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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; John Andrew Lund, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Hands-on First-year Electrical Engineering Introduction CourseAbstractIn this paper, we present successful endeavors in establishing a new first-yearintroduction to Electrical Engineering (Intro to EE) course curriculum at WesternWashington University. This course embraces a unique combination of seminar-style guest lectures in conjunction with a series of hands-on laboratory exercises.This course was developed to achieve a number of goals: providing an overviewof the EE profession, careers, and the field in general; introducing the pre-majorstudents about the EE curricula and have an understanding of various coursesequences in the EE program; exposing students with essential EE lab instrumentsand common software tools; and inspiring students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian K. Dean, Oakland University; Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Oakland University

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of targetaudience has been shown to be the most benefited by undergraduate research. Specifically, it hasbeen shown that: undergraduate research has an overwhelming positive effect on students,1,2engaging students early in their academic career helps retain students in the STEM field,3,4undergraduate research is linked to heightened graduate school performance,5 and undergraduateresearch is a key factor in improving underrepresented minority persistence in STEM.6,7Once recruited, the goal of the program was to immerse the participants in active researchenvironments overseen by engaged faculty mentors with two students assigned to each mentor.The one-on-one mentorship was a key factor of the program which allowed the faculty andstudents to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University

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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

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University

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expected, supportservices have a tremendous role in helping students be successful. We discuss some of the mostcommon student support services and provide recommendations for optimizing theireffectiveness.BackgroundAccording to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in STEM occupations grew by 10.5percent between May 2009 and May 2015, compared to a 5.2 percent net growth in non-STEMoccupations; the electrical engineering industry is projected to grow by 11 percent from 2014 to20242. This growth rate provides an opportunity for universities to draw on new sources of talentto feed the pipeline to STEM careers; a popular choice being community colleges, which areuniquely positioned to provide a talented and diverse pool of transfer students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Craig Prather, Auburn University; Michael Trent Bolt, Auburn University; Brent Bottenfield, Auburn University; Thaddeus A. Roppel, Auburn University; Stuart M. Wentworth, Auburn University; Mark Lee Adams, Auburn University

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predicted that the growth of Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) related jobs will be approximately 13 percent from 2014to 2024; the only field with a higher predicted growth rate is the medical field [1], while theanticipated growth rate of all non-STEM fields is only estimated to be 11 percent [2]. Additionally,the growth of robotics and other automation in the workforce is shifting the demand to high-skill,high-wage jobs [3]. From 2000 to 2008 there was a decline of 32 percent in manufacturing jobs,while overall job growth was still 4.5 percent [4]. This, coupled with the large groups of futureretiring engineers [5], makes engineering a very promising career path for students to pursue.Students need exposure to STEM at a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University; Xiong Luo, University of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of Knowledge Engineering for Materials Science; Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy; Yonghong Peng, University of Sunderland, St. Peters Campus

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students to explore and learn on their own under theguidance of the instructor.2. Course DesignFor both courses, in addition to covering technical content, we arranged at least one guestspeaker session in each course. The speakers were invited from the industry who are seasonedsoftware developers for the respective technologies. For the Kinect application developmentcourse, we invited an additional guest speaker to talk about career development andentrepreneurship. Our intention was to inspire our students to not only be a life-long learner, butalso become an entrepreneur to create something useful for the humanity using their technicalknowledge and skills.We first created the iOS application development course in fall 2010, soon after

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary H. Bernstein, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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significant way, namely that it is designed toprepare students for their upcoming courses more so than directly for their intended careers. Theemphasis in the readings is on both the relevance of EE as it pertains to technology that studentscan relate to, e.g., MP3 players, and to global problems, e.g., energy efficiency, as well as whatwill be taught in various courses that they will see in their next two or three semesters, and lesson “what an electrical engineer does in her/his career.”The course goals are listed and discussed below:1. Expose students to a wide range of EE-related topics. The choice of topics is necessarily limited by the constraints of a single semester, so it is not possible to discuss many of the areas of electrical

