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Research Poster Presentati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
P O S T E R 9 7<br />
Navigating the Web-Enhanced<br />
College Course<br />
Atixhe Marke, Mina Beshai,<br />
Senada Lekperic, Stephanie Cipriano,<br />
Marissa Dreyer, Johnathan Klingler,<br />
Nicholas Buchanan<br />
Faculty Mentor: Professor Louise Levine<br />
Department of English<br />
This year’s ePortfolio presentati<strong>on</strong> will look at the<br />
Social-Digital Self <strong>on</strong> the college campus through<br />
the writing class. Students will work <strong>on</strong> projects<br />
exploring how we incorporate technology in the<br />
classroom and in their own assignments. Using<br />
various forms of technology they will prepare and<br />
present college papers <strong>on</strong>line al<strong>on</strong>g with<br />
<strong>research</strong>ing the social interacti<strong>on</strong> in both face to<br />
face and <strong>on</strong>line discussi<strong>on</strong>s. Together, these projects<br />
will illustrate the influence of technology and the<br />
knowledge students are now required to have in<br />
order to be successful in the freshman writing<br />
course and future courses. Students will use their<br />
ePortfolio as a presentati<strong>on</strong> platform and <strong>on</strong>line<br />
blog/discussi<strong>on</strong> area.<br />
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P O S T E R 9 8<br />
Aut<strong>on</strong>omous Vehicle<br />
Michael Costantino, K<strong>on</strong>stantine Goudz<br />
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Imberman<br />
Department of Computer Science<br />
We will be dem<strong>on</strong>strating a project that has been<br />
<strong>on</strong>going for the past two years. We have c<strong>on</strong>verted<br />
a typical electric car used by toddlers, a Barbie Jeep,<br />
into an aut<strong>on</strong>omous robotic vehicle. Our first year<br />
was spent in the c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong> process. To c<strong>on</strong>vert the<br />
jeep we had to reengineer the jeep’s motors, and<br />
circuitry to accommodate an Arduno<br />
microc<strong>on</strong>troller. The microc<strong>on</strong>troller allows us to<br />
communicate with the robotic jeep using a versi<strong>on</strong><br />
of the C programming language via a laptop<br />
computer. Since last year we have made great<br />
progress towards our goal of aut<strong>on</strong>omous driving.<br />
We have since equipped the jeep with video, GPS,<br />
s<strong>on</strong>ar, and a compass accelerometer. We will be<br />
dem<strong>on</strong>strating how these additi<strong>on</strong>s have made our<br />
project approach aut<strong>on</strong>omy.