degree in Computer Engineering at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obipso in 2005, a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara in 2007 and a PhD degree in the Computer Science and Engi- neering at the University of California San Diego in 2010. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obipso. Her research interests span engineering education, embedded systems, and ecological monitoring. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 CATE: A Circuit Analysis Tool for EducationThis paper describes a new teaching and
AC 2011-1962: CONCEPT INVENTORY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTSFOR CIRCUITS COURSESTokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University TOKUNBO OGUNFUNMI, Ph.D., P.E. is the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development in the School of Engineering at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. He is also an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Signal Processing Research Lab. (SPRL). He earned his BSEE (First Class Honors) from Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife), Nigeria, his MSEE and PhDEE from Stanford University, Stanford, California. His teaching and research interests span the areas of Circuits and Systems, Digital Signal Processing (theory, applications and
AC 2010-2266: INTRODUCING HYBRID DESIGN APPROACH AT THEUNDERGRADUATE LEVELFiras Hassan, Ohio Northern University Dr. Firas Hassan is an assistant professor at Ohio Northern University. He finished his PhD studies at The University of Akron and worked for one year as a visiting professor. His area of research is hardware implementation of real-time embedded image processing algorithmsSrinivasa Vemuru, Ohio Northern University Srinivasa Vemuru obtained his bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1984 and 1986, respectively. He received his PhD from the University of Toledo in 1991. From 1991-2001 he served as faculty member in
AC 2012-3561: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIYEAR MULTIDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTDr. James L. Ellingson, University of Saint Thomas James Ellingson received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota. Honors include a full-year Fulbright Grant for work at the Technical University of Denmark and an NSF-JISTEC grant for summer research in Japan. He worked for more than 10 years in industrial automation, instru- mentation, and process development at 3M, Boston Scientific, and PPSI. In 2009, he returned to academia, joining the engineering faculty at the University of Saint Thomas, where he teaches courses in embedded systems, digital electronics, micro controllers, and machine design.Dr
AC 2010-1866: A WEB SERVICE AND INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICECHARACTERIZATIONSumit Dutta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sumit Dutta is currently pursuing a B.S. in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois, expecting to graduate in 2011. His research interests lie broadly in physical electronics. He is a recipient of the NASA Aeronautics Scholarship and Raytheon US FIRST Robotics Scholarship, and is an Edmund J. James Scholar. Sumit is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Engineers without Borders, and Eta Kappa Nu.Shreya Prakash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Shreya Prakash is currently pursuing a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of
AC 2010-2138: NANOPHOTONICS MODULES FOR DIVERSE CURRICULARINCORPORATIONNatalia Litchinitser, SUNY at BuffaloAlbert H. Titus, SUNY at BuffaloAlexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at BuffaloVladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo Page 15.901.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Nanophotonics Modules for Diverse Curricular IncorporationAbstractNanophotonics is a field within science and engineering that includes research to createnanoscale structures with desired optical properties as well as using photons to fabricate andcharacterize systems at the nanoscale. The field of nanophotonics has resulted in a plethora ofnew devices including highly efficient light emitting
in this course may not be as effective as possible.We are beginning a longitudinal study using historical performance data from courses across thecurriculum in order to generate a more definitive description of the situation faced by students ina CTSS course. This data was collected at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology forapproximately 800 ECE students in multiple required ECE courses over a period of 10 yearsfrom the 2000–2001 to the 2009–2010 academic year. This data is analyzed by looking at theperformance of students in the CTSS course relative to other required courses and relative to itspre-requisite courses. The results are presented with respect to multiple variables in order tobetter understand the influence of different factors
AC 2011-1013: HEV GREEN MOBILITY LABORATORYMark G. Thompson, Kettering University Dr. Mark G. Thompson is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kettering University. He teaches in the areas of electronic design and automotive electronic control. He has been involved in many alternative energy and alternative fueled vehicle research projects including development of power electronic and control interfaces for photovoltaic arrays, hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University Dr. Craig J. Hoff is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He teaches in the areas of thermal design, mechanical design, and automotive engineering. His research focuses on
AC 2012-4057: TEACHING CIRCUIT THEORY COURSES USING TEAM-BASED LEARNINGDr. Robert O’Connell, University of Missouri, Columbia Robert O’Connell received a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College, N.Y., and a M.S. and Ph.D degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He is currently professor and Associate Department Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship, which he used to study modern teaching and learning methods in higher education. He won the College of Engineering Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2006 and 2010. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Professional Member of
