Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Adams, University of Kentucky; Jens Hannemann, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Electrical and Computer

assemble their speakers and AM receivers. The only restrictionwas that they could not use components of an existing speaker or receiver (and eachgroup was given a diode). The student projects within this module were graded via peerevaluations. Each group received a peer evaluation of its speaker and receivercombination, with the each evaluation scoring both the functional quality and thecreativity of each artifact.Embedded computingThe second module introduced students to embedded computing using the Arduino15(UNO) microcontroller. Within this module, students were given a brief introduction tothe general area of embedded computing, followed by several well-defined tasks toperform using the Arudiuno controller. These introductory tasks were

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan Liao, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

data types, control flow statements, fileoperations, and modules are covered 10. Common Python programming interfaces used to callPSS/E functions are elucidated. Using Python programming to automate power system studies(load case, modify case, impose disturbances, run simulations, clear disturbances, runsimulations, write results to a file, etc.) is illustrated. PSS/E provides a comprehensive set ofprogramming interfaces between Python environment and PSS/E functions. Selected sets ofessential functions for case preparation, power flow, fault analysis, stability analysis, and resultsretrieval are covered, such as psspy.fnsl, fdns, natono, case, seqd, scmu, scinit, scdone, abusreal,busdat, scbus2, scbrn2, etc 3. The PSS/E Application Program

Conference Session

Technology in the ECE Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale S.L. Dolan, California Polytechnic State University; Vladimir I. Prodanov, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

technologies.Vladimir I Prodanov, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Vlad Prodanov received MS and Ph.D. degrees, both in electrical engineering, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1995 and 1997 respectively. He was with Bell Laboratories, Lucent Tech- nologies from 1997 until 2000 and Agere Systems (now LSI Logic) from 2000 to 2004. From 2004 to 2008 he was member of MHI Consulting, New Providence, NJ. Currently, he is an assistant professor with EE Dept., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. Mr. Prodanov has worked on various electronic systems for communications and contributed to two dozen peer-reviewed publications, three book chapters, and seventeen granted US patents

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

Defined Radio in Multidisciplinary Senior Design ProjectsAbstractIn this past year’s senior design program at California State University, Northridge (CSUN),faculty assigned two six-person teams with year-long design projects utilizing software definedradio (SDR). The course structure emulated a real world design project. Faculty acted ascustomers and management, presenting students with a list of requirements and constraints.Students were required to present weekly status updates on their designs, write specifications,documentation and test procedures. Students gained invaluable and in-demand expertise in thisemerging technology, while fulfilling the criteria required by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University; Greg Lammers, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

Page 23.1078.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Sophomore-Level Curriculum Innovation in Electrical and Computer EngineeringAbstractHistorically, the early years within an electrical and computer engineering (ECE) curriculumhave largely focused on electrical circuits. A new sophomore level ECE course and laboratorywhich provides students with a breadth of foundational ECE concepts, frequent opportunities toengage with the instructor and peers in a problem solving learning environment, and bothformative and summative assessment approaches was introduced by Prof. Peroulis and acommittee at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, University at Albany-SUNY; Paul M. Schoch, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

of hands-on experimentallearning within the classroom supported by use of the AD-Board as well as more real-worldexamples. Instructor demonstration of use, both in how to use the tool and in exemplifyingdiscussions of real world problems increased from “occasionally” to “often”. Similarly,independent use in class increased from “occasionally” to “occasionally/often” as didcooperative work with 2 or more peers (a change from “occasionally” to “often”). Work with onepeer in the classroom remained at “most of the time”. Use of ADB as a support to autonomouslearning, either as a required effort via homework or as a volunteer effort, remained the same forindependent use; student reported only “rare” or “occasional” out-of-class use by

Conference Session

Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven G Northrup, Western New England University; John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Many of the quicker students had to wait for their peers to finish writing theirnotes. This issue will be addressed in the survey data section of the paper. Getting back to thevideo lectures posted after the class. At times, when the content was not covered sufficientlybecause of the slower in-class lecture techniques, a video lecture was recorded with redundantlecture content after the class – usually posted within a day of the lecture. The video lecturematerial is summarized in Table 1. Table 1: Video Lecture Topics Lecture Lecture Topic Covered Topic Covered Number Number Passive Sign

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Zhuming Bi P.E., Purdue University Fort Wayne; Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University

