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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines

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2006-489: AN UNDERGRADUATE POWER ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: AUNIQUE AND PRACTICAL APPROACH TO BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEENACADEMIA AND INDUSTRYRavel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines Ravel F. Ammerman (Member IEEE) received his BS in Engineering in 1981 at Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Golden, Colorado. He also received his MS in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems and Control) at the University of Colorado in 1987. He has over 24 years combined teaching and industrial experience. Mr. Ammerman has coauthored and published several technical articles on Engineering Education, Curriculum Development, and Computer Applications related to Power Systems Engineering. Mr. Ammerman is an accomplished teacher

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohum A. Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University

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Paper ID #25610Board 66: Work in Progress: Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Project-Based Learning to Teach Embedded SystemsDr. Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Sohoni is an Assistant Professor in Engineering at the Polytechnic School at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ASU, he was an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. His research inter- ests are broadly in the areas of computer architecture and performance analysis, and in engineering and computing education. He has published in ACM SIGMETRICS, IEEE Transactions on Computers, the International Journal of

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Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Hayne, The Citadel; Mark McKinney, The Citadel

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Electrical and Computer

outreach and education. Page 15.792.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Interdisciplinary Laboratory Projects Integrating LabVIEW with VHDL Models Implemented in FPGA HardwareAbstractSenior level electrical engineering elective courses often have a fairly narrow focus with littleview of how the material from one EE discipline may integrate with another. Projects and in-class demonstrations encompassing material from multiple classes give students the opportunityto see how different concepts from within the EE curriculum integrate and allow them to observethe interactions from a larger perspective. Projects

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Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J. Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

protected software system allowing students the ability to use softwareremotely. Once this is in place, the less expensive pen tablet technology will likely be utilizedby all SV students7. Our current office hour implementation combining Adobe Connect Pro andtwo-way written and audio communication has been viewed as positive by our students in recentsurveys and course evaluations.7On-site lab offeringsLaboratories play a major role in our electrical engineering curriculum. All but one of our EEcourses (Electric and Magnetic Fields) have an integrated laboratory component. Faculty teachboth the lecture and the laboratory portions of the class (no teaching assistants). Most of ourcourses have significant design projects. The laboratory aspect of our

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

2006-2119: INTEGRATION OF INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS AND VIRTUALEXPERIMENTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COURSES FOR ONSITE, ONLINEAND HYBRID DELIVERYYakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC Dr. Yakov E. Cherner, a Founder and President of ATEL, LLC, combines 20+ years of research and teaching practice with extensive experience in writing curricula and developing educational software. He is the author of an innovative concept of multi-layered simulation-based conceptual teaching of science and technology. This instructional approach uses real-world objects, processes and learning situations that are familiar to students as the context for virtual science and technology investigations. To facilitate this methodology for

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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

2006-2649: IMPROVE LEARNING EFFICIENCY WITH INTEGRATED MATHAND CIRCUIT SIMULATION TOOLS IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTERENGINEERING COURSESColin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp. Colin Campbell works with professors in Engineering at the University of Waterloo assisting them integrate mathematical software into their courses for the purpose of design and simulation. Colin graduated from Waterloo's "Co-op Applied Math with Engineering Electives" programme in 1982. Colin is the owner of TechnicalMastery.com Corporation which develops on-line video-based training courses, with an engineering leaning, for mathematical software such as MATLAB, Mathcad and Maple.Faycal Saffih, McMaster

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ECE-related Engineering Education

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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

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Diversity

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/layout designer, integrating sophisticated security/cryptographic capabilities into a single accelerated processing unit. In 2012, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department, Princeton University, New Jersey, as an NSERC post-doctoral research fellow, having the pleasure of working with Prof. Niraj K. Jha. Currently, he is with the Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. His current research interests include emerging security/privacy measures for deeply em- bedded systems, cryptographic hardware systems, fault diagnosis and tolerance in cryptographic hard- ware, VLSI reliability, and low-power secure and efficient FPGA and ASIC designs

