Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Umit Ozgur, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

these and other 21st century skills in our students [8] [9] [10]. It is important to note that the other ECE teams did not employ a systematic advising approach. However, almost all ECE teams score high in all these ABET categories as all ECE faculty work hard to ensure the teams are successful and that we develop students’ soft skills as well as their technical skills. While it is not possible to isolate the effect of each individual rule of engagement employed, we believe that the overall systematic approach described here is responsible for improved success of the projects. Conclusion The methods proposed here require medium to high level of involvement on the part of the faculty mentor, primarily in the first semester of

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University; Robert Bass, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

March 2015, pp. 249–54. [10] Valentin, J. Carvalho, R. Barreto, “Rapid Improvement of Students’ Soft-skills Based on an Agile-process Approach,” in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015, DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344408. [11] R. de Souza, S. Zorzo, D. da Silva, “Evaluating capstone project through flexible and collaborative use of Scrum framework,” in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015, DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344249. [12] L. Collingbourne, W. Seah, “Teaching Project Management using a Real-World Group Project,” in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015, DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344301. [13] Rover, C. Ullerich, R. Scheel, J. Wegter, and C. Whipple

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Charles Duba, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Lukas P van Ginneken, Digipen Institute of Technology; Nicholas James Rivera; Brian Michael Tugade, DigiPen Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

radar system building on work done at MIT, a customprogramming language designed to be used with embedded systems, and an improved routingalgorithm for mesh networks.Lecture content continues to focus on project development. Additionally, “soft skill” topics arepresented, such as resume writing and interviewing, to prepare students for a transition into theworkforce (DigiPen Institute of Technology also offers an elective course, COL 499, which dealsexclusively with such topics). Some lectures may also be geared to topics of particular relevanceto the students’ projects. Due to the open-ended nature of the allowed project specifications, it isalmost inevitable that students will be working with components or techniques that were notcovered in

Conference Session

ECE-related Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Rochester Institute of Technology; Reza Azarderakhsh, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mehdi Mirakhorli, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Hierarchy of the first part of an S-box structure for the Pomaranch cipher.Educational Objectives: - Understanding the implementation platforms (hardware [ASIC/FPGA] or software [microcontrollers]) through which the overheads were derived, this objective is fulfilled by implementing the original and fault detection designs and deriving the metrics overheads. - Refining soft skills including presentation of the results of IWMDs security research (a) orally or (b) in writing, and decision-making. - Evaluating hard technical skills for simulations and implementations of the fault diagnosis schemes for crypto-systems.We already have a security

Conference Session

Assessment & Accreditation in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fong K. Mak, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the mastery level. However, what if the assessed results indicate there are concerned areas thatneed to be improved. From the independent raters’ perspectives, they can only suggest areas tobe looked at, but not precisely which course in the curriculum or rather which content in a courseneeds improvement in instructional delivery. In addition, the following are the challenges weface if the GR assessment model were to be implemented: • Owing to limited resources, multi-raters are not a practical approach for our program. It is difficult to form independent raters who have the necessary subject-matter expertise to evaluate students’ work in core engineering subjects. For general education subjects or soft skills assessment

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Lorena Villarreal, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christian Hassard, Digipen Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

competent.Students agree that this course helps them practice and improve the ABET Student outcomes.We assess their technical and soft skills using different rubrics and also compare the grades withresults from subsequent years. Even when the course has been recently developed, we find thatthere is a trend between the grades of different courses. The tendency shows that if students areproficient in this project course, they will do better in further theoretical courses.IntroductionA critical goal of an engineering program should be to expose students to state of the art andemerging technologies in order for them to achieve and develop all the skills and abilitiesrequired in industry. Today, easy access of information and knowledge through the internet

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Clearly define the parameters of resubmission and any expectations. • Ask the students to submit resubmission reports. This requirement helped the instructor to quickly note if the student has made the necessary changes and understands why they were necessary. It could be as simple as a few short descriptive sentences. • Give clear feedback, but not answers. Facilitative feedback can lead students to fixing their mistakes, but if the instructor gives the correction directly, students will grow from the resubmission [32]. • Create “student success” and soft skills rubrics. In subsequent versions of these courses, the instructors added (but have not fully assessed) rubrics regarding a student’s effort and

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

discipline may be required to meet. In this paper, we will focus attention on thecommon (3.a) through (3.k) outcomes since these apply to all engineering programs. These elevenoutcomes may be classified into two groups. The first group, consisting of (3.a), (3.b), (3.c), (3.e),and (3.k) are technical outcomes; for example, outcome (3.a) is an ability to apply knowledgeof mathematics, science, and engineering. The second group consists of the remaining outcomes,(3.d), (3.f), (3.g), (3.h), (3.i), and (3.j), are related to what might be called professional skills 20 (alsooccasionally referred to as soft skills), as well as those related to societal issues. Thus outcome(3.d), related to a professional skill, is an ability to function on multi

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida; Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida; Edwin Nassiff, University of Central Florida; Salih Safa Bacanli, University of Central Florida; Neda Hajiakhoond Bidoki, University of Central Florida; Jun Xu, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

credit and not graded as a quiz led to anenvironment of low or, no risk, and probably lowered the barriers of reluctance. Students whoscored better gained leadership skills, reinforced their own mastery, and felt some sense ofaccomplishment via contributing to the success of a fellow student. In addition, the higherscoring students were probably motivated by the fact that since their extra credit score wascoupled with a lower scoring one, a positive remediation extra credit score could make adifference between a plus or minus on their overall semester grade. In absolute terms, it alsoelevated their soft-skills for job interviews, presentations, etc. as survey results indicate inSection 5. For the PBA, the quizzes included various questions for

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

history of electrical and computer engineering, the electronicsdevelopment cycle, professional ethics, multidisciplinary team environments, and commondevelopment tools used in industry. Students are expected to apply this and knowledge fromprerequisite and concurrent courses to completing their project.In our paper, we describe the course in detail, including examples of student projects. Studentoutcomes related to both technical and soft skills are assessed using student surveys and projectevaluation rubrics. We discuss these assessment results and highlight some successes andlimitations of the experiential 1st-year course.IntroductionThe traditional model for engineering undergraduate programs in the US is to have mostlyfoundational courses in

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ahmed Abul Hussain, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Nizar Tayem, Texas A&M University; Chedly B. Yahya, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Sadiq A. Alhuwaidi, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Jamal Nayfeh, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

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Electrical and Computer

changes would be effected to improve the quality of projects done, enhance studentlearning, impart valuable technical and soft skills, and meet learning outcomes. Table 5: Triggers in the evolution of the Quality Assurance Process # Trigger/Issue Solution Prior to the year 2014/15, EEEN 4311 and linked the two courses to improve the quality 1 ASSE 4311 used to be offered as two and scope of the project and administer it over independent courses without any linkage; two consecutive semesters students would carry out one project for each course; projects were very simple due to short time Decided no more IP