Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

microfluidics and MEMS devices for chemical and biological assays. He was the teaching assistant for the Biochip Laboratory course discussed in this paper. Page 12.971.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Microfluidics to Electrical Engineers: An Integrated Problem-Based Learning ExperienceIntroductionMicrofluidics is a multidisciplinary field comprising of physics, chemistry, engineering andbiotechnology that studies the behavior of fluids at the microscale and the design of systems thattake advantage of such behavior. The behavior of fluids at the microscale differ from“macrofluidic

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

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Electrical and Computer

ECE consist of several studio and project labs and the curriculum is developed withthe intent of incorporating multidisciplinary courses with a modern approach to teaching communication,basic science, and mathematics skills. As students can now own portable versions of a laboratory stationin the form of computer attachments small enough to carry in their backpacks7 the choice of the labequipment was the use of traditional laboratory stations with stand-alone instruments along with sets ofcomputer-based measurement equipment8. One of the ECE faculty is currently based in the Physicsdepartment teaching courses related to electrical engineering. The inherited Electronics course and labwere in need of significant restructuring. The goal of this

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Electrical and Computer

Pedagogical and Andragogical Validity of Capstone Projects,” http://www.asee.org/acPapers/20476.pdf. 4. S. Brookfiel, “Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning,” San Francisco, CA. Jossey-Bass, 1986. 5. R. Zemke, “In Search of Self-Directed Learners” Training, May 1998. 6. J.E. Stice, “A First Step Toward Improved Teaching,” Engineering Education, 1976 7. W. Ibrahim, R. Morsi, “Online Engineering Education: A Comprehensive Review,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference 8. L.D. Feisel, A. J. Rosa, “The role of the laboratory in undergraduate engineering education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, No. 1, January 2005. 9. N.Y. Bengiamin, A. Johnson, M. Zidon, D. Moen, D., and D.K. Ludlow, “The

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

employed in the teaching ofElectronics and Network Analysis. The analysis of this paper follows comparable studies onmedia-based instruction. Cohen et al1 who found that students learned additional informationfrom such instruction techniques in contrast to traditional modes of instruction. Moreover,Powell et al2 further explored this analysis and found that such instructional techniques werehelpful in raising the GPAs of the students.PSpice, an acronym for Personal Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, is ageneral purpose analog circuit and digital logic simulation software used to check the reliabilityof circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior. SPICE3 was originally developed at theElectronics Research Laboratory of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Lisa D. Hobson Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Holland Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University; Mahamadou Tembely, Prairie View A&M University

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Electrical and Computer

. Some of statistics are due to teaching approaches that are not suitable for currentpopulations of students that learn and acquire new knowledge quite differently from those ofearlier generations. Several new pedagogical paradigms have been proposed to improveengineering education, such as the use of “hands-on” tools to change the learning style in theengineering classroom to more engaging teaching pedagogies. An approach that is being usedto engage and inspire the electrical and computer engineering freshman students is the ElectricalEngineering Practicum. In this paper, the researchers discuss the various laboratory experimentsperformed by the students, the knowledge and skill learnt by the students, the lessons learnedwhile introducing

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Lopez, Utah State University; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Electrical and Computer

working in the Office of Undergraduate Education, School of Engineering and Applied Science at SUNY-Buffalo. Previously, he held a position of post- doctoral research associate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He formerly held a position of teaching assistant in the Engineering Education Department at Utah State University. He also worked as a laboratory instructor of Telecommunication Engineering at Technological University of Honduras teaching courses of Transmission System to senior students. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Honduras and his Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Utah State University

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Travis Fredrick Collins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robin Getz, Analog Devices

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18912Sample-Based Understanding of Wireless Transceivers and Digital Transmis-sion Via Software-Defined RadioProf. Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alexander M. Wyglinski is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Asso- ciate Professor of Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), as well as Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab). He received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 2005, his M.S. degree from Queens University at Kingston in 2000, and his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1999, all in electrical

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University; Srinivasa Vemuru, Ohio Northern University

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Electrical and Computer

systems23.ConclusionIn this paper, we described teaching plans to introduce the hybrid design approach at the Page 15.805.9undergraduate level from two different universities. These plans were successfully applied in arequired/elective classes in the ECE department at The University of Akron and Ohio NorthernUniversity. The paper includes a detailed description of the laboratory plans from these courses.Future plans include introducing other projects that make use of the interface capabilities of theconfigurable processors especially with external memory devices. Frame grabbers for exampleare usually built in hardware because of the real-time video

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jimmy Linn, East Carolina University

