Conference Session

COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Michael Derrick, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis; Vaibhav R. Shrivastav; Jing Zhang, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis

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satellite design. Although my primary focus is with aerospace applications, I participate in many projects related to controls and heat transfer. Aside from my research, I focus heavily on the advancement of engineering education at the collegiate level. I work on revising and updating laboratory experiments to help improve student understanding of how concepts are applied and utilized. I also spend time writing design optimization MATLAB codes for various applications.Mr. Michael Golub, Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and has taught at several other

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek El Doker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Justin Gigliotti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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around the senior design project. While the Aerospace Engineeringdepartment has been active in increasing design and laboratory content throughout thecurriculum, certain courses have changed little over the many years they have been taught. SolidMechanics is one of these courses.Solid Mechanics, typically taken during the second semester of the sophomore year byengineering students, has been taught to aspiring mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineers fornumerous decades, and the course content has changed little over that period of time. SolidMechanics may be considered the first course in engineering structures (perhaps this could beargued, depending on how one views the prerequisite course Statics), and involves computingthe stresses and

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparna Sukhavasi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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study was conducted in the years 2004, 2008 and 2009. In the year 2004 thelearning system was introduced, it was a one year project funded by an NSF CourseCurriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) proof of concept grant. This projectresumed in 2008, since this was when the CCLI full development proposal was funded.Participants: The participants of this research were freshmen students enrolled for anundergraduate course “CE 215: Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering” at MissouriS&T.The details of participants over the years are listed below:2009: The students completed the assignment in the lab.2009: The students completed assignment as homework.2008: The students completed assignment in lab.2004: The students completed

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1988, the Master of Science degree in Engineering Sciences in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 from Arizona State University, Harvard University, and Purdue University, respectively. He was a visiting scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Lincoln Laboratory. He co-authored two textbooks on microcontrollers and embedded systems and authored over 70 journal and conference papers. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi (faculty advisor), IEEE (senior), and ASEE. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado. In 2005, Pack was named “Colorado Professor of the Year” by

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oyebisi Samuel Oyediran; Olawale Babatunde Akinwale, Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.; Kayode Peter Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State

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provides a similar set offeatures. This work serves as an improvement to the earlier research and work done in thearea of mobile Laboratories under iLab.Keywords: Android, iLabs, mobile Service BrokerI. INTRODUCTIONOnline laboratories are experimental setups that can be accessed and performed over theInternet. With online labs, anyone can perform experiments from anywhere in the world atany time. Online laboratories have several benefits. By making labs sharable online, thenumber of users of online labs scale up dramatically, particularly with the fact that online labscan be performed round the clock with no need for a physical lab attendant present at the labfor each lab session. Hence with the rising cost of undergraduate laboratory

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University; Jacob Schroeder, Clemson University; Hanjun Xian, Clemson University

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virtual laboratories. Newcyberlearning environments have the potential to extend learning from traditional classrooms andphysical laboratories to include informal environments such as social networks and virtualspaces. Despite these significant advances, a larger theoretical framework of learning thatincludes cyberinfrastructure at its very core has not yet evolved.The purpose of this research is to provide a synthesis of the fundamental characteristics ofcyberlearning environments that are being created to facilitate student learning withinengineering disciplines. Furthermore, we examine in-depth how educators are definingcyberlearning within the context of learning theories in general, and engineering education inparticular.Our methodology

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Online and Distributed Learning 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville

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-inmultimeter also will not be damaged or have a fuse blown if used incorrectly. Additionally,circuits in Tinkercad can be named, saved, and shared. Figure 3: Using the multimeter in Tinkercad.3. Assignment DescriptionsThe Tinkercad environment was employed in ENGR 111 for two course meetings in Spring 2021for the purposes of circuitry instruction: “Laboratory Preparation” and “Introduction toCircuitry”. Both classes were taught in previous iterations of the course utilizing physicalcircuitry components. However, in the transition from typical to remote instruction, these labscontinued to include the same circuit-building activities. Regardless of iteration, these classeswere both performed by students in groups of 3-4.The

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petronella A James-Okeke, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; LaDawn E. Partlow M. Eng., Morgan State University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University

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middle school, high school, and community college students to expose and increase their interest in pursuing Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Dr. Astatke travels to Ethiopia every summer to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Dr. Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University Dr. Jumoke Ladeji-Osias is Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Depart- ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Morgan State University. She earned in B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; David Mares, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy

