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FECS
2006
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TMAS A Capstone Project
The College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) requires all undergraduate seniors to participate in a capstone project designe...
Joseph M. Kizza, Li Yang, Andy Novobilski, Kathy W...
FECS
2006
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iPOD/PDA-"casting" in a CS program with Integrated Distance Technology
This paper presents the results of a semester's experiments with producing instruction in "castable" format for iPODs and PDAs. The program involved is a non-tradit...
Kenneth Hoganson
FECS
2006
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Evolving Mathematical Functions with Genetic Algorithms - A Team Project on Artificial Intelligence
- In contrast to most of the senior level Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses where AI is taught in the jargon of theoretical computer science with crowd of complex matrix algebra...
Zhiguang Xu, Chris Neasbitt, Jared Summers, Bill C...
FECS
2006
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PolyBot Board: a Controller Board for Robotics Applications and Education
In this paper, we discuss the design and engineering of the PolyBot board, a custom robot controller board. This board has many features which make it suitable for use in the desi...
John Seng
FECS
2006
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CFD Graphical Interface in Matlab
- The use of computational methods for solving partial differential equations in the field of Heat Transfer is crucial. However, the actual user friendly commercial applications, f...
Tiago Pinho, Senhorinha Teixeira
FECS
2006
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Software Quality Through Requirement and Design
- One of the major areas of software engineering, as specified in the SWEBOK (SoftWare Engineering Body Of Knowledge) [1], is software quality. This paper presents an argument on w...
Massood Towhidnejad
FECS
2006
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Freeware-Based Development Projects As a Learning Framework for Upper-Division Database Course
- The authors describe their experience with a novel approach for teaching a one-semester senior-level database design course in the Computer Science major. This approach innovates...
Son Pham, Rick Covington
FECS
2006
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On Summer Schools, Building Student Teams and Linking Undergraduate Education to Research
We report on summer student programmes and activities we have run, or contributed towards, for undergraduate students at Universities in the UK; in the USA; in Australia and in Ne...
Kenneth A. Hawick, Heath A. James, Christie James,...
FECS
2006
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A Hierarchy Model of Assessment for Curriculum Improvement
Zhanyang Zhang, Roberta Marsha Klibaner, Emile Chu...
FECS
2006
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Improving Student Motivation in a Computing Course for Non-Majors
- This paper focuses on introductory computer science courses offered to students not majoring in computer science. In particular, the issues of student motivation and engagement i...
Stan Kurkovsky