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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

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Electrical and Computer

foundations of signalsand systems in future core courses.Instructional objectives for the first part of the course are: 1. Explain the concepts of electric charge, current, voltage, resistance, and capacitance. 2. Identify resistors, diodes and capacitors in circuit diagrams. 3. Interpret the basic current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of key circuit elements, including resistors, photocells, diodes, and capacitors. 4. Calculate the equivalent resistance of resistor circuits (i.e. series and parallel), and the equivalent capacitance of capacitive circuits (i.e. series and parallel). 5. Apply Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Laws to simple circuits consisting of DC voltage sources, linear and non-linear resistive elements

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New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

made the class more interesting and allowed studentsto practice the material learned in the lecture. Such in-class exercises give an immediatefeedback to the students on how well they understood the concepts presented in class.The material is still fresh in their mind. Using it immediately in a practical settingimproves its assimilation and retention. The instructor was available during the time thestudents worked on the exercises to give feedback, address important issues, and correctany misunderstandings.There were twenty in-class computer exercises (at least one for each module). The topicsof the exercises are listed below: 1. Introduction to MATLAB (five exercises): • Setting up the MATLAB environment. Using the diary command

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janos Grantner, Western Michigan University; Ramakrishna Gottipati, Western Michigan University

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Electrical and Computer

University, in Computer Engineering. Page 11.860.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Laboratory for Digital ElectronicsAbstractThe Digital Electronics course (ECE 3500)1 was created in the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering of Western Michigan University to develop the skills students need todesign, and simulate digital integrated circuits down to the transistor layout level using MentorGraphics Category II tools2. Digital Electronics is a required course for students majoring incomputer engineering. The class has an embedded lab which makes use of the 0.25 microntechnology for IC

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Allebach, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

the completion of projects of significant benefit tofaculty members’ research programs.1. IntroductionSustaining and accelerating the rapid pace of innovation in electrical and computer engineeringwill require a continuous stream of new graduates that have been educated and trained tounderstand how the processes of research, technology advancement, and applicationsdevelopment should be integrated to enable innovations. Current approaches to the education ofundergraduates and graduate students are not up to this challenge: undergraduates are generallynot provided with a deep exposure to any technology area; Master’s students are often notinvolved in research or the development of new technology; and PhD students rarely see theirbreakthroughs

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Colin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp.; Faycal Saffih, UAE University; Khaled Nigim, University of Waterloo

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Electrical and Computer

Waterloo, E&CE department. Page 11.730.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Improve Learning Efficiency with Integrated Math and Circuit Simulation Tools in Electrical and Computer Engineering Courses1. AbstractThis paper presents coupling the use of the TINA circuit simulation software with theMathcad mathematical software. This coupling permits students to simply (1) enter a circuit inTINA diagramatically, (2) export its symbolic solution y(t), or its transfer function, Y(s), to aMathcad file, and (3) plot these solutions for multiple values of a parameter (e.g. R) on a 2-Dor 3-D graph. The symbolic

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah; Stephanie Richardson, University of Utah; Rohit Verma, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

• Enhance the junior-level design experience with formal training in project management, entrepreneurialism, and system integration. (This is an interdisciplinary initiative between the Colleges of Business and Engineering.) • Utilizing an enhanced “Write/Speak to Learn” program to help the students better understand the systems they design.MethodsThe ECE curriculum is relatively traditional and is shown in Table 1. All of the required ECEcourses already include a laboratory component, and it is these laboratories that are beingadapted to include project-based system designs. Typically, the basic concepts being taught inthe labs remain very similar to what they were without the system level design, however thesebasic concepts

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Hayes, Dublin Institute of Technology; Robert Herrick, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

, calendar mapping and itsimpact on travelling students, identification of undergraduate projects, short visit structures,comparison of terminology, and a glossary.Outline of Issues for CollaborationThis section proposes an outline plan or roadmap which will help to establish a structure withinwhich the development of the collaboration can be managed (see Figure 1). Here we can listproblems and challenges we experience (for each of the following points) when pursuingcollaboration and expand upon the main areas for collaboration, i.e. ‚ Faculty exchange ‚ Undergraduate exchange ‚ Postgraduate exchange ‚ Industrial internships ‚ Research and development projects ‚ Scholarly work ‚ Professional society work, e.g., SEFI, ASEE, etc

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

laboratory facilities.HardwareThe Mobile Laboratory hardware is based upon a small (11.3 in2) proprietary printedcircuit board (shown below in Figure 1). This board contains all the components requiredto implement the system, as well as limited processing power to take some of the load offthe user’s PC. A majority of the devices on the board can be attributed to one of severalmain functionalities: power, digital input/output, analog input, analog output, waveformoutput, and daughterboard connectivity. Page 11.1062.3 Figure 1. Mobile Laboratory Hardware BoardPowerOne of the advantages of using USB for communications between the hardware