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Dylan Kollmer, Temple University; Robert Sambuca Irwin, Temple University; Saroj K. Biswas, Temple University; Walid Saad, Virginia Tech; Arif I. Sarwat, Florida International University; Li Bai, Temple University

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, Wireless, and Security (NetSciWiS) laboratory, within the Wireless@VT research group. His research interests include wireless networks, game theory, cybersecurity, and cyber-physical systems. Dr. Saad is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2013, the AFOSR summer faculty fellowship in 2014, and the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in 2015. He was the author/co-author of five conference best pa- per awards at WiOpt in 2009, ICIMP in 2010, IEEE WCNC in 2012, IEEE PIMRC in 2015, and IEEE SmartGridComm in 2015. He is the recipient of the 2015 Fred W. Ellersick Prize from the IEEE Commu- nications Society. Dr. Saad serves as an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meeko Oishi, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, University of New Mexico

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, 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

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Seungmo Kim, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech; Nicholas F. Polys, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ayat Mohammed, Virginia Tech; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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results. Section 5 is a discussion ofconclusions and future steps to address issues encountered in the assessment.2. BackgroundWe describe instructional strategies and infrastructure that focus on wireless communicationssystems and enable development and evaluation of educational modules designed to makecomplex topics more accessible throughout academic and professional careers of STEM workers.These learning experiences are intended to be immersive, and include game-like, visuallyengaging tutorial exercises as well as asynchronous exercises in which participants program orconfigure autonomous radios and systems.GamificationOne of the major hurdles to overcome in the education process is in teaching the computationalprocesses involved in SDR

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Todd DeLong, University of Virginia

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part of electrical and computer engineeringexpands, it is necessary for us to explore how curriculum design should be addressed. If we areto prepare students for a career in modern industry, it is imperative that we reconsider the skill-set that an undergraduate needs to succeed.19 Virtually none of our undergraduates go intosingle-topic specialties with their undergraduate degrees; they are members of multi-disciplinarydesign teams and are frequently in leadership-track positions in which they must considertechnological problems with concerns for the complex relationships across topics - theboundaries are fuzzier than ever.At the University of Virginia we are addressing this with a new breadth-first curriculum thatplaces a strong emphasis on

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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problems (c) Understand the different components used in the project activity (d) If applicable, consider electrical engineering as a possible career option2. Rate your contribution to the project activity in the following categories. Graded response: 5 - major contribution 0 – no contributionQualitative sectionThe participants also provided feedback and general comments in the following categories.3. Are there any components of the project activity which must receive more emphasis?4. Are there any components of the project activity which must be excluded?5. Propose ways to improve the project activity. Figure 12: Sample summary project activity write-upSection 4: Workshop OutcomesThe E-in-STEM workshop titled ‘E = MC2

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Cheryl Xu, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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. He is Founding General Chair of the IEEE International Electro Information Technology Conferences. Hossein served as 2002/2003 ASEE ECE Division Chair. He was IEEE Education Society Membership Development Chair and now serves as MGA Vice President (2013/2014) and Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award Chair. Dr. Mousavinezhad received Michigan State University ECE Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award, May 2009. He is recipient of ASEE ECE Division’s 2007 Meritorious Service Award, ASEE/NCS Distinguished Service Award, April 6, 2002, for significant and sustained leadership. In 1994 he received ASEE Zone II Outstanding Campus Representative Award. He is also a Senior Member of IEEE, has been a reviewer

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ryan McCullough, Colorado State University; Sanja B. Manic, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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this assignment.”Many students acknowledged and appreciated the importance of MATLAB as an essential toolfor ECE and the need for gaining or improving MATLAB use and programming familiarity andexpertise for students and engineers: “I like what you are trying to do with this project because Ido believe that it will be important for all of us to be familiar with MATLAB at some pointbefore we start our careers. I think it was a good call making the assignment extra credit becausemost of us have very little understanding with MATLAB in the first place.” And another studentwrote, “I personally think that the Matlab project was a great idea as in industry I used Matlab allof the time.”Some students confirmed that MATLAB exercises helped them develop

