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New Developments in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Ball, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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realm of education and preparing educators to design and develop teaching and learning oppor- tunities that encourage students to take risks, inquire across multiple disciplines, and participate in grand challenges. Liesl received her B.S. in Middle Education and M.S. in Educational Technology, both from Radford University. She received her doctorate in instructional design and technology from Virginia Tech.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design

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Circuits and Systems Education 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicole P Pitterson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #11813A systematic review of undergraduate engineering students’ perception of thetypes of activities used to teach electric circuitsMiss Nicole P Pitterson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nicole is a PhD. Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a M.Sc. in Manufac- turing Engineering from Western Illinois University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Her research interest is eliciting conceptual understanding of AC circuit concepts using active learning strategies.Dr. Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prakash Ranganathan, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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graphical, which effectively helps thestudents focus on the programming design by mere simple drag and drop programmingblocks. This enhances the understanding of programming logic, as an introductoryoverview to first- time programmers rather than asking them to spend hours and days tolearn, debug the various syntaxes in a freshmen level programming course, as in otherhigher–level text based programming courses that educators use to teach at thefreshmen/sophomore level! This may be one of the reason why educators see high student drop-out rates inSTEM courses: students get afraid of enrolling in higher level technology basedprogramming courses, causing them to be unable to complete four year engineering orcomputer science programs [8]. We can

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David John Orser, University of Minnesota; Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota; John Sartori, University of Minnesota

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-aware design and architecture methodologies. John’s research has been recognized by mul- tiple best paper awards, an NSF CAREER award, and has been the subject of several keynote talks and invited plenary lectures. His work has been chosen to be the cover feature for popular media sources such as BBC News and HPCWire, and has also been covered extensively by scientific press outlets such as the IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Micro, and the Engineering and Technology Magazine. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Harnessing State of the Art Internet of Things Labs to Motivate First-Year Electrical and Computer Engineering StudentsAbstractEngineering is about improving people’s

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chirag Parikh, Grand Valley State University; Ryan T. Aldridge, Grand Valley State University

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process flow for developing and implementingapplications on an FPGA, application developers without any hardware design background findit difficult to adapt and develop FPGA applications.The technology and the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools [9] employed by the industryin the design of digital system hardware have evolved significantly in the past several years.Xilinx recently introduced the PYNQ [2] platform that enables engineers and programmers todevelop embedded systems at a higher abstraction level without having the necessary hardwaredesign background. PYNQ provides a Python interface to allow overlays (hardware libraries) inthe Programmable Logic (PL) to be controlled from Python running in the Processing System(PS). FPGA design

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ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines

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advantage of the capabilities of local industries toenhance the quality of instruction. The primary objective of the CSM “power engineeringprogram” is to help meet the anticipated shortages of qualified workers by preparing ourgraduates for careers such as: • Application Engineers • Power System Design Engineers (both utility and non-utility sectors) • Plant Electrical Engineers • Equipment Design Engineers • Engineers in the R & D Field • Pursue Advanced Degrees Page 11.211.3Contrary to the misperception by many young students, the power industry is introducing manyadvanced technologies, particularly in the design of advanced

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis; Jun Ouyang, University of California, Davis

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Paper ID #19642A New Application-Oriented Electronic Circuits Course for non-ElectricalEngineering Students Using Arduino and NI VirtualBenchDr. Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis Hooman Rashtian received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2013 and the M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Electrical En- gineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, in 2008, and 2006, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Davis MM-Wave Research Center (DMRC) at University of California, Davis from 2014 to 2016. Since July

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David O. Johnson, University of Kansas; Molly A. McVey, University of Kansas; Christopher Patrick Melgares, University of Kansas

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Paper ID #25374The Impact of Course Transformation on Student Learning and Success inFundamental Electrical Engineering/Computer Science CoursesDr. David O. Johnson, University of Kansas David O. Johnson is a Lecturer in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at the Uni- versity of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, USA. He received his BSEE and MSEE from Kansas State University and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Kansas. Prior to two post-doctoral research appointments at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and in the Applied Linguis- tics Speech Laboratory at Northern