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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K Krishnamurthy, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG); Keith Stanek, University of Missouri-Rolla; Vittal Rao, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Electrical and Computer

presentation of their work, and demonstrate the prototypethey designed and built.Student ProjectsThe following is a brief description of three representative projects.1. Micro-Testing Machine for Testing Specimens in Tension and Fatigue Figure 1. Micro-testing experimental setup.The objective of this project was to design, manufacture and assemble a micro-testing machinecapable of testing small specimens, in the 1 mm range, in tension and fatigue. The testingmachine was designed in modular form over two summers. Figure 1 shows a picture of theexperimental setup.The tensile testing module was built around a Thomson MicroStage. Specimens were pulled

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New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 11.757.42005 Workshop scheduleDate/Time ActivitySunday, July 10 6:00 PM Welcome ReceptionMonday, July 11 7:30 AM Breakfast/sign in 8:15 AM Opening remarks 8:30 AM Participants Program Survey 8:45 AM Participants Introduction 9:00 AM Courses 431 & 531 (Introduction to security) 10:30 AM Break 10:45 AM Courses 530 & 532 (Network security & Information warfare) 12:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Computer Security Camp 1:30 PM Course 535 (Steganography) 2:00 PM Course 534 (Ethics) 2:30 PM Course 537 (Wireless Security

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New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Nate Evans, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

by the board, however it is expected that whatever software is used does not add to the cost of the program or violate any copyright laws. This said the board will be happy with any implementation as long as it meets the following requirements: 1 A Web Server for www.cdcu.edu The board has hired an outside web development team create the site, and will provide the network administration team with the content once the server is operational. The only requirements for this are that the web server be PHP compatible, as dynamic content on the pages will be developed in PHP. Resolution of www.cdcu.edu will need to handled by the network administration team. This means you will need to set up

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Neetika Kohli, Purdue University; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; David Meyer, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Figure 1. Graphical Representation of Bloom’s Taxonomy81.0 Knowledge involves the recall of specifics and universals, the recall of methods andprocesses, or the recall of a pattern, structure, or setting.2.0 Comprehension involves translation of information from one level of abstraction toanother, interpretation as a configuration of ideas, and extrapolation based on understanding.3.0 Application involves correctly demonstrating the appropriate abstraction and there exists aprocess for solving the problem.4.0 Analysis

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Victor Rubanchik, Don State Technical University (DSTU), Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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Electrical and Computer

, scientific literacy, economic literacy,technological literacy, visual literacy, information literacy, multicultural literacy, and globalawareness. Moreover, a student has to become proficient in “ Deep Learning” in contrast to:Surface Learning” (See Table 1).1In the book In The New Division of Labor: How Computers are Creating the Next Job Market,Harvard Professor Richard Murnane and MIT economist Frank Levy have examined the role ofcomputers in reshaping the job market and types of human skills required in today’smarketplace. Professors Levy and Murnane contend that the jobs growing in numbers share twogeneral skills that the computer cannot replicate: expert thinking and complex communication.The first skill, expert thinking, addresses the ability

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Electrical and Computer

to increased teacher-student andstudent-student interactions in the classroom and better learning outcomes. The outcomes of thisproject will be assessed by means of surveys/questionnaires and students’ achievementcomparisons. If successfully implemented, JiTT will benefit both the traditional and non-traditional student groups in engineering. This project will not only introduce JiTT into a veryimportant engineering program, but also serve as an example of using technology and innovativeteaching strategies to promote active learning in undergraduate engineering education.Introduction of JiTT Just-in-Time Teaching is a feedback-intensive teaching and learning strategy [1]-[7]. In atypical implementation, students respond electronically

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College

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Electrical and Computer

outsourcing of ECE expertise. The intent is to offer suggestions on howto revise the ECE curriculum to; 1) help future graduating ECE engineers work in aglobal environment, and 2) strengthen areas of ECE that are not likely to be outsourced,and to minimize focus of areas of the ECE discipline that are most likely to beoutsourced. These recommendations will in no way weaken the fundamental requirementfor understanding basic ECE principles, but are merely an attempt to structure the ECEcurriculum to be more resilient to outsourcing, so that ECE graduates in the United Stateshave expertise that are not easily outsourced and can compete in a global environment.Research of what’s being currently outsourced clearly identifies the need for USengineering

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Western Michigan University; Liang Dong, Western Michigan University

