordMirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western AfghanistanAlnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford Page 15.176.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Update on the Partnership BetweenUniversity of Hartford and Herat University to Boost Engineering EducationAbstractIn 2007, the University of Hartford College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, inWest Hartford, Connecticut began a partnership with the Faculty of Engineering at

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

William Bloxsom

researched. One class considered the economics of recycling. Another class hasresearched the implications of various means of commercial electric generation. In both cases,the individual students acquire an expertise in a single area of the project and contribute thatknowledge during the period, in-class group analysis and discussions.Teaching an introductory, under-graduate class in engineering economy involves all of thearithmetic involving interest, annualized payments, inflation, and future worth. It involves theanalysis of the decision-making process involving both engineering and economic criteria. TheJoseph Hartman’s textbook provides a wealth of information. The class also provides the forumfor the critical evaluation of current topics based

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-772: ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FORELECTRIC VEHICLE DEVELOPMENTDavid McDonald, Lake Superior State University David McDonald is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Lake Superior State University and the ASEE Campus Representative. He also does consulting in the area of test cell development for electric vehicle engineering. Page 15.476.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering and Technology Education for Electric Vehicle DevelopmentAbstractDuring 2011 electric vehicles will be mass produced for the first time in history

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Jones, State University of New York, Institute of Tech, U; Anglo Tadros, SUNYIT

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Engineering Technology

Capstone ProjectsAbstractCapstone Experience, MTC 420, is a required course for all Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) students during their senior year. The capstone projects are intended to be culminatingexperiences, drawing upon a wide range of knowledge from courses in the curriculum. Studentsare responsible for written project specifications, planning and milestone identification,implementation of the work, an oral presentation, and a final written report.Because these projects are so comprehensive, they provide an opportunity for faculty to assess awide range of student learning that is directly related to program outcomes. For this reason, METfaculty developed a rubric for assessing capstone projects, as shown on the following page

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Qinghai Gao

steganography – Information Hiding.Biological AlphabetsHuman languages have redundancy. Shannon [1-2] estimated the entropy of written English to be0.6 to 1.3 bits per character (bpc), based on how well people can predict successive characters intext. Cover and King [3] concluded 1.25 bpc. The redundancy makes cipher using these languageseasier to attack.In biology the genetic information existing in DNA is a base 4 system. Lanctot et al. [4] reportedsome experimental results on the entropy of DNA. The first experiment was focused on thecoding and non-coding regions in E. coli to test the hypothesis that the non-coding regions havea role by showing that they may be more regular than coding regions, which would support theconjecture that non-coding

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Qinghai Gao

steganography – Information Hiding.Biological AlphabetsHuman languages have redundancy. Shannon [1-2] estimated the entropy of written English to be0.6 to 1.3 bits per character (bpc), based on how well people can predict successive characters intext. Cover and King [3] concluded 1.25 bpc. The redundancy makes cipher using these languageseasier to attack.In biology the genetic information existing in DNA is a base 4 system. Lanctot et al. [4] reportedsome experimental results on the entropy of DNA. The first experiment was focused on thecoding and non-coding regions in E. coli to test the hypothesis that the non-coding regions havea role by showing that they may be more regular than coding regions, which would support theconjecture that non-coding

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunfeng Wang, The College of New Jersey; Christopher Ault, The College of New Jersey; Teresa Nakra, The College of New Jersey; Andrea Salgian, The College of New Jersey; Meredith Stone, Independent Evaluator

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Mechanical Engineering

intended to motivatestudents to reach across the boundaries of their own disciplines and advance their criticalthinking, creative problem-solving and computational thinking skills, while learning the relevanttechnical knowledge. The structure, objectives, assessment strategies, results, and studentdeliverables from the first course offering are the focus of this paper. These promising resultsprovide a model with which to evaluate effective approaches for interdisciplinary highereducation.1. IntroductionInterdisciplinary education is becoming increasingly important in preparing undergraduatestudents to be able to participate in the emerging knowledge-based economy and meet complexsocial demands in the modern world1,2,3,4. It has grown at a

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hodges, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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Mechanics

AC 2010-1310: COMPOSITES IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: ANIMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANICSTimothy Hodges, Virginia Military Institute Dr. Timothy Hodges is the Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute.Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute Dr. Jon-Michael Hardin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Military Insitute. Dr. Hardin received his Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Page 15.300.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Composites in

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramiro Bravo, University of Texas of the Permian Basin; Brett Batson, Trine University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and instructors face in a regularclassroom such deficient student understanding, lack of student participation, and incompleteclassroom notes.An objective of this work was to measure student learning comparing two equivalent groups ofengineering students in their first semester of thermodynamics. One group was taught using aconventional lecture style, while the other group utilized tablet PCs and the DyKnow software.Both groups were given the same final exam, at least, so their respective levels of understandingcould be assessed and compared. These experiments were conducted for three consecutivesemesters.Results of both groups were compared by selecting pairs of students with similar GPAs andapplying statistical methods on the two groups

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Cornell University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2224: AN ASSESSMENT OF LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THREEON-CAMPUS K-12 ENRICHMENT PROGRAMSFleur Gooden, Virginia Tech Fleur Gooden earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She is currently completing her Ph.D. In Planning, Governance and Globalization at Virginia Tech while working for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) in the College of Engineering. Her research efforts are focused on reducing crime through the implementation of activities targeting at-risk youth.Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech