Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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-Champaign. His interests include computational complexity theory, professional ethics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He serves as Executive Editor of College Teaching, and as a member of the editorial board of Accountability in Research. He is a Carnegie Scholar and an IEEE Fellow. Loui was Associate Dean of the Graduate College at Illinois from 1996 to 2000. He directed the theory of computing program at the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 1991. He earned the Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. Page 25.712.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Nordstrom, Lipscomb University; John Pettit, David Lipscomb University

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Electrical and Computer

k. Te chn iques, tools and skills of eng r. a. A pply math,scien ce an d e nginee ring f. Professional & ethical r esp onsibility

Conference Session

Integration of Research and Education in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuen-Yan Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Wai Yin Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Francisco.20. Hofer, B. K.: Personal epistemology research: Implications for learning and teaching. Journal of Educational Psychology Review, 13(4), 353 – 383. (2001)21. King, P. M., and Kitchener, K. S. Developing Reflective Judgment: Understanding and Promoting Intellectual Growth and Critical Thinking in Adolescents and Adults, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. (1994)22. Perry, W. G.: Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: A Scheme, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. (1970)23. Schraw, G. & Sinatra, G. M.: Epistemological development and its impact on cognition in academic domains. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 29, 95 – 102. (2004)24. Vacha-Haase, T. and Thompson. B.: How to

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel J. Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

customers, who allassess the team’s performance. The course director tries to ensure fair grading across thecapstone teams in the course. A SRO represents a general officer or corporate president.Example items from the CDR grading rubric include technical tasks such as requirementstraceability, hardware system and subsystem designs, software design, integration plan, test Page 22.1087.3plans, risk reduction prototype, weight budget, power budget, and programmatic tasks such asschedule, risk management, configuration management, and cost budget. We also require thestudents to address contemporary issues such as safety, ethics, social, political and

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris C Delia Jr., Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson P.E., Rowan University; John L. Schmalzel P.E., Rowan University; Carlos Daniel Barreiro; Kevin Anthony Whitten, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

-15]. The Engineering Clinicalso has been shown to provide students with the opportunity to strengthen their core “a-k”ABET competencies. In addition, the Engineering Clinic provides ample opportunities to dealwith many of the “other” areas that a program needs to address such as ethics, economicconsiderations, and societal impacts. Bibliography[1] J. L. Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese, J. Mariappan and S. A. Mandayam, "The Engineering Clinic: Afour-year design sequence," presented at the 2nd An. Conf. of Nat. Collegiate Inventors and InnovatorsAlliance, Washington, D.C., 1998.[2] J. L Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese and R. P. Hesketh, "What's brewing in the Clinic?," HP EngineeringEducator,2:1, Winter 1998, pp. 6-7.[3] "Civil & Environmental

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred J. Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

makes a product stand out in the real world. Over all I feel more confident in my decision of ECE as a major. I wish I had not procrastinated doing all of the assignments until the last week of the term. Entering this course I was a pretty clueless freshman who had no idea what ECE, CS, or any other courses here entailed. After this course and my others here I can safety say I now understand what a major in each would require. After this term I feel like I know what I want to do with my future, and that is pursue a CS major. The past semester of my freshman year I’ve changed a lot since high school and I’ve learned some of the necessary skills to strive in college. My work ethic has improved greatly and it shows in my grades

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Anthony Richardson, University of Evansville; David Mitchell, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

Professional IssuesPerformance enhancements Interfacing logic families and buses Public policyComputer Systems Engineering Operational amplifiers Methods and tools of analysisLife cycle Circuit modeling and simulation Prof. and ethical responsibilitiesRequirements analysis and elicitation Data conversion circuits Risks and liabilitiesSpecification Electronic voltage and current sources Intellectual propertyArchitectural design Amplifier design Privacy and civil libertiesTesting Integrated

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

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

(for each module) KM2: Ethics and Legal Policy for Nanotechnology Growth and Fabrication of Nanostructures: Post-module Post-module HW & quizzes

