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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Electrical and Computer

take two programming courses andan electronics course. This embedded course is designed to teach data acquisition techniques, detailhardware operations in data processing, and how to drive peripheral components. While there aremany choices of microcontroller development boards such as Raspberry Pi and Arduino, thisembedded course and associated labs use hardware development boards based on Freescale (NXP)devices due to their simplicity and legacy. The same EE and COE students take a mandatory capstone design project course spanningtwo semesters in their senior year. Students, individually or in groups of two, propose a fewengineering problems to the faculty at the start of the first semester. After several iterations

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Raymond A. Hansen, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Carpenter and Raymond Hansen* {carpentera1, hansenr2}@wit.edu Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering *Dept. of Computer Science and Networking Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAs cybersecurity grows as a specialty within electrical and computer engineering and computerscience, students increasingly choose to pursue projects in the area. These projects come in theform of class projects, senior design/capstone projects, and extracurricular research of varyingdegrees of difficulty and sub-genres of cybersecurity. However, it is easy for these cybersecurityprojects to put students in danger of violating laws or compromising equipment; thus, it is

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida ; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Prepare the Final Draft of the END: Capstone Report Document Design, and Submit on LMS Analysis, and Documentation Process Figure 3: Overview of the Design, Analysis, and Documentation Process.3. This part of the project included 30% of the entire project’s grade, while the other 70% belongs to

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

year program with emphasis on product development and corporate sponsorship and mentoring. He has also held leadership roles at HTC and Ericsson/Sony Ericsson. Greg is an established inventor and has filed over 80 patents. He also is co-author of the eBook ”A Reference Guide to the Internet of Things”. Greg holds an BS Electrical Engineering and MS Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University. His graduate research focused on Biomedical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Industry-based Team Program Reviews for Capstone Design teamsIntroduction:Proper project management (PM) is a critical skill that will lead to success in senior designprojects

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

improvestudent motivation to study engineering. ABET accreditation explicitly requires some level ofteamwork through Student Outcomes, in particular criterion 5, “an ability to function effectivelyon a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” [page 42, 1]. Clearly, both ABETand engineering faculty expect students to engage in substantive projects that include teamworkand project management.Typically, the senior-level capstone design project is when students engage in more authenticprojects. However, there are engineering programs that have also developed so-calledcornerstone courses at lower divisions (e.g. [2], [3]). Projects may differ in

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohum A. Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

takeproject courses associated with that concentration. In the fourth year, students come backtogether to take an industry-sponsored multidisciplinary capstone course.The embedded systems project course described in this paper is taught in the third year,and is an important course for the students who choose the electrical or the roboticsconcentration. Its significance stems from a number of reasons. One, it is the first projectcourse sequence in the students’ area of specialization (concentration). Thus, they applyknowledge of basic circuits and programming to design, manufacture and test a solution.Another reason for the course’s significance is that it is a precursor to the capstone orfinal year project, and is intentionally modelled along the

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zvi S. Roth, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431 rothz@fau.edu , Zhuang@fau.edu , ungvich@fau.edu , zilouchi@fau.eduACKNOWLEDGMENTThe work was partially supported by NSF Grant No. 1033815. The authors wish to thank ourengineering students who were involved in the design projects reported here.AbstractThis paper shares the experiences from an undergraduate curriculum refinement involvingintegration of design contents in the entire four-year Electrical Engineering program. Theimplementation of the refinement can be described by four mottos: start early, be persistent, openmore fronts, and cap with a peak. The integration of design at certain years, such as the freshmenyear or in capstone senior level projects

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Active & Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University; Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University; Phillip Q. Tran, Texas State University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #25101Active Learning in Electrical Engineering: Measuring the DifferenceDr. C. Richard Compeau Jr, Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is the Electrical Engineering Program Coordinator and a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His research is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone courses, with an emphasis on applied electromagnetics.Dr. Austin Talley P.E., Texas State University Dr. Austin Talley a Founding Research Fellow with LBJ Institute for STEM Education & Research and Senior Lecturer in the Ingram

