Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sam Shearman, National Instruments; Erik Luther, National Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-1613: ENHANCING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING EDUCATIONWITH AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING AND MUSIC SYNTHESISEd Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Edward Doering received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1992, and has been a member the ECE faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology since 1994. He teaches courses in digital systems, circuits, image processing, and electronic music synthesis, and his research interests include technology-enabled education, image processing, and FPGA-based signal processing.Sam Shearman, National Instruments Sam Shearman is a Senior Product Manager for Signal Processing and Communications at National Instruments

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; David Fritz, VA Tech

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Electrical and Computer

analysis, simulations, andmeasurements that the students are toperform. Figure 1: The RSR/VT A and D trainer.The goals when developing each of the assigned experiments are to provide a demonstration ofone-to-two theoretical concepts in practice, to provide an increasing level of experimentation anddesign content in the exercises, and to develop a sense of self-confidence and motivation for thestudents to complete the experiments with minimum guidance from graduate teaching assistants(GTAs), the laboratory staff, and course instructor. A unique feature of this laboratory course isthat the students conduct much of their work using set of equipment, known as Lab-in-a-Box(LiaB), outside of a traditional

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

recently web-based discussionforums have been added allowing students to more easily communicate with other students in thecourse.On-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). We feel thathands-on application of theory is a strong component of good learning. Most of our courseshave significant design projects. In our entry level courses, laboratory experiments are used toverify theoretical concepts and to teach the students how to use basic lab equipment. Facultytake an active role in the lab and are

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tan Ma, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University; Ahmed Taha Elsayed, Florida International University

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Electrical and Computer

, he was a research/teaching assistant in the Faculty of Engineering, Benha University. Heis currently a research assistant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, College of En-gineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. His current researchinterests are Smart Grids, Renewable energy sources, Smart Operation and Energy Management of PowerSystems. Energy Systems Research Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Col-lege of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida. Page 23.454.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Educational

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.; Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Robert F. Giles, University of Michigan; Hongwei Liao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Electrical and Computer

programmable devices along withcircuit building, which could be completed within 2-3 hours of in-lab time. Several lab courses(not individual lab projects!) that set such goals are usually aimed at upper-level EE majors2, 3, 4, 5therefore they can hardly be used in an introductory course for non-EE majors where a large partof the limited lab time is spent on teaching the basics of electric circuits and electronics.Here we report the design and implementation of a new laboratory project that addresses all ofthe issues listed above. We created a new Temperature Controller Lab and offered it in the Fall2010 semester to ~209 engineering students in our introductory course for non-EE majors. Allkey concepts of this project were covered in lectures, and

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Sergio Martin, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera Martín, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Tovar Edmundo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Martin Llamas-Nistal, University of Vigo; Gabriel Diaz Orueta, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Juan Peire; Manuel Castro, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED)

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3227: COMMON MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROTOTYPES OF RE-MOTE LABORATORIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA OF ELEC-TRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGMr. Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED) Mohamed Tawfik received a M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED), Madrid, Spain, and a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Ain Shams Univer- sity, Cairo, Egypt, in 2011 and 2008, respectively. He is an IEEE member since 2009. He is a Research Associate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (DIEEC) at UNED. He is author\co- author of more than 18 publications, including conference papers, book chapters, and journal articles on remote

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

at SunTechnics. Have they done this type of workbefore? Not yet, but that is why they are in college. The engineering clinic was based upon themedical model for training physicians by teaching them the basics of human anatomy,physiology etc. and then make sure that before they go out in the real world to practice alonethey gain clinic or residency experience where they can be supported by other physicians. Theengineering clinic is a key component of the Rowan University student educational experienceand spans all four of the students’ years in their undergraduate training. The details of the clinicare described elsewhere1,2,3 as are the many opportunities that students at this university have hadto apply the clinic to innovative renewable

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, State University of New York; Nizami Z. Vagidov, University at Buffalo, State University of New York; Athos Chariton Petrou; Xiufeng Liu, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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Electrical and Computer

discourage them topursue careers in the nanoelectronics field.The main idea on how to teach introductory course on quantum mechanics is in the developmentof a new combined lecture/lab course where students learn the fundamental laws and principlesof quantum mechanics by using the study of nanostructures as a vehicle. The new notions thatstudents acquire in lecture rooms can be applied when they carry out lab experiments and virtuallabs using educational Java applets. Such combination of learning tools helps students with verydifferent educational backgrounds to comprehend the novel quantum-mechanical concepts1 andapply them for the solution of problems in nanoelectronics. The developed lab manualcomplements the textbook2 written specifically for

