Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, California Maritime Academy

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Computers in Education

12 12 10 9 8 6 4 2 2 1 0 0 Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree Figure 9: Assessment 3The fourth statement, “I hope to use the microcontroller skills from this class in my career”,received all positive or neutral responses. This shows that the students do see how themicrocontroller skills could help their careers, and that they would be agreeable to working

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Cochrane, University of Canterbury

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Computers in Education

) their presentations 4 to 6 times on average before submitting their final one.This is significant because most other students within the department will do less than 3 oralpresentations during their academic career. By students being able to “see and hear” themselvespresent, it made them aware of their oral skills or fallacies and motivated them to enhancepresentation skills by practicing more. The survey also showed that student’s overall experiencewith ViP was positive. As commonly as a lecturer currently asks students to write a report,lecturers can now also assign an oral presentation using ViP. Segments of ViP presentations canbe discussed in class to highlight good and poor presentation techniques. Since ViP oralpresentations are saved in

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators III

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Goodson, University of Houston; Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Barbara Stewart, University of Houston; Marcella Norwood, University of Houston; Luces Faulkenberry

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Computers in Education

following was observed regarding content areas in MGM. Specifically, the differencesbetween the percentages of correct responses for the WEB students versus the LEC studentswere greatest in the following content areas: Page 14.924.7 ≠ Position differentiation ≠ Career stages ≠ Change managementThe content of items dealing with career stages and change management was viewed as beingmore subjective than the content of the item on position differentiation. Students may have beeninfluenced by opinion, general knowledge, preconceptions and prior knowledge rather thanstrictly by what they learned in the course. The content of the item on

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar, Virginia State University

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Computers in Education

prepares students for careers that deal with software andhardware components of modern computer systems3. To educate computer engineering studentsat our university effectively and practically, we have instituted a Senior Design Project toprovide hands-on activity in class. This is beneficial since students are exposed to real-worldengineering problems, that involve both software and hardware components of computer systems.Utilizing a computer platform to build a wireless system provides hands-on and practicalexamples for students4. In this paper, we employ a wireless system to monitor the structuralintegrity of a model bridge, and to design a data acquisition system as the platform and developsignal analysis computer programs to determine

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Fuller, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

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Computers in Education

2020report (2005) calls for system-wide efforts to align the engineering curriculumand engineering profession with the needs of today’s global, knowledge-driveneconomy, with the goal of increasing student interest in engineering careers. Ithas also been recommended that research should be combined with education,thereby training students in critical thinking and research methodologies, as wellas providing them with solid engineering skills7.As more industries utilize the economic advantages of a global R&D, U.S.engineering teams need to prepare for collaboration across countries and theblurring of national boundaries. Future engineers need to be trained not only inbasic engineering skills, but also in managing global research teams8. Thus

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

Page 14.864.2their academic projects, and self-efficacy has been shown to be an important element of studentmotivation in engineering education8. Development of individual skills is paramount, as eachstudent must develop a unique skill set that will prepare him or her for a career, and each studentmust gain perceived self-confidence in the application of his or her skill set to solve engineeringproblems. The authors believe that that robot design teams are ideal settings for building skillsmastery, and hence self-efficacy. In teams, designing and building complex robots andsucceeding in a robot competitions require the team to address problems in sensing, mechanics,computer interfacing, electronics, logic, and project management, for example

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosario Gil, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Elio Sancristobal, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Sergio Martin, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Antonio Colmenar, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo; Edmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, Montegancedo; Alfonso Duran, Carlos III University of Madrid; juan peire, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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Computers in Education

country and their own interests. ̇ Academic aspects, this is the most important part, or at least it should be. Studies aimed at the more practical or vocational clashed with the design of some careers in particular with the traditional engineering degrees.Beyond these commonalities, each country must deal with various obstacles wherever its currenteducational system differs from the new European model. In Spain, the current model hadmainly two types of degrees: “Diplomatura” and technical engineering (3-year); and“Licenciatura” and engineering degree (5 or 6-year). 3-year degrees would be equivalent to aBS/BSc and 5-year degrees would be equivalent to a MA/MSc. However, these degrees are notexactly equivalent. 3-year degrees

