Innovations in Engineering Education Conference, Abu Dhabi,

April 4, 2018, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi Women

Campus, a part of

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and Engineering Technology | ASET’18

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

8:00–9:00 Registration and Reception

Opening Ceremony (ADWC, Assembly Hall E01)

9:00–9:40 H.E. The Vice Chancellor, Dr. Abdullatif
Executive Dean, Engineering Technology Division, Professor Mohammad Aljarrah

Keynote Address 1 (ADWC, Assembly Hall E01)

“Forming and Managing Student Teams: A Review of the Research”
9:40–10:40
Professor Mathew Ohland
School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, USA

10:40–11:00 Coffee Break

Sessions A1– Curriculum Development/Teaching and Learning

11:00 – 13:00 (ADWC, Assembly Hall E01)
Session Chair: Dr. Dr. Seema Karkain

Innovative Semester Specific Engineering Course Exercises Development Formulae

Said Kafumbe, Zine-Eddine Abid
11:00–11:15
Electrical Engineering Technology, Higher Colleges of Technology Abu Dhabi, UAE

Impact of PBL on engineering students’ motivation in the GCC region

Martin Jaeger1, Desmond Adair2
11:30 – 11:45 1
School of Engineering, Australian College of Kuwait, Kuwait
2
School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan

Statistical Analysis of PD Sessions at Fujairah HCT Colleges in Spring 2017

Christina Apostolopoulou
11:45 – 12:00
Math and Sciences Department, Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah, UAE

12:00 – 12:15 Amalgamate Mathematical Methods And Engineering Curriculum To Uplift Innovations
Sanjeeva Witharana

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Students’ Perceptions of Lecture Capture in University Math Classes for Engineers

Rim Gouia-Zarrad1, Cindy L Gunn2
12:15 – 12:30 1
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
2
Faculty Development Center, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Flipped Learning: Benefits, Challenges and

Recommendations

12:30 – 12:45 Raghad Nihlawi1, Hazim El-Baz1, Cindy Gunn2

1
Engineering Systems Management, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
2
Faculty Development Center, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

Teaching Hydrology - A case study of Teaching and Learning

Rabee Rustum
12:45 – 13:00
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society,
Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus, UAE

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Sessions A2– Curriculum Development/Teaching and Learning
14:00 – 16:00 (ADWC, Assembly Hall E01)
Session Chair: Dr. Mesfin Gizaw

Comparative Study of PID Tuning Methods for Processes with Large & Small Delay Times
Asfaw Gezae Daful
14:00 – 14:15
Department of Chemical Engineering, Higher College of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Reliability factors based Fuzzy Logic Scheme for Spectrum Sensing

Tallataf Rasheed, Adnan Rashdi, Ahmad Naeem Akhtar
14:15 – 14:30
Department of Electrical Engineering, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

An Associates Linear System Approach for Solving Fully Fuzzy Linear System with Heaxagonal
Fuzzy Number
Ghassan Malkawi1, Ibrahim Rida1, Nazihah Ahmad2
14:30 – 14:45 1
Electrical Engineering Division, Higher Colleges of Technology, Al Ain, UAE
2
School of Quantitative Sciences. College of Arts and Sciences Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah,
Malaysia

Project Based Learning in solving realistic physics problems: an example of complicated projectile
Stojan Rendevski, Ahmed Rashed Alawadi, Hasan Mohammed Almansoor, Abdulla Mohammed
14:45 – 15:00 Alshehhi
Higher Colleges of Technology, Ras al Khaimah Men’s Campus, Ras al Khaimah, UAE

Online Learning Course to Enhance the Teaching and Learning of Vector Calculus for Engineering
Students
15:00 – 15:15 Wei Lun Ang, Alias Jedi
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysi

15:30 – 15:45 FPGA-Based Stepper Motor Controller: An FPGABased Design Project to Improve Level of the
Complexity in Project–Based Learning

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 Ruzali Rustam, Mariam Ibrahim Al Khoory

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi
Women Campus, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Engineering Capstone Design Project: HCT Perspective

Mohammad Aljarrah1, Majid Akram2, Abdul Syed1

15:45 – 16:00
1
Engineering and Technology Division, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, UAE
2
Engineering and Technology Division, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai, UAE

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

Sessions A3– Curriculum Development/Teaching and Learning
16:30 – 17:15 (ADWC, Assembly Hall E01)
Session Chair: Dr. Marianne Tarun

Sensorless position control for a single DOF system

Ali Sharida, Obada Zidan, Majdi Salamn, Iyad Hashlamon
16:30 – 16:45
Mechanical Engineering Department, Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine, Hebron

