Paper ID #19715Remote EE Laboratory EnvironmentProf. Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell Arnold S. Berger is an Associate Professor and former Chair of the Engineering and Mathematics Division in the School of STEM at the University of Washington Bothell where he teaches classes in embedded systems, computer system design, digital and analog circuitry. He is also the program administrator for the UWB Capstone program. Dr. Berger is the author of two books on the subjects of computer architecture and embedded systems. Before coming to UWB he was an engineer and engineering manager for HP and AMD
Paper ID #18168Demonstration and Simulation of Dispersion in Coaxial Cables with Low PassFilters - A Teaching Laboratory ExperimentMajor Alex Francis Katauskas, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Major Alex F. Katauskas graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2002 with a B.S in Economics, and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2013 with a M.S. in Physics. He served as an instructor in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY for two and a half years. He is a member of the Sigma Pi Sigma honor society. He is currently serving at the Defense Threat Reduction
Laboratory of KnowledgeEngineering for Materials Science Xiong Luo received the Ph.D. degree from Central South University, China, in 2004. He currently works as a Professor in the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. His current research interests include machine learning, cloud computing, and computational intelligence. He has published extensively in his areas of interest in journals, such as the Future Generation Computer Systems, Computer Networks, IEEE Access, and Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Enhancing Communication with Students Using a Teaching Method Based onTopical
Paper ID #18647ECE Teaching and Learning: Challenges in Teaching Digital Signal Process-ingDr. S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation’s research grant, National Wireless Re- search Collaboration Symposium 2014; he has published a book (with Dr. Hu of University of North Dakota) on mobile computing in 2013. Professor Mousavinezhad is an active member of IEEE and ASEE having chaired sessions in national and regional conferences. He has been an ABET Program Evaluator for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering as well as Engineering Education
, and the factors that determine the overall long term success of students entering an engineering program. She is the Assistant Dean for Student Development in the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She is committed to the betterment of the undergraduate curriculum and is still actively involved in the classroom, teaching students in the First-Year Engineering Program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Assessment of an Introduction-to-Electrical-Engineering Laboratory CourseAbstractA new Sophomore-level course, entitled “Introduction to Electrical Engineering Laboratory,”was developed at a medium-sized, Midwestern, private institution. The course was taught
Paper ID #20267Teaching Electromagnetic Compatibility and Component Parameter Toler-ancesMr. Andrew Rusek, Oakland UniversityDr. Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University Dr. Subramaniam Ganesan, is a Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. He has over 30 years of teaching and research experi- ence in Digital Computer systems. He was the chair of the CSE department from1991 to 98. He has published over 100 journal papers, more than 200 papers in conference proceedings, and 3 books. He published a book on Java in 2003. He developed a custom DSP board
of Surgical Education, Vol 72, No. 5., 2015, 868-874[13] Parrino, T.A. “The Acqusition of Practical Skills by U.S. Medical Students”, The American Journal of theMedical Science, Vol. 307, No. 3, 1994, 163-166[14] Boulet, J.R., Murray D., Kras, J. Woodhouse, J., McAllister J. and Ziv, A. “Reliability and Validity of aSimulation-based Acute Skills Assessment for Medical Students and Residents” Anesthesiology, Vol. 99, No. 6,2003, 1270 - 1280[15] Epstein R.M. “Assessment in Medical Education” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, No. 4,2007, 387-396[16] Jones, S.J., Staib, S.A., and Fusner, A. “Expanding Classroom Time: Teaching Clinical Intravenous Skills inCampus Laboratory”, Teaching and Learning on Nursing, Vol. 4, 2009, 94-97[17
fundamental logic blocks in a manner accessible to students.Rigorous instruction is especially needed to teach U.S. Air Force members, both military andcivilian, to design, specify, and procure the highest possible VLSI capabilities. Industry-standardstate-of-the-art Cadence Design Systems software has been selected by the instructor because itis used widely by professional engineers and scientists in industry, government contractors, andgovernment laboratories including the Mixed Signal Design Center at the Air Force ResearchLaboratory Sensors Directorate. The Mixed Signal Design Center is co-located with AFIT.Figure 1 shows the structure of the U.S. Air Force capabilities and relationship to the VLSIcourse sequence for engineers.6 Figure 1. Key
University San Luis Obipso. Her research interests span engineering education, internationalization and embedded systems.Dr. Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. Fred joined the faculty at CalPoly in September of 1996. He is presently serving
engineer and project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Teaching Finite State Machines (FSMs) as Part of a Programmable Logic Control (PLC
Paper ID #17653Developing Custom Hardware to Teach Digital Design Courses: Added Valueor Added Headache?Prof. Kevin P. Pintong, Oregon Institute of Technology Kevin Pintong is an assistant professor at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon.Mr. Alexander Hogen, Oregon Institute of Technology Alexander Hogen is a Firmware Engineer. He has been a user, tester, and creator of hardware platforms for education at Oregon Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Developing Custom Hardware to Teach Digital Design Courses: Added Value or
