Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

response statements and open responsequestions. This survey contained items about teams, various aspects of changing teammembers frequently, Super Tetris® team project, team projects, and the course format.Once the students completed the survey, they were invited to discuss the items with oneto two of their nearest peers. After a short peer discussion, most of the time was devotedto a facilitated discussion around items in the survey to help clarify responses to surveyitems and for students to elaborate on their responses. The facilitator of the discussionwas not the instructor of the course.Survey ResultsThere were 46 students enrolled in the course. Of the 46 students, 11 volunteered toparticipate in the small group analysis.Choice Response

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Design and Evaluation

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

document that describes the essential contentof the course (i.e. syllabus, learning objectives, outcomes, projects, sample exams, sample notes,etc.), assessment data and rubrics, and recommended changes. This EOCR package can then beused to (a) give the next instructor a suitable starting point for when they teach the course, (b)provide assessment information for program reviews and curriculum revisions, (c) provideassessment data to serve as a reference point for when the next time the outcomes are assessed,and (d) provide necessary and objective information to the person writing the accreditation self-study document. This latter point is especially important since in the case of ABET accreditedprograms, the EOCR contributes to a well-documented

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Problem-based and Active Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Mark Earl Randall, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

to one week. The typicaldivision of work for four students is: a) develop an algorithm and write the software; b) design Page 26.59.3and implement the circuit; c) design the power supply and the project packaging; and d) monitorprogress, write all reports, verify design, and provide a testing procedure. All team membersconsider safety and reliability.High Altitude Balloon Sensor Package: Students design and build a sensor package to go into ahigh altitude balloon that will soar to about 100,000 feet and parachute down to be recovered viaGPS signal. The sensor package monitors temperature which can be as low as -70o F. Thetypical division of

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

acceptance of the report, teams undertake construction ofthe project. In this phase, teams build the device they designed and test performance, comparingmeasurements to numerical modeling. Project construction is key to developing effectiveteamwork skills. A module ends with a written final report which is used for assessment; toensure consistency in project evaluation a rubric is given to students. Written, rather than oral,reports are used since research indicates group work by students is a more positive experiencewhen oral presentations are not required [17]. The final report includes peer evaluation, a vitalpart of team learning [14].In contrast to the first introductory course, the second course of VECTOR, ECEN3623, isdesigned for students who

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaydoun Rawashdeh, Wayne State University; Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. During the last 20 years, he has been working in the areas of hierarchical multiprocessors, hierarchical networks, performance analysis of computer systems, digital signal processing, embedded systems, in-vehicle networking, performance analysis of networking protocols, secure wireless communications, and privacy protected vehicle-to-vehicle communications and simulation techniques. He has supervised a number of projects from Ford Motor Company and other local industries. He also served as a Co-PI on two NSF funded projects. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceeding papers. He

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Athina Petropolu, Rutgers University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

professional development on negotiation skills,a glimpse of the life and career of ECE faculty members, information on different types ofschools, tips on how to prepare for a successful academic position interview, and opportunitiesfor networking with over 300 department heads and 40 peers. In response to a post-workshopsurvey, students reported that they particularly valued the networking opportunities withdepartment heads and peers provided by this unique opportunity to bring students and chairstogether at the ECEDHA conference. Participants’ interest in postdoc and faculty positionsincreased after the workshop with more of an increase in interest in faculty positions. Those whoresponded to a second survey six months later reported that they

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to utilize the tool. Therefore, the logistics ofclassroom integration are greatly reduced. Figure 3.1 depicts the interface with a whiteboard(left) and a chat window (right). In GLASS, the whiteboard is used by the team to collaborativelyconstruct the solution to a given Challenge Problem. The chat window is used by team membersto share resources, discuss their approach to the problem, and reach a consensus when ready tosubmit for grading. Although Google Docs has been adopted in teaching and learning in higher Figure 3.1: Etherpad text-based collaboration tool depicting integrated Whiteboard and Chat windows.education for group projects, collaborative writing, peer review, and others in various disciplines[26-28], Etherpad added increased