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New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qian Du, Mississippi State University

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of ECE8803. This course plays a significant role in fulfilling theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) program requirement that studentshave “knowledge of probability and statistics, including applications appropriate to the programname and objectives”. But it is considered as the most difficult course by the undergraduates,and received lots of complaints.Faculty members in the ECE and Math departments work closely to improve this course. Theexperience from ECE8803 will be extended to MA4533/6533. Students at the junior-level in the Page 11.409.8ECE department have basic skill in MATLAB coding. But the concern is if our

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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Paper ID #26741Board 61: Using Peer Mediation and Cooperative Learning Techniques toPromote Active learning and Assess Student Learning Outcomes in Com-puter Engineering ClassesDr. Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico Hadil Mustafa, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Chico. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests are focused on embedded systems design, and FPGA-based design and verification. Dr. Mustafa has a strong interest in pedagogical

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nesreen Alsbou, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University; Vladimir A Labay, Gonzaga University; Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University

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Paper ID #12964Introducing Students to Electronic Devices and Electric Circuit Applicationsat Early Level in the Engineering Curriculum through Multiple ProjectsDr. Nesreen Alsbou , Ohio Northern University Dr. Alsbou is an Assistant Professor at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Com- puter Science at Ohio Northern University. She has experience teaching a variety of classes, including: Electric Circuits, Networks and Data Communication, Wireless Sensor Networks, Digital Logic Design, and others. Dr. Alsbou research in the area of wireless communications is focused on designing Media Access Control

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Labs & Hands-on Instruction II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel; Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel

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Discovery becomes more widespread, new applicationsare constantly being found.ResultsIntegration of an instrument such as the Analog Discovery into undergraduate courses helps toalign the EE curriculum with outcomes for students specified by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). Three of these outcomes are listed below, along with abrief description of how the Analog Discovery is relevant to them:  “an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering” -- To engineer an electric circuit in theory, students uses the science of Kirchhoff’s Laws and mathematical techniques such as calculus. To engineer a circuit in practice, students may use the Analog Discovery to build and verify

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew O'Fallon, Washington State University; Jack R Hagemeister, Washington State University; Clint Cole, Washington State University, Pullman; Joseph Harris, Digilent Inc.

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relatedstudies increases; whether the overall learning process was improved; whether students have abetter knowledge of modern technologies and development methods; and whether studentcomprehension of founding concepts improves.Introduction:Teaching microcontroller systems courses to undergraduate students present many challenges.These challenges include selecting appropriate microcontroller topics, microcontroller hardwareunits, and development software. Microcontroller courses comprise fundamental concepts fromelectrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science disciplines. Exploringelectrical characteristics of microcontrollers, computer architecture, and assembly languageprogramming are a few of these key concepts. Assortments of

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Vanderbilt University; Jing Fan, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia J. Brame, Vanderbilt University; Bennett Allan Landman, Vanderbilt University

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Paper ID #9790Improving Conceptual Understanding of Signals and Systems in Undergrad-uate Engineering Students Using Collaborative In-Class Laboratory Exer-cisesDr. Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Vanderbilt University Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao is a post-doctoral research scholar in Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College in Vanderbilt University. Her research interests includes studying neural correlates of mathematics and reading development in children and applying neurocognitive theories to understand undergraduate student learning in engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W Pritchard, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6388Modern Embedded Systems as a Platform for Problem Solving in FreshmanEngineering: What is the Best Option?Mr. John W Pritchard, Iowa State UniversityDr. Mani Mina, Iowa State University Page 23.911.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Modern Embedded Systems as a Platform for Problem Solving: What is the Best Option? John Pritchard1 and Mani Mina1 1 Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Zeran Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Ujjal K. Bhowmik, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Yue Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Zuofu Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Paper ID #33020Having it All: Infusing Parallel Computational Thinking in theLower-level Computer Engineering Curriculum Using Extended LearningModulesMr. Zeran Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignDr. Ujjal K. Bhowmik, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignMs. Yue Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Graduate research assistant, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UIUC Master student, School of Labor and Employment Relations, UIUCDr. Zuofu Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignProf. Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Dr. Yuting W. Chen received the B.S. degree from