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Electrical and Computer

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and applications ofsome innovative technologies in the classroom. I have chosen to concentrate on one suchtechnology in this paper. This technology is the use of computer based laboratory experiments inlieu of or to supplement hands-on laboratory experiments. I will focus on computer based labexperiments. The driving force behind this technology is to speed up student progress onlaboratory experiments and make the learning experience in the lab more efficient. I choose theelectrical field to concentrate my discussion because my background is in electronics and I havesignificant experience teaching electrical courses with accompanying labs. I will first give some

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint S. Cole, Digilent, Inc.; Joe Harris, Digilent, Inc.; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

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Electrical and Computer

, Digital Systems, Design of Fault Tolerant Systems and Testing of Digital Systems. Her current research interests include Fault Tolerance of Electronic Systems, Programmable Logic Devices and new educational methods to teach digital system design and analog electronics.Clint S Cole, Digilent, Inc. Clint graduated from Washington State University in 1987 with a BS degree in computer science, and worked for Hewlett-Packard and Physio-Control before co-founding Heartstream in 1991. Heartstream pioneered the design of ultra-portable, low-cost defibrillators that are now deployed in millions of settings around the world. After Hewlett-Packard purchased Heartstream in 1997, Clint returned to WSU to complete a MSEE

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Selahattin Sayil, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. H. Johnson, and D. Cobbinah, “The New Motors and Controls Laboratory at Howard University,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual.[6] M. T. Taher and A. S. Khan, “Effectiveness of Simulation versus Hands-on Labs: A Case Study for Teaching an Electronics Course,” 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, June 2015.[7] K. Meehan, “Why engineering students need a virtual lab bench”, EE Times, 9/10/2012.[8] R. L. Clark, G. H. Flowers, P. Doolittle, K. Meehan and R. W. Hendricks, "Work in progress - transitioning Lab-in-a-Box (LiaB) to the community college setting," 2009 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009, pp. 1-6.[9] J. A. Weitzen, “UML Laboratory in a box, a new way of teaching ECE labs

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriyel Nieves, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tim Kane, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shengxi Huang, Pennsylvania State University; Diego Penaloza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Electrical and Computer

requirements of the project.The student will be required to assemble their system and take measurements toprove their system works. Finally, the student will be required to analyze andinterpret the results from the experiment.IV. Future WorkTo further improve the overall success of the process, several topics will beaddressed in future work. This includes an integration with other courses, thedevelopment of low-cost solutions for the students to work on, and development ofnew material each year.The laboratory experiment has components that can be applied to various othercourses within the electrical engineering curriculum. Circuit design teaches thefundamentals of waveform design, filtering, and ADC design which can be used asportions of the radar

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Ravindran, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Arindam Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Electrical and Computer

concepts introduced in the class and thefamiliarize students with simulation and synthesis tools. A short pre-laboratory assignment isgiven to ensure that the students are adequately prepared for the laboratory session. Theinstructors ensure their availability in the lab to answer questions that students have while doingtheir lab assignments. Additionally a graduate teaching assistant is available during the labsession as well as for a few hours outside class each week to answer student queries. Our labsessions are currently based on VHDL and the Xilinx ISE which includes the ModelSimsimulator and the Xilinx XST synthesizer. The hardware platform consists of the PCI-X basedNallatech FPGA boards equipped with Virtex-II 6000 FPGAs and 128 MB on

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark McDermott, University of Texas, Austin; Jacob Abraham, University of Texas, Austin; Mihir Ravel, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

to provide an“active learning” approach using a common set of platforms for both virtual and physical Page 14.270.2prototyping.Course Sequence OrganizationCourse 1 - Basic VLSI DesignThis course focuses on teaching the student the building blocks of VLSI systems. The studentsuse the Weste & Harris book “CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective” asreading material to support the lecture material. There are three laboratory assignments thatprovide the student with the necessary capabilities to design and layout CMOS integrated circuitsusing a virtual prototyping platform from Cadence Design Systems. There is a class projectwhich

Conference Session

Software & Web-based Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom J. Zajdel, University of California at Berkeley; Michel M. Maharbiz, University of California at Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

successfully employed to grade these projects through the design of a rubric thattolerated differences in robot designs. Though the approach described in this paper has workedfor an introductory lab with simple circuits, the authors suggest that more complex hardwarecourses would require virtual laboratories or remote-controlled equipment to properly teach thematerial. However, carefully curated kits could introduce students to new fields beyondelectronics with a powerful hands-on approach that may inspire additional study.Though MOOC courses must contend with high attrition rates and low participation rates, theeffort is worth it for those people that they reach. Those students that did not finish this coursehave shared gratitude and appreciation for