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

– frequent meetings provide all team members with a granular understanding of the project’s statusExisting literature on using Scrum in engineering education deals almost exclusively with upper-division or graduate engineering courses [4]. While this may be an obvious place to utilizeScrum, it should actually be taught across the engineering curriculum. For example, it has beenshown that technical writing is a skill that ought to be taught and reinforced across multipleengineering courses and years [11,12]. For any project management technique to be really useful,we should start teaching it early and reintroduce it often. For these reasons, we have beenimplementing Scrum methodology across several years of our ECE undergraduate program.2.1

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meeko Oishi, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Victor Law, University of New Mexico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students to weigh trade-offs betweenresponsiveness and excessive motion. In order to assess the value of collaboration in thesequizzes, we contrast student gains on one scenario-based quiz completed individually to thosecompleted collaboratively. We evaluated pre-test performance and conceptual growth using avalidated concept inventory [1]. Students also completed a pre/post measure of their abilities toco-regulate their work as members of a group. We found that students showed improved co-regulation abilities, performed lowest on the individually completed quiz, and that the studentswho began with the lowest scores on the concept inventory had comparable outcomes to theirhigher-scoring peers. Collaborative quizzes are well aligned to active

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dileepan Joseph P.Eng., University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

administrators, he succeeded via a transition fromprocedural C++, with a virtual robot called Karel, to MATLAB, with a video game calledGorillas. These two versions of the course are compared and contrasted, with a focus on theauthor’s own contributions. Furthermore, the pedagogical approach is compared and contrastedwith that of relevant literature. As with the state of the art, the work argues in favour of teachingintroductory programming using MATLAB. Unlike the state of the art, the proposed approachexploits video game design and iterative and incremental development. Effectiveness of thecontributions are demonstrated through student, peer, and self assessments.1. IntroductionAt the University of Alberta, all 1st year engineers take a 12-week course

Conference Session

New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine Andrawis, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. They must talkabout what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences and apply it to theirdaily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.” 1Active Learning (AL) is the process of engaging students in activities that require them to reflecton ideas and how they are using those ideas. Research in a variety of disciplines has identifiedthe effectiveness of active learning approaches in learner retention of content, improvedstudents’ attitudes and increased student achievement. Active Learning use in teaching and itsresearch-based outcomes are presented in this paper.The Electromagnetics course at South Dakota State University is a four-credit junior-level corecourse. It includes the toughest and most abstract

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Masud Mahmud, Wayne State University; Cheng-Zhong Xu, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

analysis of networking protocols, secure wireless communications, and privacy-protected vehicle-to-vehicle communications and simulation techniques. He has supervised a number of projects with Ford Motors and other local companies. He is currently the Editor of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Transactions on Passenger Cars: Electrical and Electronic Systems. He is the author of over 100 published peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings. He has supervised four Ph.D. dissertations and eight M.S. theses. Dr. Mahmud is a member of SAE, the American Society for Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. He received the President’s Teaching Excellence Award from

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Juhamatti Korhonen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Johanna Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Hanna Niemelä, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Heikki Järvisalo, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Pertti Silventoinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

University of Technology Hanna Niemel¨a received the M.A. and PhD degrees in translation studies from University of Helsinki in 1993 and 2003, respectively. She is currently working as an associate professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering at Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Lappeenranta, Finland. Her professional experience ranges from translating to teaching and language consulting. Her interests include electrical engineering, scientific writing, and special languages.Dr. Heikki J¨arvisalo, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Heikki J¨arvisalo received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the D.Sc. degree in electronics from the Lappeenranta University of Technology

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder; José Marcio Luna, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico

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Electrical and Computer

education courses, this project addresses the need for standardization of lower division courses in engineering. With this project, engineering students at different institutions receive the same lectures, lab experiences, and examinations thereby ensuring that student learning outcomes are the same at different institutions. Thus the project not only helps in the assessment of student learning outcomes but also facilitates the transfer of credits as students decide to enroll in other institutions. This fact is particularly useful in New Mexico where a great percentage of students take credits from peer institutions other than their home institutions. 3. Local students who currently have non-engineering

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

processing. He receives external support through grants from agen- cies such as the US Geological Survey. He has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications, often with DigiPen students.Mr. Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology Christopher Theriault earned his BS in Computer Engineering from DigigPen as the first graduate of the program in 2007. In addition to serving as a Lecturer for the program, he also serves as the Lab Manager for the ECE department, an opportunity which allows him to work with students to develop their projects. His own passions for engineering focus on the embedded system space, and his final student project consisting of a modular electronics platform was used by DigiPen to

