2004 through August 2006, Brandon performed four work rotations with ANSYS. From April 2008 to April 2009, Mr. Grainger interned for Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc, during the summer of 2010 and 2011, with ABB Corporate Research Center in Raleigh, NC, and during the summer of 2012 with Siemens-Robicon in New Kensington, PA. Bran- don’s research interests are in power electronic technologies and electric machines, specifically, power electronic converter design, power electronic applications suitable for renewable integration, and FACTS devices. He is also one of the first endowed R.K. Mellon graduate student fellows at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a student member of the IEEE Power & Energy
AC 2010-2256: A CIRCUITS COURSE FOR MECHATRONICS ENGINEERINGL. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University Page 15.14.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Circuits Course for Mechatronics EngineeringAbstractA new course has been developed to serve as the sole circuit analysis course in a mechatronicsengineering curriculum. Provision of adequate support for subsequent courses in the programrequired the omission of content traditionally found in Circuits I, the inclusion of content normallyfound in Circuits II, and the insertion of introductory material for some Circuits II content notcovered in depth. Despite its unusual allocation of
for solar energy applications and optoelectronic device development for non-destructive testing and evaluation. Page 26.68.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A mixed instructional methods approach to teaching a Circuits and Instrumentation courseAbstractThe circuits and instrumentation course at James Madison University provides students withfoundational knowledge in DC, transient, and AC circuit design and analysis. The 4-credit courseis comprised of three weekly lectures and one weekly laboratory session. Given the breadth ofcontent and
AC 2011-471: GETTING TO CARNEGIE HALL: NOVEL TIMED HOME-WORK PRACTICE TO DEVELOP BASIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS SKILLSMichelle Denise Miller, Northern Arizona University MICHELLE MILLER is an associate professor of psychology at Northern Arizona University and the Director of the NAU Course Redesign Team, having earned a BA in psychology from Pomona College and a PhD in cognitive psychology from UCLA. Her specialty is cognition and instructional technology.Elizabeth J. Brauer, Northern Arizona University ELIZABETH BRAUER is a professor of electrical engineering at Northern Arizona University with BSEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her area of exper- tise is microelectronics.John
AC 2011-2343: NEW LAB PROJECT FOR NON-EE MAJORS PROVIDESHANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH ANALOG/DIGITAL, AND PROGRAMMABLETEMPERATURE CONTROLLERSPatrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Patrick Kane Bio Patrick Kane is the director of the Cypress University Alliance Program. The Cypress University Alliance Program is dedicated to partnering with academia and universities to ensure that professors and students have access to the latest Cypress PSoC technology for use in education and research. Patrick joined the Cypress team in July 2006. Prior to joining Cypress Patrick spent 13 years at Xilinx in a variety of roles including Applications Engineer, Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Technical Training and managing the
AC 2011-2702: PLANTING THE SEEDS OF COMPUTATIONAL THINK-ING: AN INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING SUITABLE FOR IN-CLUSION IN STEM CURRICULAEric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso Dr. Freudenthal is an Associate Professor of computer science at the University of Texas at El PasoDr. Art Duval, University of Texas at El Paso Art Duval is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso.Dr. Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Sarah Hug is Research Associate at the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Hug earned her PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research
AC 2011-457: A COMPARISON OF HANDS-ON VERSUS REMOTE LAB-ORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR INTRODUCTORY MICROPROCESSORSCOURSESBrock J. LaMeres, Montana State University Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Mon- tana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engineer- ing education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware/software partitioning using reprogrammable fabrics. This work involves exploiting the flexibility of modern FPGAs to optimize
course instructor with live demonstrations. In the second laboratory course on a.c. circuits,ECE 3074, the lectures are online Adobe Flash presentation composed of powerpoint slides andaudio recorded with Adobe Presenter.AssessmentAll students enrolled in ECE 2074, Electric Circuit Analysis Lab, and ECE 3074, AC CircuitAnalysis Lab were invited to participate in two online assessment surveys in the Fall 2010 courseofferings. The goal of the assessment was to determine if the hands-on exercises were motivatingthe students‟ interest in the field, supporting their learning of the concepts presented in thecompanion lecture courses, and increasing the students‟ self-confidence to design, simulate,construct, and characterize circuits. An initial pre
AC 2010-362: REVITALIZING A CAPSTONE DESIGN SEQUENCE WITHINDUSTRIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUESStacy Wilson, Western Kentucky UniversityMichael McIntyre, Western Kentucky University Page 15.1042.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Revitalizing a Capstone Design Sequence with Industrial Project Management TechniquesAbstractThe capstone design experience is a staple in many engineering programs throughout the nation.The purpose of these courses or sequences often includes the execution of an applied researchproject where students have a culminating design experience, and an opportunity to completeengineering design tasks. At