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg N Droge, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

of instructors as possible. These experimental modulesshould be designed primarily for faculty who do not have resources for high-end experiments norwant to spend a lot of time developing, building or maintaining experiments. Furthermore, thehands-on demos and experiments must be easy for students to use without the need for a lengthylearning period.A cohesive program to develop distributed laboratories with the above features exists that wasfunded by an NSF CCLI Phase 2 Grant, which supported the development of the TESSALCenter3. TESSAL (Teaching Enhancement via Small-Scale Affordable Labs) includes labs forsignal processing4, digital logic5, power systems, electromagnetics, and control systems. Thecontrol systems modules are discussed in

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae-do Park, University of Colorado, Denver

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Electrical and Computer

. Blaabjerg, J. Pedersen, “A New Approach in Teaching Power Electronics Control of Electrical Drives using Real-time Systems”, The 7th Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, pp. 221-226, 2000[3] R. S. Balog, Z. Sorchini, J. W. Kimball, P. L. Chapman, P. T. Krein, “Modern laboratory-based education for power electronics and electric machines”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 538-547, May 2005[4] R. H. Chu, D. D. C. Lu, S. Sathiakumar, “Project-based lab teaching for power electronics and drives”, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 108-113, 2008[5] J. M. Williams, J. L. Cale, N. D. Benavides, J. D. Wooldridge, A. C. Koenig, J. L. Tichenor, S. D. Pekarek, “Versatile

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R.F. William Hollender, Montana State University; James Becker, Montana State University

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Electrical and Computer

most benefit in terms of using the material later in their careers and so thesesomewhat esoteric topics were removed from the course. Based on one of the author’sexperience in teaching students at Montana State over the last eight years, and in following whatmany of the EE 433 students do after graduation, the most common tasks that align withpotential content for EE 433 include RF/microwave board layout, component selection, andcircuit-level and system-level calculations. It is interesting to note that not one student hasindicated that he/she is involved with distributed filter design. In place of the lectures devotedto the theory of distributed element filter design, time in lecture was opened for discussing thefundamentals of Doppler radar

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6528Analog-Circuit-Based Activities to Improve Introductory Continuous-TimeSignals and Systems CoursesDr. Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Simoni is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.Prof. Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University Maurice Felix Aburdene is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University. His teaching and research interests include control systems, parallel algorithms, simulation of dynamic systems, and signal processing.Ms. Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

technologies across protocol layers. The evolution of wireless communication andnetworking presents such a need and a unique opportunity to integrate undergraduate educationacross the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science curricula, which trains future engineerswith a deeper and holistic understanding of and skills for current and emerging wirelesscommunication and networking technologies.In this paper, we report the development of an easily replicable model of evolvable, low cost,software defined radio (SDR)-based wireless communication and networking laboratories aswell as associated teaching and learning materials that can be adopted or adapted to impactnational engineering education practices. The SDR-based laboratories are tailored to the

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

be modified to address someof the topics that the students scored poorly on in the final exam. This study builds on the results of previous studies and provides additional evidence thatfavorable outcomes occur when implementing active learning concepts into a lecture-basedcircuits course. The lessons learned from this pilot study will be used to improve the hands-on segment of the ENGR 2431 course in future semesters. Due to the initial successes of thisstudy, we also plan to introduce parts of this project into a circuits course for ECE majors inthe near future. We trust our study could be beneficial to instructors who are teaching anelectrical circuits course and are interested in bringing the laboratory to a large classroom.IX

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines; Tyrone L. Vincent, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan C. Schneider, Marquette University; James E. Richie, Marquette University

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Electrical and Computer

and associate chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University. Dr. Richie is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. Page 24.429.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Development of On-Line Lecture and Preparation Resources for Electrical Engineering Laboratory CoursesAbstract –The goal of this project is to convert five electrical engineering undergraduate teachinglaboratories at our university to a hybrid teaching format to increase student satisfaction with thelaboratory experience and promote

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Tyrone Vincent, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Thomas Moon, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana; Minh N. Do, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana

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Electrical and Computer

Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC), IL, USA in 2017 as a post-doctoral researcher. He has been a Teaching Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UIUC. His current research interests include wireless sensing and communication in mmWave.Prof. Minh N. Do, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-In-Progress: Implement Your DSP Algorithm on Android Tablet: Real-time DSP Laboratory CourseAbstractThe rapid development of embedded systems brings new opportunities for modernized real-timedigital signal processing (DSP) education. This paper introduces a novel

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University; Mallory Zerena McPheron DPT, OPT Physical Therapy; Charles R. Thomas, Roger Williams University

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Electrical and Computer

of Surgical Education, Vol 72, No. 5., 2015, 868-874[13] Parrino, T.A. “The Acqusition of Practical Skills by U.S. Medical Students”, The American Journal of theMedical Science, Vol. 307, No. 3, 1994, 163-166[14] Boulet, J.R., Murray D., Kras, J. Woodhouse, J., McAllister J. and Ziv, A. “Reliability and Validity of aSimulation-based Acute Skills Assessment for Medical Students and Residents” Anesthesiology, Vol. 99, No. 6,2003, 1270 - 1280[15] Epstein R.M. “Assessment in Medical Education” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, No. 4,2007, 387-396[16] Jones, S.J., Staib, S.A., and Fusner, A. “Expanding Classroom Time: Teaching Clinical Intravenous Skills inCampus Laboratory”, Teaching and Learning on Nursing, Vol. 4, 2009, 94-97[17

