Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Nigel Yu, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. The direct assessment results show consistent high quality student performance.The indirect assessment was done in the form of online course exit survey. Figure 12 shows thescreen shot of a small portion of the survey. The survey consists of 53 questions in sevencategories, including course outcomes, course items, course syllabus, course instruction, facultyitems, assessment techniques, overall evaluation, etc. The course exit survey was done for eachcourse for every semester. Figure 12 screen shot student course exit survey from EvalTools@Table 3 summarizes the average course exit survey score (in the scale of 5) for these threecourses from Fall 2010 to Fall 2012. It shows an overall evaluation of 905 and above. Whenanswering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Hongwei Liao

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

’ answers are focused on timemanagement and other details of the course; we convey this advice to new students byattaching the wisest and wittiest statements to the syllabus. Of greater interest here is thestudent feedback that shows the wider perspective: “Take this course before solid mechanics, dynamics, and structures.” Page 23.1101.19 “Take this course before taking “Elements of Nuclear Engineering and   Radiological Sciences” and the math course in partial differential equations in Nuclear Engineering. The concepts learned in this course will help put you in the mindset of

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dileepan Joseph P.Eng., University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

isreleased freely for educational purposes, such usage is permitted by copyright law.Fig. 4 shows screenshots from Version 6 of the game. As shown in Table 2, each version has atitle, and the last version is called Software Engineering. This is because it is taught, in the lastclass, after software engineering concepts are introduced in the last part of the course. Studentsrecognize that the waterfall model has not been used, which leads to a discussion of the IIDmodel. Other concepts, such as modularity and reusability, are exploited to introduce anothercomputer player, the final boss, to the game. As shown in Fig. 4, he is hard to beat. Fig. 4: Screenshots from Gorillas in MATLAB (Version 6), programmed by the author. 3.2. Syllabus

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J Sealy Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John R Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

localstudents and are posted within 20 minutes of the completion of lecture allowing distance studentsto watch the lecture at their convenience. All course content (syllabus, links to recorded lectures,reading assignments, homework, homework solutions, laboratory projects, examples, web-basedresources, etc.) is posted on the course webpage (Desire to Learn (D2L)). All assignments andlaboratory reports, for both local and distance students taking the course, are submitted andreturned via an electronic dropbox. Grades are uploaded to the course webpage so that studentscan track their progress.One of the major issues in the education of distance engineering students is office hours. Mostyounger engineering students have a difficult time expressing in

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison, IL; Aminul Karim, DeVry University, Downers Grove, IL; Jennifer A McClain, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

thisquestion.What are the Implications for Practice /Recommendation?Based on the survey results and participants’ feedback, the following recommendations are madefor enhancing the teaching and learning of standards into the curricula and senior design projects. 1. The standards development organizations can help academia to better incorporate standards education in the curricula by: a. Making standards available online to students and faculty at no cost. b. Conducting standards education training programs for faculty. c. Developing and disseminating standards education materials that can be incorporated into existing courses. Materials may include tutorials, case studies, webinar lectures by industry professionals on

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

previous semesters). During the same semester, we designed and offered to thestudents many detailed online surveys that include multiple-choice and open-ended questions.Our teaching goals include: ü Focus  on  the  key  concepts  and  strategies  transferable  to  many  fields  of  engineering   ü Provide  extensive  lab  experience  in  building/testing/studying  a  variety  of  circuits,   which  have  been  discussed  in  lectures       ü Engage  students’  interest  via  hands-­‐on  work  with  circuits  for  practical  applications   from  the  very  beginning  of  the  course.    Similar goals have been formulated and achieved by other instructors. For example, Sterian et al.(2008) included projects in their introductory circuits