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Garry Ingles; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Undergraduate Security Project Garry Ingles and Aaron Carpenter {inglesg, carpentera1}@wit.edu Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Wentworth Institute of TechnologyRecent studies have shown new opportunities for the integration of cybersecurity courses andprojects into Electrical and Computer Engineering (and related) departments. This is followingthe growth of the field in both industry and research. While past research discusses what does anddoesn’t work, from the perspective of faculty and the department, they leave out an importantviewpoint by not including the perspective of the student researcher.In this work, the authors fill that knowledge

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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ComputerEngineering in fall, 2003. This Computer Engineering program offers a balancedcurriculum in both software and hardware; there are seven quarter courses in digitalhardware, and seven courses in software. These courses are taught in a traditional way;the interaction and trade-off between hardware and software design is hardly covered inany computer engineering courses. The faculty members have been trying for severalyears to integrate hardware with software courses.The ECE faculty members have been working with the managers and engineers of theDepartment Industrial Advisory Council to update our curriculum. With theirencouragement, we started to teach hardware-design language and digital design based onField Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) in our

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

undergraduate engineering education, power electronics, plasma physics, and thin-films. He received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth College.Michael Gustafson, Duke University MICHAEL R. GUSTAFSON II, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. His research interests include linear and non-linear control systems as well as curriculum development. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.Jungsang Kim, Duke University JUNGSANG KIM, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. His research interests include

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

some support is given to students in theform of specifications, deadlines, and an overall block diagram of the larger system, but thedesign projects are performed independently by students. In the cognitive apprentice model, thesecond project represents independent work that is critiqued by the expert. In the third project,teams must integrate all the subsystems designed in the second project into a working system.Following the cognitive apprentice approach the faculty takes a “hands-off” attitude and studentteams are given a large amount of freedom in design decisions.The organization of projects and student teams is shown in Figure 1. Although it is wellestablished that team performance improves with time 2, the pre-capstone course

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

modeling of semiconductor devices and sensors, and electronic instrumentation and measurement. Page 14.410.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Design and Fabrication of Impact (Acceleration) Sensors as Class Projects in a MEMS CourseAbstractThe paper describes use of SOI-MEMS fabricated Impact Sensors (Acceleration) as a realworld design experience in an undergraduate senior level MEMS course. In addition to thestandard lectures/reading/homeworks/tests routine of a typical coursework students wereassigned to design, as individual class term projects, “Impact” or “Crash” Sensors

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati; Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

the University of Cincinnati. His research and teaching interests include application of microfluidics and nanotechnology to biology and medicine. Page 13.1042.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Research Training of Undergraduates through BioMEMS Senior Design ProjectsAbstractBio Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) is a multidisciplinary research field thatclosely integrates engineering with physics, chemistry, and biology. This emerging technologyhas an innovative effect on many areas of science and engineering. Research in BioMEMSgenerally occurs at the

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

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Electrical and Computer

steadily increasing, universities must updatetheir curricula to cope with the increased demands of research and development required inindustry. By integrating digital design competitions into the undergraduate experience, studentsare better prepared to enter the field of engineering and make more meaningful contributions totheir firms at an earlier rate.Trying to address the current and future needs of the industry in the context of a global economy,instructors at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Rose Hulman Institute ofTechnology, USA, have integrated an annual Digital Design Competition open to engineeringstudents from the above mentioned majors. Competitions at both schools have been sponsored byDigilent and Xilinx. These

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Patrick Gardner, Western Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

century ago. In addition,the fundamentals and basic skills that the engineering and technology education need to covercontinue to grow while the total credit hours that can be packed in a four-year curriculum arebeing limited. Furthermore, the biggest challenge for future U.S. engineers is the large shift inthe job market with the trend of continuous shifting of routine design and manufacturing jobs toIndia and China. It is clear that creativity, team working, leadership, problem solving, inter-disciplinary integration, and project management have become essential skills if theseengineering and technology students are to remain in high-demand and be globally competitive1

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Chirag Parikh, Grand Valley State University; Andrew Sterian, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

the IR range finder and rotating servo along with pre-defined mazeinformation to navigate the robot from the starting point to the finish line.In this paper, we discuss the features of our robot that allow us to introduce controlsystem theory. We then discuss how the material was integrated into a sophomore-leveldigital systems course. Next, we discuss the implementation of PID control for the robots.Finally, we conclude with lessons learned and ideas for an improved learning experience.ApproachIn our sophomore-level Introduction to Digital Systems course, topics progress frombasic digital logic design to introductory microcontroller architecture. In the last portionof the course (weeks 9-14), students learn about embedded programming in C

