Conference Session

Hardware Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Spivey, George Fox University

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Computers in Education

The Chirps Prototyping System Abstract Oregon State University has been a pioneer in developing a “Platform for Learning” usingtheir TekBots platform as a fundamental part of their electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum. At George Fox University, we fundamentally affirm this concept of a “Platform forLearning,” but we additionally desire a “Platform for Prototyping.” By “Platform forPrototyping,” we mean a platform that will enable our engineering students to create significantengineering projects as part of a myriad of service-learning projects, student research, courseprojects, and the senior capstone experience. To be effective across our curriculum, this systemmust not only be usable by mechanical, electrical and computer

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education

. Page 22.709.5 Figure 4 GForge system.2.2 GForgeGForge is a collaborative software application in the cloud originally created for SourceForge. Itincludes multiple tools which engineering students find useful, especially for capstone projects.GForge integrates administrative tasks (user management, security, etc.), issue tracking,document storage, file storage, a wiki, and a subversion repository into a single online system.Students can then use the GForge system to store project artifacts as a project evolves.GForge and related systems have been used in multiple environments for capstone projects.11, 12From a faculty standpoint, the GForge system allows a faculty member limitless access toanalyze student

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Jessica A Kuczenski, Century College; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

Portfolios in Academic Advising, Self-Guided Learning, and Self-AssessmentAbstractAs part of our undergraduate program’s commitment to producing quality engineers who havebegun to look beyond entry-level jobs, we have recently launched the Notre Dame ElectronicPortfolio (NDeP) project. In its second year in the chemical engineering department,implementation of the program for new sophomores was informed by the pilot year andimproved in both scope and execution. We have further collected data at the start and end ofthese sophomores’ first semester to track changes in student perceptions as they relate to many ofthe desired outcomes of our accredited engineering programs. We have found that this semestermarks several changes in

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher P. Pung, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Computers in Education

delivery of a new graduate biomedical engineering masters degree with a focus on the medical device development Page 22.261.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011A Preliminary Assessment of the CATME Peer Evaluation Tool EffectivenessAbstractIn project intensive courses student teams are used to enable completion of significant work and,hopefully, significant learning in one semester. Faculty desire to use peer evaluations and self-evaluations to assess how much each team member contributes to the overall effort and successof the project. Ideally, the evaluations and assessments will lead

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy D. Ropp, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Raymond A. Hansen, Purdue University; Erin E. Bowen, Purdue University; Joshua L. Holmes

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Computers in Education

workenvironment into the students’ repertoire of critical industry skills. Working within the AviationDepartment’s Hangar of the Future Research Laboratory at Purdue University, students arechallenged to innovate upon the use of common personal computing devices and data networksused in aircraft maintenance, creating more intuitive electronic performance support to aircrafttechnicians.As part of semester projects, students within a senior capstone course AT 402 AircraftAirworthiness Assurance are assigned hands on, design-build-test projects relating to smarterprocesses, smarter tools and smarter networks for aircraft maintenance. They must reach out andwork collaboratively with other students and instructors to experience first hand the challengesof

Conference Session

Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad B. Welch III P.E., Boise State University; Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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Computers in Education

live signals for realistic, real-worlddemonstrations, laboratory exercises, capstone design projects, and cutting-edge research. Youare invited to participate in what we hope will become an ever increasing community ofLabVIEW/USRP users.7 ConclusionsThe universal software radio peripheral (USRP) family of products has become a popularplatform for hardware-based research and test bed validations conducted by universities in thesoftware defined radio (SDR) and cognitive radio (CR) fields. The recently released universalhardware driver (UHD) as part of the LabVIEW, along with the USRP now offers a simpler,scalable and easier to use combined platform that will both broaden the accessibility of thetechnology and platform for hands-on applications