Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kip Coonley, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students to learn actively.2 It has also been shown thatintroducing design projects in introductory courses increases motivation and creative thinkingskills, especially when design is targeted toward realistic projects3. In addition, the introductionof extensive project assignments and discussion of design skills early and often in the curriculumserves to better prepare students for their capstone design projects in their senior year.4Student surveys and focus groups conducted in conjunction with the ECE curriculum reformefforts indicated a desire for more project design and practical implementation opportunities.Similarly, feedback from industry has suggested that our students would benefit greatly fromadditional occasion to apply theory to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chiu Choi, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

allows the students to develop embedded controlapplications without using additional tools. CodeWarrior is a powerful tool for programdevelopment and debugging. The microcontroller module is a complete single board computerthat the students can use immediately in their projects. The form factor for the module is smallenough that the projects become truly embedded systems. This kit is an inexpensive tool forlearning the fundamentals of microcontrollers and for building embedded control projects. Manyof our students have used this kit in their capstone design projects.VI. Student EvaluationThe linear control systems course integrated with the new microcontroller courseware was taughtin Fall 2006 and Fall 2008 semesters. University administered