Conference Session

New ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

learned what it takes to master a new language and complete a project to specifications. 5. Since every student had mastered a programming language prior to taking this class, it contained few difficult concepts and was therefore amenable to the inverted classroom format.AssessmentStudent work from this class is used for ABET assessment of student outcomes (c) and (e). (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and Page 24.1125.7 safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (e

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

- tained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Her current engineering edu- cation research interests include engineering students’ understanding of ethics and social responsibility, sociotechnical education, and assessment of engineering pedagogies.Mr. Eric Lyne American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Systematic Review of Rigorous Research in Teaching Introductory CircuitsAbstractSystematic review is a meta-analytical framework for quantitatively searching, sorting, andsynthesizing scholarly research on a particular topic

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University; Brian Groener, James Madison University

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Electrical and Computer

, methods, tools, etc.), sustainability, ethics, team management, andtechnical communication (both oral and written), while incorporating elements of engineering scienceand analysis. Students apply design instruction in the context of two projects during the six-coursesequence—a cornerstone project spanning the fall and spring semesters of the sophomore year, and acapstone project spanning the junior and senior academic years.The curriculum of our non-discipline specific engineering program, shown graphically in Figure 1,combines a campus-wide, liberal arts general educational core with courses in math, science,engineering design, engineering science, business, systems analysis, and sustainability3,4. Individualskills taught developmentally through

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific; Rick Garlikov, Garlikov.Com

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Electrical and Computer

communications,and senior capstone design project courses, teaching laboratories and projects helpedimprove student participation, got the students actively involved and excited about theprojects and the material being taught, motivated the students to better master coursecontent and taught the students to learn to think and reason more clearly, accurately,relevantly, logically, rationally, ethically and responsibly.This paper discusses how the judicious, sensible and affable use of the Socratic Methodin the aforementioned educational settings facilitated the development of students whoare learning to possess the basic skills of thought and reasoning such as the ability to:identify, formulate and clarify questions; gather relevant data; identify key

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Pintong, Binghamton University; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University

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Electrical and Computer

Creativity Demonstrate creativity and capability in problem solving.8 Psychomotor Select, modify, operate equipment.9 Safety Recognize and deal with safety and environmental issues.10 Communication Communicate effectively about laboratory work.11 Teamwork Work effectively in teams.12 Ethics in Lab Behave with highest ethical standards.13 Sensory Awareness Formulate conclusions from information gathered through human interaction.As can be seen from Table 1 above, a virtual lab in which students never touch a breadboard,resistor, or battery is not realistic. A virtual laboratory environment could not be considered asuitable replacement since it

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathaniel J. O'Neal, Naval Postgraduate School; Matthew A. Porter, Naval Postgraduate School; Christopher Adrian Martino, United States Naval Academy

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Electrical and Computer

, Experiment, Data Analysis, Psychomotor, Safety,Communication, and Ethics in the Laboratory. Undergraduate students involved in this projectwere required to have an interest in semiconductor device fabrication or testing and status as anElectrical Engineering student moving into their junior year.System Requirements The proposed system is intended to perform HTOL and HTRB tests on semiconductordevices. The tests apply high temperatures to solid-state devices while applying a stress voltagein order to observe and measure changes in their performance. These changes, in combinationwith statistical analysis tools, can be used to make assumptions and predictions about thedevices.[3] The system was designed by a team of 2 undergraduate students and

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Caroline Crockett, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, and the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learn- ing and success. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students.Dr. Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia Harry Powell is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in1978 he was an active research and design

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yajing Liu, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University

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Electrical and Computer

threads in foundation (math and science), creativity (research, de-sign, and optimization tools), and professionalism (communications, cultural adaptability, ethics,leadership, and teamwork) throughout the curriculum. The reader is referred to 1,2,6 for a detaileddescription of the new pedagogical and organizational structure of our RED project, and to 7 forour preliminary work on the professionalism thread.This paper focuses on the foundation thread of the RED project and describes our team’s effortsto transform the educational experience for our ECE students by demonstrating the importance ofmathematics and the power of mathematical thinking. The foundation thread encompasses bothmath and science, but the focus of this paper is on mathematics

