Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Computers in Education

exhibits. Benefits of employing virtual world simulation tools include rapidprototyping, low-cost development and delivery, collaboration, and access to aninternational community. An interactive robotics exhibit in the area of mobile robotprogramming education has been constructed and deployed in the virtual world. Asecond exhibit to enable 3D human-robot interaction studies has also been established.Student access, involvement, and collaboration in the virtual robotics exhibits have beensuccessful. Simulations developed in 3D virtual worlds, such as Second Life, can serveas a highly accessible virtual laboratory and can support a variety of educational andresearch objectives in the area of mobile robotics and human-robot interactions.1

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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our course. Weinclude results and analysis from a student focus group, an anonymous exit survey, and includeour own observations.IntroductionIn the Fall 2011 semester when CPLDs were adopted for our introductory logic circuit course we Page 26.1252.2used an integrated approach, including the use of CAD tools and a hands-on experience with abreadboard. Our students first used discrete logic devices in two laboratory experiments and thena used CPLD module. Based on our research4 we found that in using this module, students caneasily identify the CPLD and with modest wiring they can construct circuits that they feel areboth satisfying and

Conference Session

COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Mingshao Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received a Diploma in Applied Mechanics in 1989 from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, and was awarded M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses related to mechanisms and machine dynamics, integrated product development, solid mechanics and plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote

Conference Session

Online Teaching

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

. Page 26.1464.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 “Teaching an Electrical Circuits Course Online”AbstractDue to the increased demand for MOOCs, online, flipped, and hybrid courses, it is becomingmore important to identify techniques to also teach engineering courses virtually withoutcompromising standards. This paper will present a comparison of teaching an electric systemscourse for non-majors online and in a face to face classroom. It will provide a motivation forthis transition and examine the related literature for teaching engineering courses online. It willalso detail the challenges and lessons learned in transitioning an engineering course with anintegral laboratory

Conference Session

First Year Computing Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Boyan Li; Benjamin Maestas; Katheryn Michelle Rothermal

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Diversity

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robotics, automation, and nanotechnology engi- neering education and research. He is a licensed PE in Colorado and a member of ASEE, IEEE, and SME.Mr. Boyan LiMr. Benjamin MaestasMs. Katheryn Michelle Rothermal c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Dancing Humanoid Robots Lab Demonstration for the First Year Engineering StudentsAbstractThis work addresses an exciting humanoid robots laboratory demonstration developed bystudents (one senior and two master’s students) for the first year engineering students. The goalsof the demonstration are to entice the first year mechatronics engineering and industrialengineering students, and to motivate them to continue with their

Conference Session

Technical Session 6: Modulus Topics Part 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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to include PLC programming instruction in addition to already-utilizedArduino platform within the course.Instruction of industrial control systems (such as PLCs) are typically experienced in latercoursework of an engineering student’s undergraduate degree program, after theory andintroductory subjects have been explored. Laboratory experiences are costly both in terms ofinstructor time and money, especially in the case of damaged equipment [1]. Thus, to overcomethis, various courses have attempted to use web-based laboratories to educate engineeringstudents on electronics such as PLCs [2, 3]. However, this approach waives the inclusion ofexperience-based hands-on education, which is considered to be a crucial part of the laboratoryexperience

Conference Session

Simulation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #13772Analysis of Student Interactions with Browser-Based Interactive SimulationsKyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a second-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach a freshman laboratory course using the methods described in this paper. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses.Prof. Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah Anthony Butterfield is an Assistant Professor (Lecturing) in the

Conference Session

Hardware Descriptive Language Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

CarAbstractThis paper describes the development of the Motor Controls Toolkit (MCT) for a series ofcontrol system experiments. We intend to eventually use the MCT with an off-the-shelf hobbytype car type chassis. This combination of hardware provides a portable, relatively inexpensiveplatform that can be used for high school or college level classroom demonstrations or for anundergraduate laboratory or independent study in control and automation. The kit providesopportunities to study controls principles, signal processing, and simple power electronics.The MCT consists of a Xilinx field programmable gate array (FPGA) development boardinterfaced with a daughterboard that contains drive electronics for the motor, interface logic foran optical encoder, a