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

cutting-edgeNASA-related research into the undergraduate curriculum. Cal Poly Pomona chose toincorporate the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) robotic technology research into theundergraduate curricula of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, theEngineering Technology Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, and the ComputerScience Department. We proposed to conduct an interdisciplinary project, "Deep SpaceExploration using Smart Robotic Rovers", and develop an autonomous robotic rover.During the last three years, students and faculty participating in this program have developed arobotic rover that has successfully accomplished the initial goals of the project: (1) semi-autonomous navigation systems for remote robots, (2

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randal Abler, Georgia Tech; James Krogmeier, Purdue University; Aaron Ault, Purdue University; Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tamara Clegg, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

improve bothVIP and the collaborative system.1. IntroductionThe Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is an engineering education program thatoperates in a research and development context.1 Undergraduate students that join VIP teamsearn academic credit for their participation in design efforts that assist faculty and graduatestudents with research and development issues in their areas of technical expertise. The teamsare: multidisciplinary – drawing students from across engineering and around campus; vertically-integrated – maintaining a mix of sophomores through PhD students each semester; and long-term – each undergraduate student may participate in a project for up to three years and eachgraduate student may participate for the

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

the range and range accuracy with bothcommercial and self-designed components. The final design review occurred in a public forumas part of the Engineering College’s “Design Day”. Design Day is an open house in whichstudents from multiple engineering departments display their projects to visitors that include highschool students, parents, and industry representatives.One unique aspect of the SAR design is that the low pass filters (see Figure 2) that were used forthe SAR system had been previously designed by students in the introductory EM course. Theuse of devices designed by students in previous courses was thought to support integration ofconcepts.Course Outcomes and EvaluationIn the first iteration of the course reported here, six senior

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Friauf, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

demonstrated both the shortcomings ofgraduates in their ability to write and the demands of the workplace for improved performance.2However, what has been stated with insufficient clarity is what is the specific purpose of writing,and, therefore, how can one more effectively address this issue in a curriculum?We, like other programs, have both lofty and practical intents with our writing requirements.They are to enlarge and enrich the mind, to capture nuances as well as grand and complexconcepts and to convincingly demonstrate achievements. The challenge becomes one of havingstudents see writing as an integral part of their work as engineers, or their engineering practice

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

1.2A 10V ref ref (a) (b)Figure 13: Incorrect and Correct Approaches for Dealing with Current Sources in Nodal AnalysisProactive StrategyRemind students that nodal analysis is really an enhanced version of Kirchhoff's Current Law. Notethat since each equation represents the sum of the currents leaving its respective node, each of its termsmust either be a current or a "V over R" term. Distribute the flowchart in Figure 14 to integrate thethree sub-methods of nodal analysis into a coherent whole. Encourage students to develop a "sense"that writing a nodal equation through a voltage source is

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Shey, United States Naval Academy; Ryan Rakvic, United States Naval Academy; Thomas Salem, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Technology in 1997 and 2001, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy. She has conducted research in several areas of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) including microscale chemical reactor systems, integrated photoacoustic spectroscopy, microwave switches, variable thermal radiators and microscale robotics. Page 15.998.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Project-Based Thematic Learning though a Multicourse Multidisciplinary Robotics ProjectAbstractThe

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Walter Collett, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

projects in an undergraduate project-based curriculum will also be presented.Role of Design CoursesThe EE Program includes a five course design sequence. The first design course, EE 101,introduces students to the university and the EE program. Students are taught how to solder andto how to use the departmental prototyping facilities. Students are exposed to programming inBASIC, MATLAB and HTML. Student teams design and build a small robot.6The second design course, EE 200, further builds on the project-based mission. Students learn toconstruct circuits using the departmental print circuit board facilities. Students continue todevelop programming skill with PSPICE and MATLAB. Students design and build a clock.During the third design course, EE 300

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Butera, Georgia Institute of Technology; Selcuk Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology; Andy Deck, National Instruments; Michael Torba, National Instruments; Steven Trahan, National Instruments