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian K. Dean, Oakland University; Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Oakland University

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Paper ID #19413An Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Experience Program in Elec-trical and Computer Engineering - Lessons Learned through 6 Years of Pro-gram OperationsDr. Brian K. Dean, Oakland University Brian K. Dean is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oakland University. He received the B.S.E.E. for the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY, USA in 2006, the M.S.E.E. in 2008, and the Ph.D. in 2012. Dr. Dean’s research interests include biomimetics, sensors, bioinstrumentation, and signal processing. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, ASEE, SPIE, and IEEE.Dr. Osamah A

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New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Askia Hill, Purdue University; Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention: IV . Instructional Methods,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, no. 4, pp. 361–367, 1995.[5] L. Thomas, M. Ratcliffe, J. Woodbury, and E. Jarman, “Learning styles and performance in the introductory programming sequence,” in Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education - SIGCSE ’02, 2002, p. 33.[6] R. Culver, P. Cox, J. Sharp, and A. Fitzgibbon, “Student learning profiles in two innovative honours degree engineering programmes,” International Journal of Technology and Design Education, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 257–287, 1994.[7] R. M. Felder and J. Spurlin, “Applications, reliability and validity of the index

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rick Garlikov, Garlikov.Com

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-544: EMPLOYING SOCRATIC PEDAGOGY TO IMPROVEENGINEERING STUDENTS’ CRITICAL REASONING SKILLS: TEACHING BYASKING INSTEAD OF BY TELLINGMichael Golanbari, University of the Pacific Michael Golanbari received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis, in 1999. From 2000 to 2003 he was a communications systems engineer on the technical staff of Alantro Communications Corporation and Texas Instruments (TI) Corporation, Santa Rosa, California. At Alantro and TI, he worked on wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver design and development (IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi). Since 2003 he has been on the faculty of the Department of

Conference Session

Flipping ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University

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Paper ID #9083Introducing an Instructional Model for ”Flipped Engineering Classrooms”-Part (II): How Do Group Discussions Foster Meaningful Learning?Dr. Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dr. Jia-Ling Lin is a research scientist in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathemat- ics) Education Center at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her research is centered in areas of teaching and learning in engineering and physics. In particular, she focuses on establishing and examin- ing instructional models that facilitate problem solving and deep learning in physics and engineering for

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Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Adam M. Wilson, College of Saint Rose; Adrianna Anderson, College of Saint Rose; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Frederick C. Berry, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Dianna Newman, University at Albany, State University of New York; Judith E. O'Rourke, College of Saint Rose; Thomas D.C. Little, Boston University; Don Lewis Millard, National Science Foundation

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AC 2011-2039: MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILESTUDIO BASED EDUCATION AND OUTREACHKenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dr. Connor is a Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering where he teaches courses on plasma physics, electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, electric power, and general Engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. Since joining the Rensselaer faculty in 1974, he has been continuously involved in research programs at such places as Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Universities of Texas and

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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the recipient of sev- eral university teaching awards, outreach awards, and best paper awards. His passion is creating engaging learning environments by bringing useful research results and industry practices into the classroom as well as using design research results to inform engineering practice.Dr. Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Vuk Marojevic graduated from University of Hannover (MS), Germany, and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (PhD), Spain, both in electrical engineering. He joined Wireless@Virginia Tech in Summer 2013 as a Research Associate. His research interests are in software-defined radio technologies with ap- plication to 4G/5G cellular, UAV, and

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

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Design competitions into the undergraduate experience, studentsare better prepared to enter the field of engineering and make more meaningful contributions totheir firms at an earlier rate.According to a report published for The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2006)1, the pace ofchange in industry is expected to intensify in both the technological and non-technologicaldomains. Particular themes that have emerged include: (a) an increased need for firms to focuson solving customer problems; (b) a growing requirement to provide system solutions tothose problems; (c) and the increasing complexity of the management task. Anotherimportant factor is globalization which will continue to affect both the demand and the supplyside of industry.Certain

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Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Marnie Wong, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University