3. Electric Vehicle Integration into the Smart Grid 4. Microgrid Technologies including DC and AC Microgrids 5. Home Area Networks for Smart Grid 6. Interoperability of Various Communication Protocols 7. Integration of Renewable Energy in Smart Grid 8. Internet of Things for Smart Grid and Internet of Energy 9. Security and Privacy issues in Smart Grid 10. Phasor Measurement Units and their Role in Smart Grid A list of sample projects that students have attempted in the past is provided in the next Section. Course Evaluation Course evaluation was based on assignment, student presentations in class and a final project. Each student was asked to make a presentation on at least one IEEE research paper. Papers were selected by the
AC 2012-3585: IMPROVING ENGINEERING RECRUITMENTProf. Dale Anthony Carnegie, Victoria University, Wellington Dale Carnegie is the Head of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He founded and directs the Mechatronics Research Group. He has degrees in applied mathematics, theoretical physics, electronics, and computer ecience. His current areas of expertise include mechatronics, sensors, embedded control systems, and engineering education.Mr. Craig A. Watterson, Victoria University, Wellington School of Engineering and Computer Science Page 25.745.1
the Jean Peper- straete award for the Best Paper in the 18th Annual Conference on Innovation in Education for Electrical and Information Engineering. He is IEEE and ACM member. He joined in 2010 the Advisory Commit- tee of the IEEE Spanish Chapter of the Education Society, and in 2009 the Advisory Committee of the IEEE Technology Management Council of Spain. He also participates as technical reviewer for several international journals and conferences.Miss Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) Rosario Gil has a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) and a Master and Bachelor in Telecommunication Engineering from The Alcal´a de Henares University
AC 2011-1251: THE ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION OF ELECTRI-CAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS WITH A FIRST SEMESTER FRESH-MAN EXPERIENCE COURSEHector A. Ochoa, University of Texas, Tyler Hector A. Ochoa received hi Ph.D. in computer engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2007. He received his M.S. in Physical Sciences from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2004. Hi joined The University of Texas at Tyler as a visiting professor at the departement of electrical engineering on Fall of 2007. In fall of 2008 he started working as an assitant professor at the same university. His research interests include: Radar Systems, Wireless Communications and Antennas.Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler Dr. Mukul
AC 2011-1007: ELECTRIC CIRCUITS ONLINE: TOWARDS A COMPLETELYONLINE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMYacob Astatke, Morgan State University Dr. Yacob Astatke completed both his Doctor of Engineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at MSU since August 1994 and currently serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. He teaches courses in both analog and digital electronic circuit and communication systems design and instrumentation. Dr. Astatke has more than 15 years experience in the development and delivery of synchronous and asynchronous
AC 2010-758: TEACHING NON-ENGINEERS TO ENGINEERJeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force AcademyDarren Wilson, U.S. Air Force Academy Page 15.1181.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Non-Engineers to EngineerAbstractThere are challenges inherent in any program that strives to introduce engineering principles tonon-engineering majors. These challenges are greatly exacerbated, however, when the goal isnot merely to introduce, but to get the non-engineers to actively apply engineering principles toachieve specific design goals and to make solid, informed decisions based on their designs. Atthe United States Air Force Academy, every cadet is required to
monitoring of aircraft engines. He has over 170 refereed journal and conference publications in the areas of microwave integrated circuits, sensors and antennas. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2008. His stu- dents have received numerous student paper awards and other student research-based scholarships. He is a Purdue University Faculty Scholar and has also received ten teaching awards including the 2010 HKN C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2010 Charles B. Murphy award, which is Purdue University’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.Greg Lammers, Purdue University, West Lafayette
AC 2011-1539: BEST PRACTICES OF A TWO YEAR STUDY ON A RE-CRUITING PROGRAM TO BOOST ECE UNDERGRADUATE ENROLL-MENTJames J. Sluss, Jr., University of Oklahoma James J. Sluss, Jr., is the Morris R. Pitman Professor and Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. He received the B.S. in Physics in 1984 from Marshall Uni- versity, and the M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from the Univer- sity of Virginia. His current research interests are in the areas of three-dimensional displays, optical com- munications, photonics, and intelligent transportation systems. He has been awarded 11 U.S. patents, has authored/co-authored over 100
AC 2011-1846: A PROJECT-BASED INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRON-ICSJames W Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. James W. Bales is the Assistant Director of the MIT Edgerton Center, a center dedicated to hands- on, project-based learning. Before joining the Edgerton Center in 1998, he spent seven years designing, building, and testing small robot submarines to explore the deep ocean as part of the MIT Sea Grant AUV Lab. Page 22.90.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Project-Based Introduction to ElectronicsAbstractWe have created a laboratory
Op Amps, and Op Amp Implementations Lab 22 AC Power Lab 23 AC/DC Conversion Lab 24 Power Distribution Lab 25 Power Transmission Lecture 26 Solar Energy Project Project 27 Solar Energy Project Project 28 Exam #3 Exam 29 Analog-to-Digital Conversion
courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014, and received a Presidential Early
