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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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be attributed to(a) lack of awareness of the STEM-related careers after graduation (b) failure of the STEMcurriculum to inspire the students to develop the life-long passion for STEM learning (c)inadequate preparation and lack of resources for the educators to effectively deliver STEMteaching. Laboratory and project-based experiences delivered through outreach and partnership [1]-[9]between the engineering departments at Universities and the STEM schools can exploit thesynergy [10] between the two environments. In addition, the emphasis on structured, consistent,and constantly motivating project-based activities [11] across both the K-12 STEM educationsystem and the higher education (undergraduate/graduate) engineering degree programs can

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Booth, North Carolina State University; Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Alireza Dayerizadeh, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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comparison to conventional REU program structures, this REU has the added benefits ofweekly technical sessions followed by related labs, professional skills sessions, graduate schooland funding discussions, and tours of local facilities with renewable energy grid integration andwide band gap technologies. Incorporating these dedicated learning environments to the existingfaculty and graduate student pairing, research process, and weekly REU meetings enabled groupbonding, improved presentation skills, preparation for future careers, and learning outside theclassroom that was directly associated to their research. These skills were then displayed inonline electronic portfolios (e-portfolios) that could be added to LinkedIn accounts to displaynew

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Electrical and Computer

career in academia or industry, including the developmentof soft skills and increased confidence to articulate their technical ideas and knowledge. This approachcan be further extended to all STEM fields to enhance learner engagement in research-based tasks andincrease learning outcomes relating to creative and professional activities. Our results based on an IRB-approved survey indicate that 81% of the participants strongly agreed or agreed that attending the paneldiscussions increased their understanding of research topics related to the course materials. Furthermore,94% of the survey responders strongly agreed or agreed that working on a capstone report helped thembetter understand the process of creating a research paper, while 75% of the

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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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 ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early

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Active & Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shahnam Mirzaei, California State University, Northridge; Ana Cristina Cadavid; Vicki A. Pedone, California State University Northridge

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Diversity

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andprocessinMatlab.Exampleoftasksatthislevelwouldbeedgedetectionalgorithm.StudentswillparticipateinaninternalcompetitionforthemostinterestingprojecttopresentatthefinalSITEpresentationday.SupportMaterial:Alltrainingmaterialneededforthecoursewillbeprovidedontheprojectwebsite.Nobackgroundisneededinphotographyorimageprocessing.Advancedscientificconcepts will be avoided. This course is open to students with freshman/sophomorestanding.Thematerialinthecoursewillbelargelyself‐contained.ThetechnicalcontentsofthecoursewillbesuitablewithcalculusIbackground.Skills for STEM Careers: Writing and implementing image processing applications andalgorithms using Matlab high level language to extract and analyze data from images,Improvingmathematicalandanalyticalskillsofdata,altogetherwillsignificantlyimprovethe resumes of participants. Prospective industries include image forensics, astronomy,artificialintelligence,biomedicalscience,aerospace,video/audioengineering,photography,radarengineering,andsoon.ProjectSignificanceandRelevance:Imagesareincreasinglykeytoengineering,science,andmanyotherfields

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering and Science Building University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Johnstown, PA 15904 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Impact of Embedded Systems Course on Undergraduate Capstone ProjectsAbstract: When electrical (EE) and computer engineers (COE) are trained, it is imperative that nearly allacquire some level of exposure to microcontrollers and associated software development skills toeffectively function as engineers in their careers. At this university, electrical engineering andcomputer engineering majors take a one-semester course in microcontrollers to learn embeddedsystem development in their junior year. In prior semesters, they

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie A. Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

aboutstakeholders. First, they broadened their understanding of a technology’s stakeholders to includeemployees, communities impacted by their business, and suppliers and subcontractors (seebolded data in Figure 1). The largest increase was in “communities affected by their business,”which went from 66% of students ranking them “highest importance in the pre-survey to 86% inthe post-survey.The students also showed an increase in their belief that they would have to identify relevantstakeholders as a part of their future careers as engineers (Figure 2). Almost all students (93%)ended the course expressing a belief that engineers played a role in a company’s CSR efforts, upfrom 80% of students believing so at the beginning of the course

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

; 3:Likely; 4: Extremely likely Q4: To what extent do you 3 3 4 2.67 3 2 anticipate using what you’ve learnt in your future career?* We included the mean even though it’s not recommended by statisticians for Likert data because itseemed to add to the interpretability of the median and mode which alone would give the impression thatthe results were too similar across the board Post-activity Survey Responses 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

many career choices available to them. The engineering profession isalso about dedication to problem-solving and making the world sustainable.To prepare students in navigating the rigors of engineering programs and succeed in theengineering profession requires mastery of quantitative skills. These skills prepare students tohandle data and use numerical methods for systematic analysis and design of engineering systems.The students also follow engineering design processes to identify and solve complex problems.Engineering design is purposeful and requires formulation of an explicit goal. Engineers mustchoose the best possible option within the constraints of time, cost, tools, and materials. It is alsoa systematic and iterative process that