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

offer power engineeringcurriculum at the undergraduate level, commonly use computer aided simulation techniques toenhance laboratory teaching. The use of a computer aided simulation package like PowerWorldis very effective at helping students learn the complex processes involved in power systemplanning. PowerWorld Simulator is a powerful visualization tool; the animation capabilities helpthe students understand the complexity of the power-flow problem.Students, in general, lose interest in a course that focuses entirely on computer simulationtechniques and computer software. Consequently at CSM, we have taken a very differentapproach to developing our Advanced Energy Systems Laboratory. A special feature of ouradvanced laboratory is the

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

capacitor are explained. Thisknowledge is then applied to analysis of first order RC circuits. Equations for capacitor chargingand discharging are derived using the circuit laws introduced in the previous chapter. Thesolution to the differential equation is given and verified without teaching the techniques used tosolve differential equations. Similar to the first chapter, the primary objective of this chapter isto emphasize the fundamental concepts such as understanding of the RC time constant asopposed to analysis of complex RC circuits, which are covered in the next course on circuits.In the laboratory, the students use the same experiment box used in the previous experiment.The experiment begins with measurements performed on a simple, first

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

retention and quality in an introductory Electronics and Network Analysiscourse offered at a university in northeastern United States. It also seeks to study the effects oftechnology-based instruction that complements conventional instruction. This progress, as wellas lessons learned in the first three years of Media Based Instruction in introductory engineeringcourses (namely Circuits, Electronics, Network Analysis, and C++ for Digital Computations) isevaluated with data. The efficacy of embedding conventional teaching with Media BasedInstruction is assessed.IntroductionThis paper explores the results of a study and feedback completed by students. The feedbackwas based on their outlook toward a media-based tool that was used in the instruction

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Andrew Phillips, The University of Glasgow

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the (Scottish) accent of the presenter. An effort todetermine the exact cause will be studied during the next offering of this course. An area fornote taking will be added to the printed laboratory procedure. The undergraduatelaboratory teaching assistants will be asked to observe whether students use this areaduring the presentation and to informally assess the accuracy of the notes that are takenduring the lab session.The interference caused by sunlight was observed by several teams who were conductedtheir experiment while seated at lab stations near an outside window. As the studentscirculated among teams, the information about this interference was rapidly communicatedto the rest of the cohort, some of whom then realised that the

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph P Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

; Exposition.14. Buket Barkana, "A Graduate Level Course: Audio Processing Laboratory", 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.15. Tim Lin, Saeed Monemi, and Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, "Interactive Learning Discrete Time Signals and Systems with MATLAB and TI DSK6713 DSP Kit", 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.16. Lisa Huettel, "Integration of a DSP Hardware Based Laboratory into an Introductory Signals and Systems Course", 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.17. Michael G. Morrow, Cameron H. G. Wright, and Thad B. Welch, "Old Tricks for a New Dog: An Innovative Software Tool for Teaching Real-Time DSP on a New Hardware Platform", 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.18. Michael G. Morrow, Cameron H. G

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Pintong, Binghamton University; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University; Kyle Temkin, BInghamton University

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Electrical and Computer

, or any of the other toolsprovided to them. In order to mitigate those concerns, a few basic tutorials regarding labequipment were provided in 2011 and more robust tutorials are planned for the 2012 course. Itshould be noted that for many students, it is their first time using this equipment. The typical oncampus course has many teaching assistants to assist students, but we frequently found thatstudents would not contact online teaching staff for assistance for the laboratory portion.A point of concern that some faculty may have is the use of a virtual oscilloscope and functiongenerator. It could be claimed that this equipment is not an accurate representation of their "realworld" counterparts. The user interfaces presented are far simpler

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Schiano, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Electrical and Computer

dilutes both these components. Moreover, as the professionalengineering topics are required for graduation, students cannot replace the capstone designcourse with other opportunities closer to their professional interests, for example, completing aproject in the Student Space Programs Laboratory. Page 25.403.2Following a critical review and discussion of the design component of our curriculum, theundergraduate committee identified three areas for improvement: (1) coupling the undergraduateand graduate programs by engaging undergraduates in faculty research projects, (2) diversifyingthe spectrum and depth of capstone design projects, and (3

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariusz Jankowski, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

computing. Dr. Jankowski has received awards from the Ames Laboratory, Wolfram Research, and University of Southern Maine for his scholarly and pedagogic work. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, Maine Science and Technology Foundation, and Wolfram Research. Page 22.1219.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Recent advances in computational technology in the classroomAbstractRecent advances in computational technology have made it significantly easier to create interactive demonstrations with pro-grammable tools that are fully

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dominik May, University of Georgia; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia; Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Georgia; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Amy Ingalls, University of Georgia