AC 2010-366: WEB-BASED AUTOMATED STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENTTOOL FOR INTRODUCTORY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COURSESTiffany Phagan, ERAUThomas Yang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityJianhua Liu, ERAUIlteris Demikiran, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Page 15.1357.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010117th Annual Conference on American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)Web-based Automated Student Learning Assessment Tool for IntroductoryElectrical Engineering Courses AbstractEstablishing cost-effective procedures to obtain assessment data without excessive academicstaff efforts is an important issue for most academic institutions. Assessment becomes
AC 2011-1282: REDESIGN OF FRESHMAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER-ING COURSES FOR IMPROVED MOTIVATION AND EARLY INTRO-DUCTION OF DESIGNPhillip Wong, Portland State University, ECE Department Phillip Wong received his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is an adjunct instructor and Lab Coordinator for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Portland State University.Melinda Holtzman, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Portland State University Melinda Holtzman received her PhD from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is a Senior Instructor in the ECE department at PSU.Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University, ECE department Branimir Pejcinovic received his
AC 2010-2417: WORK IN PROGRESS: TEACHING WIRELESS SENSORNETWORKS THROUGH LABORATORY EXPERIMENTSPaul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Paul Cotae, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering has more than 25 years of experience in the communication field (research and education). He received a Dipl. Ing. and a M.S. degrees in communication and electronic engineering in 1980 from the Technical University of Iassy and a Ph.D. degree in telecommunications from “Politechnica” University of Bucharest, Romania in 1991, and a Master in Applied Mathematics in 1998 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. From 1994 to 1998 he spent four years at the University of
B.S in EE and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S. in EE from the Uni- versity of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW, 1997). He served as a graduate assistant and faculty at UW, and South Dakota State University. He served on UNI Energy and Environment Council, College Diversity Committee, University Diversity Ad- visory Board, and Graduate College Diversity Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and more than 50 publications are in the areas of AC/DC Power System Interactions, distributed energy sys- tems, power quality, and grid-connected renewable energy applications including solar
only under DCconditions. It was only after the seventh week, that small signal AC analysis of transistorconfigurations and its applications were studied. These delayed the PBL design process, andshifted much of the design work to the end of the semester, overwhelming and frustrating thestudents.To overcome these difficulties, a PBL project with a guided design method was introduced in thefall semesters of 2009 and 2010. The guided design component permitted us to introduce threefundamental parts of an FM or an AM transmitter/receiver circuit to guide the students in thedesign of their circuits.The PBL project with the guided design component “PBGD” added a fifth objective:e) To guide the students’ learning with experiences that build on
AC 2011-2342: CREATING A GLOBAL COMPUTER ENGINEERING CUR-RICULUM BASED ON VITAL ELECTRONICSPatrick Kane, University of New Hampshire and Cypress Semiconductor Patrick Kane Bio Patrick Kane is the director of the Cypress University Alliance Program and has recently applied for the PhD program in Systems Engineering at the University of New Hampshire . The Cypress University Alliance Program is dedicated to partnering with academia and universities to ensure that professors and students have access to the latest Cypress PSoC technology for use in education and research. Patrick joined the Cypress team in July 2006. Prior to joining Cypress Patrick spent 13 years at Xilinx in a variety of roles including
AC 2011-458: DESIGNING ONLINE LABORATORIES FOR POWER ELEC-TRONICS COURSES USING J-DSP SOFTWAREJayaraman J Thiagarajan, School of ECEE, SenSIP Center, Arizona State UniversityProf. Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University Raja Ayyanar received the M.S. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He is presently an Associate Professor at the Arizona State University, Tempe. His current research activities are in the area of power electronics for renewable energy integration, dc-dc converters, power management, fully modular power system archi- tecture and new control and pulsewidth modulation techniques. He received an ONR Young
AC 2011-2748: A MODERN EDUCATION POWER ELECTRONICS LAB-ORATORY TO ENHANCE HANDS-ON ACTIVE LEARNINGSanghun Choi, Purdue University Sanghun Choi received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaing (UIUC), in 2009. He is currently working towards his M.Sc. degree in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University Maryam Saeedifard received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2008. From 2007 to 2008, she was a Visiting Research Associate with the Power Electronic Systems Group, ABB Corporate Research Center, Dttwil-Baden, Switzerland. Subsequent to
AC 2011-556: INTEGRATED STEM-BASED PROJECTS TO INSPIRE K-12 STUDENTS TO PURSUE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMSIN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGQING ZHENG, Gannon University Qing Zheng received the M.Eng. degree from the National University of Singapore in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree from the Cleveland State University in 2009, both in electrical engineering. She is currently an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon University. Her research interests include modeling, estimation, control and optimization for complex systems, such as chemical processes, MEMS, hysteretic systems, biological systems, power systems, etc. Dr. Zheng is an IEEE senior member and an Associate
AC 2011-1184: BASIC CLASS MATERIALS AND LABORATORY PROJECTSWITH DC MOTORS IN AN INTRODUCTORY UNDERGRADUATE ECECLASS FOR NON-MAJORSSergey N. Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Submitting author: Sergey N. Makarov earned his B.S./M.S./Ph.D./Dr. Sci. degrees at the State Uni- versity St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russian Federation Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics. Dr. Makarov joined Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics at State St. Petersburg University in 1986 as a researcher and then joined the Faculty of State St. Petersburg University where he became a full pro- fessor in 1996. In 2000 he joined the Faculty of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA. His