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who wish to learn more about bioinstrumentation and biosignalprocessing who either have not taken all these foundational courses or do not feel well preparedin these areas. To meet this pedagogical challenge, the authors have incorporated a large numberof demonstrations and laboratory exercises into these courses, based upon our experience that thisgreatly aids learning.8–12 We take advantage of a new and highly flexible tool for educators: thenew ELVIS benchtop platform combined with the latest version of LabVIEW, both now availablefrom National Instruments (www.ni.com). In addition, the authors integrated various BIOPACproducts (available from BIOPAC Systems, Inc., www.biopac.com) with ELVIS in a way notseen before. The results of using

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel Bird, Ohio Northern University

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the weekly directed laboratory assignments as well as the quarter-long project.As part of the course, students were required to purchase their own Arduino board and afew other parts. This is a departure from the way this course has been run in the past inour department, where the school maintained a set of microcontrollers that were onlyavailable during the laboratory sessions. However, due to the desire to incorporate aquarter-long project and potentially longer laboratory assignments, restricting the use ofthe Arduino boards to laboratory sessions was not feasible, so students were required topurchase their own boards. Costs were kept in line with previous iterations of the courseby requiring a much cheaper textbook, however.The following

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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by providing the students with realizable concept ofelectromagnetic radiations. The versatility of the computer enables different types of antennameasurements to be made, and various parameters to be determined. This paper discusses theusefulness of computers in antennas laboratory exercises in a Telecommunications course. Italso discusses student design experiments, and experiments planned for the next step of thelearning experience.IntroductionExplosion of information transmission in the information age is evidenced by the dependenceon information in all spheres of life. In its electrical form, information may be in the form ofvoice, video, or data and transmissions of these require different ranges in the frequencyspectrum. As a result of

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Hopkins, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE); Alexander Michael Kibbe, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Education, 2014 Open-source hardware in controls education Abstract — In teaching undergraduate automatic controls, the laboratory experience is animportant and irreplaceable component. Historically, good platforms for a controls laboratoryhave been expensive, because the equipment has typically been very specialized for educationalpurposes. Moreover, the equipment often is not physically robust in the face of studentmanhandling, creating major difficulties and costs in maintaining such a lab. The advent ofinexpensive open-source controller hardware is revolutionizing this situation because it is nowpossible to have good controls-hardware capability at relatively low cost. The Arduino Mega2560, in particular, is supported by

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University; Yong Zhu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458

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. Page 23.417.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of A Mechatronics Studio Course in Mechanical EngineeringAbstract: This paper reports the development of a mechatronics studio course in MechanicalEngineering (ME) undergraduate program at Georgia Southern University. The course coversthree broad areas: mechatronic instrumentation, computer based data acquisition and analysis,and microcontroller programming and interfacing. This is a required 2-credit course in the MEprogram. The course is delivered in studio format for four contact hours per week with one hourof lecture and three hours of interactive session of problem solving and laboratory

Conference Session

Computer Hardware and Simulation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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time we expressed our concern that thelaboratory work retains a hands-on experience, which was made possible with the CPLDadapter module that we designed, that allows for the use of a breadboard. We were alsoconcerned that our students quickly learn to use the CAD tools, which was made possible withthe tutorial7 that we authored.For our recent work, new lecture material involving hierarchy, propagation delay, and thepresentation of a CPLD structure was developed. New laboratory material was also developedto make use of these principles. The tutorial was expanded regarding these new topics, so thetutorial is not only useful in getting our students using the CAD tools, but it now serves as anindispensable reference throughout the semester. Our

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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inexpensive microcontrollers replace discreteelectronic component designs. For example, a microcontroller may be used to read an analogsensor and control an output display or actuator, a simple task ideally suited to an inexpensivemicrocontroller, and one that can be implemented with only basic microcontroller experience.The goal of the project is to design microcontroller hardware, software, and courseware that willbe used in several classes in the ME curriculum, so that the students gain familiarity withcommon microcontroller systems and applications without taking a special elective. Thehardware design must be useful for classes and laboratories including programming, electroniccircuits, measurement systems, control systems and mechatronics

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State University; Kostas Tsakalis, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Harvey Thornburg, Arizona State University