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Electrical and Computer

term projects as part of the course requirements.TheorySignal processing is an important subject area in engineering. A signal can be defined asa function of one or several variables. For example, f(t) is a one-dimensional signal of thevariable “t” which can represent time. f(x,y) is a two-dimensional signal (e.g., image) ofvariables x and y. In digital signal processing we study discrete-time or digital signalswhich can be obtained by sampling a continuous-time signal. For the purpose ofdiscussion in this paper we will follow the notation in reference 1 and use x[n] torepresent a digital signal x(nT) where T = 1/Fs is the sampling period (interval) and Fs isthe sampling frequency. It is important to distinguish the difference between a

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Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

Electronicslaboratory can be adapted to establish a laboratory resource to do optoelectronic device and optical fiber linkcharacterization measurements and SPICE modeling work to augment Optoelectronics courses. It is shownthat with minimal additional investment in an Optical Spectrum Analyzer and a ThermoStream temperaturecontroller, light sources, such as LASER diodes, LEDs, Incandescent and Discharge Lamps, and detectorssuch as Photodiodes and Solar Cells, and optoelectronic combinations of them like Optical Isolators andOptical Fiber Links can be characterized for their electrical, opto-electrical and spectral characteristics.Examples of experimental results are given with descriptions of circuits, experimental setups andmeasurement methodology.1

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College; Ronald DeMara, University of Central Florida; Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, University of Central Florida; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Ingrid Russell; Jimmy Secretan, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

ofacademicians, and government/industry professionals, with expertise in Machine Learning, to a1-day CRCD Symposium at the University of Central Florida to assess and evaluate the CRCDexperience. This paper reports the results of the CRCD Assessment and Evaluation conducted bythe CRCD Board.1. IntroductionIn the last decade there has been an explosion of research in machine learning. A contributingfactor is that traditionally independent research communities in symbolic machine learning,computational learning theory, neural networks, genetic algorithms, statistics, and patternrecognition have achieved new levels of collaboration. The outcome has been a plethora ofresults in machine learning emerging from all of these research communities

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

moved intothe undergraduate curriculum.Typical labs feature experiments carried out on one of the many DSP development boardsproduced for this purpose, such as those from Analog Devices, Motorola, Texas Instruments andothers. Matlab, or one of its clones,1, 2 is used for almost all DSP systems as the vehicle todesign algorithms, which are then implemented in either assembly language or in a compiledlanguage which is almost always C.For students, learning a new assembly language is sometimes difficult. Even for algorithmsimplemented in C, the low level interfacing software is often provided without much in the wayof explanation.This paper examines an alternative strategy of using a generic processor to implement DSPalgorithms with the inherent

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Gordon Brinton, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Harley Hartman, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Scott Neuhard, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Resmy Abraham, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

series of student-createdapplications of visualization concepts in teaching a number of power system topics. Thesimple visualization schemes emanating from students’ perspectives serve to both aidunderstanding of concepts as well as enable the instructor to systematically integrate thevaluable inputs into instruction delivery.1. Introduction The methods and patterns of presentation of traditional topics and concepts in powerengineering have stabilized and remained largely intact, and until recently have survived thedeluge of changes brought about by the digital revolution. This may be attributed to a varietyof factors -- refining pedagogy to better adapt undergraduate power engineering classes to theneeds of the times presents much demand

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Daniel, Ohio State University; Ronald Reano, Ohio State University

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Electrical and Computer

areas. The ultimate goal of the project was to block electromagneticsignals in the cell phone frequency range using this FSS. The project not only trained theundergraduate how to build and test a prototype FSS, but taught the undergraduate how toconduct research that involves four major steps: (1) concept/design, (2) simulation, (3)fabrication, (4) test. Technical writing and reporting is covered through the development of theePortfolio. The overall concept of the Research on Research program is shown in Figure 1.This paper will describe just how the ePortfolio was used to organize the participants’ researchand how it addressed common barriers to undergraduate research. The paper will then explain indetail the miniature electrical engineering

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Huettel, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; Michael Gustafson, Duke University; Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 11.90.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Novel Introductory Course for Teaching the Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering AbstractThe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at Duke University is undergoingextensive curriculum revisions incorporating both new content and organization and innovativeteaching methods. The cornerstone of the new curriculum is a theme-based introductory courseentitled Fundamentals of ECE. To introduce students to the major areas of ECE in their first yearof study, this course has been organized around three concepts: 1) how to interface with thephysical world, 2) how to transfer/transmit energy

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc.; Hisham Massoud, Duke University; Steven Cummer, Duke University; John Board, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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Electrical and Computer

four core courses. In order to achieveour goals, and to carefully ensure consideration of tradeoffs associated with the redesign, wedeveloped a series of roles to effect the organization necessary for the reform process. The keyroles that have been developed and assigned are (1) course leader, (2) theme team, (3) approvalteam, (4) advisory team, and (5) project manager. In the paper, the roles and responsibilities ofeach of these groups in the process is also described.To proceed with the redesign of the core, the course leaders were responsible for developing thecourse content, syllabus, homeworks, tests, and lab manuals in concert with their course team.Course leaders met separately with their course teams, and then periodically the course