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Amy Craig, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

. A secondary outcome of these labs was thatstudents were seeing how to approach and solve a wide variety of different problems. Forexample, one engineering problem solving method the students see is the ‘divide and conquertechnique’ (i.e., breaking up the problem into its smallest elements and solving each of theelements (which typically is easier) and then reassembling the elements to solve the originalproblem) [2]. In order for students to enhance, rather than lose, these new found computationaland problem solving skills in the freshman year, computational modeling and problem solvinghas to be utilized through their academic career by integrating these tools into upper divisioncourses. A ‘computational thinking thread’ [3] is beginning to

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

Proficiency level of computational capability. It is important Page 14.356.5to note that the assumption (based on feedback from the industry panel) is that fewstudents will develop capabilities at the fluency level prior to embarking on a professionalengineering career. The levels are: Competency The individual has technical skill mastery of certain computational tools and/or programming languages. Limits in conceptual knowledge means that they are limited to solving well-defined tasks with specified tools. When faced with a more open-ended or complex problems, limits in conceptual knowledge will mean they will probably not be able to solve the

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia E. Vergara, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Cindee Dresen, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Tammy Coxen, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Taryn MacFarlane, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Kysha Frazier, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Jeannine LaPrad, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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Computers in Education

and Residential Experience program at Michigan State University. He earned his M.S. degree in pavement Page 14.848.1 engineering in 1988 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his Ph.D. in pavement and materials engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1995. Dr. Buch began his academic career at Michigan State University in 1996. Dr. Buch teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in concrete materials and pavement engineering. He is also involved in teaching© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 short courses on pavement design and

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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Computers in Education

IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006 and was the curriculum director for the Supercomputing Education Program 2005. In January 2008, he was awarded the NSF CAREER for work on transforming engineering education through learner-centric, adaptive cyber-tools and cyber-environments.Jacob Schroeder, Clemson University Dr. Schroeder is a post-doctoral researcher at Clemson University. His work focuses on cyberinfrastructure in engineering education. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry Education from Iowa State University.Hanjun Xian, Clemson University Hanjun Xian is a Ph.D student working on issues of design of cyber-environments in engineering education at Clemson University

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

workplace. His career focus has been on managing and leading technological innovation in the workplace. He has over (15) years of experience in networking, systems integration and the project management fields. His prior experience base also includes (6) years as a full-time faculty instructor and (12) year’s service as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Address: College of Technology & Computer Science, 212 Science and Technology Bldg, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; email: leskoc@ecu.edu; phone: 252-737-1907.John Pickard, East Carolina University John Pickard is an Instructor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology & Computer

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Meuth, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Paul Robinette, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Donald Wunsch, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

sparked my interest, but I talkedwith Chris and he was interested also so I ended up taking it. Glad I didtoo. It's the first class I've had in three years where I knew more than oneother person. So it made for good times.""This was my favorite class so far at this school (which is why I was able todeal with 8am). I would like to have a career in robotics of some kind and Ithink this class prepared me for it more than any I will take for a longtime.""Your class is one of the most enjoyable ones I've taken at Rolla. You knewwhat you were talking about and actually care about the subject matter whichgoes a long way to making a course worthwhile.""If there were a major in robotics, this would be [the introductory computerengineering class].Teach it

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jeffrey Anderson, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; Suresh Muknahallipatna, University of Wyoming; John Pierre, University of Wyoming; David Whitman, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

Coursework. We provide a wide variety of undergraduate electivecoursework. A student interested in pursuing a career in embedded systems could elect tocomplete all of the coursework. Students may also selectively choose from the available courseofferings to enhance their chosen field of study. In this section we provide a brief review of thecourse content, objectives, and related design activities.D.1. Digital Signal ProcessingD.1.1. Course description: EE 4245. Digital Signal Processing. 3. Sampling and oversamplingA/D’s; FIR and IIR digital filter design, effects of quantization, practical realizations;applications of the discrete and fast Fourier Transform (DFT and FFT); correlation,periodograms, window effects, multi-rate techniques, multi