Faculty Of Computer Engineering Research Articles

Contextual Influences on the Adoption of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices by Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty

Contextual Influences on the Adoption of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices by Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty

Prevalence of Hookah Smoking and its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Engineering Students of Khwopa College of Engineering, Nepal

Background: Hookah smoking, also known as water pipe smoking, is an emerging trend that is gaining popularity globally, especially among youth and college students. It has been referred to as a global tobacco epidemic by public health officials and identified as an emerging threat to public health. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study with systematic sampling was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Collected data were entered, and analysis was done using SPSS IBM version 26. Results: The overall prevalence of hookah smoking was found to be 38.7%, with a mean age of 17.92 years. The analysis indicated that sex and faculty of respondents were significantly associated with hookah smoking. In this study, male participants were 2.44 times more likely to be involved in hookah smoking compared to female participants (OR=2.449, 95% CI=1.026–0.848). Participants in the electrical engineering faculty were 4.84 times more likely to smoke hookah than participants in the computer engineering faculty (OR=4.844, 95% CI), and participants in the civil engineering faculty were 2.58 times more likely to smoke hookah than participants in the computer engineering (OR=2.583, 95% CI). Conclusion: The cross-sectional study with systematic sampling conducted among undergraduate engineering students at Khowpa College of Engineering revealed that hookah smoking was more prevalent among male participants than female participants. Hence, an awareness program is needed to be planned and implemented among engineering students, with a special focus on male students.

There is a Threshold for Decision's Confidence in Hierarchical Perceptual Decision-Making

a. Faculty of Computer Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. b. Research Institute of Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Basic Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran. c. Center for Cognitive Science, Institute for Convergence Science and Technology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran , ebrahimpour@ipm.ir

The Application of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) to Improve the Grammar Ability

This research presented the Application of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Method through Grammar Practice Activities to Improve the Grammar Ability of the Fifth Semester Students of Informatic Study Program, Faculty of Computer Engineering, Cokroaminoto Palopo University. The objective of this research was to find out the effectiveness of grammar practice activities in CLT method in improving the grammar ability of the the Fifth Semester Students of Informatic Study Program, Faculty of Computer Engineering, Cokroaminoto Palopo University. The instruments of the research were test and questionnaire. The result of the research shows that the highest percentage was 56.8% of samples got good in grammar comprehension. The analysis of the test showed that the application of grammar practice activities in CLT method is effective based on the coefficient level a = 0.05 / 5% = 2.045, the researcher found that the significance test of the pre-test and post-test result was 14.522. And based on the questionnaire, this application was effective with the calculation of percentage was 33.3% strongly agree, 6.7% was strongly disagree.

The Role of Teaching Self-Efficacy in Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Teaching Satisfaction

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty are crucial to the vitality of engineering education and the effectiveness of future generations of engineers. Teaching satisfaction has been identified as an important predictor of teaching performance and faculty retention. University support for teaching as well as support from the department chair have been identified as important predictors of teaching satisfaction. Further, previous investigations using self-determination theory (SDT) have identified competence (teaching self-efficacy) as an additional predictor of teaching satisfaction. Teaching support, chair support, and teaching self-efficacy were used as predictors of teaching satisfaction in attempt to better understand how administrators can foster teaching satisfaction among ECE faculty. ECE faculty (N = 43) from a large midwestern research institution were sampled to investigate the utility of these variables in predicting teaching satisfaction. Sequential regression modeling indicated teaching support was a positive predictor of teaching satisfaction. Further, teaching self-efficacy was found to predict teaching satisfaction after accounting for teaching support and chair support. Implications, future directions, and limitations are also presented.

Analyzing Citation and Research Collaboration Characteristics of Faculty in Aerospace, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical Engineering

This article investigates citation and research collaboration habits of faculty in four engineering departments. The analysis focuses on similarities and differences among the engineering disciplines. Main differences exist in the use of conference papers and technical reports. The age of cited materials varies by discipline and by format. Regarding faculty connection with other subjects, the study finds that aerospace and mechanical engineering faculty collaborate more often with researchers outside their fields, while civil and environmental faculty, as well as electrical and computer engineering faculty, are more likely to cooperate with peers in their fields. Lists of highly cited journals are generated. The paper also provides suggestions for collection management, research assistance, and outreach efforts.