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AC 2009-1334: ON THE USE OF LABVIEW IN SIGNALS AND SYSTEMSJayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State UniversityKostas Tsakalis, Arizona State UniversityAndreas Spanias, Arizona State UniversityHarvey Thornburg, Arizona State University Page 14.932.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ON THE USE OF LABVIEW IN SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS1. Introduction Computer based data acquisition and instrumentation control packages are embedded inseveral industrial and education applications. The National Instruments Laboratory VirtualInstrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) package is tailored for data acquisition, dataprocessing and instrumentation control. LabVIEW

Conference Session

Computers in Education (CoED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Hans Nagl, Penn State Berks; Rungun Nathan, Penn State Berks

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State Berks Dr. Rungun Nathan is an associate professor in the division of engineering at Penn State-Berks. He got his B.S. from University of Mysore, his DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, his M.S. from Louisiana State University and his Ph.D. from Drexel University. He has worked in electronic packaging in C-DOT in India and then as a scientific assistant in the Robotics laboratory at the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, India. He worked as a post-doc at University of Pennsylvania in the area of Haptics and Virtual Reality. His research interests are in the areas of unmanned vehicles particularly flapping flight, mechatronics, robotics, MEMS, virtual reality and haptics, and teaching with technology

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Logan Porter, Texas A&M University; Nripendra Sarker, Texas A&M University; Mike Willey, Texas A&M University

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education because many students can obtain theknowledge through hand-on learning experience. The pictures of the lecture room and laboratoryroom are shown in Figure 1. Lectures may take place in various locations based on the number ofstudents and availability of the classrooms. However, this is the picture for the embedded systemsoftware classroom in Fall 2019. This classroom is designed to support active learning. As it canbe seen, it is not a traditional classroom. It is well designed to practice active learning activitiesfor students’ learning. For the laboratory room, it was remodeled to support variousprogramming and design activities in a collaborative environment in a large open space. Eachtable has an equipment set including oscilloscope

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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system design course starting in 2015,including software and hardware upgrades that improved our hands-on laboratory exercises.Because Xilinx ISE 14.7 version no longer supported newer FPGAs devices, we adopted theXilinx Artix-7 FPGAs on the Basys-3 educational board and the Xilinx Vivado design suite.We also provide some historical context regarding to the evolution of the laboratory exercisesused for this course. Two new lab exercises were developed to address student concerns from thestudent survey in 2015, including introducing the hierarchical design flow for FPGAs earlier inthe course, as well as lack of real-world examples in the lab exercises. In this paper, we describetwo new computer gaming labs added in 2016 along with evaluation data

Conference Session

Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thad B. Welch III P.E., Boise State University; Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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within university communication systems classrooms,teaching laboratories, and their natural follow-on coursework (e.g., SDR, CR, DigitalCommunications, Wireless Communications, and Satellite Communications).This paper will discuss the utilization of National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW-based virtualinstrumentation with the USRP and a UHD-based software driver to rapidly create real-timecommunication systems demonstrations for the classroom and/or laboratory settings. Thecombination of the USRP, UHD, LabVIEW, and Windows support enables implementation andexploration of both foundational and more advanced concepts related to signal processing andcommunications.1 IntroductionUniversities have been teaching software defined radio (SDR) courses and

Conference Session

Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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) digitalcontrol using both conventional and intelligent control algorithms for speed control of the DCservo-motor and level-control of dual water tank system, and (ii) remote activation andobservation of these devices over the internet. These devices have been installed in theUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore Mechatronics and Automation Laboratory(UMESMAL).Other equipment in the laboratory includes LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System/NXT,CONTROL LAB from LEGO-DACTA, MIT HandyBoard and Handy Cricket for outreachactivities to middle and high school students and/or freshman design projects; a four degree offreedom industrial SCARA robot, a computer vision system that can work with the SCARArobot for flexible automation tasks, as well as independent

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of Technology; Shun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology

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side. Two tests on micro-controller Timer/event counters principles are required which account Pulse width modulator 30% in total grade. The experiment Analog to digital converter laboratory occupies another 40% of total Interrupt grade. Students should practice each I2C bus serial interface experiment unit for understanding the Halt and wake-up mode principle of micro-controller technology. Watchdog timer Students should develop the ability to

Conference Session

Technical Session 9:Topics related to STEM

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori M Caldwell, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University