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Mehmet Vurkaç, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Nhan K. Nguyen, Seattle University; Olsen John Salgado Ong, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

creative freedom. One student provided the analogy that it was likeclimbing to the top of the diving board and we are ready to dive but there was no time to goforward. Another student remarked that the code should be a platform or example that gets yougoing but you should have the time to build on it. The students recognized that there was a lot ofcontent in both courses and that the department would need to decide if it were possible to let goof some of the older content to make room for IoT. 3. Do you anticipate using what you’ve learned in your future career?One student was already using it in their senior design (Capstone) project and could seeapplications for their future career. Another student remarked that while the code was given

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Zhuming Bi P.E., Purdue University Fort Wayne; Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University

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Electrical and Computer

attention from the machine learning, and computational intelligence researchcommunity. Due to their recent empirical successes, particularly, neural networks are used to buildsophisticated systems in a variety of applications such as speech recognition, image recognition, androbot navigation and others. This will benefit for undergraduate seniors of their capstone project,such as, design and simulation of engineering systems modeled with computational intelligencetechniques like neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic and swarm intelligence techniques.Once graduate students have completed this course, it will benefit for them to have broader views. Itwill help graduate students to be ready to take graduate courses positively such as

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David J. Cheney, University of Florida; Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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Electrical and Computer

spring semester of 2018,although an on-line version had been available for several semesters prior. Students in theflipped classroom attended a weekly two-hour session on campus where they would have accessto an instructor to answer questions about material presented in the videos, work problems andoffer hands-on learning[11].To facilitate the hands-on learning, each student was required to purchase an Arduino kit[12].The students throughout the course of the semester built the circuits described in the kit’stutorials. At the end of the semester, the students were required to complete a project based onthe Arduino. As a result, they became acquainted with micro-controller hardware and software,as well as, many different peripherals such as LEDs

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New ECE laboratories

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

networking courses, elective courses focusing on SDR technology itself, asan enabling technology in senior capstone or research projects, and as a demonstration andmotivational tool supplementing existing courses or laboratories.This paper presents an introductory physical-layer analog and digital communication systemscourse which has been designed to use modern SDR hardware and supporting software tools asan integral part of the course. Because the course prerequisites include only signals and systemsanalysis, Fourier Transform theory, and probability, it is a true first course in communicationsystems. Course topics include fundamental topics such as amplitude and angle modulation aswell as modern communication topics such as orthogonal frequency

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Safeer M. Khan P.E., Arkansas Tech University; Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University; Nansong Wu, Arkansas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 2003.[5] Gainsburg, J., "The mathematical modeling of structural engineers", Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 8(1), 3–36, 2006.[6] Gainsburg, J., "The mathematical disposition of structural engineers", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 38(5), 477–506, 2007.[7] Cardella, M., “Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Design Projects: Insights from an Undergraduate Capstone Design Project and a Year-Long Graduate Course” Research Gate, Purdue University, 2019.[8] Khan, M., Ibrahim, M., and Wu, N., “A study on Measuring Self-Efficacy in Engineering Modeling and Design Courses", Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 24

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joseph Callenes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

work well together [5], whereas instructor assigned groups may bemore appropriate for lower division courses to insure that all students do not feel the socialpressure to join with friends [10] and shy students or students from historically excludedidentities do not feel left out or isolated [11].In addition to group formation, instructors are also responsible for setting the lifetime of groups.They have the choice of keeping the same groups for the entire course or rotating groupsthroughout the semester/quarter. The choice to rotate or not can be constrained by the type ofgroup assignment (e.g. semester/quarter long capstone projects often require a single team), butin courses where rotations are possible, rotations allow students to get to

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Ray Hite, West Virginia University; Louis J. Slimak, West Virginia University; Dimitris Korakakis, West Virginia University; Terence C. Ahern, West Virginia University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

assessment of student learning, academic policies, and strategic planning.Prof. Dimitris Korakakis, West Virginia University Dimitris Korakakis, Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering has been involved with Senior Capstone projects in the department for more than 10 years. He has been the lead faculty for the Lane Experience in Applied Design, the research track of the department’s capstone project and for the Nanosystems minor established in 2010 through an NSF funded NUE. He is also the PI for the Solar Decathlon awards, in 2013, 2015 and recently 2017, from the Department of Energy, advising students from a variety of disciplines across the university and many of these student