Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christopher I. Allen, Air Force Research Laboratory; Michael Doroski, U.S. Air Force; Curtis Medve, U.S. Air Force; Michael Seery, U.S. Air Force; P. Len Orlando III, Air Force Research Laboratory; Farid T. Khafizov, University of Texas, Dallas

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Electrical and Computer

-the-art course sequence in ICs that produces technically-competent circuit designers must include exposure to real-world design experience withindustry-standard software and laboratories, and instruction that equips students to address futureneeds for reduced device size, weight, and power as well as the capacity to design increasinglycomplex integrated circuitry and modern computing systems of interest to the computingindustry, aerospace, and defense, as discussed in Report on Technology Horizons, LayeredSensing, DOD STEM Education & Outreach Strategic Plan, A National Action Plan, Constableand Somerville, and Examination of the U.S. Air Force’s Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics Workforce Needs.6-11 Such a course sequence

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of San Diego; Ernest M. Kim, University of San Diego

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

ProjectGoalsFigure 5: A summary of student survey results on effectiveness of course project in achieving learning objectives.The results of the self-evaluating survey overall demonstrate that the project has been effective inimproving students’ programming skills, as well as showing them the software-hardwareconnection and real world applications of programming in practice. The effectiveness of theproject in introducing IoT to students can be improved by dedicating more time to this topic andcovering more background and implementation methods in the field of IoT. In addition, in futurestudies we plan to utilize other quantification methods in addition to student surveys such as examgrades and project grades. These will create a more comprehensive measure

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

follows a standard course plan for a one semester coursewith this focus. In keeping with the curriculum track concept, an introduction to on-chip passivestructures (on-chip resistors, capacitors, inductors and transformers) is introduced during therelevant discussions on the electromagnetic origins of these elements (details of this introductioncan be found elsewhere2). Page 12.435.2 Figure 1. RF and Microwave Engineering Undergraduate curriculum flow. The Microwave Engineering course emphasizes passive circuit design with the followinghigh level list of topics using a widely used text3: • Transmission Line Theory which covers

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College

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Electrical and Computer

=prints&sid=2097[2] http://www.ecmweb.com/mag/electric_businessminded_engineer/index.html[3] http://www.prism-magazine.org/jan04/global.cfm[4] http://www.ece.wpi.edu/News/mezak.html[5] www.tmworld.com[6] http://www.silicontaiga.org/home.asp?artId=3072[7] P. Bhattacharya, I Dabipi, H. Majlesein, “Effects of Principle Technological Thrust Areas inDeveloping Electrical Engineering Education”, ICEE`99, Paper No. 429, Czech Republic, 1999.[8] www-ee.stanford.edu/forms/eeplan.pdf “A Strategic Plan for Electrical Engineering at Stanford”[9] E. Ferguson “Impact of Offshore Outsourcing on CS/IS Curricula”, proceedings of CCSC CentralPlains Conference, pp. 68-77, April 2004.[10] Hira, R, “The Dependence of Developing Countries on U.S. IT Demand

Conference Session

Digital System Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben Shaw, Youngstown State University; Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University

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Electrical and Computer

programs for this testbed is currently under development. This versatile hardware/software platform can be used toenable students to learn how to “quickly” implement processors in hardware and interface themto various I/O, memory, and communication protocols, as we plan to do so for the spring of 2007offering of the computer architecture course at our institution.References1. M. Thompson, “FPGAs Accelerate Time to Market for Industrial Designs”, EE Times Online News, July 2, 20042. System Level Solutions, Inc., 14100 Murphy Ave., San Martin, CA 95046, www.slscorp.com3. Altera Corporation, 101 Innovation Drive, San Jose, CA 95134, www.altera.com4. Cyclone Device Handbook, Volume 1, www.altera.com/literature/lit-cyc.jsp5. J. Kriegbaum