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Seattle University; Jennifer M. Dorsey, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

together. You can see everyone working, and it's all there, all of the writing …, you have a lot more freeform than if you're typing on text on something like OneNote… you can see the different ways everyone works through the problem.” “… I felt like everyone kind of contributed in their own way. And anytime you kind of like make a small error it's really easy to see what other students are doing too, and it's easy to correct your errors being able to see what your peers are doing. So it makes sense.” “I'd also say [groupwork] was helpful. I guess, getting to know more students. Because otherwise you're just sitting in the lecture and not really talking to each other. So it was a good way for us to

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

graduated courses in their senior year.Novel Technical Elective – Cpr E 432 Cyber Security PracticumThis course focuses on the design and implementation of a secure networked environment that ispenetration tested by peers in the course. Evaluations are made of each environment andwhether it withstood testing, as well as what vulnerabilities were able to be exploited. After thisattack phase, students complete an evaluation of their security plans and take the necessaryremediation steps to further harden their networked environment. The lecture targets the tacticsneeded to be taken by the students in their weekly lab practicum. In addition to using technicalskills, students use their technical writing skills in their design documents

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students have more time with the faculty member, more time to interact withand learn from their peers, and more time to ask questions and clarify concepts in class [17].Advantages for the faculty member are that they can witness in real-time where studentsstruggle, identify learning bottlenecks and address them with the class, and incorporate just-in-time teaching strategies [18]. There are also disadvantages documented in the literature. Facultylose some control over the presentation of content as they focus on student needs and just-in-timeinstruction where helping students learn may become more important than the content covered[19]. There are also disadvantages for students, because they must become more self-directedlearners and take more

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joseph Callenes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

course I feel confident in my ability to write a lab/design report I pulled my fair share of work Comradery: *My groupmate(s) were a distraction or to completing the assignments I got to know other people in my class *I felt ostracized by my lab group I felt a kinship toward other students in my class I felt heard and respected by my peers *I would have preferred to work by myself If I did not understand why a solution worked, I asked my group member to explain it to me *Questions where a disagreeing response is considered positive Figure 1. Survey Questions for Group Assignment StudyThe survey also asked students whether they would have preferred a different

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Whipple, Bishop Fox; Keith B Smith, Brigham Young University; Dale C Rowe, Brigham Young University; Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

SetupAs briefly mentioned above, a major contribution to the success of the setup is a simple webserver whose IP address lies outside of the allowed IP scope for attacking. The web serverprovides a scoring engine to students and teachers. Students that are able to compromisevulnerable machines can submit flags obtained for points on this engine. This naturally creates aleaderboard where teachers can gauge the progress of students. Students are provided withfeedback on their progress and a means of comparison with peers. To facilitate this, the CSRLteam used a free scoreboard engine that was previously used as a hacking CTF (Capture TheFlag) scoreboard.This web server can also be used by students to submit write-ups of their solutions that

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ratchaneekorn Thamvichai, Saint Cloud State University; Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, Virginia Tech; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Tamal Bose, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

(SDR) and cognitive radio (CR),human factors in CR, prepare students with basic technical knowledge and skills to conductthe CR-related research project. The research project is carried out in small teams withmentoring and support of tenured faculty, research faculty, and/or research staff. After the intensive two-week technical tutorial, each student team chose a CR-relatedtopic of their interest, conducted a literature search and review, and wrote a prospectus fortheir proposed research project. Each team worked directly with their research mentor andpresented work in progress to their peers and faculty team each week. Mentors in theprogram provided a breadth of experiences and scaffolding both for development of subjectknowledge and

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jie Sheng, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Electrical and Computer

I2C question in TCES430 exam Fig. 2. A programming I2C question in exam checking Individual effortsOne feature of our teaching of µPs/µCs is that students are required to write to low level registers directlyinstead of calling existing library functions. Still using I2C lab as an example, students needed to generatethe right sequences of calling functions in transmitting/receiving data as shown below in Fig. 3, with allthe functions writing to low levels by referring to datasheets [12], as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 3. Implementing I2C communication by calling functions in main() Fig. 4. Example code segments of developing I2C functions by writing to registers directlyWe note here that when the microcontroller