Paper ID #18879Inspiring Future Engineers: Teaching Basic Electronics to Create Theremin-Based Musical InstrumentsDr. Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University Ben Campbell holds a BS in physics and MS in electrical engineering from Penn State and a PhD in en- gineering from Robert Morris University. For the first decade of his career, he worked as a laser engineer at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center. In 2011 he joined Robert Morris University as an Assistant Pro- fessor of Engineering. He has been supporting RMU’s mechatronics minor and also teaching dynamics, circuits, and introduction to engineering. Since
of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of KnowledgeEngineering for Materials Science Xiong Luo received the Ph.D. degree from Central South University, China, in 2004. He currently works as a Professor in the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. His current research interests include machine learning, cloud computing, and computational intelligence. He has published extensively in his areas of interest in journals, such as the Future Generation Computer Systems, Computer Networks, IEEE Access, and Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.Prof. Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Chaomin Luo received his Ph.D. in Department
Paper ID #19457Learner-centered Design of a Web-based Teaching Tool for Circuit Analysiswith Embedded Assessment FeaturesDr. Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and
. Some of statistics are due to teaching approaches that are not suitable for currentpopulations of students that learn and acquire new knowledge quite differently from those ofearlier generations. Several new pedagogical paradigms have been proposed to improveengineering education, such as the use of “hands-on” tools to change the learning style in theengineering classroom to more engaging teaching pedagogies. An approach that is being usedto engage and inspire the electrical and computer engineering freshman students is the ElectricalEngineering Practicum. In this paper, the researchers discuss the various laboratory experimentsperformed by the students, the knowledge and skill learnt by the students, the lessons learnedwhile introducing
Paper ID #18912Sample-Based Understanding of Wireless Transceivers and Digital Transmis-sion Via Software-Defined RadioProf. Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alexander M. Wyglinski is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Asso- ciate Professor of Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), as well as Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab). He received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 2005, his M.S. degree from Queens University at Kingston in 2000, and his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1999, all in electrical
California, Davis and works on designing analog inte- grated circuits. As a development teaching assistant, he works on designing modern laboratory materials for undergraduate electrical engineering students. In his spare time, he enjoys working on automating solutions for physical problems using different programming languages. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A New Application-Oriented Electronic Circuits Course for non-Electrical Engineering Students Using Arduino and NI VirtualBenchI. IntroductionTeaching circuits to non-electrical engineering students has always been a challenging task since many ofthese students find the circuit theory
Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017A
Paper ID #17771Artificially Intelligent Method (AIM) for STEM-based Electrical Engineer-ing Education and Pedagogy Case Study: MicroelectronicsDr. Faycal Saffih, University of Waterloo Dr. Fayc¸al Saffih (IEEE, 2000) received B.Sc. (Best Honors) in Solid-State Physics from University of S´etif-1, Algeria, in 1996, M.Sc. degree in Bio-Physics from University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 1998, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2005. In 2006, he joined the Communication Research Laboratory, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, where he developed a versatile FPGA
circuit of S3 board, as an example to illustrate inductive instructionimplemented in our class.Longitudinal data on students’ performance in this class have been collected from 2014 to 2016.Assessed by laboratory reports, midterm and final exams, the students had better understandingon the topics than those in the previous semesters. The teaching evaluations from studentscontinually improved over the past three years. We have received more positive comments fromstudents with regard to this course as well.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section II presents inductive instruction using 7-segment LED time-multiplexing circuit as an example. Section III discusses student attitudes inthe engineering course through active learning and
students have participated in the development of the new course underthe supervision of two faculty members. Students who participated in the software andhardware development have done an excellent job in the course projects. Their confidencein the course materials has led the department to assign them as teaching assistants for thenewly developed course.2.2 MEMS / NEMS software and hardware developmentIn the MEMS / NEMS module of the course, students use Technology Computer-AidedDesign (TCAD) to learn design software for the device fabrication process. The devicesare then made in the school laboratories. The students gain new experiences with the useof apparatus systems, including thin film fabrication, Characterization System, ScanningElectron