PERANCANGAN MUROTTAL OTOMATIS MENGGUNAKAN MIKROKONTROLLER ARDUINO MEGA 2560

The research Scheme of Automatic Murottal Use Microkontroller Arduino Mega 2560 designed to facilitate work of custodian of mosque when seedang not residing in place so that when time of sholat have almost arrive hence appliance of ni can turn around holy sentence bouncing movement Al Qu'An automatically. Research Laboratory of Hardware Study Program Computer Engineering Faculty Computer Science University of Dehasen Bengkulu, In July - September 2015. Data method which used in this research Method Documentation, Observation, and Study Book.Result of from this research obtained Conclusion that is automatic murottal can use Application Ianguage of Program Visual Basic 6.0 can be by 2 the way of that is: Automatically and Manual, Automatically by chosening letter to turning around and lead the time twiddling before adzan fill the air, while manually will be controlled to Application appearance with clicking one of the button exist in application of interface computer.Keyword: Real Time Clock (RTC), Microkontroller Arduino Mega 2560, Ianguage of Visual Basic 6.0 program

Effective User Navigation for Improving Web Structure

effective user navigation, designing of well structure websites are have challenge over faculty of computer engineering. How websites having their ideal structure can be considered different from users is the main reason of web developers. For effective user navigation of website structure have various methods that proposed to relinking web pages, the complete fulfill new website structure are may be unpredictable and the measurement analysis or cost of disorientation(confusion of flow)of users are still incomplete their analysis. This paper having ability to improve website structure without introducing any changes like existing, illusive, changes that also know as substantial changes in also allow large changes. In addition, this paper have defining evaluating analysis and using them for compute the overall performance of improve website structure by using genuine data sets. Keywordsstructure, user navigation, data mining, user tracking.

瞬時認識能の測定による透視画像の主観評価法に関する検討

Instantaneous detectability was introduced in a method for the subjective assessment of fluoroscopic images, particularly in the interventional radiology (IVR) procedure. Quantitatively, instantaneous detectability was obtained by measuring the time required for observers to detect the tip of a linear pattern, such as a guide wire, just after the image is displayed. Dynamic images used in this measurement, which mimic degraded fluoroscopic images, were created in the computer simulation software by adding a low-contrast linear pattern to a noisy background image. Radiological technologists and students in the faculty of computer engineering participated in the assessment, and all measurements were performed using a personal computer system. Even if the contrast-to-noise ratio was identical, instantaneous detectability was remarkably increased when the background noise was dominated by higher frequency components. Also, the sign test suggested that a frame rate of 30 f/s significantly improved detectability compared to a frame rate of 15 f/s. These results enable us to discuss new possibilities for image processing and the optimization of system performance. Although the standard deviation of the measured inter- and intra-observer data was large, statistical significance should be suitably examined by a paired-comparison like the sign test, which will be one of the important analyzers in experiments investigating human performance.

Dynamic SWOT Analysis as a Tool for System Experts

The entities analyzed within multi-purpose and multidisciplinary areas are too complicated to be strictly quantitatively described. In such cases it is impossible to avoid verbal expert estimates. For the evaluation of system‘ s behaviour the mechanism of SWOT analysis, which enables to cope with the problems static, is frequently employed. A detailed modelling, monitoring and prediction require a certain level of dynamics. To achieve optimal system parameters, strengths and weaknesses should be under the influence of dynamics. In order the experts could affect them professionally, additional fuzzy situations and factors need to be analyzed. The most convenient tool to solve such a task today is to use the mechanism of fuzzy cognitive maps FCM. The article suggests combining the mechanisms of SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis and FCM (fuzzy cognitive maps) and indicates that such hybridization provides experts with a new tool of system analysis. The monitoring was modelled using FCM modelling package, developed in the Faculty of Computer Engineering in Kaunas University of Technology. The illustrated dynamic monitoring was carried out using various approaches. Experts select FCM elements of monitoring structure, their dependency on the total values of opportunities and threats, their impact on strengths and weaknesses of the system for the nodes being modelled. Thus, the experts complete a gradual evaluation of dynamics’ modelling and results.

An Experiential Course in Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems

In spring 2005, for the third time, the electrical and computer engineering faculty and computer science faculty at Virginia Tech are teaching the course Wireless Networks and Mobile Systems, ECE/CS 4570. This course has some particularly interesting features. It offers integrated coverage of a broad set of topics that we would normally find in separate courses, often in different departments. It gives undergraduate students access to cutting-edge topics usually reserved for graduate courses. It also departs from the traditional lecture format to combine lectures with moderated laboratory sessions and at-home exercises and design projects. In this paper, we describe an innovative, senior- and graduate-level course on wireless networks and mobile systems. We discuss the course's history and guiding principles, the laboratory exercises and design projects, and outcomes, including dissemination activities.

An integrated course in fundamental engineering and English composition using interactive and process learning methodologies

At the University of Arizona, the electrical and computer engineering faculty teamed up with English composition instructors and used process-oriented teaching strategies to teach a combined English/engineering course to freshmen. The six credit-hour course combined three credit hours of introductory engineering and three credit hours of English composition, both required courses in the curriculum. The combined course is a creative problem-solving class that emphasizes the use of critical reading, thinking, and writing as appropriate learning strategies for technical material. The authors found that the seminar/lecture/laboratory approach produced an increased awareness of learning processes and resulted in more collaborative learning and holistic thinking.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>