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CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Paper ID #18757A Microcontroller-based DSP Laboratory CurriculumDr. Ying Lin, Western Washington University Ying Lin has been with the faculty of Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington Uni- versity since September 2010 after she taught for two years at SUNY, New Platz. She received her MS in Applied Statistics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, NY, respectively. Her teaching interests include first-year Intro to Electrical Engineering, circuit analysis sequence, and upper-division communication systems and digital Signal Processing courses. Her research areas focus on

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Software Engineering Concepts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naji S Husseini, Biomedical Engineering at NCSU and UNC-CH; Ian Kaszubski, North Carolina State University

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Paper ID #19397Incorporating the Raspberry Pi into laboratory experiments in an introduc-tory MATLAB courseDr. Naji S Husseini, Biomedical Engineering at NCSU and UNC-CH Naji Husseini is a lecturer in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. He received his B.S. and M.Eng. in En- gineering Physics from Cornell University and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He teaches classes in materials science, biomate- rials, MATLAB programming, and biomechanics for

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CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J Richardson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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vehicles and the creation of a GPS based navigation system to assist students with visual impairments navigate and orient themselves to Purdue’s campus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Transformation of an Introduction to Microcontroller CourseAbstractThis paper outlines the curriculum changes made to a freshman introduction to microcontrollercourse in response to several outside factors including the overall reduction of credit hoursavailable for a degree, the total number of credit hours available per course, and the various callsto move away from standard laboratory experiences in favor of more discovery basedexperiences. The course has undergone a transformation from a standard two

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First Year Computing Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

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CoED Mechanical Engineering Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

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Computing Technology Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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,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

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Computing Technology Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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the students on the aeronautics track. In thechemical engineering course, homework is 10% of final grade and a series of 5 exams make up65% of the grade. The rest of student grade consists of laboratory assignments (5%), classengagement (5%), and a final project (15%). The chemical engineering course is a core courserequired for all students in the chemical engineering program, and taken strictly in the fall of thethird year as a co-requisite to physical chemistry and a pre-requisite to unit operations.In both courses, gaining proficiency with specific applications of the software used (GMAT forthe aerospace engineering course, and HYSYS for the chemical engineering course) are historiclearning objectives. As previously mentioned, these

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CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida

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Paper ID #18202Digitizing and Remediating Engineering Assessments: An Immersive andTransportable Faculty Development WorkshopDr. Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida Ronald F. DeMara is a Professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at the Uni- versity of Central Florida with 24 years of experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering disciplines. His educational research interests focus on classroom and laboratory instructional technology, and the digitization of STEM assessments. He has completed over 200 technical and educational publications, 34 funded projects as PI/Co-I, and

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The Best of the Computers in Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J.w. Bruce, Mississippi State University; Ryan A. Taylor, Mississippi State University

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. Surprisinglylittle changed from the students’ perspective because the MCU’s cooperative OS was ported tothe new processor. The operating system API hid much of the change of the data size beneathand only minor documentation changes were required of the instructor. Some smalladministrative changes were applied to the laboratory milestones for the sake of modularity andcontinuity. The sixth offering of the course was identical to the fifth offering of the course, thoughsome aspects of the milestone requirements were made slightly more complex and the length ofassignment of some of the milestones were extended to account for this modification. Theordering of the milestones was not modified. The seventh offering of the course was identical in all

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CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Reza Hashemian P.E., Northern Illinois University; Mohd Afwaan Ahmed Quadri

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Paper ID #20161CLOUD SIMULATION OF A FLEXIBLE MANIPULATOR SYSTEMProf. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abul K. M. Azad is a Professor in the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in Control and Systems Engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. His research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Dr. Azad has over 100 refereed journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.7 million in research and development grants from various

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CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Mingyu Lu, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Cody Ryan Zackoski, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Caleb R Dingus, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Virginia University Institute of Technology Mingyu Lu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Bei- jing, China, in 1995 and 1997 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was a research assistant at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 2002 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the Electromagnetics Laboratory in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an assistant professor with the Department of Elec- trical Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to

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Computing Technology Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #19321Computer-Mediated Peer Review: A Comparison of Calibrated Peer Reviewand Moodle’s WorkshopDr. Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Patricia ”Pat” A. Carlson is a transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Va. She came to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology early in her teaching career and has taught a variety of courses over the past three decades. Dr. Carlson has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s

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The Best of the Computers in Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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interactions  Ability to customize 3D virtual environments (such as lecture halls, laboratory spaces, virtual instrumentation, etc.) based on the course topics  Ability to create and import relevant 3D models into the virtual space  Programmatic control of 3D objects to develop interactive simulations (with or without a physics engine)The virtual world technology in this study supported many activities, including special topicslectures and demonstrations on robotics, virtual discussion sessions involving 3D models ofmicrocontrollers, virtual office hours and mentoring, and a virtual poster session. The virtualposter session allowed teams of students to present work that was shared in a 3D environmentwith other students in