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

participation and contributions towards themission of this project, students receive degree credit. Juniors are awarded "Upper DivisionElective Credit" and seniors fulfill their degree capstone requirement, "Team Senior Project".Each year more than 70 students and 14 faculties have participated in this effort. The students aresub-divided into team specializing in stereovision, object recognition, hardware, mapping andpath-planning software, camera on a chip design, and GIS. Each sub-team has one or morefaculty advisors to supervise the team’s activities.Students enrolled in the project agree to commit a minimum of six hours per week to theproject. Sub-team meetings are held each week of the quarter. All teams meet together threetimes each quarter to

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Ahmed E. Kamal, Iowa State University; Akhilesh Tyagi, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

Circuits and Systems √ √ CPRE 288: Embedded Systems √ CPRE 381: Computer Organization √ √ CPRE 310: Theoretical Foundations of Comp. Eng. √ √ Page 23.694.6 CPRE 394: Program ExplorationThe assessment plan is devised such that each student outcome (column) is assessed by at leastone tool from each of the three levels, with the exception of the professional skills found inoutcomes g, h, i, and j. Most course-based

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Zheng, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

students engaged in the hour-long sessionto assemble and test the PCB-based circuit. This project activity has demonstrated that(a) the K-12 student is more actively engaged in the integrated project, (b) gains thesystem level appreciation of the design problem, and (c) has the confidence to completethe project. Page 22.895.2The ECE department plans to host ECE day events with STEM-based integrated projectactivities in ECE to (a) encourage K-12 students to consider careers in ECE, (b)strengthen the undergraduate enrollment in ECE, and (c) link the undergraduate ECEprogram with the K-12 STEM curriculum.This paper is organized as follows. Section 2

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chrysoula Florou, University of Thessaly, Greece; Ioanna Kosmopoulou, University Of Thessaly, Greece; Elias N. Houstis, University of Thessaly

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Electrical and Computer

per week. An initial age appropriate questionnaire (see Table 1) was given to the students. In order to plan an appropriate introductory course, answers were used by our researchers to acquire a better understanding of the student’s computer literacy level. The sessions started with the two researchers providing the students with an introductory course on how to use the self-teaching application. Following that, students used the application on their own. Data collection included the researchers’ field notes, questionnaires provided to the students after completion of the third (see Table 2) and fifth (see Table 3) modules, and interviews with eight children after completion of the third, fifth, and final modules

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Peterson, United States Air Force Academy; Anne Clark, USAF Academy, CO

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Electrical and Computer

programs. However, making changes to programs requiredcare to avoid misdirecting the formulas and links. Additionally, the students would haveto manually enter the machine code into the .vhd file which governed the HDL that“loaded” the RAM. A student took the initiative to write a macro to format the machinecode so that it would be pasted into the .vhd file, but this was still an unnecessary hasslefor students. The plan to make an assembler grew into a visual simulation to help displaywhat happened within the PRISM system. The final result of the main screen is shown inFigure 4. Page 15.980.4 Figure 4. PRISM SimulatorOnce a

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 15.974.2engineering. For example, circuit analysis, digital and analog electronics, software, CAD/CAM, automation, and production planning are necessary for students to learn the latest microchip and PCB technologies. We believe that the growing electronic manufacturing industry will demand increasingly of this multidisciplinary area. Microchip ASIC and FPGA based components require innovative changes in computer and board design algorithms, testing, and inspection. The sophisticated automation systems of the future will require planners, designers, and operators who possess a higher degree of knowledge and technical skills. This makes it mandatory that institutions develop state-of-the-art programs to equip their graduates with the

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale S.L. Dolan, California Polytechnic State University; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

just a simple connection of capacitor or inductor-capacitor combination.Future assessment activity is planned the next time the lab course is offered to assess and henceverify whether the lab experiment meets the objective of increasing students’ understanding ofpower factor correction circuits, along with their advantages and drawbacks.References1. M.H.L. Chow and C.K. Tse, “Theoretical study of performance of continuous-mode boost converters for power-factor-correction applications,” Proc. 1997 International Conference Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 590 – 595, 26-29 May 1997.2. C.S. Lin, T.M. Chen, and C.L. Chen, “Analysis of low frequency

