Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education-HDL

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Hayne, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

other models of that hardware. A program of instruction has been developed which augmentsthe classroom instruction with VHDL homework exercises and a capstone design project. Thefocus is kept on demonstration of architectural concepts, rather than turning into a VHDL“programming” course.Course ContentThe existing course and text cover a wide range of computer architecture constructs which canbe supplemented with homework exercises. A fundamental concept is the discussion of variousaddressing modes used to specify the location of operands in an assembly language program.These addressing modes are first discussed generically and then specifically for several moderncomputer architectures. Visualization of the addresses and operands is often

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University-Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

that the impact on students’ learning outcomes is verypromising. In our future work, more comprehensive assessment data will be collected andanalyzed, and the findings will be used to further improve the engineering curriculum.AcknowledgmentThis work is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard. The authors would like to thank HP for theircontinuous support to higher education.Reference[1] A. J. Dutson, R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching DesignThrough Project-oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 17-28, 1997.[2] D. L. Evans, B. W. McNeil, and G. C. Berkeley, “Design in Engineering Education: Past Views of FutureDirection,” Engineering Education, vol. 80, pp. 517-522, 1990.[3] K

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Page 12.111.2presentation. Finally, cxlib is a stepping stone leading toward real-time operating systems.While some students first avoid cxlib, after an introduction they nearly all remark how easy it isto use. Students discover how using tasks helps to organize and simplify their code. Beyondclassroom examples, students have used cxlib in class projects, senior capstone projects, andgraduate research. Projects have included home alarm systems, trivial traffic light controllers, asimple two-phase motor controller, a simple acquisition system supporting the classic Tektronix40xx graphics format, and a keypad scanner with Morse code sounder. Details regarding cxlibare available at the project webpage2. The embedded microprocessor course

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.W. Bruce, Mississippi State University; Lee Hathcock, Mississippi State Univ.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

standards4,5,6 which detects defects during design. This developmentprocess has been used with success in the subsequent offerings of the design course based on amore complex project3. The resulting student designs are typically on time and of high quality.Furthermore, students report satisfaction with the experience, because of both the visible resultsat course end and the perceived relevance of the process that they used.All of these course offerings1,2,3 have made a visible impact on the computer engineeringprogram at Mississippi State University. Computer engineering student projects in the capstone Page 12.596.2design course have greater complexity

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; David Adams, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, including the arts, work on a game. Other programs rangefrom minor incorporation of gaming into programming assignments and capstone projects to thekind of full scale degree programs offered by Full Sail, Digipen, and The Guildhall at SMU. Stillothers have programs that focus on the use of gaming as an aid or driver for learning conceptsusing 3D environments in novel ways like at the University of North Carolina Charlotte4 or theM.U.P.P.E.T.S project at RIT.A number of universities have research programs in gaming and related technologies. Examplesof these schools include: The University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University ofSouthern California and Carnegie Mellon. The last two schools have academic units for theirresearch programs

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sang-Hoon Lee, Polytechnic University; Anshuman Panda, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Hong Wong, Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

articles, and 81 conference papers. He has mentored 67 high school students, 38 high school teachers, 10 undergraduate summer interns, and seven undergraduate capstone-design teams. In addition, he has supervised three M.S. projects, two M.S. thesis, and three Ph.D. dissertations.Hong Wong, Polytechnic University HONG WONG was born in Hong Kong, China. In June of 2000 and 2002, he received the B.S. and M.S. degrees, respectively, in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. He is a member of Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. He worked for the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH, during the summers of 2000 and 2001. He is currently a doctoral student at Polytechnic