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AC 2007-1791: COOPERATIVE UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT OF AFRESHMAN ‘INTRODUCTION TO ECE DESIGN’ COURSEDouglas Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology Douglas Williams is Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech.Robert Butera, Georgia Institute of Technology Robert Butera is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program at Georgia Tech.Selcuk Uluagac, Georgia Institute of Technology Selcuk Uluagac is a Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.Matthew Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

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Electrical and Computer

diodes, lasers, and display systems. Inaddition, it has been essential in the development of new imaging techniques for biomedicalresearch, as well as in the development of new fabrication methodologies for electronics. Todate, these remarkable contributions to engineering have largely been ignored in theundergraduate curriculum in electrical engineering.Here, we present our efforts to develop educational modules for nanophotonics with an emphasison how the resulting technologies apply to sustainability and quality of life via devices based onnanostructures: e.g., solar cells, high efficiency lighting, environmental sensing, and other lowerpower optoelectronic devices. Specifically, in this project, we are developing nanophotonicsKnowledge

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

differential equations of a system, to find the a system’sresponse to a particular input, to model sampled-data systems, to convert continuous-timesystems to discrete-time systems and vice versa, and to design proportional, integral, andderivative (PID) controller for a system and use it to obtain a desired response. Student also usebuilt-in functions, the response analysis GUI (the LTI viewer), and the interactive design tools ofthe Control System toolbox to analyze the response of a controlled system to pulse, step, andarbitrary inputs, and to view the root locus and the Bode plot of a system.In the introduction to computer-aided designs class and laboratory (ECE 480/483) students learna) the hardware description language (VHDL) and use it

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

computer information systems at UTB did notpreviously have hardware lab, CNL has had a great impact on our ability to provide opportunitiesfor our students to understand the contents of wide variety of computer courses. Furthermore,CNL has proved to be a powerful tool in terms of enrollment and retention.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge all the students that have made CNL a successful project.We specially thank Francisco Arteaga, Mario Guajardo, Ariel Martinez, Brian W. Matthews,David Ortiz, Julie Pedraza, and Jose D. Zamora.Bibliographic Information1. Khan, F. and Quweider, M., “Beowulf based Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Laboratory,” National Science Foundation ATE Grant 2001.2. Sterling, T. et. al., “How to Build

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seemein Shayesteh P.E., Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla P.E., Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

first module coversMEMS / NEMS devices / sensors with applications. Module I course outcomes, lecturetopics and sample course project titles are outlined in Tables 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Table 2: Module I Course Outcomes Module I - Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: 1. Learn the features of the smart materials from nanoscale microscales [a] 2. Apply both types of materials into MEMS/NEMS [c, e] 3. Design for integrated sensor systems [c] Table 3: Module I Lecture Topics Module I - Lecture Topics No. of Lectures 1. An overview on semiconductors and nanomaterials 1 lecture 2

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelvin T. Erickson, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Electrical and Computer

control has been undergoing a transformation over the past thirty years.The number of control engineering positions in manufacturing has been dramatically increasingto the point that the majority of new control engineering positions is now in manufacturing andinvolves programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The typical college or university has been slowto recognize this trend. This paper describes three courses that were developed to satisfy thisdemand. All three courses present the subject of programming PLCs with an emphasis on theengineering and the design of the programs. These courses contain an integral laboratorycomponent that solidifies the concepts presented in the lectures. Best practices for PLC designand the application of standards

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Capstone Design in ECE

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Scott McGuirk Ph.D., United States Air Force Academy; John G. Ciezki, United States Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

currently in system testing and system integration. Due to the unforeseen delay in a studentdropping the injector system and breaking a critical valve, system testing has been delayed. We fullyexpect the students to successfully testfire their system, as all subsystems are working correctly. Resultswill be presented at the conference in June.XII. Pedagogical Aspects of the Railgun Capstone ExperienceABET requires the inclusion of a capstone design experience in its engineering accredited programs.Therefore, our university has to include a capstone design project in its curriculum. Therefore, we are notdoing anything novel by having a capstone project. However, we have been able to compare theelectromagnetic railgun capstone project with the