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Mohan Wang, University of Pittsburgh; Mohamed A. S. Zaghloul, University of Pittsburgh; Spencer Mark Sullivan; Kevin Chen

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Electrical and Computer

teaching awards, and since 2016 he has been appointed to the Postgraduate Research Program at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) administered through Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).Mr. Spencer Mark SullivanProf. Kevin Chen c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Project-Based Learning of Optics and Photonics: How to Teach a Stand- Alone Technical Elective “Niche” Course?AbstractAt the typical engineering school, lasers and optics is an elective “niche” area, often with astandalone senior course offering. This course is generally taken by students in their final yearswhen they are ready to graduate and start their careers or graduate school. For

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Garett Young, Arkansas Tech University; Edward Carl Greco Jr., Arkansas Tech University; Scott Marks Jordan, Arkansas Tech University; Thomas Galen Limperis, Arkansas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

predictor of programgraduation [3]. Although many factors have been reported to contribute to the successfulcompletion of an engineering degree, a model has not been developed to allow at-risk students tobe identified for early intervention. The objective of this study was to discover the parametersthat are most sensitive and predictive of success in a key course in the electrical engineeringdegree program at our university and to utilize these parameters to construct such a model.Any engineering discipline requires several semesters worth of calculus-based mathematics andphysics prerequisites. It is obvious to hypothesize that the academic performance of studentsduring the first few semesters of their college career must have an impact on their

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Alothman; Majed Abdullah Alyami, Western Kentucky University ; Timothy Alexander Goodwin, Western Kentycky University; Courtney Smith, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

is to eventually join along my family and become a professor after a long career in industry.Miss Courtney Smith, Western Kentucky University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work in Progress: Simulated Electrical Schematic of PLC Ahmed Alothman, Majed Alyami, Timothy Goodwin, and Courtney Smith Faculty Advisor, Dr. Greg Arbuckle School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101-3576 Abstract - PLCs control

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laura K. Alford, University of Michigan; Andrew Deorio, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

University of Michigan.This research has been determined exempt from human subjects control under exemption #1 ofthe 45 CFR 46.101.(b) by the U-M Institutional Research Board (HUM00135376).References [1] Bachelor’s degrees awarded: 2004-2014. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. NSF, 2017. URL https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2017/nsf17310/static/data/tab5-3.pdf. [2] Marina Papastergiou. Are computer science and information technology still masculine fields? high school students’ perceptions and career choices. Computers & Education, 51(2):594 – 608, 2008. ISSN 0360-1315. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2007.06.009. URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelvin T. Erickson, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Electrical and Computer

companies, about 10 companies are engineering consulting firms that exclusively hirestudents with PLC experience. Generally about 5 companies make a short presentation to at leastone of the PLC classes each semester. The presenters are generally those that took the PLCclass(es) a few years earlier and they often indicate to the students how the knowledge theylearned in the PLC course directly translates to their current position. More than one formerstudent has stated, "What I learned in this class I use literally every day." Many of thesecompanies will first ask a student that approaches them at a career fair, "Have you taken Dr.Erickson's PLC class?" If the student answers "Yes," the interviewer proceeds with furtherquestions. If the student

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New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Ed Tatar Ph.D., Idaho State University; Cheryl Xu, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering and Computer Engineering. 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

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New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Ball, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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of the goals of thegrant, which we refer to as our focus on the digital electronics metaphor of fan-in, fan-out. Fan-in relates to the diversification of not only the students who enter the program, but also how theyhave been prepared to engage in engineering education (i.e. methods of teaching and learning tobe successful in engineering). Fan-out relates to the diversification of careers pursued by studentsgraduating from the degree program. In order to increase this order of complexity, the inter-module must be re-designed. Historically, for example, many of our students work forgovernment defense contractors upon completion of their degree. In building a foundation for thework of the grant, we have learned that the field of computer and

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina Martinez, Lewis University; Safwan Omari, Lewis University

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Electrical and Computer

Technology and a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include digital and wireless communications, computer architecture, computer hardware/software interface, hard- ware virtualization, embedded systems, computer networks and the internet of things.Dr. Safwan Omari, Lewis University Safwan Omari is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the department of Computer and Math- ematical Sciences at Lewis University, USA. Dr. Omari received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2009 from Wayne State University, USA. Besides his academic career, Dr. Omari spent several years working in the industry as a senior software engineer including Nokia and Amazon

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

a real world job would work because we will never work with the same group for the rest of our career.” “I think it's better for the instructor to assign groups. Otherwise, you just end up being with the guy that sat down next to you on the first day of class, which I think is an awkward arrangement.” “I got to meet almost everyone in the class and be comfortable asking questions to anyone if I needed help.” “I had different groups each week. Some groups worked because all of the members of the group wanted to actually work together on the project / lab. Other groups didn't work when some people just didn't care about the lab and left you to do everything on your own.” “I got to meet new people each week and reduce the risk of