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; JeanPaul Badjo, Badjo-T Industries; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xianfang Tan

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existence of a fixed hardware itself. As avivid example, students can receive the direct feeling how to build a complex project fromscratch. Simple or complex, students are strongly encouraged to launch the building of their ownsuit by following the same way, or any other engineering project. The second is the diversity of its functions. As mentioned above, in the current version of thesuit, engineering topics involved span from CAD design and 3D printing to microprocessor andmicrocomputer system design, image processing, sensor and signal processing, wirelesscommunication, etc. And more new functions can be easily integrated into the suit system. Another important aspect involved in the suit development is the career development

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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, undergraduate students will be exposed toapplications of IoT in the context of core and elective ECE courses, thus enabling them to bebetter prepared for careers in a world that is more “connected” now, than ever before. Thisinitiative will also support undergraduate research in IoT, thus affording students an opportunityto gain a deeper understanding of the subject, in a real-world context. The proposed curriculumframework would support learning outcomes that transcend a basic understanding of concepts,and aim towards the application of acquired skills in designing, building and deploying IoTdevices for a variety of applications. Unlike most other ECE programs, our department offersstudents, beginning in their freshman year, a curriculum that is rich

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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H. Bryan Riley, Ohio University

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Paper ID #18768IR Sensing Integrated with a Single Board Computer for Development andDemonstration of Autonomous Vehicle FollowingDr. H. Bryan Riley, Ohio University Dr. H. Bryan Riley, who joined Ohio University in 2010, has taught courses in signal processing, electrical communication systems, EE capstone design, electric machines, adaptive signal processing, and hybrid and electric vehicles. Riley, who spent his early career in the automotive industry, has managed multi- disciplined and global engineering teams responsible for introducing advanced electronic features on production passenger vehicles such as

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christopher I. Allen, Air Force Research Laboratory; Michael Doroski, U.S. Air Force; Curtis Medve, U.S. Air Force; Michael Seery, U.S. Air Force; P. Len Orlando III, Air Force Research Laboratory; Farid T. Khafizov, University of Texas, Dallas

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. Over his career Mr. Orlando focused on integrated circuit design for advanced electronics systems using the state of the art commercial design environments. Currently, Mr. Orlando is the lead for the Integrated Microelectronics Research Facility.Dr. Farid T. Khafizov, University of Texas, Dallas Farid Khafizov received a Master of Science degree from the University of Kazan in Kazan, Russia, and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas, U.S.A. In 1996 he joined Nortel Networks, assuming various functional roles including management and technical leader- ship positions in wireless system research, design, and business development. In 2007 he began working at Huawei, where he

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University; Xiongyi Liu, Cleveland State University; Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy; Xiong Luo, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Knowledge Engineering for Materials Science

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, Cleveland State University Xiongyi Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations at Cleveland State University, USA. She obtained her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA. Her research interests include technology-facilitated teaching and learning, self-regulation, and assessment and evaluation. Her expertise in research methodology has led her to serve as evaluator of multiple federal and state funded projects for preparing students of various levels for career paths in Science, Technology, Engineering, and math (STEM). Dr. Liu has been actively involved in academic community by publishing in peer-reviewed journals such as Contemporary Educational

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven P. Jacobs, University of Pittsburgh; Alaine M. Allen, University of Pittsburgh; Linda W. Demoise, University of Pittsburgh

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. • Show the linkage between high school math / science classes and science or engineering–related fields. • Show students that careers in science and engineering are within their reach. • Encourage students to choose science or engineering majors in college.HOS&E activities are facilitated by a variety of University science and engineering departments,schools, and professional organizations. Typically, the students are required to participate inthree to four HOS&E activities per year during the ninth, tenth and eleventh grade. Sessions areinteractive, allowing students to learn by experience. Table 1 lists the departments, schools andorganizations that offered HOS&E activities to students in the pre-college

