Paper ID #11676WIMP51 Processor: Envisioning and Recreating the Platform for Imple-menting Student Design ProjectsMason Marshall, Missouri University of Science and Technology MASON MARSHALL, is an undergraduate at Missouri University of Science and Technology and Mis- souri State University’s Cooperative Engineering Program. He is majoring in electrical engineering and physics.Ms. Ariel Moss, Missouri S&T Ariel Moss is an Associate Operations Engineer at Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. She received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in cooperation with
Paper ID #13086A Concise Antennas Course based on a Single Semester of ElectromagneticsPreparationDr. Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering Steven S. Holland (M ’13) was born in Chicago, IL, in 1984. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), Milwaukee, WI, in 2006, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 2008 and 2011 respectively. From 2006 to 2011, he was a Research Assistant working in the Antennas and Propagation Laboratory (APLab), Department of Electrical and Computer
in several IEEE conferences, Wireless Communications and Mobile Com- puting Wiley Journal and co-authored several abstracts and journal papers in medical image processing with more work in progress in both research areas, wireless communications and medical images.Dr. Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University Dr. Khalid S. Al-Olimat is professor and chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering from Far Eastern University in 1990, the MS in Manufacturing Engineering from Bradley University in 1994 and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toledo in 1999. Dr. Al-Olimat is the
apawley@purdue.edu.Dr. Shawn S Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus SHAWN JORDAN, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of En- gineering at Arizona State University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and
: Disagree, 3: Neutral, 4:Agree, 5: Strongly Agree). The total number of students who completed the survey was 17. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the lab, students should be able to: 1) Understand that a boost type DC-to-DC converter can produce an output voltage, which is higher than an input voltage. 1: S. D. 2: D 3: N 4: A 5: S. A. Avg. Avg.% 0 0 0 8 8 4.5 90 2) Comprehend that a DC-DC converter requires an oscillator/astable multivibrator (e.g. 555 Timer IC) to switch a transistor (2N2222) on and off. 1: S. D. 2: D 3: N 4: A 5: S. A. Avg. Avg.% 0 0
26.336.2Expected outcomes and future workThe steering committee will incorporate the feedback gathered at this special session into thenext draft of the guidelines document, which will be available for community review.JustificationThe special session format will meet the dual goals of gathering knowledge from the computerengineering community and sharing the results of the steering committee's work in progress. It isimportant that IEEE-CS and ACM keep the curricular guidance documents current. Therefore,audience involvement for this presentation is essential and ASEE provides an optimal venue forthis important event.References[1] J. Impagliazzo, S. Conry, E. Durant, A. McGettrick, T. Wilson, and M. Thornton, “Special session: computer engineering
States Coast Guard Academy. He received his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University, his M. S. and B.S. degrees at Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, all in Electrical Engineering. He was previously an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tennessee and was a Development Engineer at the Hewlett Packard Company. His areas of interest include laboratory development, antennas, wireless communica- tions, signal processing, and instrumentation. Page 26.116.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Successful “Applications
outcome of the approach using tools like questionnaires, tests and projects. In addition, preand post surveys will be administered in order to gauge the student‟s understanding and skilllevel before and after the hands-on experience. The AD boards have been partially integrated inCircuit Analysis I and II courses over the duration of two semesters, and the results, althoughpreliminary, have been positive. Current and future work includes continued efforts for acomprehensive integration of the boards into the Electrical Engineering curriculum. The underlying goal of this work is to promote innovation and creativity througheducation, and to better prepare undergraduates for careers in the electrical engineeringworkforce. The authors are
outcome; (c) We tested and evaluated the possibility of hardware and software secure system co- design teaching and research integration; (d) Using the experience gained, lessons learnt for developing a respective multi-disciplinary laboratory for both research and teaching of hardware/software security (this is partly done and will be a future-work as step-forward for hands-on experiments); and (e) Inter- and intra-university research collaborations were initiated and will be pursued to ensure delivering an expanded set of outcomes for the integration.References[1] S. Ravi, P. C. Kocher, R. B. Lee, G. McGraw, and A. Raghunathan, “Security as a new dimension in embeddedsystem design,” in Proc. Design Automation
can be used for actual programming, as well as forexecuting, debugging, and visualizing. Thus, our specific aim was two-fold: first, help learnprogramming/problem solving and, second, facilitate the learning of a textual programminglanguage – the C language. The actual hypothesis tested in the present study was X. The resultsof the experiment that was designed to test our expectation fully support our hypothesis. In whatfollows, we will briefly introduce the tool used and proceed with the discussion of theexperiment and the results.Related WorkThere are many different approaches to facilitating the acquisition of programming language(s).For instance, in order to avoid the complexity of full-fledged programming languages, one canuse simplified
Variable Mean StDev N P os t-Ex am 86.44 11.69 9 0.030 P re-Ex am 73.22 13.20 9 0.025 De n s i t y 0.020 0.015 0.010 0.005 0.000 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Grades Figure 3- Fitting the Pre & Post Exam Grades into Normal DistributionsTo verify and validate these findings, a thorough
Flipped Flipped Lab no change no change no change no change no change no change Instructors S S, K, L, P K, T S, K, S, K, K, T Teaching Teaching Assistant Assistant Enrollment - 145 168 - 20 58 - 20 160 - 40 150 - 40 per 52 - 20 per Class Size per per per section section section section section In-Class Traditional Group Group Group Group Group Activity Problem