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Software Engineering Concepts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anurag Goswami, North Dakota State University; Gursimran Singh Walia, North Dakota State University; Ganesh Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Mark E McCourt, Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University

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each fault description to comment on whetherthey saw (but did not reported) or missed faults during inspection.Step 3 – Inspecting PGCS requirements with Eye tracker: After a week (to avoid fatigue effect),each participant inspected PGCS document in eye-tracking laboratory as shown in Figure 2. Oneof the researchers was present in the eye-tracking laboratory to assist participants during theinspection by: a) adjusting or re-calibrating the eye-tracker; b) start/stop or pause/resume theinspection. Each page of PGCS requirements document was displayed on a computer monitor ata resolution of 1080 × 1920. During the inspection, participants used left and right click of themouse to move between the pages. The eye-tracker at the bottom of the

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CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curtis Cohenour P.E., Ohio University; Audra Anjum, Ohio University

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project manager. He joined Ohio University in 2002 as a research engineer working for the Ohio University Avionics Engineering Cen- ter. He has worked on projects covering a wide variety of avionics and navigation systems such as, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), Microwave Landing System (MLS), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), LAAS, WAAS, and GPS. His recent work has included research with the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, aimed at understanding and correcting image geo-registration errors from a number of airborne platforms.Ms. Audra Lynn Hilterbran, Ohio University Audra Hilterbran is an instructional technologist in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University, Athens

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Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Jonte R. Douglas; Li-Shiang Tsay; Dewayne Randolph Brown

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our students. In this paper, we take a sampleset of STEM courses offered to our Electronic Technology undergraduate and graduate studentsto examine the student achievement in our degree program. We selected a total of 19 face-to-faceand online courses ranging from freshman to graduate course to study a wide range of studentprofiles. We excluded any course offering that had laboratory co-requisites to streamline thecomparisons for the sample set. The courses were pair (face-to-face with distance learning)according to the year and subject matter giving us nine total comparisons from 2014 through2016. The total sample set of 302 students.BackgroundThe millennial educator must be efficient with providing the same content and achieving thesame

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CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahmoud K Quweider, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Fitratullah Khan, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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courses since 1992. His areas of expertise are computer architecture, networking, database systems, computing platforms and languages. As the director of Infrastructure, Telecommunications, and Networking (ITNet), and later as a Chief Technology Officer, at UT Brownsville, he implemented state of the art networking using campus wide fiber ring with redundant links. He established diskless computer labs to provide uniform computing platform across campus, and modernized classrooms to make them congenial to online learning. He was the PI on NSF funded BCEIL (Beowulf-based Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Laboratory) and Co-PI on NSF funded MCALL (Multimedia based Computer Assisted Learning Lab

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CoED Mechanical Engineering Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Junsuk Kang, Seoul National University

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Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineer- ing at Auburn University, AL, USA in 2007. He obtained his master’s degree in Structural Engineering from Korea University, South Korea, in 2000 and his Bachelor’s degree was in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Korea University, South Korea, in 1998. Prior to entering PhD study, Dr. Kang worked as a Senior Civil Engineer in Hong Kong site and Seoul Headquarter of Hyundai Engineering and Con- struction Co., Ltd. during 2000- 2002. After his PhD study, he had taken many projects supported by ALDOT and Air Force Research Laboratory as a research associate at Auburn University during 2007 – 2011. Dr. Kang had been an assistant professor in the Department of

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Work-in-Progress Posters: Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John E. Bell, Michigan State University; Timothy J. Hinds, Michigan State University; S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Christopher Cugini, Michigan State University; Cui Cheng, Michigan State University; Daniel Joseph Freer, Michigan State University; William Cain, Michigan State University; Hannah Klautke, Michigan State University

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has over 30 years of combined academic and industrial management experience. He received his BSME and MSME degrees from Michigan Technological University.Dr. S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University S. Patrick Walton received his B.ChE. from Georgia Tech, where he began his biomedical research career in the Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. He then attended MIT where he earned his M.S. and Sc.D. while working jointly with researchers at the Shriners Burns Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. While at MIT, he was awarded a Shell Foundation Fellowship and was an NIH biotechnology Predoctoral Trainee. Upon completion of his doctoral studies, he joined the Stanford University Genome Technology

