Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the optical receiver. To evaluate the performance of the system, expensive equipment such as psudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) generator and bit-error-rate (BER) tester are required. When these equipment are not readily available, simulation software often provides an alternative way of studying the fiber optic communication systems. In this course, OptiPerformer was selected to study the performance of fiber optic communication systems 4. This category includes two activities: a. OptiPerformer #1: The objective of this activity is to study the bit-error-rate (BER)and Q-factor. The BER is a key performance parameter of the optical communication system.It is defined as the probability of a bit being incorrectly identified by

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, uned; Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education; Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera, UNED; SANTIAGO MONTESO FERNANDEZ, UNED; Félix García Loro, Predoctoral fellow; Maria José Albert Gomez, UNED; GABRIEL DIAZ ORUETA, UNED; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"; Mihail Milev; juan peire; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Page 23.1274.12electronics practices. At the end of the course, a survey was conducted among all the enrolledstudents (64 students) in that subject. The survey encompassed questions in terms of learningoutcomes, sense of reality, and performance. The survey results are shown in Table 2. Table 2. Survey on VISIR Deployment at UNED (2010/2011). Score Average Question (out of 5) (%) Feasibility Q.1. It helped me to understand the subject contents? 3.76

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mazloomzadeh, Florida International University; Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

-circuit method”, the “look-up table method” and the “curve-fitting method”. These methods arebased on the data which show the characteristics of the PV panel at different environmental andworking conditions. The direct methods include “artificial intelligence method”, “differentiationmethod”, “P&Q method”, and so on. The direct methods are more robust i.e. prior knowledge ofthe PV parameters is not required. However, voltage or current measurement and a feedbackloop are necessary for the converter control circuit 2. Page 23.655.4Figure 3 shows the schematic diagram of photovoltaic system with MPPT controller. The PVmodule and the dc bus are

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Sudarshan Sivaramakrishnan, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

-Pass with variouscutoff frequencies (Experiments 6-2 and 6-3), Band-Pass and Band-Reject with various Q-factors(measurements of these two filters are not included in this Lab); it also allows students toobserve the buildup and decay of the resonant response in Experiment 6-4.The lab manual for Experiment 6-1 includes a brief introduction to soldering, which covers theunderlying physical principles, a safety review, and links to videos demonstrating propersoldering techniques. In the Pre-Lab assignment, students are asked to draft a layout ofcomponents on a diagram of the prototyping board and answer questions reviewing the solderingprocess. In the lab, they are given step-by-step instructions (accompanied with numerousphotographs) to solder

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering education.Prof. Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University Dimitrios Peroulis received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2003. He has been with Purdue University since August 2003 where he is currently leading a group of graduate students on a variety of research projects in the areas of RF MEMS, sensing and power harvesting applications as well as RFID sensors for the health monitoring of sensitive equipment. He has been a PI or a co-PI in numerous projects funded by government agencies and industry in these areas. He has been a key contributor in two DARPA projects at Purdue focusing on 1) very high quality (Q>1,000) RF tunable filters in mobile form factors

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Pulse VCC Sensor Load_Data INPUT clock q[15..0] Motor_Speed[15..0] VCC Load_Data Right_Side_Error[15..0] Left_Side_Error[15..0] inst10 inst inst2 Input Reset_Count Out[15..0] clock Lef t_Side_Error INPUT VCC Sensor