AC 2012-3836: ENHANCE YOUR DSP COURSE WITH THESE INTER-ESTING PROJECTSDr. Joseph P. Hoffbeck, University of Portland Joseph P. Hoffbeck is an Associate Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Portland in Portland, Ore. He has a Ph.D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. He previously worked with digital cell phone systems at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T Bell Labs) in Whippany, N.J. His technical interests include communication systems, digital signal processing, and remote sensing. Page 25.566.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2011-1143: TEACHING DIGITAL LOGIC DESIGN USING THE GOAL(GUIDED ON-DEMAND ADAPTIVE LEARNING) SYSTEMProf. Ronald D. Williams, University of VirginiaJoanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia Joanne Bechta Dugan is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Com- puter Engineering Program at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on probabilistic assess- ment of the dependability of computer-based systems. She has developed the Dynamic Fault Tree model, which extends the applicability of fault tree analysis to computer systems. Her research interests include hardware and software reliability engineering, dependable computing, system health management and mathematical modeling
AC 2011-1758: FRONTIERS OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGI-NEERING: AN INTRODUCTORY FIRST YEAR COURSEJohn A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute John A. Orr is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and served as Provost of WPI from 2007 through June, 2010. Prior to this he held the position of Dean of Undergraduate Studies. He served as head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department from 1988 to 2003. Dr. Orr received the BS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He began his professional career at Bell Laboratories and joined the faculty
AC 2010-695: CHANGING THE MINDSET: THE LECTURER’S RESPONSIBILITYWHEN PRESENTING A FIRST YEAR COURSE.George Gibbon, University of The Witwatersrand George Gibbon obtained a National Diploma in 1973 and was awarded an MSc(Eng) in 1990 and a PhD in 1995 by the University of the Witwatersrand. Before joining Wits in 1986 he worked at S A Philips (now Philips South Africa) from 1971 to 1974, and the Chamber of Mines Research Laboratories (1974-1986) where he was responsible for the design and development of instrumentation for seismic, rock mechanic and sequential blasting research. His research interests include measurement systems, marine electromagnetic radiation and its influence on sharks
utilizing feedback control. Dr. Davis holds a dual discipline (electrical and mechanical) professional engineering license in the state of Oklahoma. He currently serves as the faculty advisor for Robotics Club, the Loyal Knights of Old Trusty, and Sooner Competitive Robotics at OU and he serves as the recruitment and outreach coordinator for OU-ECE. He received the Provost’s Outstanding Academic Advising Award in 2010 and the Brandon H. Griffin Teaching Award in 2012.Prof. Jessica E Ruyle, University of Oklahoma An Oklahoma native, Dr. Jessica Ruyle graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Electrical Engi- neering from Texas A&M University in 2006. While at Texas A&M University she completed three internships
AC 2011-1540: INTEGRATING A NONTRADITIONAL HANDS-ON LEARN-ING COMPONENT INTO ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS COURSESFOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTSKathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer En- gineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, she worked at the University of Denver and West Virginia University as well as having worked 12 years in industry. Her research interests include optoelectronic materials and devices and high heat load packaging in addition to Electrical Engineering pedagogy.David Fritz, VA Tech
the department.In the Fall Semester of 2010, a laboratory component was added to a senior-level course entitled“Applications of Linear IC’s”. This course is an analog electronics course that teachesoperational amplifiers, comparators, voltage regulators and references, and applications that usethese components. A laboratory dimension was added to the course using an “ElectronicsExplorer Board” manufactured by Digilent. Additional equipment included a very inexpensivedigital multimeter (DMM) that measured resistance, capacitance, and AC voltages. Along with apersonal computer, this provided students with their own “circuits and electronics” laboratory.The classroom lectures explain the concepts included in the experiments was well as an
Conference. Paper ID# 8653[7] Constans, E., H. Zhang, and B. Angelone, 2012. “Integrating the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum using a Long-Term Green Design Project.” The 2012 ASEE Annual Conference. Paper No: AC 2012-3681.[8] Tang, Y., L.M. Head, R.P. Ramachandran, and L.M. Chatman, 2011. “Vertical Integration of System-on-Chip Concepts in the Digital Design Curriculum.” IEEE Transitions on Education 54(2): 188-196.[9] Smith, S.C., W.K. Al-Assadi, and D. Jia, 2010. “Integrating Asynchronous Digital Design into the Computer Engineering Curriculum.” IEEE Transactions on Education 53(3): 349-357.[10] May-Newman, K., P. Newman, C. Sax, and U. Miyares, 2006. “A Partnership for Senior Design Projects in Biomedical and Mechanical
AC 2011-76: WEB-BASED MAGNETIC DESIGNTaufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Taufik received his BS in Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science from Northern Arizona Univ. in 1993, MS in Electrical Engineering from Univ. of Illinois Chicago in 1995, and Doctor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Cleveland State University in 1999. He then joined the Electrical Engineering department at Cal Poly State University in 1999 where he is currently a tenured Professor. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has done consulting work and has been employed by sev- eral companies including Capstone Microturbine, Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley), Picker Interna- tional, Rantec, San
AC 2012-3257: CRITICAL THINKING IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTERENGINEERINGDr. James Graham, University of Louisville James Graham is the Henry Vogt Professor of computer science and engineering, and serves as the Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville.Dr. Karla Conn Welch, University of LouisvilleDr. Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey Hieb is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. His research interests include the use of technology in engineering education, secure operating systems, and cyber-security for industrial control systems.Dr. Shamus McNamara, University of Louisville