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Rightsizing Commercial Electrical Power Systems: Review of a New Exception in NEC Section 220.12
(IEEE, 2016-05-02)
For decades, the application of National Electrical Code (NEC) rules for sizing services, feeders, and branch circuits has resulted in unused capacity in almost all occupancy classes. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data ...
Guide to the National Electrical Code 2011 Edition
(Prentice Hall, 2011-03-10)
GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 2011 EDITION is the ideal comprehensive self-study or course guide for the entire 2011 NEC (National Electrical Code). Dr. Thomas Harman explains the code in detail, with references ...
The STEM Behind BitCoin
(2018-02-08)
Bitcoin has become the first major cryptocurrency that has caught the fancy of the world by storm lately. Behind the hood of Bitcoin are many STEM innovations that will affect the world beyond cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is ...
From Expectation to Actual Perception after Experience: A Longitudinal Study of the Perceptions of Student Response Systems
(Proceedings of the 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems AMCIS, 2011-08)
Interactive student response systems (SRSs) are becoming popular as many instructors at the tertiary level education institutions adopt the systems to transform traditional passive lectures into interactive classes. Despite ...
A Realistic Data Cleansing and Preparation Project
(Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE), 2012-11)
Although data cleansing and preparation are significant tasks in many real-world data projects, they are rarely found in project assignments in IS database courses. This paper describes a pilot study of a relatively ...
Using a Semi-Realistic Database to Support a Database Course
(Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE), 2013)
A common problem for university relational database courses is to construct effective databases for instructions and assignments. Highly simplified "toy" databases are easily available for teaching, learning, and practicing. ...
Querying Bitcoin Blockchain Using SQL
(Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference, 2018-11)
Bitcoin is the first major decentralized cryptocurrency with wide acceptance. A core technological innovation of Bitcoin is blockchain, a secure and pseudonymous general ledger that stores every Bitcoin transaction. ...
A case study of metrics for assessing STEM scholarship programs
(Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges, 2011)
As the challenges in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education become more prominent, resources for promoting STEM education are more available. STEM scholarship programs, such as the S-STEM program ...
Incorporating Applied Critical Thinking into Computer Information Systems Curriculum under a University-Wide Initiative
(Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference, 2015-11)
Information Systems (IS) educators have long recognized the importance of critical thinking (CT) as
an essential element in the success of their curricula. Past research on CT in IS curricula mainly
focused on individual ...
The use of free and open source software in real-world capstone projects
(Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges, 2011)
This paper analyzes the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in 22 real-world graduate computer science projects mentored by industrial partners in the past 2.5 years. It serves as a case study on how FOSS is used ...