Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nader Rafla P.E., Boise State University; H. Shelton Jacinto, Boise State University; Luka Daoud, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

presented the need for an implemented hardware variant of securealgorithms with small footprint to help add protection while reducing processing time/overheadon a standard processor.In this work we present two hands-on projects that are designed specifically to teach these twoconcepts using project-based learning techniques in an innovative cooperative learningenvironment. The learning environment served to combine both student-peer learning and jigsawstrategies.The technical contents of the first project teach students the process and methodologies ofdesigning and testing the hardware implementation of a block cipher encryption, the AdvancedEncryption Standard, on a field-programmable gate array. The second project builds on the firstby

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Figure 4: Overview of the Double-Blind Peer Review Process.single paragraph regarding at least five technical points that they learned through completing thecapstone report.3.3 Double-Blind Peer Review Process In order to implement a double-blind peer review process, we implement an LMS quiz. In order toincrease the effectiveness and learning aspect of the double-blind peer review process, GTA and facultyinstructor review the final capstone report submissions. Furthermore, GTA and faculty instructor selectthe top 10 high quality capstone paper submissions according to certain criteria, such as formatting ofthe capstone report, quality of writing, quality of figures, and quality of the analysis provided. Afterreviewing the capstone report

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

model of a street intersection with working LED traffic lights and crosswalk switches, allunder real-time MATLAB program control. The project is divided into a research stage, aconstruction/programming stage, and a final demonstration. At the end of the research period,students write a report describing their work and evaluate their own performance and that of theirteammates using CATME. This information gives both the team and the instructor criticalfeedback on the team’s working dynamics and interaction. Another peer evaluation is done afterthe final demonstration. For long-term planning, each team is expected to define the major goalsand timeline needed to complete their project. From this, they are asked to generate a traditionalGantt chart

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

such a project, students will beinterviewed by peers and the instructor. All students will participate in a mock interview. Everystudent is responsible for writing at least one chapter of the final document (book).Example:The following project might be one possible choice for the students with Electrical and ComputerEngineering major:Name of the project: Automation of the appliances in a house. This project controls appliancessuch as: Radio, TV, Garage door, Shower, Coffee maker, Microwave, Telephone, Refrigerator, etc.Main Hardware: ZigBee or WiFi, IP gateway, Microcontroller.Main Software: Graphic User Interface (GUI) was written using a high level language (JAVA,C++, C#, VBNET).Every student will select one of the appliances for controlling

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

course I feel confident in my ability to write a lab/design report I pulled my fair share of work Comradery: *My groupmate(s) were a distraction or to completing the assignments I got to know other people in my class *I felt ostracized by my lab group I felt a kinship toward other students in my class I felt heard and respected by my peers *I would have preferred to work by myself If I did not understand why a solution worked, I asked my group member to explain it to me *Questions where a disagreeing response is considered positive Figure 1. Survey Questions for Group Assignment StudyThe survey also asked students whether they would have preferred a different

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

the course of the semester, the students were expected to submit a project proposal, meetwith the course instructor during office hours to discuss their progress, and bring in drafts oftheir two written deliverables for peer feedback. They received feedback on their design memosfrom other students in the semiconductors course. Their CSR summaries received feedback fromstudents taking the Corporate Social Responsibility course that same semester. The course is anelective that fulfills the humanities and social science graduation requirements forundergraduates. It primarily draws on social science research to develop students’ criticalthinking skills about CSR.   Appendix A contains the complete project assignment document. CSR was also

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R. McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

, resulted in a higher grade (maximum of 79).Students were then asked to share how they came to the new/correct answers, whether fromwebsites, videos, peers, or other resources. These resources were not factored into the grade butwere used to help guide that student and the entire class to useful resources. If a student wereusing potentially incorrect or weaker sources, the instructor corrected it. If the sources werestrong, they could be shared with other students to help the entire class build a database of usefulresources.A similar, but separate retake policy was also implemented in a junior-level Signals & Systemscourse, where students were able to retake examinations, in order to improve their grade andbetter understand the material. This

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

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

have been studied by many researchers. However, therefinement of EE curriculum with the integration of design component in all EE courses withemphasis on the overall design experience for capstone project is a transformative approach inEE undergraduate education. This paper presents the details of such integration throughout theadapted curriculum for all the courses. Such refinement may provide a national model for possibleadaptation by other institutions around the nation.The collected student survey data for the past five years (2013-2018) is presented to validate theeffectiveness of the approach and the resulting students’ satisfaction in comparison with theirpredecessors and with peers in other institutions.Keywords: engineering education

