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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Joel C. Adams, Calvin University; Noah Pirrotta, Medallion Instrumentation Systems; Mark Michmerhuizen, Calvin University; Philip M. Holmes, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Peter Oostema, Carnegie Mellon University; Benjamin Kastner, Churchill Navigation

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Paper ID #29642Crayowulf: A Multidisciplinary Capstone ProjectProf. Joel C. Adams, Calvin University Joel Adams received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988, in the area of Distributed Systems. In 1989, he joined the faculty at Calvin University (then Calvin College) where he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He has published numerous papers and authored several well-regarded textbooks. He is the primary architect of six Beowulf Clusters and is a PI on the NSF-funded CSinParallel.org project. He is a two-time Fulbright Scholar (Mauritius 1988-89, Iceland 2005) and

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Ahmed Abul Hussain, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Nizar Tayem, Texas A&M University; Chedly B. Yahya, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Sadiq A. Alhuwaidi, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Jamal Nayfeh, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

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Paper ID #30556Quality Assurance of Capstone Senior Design Projects: A Case StudyMr. AHMED ABUL HUSSAIN, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University AHMED A. HUSSAIN is a Lecturer in the department of Electrical Engineering at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University. He earned his MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in the year 1998. Mr. Ahmed has more than 19 years of university teaching expe- rience in Electrical Engineering. He has also worked for Motorola as an Embedded Software Engineer. His research interests include Wireless Communications, Array Signal Processing, Digital and

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Steve Sandelin

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signal pro- cessing for emerging cyber-physical systems.Stephen Sandelin c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Integrated Mixed-signal Circuit Design Course Project - A Novel Teaching Practice for an Analog Circuit Analysis CourseAbstractIn this paper, we present a novel teaching practice adopted in a sophomore-level circuit analysiscourse in the Electrical Engineering (EE) curriculum at Western Washington University. Inparticular, we have introduced a hands-on mixed-signal circuitry design project which integratesboth analog circuits and digital electronics together. The students are asked to implement anddemonstrate a pair of design goals that utilize knowledge and

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Deng Cao, Central State University; Cadance Lowell, Central State University; Craig M. Schluttenhofer, Central State University; Augustus Morris, Central State University; Austin R. Erdman, Central State University; Torry Johnson; Jeffrey D. Taylor Jr., Central State University

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- dergraduate students in funded research projects who have gone on to present at local, state and national conferences.Dr. Craig M. Schluttenhofer, Central State University Dr. Craig Schluttenhofer received his doctorate in Plant Physiology from the University of Kentucky in 2016. In 2011, he obtained a master’s degree in Plant Pathology from Purdue University. He received bachelor’s degrees in Horticulture Science as well as Plant Genetics and Breeding from Purdue University. In 2019, he joined Central State University as a research assistant professor of natural products. Dr. Schluttenhofer specializes in the genetics and biochemistry of Cannabis used for agricultural and medical purposes. He started working with hemp in

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; John Butler, California Baptist University; Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University

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Paper ID #31292An Electronics Lab Project—Tutorial and Design of Printed Circuit Board”big blinky”Dr. Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University Rod Foist Professor (and IEEE student club advisor), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gordon & Jill Bourns College of Engineering, California Baptist University, rfoist@calbaptist.edu. Dr. Foist received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1982 and 1989, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2011, specializing in signal

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Course Transformation in ECE

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Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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for the class, students areinformed at the start of class that they will be purchasing the custom PCBs and components fortheir project.While the tools and facilities necessary to support PCB assembly and testing are inexpensive,most serve a multipurpose role and support graduate research, capstone projects, and otherelectronics exercises as well. These include: • Professional ECAD Software: This course uses Altium Design Workbench as the PCB design software. This software was chosen because it is a powerful professional tool commonly used in local industry and, after 2018, Altium reestablished very reasonable rates for university licenses. • Assembly tools: Good stencil printers, either accepting standard framed

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Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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Werner Creixell, Texas A&M University; Rachelle M. Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Susan Niki Ritchey, Texas A&M University

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, including seniordesign or capstone projects. So how do students continually practice creativity if the number ofopportunities to improve only occur during the later years of an engineering program? Theauthors of this paper explore a PBL pedagogical opportunity for first-year engineering students inan electrical and computer engineering course that they believe provides students with sufficientopportunities to expand their creative processes.The intention of this work-in-progress paper is tooutline the process of replication of this PBL approach from Universidad T´ecnica Federico SantaMar´ıa to be implemented in a research study at Texas A&M University.4 Description of class structure and teaching methodsPrior to implementing a new project, it

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University

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Outcomes, • Assessment Under Special Circumstances, • General Assessment Information or Tools, • New ABET Criteria, and • Efficient/Sustainable Assessment Processes.Of the categories, the one with the most papers, and the most diversity of topics, is that ofAssessment of Specific Courses or Outcomes, such as [2]-[9]. The example papers considered inthis category include such diverse topics as using a lower level Physics course in outcomeassessment [2], use of an on-line Ethics module [4], metrics for “inclusive and socially justteaming practices [5],and an assessment of information literacy for ABET’s outcome 7 [6]. Asmany programs are now using a capstone design course or project as a major portion of theirABET assessment, there

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New Developments in ECE

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Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

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: Implementing Sophomore Cornerstone Courses in Electrical and Computer EngineeringMany engineering programs have significant project- and design-based courses in the freshmanand senior years. Freshman courses usually serve a dual purpose: a) making engineering a moreattractive study option for undecided students, and b) introducing the basics of technical andnon-technical skills, such as teamwork and project planning. On the other hand, seniors doingtheir capstone projects are expected to perform at a more proficient level, one that woulddemonstrate their readiness for entering the workforce as engineers.As will be discussed below, the project component in our freshman year-long sequence evolvesfrom minimally structured projects

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University

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. Each senior design team is advised by an assigned faculty member who mayalso be the client. The cyber security engineering students are placed on projects that require theanalysis, design, and evaluation of cyber security systems, including system integration andimplementation.The senior (capstone) design experience occurs during the student’s last year in the program viathe two-semester sequence of courses EE/Cpr E/SE 491: Senior Design Project I andProfessionalism and EE/Cpr E/SE 492: Senior Design Project II. The two senior design coursesheavily emphasize design under constraints, problem solving, technical writing, oralpresentations, project planning, economic analysis, professional issues, and contemporary issues.Typical capstone projects

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New ECE Laboratories

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Liang Hong, Tennessee State University

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session. The module also help highlymotivated students to initiate projects for applications in various IoT areas. The hands-onexperience in lab exercises and projects are organized at two difficulty levels: basic andadvanced. The basic level hands-on lab relies on the knowledge learned in the lecture and lets thestudents to interact with the real-world wireless signals over-the-air in real-time by transmittingthe data generated from the real world. Step-by-step guidelines and explanations are provided forlab implementation. Advanced level course projects are constructed to be open-ended andinquiry-based. They challenge students to acquire more theories and develop comprehensiveapplications for complicated cases in their capstone projects. Figure

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New ECE Laboratories

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Mark William Thoren, Analog Devices Inc.; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Engineering, both from University of Maine.Dr. Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Taufik received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science from Northern Ari- zona University in 1993, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois, Chicago in 1995, and Doctor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Cleveland State University in 1999. He joined the Electrical Engineering department at Cal Poly State University in 1999 where he is currently a Full Pro- fessor. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and he has done work for several companies including Capstone Microturbine, Rockwell Automation, Picker International, San Diego Gas and Electric, Sempra