These proceedings of the June 2007 conference include papers from academicians and practitioners with a special emphasis on systems engineering. The many papers here include such topics as embedded systems, including an assessment of the market by a leading software producer and reports on teaching undergraduates. Other papers address the challenge of technological education in developing nations, teaching infomatics students the secrets of hardware design, and reaching twenty-first century students about microelectronics and semiconductor technology., active learning techniques in a CAD course, student-specified v. instructor-specified projects, a NASA robotic arm as an example of cooperation among government, industry and a university, low-cost SoC applications, a rapid prototyping course on mobile computer systems and several papers on innovative teaching methods and curricula, including using open-source software. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
