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Ronny Pacheco – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Motivated by applications in health care systems, this study focused on queueing network models with instances of simultaneous resource possession under capacity restrictions in different stages. Customers during service at certain nodes in the first-level or primary system may simultaneously need service from a second-level server. In this…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Networks, Resource Allocation
Marshall S. Pike – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The projected number of engineering professionals will increase in the next decade. Implementing instructional technology to support engineering students in creating design solutions to authentic problems may lead to a more significant number of engineering graduates. The problem is knowing the extent to which parametric 3-dimensional…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Software, High School Students, Engineering Education
Kai Presler-Marshall – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Software engineering is a growing field, with ever-increasing demand for capable engineers who can design, implement, and test the software that is needed for the modern world. With this increasing demand for software engineers, there is a corresponding increase in the demand placed on computer science programs that graduate these engineers.…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Automation, Surveys, Computer Software
Gary Allen Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Literature demonstrates that threats and attacks on computer systems and networks have been around since the beginning of computing, and the number, severity, sophistication, and costs of attacks and data breaches are continuing to grow. Several studies suggest that one of the most common causes of data breaches is insecure web applications that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Web Sites, Computer Software, Engineering Education
DeSerranno, Allen Ronald – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Internet of Things ("IoT") systems are complex, asynchronous solutions often comprised of various software and hardware components developed in isolation of each other. These components function with different degrees of reliability and performance over an inherently unreliable network, the Internet. Many IoT systems are developed within…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Internet, Computer Networks, Engineering
Jennifer Barnett Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation describes a practitioner's design-based development of a prototype chatbot to guide students in learning biological concepts of genetic mutations and protein synthesis. This chatbot's architecture provides learning activities, feedback, and support throughout a series of short, connected lessons. The chatbot is designed to…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Accuracy, Computer Software, Inquiry
Arbajian, Pierre – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Speech remediation by identifying those segments which compromise the quality of speech content can be performed by correctly identifying portions of a recording which can be deleted without diminishing from the overall quality of the speech, but rather improving it. Speech remediation is especially important when it is heavily disfluent as in the…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Language Fluency, Speech Communication, Phonemes
Parker, Richard J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Professional identity, or the connection between individuals and their professional community of practice, begins forming as early as deciding a major for university studies. Development is supported or hindered by situated practices and experiences throughout undergraduate studies and across the transition from university to the workplace. To…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Capstone Experiences, Professional Identity, Computer Software
Dupe, Kai Ajala – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The focus on the lack of diversity in technology has become a hot topic over the last several years, with technology companies coming under fire for not being more representative of the markets that they serve. Even The White House and President Obama has made this issue of technology diversity and recruiting more women and people of color a topic…
Descriptors: African Americans, Disproportionate Representation, Diversity (Institutional), Labor Force Development
Sandler, Heidi J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this grounded theory study was to examine the relationship between corporate culture (artifacts, values, and assumptions) and the creative endeavor of innovation in the software development industry. Innovation, the active implementation of creative ideas, is a widespread enterprise in the corporate world, especially in the areas of…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Innovation, Engineering, Qualitative Research
Hauser, Deanna Mae – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Social engineers manipulate individuals into divulging confidential information or compromising personal or organizational security. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the potential lack of social engineering awareness that affects employees at companies in southeastern Michigan. The research method consisted of interviews…
Descriptors: Engineering, Behavior Modification, Familiarity, College Faculty
Gyllen, Justin Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation examines students' use of written course materials in introductory engineering courses, begins to elucidate the relationships between students' study habits and their subsequent course performance, and evaluates the impact that carefully designed preparatory assignments has on these relationships. Much of previous educational…
Descriptors: Use Studies, Users (Information), Instructional Materials, Introductory Courses
Katherine J. Stephenson – ProQuest LLC, 2017
While the changing nature of design activity is a topic supported by a range of popular and academic publications, the role that design tools have taken in that change is less well studied. The tools used in the trade, both by industrial designers and mechanical engineers, have undergone a rapid transformation in the last fifty years. The research…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Digital Literacy, Novices, Majors (Students)
Stevenson, Glenn A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
For decades software managers have been using formal methodologies such as the Constructive Cost Model and Function Points to estimate the effort of software projects during the early stages of project development. While some research shows these methodologies to be effective, many software managers feel that they are overly complicated to use and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computation, Program Development, Administrators
Franzen, Marissa Marie Sloan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this research study was to determine if trial and error learning was an effective, practical, and efficient learning method for Technology, Engineering, and Design Education students at the post-secondary level. A mixed methods explanatory research design was used to measure the viability of the learning source. The study sample was…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Learning Processes, Statistical Analysis