Paper ID #33162Measuring Changes in Professional Skills in a Systems Exploration,Engineering, and Design Laboratory (SEED Lab)Dr. Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Vibhuti Dave has been teaching for 10+ years. She joined Colorado School of Mines in 2011 and is currently serving as Dean of Undergraduate Studies. She is also a teaching professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. She served as Assistant Department Head for Electrical Engineering from 2013 to 2018. She has experience leading assessment efforts for degree programs and is currently co-directing CS and industry
AC 2009-1464: AN ANALOG POWER SYSTEM EMULATOR AS A LABORATORYTOOL FOR TEACHING ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMSAaron St. Leger, United States Military AcademyAnthony Deese, Drexel UniversityChikaodinaka Nwankpa, Drexel University Page 14.175.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 An Analog Power System Emulator as a Laboratory Tool for Teaching Electric Power SystemsAbstractMost power systems courses incorporate both software and hardware components intolaboratories. Each of these technologies has strengths and weaknesses. In this paper, a novelanalog power system emulator is presented as a unique laboratory tool for teaching powersystems
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Does Performance-Based Assessment in an Introductory Circuits Laboratory Improve Student Learning?AbstractUndergraduate engineering students regularly participate in laboratory experiences inintroductory circuit theory courses. Based on instructor experience, it can be observed thatstudents often struggle to remember how to use test and measurement equipment or importantsoftware from week to week, making long term retention of necessary skills inadequate. Thefacilitators of this study searched for strategies to improve student retention of important skills,and drew inspiration from performance-based assessment strategies used in the healthcareprofession. In
Paper ID #24034Design and Implementation of Electric Drives Laboratory using CommercialMicrocontroller Development KitsMr. Bhanu Babaiahgari, University of Colorado, Denver Mr. Bhanu Babaiahgari received his M.S degree from University of Colorado Denver, Denver, in 2015. He is currently pursuing PhD at University of Colorado Denver supervised by Dr. Jae-Do Park. Since 2016, he has been teaching Electric drives and Energy conversion laboratory and Energy conversion lab- oratory as part-time graduate instructor. He is a research assistant at Dr. Park’s Energy and Power lab under Energy Conversion Research Force (ECRF). His
Paper ID #18168Demonstration and Simulation of Dispersion in Coaxial Cables with Low PassFilters - A Teaching Laboratory ExperimentMajor Alex Francis Katauskas, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Major Alex F. Katauskas graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2002 with a B.S in Economics, and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2013 with a M.S. in Physics. He served as an instructor in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY for two and a half years. He is a member of the Sigma Pi Sigma honor society. He is currently serving at the Defense Threat Reduction
Paper ID #22479Student Engagement and Industry Readiness in a Systems Exploration, En-gineering, and Design Laboratory (SEED Lab)Dr. Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Vibhuti Dave is a Teaching Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines since 2011. She also serves as the assistant department head. She is heavily involved with un- dergraduate curriculum updates, assessment of learning outcomes and teaching core EE classes. Prior to Mines, she was at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical, Com- puter, and Software Engineering program
Paper ID #15663Project-Based Approach in an Electrical Circuits Theory Course - Bringingthe Laboratory to a Large ClassroomDr. Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma Chad E. Davis received the 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 Uponor (Tulsa, OK), McElroy Manufacturing (Tulsa, OK
. The manual also includesexperiments on closed-loop control of the buck converter; closed loop control allows the outputvoltage of the converter to be regulated and remain immune to variations in the input voltage orconverter load. Design of the controller in the UMN lab manual is based on the the K-factorapproach (a frequency domain technique that involves a number of derivations and calculationspertaining to achievement of a desired phase margin).University of the Pacific was a member of an 82 university consortium (led by the University ofMinnesota) that was supported by a Department of Energy grant to “revitalize electric powerengineering education by state-of-the-art laboratories”. This paper describes how the grantenabled University of
Paper ID #6398Hardware Implementation of Hybrid AC-DC Power System Laboratory In-volving Renewable Energy SourcesMr. Ali Mazloomzadeh, Florida International University Ali was born in Tehran, Iran in 1983 and received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering From Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran in 2005 and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Amirkabir Uni- versity of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran in 2009. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Florida International University.Mr. Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University Mustafa Farhadi PhD student at Energy Systems Research Laboratory
AC 2012-3980: INCREASING HANDS-ON LABORATORY EQUIPMENTEXPERIENCE VIA ROTATION OF NOTEBOOK RECORDING DUTIESDr. Peter Mark Jansson P.E., Bucknell University Peter Mark Jansson is currently an Associate Professor of electrical engineering at Bucknell University. Prior to joining Bucknell, he was with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rowan University and spent nearly 20 years in professional engineering in large and small firms and as a consul- tant. He received his B.S. degree from MIT, an M.S.E. from Rowan University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and has more than 33 years of professional and academic experience in renewable energy and power systems