AC 2011-342: DEVELOPING A COURSE AND LABORATORY FOR EM-BEDDED CONTROL OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMSM. Moallem, Simon Fraser University Prof. M. Moallem is with the School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University and a Research Fellow at Duke University, Durham, NC. He was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. His research interests include control applications including embedded systems, mechatronics, and renewable energy systems.Yaser M. Roshan
AC 2012-5156: CREATING A CULTURE OF STUDENT-DRIVEN ECE RE-CRUITING AND RETENTIONDr. Chad Eric Davis, University of Oklahoma Chad E. Davis received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, M.S. degree in electrical engineering, and Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Oklahoma (OU), Norman, in 1994, 2000, and 2007, respectively. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty, University of Oklahoma. Prior to joining the OU-ECE faculty, he worked in industry at Up- onor (Tulsa, Okla.), McElroy Manufacturing (Tulsa, Okla.), Lucent (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Celestica (Oklahoma City, Okla.), and Boeing (Midwest City, Okla.). His work experience ranges from electrome
AC 2011-2291: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PRO-GRAMS IN TWO COUNTRIES: A NEW PARADIGM FOR COOPERA-TIONOrlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, TacomaDavid A. Rogers, North Dakota State University David A. Rogers is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo. His engineering technical interests are applied electromagnetics and fiber optics. He received the B.S.E.E. cum Laude from the University of Washington in 1961, the M.S.E.E. from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1964, and the Ph.D. (E.E.) from Washington in 1971. He earned registration as a Professional Engineer (Electrical Engineering) in the State of Washington in 1972. In
AC 2010-263: ENHANCING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OFINFORMATION LITERACY AND ETHICS THROUGH AN INTERACTIVEONLINE LEARNING MODULEYuejin Xu, Murray State University Yuejin Xu is an assistant professor of psychology, Murray State University, Murray, KY. His research interests include 1) Learning, teaching, and teacher education, 2) Motivation, critical thinking and decision making processes, and 3) Effect and implementation of technology in the classroom.Lili Dong, Cleveland State University Lili Dong received the M.S.E.E. from Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China and the Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering
AC 2010-406: EXPERIMENTS WITH A SIXTEEN-DIGIT SEVEN-SEGMENTOSCILLOSCOPE DISPLAYChristopher Carroll, University of Minnesota, Duluth Page 15.560.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experiments with a Sixteen-Digit Seven-Segment Oscilloscope Display Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Minnesota DuluthAbstractThis paper describes experiments performed by students in a second-semester digital designlaboratory using an output display device that shows up to sixteen hexadecimal digits in seven-segment format on a standard analog oscilloscope. The
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Paper ID #31380An Integrated Mixed-signal Circuit Design Course ProjectDr. Ying Lin, Western Washington University Ying Lin has been with the faculty of Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington Uni- versity since September 2010 after she taught for two years at SUNY, New Platz. She received her MS in Applied Statistics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, NY, respectively. Her teaching interests include first-year Intro to Electrical Engineering, circuit analysis, signas and systems, and upper-division digital Signal Processing courses. Her research areas focus on statistical
AC 2012-5411: COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY INTO FOUNDATION KNOWL-EDGE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING: A CASE STUDY IN HONG KONGDr. Yuen-Yan Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong Yuen-Yan Chan is with the Department of Information Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. She possesses a dual background in educational psychology and engineering. She is responsible for teaching a first-year refreshment course and is keen at implementing and evaluating novel pedagogies in her teaching. Chan is the principle investigator and key member of several inter-regional student learning projects. She founded the IEEE Education Society Hong Kong Chapter and is the current Chair. She is also the first NAE CASEE New Faculty
AC 2011-366: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW LECTURE/LAB COURSE ONQUANTUM MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSVladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY Vladimir Mitin, SUNY Distinguished Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Uni- versity at Buffalo, The State University of New York. He was the Chair of that Department for two terms: 2003-2006 and 2006-2009. During 1993-2003 he was a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. His fields of specialization are nanoelectronic, microelectronic and optoelectronic devices and materials. Currently he is working in the following areas: design and simulation of devices; heat dissipation in
AC 2010-618: HANDS-ON DISTANCE-LEARNING LABORATORY COURSEUSING INTERNET VIDEO TOOLSKathleen Meehan, Virginia TechJoshua Quesenberry, Virginia Tech Mr. Quesenberry graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering in May 2009. He is currently working on his Masters degree in computer engineering at Virginia Tech.Justeen Olinger, Virginia Western Community College Ms. Olinger is a sophomore in the Associates of Science in Engineering degree program at Virginia Western Community College.Kevin Diomedi II, Virginia Western Community College Mr. Diomedi II is a sophomore in the Associates of Science in Engineering at Virginia Western Community College.Richard Clark