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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Huff, University of Idaho; Edward William, University of Idaho; Vishu Gupta, University of Idaho; Herbert Hess, University of Idaho

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Electrical and Computer

reportsThe Remote University Team uses the SQL reports to drill down statistical queries of how muchthe site is utilized, how many failed login attempts into the site, and how much file size isuploaded and downloaded per day. This is useful information for statistical analysis of reports.In other words, each user can readily see who uses the site and in what pattern. For example, itquickly became apparent that the Local University Team and the Remote University Team usedthe site to communicate regularly and often, particularly as the research was ongoing. TheIndustry Team preferred to access documents closer to the time that such documents becamefinal. They did more of a review than an ongoing origination and preferred to do ongoing workthrough

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

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AC 2010-225: ASSESSING CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT THROUGH SENIORPROJECTSJianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Jianbiao (John) Pan is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA. After completing a PhD at Lehigh University in Industrial Engineering in 2000, he joined the optoelectronics center at Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems as a member of technical staff. He received a M.E degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a B.E. degree in Mechatronics from Xidian University, Xian, China. Dr. Pan's research interest lies in environmentally benign

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Qing Zheng, Gannon University

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Singapore in 2003 and Ph.D. from Cleveland State University in 2009, all in electrical engineering. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon University. Page 15.1092.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 STEM-based Projects to Integrate the Undergraduate ECE Program with the K-12 STEM CurriculumIntroductionThis paper discusses how electrical and computer engineering (ECE) projects withscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) components will integratethe undergraduate degree programs in ECE with the K-12 STEM-based

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Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Hayne, The Citadel; Mark McKinney, The Citadel

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outreach and education. Page 15.792.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Interdisciplinary Laboratory Projects Integrating LabVIEW with VHDL Models Implemented in FPGA HardwareAbstractSenior level electrical engineering elective courses often have a fairly narrow focus with littleview of how the material from one EE discipline may integrate with another. Projects and in-class demonstrations encompassing material from multiple classes give students the opportunityto see how different concepts from within the EE curriculum integrate and allow them to observethe interactions from a larger perspective. Projects

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bill Yang, Western Carolina University; Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Patrick Gardner, Western Carolina University

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century ago. In addition,the fundamentals and basic skills that the engineering and technology education need to covercontinue to grow while the total credit hours that can be packed in a four-year curriculum arebeing limited. Furthermore, the biggest challenge for future U.S. engineers is the large shift inthe job market with the trend of continuous shifting of routine design and manufacturing jobs toIndia and China. It is clear that creativity, team working, leadership, problem solving, inter-disciplinary integration, and project management have become essential skills if theseengineering and technology students are to remain in high-demand and be globally competitive1

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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improve bothVIP and the collaborative system.1. IntroductionThe Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is an engineering education program thatoperates in a research and development context.1 Undergraduate students that join VIP teamsearn academic credit for their participation in design efforts that assist faculty and graduatestudents with research and development issues in their areas of technical expertise. The teamsare: multidisciplinary – drawing students from across engineering and around campus; vertically-integrated – maintaining a mix of sophomores through PhD students each semester; and long-term – each undergraduate student may participate in a project for up to three years and eachgraduate student may participate for the

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Shey, United States Naval Academy; Ryan Rakvic, United States Naval Academy; Thomas Salem, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

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Technology in 1997 and 2001, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy. She has conducted research in several areas of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) including microscale chemical reactor systems, integrated photoacoustic spectroscopy, microwave switches, variable thermal radiators and microscale robotics. Page 15.998.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Project-Based Thematic Learning though a Multicourse Multidisciplinary Robotics ProjectAbstractThe

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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diodes, lasers, and display systems. Inaddition, it has been essential in the development of new imaging techniques for biomedicalresearch, as well as in the development of new fabrication methodologies for electronics. Todate, these remarkable contributions to engineering have largely been ignored in theundergraduate curriculum in electrical engineering.Here, we present our efforts to develop educational modules for nanophotonics with an emphasison how the resulting technologies apply to sustainability and quality of life via devices based onnanostructures: e.g., solar cells, high efficiency lighting, environmental sensing, and other lowerpower optoelectronic devices. Specifically, in this project, we are developing nanophotonicsKnowledge

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

course isviewed in a dynamic perspective. Currently the Lab serves the needs of Physics students, while in thenear future it will mainly serve the needs of the future ECE students (possibly including some studentswho have currently taken the course). Therefore, the need for Lab restructuring at this time is paralleledby the need to tune in the content to present and future student needs (an adapted course will be in thefuture part of the ECE program). An integration of laboratory and lecture will be performed in the future,as the entire ECE program and laboratory designs (building facilities) were conceived in this way.In the current phase, lab experiments were tested in lab conditions and modified in order to match thelecture curriculum and