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Electrical and Computer

Distributed Systems” publishedby Scrivener Publishing, an imprint of John Wiley and Sons. Furthermore, Dr. Zhao published over200 peer-reviewed papers on fault tolerant and dependable systems (three of them won the best paperaward), computer vision and motion analysis, physics, and education. Dr. Zhao’s research is supportedin part by the US National Science Foundation, the US Department of Transportation, Ohio State Bureauof Workers’ Compensation, and by Cleveland State University. Dr. Zhao has served on the organizingcommittee and the technical program committee for numerous international conferences. Dr. Zhao is anAssociate Editor for IEEE Access, an Academic Editor for PeerJ Computer Science, and is a member ofthe editorial board for

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Reza Azarderakhsh, Rochester Institute of technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

skills including presentation of the results ofdeeply-embedded security research orally or in writing, team-work, decision-making, and thelike, and (c) hard technical skills for simulations and implementations of the fault diagnosisschemes for crypto-systems including those based on AES and ECC. Page 26.989.7 ECDH, ECDSA, ECIES One Q= k.P Point

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Learning and Socialization: How is the student experience (at all levels) and knowledge of engineering design processes changed as a result of VIP involvement? What other skills and knowledge have they gained (technical skills, working within a team, communication, attitudes and interest in engineering, etc.) that may be attributed to the VIP experience? How do these coincide with faculty expectations of the student experience? If there are differences, what might explain them and how can the VIP program be improved? Student Mentoring Experiences: What expectations do students have regarding faculty and peer mentoring in the VIP environment? What types of mentoring exchange are considered to be most valuable with the VIP design team environment

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Yousol Bae, Scripps Ranch High School; Eugene Han Lee, Canyon Crest Academy High School; Che Nevarez, Sweetwater Union High School District; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Essentially, as acommunication platform itself, Zoom allows us to be “hands-on” with these topics. Wedeveloped such interactive exercises on topics including multi-level signaling, MIMO, mediumaccess control and network routing.In this paper, we will describe our experiences with implementing a set of such remotely-taughtlessons on wireless communication and networking offered to high school students. Thesecombine write-ups and interactive Zoom sessions that leverage Zoom features to engage studentsand have them experiment with the lesson concepts. Even after schools return to in-personlearning, these sessions could serve as the basis for remote summer camps or after-schoolprograms that could introduce communications concepts to high school students

Conference Session

Flipped Electrical and Computer Engineering Classrooms 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, University at Albany, SUNY; Jessica M Lamendola, University at Albany/SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Completing the lab 2 0 0 0 5 5 7 12 79 82 7 1 write-ups.*Numbers represent the percent of students who selected the decision-maker for each activity on the post-survey. Fall 2013,n=59; Spring 2014, n=67. Student self-report was further supported by external evaluator observations thatrevealed, overall, most groups divided tasks amongst members to form a cooperative effort orthey completed each step as a collaborative team before moving on to the next. Documentationsuggests that often, collaboration in completing each step together more often occurred duringdyad work. Students interview responses confirmed observations, e.g., “As a team we would go

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard James Choquette, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Pocomoke City, Md.Dr. Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Payam Matin is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). Matin has received his Ph.D. in mechanical en- gineering from Oakland University, Rochester, Mich., in May 2005. He has taught a number of courses in the areas of mechanical engineering and aerospace at UMES. Matin’s research has been mostly in the areas of computational mechanics and experimental mechanics. Matin has published more than 20 peer- reviewed journal and conference papers. Matin worked in Auto-industry for Chrysler Corporation from 2005 to 2007.Dr. Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bedrich Benes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

peer evaluated by students in the classroom. Students are asked todiscuss the disadvantages of the presented method, such as weaknesses and possible extensions.The presentation allows showing the theoretical knowledge gained in the class in the context ofits practical applications to the contemporary CG scientific problems. An example of a studentproject is an implementation of Floyd-Steinberg dithering algorithm, or an implementation of a3-D static field defining an implicit iso-surface.Here we report students’ perceptions of their learning in the course and their perceived transferof such concepts and skills into practical situations. Focusing on student gained skills, theyreported a moderate perception of having learned the latest CG

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Haywood, Oklahoma State University; Forrest Austin, Oklahoma State University; Seth Williams, Oklahoma State University; Cameron Musgrove, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

help help help help1. Class activities for each week Page 12.1043.132. How parts of the classwork, labs, reading, orassignments related to each other 123. The grading system for the class A little Moderate Much Very muchH. Individual support as a learner NA No help help help help help1. The quality of contact with the teacher2. The quality of contact with the TAs3. Working with peers outside of