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming

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occurred 3 months after the PD, however, in order to measure long-term adoption rates more data must be collected. Finally, 75% (6/8) of PD experts were accustomed to educational outreach, which may be atypical in other technically focused PDs.Analysis & FindingsQualitative - Two Case Studies (Through Teacher Created Presentations)I. A High School Teacher’s Self-Guided Learning: One of the K12 instructors that implemented CS in their existing curriculum was an early career physics teacher with less than 2 years of teaching experience. One of her post-implementation interview responses exemplifies an overarching theme amongst the teachers’ willingness to self-learn the Python programming language through web-based tools such as Jupyter

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stewart J. Thomas, Valparaiso University; Mark M. Budnik, Valparaiso University

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, students noted frustration in the inability to ask questionsand receive quick feedback for the traditional format. Students felt the professor was willing tohelp, but sought more in-class examples and time for questions.Many of these issues were resolved in the flipped format. Students welcomed the ability to workon assignments during class time, and enjoyed the ability to receive instant feedback. Not onlydid students mention enjoying the class, but several students noted excitement about the coursematerial and future career opportunities. Additionally, feedback directly concerning the professorwas overall positive.Future WorkThe assessment presented in this paper suggests that some difficulties related to onboarding newfaculty can be alleviated

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Joseph Zambreno, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Phillip H. Jones III, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Seda McKilligan, Iowa State University; Ashfaq A Khokhar, Iowa State University

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Security.” He is a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER award (2012), as well as the ISU award for Early Achievement in Teaching (2012) and the ECpE department’s Warren B. Boast undergraduate teaching award (2009, 2011, 2016).Dr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina is with the department of Industrial Design and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He has been working on better understanding of students’ learning and aspects of tech- nological and engineering philosophy and literacy. In particular how such literacy and competency are reflected in curricular and student activities. His interests also include Design and Engineering, the human side of engineering, new ways of teaching

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University; Mallory Zerena McPheron DPT, OPT Physical Therapy; Charles R. Thomas, Roger Williams University

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skills useful in engineering practice, such as the use of testand measurement equipment and certain software.One particularly useful skill set in electrical engineering, and for students interacting withelectrical equipment, is the use of electrical test and measurement equipment includingmultimeters, function generators, and oscilloscopes. Another skill valuable to a variety ofengineering disciplines is the ability to prototype and construct circuits3. Even if students don’tuse test and measurement equipment or prototyping in their future careers or senior designexperiences, it is valuable for these students to have an appreciation for how measurements areperformed to the limitations and sources of error associated with using equipment to

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

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present our University’s efforts to contribute to this need by way of a hands-onactivity designed for high school students. The workshop was devised to achieve three primarygoals: 1) Encourage consideration of a career in electrical and computer engineering 2) Buildexcitement about the Internet-of-Things and provide students with a future technical focus and 3)Introduce students to the fundamental building blocks that make up the Internet-of-Things. Duringthis activity, students complete a project in which they first construct a circuit to read data from atemperature sensor using a microcontroller platform. The students then write software to transmitthat data over a short-range wireless network and then eventually to an Internet-connected

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell

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, and validation lifecycle.III. program launchThe Capstone Experience was originally designed as a 5 credit-hour, one-quarter-long projectcourse. Projects were solicited from internal faculty and from local industry, tapping into thecontacts of members of the EE Advisory Board. A faculty member (the author) was the facultyadvisor and, in lieu of charging companies to participate in the Capstone program as someschools do, each company was asked only to provide material support, such as the cost offabricating a printed circuit board, and provide an engineering mentor for the team. The mentor2 The author is quite knowledgeable about the technology lifecycle, having come late to teaching after spending themajority of his professional career as an