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khalid Al-Olimat, Ohio Northern University

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called senior capstone design project - is an important componentof engineering curriculum worldwide. The course is a senior level course with a commonobjective which is to mainly allow students to reinforce their technical skills and to integrate andapply them to solve engineering problems. ABET1 states the definition of engineering design as“Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences, mathematics,and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective.Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives andcriteria, synthesis, analysis

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University; Dennis Silage, Temple University; Michael Baginski, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

plates, as shown in Figure 1(b). (a) (b)Figure 1: (a) Configuration of rectangular conduction plates with a uniform charge distribution(b) actual electrostatic defection platesThe intentionally vague specification of the task is to calculate the vector electric field at anarbitrary location P(x,y,z) for a specific uniform charge density S. The width X1 and length Z1of the rectangular plates, the angle and the charge density S are randomly assigned to eachstudent to avoid direct duplication of the results.The course learning objective is to effect the translation of a problem to an engineering analysisto be solved by discrete summation, rather than integration, and to formulate a

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

computer engineering and computer sciencemajors. Computer engineering faculty are presently considering whether the curriculum needs tobe altered to place more emphasis on these two courses. It seems likely that we will require thecourse on Human-Computer interfacing and make the presently required course on ProgrammingLanguages an elective. A revision of the linear systems sequence is being considered to providemore emphasis on Digital Signal Processing.It seems unlikely that we will ever have open ended projects related to Probability and Statistics,Algorithms, Database Systems, Social and Professional Issues, or Software Engineering. Thesetopics will be left for coverage in the senior capstone project or in other coursework. Ourprogram provides

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Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Lashway, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

[10], an academic unit started a two-year project geared toward developing computer-based laboratory instruments (CLIs) for custom hardware. The program goal was set to have theCLIs integrated into the undergraduate curriculum, giving students a first-hand laboratoryexperience. The ease of use and flexibility demonstrated in LabView made it a proficientsolution.The unique UPS system that this paper is focused on presents a similar opportunity in the designof electronic instrumentation and control for a custom UPS system. The purpose is to adapt theindustrial power unit for educational purposes in power electronics and energy storage areas.Traditionally, undergraduate programs supplement instruction with a series of laboratoryexperiments in

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Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruben Otero, Student at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Apurva Somani, University of Minnesota; Krushna Mohapatra, University of Minnesota; Ned Mohan, University of Minnesota

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-498: EMULATION OF A WIND TURBINE SYSTEMRuben Otero, Student at University of Puerto Rico - MayaguezApurva Somani, University of MinnesotaKrushna Mohapatra, University of MinnesotaNed Mohan, University of Minnesota Page 15.458.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Emulation of a Wind Turbine SystemAbstractRecently there has been an increasing interest in wind power generation systems. Amongrenewable sources of energy (excluding hydro power), wind energy offers the lowest cost. It istherefore imperative that basics of wind power generation be taught in the undergraduateelectrical engineering curriculum. In this paper, an experiment

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

the lecture and lab activities described herein assisted their learning.IntroductionIn 1975, an MIT study published by ASEE1 noted that "educational experience in design shouldbe promoted as early as possible...and should be available as an integrated part of the engineeringcurriculum." A subsequent push to "integrate design throughout the curriculum"2 led programsto add design content in lower-division (e.g., freshman engineering) courses3,4 and augmentdesign activities in upper-division courses.Instructional laboratories are a natural setting for design5, but meaningful exercises in lower-division courses pose a challenge. Several efforts have been reported which involve the addition ofelectronics topics to an introductory circuit analysis

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Innovations in Power Education in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian Belu, Drexel University

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AC 2010-402: VIRTUAL LABORATORY FOR STUDY OF THE ELECTRICMACHINES PARAMETERS AND CHARACTERISTICSRadian Belu, Drexel University Page 15.1351.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Virtual Laboratory for Study of the Electric Machines Parameters and CharacteristicsAbstractComputing and communication technology have had a significant impact on engineeringeducation. This technology has significantly improved online, distance, collaborativelearning, as well as the use of the virtual experiments and simulations in engineeringeducation. One of the distinguishing features of engineering education is that the laboratorywork is an integral part and its

