This paper describes a low-cost, successful program to help retain female engineeringtechnology students with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of female graduates of our engineeringtechnologyprograms. Thi...
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Assessment theory has expanded from traditional examinations that are focused on the result, to include the process of learning. ABET program evaluators (PEVs) have been instructed to look for documentation of student...
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In recent years, the growing integration of economies and societies around the world has required that graduates of all institutions and disciplines be prepared to work in an economy that is now best seen as essential...
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In recent years, the growing integration of economies and societies around the world has required that graduates of all institutions and disciplines be prepared to work in an economy that is now best seen as essentially international. Global markets are dictating the way that national economies around the world design, distribute, and consume goods and services. Engineers are in the midst of this dynamic development. Most large engineering projects currently require multi-national teams of multi-disciplinary professionals to work together and, therefore, a better understanding of the global economy, communication skills, cultural awareness, and interpersonal skills are critical to engineers. In this context, universities around the world are increasingly moving to establish international partnerships in their education and research programs. This growing trend is fuelled by many factors, including the need to give students the education they require to work in an increasingly globalized world. In this paper, the authors discuss the key concepts of an engineering educational consortium between the United States and Brazil, formed with the objective to establish a sustainable exchange of undergraduate students in engineering between the U.S. and Brazil. The consortium is identifying the main barriers that currently prevent the existence of exchange of engineering students between the U.S. and Brazil that is consistent with the geographic location and the geopolitical importance of these two countries, so that these barriers can be addressed during the program. The consortium is focusing engineering education in the disciplines of electricalengineering, mechanical engineering, and electricalengineeringtechnology, with emphasis in the area of renewable and alternative sources of energy. The authors describe the preliminary stages of this multidisciplinary project, and the goals and progress made in first year of the four- year project (October'07 to September'11). Th
Biology has played a key role in influencing the development and optimization of a significant variety of sensors that provide engineers new ideas for improvements to current technology, new sensor technology, and pot...
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Biology has played a key role in influencing the development and optimization of a significant variety of sensors that provide engineers new ideas for improvements to current technology, new sensor technology, and potential sensor miniaturization. Biological systems, such as plants and insects offer significant methods of flight, imaging, sensing, adaptation to environment, and locomotion. The biological domain provides inspiration at many levels, such as cellular, organism, and species. A biological system is any biological organism, organism subsystem, or portion of an organism that is observed to exist. Abstraction of the biological system using analogical reasoning allows an engineering designer to look for a specific solution through mimicry in an approach to biology-inspired design. The analogous approach relies on the idea of figuring out the basis of overall biological system and of each part or subsystem that achieves the overall goal.
Kernel-based tracker shows robust performances in various object tracking technologies. Due to its robustness and accuracy, Kernel-based tracker using Mean-shift algorithm is regarded as one of the best ways to apply ...
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An integrated EPON/WiMAX network has been an attractive attention due to its features of achieving stable backhaul transmissions to WiMAX users and reducing the expenditure of network deployment. In implementing such ...
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An integrated EPON/WiMAX network has been an attractive attention due to its features of achieving stable backhaul transmissions to WiMAX users and reducing the expenditure of network deployment. In implementing such a network, realizing a scheduling mechanism capable of sharing the available bandwidth between the heterogeneous Ethernet and WiMAX traffic in an effective manner is problematic. In the present study, this problem is addressed by using a game-theoretic-based scheme comprising a bankruptcy game and a bargaining game to perform an intra-ONU scheduling function at each ONU within the network. In the proposed approach, each ONU distributes the total amount of bandwidth allocated by the OLT between the Ethernet and WiMAX traffic buffers in accordance with the results of the bankruptcy game. By applying bargaining games, the allocated bandwidth is then further distributed to the different traffic classes within the Ethernet or WiMAX traffic in accordance with their QoS requirements. The simulation results confirm the validity and effectiveness of the proposed approach.
Attitudes toward graduate studies are an often overlooked, but potentially important factor in undergraduate engineering students' decisions of whether or not to pursue graduate studies in engineering. Graduate wo...
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This article presents a voltage-mode multi-function filter performing completely standard functions: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-reject and all-pass functions, current controlled differential voltage current ...
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We propose a system which separates saxophone melodies from composite recordings of saxophone, piano, and/or orchestra. The system is intended to produce an accompaniment sans saxophone suitable for rehearsal and prac...
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We propose a system which separates saxophone melodies from composite recordings of saxophone, piano, and/or orchestra. The system is intended to produce an accompaniment sans saxophone suitable for rehearsal and practice purposes. A Melody Line Detection (MLD) algorithm is proposed as the starting point for a source separation implementation which incorporates known information about typical saxophone melody lines, acoustic characteristics and range of the saxophone in order to prevent and correct detection errors. By extracting reliable information about the soloist melody line, the system separates piano or orchestra accompaniments from the solo part. The system was tested with commercial recordings and a performance of 79.7% of accurate detections was achieved. The accompaniment tracks obtained after source separation successfully remove most of the saxophone sound while preserving the original nature of the accompaniment track.
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