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

learning. There were also some secondaryobjectives of this effort: 1) Updating equipment and experiments, 2) Providing enoughequipment for six laboratory groups to simultaneously conduct the same laboratory, and3) Improving technical report writing skills as well the students’ presentation skills.These experiments and projects, as detailed in the next section support the followingspecific goals of our approach in teaching undergraduate power electronics course:1. To provide the students with an opportunity to gain design experience through thecompletion of the project. The project has five components to it: an analytic design, acomputer simulation of circuit operation using LabVIEW package, experimentalimplementation of the circuit, a written

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Sedig Salem Agili, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Marquette University in 1986, 1989, and 1996, respectively. Currently he is a Professor of Electrical Engineer- ing teaching and conducting research in signal integrity of high-speed electrical interconnects, electronic communications, and fiber optic communications. He has authored numerous research articles which have been published in reputable peer refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is the Co-director for The Center of Excellence in Signal Integrity at Penn State Harrisburg. He was honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with Best paper award at the IEEE International Confer- ence on Consumer Electronics 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the paper ” Transmitter Pre-emphasis

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; John Butler, California Baptist University; Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Operations in 2015, he has worked as a research engineer for the Center for Nanoscale Science and En- gineering in the nanofabrication cleanroom facility at the University of California, Riverside. During his time there, he has helped train the next generation of engineers on how to conduct their research in the nanoscale. Since working at CBU, Dr. Butler has collaborated with Dr. Rickard on the development of a nanofabricated sensor that monitors intraocular strain. Dr. Butler’s research has resulted in nine papers within peer-reviewed journals. He is also a Senior Member of the IEEE.Mr. Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University Gibson Fleming, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Student of Gordon & Jill Bourns

Conference Session

New ECE Laboratories

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pelin Kurtay, George Mason University

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Electrical and Computer

department are accredited by theEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. There were around 265 electricalengineering and around 230 computer engineering students enrolled as of the writing of thispaper. Since this was a pilot online offering, capacity was limited. There were 21 studentsenrolled (full capacity) by the time the semester started. Most students in the class ended upbeing juniors, although there were some sophomores as well as seniors. Most of the seniors hadnot yet started their 2-semester sequence senior design project effort.The course was offered as a hybrid online offering, thereby giving students the flexibility tocomplete majority of the work including the lab exercises outside of a physical lab. A largepercentage of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Neil E. Cotter, University of Utah; Angela Rasmussen, University of Utah

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

errors (most frequent errors listed first)  What solution method to use and when  Inability to write valid expressions for  Supernodes currents in branches in node voltage  How to measure node voltages and method. voltage differences, and current  Missing voltage equation for supernode.  Thévenin-Norton, RTh, and why we would  Two sources instead of one on at a time in use this? Especially confusing with superposition method. dependent sources.  Sign errors.  Superposition questions (why/when/how?) Unit 3: Op amp circuits, systems, digital logic Muddiest points

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danda B. Rawat, Georgia Southern University; Chandra Bajracharya, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh networks, and cyber-security and wireless communication for smart grid. Dr. Rawat is the recipient of NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2016. His research is supported by US National Science Foundation, University Sponsored Program and Center for Sustainability grants. Dr. Rawat has published over 120 scientific/technical articles, 7 books and over 15 peer-reviewed book chapters. He has been serving as an Editor/Guest Editor for over 10 international journals. He serves as webmaster for IEEE INFOCOM 2016, Student Travel Grant Co-chair of IEEE INFOCOM 2015, track chair for wireless net- working and mobility of IEEE CCNC 2016, Track Chair for Communications

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clint Kohl, Cedarville University; Keith Shomper, Cedarville University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, anddevelopment schedule. Such pre-coordination is necessary to help ensure we offer studentsprojects which are suitably challenging in both size and content.With regard to project size and scope, we endeavor to provide projects employing all phases ofthe software development cycle, having approximately 800 to 1200 man-hours of work effort,and also requiring at least a modest attempt at independent research beyond our programs’course curriculums. Once all candidate projects are approved by the faculty, we develop a briefpresentation for each one to give to our senior students on the first class day. Students then rankorder the projects in which they have the most interest. At the same time, they also identify whoamong their peers they would like as team

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Art Duval, University of Texas, El Paso; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Alexandria Nicole Ogrey; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas, El Paso; Catherine Tabor, El Paso Independent School District; Rebeca Q. Gonzalez, UTEP-Graduate Student and EPISD-Teacher; Alan Siegel, New York University

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Electrical and Computer

the process, iMPaCT introduces these students, who often have no priorexposure to imperative programming, to the basics of computational thinking motivated by problemsthey understand and care about.The original semester-length Jython-based iMPaCT course[5] has been decomposed into a network ofthreaded sequences of educational modules suitable for inclusion within conventional mathematics andscience courses. The overarching idea is to teach very lightweight computing that begins with adeclaration-free language to write dots on a raster display. iMPaCT, which is an approximate acronym Page 22.1159.2for Media-Propelled Computational