Conference Session

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

, testing, and then final assembly ofthe system. Student learning was evaluated by qualitative evaluation of videos taken duringmeasurement tasks,and rubric based evaluation of student artifacts.As the speed of electronic devices moves ever higher, electromagnetic radiation plays a largerrole in electronic design. Wireless networking, digital pulse propagation on integrated circuitsand printed circuit boards, issues of electromagnetic interference and compatibility, and thetechnical and ethical issues of RFID tags all require some understanding of fundamentalprinciples of high frequency (HF) engineering. At the undergraduate level, however,electromagnetics and, by association, HF design are often seen as complex and arcane subjects.Students’ first

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

, there is a TA with extensiveLabVIEW and NI hardware experience who is available to help any team that needs it.Skill Sessions:As part of the semester requirement for participation in EPICS, a student must satisfy a certainnumber of activity credits. These can be fulfilled in several different ways. First, there is alecture during the week, common to all teams, that covers topics centered around engineeringdesign and analysis techniques, communication, leadership, and ethics. Attending a lecturecounts for one of the required activity credits.The other way for a student to fulfill the required number of activity credits is to attend what arereferred to as skill sessions in EPICS. These are short, one to two hour sessions generally heldby the TAs

Conference Session

Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Mehmet Vurkaç, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Nhan K. Nguyen, Seattle University; Olsen John Salgado Ong, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

tothem, they did learn how to use it. Another student commented that if not professionally thenthey could see using it as a hobby. They last student was not sure at first noting that “it’s kind ofscary – ethically teaching computers to do things” – but then could see possibly engaging in acareer in embedded devices. 4. Anything else you would like to add.The students provided some suggestions for improvement which echoed the comments of theFall 2018 Survey about making time for creativity and depth of understanding.• The students suggest using the first four weeks of the quarter to provide the needed background learning before learning to code. They requested a more dynamic project. The current project felt tacked on to the already

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Salman Mohagheghi, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

used to fill in the blanks, e.g. Jeff Hawkins’ wood block Palm Pilot o Minimum Viable Product: a working prototype with bare minimum features o Provincial: suited when major costs are associated with scaling, not functionality. Therefore, the scope can be limited to a small subset of the ultimate target market, e.g. testing a restaurant app in a city first before taking it national o Fake Door: As an example, in developing a web product, one can pretend a feature exists in order to see if anyone clicks on it, e.g. before writing a book, advertise it in forums with a link saying “for more information click here”An important ethical point was made to make sure the students are aware of the fine line betweenpretotyping and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University; Xiong Luo, University of Science and Technology, Beijing and Beijing Key Laboratory of Knowledge Engineering for Materials Science; Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy; Yonghong Peng, University of Sunderland, St. Peters Campus

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academic year with a huge success [2]. Our two courses wereoffered as technical elective courses. The two courses are the only two project-based courses oncutting-edge computer technologies in our curriculum. These courses provided students with theopportunities to learn and practice real-world software engineering, and gain experiences insolving multidisciplinary practical problems. Furthermore, these courses help students to attainseveral ABET student outcomes that are difficult to accomplish via traditional lecture-based andlab-based courses, such as (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, (i) arecognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning, and (j) a knowledge ofcontemporary issues.These

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

; Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://peer.asee.org/30865 [8] Jack, H. (2010, June), A Risk Assessment Tool For Managing Student Design Projects Paper presented at 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, Kentucky. https://peer.asee.org/15672 [9] DeBartolo, E. A., & Robison, W. L. (2018, June), Board 86: Risk Management and Ethics in Capstone Design Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah. https://peer.asee.org/30123[10] Hoffman, T., & Zappe, C., & Shooter, S., & O'Donnell, M. (2002, June), A Study Of Risk Communication In Engineering And Management Curricula Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. https

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Douglas Kearsley, Western Washington University; Andrew G. Klein, Western Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

observable, an anonymous survey was administered andstudents were asked to self-report on their awareness of their higher-order cognitive thinking.While such self-reporting surveys have limitations, the results of this initial work in progresssuggest that under this model, students are more aware of their learning, they spend more timereviewing and evaluating their solutions, and they report that self-grading and self-correctingleads to an improved understanding of the material. Future work will expand this initial casestudy into a longitudinal study designed to test the impact of this model on student learning whencompared to a control group.References [1] R. Kelley and B. Dooley, “The technology of cheating,” in IEEE Intl. Symp. on Ethics in