Conference Session

Technical Session 5: Topics related to Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Mingshao Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses related to mechanisms and machine dynamics, integrated product development, solid mechanics and plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote sensing and control with applications to remote experimentation as well as modeling of microstructure changes in metal forming processes. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. At the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, USA, he received the Best Paper Award for his article ’A

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fadi Castronovo, California State University, East Bay; Robert Schaffer, Mission College; Varsha Reddy Kandi

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Computers in Education

VR activities to enhance the learning of the students. The course not only focused onimplementing such technology for the students to use as a learning tool but also engaged thestudents in developing new technology-based activities as part of their semester project.Thesecourses leaned heavily on tools available in the Visualization and Immersion Classroom and theExperiential Reality Laboratory at the university and community college that were developed tosupport this course work. The authors present the learned lessons to support other instructors thatare planning on implementing innovative technology in their courses.1. Introduction In higher education, the growing adoption of innovative pedagogy, such as active andexperiential

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Online and Distributed Learning 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Yizhe Chang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology

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Diversity

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Ohio State University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses related to mechanisms and machine dynamics, integrated product development, solid mechanics and plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote sensing and control with applications to remote experimentation as well as modeling of microstructure changes in metal forming processes. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. At the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Bower, Kansas State University-Salina

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Computers in Education

Page 11.1394.2read and modify, if needed, any exported global variables and data structures. The ability toread the kernel’s global data makes them ideal for student projects that examine global datastructures to more closely observe the behavior of the operating system. These projects typicallyonly read the data, so the stability of the system is maintained.With the introduction of the bachelor degree in Computer Systems Technology, Kansas StateUniversity at Salina offered an operating systems class for the first time in the fall 2004semester. From the initial planning of the class, the laboratory programming projects were aprimary concern. It was felt that programming projects using real operating systems would beperceived as more relevant

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamed Farahani Manesh, Eastern Mediterranean University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

environments and remotely/robotically controlled physical laboratory exercises for distance learning settings including associated pedagogies. Dr. Schaefer has published approximately 80 papers in journals, books and conference proceedings on Computer-Aided Engineering and Design as well as Engineering Education. In addition, he has substantial experience in curriculum development, ABET preparation and assessment. Page 15.111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Virtual Factory Approach for Design and Implementation of Agile Manufacturing

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

LEGOS w/HandyBoard43University of West Curriculum integration LEGOS w/HandyBoard44 Page 15.877.3FloridaSwarthmore College Research project preparation, AAAI Khepera, ActivMedia Pioneers45Missouri University State of the art of robotics and Instructor-created kit usingof Science and architectures embedded C, Matlab imageTechnology processing46Carnegie Mellon Robots for study problem-based LEGOS with HandyBoard47-48University laboratory experimentsPontificia

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, Boise State University; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerald Vineyard, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

internalize, but demonstrations and laboratory experiences are quite helpful. This paper describes how we teach the concept of frequency shift keying by using a highly successful combination of theory, demonstrations, lab exercises, and real-time DSP experiences that incorporate M ATLAB and the Texas Instruments C67x digital signal processing starter kit.1 IntroductionWhile many communication concepts are difficult for undergraduate students to fully understand,the use of demonstrations and laboratory experiences have been shown to greatly facilitate thelearning process.1–7 This paper describes how to teach the digital communication modulation tech-nique of frequency shift keying (FSK) using a highly successful combination of

Conference Session

CoED Mechanical Engineering Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Michael Mahoney, Penn State Berks ; Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Computers in Education

Health at Work.Dr. Rungun Nathan, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Dr. Rungun Nathan is an associate professor and program coordinator for the mechanical engineering in the division of engineering at Penn State Berks. He got his BS from University of Mysore, DIISc from Indian Institute of Science, MS from Louisiana State University and PhD from Drexel University. He has worked in the area of Electronic Packaging in C-DOT (India) and then as a Scientific Assistant in the Robotics laboratory at Indian Institute of Science, 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

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Ashwinn Natarajan, Arizona State University; Rony Ferzli, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

-time signal processing in a friendly environment.Before using J-DSP to run real-time DSP algorithms on the DSK, students aregiven a brief overview of the interface between J-DSP and the TI DSK. Theprocess of connecting J-DSP to the hardware via the RS232 and the USB portsare explained. The role of CCS in this process is also described. Students are thenasked to select various DSP functions to examine the differences between real-time and offline signal processing. Hands-on exercises that use this J-DSPinterface to the DSK have been developed and disseminated to undergraduatestudents in the ASU DSP class. A laboratory session was organized wherestudents programmed select real-time DSP tasks using J-DSP. Pre- and post-labquizzes were given to