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Institute of Technology; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Veton Kepuska, Florida Institute of Technology; Kenneth Stanley, University of Central Florida; Alison Morrison-Shetlar, University of Central Florida; Pat Lancey, University of Central Florida; Paula Krist, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

the program'scumulative evaluation. To this end, they assess the technical quality of the research outcomesand the quality of the program as a whole by interviewing participants and gauging various otheraspects of the experience.The rest of the paper describes the various components and outcomes of our Program over theyears 2007 and 2008. In particular, since REU sites that are being run collaboratively among 2 ormore host universities are a rare phenomenon (at the time of writing the authors are aware of twomore collaborative REU Sites funded by NSF’s Directorate for Computer and InformationScience and Engineering) we hope that by sharing our experiences and promising strategies todate, we will encourage and aid prospective REU Site

Conference Session

Managing Dual Careers

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

the University of Nebraska. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia and her research focuses on the fate and transport of biologically-active organic contaminants in agricultural systems and water reuse in agriculture. She is a faculty fellow of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska and maintains a courtesy appointment in the Department of Environmental, Occupational and Agricultural Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has published over 95 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters, was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2012, and in 2015 was a member of a team receiving the Grand Prize for University Research

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

: Figure 5 shows that students who received an A used resubmissionless often than their peers (averaged 0.89 resubmissions per assignment), with those receiving a Chaving the largest number of resubmissions (averaging 1.27 resubmissions). The students whoreceived Fs had very few resubmissions, but they also had very few initial submissions. Thesample size is not high enough to gain deeper statistical insight; however, from the facultyobservation, resubmissions for those students who received an A were typically simple fixeswhile the resubmissions for the students who received a C were often much more involved,requiring more work on both the part of the instructor and student. This feedback-resubmissioncycle often resulted in feedback being

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Ahmed E. Kamal, Iowa State University; Akhilesh Tyagi, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

literacy and has given numerous talks on security. His current funded research is targeted at developing robust countermeasures for network-based security exploits and large scale attack simulation environ- ments and is the director of the Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) test bed project. He has given over 75 presentations in the area of computer security and has testified in front of the U.S. Senate committee of the Judiciary on security issues associated with peer-to-peer networking. He has served as an ABET program evaluator representing IEEE for five years. He is a Fellow of IEEE and received the IEEE Educational Activities Board Major Educational Innovation Award in 2012 for his work

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Praveen Meduri, California State University, Sacramento; Lawrence David Landis, Intel Programmable Solutions Group; Perry L. Heedley, California State University, Sacramento; Tyler Sheaves, Intel Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #33688Cloud-based Instruction Model for Electrical Engineering Courses: ARapid Response to Enable Fully Online Course DeliveryDr. Praveen Meduri, California State University, Sacramento Dr. Praveen Meduri is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Sacramento State University. He is also a Technical Liaison to Cadence Design Systems. He received his PhD from Old Dominion University, VA, M.S. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and bachelors from JNT University, India. His research interests include Embedded Systems, Smart Cities and VLSI Design and has multiple peer

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, whereas computing sciences have focused primarily on software design. Withthe introduction of robotic systems, it became possible to provide students with hands-onlaboratory experiences to construct interdisciplinary and more complex systems. As roboticsystems have evolved in research and commercial applications, the number and complexity ofthese systems has also increased. A significant portion of the design process must now focus onthe integration of hardware and software. However, most senior design courses still emphasizejust on the software writing or the hardware construction parts. In order to address both softwareand hardware issues, it becomes essential to apply a team-based approach.Applications of robotic systems usually involve a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erica Messinger, Keysight Technologies; Kathleen L. Melde, University of Arizona; Jonathan Chisum, University of Notre Dame; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Jing Wang, University of South Florida; Stephen E. Ralph, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

taught by a peer. In thecourses, students are required to use ADS to finish a practical design of a microwave device for acourse project. The main purpose is to show students how to verify their paper designs throughsimulation and to introduce students to practical matters they may see in industry. This includesexploring the impact of microstrip bend and tee artifacts in order to make a practical deviceconform to specific ports on a fixture. Students can adjust their designs to re tune their deviceswhen these practical matters are added. Students also use ADS to explore concepts such asvariability in device dimensions or reverse engineering an existing layout given mask dimensionsand measured S parameters. The ADS projects are easily implemented