Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Miley, Montana State University; Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Liz Kovalchuk, Montana State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Writing through the Writing Studio ModelAbstractThis paper presents the results of a pilot collaboration between the University Writing Centerand a senior-level Electrical Engineering course. To address the growing need forengineering students to improve their written communications skills, the professor added aresearch project to their class. Students then participated in a required writing studio, awriting group of five to seven students who provide feedback to one another on their writingprocesses throughout the semester. The writing studios are facilitated by the UniversityWriting Center undergraduate peer tutors, some of whom are also engineering students.Research in writing studies show that simply assigning

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Rebecca Anne Hardesty, University of California, San Diego; Paul Andreas Hadjipieris, University of California, San Diego; Jace Hargis, University of California, San Diego

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in an interactive environment in which mistakesand confusion are encouraged, that in turn leads to a deeper path of learning and increasedstudent motivation.Motivation The final component of Bandura’s (1977) Memory Modelling System is motivation. Tobe able to model, recreate and reproduce knowledge successfully, students need to be motivatedto learn (Hargis, 1999). Emily McIntosh (2017) explores how peer assisted study sessionsengage and motivate students, and leads to improved retention. In addition, the development ofproblem solving and critical thinking skills improved student resilience (McIntosh, 2017). Inrespect to resilience and motivation, Claudia Muller and Caroll Dweck (1998) write that praisingstudents’ intelligence results

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Athina Petropolu, Rutgers University

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Electrical and Computer

professional development on negotiation skills,a glimpse of the life and career of ECE faculty members, information on different types ofschools, tips on how to prepare for a successful academic position interview, and opportunitiesfor networking with over 300 department heads and 40 peers. In response to a post-workshopsurvey, students reported that they particularly valued the networking opportunities withdepartment heads and peers provided by this unique opportunity to bring students and chairstogether at the ECEDHA conference. Participants’ interest in postdoc and faculty positionsincreased after the workshop with more of an increase in interest in faculty positions. Those whoresponded to a second survey six months later reported that they

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Robert B. Bass, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

– frequent meetings provide all team members with a granular understanding of the project’s statusExisting literature on using Scrum in engineering education deals almost exclusively with upper-division or graduate engineering courses [4]. While this may be an obvious place to utilizeScrum, it should actually be taught across the engineering curriculum. For example, it has beenshown that technical writing is a skill that ought to be taught and reinforced across multipleengineering courses and years [11,12]. For any project management technique to be really useful,we should start teaching it early and reintroduce it often. For these reasons, we have beenimplementing Scrum methodology across several years of our ECE undergraduate program.2.1

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

students have more time with the faculty member, more time to interact withand learn from their peers, and more time to ask questions and clarify concepts in class [17].Advantages for the faculty member are that they can witness in real-time where studentsstruggle, identify learning bottlenecks and address them with the class, and incorporate just-in-time teaching strategies [18]. There are also disadvantages documented in the literature. Facultylose some control over the presentation of content as they focus on student needs and just-in-timeinstruction where helping students learn may become more important than the content covered[19]. There are also disadvantages for students, because they must become more self-directedlearners and take more

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yufang Jin, University of Texas, San Antonio; Timothy Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Stephanie Ann Garcia, University of Texas, San Antonio; Robin Lynn Nelson, University of Texas, San Antonio; Ruitao Jin, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Electrical and Computer

capability for engineering education.Dr. Timothy Yuen, University of Texas at San Antonio Timothy T. Yuen is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research investigates how learning technologies and transformative practices can improve learning, engage students, and broaden participa- tion in computer science and engineering.Stephanie Ann Garcia, University of Texas, San Antonio Stephanie Garcia is a Graduate Research Assistant with a MAED from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction. Her work with TRESTLE involves training Peer Assisted Learners (PALs) and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Paul M. Schoch, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., Gullie Consultant Services; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Shayla Sawyer Armand, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Jeffrey Braunstein, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

time was then focused on what the students gave asfeedback for the more difficult topics and example problems. My peers and I found this to be amuch more helpful way of using time. This student and her partner were in the second semesterof the Beta Labs experiment. She said that my lab partner and I participated in these and I caneasily say they have had the biggest impact on my learning techniques and abilities of anything Ihave done in my other classes thus far. I learned to be proactive in my learning, to fight to learnon my own … to write full and comprehensive lab reports, and to take pride in my work throughthe presentation of my design.Another student was both a Circuits student as well as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. As astudent that

