Belfadel, D., & Rodriguez, M. A., & Zabinski, M., & Munden, R. (2019, June), Use of the Arduino Platform in Fundamentals of Engineering  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--33491

\bibitem{asee_peer_33491}
  Belfadel, D., \& Rodriguez, M. A., \& Zabinski, M., \& Munden, R. (2019, June), \emph{Use of the Arduino Platform in Fundamentals of Engineering}
  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
  10.18260/1-2--33491

Djedjiga Belfadel, Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez, Michael Zabinski, and Ryan Munden.  "Use of the Arduino Platform in Fundamentals of Engineering".  2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://peer.asee.org/33491 Internet.  22 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_33491}
  Djedjiga Belfadel, Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez, Michael Zabinski, and Ryan Munden.
  "Use of the Arduino Platform in Fundamentals of Engineering".
  \emph{2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://peer.asee.org/33491 Internet.  22 May, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Teaching first year engineering classes is a big challenge given the importance of these classes in the engineering education. The traditional highly demanding first year engineering curriculum focused on engineering thinking and problem solving with limited content of basic skills, is no longer inspiring to incoming students. 

Our aim is to make one of these classes more interesting Fundamentals of Engineering, by creating a hands-on and fun-to-learn environment designed to expose students to the application of engineering principles. Project-based courses attempt to resolve the tension between providing training in the fundamentals of engineering  and problem solving, with the need for motivating and engaging students. Active learning in freshman year courses is also believed to improve retention and appeal to more diverse population of students. 
The Arduino is an open-source hardware platform that has recently gained a wide following among hobbyist and students for its ease of use and the ability to build interactive projects.
We report on a seven-year exercise in using the Arduino platform to build a series of hands-on projects. We have used these projects in two course instances, and have obtained detailed student feedback, which we analyze and present in this paper. 

AU  - Djedjiga Belfadel
AU  - Marcia Arambulo Rodriguez
AU  - Michael Zabinski
AU  - Ryan Munden
CY  - Tampa, Florida
DA  - 2019/06/15
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Use of the Arduino Platform in Fundamentals of Engineering
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