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Electrical and Computer

homework purposes. Nearly half of thestudents (48%) indicated autonomous use of the board to support out of class learning, and 29%indicated that they used the board with one or more peers to support out of class work. Whenqueried, these students noted that even though the work was not required, they used it to helprehearse, review, and explore concepts. Those working with peers also reported sharing new usesand applications.The application of Mobile Studio at Rose-Hulman is similar to RPI except that the order of thecourses chosen is reversed, since the first courses addressed were electrical systems courses forother majors, not EE. Two different courses were offered in the first phase, one for civil and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victor E. Lugo Vélez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Jose Fernando Vega-Riveros, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus; Carmen M. Bellido, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

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Electrical and Computer

dividesthe project into three phases: design, development, and integration. Each phase has an oralexamination at the end. The course also requires the students to write a proposal, progress, andfinal report with their respective oral presentations. During the first two oral examinations, thecourse faculty question students about their project schedule and task progress before separatingand questioning them about their design choices and their module implementations. Student teamsmust then demonstrate their fully functional and tested prototype for the third oral examination. Capstone project teams and their projects demonstrate the principles of ComplexityTheory. Student teams have the autonomy to choose their team members, project, client

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Antonio Leija, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

design costs wereroutinely reaching the tens of millions of dollars 3. Given these constraints, how can we aseducators hope to provide a meaningful SoC design experience in a 10-week quarter?This paper attempts to answer that question by detailing a 1-quarter SoC design course I pilotedin Spring quarter 2015, CPE 439 Real Time Embedded Systems. As discussed in EnablingTechnology, I based the course around a new type of technology called a Programmable SoC(PSoC). PSoCs abstract away many of the low-level design decisions and development work thatgoes into a traditional SoC bring-up, allowing students to focus on developing custom IP,connecting it to the processor through an industry standard interconnect bus, and writing driversoftware to control

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

in Engineering Education (FREE, formerly RIFE, group), whose diverse projects and group members are described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Fritz, Stanford University; Mark Horowitz, Stanford University; Atindra Jha, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

at theirmeasurement data and noticed that all these students measured the feedback loop many timescompared to their peers. For example, student 11’s final six measurements were clicking back andforth between the two breadboard rows on either side of the loose feedback wire. This makes sense,since from the picture presented, the circuit is wired correctly, and the voltage difference betweenthese points is surprising. Many feedback measurements strongly indicate that the student noticedsomething was wrong in this region, but it is not sufficient to indicate that they understood the rootcause of the issue: 5 students measured the feedback loop at least 4 times without writing thecorrect cause in the follow-up questions. Since students are so

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Fong Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

presentation forpeople emphasis, to list a 90few. Peer-evaluation itself 1 Understand ethics 80was considered a good 2 Develop design-for-testing conceptstool to encourage students 70 3 Skills for mgmt. of engr. design projectfor a better presentation % Participants 60 4 Skills for effective tech. writing & oral pres.and class participation. 50 40Student EvaluationResults of Course 30Outcomes

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie A. Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

the course of the semester, the students were expected to submit a project proposal, meetwith the course instructor during office hours to discuss their progress, and bring in drafts oftheir two written deliverables for peer feedback. They received feedback on their design memosfrom other students in the semiconductors course. Their CSR summaries received feedback fromstudents taking the Corporate Social Responsibility course that same semester. The course is anelective that fulfills the humanities and social science graduation requirements forundergraduates. It primarily draws on social science research to develop students’ criticalthinking skills about CSR.   Appendix A contains the complete project assignment document. CSR was also

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jonathon Kenneth Schuh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

advantage of using clickers in the classroom over otherinstant feedback methods is the level of anonymity that it provides to the students in answering thequestions [1, 6, 7]. This anonymity can be very helpful in lecture/discussion type classes seen injunior level engineering courses that typically have smaller class sizes. Students in these smallerclasses are more likely to be influenced by their peers when answering questions through traditionalmethods, such as polling by hand raising [9,10], and may not answer truthfully. This can affect theinstructors perception on the class’s understanding of the material, and could lead to some studentsinternalizing misconceptions that would not be corrected. Here, iClickers (an instant feedback