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David John Orser, University of Minnesota; Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota; John Sartori, University of Minnesota

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

design industry for IBM and Broadcom for over ten years. He holds five US patents, several publications, and has circuits in over a billion chips around the world. His current research interests include laboratory teaching pedagogy, matrix converters in electric drives, and the application of power electronics in HVDC power systems.Mr. Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota Kia Bazargan is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Has has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters related to FPGAs and VLSI computer-aided design. He received his Bachelors degree in Computer Science from Sharif University, Tehran, Iran, and the MS and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Arash Kialashaki, California State University, Chico

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Electrical and Computer

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM) in Electrical Engineering in 2012. She was an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Instrumentation Department of Los Medanos College during 2016-2017 academic year. She was an Adjunct Faculty at San Francisco State University and Diablo Valley College during 2015-2016 academic year, and an instructor at UWM from January 2014 until May 2015. She has taught Control Systems Design course several times, and has adopted different methods of teaching in her classes. She is a member of IEEE, and has several publications in IEEE and peer reviewed journals. Her primary research interests include nonlinear control, adaptive control, and robust control, and simulation of linear and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Blain Christen; Trevor J. Thornton, Arizona State University; Karen S. Anderson, Arizona State University; Michael Goryll, Arizona State University; Hany M. Arafa, Arizona State University; Uday Shankar Shanthamallu, Arizona State University; Erica S. Forzani, Arizona State University; Heather M. Ross, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard; Sule Ozev

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Electrical and Computer

Education, 2018 Paper ID #23616 chemical and biosensors andthe integration of sensors into wireless, non-invasive and inexpensive sen- sor devices. She is focused onhealth applications, and environmental health and safety. Currently, she has over 70 peer-reviewed publications, three patents,11 patent applications and 4 transferred intellectual properties. In addition, she has served asGuest Editor of Nanotechnology Journal, and is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biosensorsand Bioelectronics.Dr. Heather M Ross, Arizona State University Heather M. Ross, PhD, DNP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School for

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

this course was a course project. At the beginning of the semester, 6the instructor provided the students guideline for course project. For the course project,students were encouraged to work in groups of 2 (for graduate students) or 3 (forundergraduate students). The students were provided with a list of possible research topics andwere given guidelines to find 5 to 10 recent articles published in IEEE journals and conferenceproceedings and write a review paper. Alternatively, students were allowed to work on a hands-on project. A list of possible research topics that were provided to students is as follows: 1. Communication Security in SCADA 2. Substation Communication Standards and issues

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Neil E. Cotter, University of Utah; Angela Rasmussen, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

errors (most frequent errors listed first)  What solution method to use and when  Inability to write valid expressions for  Supernodes currents in branches in node voltage  How to measure node voltages and method. voltage differences, and current  Missing voltage equation for supernode.  Thévenin-Norton, RTh, and why we would  Two sources instead of one on at a time in use this? Especially confusing with superposition method. dependent sources.  Sign errors.  Superposition questions (why/when/how?) Unit 3: Op amp circuits, systems, digital logic Muddiest points

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erica Messinger, Keysight Technologies; Kathleen L. Melde, University of Arizona; Jonathan Chisum, University of Notre Dame; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Jing Wang, University of South Florida; Stephen E. Ralph, Georgia Institute of Technology

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taught by a peer. In thecourses, students are required to use ADS to finish a practical design of a microwave device for acourse project. The main purpose is to show students how to verify their paper designs throughsimulation and to introduce students to practical matters they may see in industry. This includesexploring the impact of microstrip bend and tee artifacts in order to make a practical deviceconform to specific ports on a fixture. Students can adjust their designs to re tune their deviceswhen these practical matters are added. Students also use ADS to explore concepts such asvariability in device dimensions or reverse engineering an existing layout given mask dimensionsand measured S parameters. The ADS projects are easily implemented

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr., Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

learned. In an online environment that is asynchronous, learnersdo not have the constraints of time and place. By leveraging online technologies, studentlearning should be designed with transfer of same information to all learners. For the freshmanstudent, online learning is most suitable for factual type learning or less challenging learningactivities [12].F2F would be recommended for intensively challenging, high-benefit learning activities. Forexample, the hands-on laboratory experiments in EE110 solidify key concepts learned from themultimedia content: online videos, text readings, assigned homework and frequent onlinequizzes. Through peer collaboration, students can help each other work through the labs as wellas learning how to troubleshoot