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Computers in Education

Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Multi-robot Communication for Education and ResearchAbstractMulti-robot communication is a key technology in modern robotics education and research.Applications such as search and rescue, exploration, mapping, reconnaissance, and remote datacollection may all benefit from robot teams or swarms which rely on multi-robot communicationtechnology. Based on the importance of this technology, our objective is to develop and evaluateeducational resources to introduce multi-robot communication into the undergraduate experienceusing low-cost hardware and software tools. Using XBee radio technology (Digi International),educational resources, design challenges, and laboratories have been developed to

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

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Computers in Education

2006-814: VIRTUAL TOOLKIT FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AS A TOOLFOR INNOVATIONMurat Tanyel, Geneva College Murat Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Geneva College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses. Prior to Geneva College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA from Aug. 1995 to Aug. 2003. Prior to 1995, he was at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA where he worked for the Enhanced Educational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-on computer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a visiting professor at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, UAE

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education-HDL

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Hayne, The Citadel

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-372: VHDL PROJECTS TO REINFORCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURECLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONRonald Hayne, The Citadel Ronald J. Hayne, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Citadel. His professional areas of interest are digital systems and hardware description languages. He is a retired Army officer with experience in academics and Defense laboratories. Page 12.1588.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 VHDL Projects to Reinforce Computer Architecture Classroom InstructionAbstractExploration of various

Conference Session

Robotics in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland; Susan Cooledge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Computers in Education

activities were limited to the use of the on boardmicroprocessor.Assembling the Toddler Robot Two Toddler Robot kits were purchased from Parallax. Each student documented thetime spent working in the laboratory together and the time spent working alone in the laboratory.Assembly of the Toddler Robot began with installing the servomotor installed on the body of thetoddler. The kit included two motors: the Tilt and Stride Servos. The tilt servo was used forrotating the robots center of gravity back and forth on both feet, while the stride servo movedboth legs back and forth. The horns and brass wire keepers were installed on the servos, whichwere used for controlling the legs and feet of the toddler. The top plate was installed on the topof

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher R. Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Computers in Education

synthesis software.Otherwise, digital design degenerates into just another programming exercise, albeit using ahardware description language rather than traditional software languages.During Fall semester 2011, programmable logic devices were used for the first time1 as the basisfor lab exercises in a second semester, advanced digital design laboratory at UMD, replacingdesign using discrete digital integrated circuits. The experience exposed some limitationsimposed by the technology. For example, when circuits must avoid logic hazards (momentary“glitches” during transitions) as in asynchronous finite state machine design, FPGAs cannot beused properly, and CPLDs must be coerced into working by clumsily “fooling” the synthesissoftware. These specific

Conference Session

Technical Session 12: Teaching and Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Florian Schmidt, TU Berlin; Franz-Josef Schmitt, Technische Universität Berlin; Laura Boeger, TU Berlin; Arno Wilhelm-Weidner, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Nicole Torjus

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Computers in Education

research assistant at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, TU Berlin. He finished his doc- toral thesis in physics in 2011. Dr. Schmitt holds a series of scientific awards, the Chorafas award for extraordinary scientific results (2009), the Stifterverband Fellowship for excellence in teaching (2015) and the award for excellent teaching at TU Berlin (2018). 80 research papers, 2 patents, 1 book and 200 partially invited talks on international conferences summarize his results in photosynthesis research, en- vironmental spectroscopy, and didactic research. Dr. Schmitt educates students for more than 16 years. From 2002-2005 he was tutor in the project laboratory of physics, from 2005-2010 he supervised the advanced

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M T Taher; Usman Ghani, Robert Morris University; Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison

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Computers in Education

,laboratory experiments were offered using a hands-on approach. With the miniaturization ofintegrated circuits, it is becoming very difficult to construct a PC board or assemble surfacemount chips in a lab environment. This shortcoming of the hands-on approach has led professorsand teachers to incorporate simulation in place of hands-on in technology-based lab courses. In spite of the advantages of simulations, hands-on labs remain tremendously importantin the technology curriculum, which is based on Dewey’s experiential learning theory. The basicpremise of this theory is that students learn as a result of doing or experiencing things in theworld, and learning occurs when mental activity is suffused with physical activity [3].Theprofessional