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherian Mathews, University of the Pacific

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Electrical and Computer

shows that the power electronics laboratory was effective in developing lab skills andfacilitating understanding of power electronics concepts.The author also had the opportunity to develop and teach a control systems course in Spring2014 and Fall 2015. The control systems course does not have a dedicated laboratory period, buthas about an hour per week on average for simulation-based lab exercises and for oneculminating hardware experiment. The power-pole board was used for the hardware experiment:closed-loop voltage mode control of a buck converter. The UMN lab manual has an experimenton voltage mode control of a buck converter (it uses the K-factor approach5,6 to design acontroller to provide a 60o phase margin). For the control systems

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanghun Choi, Purdue University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University; Rohit Shenoy, MathWorks

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Electrical and Computer

thepower electronics laboratory and the laboratory exercises is presented.Pedagogical PhilosophyPower electronics is, by nature, a multi-disciplinary subject, and represents for any instructor achallenging topic to teach. It is an especially demanding course as it requires assimilation of abroad variety of topics, such as circuit analysis, signals and systems analysis, and control theory.It is widely accepted that hands-on experience in combination with a solid knowledge of theoryprovides an active learning environment that leads to successful learning in engineering topics.An effective power electronics laboratory is expected to combine theoretical and experimentalaspects of the topics by using state-of-the-art software/hardware tools.The

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhanu Babaiahgari, University of Colorado, Denver; Zizhuo Chen, University of Colorado, Denver; Jae-do Park, University of Colorado, Denver

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Henry Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

Altera represent the two companies that currently hold the greatest market shareamong FPGA implementations. Our laboratories are mostly equipped with FPGA developmentboards from Xilinx. The Basys 2 and Spartan-3E FPGA development boards are lower endboards that we primarily use for teaching purposes. Our labs are also equipped with severalhigher end (Virtex 5 and Virtex 6) boards that are used for research purposes. However, since allthe Xilinx boards utilize the same synthesis software package (ISE software donated by Xilinx touniversities) and the same high-level descriptor language (VHDL or Verilog) to specify designs,it is relatively easy for a student to migrate from the teaching to research oriented developmentboards.Table 1 summaries some

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lars K. Hansen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Keith Gerard Delahoussaye Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio ; Ruyan Guo, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson P.E., Bucknell University; David Kelley, Bucknell University

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth V Noren, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Electrical and Computer

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

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christopher I. Allen, Air Force Research Laboratory; Michael Doroski, U.S. Air Force; Curtis Medve, U.S. Air Force; Michael Seery, U.S. Air Force; P. Len Orlando III, Air Force Research Laboratory; Farid T. Khafizov, University of Texas, Dallas

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Electrical and Computer

fundamental logic blocks in a manner accessible to students.Rigorous instruction is especially needed to teach U.S. Air Force members, both military andcivilian, to design, specify, and procure the highest possible VLSI capabilities. Industry-standardstate-of-the-art Cadence Design Systems software has been selected by the instructor because itis used widely by professional engineers and scientists in industry, government contractors, andgovernment laboratories including the Mixed Signal Design Center at the Air Force ResearchLaboratory Sensors Directorate. The Mixed Signal Design Center is co-located with AFIT.Figure 1 shows the structure of the U.S. Air Force capabilities and relationship to the VLSIcourse sequence for engineers.6 Figure 1. Key

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

TomHenry J. Reagan, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Eric Lyne

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Electrical and Computer

section, in particular the subsection Synthesis of Best Practices, contains detailedsynthesis of best practices described in the reviewed studies. The remainder of this sectionprovides a brief summary of the SLR results.Teaching methods were organized by area of implementation: in-class/lecture,project/laboratory, out-of-class, and other. Overarching trends emerged across methodologicalcategories: ● Best practices focus on ​how students construct knowledge,​ rather than ​how instructors teach​; ● Active learning interventions generally have positive impacts on student learning, especially when they replace (rather than supplement) lecture time; ● Project-based learning tends to increase student motivation in a course, though the

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Silage, Temple University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-508: TEACHING DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS WORLD:WHO NEEDS EQUATIONS?Dennis Silage, Temple University DENNIS SILAGE (silage@temple.edu) is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was on faculty from 1975 until 1984 when he joined Temple University. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and director of the System Chip Design Center (www.temple.edu/scdc), which researches the application of programmable gate arrays in digital signal processing and digital communications. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in these areas. He