5 19% 28%Administrators responded to a question about in which year(s) students study design.Responses are shown in Table 9, noting that respondents were free to select multiple years ifapplicable. Table 9 – In which year(s) do undergraduate students study design? Dept. Head Dean Year (N=166) (N=64) 1 36% 36% 2 51% 48% 3 71% 59% 4 72% 67% 5 or higher
Paper ID #13669A Mixed Instructional Methods Approach to Teaching a Circuits and Instru-mentation CourseMr. Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University S. Keith Holland received his PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004. He served as the Vice President for Research and Development with Avir Sensors, LLC prior to joining the Department of Engineering at James Madison University (JMU). At JMU, he developed statics, dynamics, circuits, instrumentation, controls, renewable energy, and engineering study abroad courses. His current research interest include material development
lab(s), depending on the complexity of the project.Course ProjectsThe biggest challenge faced when developing the course is mapping the course contents toteaching modules and finding adequate projects to deliver and assess the students’ knowledge ineach topic. This section describes the projects used in the class and the topics they covered. Page 26.91.4 I. Image EnhancementIn this project, students are given the grayscale image shown in Figure 1. Seeing that the imageis too dark for any effective vision processing, the students’ assignment is enhancing the image.During their search for a solution, students are exposed to the concept
shift, receiver position, and velocity. The high rate data arerecorded typically at 100 Hz (100 samples per second). Data types included in the high rate dataare the in-phase accumulation (I), quadrature accumulation (Q), and phase. The fullspecifications and characteristics of CASES receiver are described in detail in [10].Amongst other outputs, the CASES receiver provides the ability to obtain raw GNSS data (e.g., Page 26.819.6L1, L2 phase observables and range observables) and also data for accessing atmospheric effects(e.g. TEC, individual channel carrier to noise power ( C / N 0 ), amplitude scintillation index ( S 4
structure, communication was noted by all as the key element for success. Initiative anddirection taken by students supports the flipped classroom approach. Table 3 Primary Decision-Maker by Activity* Decision-maker Team A member My team Decided Activities Instructor TAs Leader of my team as a group myself F’13 S’14 F’13 S’14 F’13 S’14 F’13 S’14 F’13 S’14
illustrates a cognitive engine (artificial intelligence to provide an optimized communi-cation performance) taking as inputs the wireless environmental parameters to turn the knobs andmeters of the radio or radios it controls based on the acquired knowledge and policies. The cog-nitive engine in Figure 1b is the student, who observes and controls the radio(s) and learns fromtheir own and other students’ actions. (a) (b)Fig. 1. Cognitive radio system (a) and gamification concept for education (b).This paper will present a prototype of a wireless testbed using the educational gaming approach.We will discuss example scenarios, visualization tools, class modules, and evaluation
: Page 26.84.6 Figure 3. Graphing and Solving Simultaneously - TI – 89Note that, if a gain outside of the capability of the MOSFET is selected, the graphs will notintersect and there will be no simultaneous solution.Again utilizing the TI-89’s “Math” functions, the transconductance at the bias (Q) point can bereadily determined as well as shown in Figure 4:yfq = δ ID / δ VGS = 7.49mS Figure 4. Transconductance at the Q PointCalculating Circuit Component ValuesCalculating RD:RD = 6V / 897uA = 6.69KΩ6.69 KΩ is not a standard value. In order to compensate somewhat for an unspecified outputconductance (yos), we will round up RD to the next higher standard value resistor
the fact that students werecourse Levelle. rearranged to accommodate able to use videos repeatedly to Carpinelli, the use of the videos and prepare for exams John D. students' report of the Kimmel, effectiveness of this Howard S endeavourAnalog-circuit - Simoni, Mario. ASEE To present a series of analog- Quantitative Lab Surveys The activities used in the laboratorybased
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engineering curriculum is not new. Many engineeringprograms meet EAC of ABET General Criterion 5 requirements through the use of project-basedsenior design course(s). Project-based design courses have been shown to have positive impacton professional skills post-graduation3. However, such courses occur at the end of thecurriculum and the ability to study the impact on the curriculum as a whole is not possible.Oregon State University demonstrated the use and benefits of a robotics project-based courseearly in an electrical engineering curriculum4,5 with the TekBot platform. Since that time otherengineering programs have implemented and studied the impact of project-based roboticscourses early in the curriculum. As an example, the United States Naval
identify the applicationsof digital circuits, perform simulations, and conduct experiments firsthand. As a result, they havea better grasp of the subject, and have a better understanding and significance of digital circuits.The proposed format became very attractive to students as they were able to see the benefits intheir learning during a short span of time, and were better prepared for future courses inengineering disciplines.Bibliography1. A. Ganago, H. Liao, “Student learning in a required Electrical Engineering (EE) course for non-EE majors: Perception of values for future work in multidisciplinary teams,” Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2013.2. D. G. Rosa-Pohl, S. A
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dopants NEAR the depletion region edge and swept across by E-field d. __ majority carriers that are from dopants NEAR the depletion region edge and swept across by E-field7. Some review… A slab of semiconductor with a mobility of 1000 (cm/s)/(V/cm) or cm2/V-s, is setup at steady state to have electrons injected at one side and removed from the other side such that on one side there are 1017 electrons and on the other side there are 107 electrons. Assume the semiconductor slab is 0.01 cm long (100 µm). Calculate the resulting diffusion current density (A/cm2). Reminder, thermal voltage is 0.0259 V at 300K.8. Some more review. Drift and diffusion currents! Example equations below are for n-type semiconductor
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Comparison of Features in teaching digital/embedded systems design course Use of FPGAs in Use of FPGAs to Use of FPGAs for Use of HDL as lab assignments inspire students advanced designs: programming and/or lab exercises for their projects wireless network language to solve to accelerate communications design problems student learning curve Tyson S. Hall, et al [8] Maybe No No No José N. A. [9