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

stagger the laboratory activities so that students can continue with other portions of the lab when they finish with any one broadcast. • Interacting with real-world RF signals naturally sparked conversations surrounding use of the electromagnetic spectrum, wireless security, and ethical use of modern SDR technology. One particularly lively conversation stemmed from a student inquiring whether they could capture and reproduce the RF signal from key fobs used to unlock vehicle doors. The ensuing discussion ultimately transitioned to one of vulnerability of wireless systems and strategies to improve security. Instructors should be prepared for and welcome such discussions, as they present an opportunity

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Electrical and Computer

education has been mainly focused onproblems that are open-ended in nature (e.g. design problems) or enabling skills more broadly(i.e. ethics, communication). For an open-ended problem, multiple viable and correct solutionsexist. Students’ writings, portfolios, or design-based projects, laboratories, or fourth-yearcapstone projects are areas in which outcomes-based research has been extensively investigated[9]–[12].Most of the work done on closed-ended problem solving is related to aiding students with self-regulation and building their problem-solving capability, rather than aiding the feedback process.Examples of the former include models of problem-solving in engineering and informationprocessing [13]–[17]. These models provide guiding

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Paulik, University of Detroit Mercy

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Electrical and Computer

demonstrations of successfulindependent enquiry and multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teaming. These successes havebeen directly responsible for our continuing efforts to migrate these benefits downward in thecurriculum, and the resulting comprehensive curriculum reform for the Electrical Engineeringprogram described in this paper.The EE program has for many years distinguished itself by focusing on both engineering designand practice while placing an emphasis on critical thinking, ethics, and social responsibility via anextensive humanities-based core curriculum. Mandatory cooperative education assignments andextensive laboratory and class-based projects ensure that students not only grasp theoreticalconcepts, but also know how to apply those

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

, software and hardware design, a test and integration plan, periodicreports, and briefings. The team must also address cost, risk identification and mitigation,reliability, manufacturability, and maintainability. In addition, the team must consider potentialproject impacts relating to ethics, health, safety, society, and environment. Lastly, the team mustdevelop and maintain a website to keep mentors and customers apprised of their progress.25. Project StatusAt the time of this writing, the team has designed and developed all the subsystems and is in theprocess of integrating and testing the overall system. In this section we briefly discuss the statusof the project.Figure 3 shows the graphical user interface developed for the ATCS. Note that the

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

project. More serious lab activities actuallycommenced in Spring 2011 in the second course of the senior design.For the Spring lab activities, the student team including the sophomores regularly met for about 5hours of lab work per week, split into two lab sessions, in addition to seniors’ own lab activities.As part of the senior design course, seniors were assessed on some of the key ABET-definedstudent learning outcomes, such as a) ability to design a system, component, or process to meetdesired needs, b) ability to function on multidisciplinary teams, c) understanding of professionaland ethical responsibility, d) ability to communicate effectively, and e) recognition of the need for,and an ability to engage in life-long learning. In addition

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

, “Coordinating Laboratory Courses Across Engineering and Science Curricula,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.4. W. G. Konold, B. Tittel, D. F. Frei, and D. S. Stallard, What Every Engineer Should Know About Patents, 2nd ed., Marcel Decker, New York, 1989.5. R. Gharabagi, “Coverage of Legal and Ethical Aspects in Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.6. R. V. Hughson, “The right way to keep laboratory notebooks,” IEEE Trans. Prof. Comm., vol. PC-22, no. 2, pp. 83-85, June 1979.7. C. Erdmann, “Using Patents to Identify Emerging Fields in Biomedical Engineering

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Electrical and Computer

and is able to improve their decisionmaking process, even after either employment or financial missteps. It is important thatengineering education include topics related to career planning, ethics, financial management, Page 15.514.5time management, community service and lifelong learning. Many of these students have little 4or no experience in any of these topics since they entered college directly out of high school andhave not been faced with the issues surrounding one’s living on their own. There are certainstudents who have been employed throughout their college careers and have a better sense