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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Matthew Rhudy

Short Writing Assignments within a Laboratory Course to Improve Understanding and Interest in Course MaterialAbstractWriting exercises incorporated within technical courses has been shown to be effective inimproving critical thinking among engineering students. Specifically, short writing assignmentscan be implemented within upper level engineering courses to deepen student understanding ofconcepts. These assignments, while considered within some upper level courses, are notcommonly implemented within laboratory courses, which instead typically use laboratory reportassignments. Since students in our program already take another course which uses traditionallab reports, it is desirable to introduce some unique writing

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Stephen Wilkerson; Joe Cerreta; Andrew D Gadsden

crop cycles currently dominatingMaryland and Pennsylvania farms. This program is formulated as a project-based learning(PBL) initiative. In particular, the program is a Capstone Design 2-semester course thatadditionally has design and build criteria as a requirement. Completion of this project is arequirement for graduation, and students usually take the capstone design course in their senioryear. Because this course is within the Engineering and Computer Science curriculum of thecollege, however, many of the topics that the students are required to learn are well outside oftheir typical course requirements. In this paper, we detail the approach to having undergraduatestudents research and master multiple technology areas and then apply them

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Evan Lundburg; Erik Bardy

electrode carryinga high voltage over a grounded plate creating a corona discharge [5]. The high voltage causescharged particles to disrupt the flow of air, creating a corona wind [2]. The corona wind results inan increase of heat and mass transfer while not affecting the properties of the food product [2].The effectiveness of EHD convection is dependent on the electric field strength, as the high voltageflowing through an electrode must cause a flow of charged particles though the high resistance air.In addition, the ionization region is limited by the electric field strength [6].In 2006, the Mechanical Engineering Department and the European Study Center (ESC) launcheda program in Nantes, France, to allow mechanical engineering students to study

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Nashwa Elaraby; A. B Shafaye; Steven Grosse

Logic Circuits Lab – Breadboard or VerilogAbstract:Logic Circuit design is one of the introductory courses for Electrical Engineering and ElectricalEngineering Technology students. Ideally, it introduces students to hands-on circuit building,problem solving, testing and function verification. The lab teaches them to use correct labequipment from digital meters and oscilloscopes to digital logic analyzers. The logic design lab isa learning experience that most students enjoy, as it is their first hands-on experience withdesigning and building miniature systems.Other instructors prefer introducing students to Verilog design as the lab experience. Studentsusually use evaluation boards to implement their designs. The

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Pong P Chu

Hands-On Experiment Platform to Study the Power and Thermal Characteristics of Digital Systems Pong P. Chu Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, US1. Introduction When a semiconductor device operates, it consumes energy and generates heat. The powerconsumption is a key issue in today’s digital system design. In a CMOS transistor, the dynamicpower is related to the charging and discharging of the load capacitance at the gate output and isproportional to the switching frequency. The power consumption of a large digital system,which contains millions or even

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

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Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen; Joseph Vaglica

enrolled in the construction management program atWayne State University Engineering Technology Division are encouraged to participate in theannual ELECTRI International/NECA Student Chapter Competition on electrical constructionmanaging projects. The main competition component is the challenge to propose an energyupgrade design and simulation for a facility providing community services to achieve a net zerofacility by incorporating energy saving measures and distributed energy resources based on theunique needs of the buildings and climate. Students are expected to provide detailed technicalsolutions in the proposal by examining the past year utility expenses, planning the renovationdesign, estimating new system costs, and demonstrating energy