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Qing Zheng, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

learningexperiences. The K-12 students learn to work on teams, acquire the skills to communicatewith team members, lead teams, and work across teams. The students have theopportunity to explore the different career paths and options for higher education inengineering.The Engineering Day is planned to be a regular event for the different engineeringdisciplines at Gannon University to showcase their laboratory facilities and pre-eminentfaculty to students at all levels of the K-12 curriculum. In addition, discipline-specificinteraction between the K-12 STEM students and the engineering faculty are also plannedfor each academic year. Through these events, the partnership between the ABET-accredited engineering programs at Gannon University and the K-12 schools

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Garry Ingles; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

. The student body primarily studiesengineering, applied sciences, and architecture and construction fields. Class sizes are typicallysmall, averaging around 20-25 students per class, with no teaching assistants. Students arerequired to take two co-ops, one each during their junior and senior years, with an optional co-opduring the sophomore year. Co-ops can be paid and off-campus with industry and academicpartners, or the students can do on-campus research and work with faculty/staff (paid orunpaid).The rest of the paper is as follows: Section 2 describes the project from a technical perspective;Section 3 describes the planned student and technical outcomes; Section 4 details the results ofthe project, with Section 5 providing lessons learned

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Steven M. Beyer, United States Air Force Academy; Brian James Neff, United States Air Force Academy

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

to build the motor control and power distribution board for therobot. Lastly, the students learn how to program using an Arduino Uno and peripheral devicessuch as light-emitting diodes, switches, sonar sensors, and photoresistors. These skills areapplied when programming the Arduino controller on the robot.Block 2: Robotics Design and Implementation The second block is designed to reflect a large-scale engineering project and uses anincremental approach observed in the spiral model or agile software development model. Eachlaboratory is presented as a distinct requirement and product solution. Students must stick to adeadline and work through an entire development process to plan, design, develop, test, andevaluate each component

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas S. Spanias, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Blain Christen; Trevor J. Thornton, Arizona State University; Karen S. Anderson, Arizona State University; Michael Goryll, Arizona State University; Hany M. Arafa, Arizona State University; Uday Shankar Shanthamallu, Arizona State University; Erica S. Forzani, Arizona State University; Heather M. Ross, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard; Sule Ozev

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

and outcome assessment. Formative assessment, or implementation evaluation,analyzed the activities delivered, participation in activities, and participant satisfaction. Outcomeassessment, or impact evaluation, analyzed changes in participants’ knowledge, perceptions, andskills as a result of the summer program.1.1 RecruitmentThe REU plan for recruitment that was stated in our proposal was executed. Electronic formswere uploaded on our REU web site and on the NSF web site. Although our grant was approvedin late January of 2017, we had more than 80 applicants. In our evaluations, we have focused onpast performance, statement of purpose documents, providing research opportunities tocommunity college students, and we emphasize diversity. Our

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

instructive”, and “It would help to go over in lab a few more of the GUI objects,specifically the radio buttons and button groups”. 3. Course renovation for DSP and/or FPGA implementation using MatlabThis section provides a brief explanation of the on-going plan for course renovations in the EEcurriculum at EWU. The overarching goal is to incorporate a method to go from system leveldesign to real implementation of either a logic circuit or a signal processing algorithm. Many EEcourses are based on thorough understanding of theory. For instance, some classes, such as DSP,Digital Communication, and Digital Feedback Control, rely on deep theoretical understandingbefore undertaking the task of merging theory into practice. Much of the theory in those

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California

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Electrical and Computer

at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In thispaper, the ERC researcher report on preliminary data that have been collected to guide thecurricular reform in addition to reporting on the comprehensive plan that they have developed tomeet the needs of engineers in biomedical fields in 2020.2Curricular reform is typically a slow and arduous process in research universities. Traditionalcurriculum in engineering education involves deductive instruction in which the instructorslecture on general principles with limited application of the principles to real life engineeringsituations and simulations. Deductive instructional approaches have significant limits inpreparing engineers for a changing global society as required by the National