Tracking High-Speed Users Using CQI Mapping in LTE-A Networks

Ali Othman al Janaby1, Siddeeq Y. Ameen2, Hussain M. Al-Rizzo3
16:45 – 17:00 1
Communication Engineering, University of Nenavh, Mosul, Iraq
2
Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies, Applied Science University, East Al-Ekir, Bahrain
3
Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, USA

Site Evaluation For Managed Aquifer Recharge

K. Deepa1, M. Krishnaveni2, R.Meenakshi1
17:00 – 17:15 1
Civil Department, St.Joseph College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Chennai, India
2
Civil Department, College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India

Session B1 – Professional and Employability Skills/Engineering Education

Sustainability
11:00 – 13:00
(ADWC, Auditorium C108)
Session Chair: Dr. Sabin Mishra

Improving Electronics Engineering Students’ Skills By Projects’ College Competition

Tarig Faisal, Moath Awawdeh, Aysha AlHamadi
11:00 – 11:15
Faculty of Engineering, Madinat Zayed and Ruwais, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Implementation of digital platform in Teaching Physics Concepts Applied to Engineering Education

and student’s performance: An exploratory Study

11:15 – 11:30 Sandhya Kattayat1, Smitha Josey2

1
Math and Natural Sciences Deaprtment, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2
Math and Natural Sciences Deaprtment, Higher Colleges of Technology, Fujairah, UAE

11:30 – 11:45 Examining Engineering Student Learning and Engagement in Non-Native Language Learning
Environments: The Case of the United Arab Emirates
Mazhar Azeem, Georgia Daleure
Mechanical Engineering Department, Liberal Studies Department, Higher Colleges of Technology Sharjah,

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Women in Engineering – Opportunities and Challenges in Al Gharbia Region in UAE

Padmaja Vootla, Ayisha Mustafa Alhashmi, Betelihem Bereket Fre
11:45 – 12:00
Department of Chemical Engineering, Higher College of Technology, UAE

Patents Oriented to Sustainability; a Framework and Potential Research Gaps

Alaa M. Ubaid, Refaat Hassan Abdel-Razek
12:00 – 12:15
University of Sharjah, UAE

Perception and Technology Adoption Trends for Autonomous Vehicles: Educational Case Study
Arif Mushtaq, Hessa Mohd, Aisha Saleh
12:15 – 12:30
DWC, Higher Colleges of Technolgy, Dubai, UAE

3D Printing Innovations in UAE

Waleed K Ahmed, Issah M. Alhamad
12:30 – 12:45
ERU & Mechanical Engineering Department United Arab Emirates University Al Ain, UAE

Optimization of Blended Learning Platforms for Sustainable Learning

Lekshmi Vijayalekshmi Amma, Shimna Shafeek, Vidhya Koothupalakkal Viswambharan
12:45 – 13:00
University of Bolton, Academic Center, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Session B2 – Professional and Employability Skills/Engineering Education
Sustainability
14:00 – 15:40
(ADWC, Auditorium C108)
Session Chair: Dr. Hyun Yeun

Extreme Programming Implementation in Academia for Software Engineering Sustainability

Lipsa Sadath1, Kayvan Karim2, Stephen Gill3
14:00 – 14:15 1
Information Technology, Amity University, Dubai, UAE
2
Chief Technology Officer WOXOMO Dubai, UAE
3
School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Dubai, UAE

Augmented Reality in Educational Games

M. Jamal Zemerly, Fatima Yahya Al-Hammadi, Ali Fareed Aldarwish, Ali Hassan Alasmakh
14:15 – 14:30
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Resent Trends in RFID Technologies and its Impact on Universities

Santhosh Goud Sammeta, Sahith Reddy Madara
14:30 – 14:45
Department of Library and Information Science Amity University Dubai, UAE

The First Design of a Smart Hologram for Teaching

14:45 – 15:00 Abdullah Awad, Faten Kharbat
Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE

15:00 – 15:15 Future of Millennial Generations: A Review

Sahith Reddy Madara, Piyush Maheshwari, Chithirai Pon Selvan
Amity University, Dubai, UAE

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 A Model to Improve Undergraduate Research
Ved P Mishra
15:15 – 15:30
Amity University, Dubai, UAE

University-Industry Collaboration: A New Way of Educating the Future Generations of Engineers

in India
Abhirup Khanna1, Amit Agarwal2, Piyush Maheshwari3
15:30 – 15:45 1
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India
3
Amity University, Dubai, UAE

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