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level engineering courses and designing and enhancing curriculum to increase engagement and student motivation. Her interests within engineering education include inno- vative teaching pedagogies for improved retention, specifically focused on women and underrepresented minorities.Dr. Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University Lindy Hamilton Mayled is the Director of Instructional Effectiveness for the Fulton Schools of Engineer- ing at Arizona State University. She has a PhD in Psychology of Learning, Education, and Technology from Grand Canyon University. Her research and areas of interest are in improving educational outcomes for STEM students through the integration of active learning and technology-enabled

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

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Electrical and Computer

are not even accredited or are promoted despairingly.General Engineering Criteria degree programs, of which there are 19, are further identified bynames that signify their technological orientation, such as Renewable Energy Engineering,Textile Engineering, Plastics Engineering and Robotics Engineering. Here, though, the Collegeof Engineering has chosen the General Engineering Criteria and not named degree programs asan incipient manner to nurture the program. However, there remains the possibility of suchdesignated degree program names at some point. This distinction, although subtle, seems toresonate well with the concept of interdisciplinary study and engenders the necessarycooperation from the established and accredited Engineering

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New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University; Wei Hao, Northern Kentucky University

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University before joining NKU. At NKU, he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in the area of computer networks and network security. He has chosen academic career since he believes that by teaching he can contribute towards community development.Wei Hao, Northern Kentucky University Dr. Hao came to NKU in August 2008 from Cisco Systems in San Jose, California, where he worked as a software engineer. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2007. He brings both academic and industrial expertise, having also worked for Motorola and Alcatel. His research interests include Web Technologies (such as web caching, web services, and web-based

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ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Joi D. Aybar, Morgan State University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Shonda L. Bernadin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abdelnasser A Eldek, Jackson State University; Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Petronella A. James-Okeke, Morgan State University; John Carey Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Juan C. Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Ben O. Oni, Tuskegee University; Stella A. Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso; Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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Paper ID #26861Board 65: Work in Progress: Growing and Sustaining a Successful Collabo-ration of Programs Developing and Implementing Experimental Centric Ped-agogyDr. Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University Dr. Craig Scott received his Ph.D. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. His educational scholarly endeavors include conduct- ing pedagogical studies on learning technologies and remedial math preparation for engineering students. He instructs courses in computer vision, computer graphics, computational electrical engineering, elec

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip A. Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Niranjan Venkatraman, Northern Arizona University; Sheryl L. Howard, Northern Arizona University

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purpose ofthis course is to provide students with perspective and appreciation for the historical and culturalcontexts in which key technologies were developed. Emphasis will also be placed on societal andenvironmental impacts, both positive and negative. Students will be expected to be able to explainthese developments and their impacts from multiple viewpoints such as the nature of the technicalprogress, the changes in the society that produced it, the effect on the subsequent careers and for-tunes of its developers, and its importance and usefulness in today’s engineering practice.This new course is envisioned as based upon work done at Rutgers University and the Universityof California at Merced in cooperation with the IEEE Global History

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New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Dominic Dalbello, Allan Hancock College; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

optoelectronics center at Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems as a member of technical staff. He received a M.E degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a B.E. degree in Mechatronics from Xidian University, Xian, China. Dr. Pan's research interests include electronics packaging, optoelectronics packaging, surface mount assembly, hybrid microelectronics, design and analysis of experiment, and computer aided manufacturing. He has been a Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) advisor on Electronics Manufacturing, and served on the National Technical Committee for the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), and as Chair of SME

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingguo Xiong, University of Bridgeport; Linfeng Zhang, University of Bridgeport; Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

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, andnanotechnology deals with things in the scale of 1nm~1µm. Some interesting examplesabout the scale of both natural and manmade things are illustrated in Figure 1 [1]. Page 14.810.3 Figure 1. The scale of things – nanometers and more [1]MEMS are the acronym of “Microelectromechanical Systems”. The typical size ofMEMS components is in the range from 1µm to 1 mm. MEMS is actually a relatively"young" technology with history of only several decades. In 1959, R. Feynman predicteda future prosperity of science and technology about the "small" world [2]. Since then,scientists and engineers made tremendous effort to explore this amazing "small" world.In