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

HF design additionally requires that engineering and otherstudents see how HF design is applied to challenges in their discipline or future career. Ensuringfuture vitality requires that HF courses both enhance students’ chances HF-related employmentas well as entice students to pursue graduate studies.Discussion of Planning MeetingsTo create a course on high frequency design techniques that could serve as wide an audienceof students as possible, the three faculty and one graduate student involved in the course meton a regular basis (primarily) during a summer intercession to discuss the key requirementsfor such a course. The following paragraphs summarize the discussion of these individualsand serve to outline the framework around which the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; Charles Snead, University of Alabama

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Electrical and Computer

brainstorming, formalizing a construction plan,drawing schematic representations of the instrument/lamp, generating a parts/tool list, andimplementation of the design. This project addressed the need for promoting creative thought inengineering undergraduate students for enhanced product design. Attention was given to theartistic component, a view often neglected. There were 43 total students in the class and theywere arranged into seven groups. The music department donated the instruments that included a:saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, piccolo, trumpet, mellophone, and trombone. The students weretasked to design and build a lamp from these instruments and the team budgets averaged $60 pergroup. The laboratory activity and completed lamp designs will be

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

currently facewhen teaching analog communications theory and explains the need for demonstrations in thecourse. Section III gives an overview of SDR and the features that make it an ideal platform forclassroom demonstrations in communications and signal processing. Section IV describes theparticular SDR platform (hardware and software) that was used by the authors. Section Vpresents the demonstrations created. Section VI describes the results of using thesedemonstrations in a classroom and section VII presents conclusions and plans for future work inthis area.II. BackgroundCourses on communications theory rely heavily on mathematical models. The abstract nature ofthe mathematical treatment of modulation/demodulation can be difficult for students

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

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Electrical and Computer

MATLAB, Simulink, SimMechanics, and theVirtual Reality Toolbox software packages 5. Simulink provides a graphical user interface fornonlinear model development and simulation 6. In 2002, the software package SimMechanicswas added as an enhancement to the Simulink environment for modeling mechanical systems. Inconjunction with the Virtual Reality Toolbox, the Simulink platform can be used to design a Page 11.1432.2virtual control workstation. Initial planning of the workstation design was started in Spring 2004and was motivated by an externally-funded research project which used the new SimMechanicspackage for the design of a software testbed for

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Benjamin Earl Whiteley; Dinesh K. Sharma, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Willie L. Brown Jr, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Weiwei Zhu, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xianfang Tan, Delaware County Community College

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Electrical and Computer

process, Sect. 4 shows the operation of the module, and Sect.5 concludes the wholework and discusses the future plan.2. GBL Module Overview 2.1. Memory Game GBL Module The first VR GBL course module developed is a memory game with object matching for labsafety. The memory game is in a traditional game style, in which a player is required to revealhidden objects and remove them by matching. There are many memory games available onlinefor playing as well as the development for different purposes, such as provided by appypie.com[8], as shown in Fig. 1 (a). Fig. 1. An example of memory game available online. In lab safety training, students will be introduced to different items related to the safety, suchas fire

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Stanley Berger PhD, University of Washington, Bothell

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Electrical and Computer

nodes  Set the amplitude and Figure 8. Schematic diagram of a Sallen-Key low-pass active filter circuit. frequency values of the function generator for circuit inputAn experiment that we plan to implement is to expand on the active filter experiment by addingseveral different op-amps, with a range of performance characteristics, to replace the single op-ampin this circuit. Students would then be able to measure and compare real-world performance trade-offs. Another experimental enhancement on our “to-do” list is to use a cross-point switch that allowsstudents to both change values and remotely rearrange components in order to find and repair circuitfaults introduced as part of the experiment.IVc. control softwareAs