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #32550Switching from Hands-on Labs to Exclusively Online Experimentation inElectrical and Computer Engineering CoursesDr. Dominik May, University of Georgia Dr. May is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute. He researches online and intercultural engineering education. His primary research focus lies on the development, in- troduction, practical use, and educational value of online laboratories (remote, virtual, and cross-reality) and online experimentation in engineering instruction. In his work, he focuses on developing broader educational strategies for the design and

Conference Session

ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Timothy Holman, Vanderbilt University; Brian David Sierawski, Vanderbilt University; Robert Reed, Vanderbilt University; Robert A. Weller, Vanderbilt University; Andrew L. Sternberg, Vanderbilt University; Rebekah Austin, Vanderbilt University; Daniel M. Fleetwood, Vanderbilt University

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Electrical and Computer

, Nergiz Ercil, Elif Aydin, Rusen Oktem, Ali Kara, Marian Alexandru, and Bodo Reiner. "Requirements for remote RF laboratory applications: An educators' perspective." Education, IEEE Transactions on 52, no. 1 (2009): 75-81.[10] Rojko, Andreja, Darko Hercog, and Karel Jezernik. "Power engineering and motion control web laboratory: Design, implementation, and evaluation of mechatronics course." Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on 57, no. 10 (2010): 3343-3354.[11] Chu, Rui Hong, DD-C. Lu, and Swamidoss Sathiakumar. "Project-based lab teaching for power electronics and drives." Education, IEEE Transactions on 51, no. 1 (2008): 108-113.[12] NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. (2010) [Illustration of main field intensity

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 1-6, 2008.7. Macias-Guarasa, J., Montero, J., San-Segundo, R., Araujo, A., & Nieto-Taldriz, O. A Project-Based Learning Approach to Design Electronics Systems Curricula. IEEE Transactions on Education, 49(3), 389-397, 2006.8. Jenkins, B., Field, C.T. Practical Circuit Design in an Elementary Circuit Theory Lab. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA, 2000.9. Firebaugh, S., Jenkins, B., Ciezki, J. A Comprehensive Laboratory Design Project for Teaching Advanced Circuit Analysis. Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2004.10. Michaud, Francois, et al

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis; Jun Ouyang, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

California, Davis and works on designing analog inte- grated circuits. As a development teaching assistant, he works on designing modern laboratory materials for undergraduate electrical engineering students. In his spare time, he enjoys working on automating solutions for physical problems using different programming languages. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A New Application-Oriented Electronic Circuits Course for non-Electrical Engineering Students Using Arduino and NI VirtualBenchI. IntroductionTeaching circuits to non-electrical engineering students has always been a challenging task since many ofthese students find the circuit theory

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei PAN, Idaho State University; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Kenyon Hart, Idaho State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

discipline. One of the authors hasextensive industrial background and has used up-to-date tools in microelectronics andrelated application areas; another author has several years of experience teaching DSP atdifferent schools.IntroductionAt our school we have a one-semester lecture course for both seniors and first-yeargraduate students, and a laboratory section in digital signal processing. The Oppenheim-Schafer-Buck textbook1 for the graduate course is widely used in many schools. We usethe book by Proakis and Manolakis2 as a text. The book by McClellan-Schafer-Yoder3 isan interesting one for signal processing first approach used in some programs. The bookby Smith4 is also available online and students can download it for free.We will next present

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qian Du, Mississippi State University; Judy Schneider, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

) facultyto improve the teaching and learning effectiveness in ECE3183. The ME department wasselected because they provide the largest student population to ECE3183 (40% of the class).Based on the experience and lessons learned from this initial effort, this concept will be extendedto other departments in the near future.II. Current ECE3183 at MSUECE3183 at MSU consists of three hours of lecture with no supporting laboratory. The loss of atraditionally dedicated laboratory results from the reduction in credit hours to obtain abaccalaureate degree in the various engineering disciplines. Student population in ECE3183includes, approximately, 40% Mechanical Engineering, 30% Chemical Engineering, 10%Aerospace Engineering, 10% Civil Engineering, and 10

Conference Session

Flipping ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Sofía Carolina Maldonado, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

retention.Studies have shown that students are more likely to stay in college if they have clear goals, areactive learners, and are active participants in classroom activities. In other words, students learnmore when they are intensely involved in their education and have opportunities to apply whatthey are learning. Students also benefit when they are engaged in the teaching and learning oftheir peers, such as group work, peer review, study groups, and peer teaching in and out of class.Flipping the classroom is a relatively new active learning technique that faculty at manyinstitutions have incorporated in their teaching. In a flipped classroom, laboratory and in-classactivities replace typical class-lectures. Lectures are normally delivered over some