course and laboratory contents.There were also valid suggestions, like, for instance, shorting some topics while deepening thediscussion in others. There was also a suggestion to broaden the scope of the homework problems.In addition to the above survey, the university has a standard tool to measure the effectiveness ofa course and its delivery, called Student Rate of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE’s). Feedback fromthe SRTEs was highly positive on the course contents, delivery and specifically the hand-onexperiences. For instance in the SRTEs, there are two crucial questions (depicted below) gradedfrom 1 to 7 (with 7 being the top score) Rate the overallA3 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 0/ 0% 3/43% 4/57% 7 6.57 0
earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 at the University of Virginia. His current research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, electrical power systems, and engineering education.Prof. Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia Ronald Williams is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. His teaching responsibilities have typically been in the area of digital systems, embedded computing, and computer design. He has recently been actively involved in the redesign of the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. His research interests have focused on embedded computing for control and signal processing.Dr
, and modeling of motor performance and con- trol in Parkinson’s disease. She previously held a faculty position at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver, and postdoctoral positions at Sandia National Laboratories and at the National Ecological Observatory Network. She is the recipient of the UNM Regents’ Lectureship, the NSF CAREER Award, the UNM Teaching Fellowship, the Peter Wall Institute Early Career Scholar Award, the Truman Post- doctoral Fellowship in National Security Science and Engineering, and the George Bienkowski Memorial Prize, Princeton University. She was a Summer Faculty Fellow at AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, and a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at The National Academies.Dr
students switch courseswith section 4 and section 2 students switch courses with section 3. This allows the ECEdepartment to expose students enrolled in all 4 sections of EEGR 105 concepts that are covered inboth modules 1 and 2. Sections 3 and 4 are conducted in classrooms that are equipped with about 10 laboratorybenches that can be used to conduct regular laboratory experiments for courses such ElectricCircuits, Electronics, etc. The instructors in both sections are required to cover introductorycircuits theory such as series and parallel resistance combinations, Ohm’s Law, and Kirchoff’svoltage and current laws. The instructors also conduct hands on sessions using the regularlaboratory instrumentation to teach students how to build
Paper ID #19485WIP: Introducing MATLAB-based Instruction and Learning in the Creativ-ity Thread of a Novel Integrated Approach to ECE EducationProf. Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University Branislav M. Notaros is Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University, where he also is Director of Electro- magnetics Laboratory. His research publications in computational and applied electromagnetics include more than 180 journal and conference papers. He is the author of textbooks Electromagnetics (2010) and MATLAB-Based
Florida, Orlando, FL. He has also been a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Department of Electrical Engineering and Com- puter Science of University of Central Florida since 2014. His educational interests are innovations and laboratory-based instructions, technology-enabled learning, and feedback driven grading approaches. He is the recipient of the Award of Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the academic year of 2015-2016 at University of Central Florida.Dr. Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida Dr. Baiyun Chen is an Instructional Designer at the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. She designs and delivers faculty professional development programs and teaches graduate
Paper ID #19862Matched Assessment Data Set for Experiment-Centric Pedagogy Implemen-tation in 13 HBCU ECE ProgramsProf. Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) where he teaches courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photon- ics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from
workindividually or in self-selected pairs on a directed active learning assignment as faculty and labassistants employ a “teaching by walking around (TBWA)” philosophy. By implementingTBWA, faculty can interact with every student in the class in an informal manner as each student/ student-pair work at their own pace. Students receive individual attention and can receiveimmediate feedback as they work.During the ECE-322 annual continuous improvement cycle, it was suggested that the existingmixed-mode format and TBWA style could easily be adapted into a MOOC [6]. In turn, theMOOC could serve as an interactive textbook that integrates many components such as readings,video lectures, homework assignments, self-assessments, quizzes, laboratory projects, and
circuit design, digital systems design, signal detection and parameter estimation, radar systems, and automated detection of disease in medical images. His teaching and administrative activities include development of laboratory experiments and courses, and ABET accreditation. Prof. Jacobs is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE.Ms. Alaine M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh Alaine M. Allen is the director of the Swanson School of Engineering pre-college and undergraduate di- versity initiatives - INVESTING NOW and Pitt EXCEL. Her work includes providing oversight to these two programs, developing partnerships with professionals from key educational and non-profit communi- ties, maintaining relationships