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

. However, they do so without any formal lectures or assignments and simplyout of necessity to make their implementation process easier. With that in mind, my colleaguesand I are planning on designing an intermediate Verilog class focused on many of the conceptshighlighted in the previous paragraph. Unlike the introductory computer engineering coursedescribed in this paper, the course will focus solely on Verilog. The lectures will cover Verilogsyntax, best practices, synthesis, etc. and the students must implement all of the homeworkassignments and projects in Verilog to give them more and more practice. We plan to roll out thisintermediate Verilog course in the near future and intend to study the course in a similar manneras the study described

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Mehmet Vurkaç, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Nhan K. Nguyen, Seattle University; Olsen John Salgado Ong, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

course at Seattle University, for two consecutive years. Laboratorycomponents in the course utilize the MRK+Line robotics kit, based on the DIGILENT chipKITPro MX4 development board, which uses a Microchip PIC32MX microcontroller, based on theMIPS architecture. Hardware and Software platforms used exclusively for the IoT projects willbe introduced in the following section.ImplementationIoT-based activities for the Embedded Systems course were planned and implemented for twoquarters; fall 2017 and fall 2018. This course is required for students pursuing a BS in ElectricalEngineering with a Computer Engineering Specialization at Seattle University, and an electivefor students in the Electrical Engineering program. The course is open to both

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Safeer M. Khan P.E., Arkansas Tech University; Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University; Nansong Wu, Arkansas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

involves planning, modeling, simulation, building, andtesting prototypes.Success in an engineering career largely depends on a thorough understanding of engineeringdesign processes. Two of the key outcomes of engineering education are: to prepare engineeringstudents to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems, and to apply engineeringdesign to produce solutions [1]. Traditional assessment methods including exams, quizzes, andhomework assignments are primarily designed to measure the effectiveness of engineeringcurriculum in skill development. However, having the skills alone does not ensure that studentswill be successful through the engineering program, as well as in their future careers. An importantelement of success is to

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Salman Mohagheghi, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

lost. It is not reasonable to expect the studentsto develop a new business idea and undertake the venture during just one semester. As such, thefocus should be on what the students learn, rather than what they produce. Shifting focus to theprocess instead of the output also affects what is graded, e.g. instead of grading the business plan,the process should be graded [5].The goal of this paper is to present pedagogical approaches to help with the above objectives. Thecase studies presented here have been designed with junior/senior electrical engineering studentsin mind, but can be applied to other disciplines or levels with proper modifications.Project ApproachThe pedagogical approaches proposed here are intended to help students achieve

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Steve Sandelin

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Electrical and Computer

assess how students feel about the course project experience, as well as whether thisteaching practice is effective and achieves the projected benefits. We acknowledge that theassessment data collected in this work are subjective data based upon students’ perceptions aboutthe project experience. Other assessment measures such as grades of exams would be moreobjective. We plan to include students’ grades in our future data collection and assessment.Assessment Data Collection:Each student who took EE210 in fall 2018 and fall 2019 was asked to respond to ten questionswith each question having five possible answers. Each answer was mapped to a numerical value,specifically, 1-strongly disagree, 2-disagree, 3- no opinion, 4-agree, 5-strongly agree.The

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Trent Bolt, Auburn University; Andrew Cookston, Auburn University; John Y. Hung, Auburn University; Victor P. Nelson, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

the appendix.Alternate Labs vs. Traditional LabsTraditional Lab (Control Group)The traditional course plan for the Embedded Systems lab is a structured approach to designingand constructing a motor controller with a speed feedback control system. Each week, the students 2complete a lab assignment that involves implementing and familiarizing themselves with a newmodule within the microcontroller or constructing and interfacing a new circuit with the micro-controller. As the semester progresses, these individual assignments are combined to create a fullsystem. The final project consists of a DC motor, motor driver circuit, motor feedback circuit,push-button keypad, and STM32L100RC microcontroller