Conference Session

Computational Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Esposito, U.S. Naval Academy; Carl E. Wick, U.S. Naval Academy; Kenneth A. Knowles, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

the robot’s functionality from within MATLAB’spowerful integrated development environment, which already includes numerical solvers, imageprocessing routines, neural network libraries, and control system design tools. We describe thedevelopment process and the toolbox’s features; and illustrate its capabilities with some projectsfrom our own Introductory Robotics class where it was beta tested. A student opinion surveyindicated that the toolbox was well received, but suggests its stability could be improved.1. IntroductionIt has been widely noted that engineering students benefit from a variety of teaching approaches,in particular visual and experiential learners prefer hands on laboratory experiences [1].Teaching robotics is no exception [2

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; J. Lane Thames, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Donald Wellman Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology; Dazhong Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sungshik Yim, Georgia Institute of Technology; David W. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistant during the first two years of his graduate education. Before taking his current staff position at Georgia Tech, Thames spent 18 months working for VeriSign’s Communication Services Division. Thames also serves as a research collaborator and lead infrastructure/systems architect for Dr. Dirk Schaefer’s initiative on remotely controlled physical laboratory experiments and collaborative design education.Mr. Robert Donald Wellman Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology Robert Wellman is the Manager of the Information Technology Department at Georgia Tech’s Savannah campus. Wellman earned his bachelor’s of science in computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Vernier, Ohio State University; Craig Morin, Ohio State University; Patrick Wensing, Ohio State University; Ryan Hartlage, Ohio State University; Barbara Carruthers, Ohio State University; Richard Freuler, Ohio State University

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AC 2009-1941: USE OF A LOW-COST CAMERA-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEMIN A FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING CORNERSTONE DESIGN PROJECTMichael Vernier, Ohio State University Michael A. Vernier is a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the OSU Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors (FEH) Program where he teaches the laboratory portion of the three-quarter FEH engineering course sequence and develops course materials. Mr. Vernier earned his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2007) from The Ohio State University and is currently a Master’s Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University, researching control system design for autonomous vehicles.Craig Morin, Ohio State University

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Korpela, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Robert McTasney, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Computers in Education

correlation between this design and the topicscovered in an undergraduate advanced computer architecture course. Due to our success, wehave integrated this multiprocessor implementation into our senior-level advanced computerarchitecture class to give students the ability to study these systems in actual hardware. Further,this type of laboratory exercise can easily be ported to other schools with similar electricalengineering programs.2. Related WorkMany universities have programmable logic devices and FPGAs integrated into their curriculum.We have also leveraged the educational resources of Altera’s University Program and receivedengineering support from the Toronto Technology Center. Our primary reference is the Alteratutorial titled Creating

Conference Session

COED: IOT and Cybersecurity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Computers in Education

and internships. It must not consume too much class time or laboratory resources.The general theme of the work is a kiosk-style music player. The player's "interface" is touchscreen-based; powered by a microcontroller-based single-board computer. Table 1 lists the desired attributesof a single board computer and its operating system. Rugged Hardware Low Cost No Hardware Modifications Rich Development Environment Required Rich Device Management Table 1. Desired Machine AttributesThe hardware platform chosen was an Odroid-C1 [2]. It was a single-board computer and worked atroom temperature

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence O Kehinde P.E., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria; Obasegun Tekena Ayodele, IEEE Educational Activities; Olubiyi Olaoluwa Akintade, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.; KAZEEM Olaide Olawale, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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FOR A BASIC IoT TRAINING MODULEAbstractThis paper presents a basic laboratory training module aimed at helping undergraduate studentsunderstand the interfacing and connectivity issues involved in the Internet of things (IoT). Thetraining module uses a sequential teaching approach to draft quasi-experiments for teaching basicIoT concepts. Interfacing includes identification, embedded sensing and embedded actuatingwhile connectivity includes wireless connectivity and web/ mobile services.An IoT function (control and/or measurement) is first selected by users based on the physicalvariable of interest and the action to be carried out. The user will also select a connectivity optionbased on network types and transmission technologies available for