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introductory fluidscourses as mathematically onerous, conceptually difficult, and aesthetically uninteresting.Undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, in fact, have been shown to act as curriculargatekeepers to fluids-related studies and careers [2].In this project we aim to iteratively develop, implement, and assess a low cost, handheld, mobilePIV tool within in high school and undergraduate educational contexts. We anticipate that use ofthis device will excite student interest in fluid mechanics and increase retention withinengineering by supporting conceptual understanding in fluid mechanics courses through hands-on learning.BackgroundLaboratory PIVTraditional Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is a powerful laboratory technique used to measureand

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Bannatyne, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan Baldwin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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instruction via semester endingstudent evaluations that were highly critical of the lack of laboratory technology. Attendance andstudent utilization of these labs dropped considerably once it was discovered that the equipmentcould no longer keep pace with current software needs. For this particular graphics program, thestate of technology in the computer labs was crucial for the success of the core curriculum. The Page 14.62.2computer graphics curriculum has many rigors, perhaps none more important than sustaining alearning environment with contemporary technology.In all disciplines, it is crucial that students possess access to the latest technology

Conference Session

Computers in Education 9 - Technology 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mahgol Nowparvar, Pennsylvania State University ; Xing Chen, Pennsylvania State University ; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University ; Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Pennsylvania State University Abington; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University

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-occurrence map for VR. Discipline/Field Keywords/Topics Sample Papers General Engineering Mathematical models, Probability and statistics, [2], [26] – [33] Engineering design education, Laboratory accident training, Medical care technology, Community health, Building environment, Web- based learning, Simulation, Visualization Computer Engineering CE technology, VR Development, Computer [34], [35], [36] game application, Mobile robot simulations, Game training environment, Engineering design Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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, decorations and sometimes non-player characteristics (NPC) to strengthen the environment’s immersive characteristics. The‘Hammer’ map editor, which is part of the ‘Source’ SDK, can resolve this issue. The map editorallows game developers to create their own game maps (in our context, the assembly factory orassembly training laboratory).The game engine layer for the virtual assembly environment is laid out by ‘Lua’ scripts toflexibly code the mechanical parts and assemblies, by modeling software to construct precisemechanical parts, and by the map editor to build a customized and professional environment.Figure 1 shows the software that was applied to develop the virtual assembly environment

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anatoliy Protasov, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”

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Simulation of the Thermal Method for Nondestructive TestingIntroductionThe thermal nondestructive testing (TNDT) method is widely used for inspection of industrialparts and components. The method involves heating the object and subsequently measuringthe temperature of its surface. This change in temperature provides information about the testobject’s structure. The surface temperature changes if the discontinuity exists inside theobject.The laboratory training allows students to understand the fundamental processes, which takeplace during the TNDT procedure. Students are able to simulate this procedure use FEMLABsoftware package. This interactive software package is based on application of partialdifferential equations for

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven F Barrett, University of Wyoming; Ivo Wambeke

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design commonly encountered inindustry. The design of control systems incorporating programmable logic controllers andmicrocontrollers is covered along with accompanying laboratory work to reinforce courseconcepts. To integrate course concepts, practice team design skills and expose students toservice learning; students were required to complete a capstone service learning project. Thestudents worked in a large team effort to design, construct, test and deliver a Concrete CuringBox (CCB) for use in a high school STEM recruiting and enrichment program. This paper willdiscuss how the service learning program was constructed and integrated into the course, theobjectives of the service learning component and the results of the project. The CCB will

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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AC 2011-1618: AUDIO-VISUAL LAB TUTORIALS TO DEVELOP INDE-PENDENT LEARNERSDeborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Yu, University of Hartford; Krista M Hill, University of Hartford

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students’ first semester of theirsophomore year. Although the majority of the students in this course comes from Electrical andComputer Engineering majors, there are frequently students from Computer Science, Math,Mechanical Engineering majors, etc. The courses that follow in the digital systems sequence arelisted below:  ECE 234 Digital design using CPLD*  ECE 332 Microprocessor Applications**  ECE 335 Computer Architecture *  ECE 336 Computer Systems Laboratory*  ECE 534 VHDL and Applications***  ECE 532 Embedded Microprocessor*** * required only by B.S.Comp.E, ** required by both B.S.Comp.E. and B.S.E.E *** electives for both B.S.Comp.E. and B.S.E.EOur research started in the Fall 2011 semester