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

further detail below, address problems at both a local and national levelthat are being addressed jointly by experts in engineering education, assessment, and EM.There is a national need for reform of undergraduate engineering education; from a peak in 1987,B.S. degrees in electrical engineering dropped nearly 40% by 1998 [1] with larger declines forunderrepresented minorities and women. This decline is, to a large, part due to students’experiences with poor teaching- dry lecture and a lack of connection between laboratory andclass work [2]. Since engineering students often employ active [3] and sensory [4] learningstyles, a lecture-based curriculum focusing on legacy materials is not an effective method oflearning. By teaching electromagnetics

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Ravi Chilumula, Arizona State University; CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Mike Stiber, University of Washington-Bothell; Philip Loizou, University of Texas-Dallas; Takis Kasparis, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

-linesimulations and web-based computer laboratories. J-DSP is based on an object-orientedprogramming environment that enables students to establish and run DSP simulations onthe internet. The initial version of J-DSP has been developed in the ASU MIDL lab andtested in a senior-level Electrical Engineering Digital Signal Processing (DSP) course(EEE 407). The J-DSP Version 1 (CD-ROM ISBN 0-9724984-0-0) is approximately42,000 lines of Java code. Papers on J-DSP addressing several DSP related areas havebeen published previously in archival conference proceedings and journals [1-15].This paper presents sponsored work aimed at developing, disseminating, and assessingseveral new J-DSP capabilities. The project involves five universities and includessignificant

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

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Electrical and Computer

networking laboratory (CNL)1. Built around a 24-nodedistributed Beowulf2,3 supercomputer, the main goal of CNL is to enhance the understanding ofparallel computing principles in key courses of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science(BS-CS) degree, the two-year Associate in Applied Science in Computer Information Systems(AAS-CIS), and the four-year Bachelor of Applied Technology in Computer InformationSystems Technology (BAT-CIST).The strategy has been to use this supercomputer as the main instrument to infuse concepts andprinciples into targeted courses by creating a set of laboratory modules and capstone projects.Such project framework in CS education is strongly emphasized in the ACM/IEEE-CS curriculamodel4. CNL has aided in motivating the

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

access instructions, andexception-generating instructions8. The proposed IP methodology allows the software and hardware paths to be developedconcurrently as shown in Figure 1. This approach introduces the students to current SoC designissues, such as bridging the design gap between the software and hardware engineer9. Thisdesign flow may be partitioned within a project group. Thus, allowing the software andhardware paths to be developed simultaneously. During the time the hardware components ofthe CPU are being designed, test vectors are created using the FlexARM1 instruction set with theuVison3 ARM assembler developed by Keil10. The assembler translates the test instructions intomachine code as an output file (.hex) in Intel Hex Format

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University; Matthew Sadiku, Prairie View A&M University; Alam Shumon, Prairie View A&M University; Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University

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Electrical and Computer

design, a special data select code is written withMatlab/Simulink platform to recover the transmitted data. The data from the transmitter isrecovered by error correction technique using the Matlab code.As part of our goal in the Electrical Engineering and Engineering Technology Departments toexpose our students to hands-on training, the students are given the opportunity to model,simulate and implement the software system design in the broadband (high-speed)communication and mixed signal systems laboratories. The results of these implementationshave been encouraging. The lessons learned, future work and recommendations are discussed inthis paper.1. Introduction

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Black, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

of concept inventory data have been collected on the MATLAB version of theclass. The same inventory was used with the LabVIEW version of the class and the resultscompared. The authors do not expect this study to answer the “which is better?” question.Rather it will give experience in assessing what the tradeoffs are in choosing between two verydifferent types of programming languages to teach DSP.IntroductionWhen DSP First [1] was published in 1998, it introduced several new approaches to teachingdiscrete-time signal processing. One new approach was teaching DSP early in the curriculum.DSP has traditionally been taught after signals and systems, which is taught after circuits. DSPFirst showed that DSP could be taught first, even before

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

USB host. Thus, the interface to the host machine is via a USB connection. ‚" Standard expansion connectors for daughter card use. Typical applications include higher performance codecs or other types of interfaces. Figure 1. Texas Instruments/Spectrum Digital 6713 DSK ArchitectureThe 6713 DSK comes bundled with the Code Composer Studio (CCS) C/C++ IDE. The compileris designed to be highly optimized such that the performance penalty for high-level programmingis minimal. For the DSK, CCS supports all of the standard features but is only operational inemulation mode (i.e., with the hardware connected). The major features of CCS include: ‚" Extensive documentation, training and community support. Despite the support