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New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 11.757.42005 Workshop scheduleDate/Time ActivitySunday, July 10 6:00 PM Welcome ReceptionMonday, July 11 7:30 AM Breakfast/sign in 8:15 AM Opening remarks 8:30 AM Participants Program Survey 8:45 AM Participants Introduction 9:00 AM Courses 431 & 531 (Introduction to security) 10:30 AM Break 10:45 AM Courses 530 & 532 (Network security & Information warfare) 12:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Computer Security Camp 1:30 PM Course 535 (Steganography) 2:00 PM Course 534 (Ethics) 2:30 PM Course 537 (Wireless Security

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

overhaul.During the summer of 2004, the authors rewrote the course, creating a new course that focuseson technology’s impact on society. By removing circuits and machines, the course now covers abroader range of electrical engineering fields such as image and signal processing, datacompression, electronic navigation, communications, and computer networks and security. Thecourse examines current trends; with a focus on how the Coast Guard and Homeland Securityuse technology and discusses the ethical issues that arise with the potential misuse of technology.The authors developed several innovative lesson plans, laboratories and even a series of debatesto improve the students’ understanding of technological trade-offs, while developing their

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy

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Electrical and Computer

MTH451 Techniques of Advanced Calculus PHY160 General Physics I PHY161 General Physics I Laboratory TE Table 2: Year 2 Courses E100 Ethics and Politics of Engineering E105 Introduction to Engineering Graphics & Design E322 Control Systems I EE352 Network Theory II EE361 Networks Laboratory EE386/387 Introduction to Microprocessors/Lab ENL303 Technical Writing MTH141 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K Krishnamurthy, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG); Keith Stanek, University of Missouri-Rolla; Vittal Rao, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Electrical and Computer

, smart structures and intelligent systems; iii) provide student-faculty interactionsand involve graduate students as mentors in the development of research experiences forundergraduates; iv) conduct tutorials on using necessary hardware and software; v) arrangeweekly seminars on topics such as technical communication, codes and standards, ethics andgraduate school opportunities; vi) provide opportunities for teamwork, project management,leadership and communication skills for successful completion of project work; and vii) arrangefield trips for demonstrations of practical relevance of research.RecruitmentThe REU site program was publicized by: i) mailing flyers, typically in December, to Aerospace

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,economic, and ethical issues [9].We are in the third year of reforming ECEN’s standard, one semester course in EM into a twocourse sequence, VECTOR. The first, required course will be designed for all ECEN studentsand focus on concepts and applications of E&M to ensure relevance. The second elective course,designed for students pursuing further study in this area, will link concepts to analytical andnumerical solution techniques.The first course, ECEN3613, is built around three case study modules in which students play therole of design engineers researching technologies to be used in the design of a wireless robotcontroller. The three case studies focus on design of three subsystems of the controller whichreflect three basic conceptual areas

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah; Stephanie Richardson, University of Utah; Rohit Verma, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

4.0Academic Writing 3.0 Physics for Sci. & Eng. I 4.0E-LEAP/Div/Hum. Gen Ed 3.0 E-LEAP/SS/Ethics Gen Ed 3.0Sophomore Fall Spring Fund. of Eng. ElectronicsFund. of Elect. Circuits 4.0 (AM Broadcasting) 4.0ODEs and Linear Algebra 3.0 Fund. of Dig. Sys. Design 4.0Physics for Sci. & Eng. II 4.0 Calculus III 3.0General Chemistry I 4.0 American Institutions 3.0General Chemistry I Lab

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

, software and hardware design, a test and integration plan, periodicreports, and briefings. The team must also address cost, risk identification and mitigation,reliability, manufacturability, and maintainability. In addition, the team must consider potentialproject impacts relating to ethics, health, safety, society, and environment. Lastly, the team mustdevelop and maintain a website to keep mentors and customers apprised of their progress.25. Project StatusAt the time of this writing, the team has designed and developed all the subsystems and is in theprocess of integrating and testing the overall system. In this section we briefly discuss the statusof the project.Figure 3 shows the graphical user interface developed for the ATCS. Note that the

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

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Electrical and Computer

of projectsFacilitate multidisciplinary ‚ Work in multidisciplinary ‚ Multidisciplinary designdiscourse teams project work ‚ Contribute to out-of- ‚ Out-of-discipline evaluation discipline design projects ‚ Communication across disciplinesSensitize to contemporary issues ‚ Professional issues ‚ Total project scope ‚ Ethics ‚ Interpretation and interaction ‚ Societal concerns

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Electrical and Computer

role of engineering in society, so that students take into account environmental, economical, social and ethical issues that are important in the development of an engineering project.5. Project Budget and Administration.In Table 1, we present a full list of parts and cost for each vehicle. Originally the budget assignedto the workshop was $3000. The cost of the parts purchased for each vehicle was in the order of$1450, and as shown in the table this cost does not include the costs of parts that we already hadavailable in the department such as the laptops and software packages. Taking these expensesinto account the actual cost increases to about $3500 for each vehicle. One faculty member wasin charge of administrating the budget. The main