AC 2012-4159: INTRODUCING LABORATORIES WITH SOFT PROCES-SOR CORES USING FPGAS INTO THE COMPUTER ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMProf. David Henry Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler David Hoe received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. He held a position as a Staff Engineer at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center for five years prior to assuming his current position as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Tyler, in 2008. Page 25.844.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012
AC 2010-1115: SOFTWARE RADIO BASED WIRELESS LABORATORY DESIGNAND IMPLEMENTATION FOR ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE WIRELESSENGINEERING EDUCATIONBin Wang, Wright State University Dr. Bin Wang is an associate professor of computer science and engineering at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University Dr. Zhiqiang Wu is an associate professor of electrical engineering at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.Yong Pei, Wright State University Dr. Yong Pei is an associate professor of computer science and engineering at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Page
University, Erie, PA, where he currently works as a graduate research assistant. His research interests include wireless communications, signal processing, embedded systems, and digital Electronics. Page 15.868.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Mesh-Networked Mobile Robots: A Framework of Laboratory Experiments for Courses in Wireless CommunicationsAbstractIn this paper, we present an exemplary framework suitable for laboratory experiments forundergraduate courses in communications. Initially designed to be a test-bed for a small wirelessmesh-networked system, the framework consists of a
Paper ID #8664Development of On-Line Lecture and Preparation Resources for ElectricalEngineering Laboratory CoursesDr. Susan C. Schneider, Marquette University Susan Schneider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. She is also the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories for the Electrical Engineering program. Dr. Schneider is a member of ASEE, the IEEE, Sigma Xi and Eta Kappa Nu.Dr. James E. Richie, Marquette University James Richie received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. He is presently associate professor
AC 2011-1506: INTEGRATING LECTURE AND LABORATORY IN ANANALOG ELECTRONICS COURSE USING AN ELECTRONICS EXPLORERBOARDKenneth V Noren, University of Idaho, Moscow Kenneth V. Noren recieved the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, in 1987, 1989, and 1992, respectively. He is a Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho located in Moscow, Idaho. His research interests are in the area of design and modeling of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and in methods for engineering education
AC 2012-5331: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE FUNCTIONALITY ANDCOST EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRONIC LABORATORY VIRTUALINSTRUMENTATIONSDr. Lars K. Hansen, University of Texas, San AntonioMr. Keith Gerard Delahoussaye Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio Keith Delahoussaye is a student at the University of Texas, San Antonio. He is a member of the Multifunc- tional Electronic Materials Devices Research Lab of the Electrical Engineering Department. He is also a member of IEEE’s student chapter. Before graduation, he worked full-time for the U.S. Air Force as an Avionic Technician in the status of an Air Reserve Technician. He is hopeful to be an electronic/electrical engineering governmental employee. He is married and a proud
, communication systems, and optoelectronic devices.Xiangyu Wei, Virginia Tech ECE Page 22.1669.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Visualizing Concepts in Electromagnetic Fields: Hands-On Experiments Using Student-Owned Laboratory KitsThe concepts of Electromagnetic (EM) fields serve as the foundation for many key principles ofelectrical engineering. Given its significance, EM fields has been a core subject taught toElectrical Engineering (EE) undergraduate students, both in the U.S. and abroad. Yet, interest inthe required junior level EM courses and the subsequent
AC 2011-2468: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: A NEW COURSEON THE WIRELESS PHYSICAL LAYER WITH LABORATORY COM-PONENTBruce E. Dunne, Grand Valley State University Bruce E. Dunne received the B.S.E.E. (with honors) and M.S. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985 and 1988, respectively, both in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, in 2003. In the Fall of 2003, he joined the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering. Prior to this appointment, he held several research and
AC 2010-947: INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROJECTS INTEGRATINGLABVIEW WITH VHDL MODELS IMPLEMENTED IN FPGA HARDWARERonald Hayne, The Citadel Ronald J. Hayne, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Citadel. His professional areas of interest are digital systems and hardware description languages. He is a retired Army Colonel with experience in academics and Defense laboratories.Mark McKinney, The Citadel Mark H. McKinney, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Citadel. His professional areas of interest include power systems, measurement and instrumentation systems and engineering
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
- pare students for successful careers. Previously he was marketing manager for MathWorks’ Controls products and worked closely with customers in automotive and aerospace industries on modeling, simu- lation, and control design. Page 22.67.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Modern Educational Power Electronics Laboratory to Enhance Hands-on Active LearningAbstract – A new educational power electronics laboratory based on state-of-the-art tools andindustrial-grade platforms is presented in this paper. The developed laboratory, which is builtbased upon
