Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

Session #1649 The 2010 Gigascale Imperative: Why the instruction of electronics technology must change! By Gary J. Mullett Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, MassachusettsAbstract - Approximately four decades have past since the first implementations of two-year college electronicsprograms with curricula recommended by the United States government. Today’s electronics programs lookremarkable similar to those early programs. This paper contends that there needs to be substantial change to howelectronics technology is taught or the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

together.” Eastern’sVision 2010 calls for “convergence” of scientific and liberal arts education. Placing the EEprogram in this type of educational environment, coupled with wide use of service learning andindustrial collaboration, will greatly enhance student learning.DevelopmentThe curriculum developed for the new EE program is based on a series of existing lower divisionprerequisite courses in mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, and general educationrequirements. At the upper division, the curriculum includes both new courses designed andexisting courses revised to incorporate experience-based learning. Page 10.434.4 Proceedings of

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

courses or experimenting curricula, primarily at doctoral level, started to be offered bythose who were familiar with CSE ideas from their research and recognized the importance ofintegrating CSE research into education to meet the demand of computational professionals inthis emerging interdisciplinary area. Commencement of the DOE Computational ScienceGraduate Fellowship Program 13 and issuance of the President's Information TechnologyAdvisory Committee Report 14 were two of the milestones in this stage. The third stage, whichbegan in 2000 and is expected to extend to 2010, is considered as early growth 15-16. This currentand ongoing stage is going to be characterized by a number of CSE courses and curricula beingdesigned and implemented by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

interesting: in one experiment, students design and build a breathanalyzer to estimate alcohol concentrations, simulated by using various concentrations of ethanolin a test tube. In the alternate experiment, students will be asked to design a complete ECG am-plifier along with its proper (hardware) filters. ECE concepts to be introduced include isolationpreamplifiers, differential amplifiers, AC/DC coupling for noise suppression, and basic filter de-sign. A&P modules will discuss the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and ANS controlled re-flexes to describe biofeedback with its applications on physiological events triggered under alco-hol consumption. 5. Cardiac Monitor for Arrhythmia Detection (Digital II): Digital II is concerned with