Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #19610Teaching Introduction to Electronic Circuits in a Studio FormatDr. Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Bridget Benson received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obipso in 2005, a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara in 2007 and a PhD degree in the Computer Science and Engi- neering at the University of California San Diego in 2010. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

relaxation oscillator. Oscillators are characterized by the frequency of theiroutput signal. Oscillators designed to produce a high-power AC output from a DC supply areusually called inverters. Project #4 comprises sound generation using the transistor oscillatorcircuit shown in Figure 8. Turning on the slide switch (S1) causes the LED (D1) to light up asthe speaker (SP) emits a tone. The circuit oscillates and generates an AC voltage across thespeaker through the transformer (T1). Figure 8: Project Activity #4(a) – Oscillator for sound Project #4 also included the assembly of an oscillator circuit to produce frequencies rangingfrom 0.5 Hz to 30 kHz. This circuit was then to be used to turn on an LED. Figure 9 shows

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary H. Bernstein, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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Electrical and Computer

clean soldering job and a working radio. The radio is used in M5 as part of theirbench-top radio station.M2. Introduction to the lab bench equipment. The oscilloscope, digital multimeter (DMM),power supply, function generator and current probe are introduced. By this time in the semester(third week), students have learned about current and voltage dividers in EE 20224. Here, bread-boarding is introduced, and students build simple resistor networks as current and voltagedividers. They use DC and AC sources and measure voltages and currents using the DMM andoscilloscope. A variety of activities allows them to explore the basic functions of each of the corebench tools.M3. Power transmission. Time-wise, this is themost intensive module of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nisha Kondrath, Villanova University; Mark A. Jupina, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA from August 2010-May 2012. Her research interests include power electronics, microgrids, PWM dc- dc converters, PWM dc-ac inverters, power semiconductors, and high-frequency power magnetics. Ms. Kondrath is a member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, and ASEE.Dr. Mark A. Jupina, Villanova University Mark A. Jupina has been a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Villanova University since 1990. He has taught courses in electromagnetics, analog and digital electronics, and solid state materials, devices, and fabrication. Benjamin Franklin once said, ”Tell me and I forget. Teach me

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Jason S. Skinner, The Citadel

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Electrical and Computer

௖ + ݉ሺ‫ݐ‬ሻሿ cosሺ2ߨ݂௖ ‫ݐ‬ሻ, (1)where Ac is the carrier amplitude, m(t) is the arbitrary message signal, and fc is the carrierfrequency. As a result of the modulation property of the Fourier transform, the signal spectrumis given by ‫ܣ‬௖ ܵሺ݂ሻ = ሾߜሺ݂ − ݂௖ ሻ + ߜሺ݂ + ݂௖ ሻሿ + ‫ܯ‬ሺ݂ − ݂௖ ሻ + ‫ܯ‬ሺ݂ + ݂௖ ሻ, (2) 2where the carrier spectrum is composed of two Dirac delta functions at ±fc and the messagesignal spectrum is translated to ±fc.Creation of the AM waveform of Equation (1) can be realized in a three-step process depicted infigure 1. Nonlinear Device

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

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Electrical and Computer

and Adaptive Receiver Equalization for Duobinary Signaling in Backplane Channels.” He was also honored by DesignCon for 2013 Best Paper Award Finalist, for the paper ”A Rapid Prototyping of FPGA - Based Duobinary Transmitter/Receiver for High Speed Electrical Backplane Transmission,” Santa Clara, CA, January 2013. He received the 2010 Technical Achievement Award from the Central Pennsylvania Engi- neers Week Council. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and a full member of Sigma Xi. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Implementing a Signal Integrity Course in Undergraduate Education1Signal integrity has been identified as one

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

ElectronicInstrumentationThe Setting/ProcessThe course addressed in this phase of the paper is Electronic Instrumentation (EI), which is themain electronics course taken by students outside of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Thecourse is offered each semester in two sections of approximately 60 students per section, one inthe early morning and one in the late afternoon. The course was developed in the late 1990s asone of the few general engineering courses implementing Studio-Based pedagogy with benchtopinstrumentation. Benchtop instruments were replaced by the Rensselaer Mobile Studio boardseveral years later and then to flipped instruction in 2010, again using the Mobile Studio asstudent-owned personal instrumentation. The flipped environment evolved with