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yong-Kyu Jung, Gannon University; Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

professional careers in the rapidly evolving technological environment.FUTURE WORKS The CDPro consists of multiple real-time simulators, and is proposed for rapid prototyping of CPSs (i.e., autonomous electricvehicles). The real-time simulator comprises of heterogeneous OSs (i.e., microkernel RTOS/monolithic-kernel OS) running onmulticore machines interfaced via wire/wireless network and PCIs configured as a master-slave network topology. Therefore, theCDPro provides an intuitive and swift integration of the components/subsystems developed in different stages and performs thehardware-in-the-loop simulations with software models/virtual-/real-prototypes over various stages of the design, verification, andupgrade. The CDPro dynamically rescales and

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique José González-Carvajal, University of South Florida; Gokhan Mumcu, University of South Florida

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Electrical and Computer

electrical engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2003, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electri- cal and computer engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. From 2009 to 2015, he was an Assistant Professor at the Electrical Engineering De- partment of University of South Florida. His research interests are small antennas, engineered materials, THz technologies, and reconfigurable RF devices, antennas and arrays using microfluidic reconfiguration techniques. Dr. Mumcu is the recipient of the 2014 CAREER award from the U.S. National Science

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Rodriguez, Iowa State University; Erin E. Doran, Iowa State University; Paul S. Hengesteg, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

] students engage with design thinking and how that engagement shapes theirperceptions of what it means to identify as a successful engineer.The research questions for this study are: 1. How do ECS engineering students make sense of design thinking in an academic course setting? 2. How does design thinking in an academic course shape perceptions of what it means to identify as an ECS engineer? BackgroundScholars have suggested that for engineering students to be successful toward the completion oftheir degrees, and then later in their careers, developing an engineering identity is vital towardthat goal1,2. The ability to do something successfully, or to establish mastery with a skill allows

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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

, professionalism, individual technical contributions, presentation skills, etc.)that are difficult to teach/evaluate without in-person team meetings.In addition, these reviews expose team members to “real world” business practices that they willexperience in their engineering/management career. These program reviews have helped theauthors successfully and efficiently manage and grade on average 10 to 20 projects per semesterin Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Senior Design program at Authors’ institute.Team Program Review High-level rubric:The high-level TPR rubric is designed to assess three major aspects of any senior design project:(1) Presentation skills, (2) Project planning, management skills, and (3) Technical contributions.TPR format

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David O. Johnson, University of Kansas; Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas; Christopher Patrick Melgares, University of Kansas

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Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, he was an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Electrical Engineering department at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Before beginning his academic career, he spent 31 years in industry as a manager and software developer and consultant.Dr. Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas Dr. Molly A. McVey is a post-doctoral teaching fellow at the University of Kansas School of Engineering where she works with faculty to incorporate evidence-based and student-centered teaching methods, and to research the impacts of changes made to teaching on student learning and success. Dr. McVey earned her Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas.Christopher Patrick

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New ECE laboratories

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamer Omar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Anas Salah Eddin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mohamed El-Hadedy P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Hyoungsoo Kim, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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to master these skills before they graduate. In addition, this upgrade aligns with the1The authors like to recognize Dr. Mohamed Rafiquzzaman from California State polytechnicUniversity-Pomona for his continuous support that was indispensable in producing this work.hands-on approach to teaching, and the ECE department’s mission to prepare students to begin aprofessional career or pursue a graduate degree.The advantages of Digital Oscilloscopes (DO) was discussed in [4], the author highlighted thecapabilities of DO to measure small signals, store waveforms, perform routine calibrations anddiagnostics, reduce noise, capture transient events, and perform mathematical operations. Theauthor used the DO to show infinite persistence diode Volt-Amp

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New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

BSEE Institutions Factor 1: Quality of Instruction 5.26 4.96 Factor 2: Satisfaction: Aspects of Courses 5.38 5.12 Factor 3: Satisfaction: Breadth of Curriculum 4.18 3.93 Factor 4: Satisfaction: Co-Curricular Activities 5.32 5.00 Factor 5: Satisfaction: Classmates 5.36 5.35 Factor 6: Satisfaction: Career Services 4.61 4.63 Factor 7: Satisfaction: Laboratories 5.51 4.97 Factor 8: Satisfaction: Advisor 5.85 5.49

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Joi D. Aybar, Morgan State University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Shonda L. Bernadin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abdelnasser A Eldek, Jackson State University; Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Petronella A. James-Okeke, Morgan State University; John Carey Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Juan C. Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Ben O. Oni, Tuskegee University; Stella A. Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso; Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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been recognized for outstanding teaching efforts in- cluding the UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, nominated for US Professor of the Year, Frontiers of Engineering Education Early-Career Engineering Faculty, and the UTEP Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence.Dr. Michel A Reece, Morgan State University Michel A. Reece is currently serves as the Interim Chairperson within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. She is also the director of the Advanced RF Mi- crowave, Measurement and Electronic Design Laboratory (ARMMED). In this lab, she pursues research in the areas of high frequency device characterization and modeling, highly efficient solid-state