Paper ID #8806UML Laboratory in a box, a new way of teching ECE labsProf. jay a weitzen, University of Massachusetts Lowell Jay Weitzen has been at University of Massachusetts Lowell for 27 years. He has strong interests in both wireless communication research and in providing students with high quality hands on design experiences. He teachs the first year intro to ECE course and also serves as chair of the College of Engineering First Year Education Committee and serves on the Capstone design committee. Recently he has been working with Analog Devices to beta test their new discovery module which is a complete laboratory
College, M. Phil. from University of Cambridge (U.K.), and her Ph.D. from Cornell Uni- versity, all in physics.Lt. Col. Christopher I. Allen, Air Force Research Laboratory Christopher I. Allen is the Deputy Chief of the Battlespace Environment Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Houston in 1993, his M.S. in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 2010, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from AFIT in 2015. His research interests include microelectronics, the energy value of information, and effects of radiation on electronic devices.Michael
Paper ID #33831SAFABOT: A Robotics Learning Platform for a Hands-on, Laboratory-basedApproach in an Introductory ECE CourseMr. Steven M. Beyer, United States Air Force Academy Mr. Steven M. Beyer is an Instructor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado. He recently received his Master’s in Computer Engineering (Distinguished Graduate) at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. His thesis investigated vulnerabilities in commercially-available smart home devices, demonstrating how an eaves- dropper can track users, identify devices, map
Paper ID #25090Utilizing an Individually Built Mobile Robot in the Laboratory of an Ad-vanced Digital Logic Design Course in Conjunction with a Final Class Com-petitionDr. Clint Kohl, Cedarville University Dr. Kohl joined the faculty of Cedarville University in the fall of 1994. His graduate research involved the development of a new magneto-resistive non-volatile memory technology. His areas of interest include digital electronics, microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, and embedded systems. He has enjoyed advising numerous autonomous robotic competition teams. Dr. Kohl is a member of the Institute of Electrical
Paper ID #27080Board 55: Work in Progress: Design and Implementation of an AdvancedElectric Drive Laboratory using a Commercial Microcontroller and a MAT-LAB Embedded CoderMr. Bhanu Babaiahgari, University of Colorado, Denver Mr. Bhanu Babaiahgari finished his master’s program in 2015, at the University of Colorado Denver. He started his PhD at University of Colorado Denver supervised by Dr. Jae-Do Park in 2016. Since then he has been teaching Electric drives and Energy conversion laboratory as part-time grad instructor. He is an active researcher at Dr. Park’s Energy and Power lab under Energy Conversion Research Force (ECRF
asPALASM or ABEL to significantly more complex modern HDLs such as Verilog or VHDL, whichprofessional design engineers spend years to master. Second, the wide availability of high gatecount FPGAs, which enables students to create amazingly complex designs involving datapathcomponents such as adders and counters, requires the teaching of many more complex componentsin a one semester course. This two-fold increase in complexity requires a redesign of the traditionalintroductory digital design laboratory to enable students to create complex designs using a rela-tively simple design methodology.Therefore, this paper proposes the use of a minimal subset of an HDL (Verilog, in this case) com-plemented by judicious use of schematic capture and its
Paper ID #9790Improving Conceptual Understanding of Signals and Systems in Undergrad-uate Engineering Students Using Collaborative In-Class Laboratory Exer-cisesDr. Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao, Vanderbilt University Anusha Sathyanarayanan Rao is a post-doctoral research scholar in Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College in Vanderbilt University. Her research interests includes studying neural correlates of mathematics and reading development in children and applying neurocognitive theories to understand undergraduate student learning in engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from
AC 2011-376: WIRELESS-INTEGRATED EMBEDDED REAL-TIME CON-TROL: A CASE STUDY IN ADOPTING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOP-MENT OF A LOW-COST INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY PROJECTPaul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University Paul G. Flikkema received the PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. From 1993-1998 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, and joined Northern Arizona University as an Associate Professor in January 1999, where he is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering. He has been a JSPS Visiting Researcher at Yokohama National University, a Visiting Research Scientist at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Tokyo, and a Nokia Fellow at Helsinki
AC 2010-227: DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A PCB LAYOUT ANDMANUFACTURING LABORATORY MODULE IN INTRODUCTORY ELECTRICCIRCUITS FOR EE AND NON-EE MAJORSAlbert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University Albert A. Liddicoat received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and his M.S. degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University in 1996, 2002 and 1999, respectively. He earned a B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1989. Dr. Liddicoat worked for IBM’s Storage Technology Division from 1990 until 2002 where he held many positions in disk drive development including: servo system test and integration