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COED: EE Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G Belu, Southern University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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, particularly in extended uses of CAS-based instruction into laboratories,via simulation, visualization and modeling tools. Traditionally, educators are using dedicatedsoftware packages to demonstrate the practical theory applications. These are efficient andsuitable to solve a large variety of engineering problems. The students learn programminglanguage and its capabilities to use them for homeworks or projects. There are such computer-based tools available for teaching electrical machines, power system analysis, power electronicsor other engineering topics. However, they are specific and confined to dedicated objectives,often lacking the interactivity, and become obsolete once the operating environment is changed5-8 . When dedicated programs are

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First Year Computing Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lauren E. Johnson, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering, Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering, Logic Systems I, and Electronics Laboratory. Her passions and research interests include robotics, educa- tion, cognitive science, early childhood education developmental tools, adaptive and assistive technologies for developmentally disabled persons, and visualization research.Ms. Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Nabila (Nan) BouSaba is a faculty associate with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 2008; she is the senior design instructor for the department, courses taught include Basic Circuit for non- majors, and Technology Innovation and En- trepreneurship

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CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiawen Wang, University of Detroit Mercy; Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy; Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University; Xinde Li, School of Automation, Southeast University

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, and testing takeplace in the laboratory. Grades are assigned for each major deliverable. Milestone-based writtenprogress reports and interviews are conducted throughout the semester to ascertain the diligenceand relative contributions of each design group member.3. The Project DescriptionIn this project, a control and wireless communication system is designed and built to remotelycontrol a mobile robot, iRobot. The sensor information gathered from the onboard sensors of therobot is displayed on the terminal computer. A mini 5-way digital onboard joystick is employedto drive the iRobot. The iRobot equipped with sensors and wireless communication componentsis illustrated in Figure1. Figure 1 The iRobot equipped with sensors and

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CoED: Computer Science Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Li Ding, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Rebecca Rohmeyer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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teaching programming using SLA was helpful to their learning. Students whohave a second language learning experience especially confirmed this during the interview.Students indicated more engagement with the online interactive video, compared to the topicsthat were presented in a traditional non-interactive format. The captions in the videos helpstudents understand the specific terms. Music does not play an important role in the videodesign. They pointed out that the tiered examples in the videos and tiered quiz questions easedtheir anxiousness and helped their comprehension of the materials. Students expressed a desire toflip all topics to SLA-aBLe format. Students also commented on the laboratory sessions,indicating that the “think, pair, share

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COED: EE Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicholas F Polys, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Tech

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, IEEE Computer Society, and the Web3D Consortium. He is a co-author of the international standard (ISO) Extensible 3D (X3D), elected Director and President of the Web3D Consor- tium, and Chair of the Web3D User Interface Working Group.Prof. R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. R. Michael Buehrer joined Virginia Tech from Bell Labs as an Assistant Professor with the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2001. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and is the director of Wireless @ Virginia Tech, a comprehensive research group focusing on wireless communications. During 2009 Dr. Buehrer was a visiting researcher at the Laboratory for

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First Year Computing Topics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Woong Lim, University of New Mexico; Elizabeth Ellen Esterly, University of New Mexico; Irene A Lee, MIT; Melanie E Moses, Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico; Paige Prescott, University of New Mexico; Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady Ph.D., University of New Mexico

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American Education and Qualitative and Ethnographic Research. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Designing for assets of diverse students enrolled in a freshman- level “Computer Science for All” courseAbstractProficiency in computer science skills is crucial for today’s students to succeed in science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and the modern workforce. Despite thisfact, few universities count computer science (CS) classes toward the core curriculum. Ouruniversity, a Hispanic- and minority-serving research-intensive university located in theAmerican Southwest, recently began counting CS towards fulfilling the laboratory sciencerequirement in the

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CoED: Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Valerie Galluzzi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Carlotta A Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Yosi Shibberu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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., Radenkovic, B., & Despotovic-Zrakic, M. (2014). A Platform for Learning Internet of Things. International Association for Development of the Information Society.16. Dickerson, S.J. (2016). Preparing Undergraduate Engineering Students for the Internet of Things. In Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016.17. Hamblen, J. O., & van Bekkum, G. M. (2013). An embedded systems laboratory to support rapid prototyping of robotics and the internet of things.IEEE Transactions on Education, 56(1), 121-128.18. Hu, J., van der Vlist, B., Niezen, G., Willemsen, W., Willems, D., & Feijs, L. (2013). Designing the Internet of Things for learning environmentally

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Software Engineering Concepts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University; Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn

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throughout the United States. All CIS undergraduates are required to take 120 credit hours of course which includes 58 credit hours in the CIS department. Most CIS courses are offered as lecture classes with 4 contact hours each week. There are several classes which also require attendance in closed laboratory sessions. The emphasis in CECS is on small class sizes (30:1 student to faculty ratio) and offering hands on experiences through class assignments, course projects, internships, and a two semester (8 month) capstone design project course (4 credits total). The CIS capstone project experience involves students working as part of a four person team under the mentorship of a senior CIS professor to