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro H. Espera Jr, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

Virginia Tech university library portalpowered by Discovery Search using the keywords: “evidence-based”, AND instructionalpractices, AND “engineering OR physics OR sciences” AND “electrical OR circuits”, ANDundergraduate. The use of boolean operators in the keywords was based upon the steps inundertaking a literature review by Cronin et al. [16]. Google Scholar was also used to comparethe search results using the keywords set with Discovery Search and the search results turned outto be comparable. However, refining the search via Google Scholar was difficult, for instance,when showing the peer-reviewed articles only. So, to capture the most related and recent works,Discovery Advanced Search filter was used to refine the search based on

Conference Session

Active & Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

multiple choice style questions. Most clicker systems alsorequire additional technology to be purchased. Of the systems mentioned in this paper, clickerquestions are perhaps the most useful for students to see how they are performing in relation totheir peers as frequency of collected responses is often revealed to the class.While there are many options available to aid professors in simplifying grading assessments, mostsystems are limited to one style of question (multiple choice) and are not in the naturalpaper-based format of traditional assessments and problem solving exercises. Most attempts tocreate paper-based automated grading systems work effectively, but tend to be tightly customizedto a single professor’s preference or for single

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

participants use their work for the Solar House as their capstone project. His research interests are in the area of optoelectronic devices, based on wide bandgap semiconductors and organic materials with an emphasis on nanostructures and nanoscale architecture. He has about 100 peer-reviewed publications.Terence C. Ahern, West Virginia University Terence C. Ahern is an Associate Professor Instructional Design and Technology at West Virginia Univer- sity and coordinates the program in Instructional Design and Technology in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development. His research interests are in the use of instructional technology on- line. Dr. Ahern has published extensively in the areas of distance education

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

modular PM with a team leader [1], self-regulating PM[2], scrum for software engineering [3], a 2-phase senior design to emphasize the learning of PM[4], peer PM [7] etc. As Lawanto et. al. suggest “there is a benefit in interventions designed toimprove self-regulation for specific design strategies employed by engineering students inrelation to PM activities.”[2]Students still seem to lack the understanding of several necessary PM aspects even when theyreceive all the available tools and workshops. These management aspects must be exercised andmonitored regularly during the execution phase of the project. Some of these aspects are: ● what is the correct “duration” size of project plan tasks, ● how often should tasks be monitored and the

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Lorena Villarreal, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christian Hassard, Digipen Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Isis Enterprise. She has authored many peer-reviewed publications and has taught different courses in advanced robotics, mechatronics, signal analysis, computer environment, embedded systems, digital and electric circuits, and control systems. B. Lorena Villarreal’s research interests include both mobile robotics and artificial intelligence systems. Because technology is constantly changing, she always advocates for research in the use of new technolo- gies. She believes that professors should be able to evolve as well, providing students with up-to-date theoretical background, experience, and practical knowledge, all of which will help them to develop an

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Electrical and Computer

, students would not realize the need, or whether it is even possible, to write a reallycompact code desired by miniature embedded controllers. Additionally, students see real-world usageof the topics they have learned in digital electronics classes, particularly logic circuit blocks such asALUs (Arithmetic and Logic Units), registers, and data direction control blocks, etc. High-levellanguages typically do not expose students to the architecture of processors and their atomic actions.There are many concepts and techniques in high-level programming that can only be analyzed andscrutinized by assembly level actions. Assembly coding teaches them details about the processor andmicrocontroller functions, and builds their confidence to use embedded

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

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

Distributed Systems” publishedby Scrivener Publishing, an imprint of John Wiley and Sons. Furthermore, Dr. Zhao published over200 peer-reviewed papers on fault tolerant and dependable systems (three of them won the best paperaward), computer vision and motion analysis, physics, and education. Dr. Zhao’s research is supportedin part by the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Transportation, Ohio State Bureauof Workers’ Compensation, and by Cleveland State University. Dr. Zhao has served on the organizingcommittee and the technical program committee for numerous international conferences. Dr. Zhao is anAssociate Editor for IEEE Access, an Academic Editor for PeerJ Computer Science, and is a member ofthe editorial board for

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

tutorials; most RFID chips RFID Can remotely read Read, spoof, and edit content have some level of Spoofer or cards/chips and write new of an RFID chip/card encryption, so practical Jammer information application is infeasible in short time-frame Leak information from a