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Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

latest information for a rapidly changing domestic industry. Engineering 2020 concerns designing an engineering curriculum that grows to meet or exceed current and future demands. This is based on vision, values, variability, knowledge and awareness of the inherent worth of people [1]. In this work, we describe a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary undergraduate course in electronic manufacturing that satisfy elements from engineering 2020 objectives. The course integrates knowledge from different technologies with application in life sciences. The course incorporates four technology processes: ASIC, PCB, FPGA, and MEMS into engineering application. Indiana Life Sciences Inc. located at Indianapolis, Indiana, will be hosting the manufacturing

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Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Rebeca Gonzalez, Chapin High School; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado; Alexandria Ogrey, University of Texas, El Paso; Mary Kay Roy, University of Texas, El Paso; Alan Siegel, NYU

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. Preliminary evaluation results are encouraging – students from a wide range ofacademic majors find MPCT engaging and report that the analytical tasks were effective at conveying insightand decreasing anxiety towards foundational mathematical concepts. This paper extends prior reports on MPCT with evaluation results indicating that more than half ofattendees indicated increased confidence in the understanding and application of quantitative analysis tasksand detected differences in that nature of students‟ engagement with math in MPCT and traditional mathcourses. In addition, this report includes an overview of an emerging effort to investigate the integration ofMPCT into secondary school curricula.Introduction MPCT is integrated into an Entering

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Laboratory Development in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R.F. William Hollender, Montana State University; James Becker, Montana State University

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Electrical and Computer

, save for possibly a circulator will be used.Students will then be asked to compare their measurements on the system (range for a giventarget size/distance/velocity, minimum detectable signal, etc.) with appropriate calculations. Byhaving a fully integrated system, it is hoped that calculations will match reasonably well withmeasurements. To make this lab feasible the content regarding the Doppler will be moved toearlier in the semester and an additional Doppler board will be constructed. This board will befully integrated and will seek to improve the phase noise of the integrated VCO using additionalbias filtering as it is believed that phase noise associated with the VCO limited the performanceof the fall 2009 EE 433 Doppler system

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Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

supported by Circuits I are developed and taught, work will be needed toverify the appropriateness of its coverage. When possible, surveys of stakeholders other thancurrent students should be conducted and analyzed to verify both course effectiveness andappropriateness of coverage. Stakeholders yet to be surveyed include instructors of subsequentcourses, students who have completed subsequent courses, industrial advisory committeemembers, alumni, and employers of program graduates.ConclusionDetails have been presented about a circuits lecture/lab course that is able to serve as both thesole circuits course in a mechatronics engineering program and as the first of a two-semestercircuits sequence in an electrical engineering curriculum. Analysis of a

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Wei PAN, Idaho State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-821: ENHANCING ELECTROMAGNETICS INSTRUCTION USINGMATLAB AND MATHCADStuart Wentworth, Auburn University Stu Wentworth received his Electrical Engineering doctorate from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1990. Since then he has been with Auburn University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in electromagnetics and microelectronics. He has authored a pair of undergraduate electromagnetics texts, and has won several awards related to teaching. He is a long-standing member of his department’s curriculum and assessment committee.S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University Dr. Mousavinezhad is an active member of IEEE and ASEE having chaired sessions in

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Laboratory Development in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-2327: WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL LABORATORIES FORELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONYakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC YAKOV E. CHERNER, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of ATEL, LLC. He combines over 25 years of teaching experience with extensive experience in writing curricula and developing educational software and efficient instructional strategies. Dr. Cherner develops new concepts and simulation-based e-learning tools for STEM education that use real-world objects, processes and learning situations as the context for science, engineering and technology investigations. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of integrated adjustable virtual

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Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Joshua Quesenberry, Virginia Tech; Justeen Olinger, Virginia Western Community College; Kevin Diomedi II, Virginia Western Community College; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Richard Clark, Virginia Western Community College; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech

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. Page 15.636.7To use any one of the three software packages, the student and the instructor orGTA must have a digital camera interfaced with their personal computer. As allVirginia Tech engineering students are required to own a Tablet PC and all of theTablet PC models that meet the Virginia Tech College of Engineering’s specificationcome equipped with an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam, the first cameraevaluated was the webcam integrated in an Apple Macbook Pro owned by one of theauthors. The second camera evaluated was a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, a stand-alone camera with 2 megapixel imager. Using Skype, the images received from bothcameras were of more than sufficient quality to resolve the components on theanalog/digital trainer and the

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

could result in success at the undergraduate level.ConclusionsFrom this initial effort in the special topics course in computer engineering it is recognized thatadditional work must be directed toward the integration of self-reflection, self-regulated learningand problem solving technologies into all courses across the engineering curriculum. Inaddition, an effort will be made to reinforce many of the skills discussed in the freshmanuniversity success course which include time management, study techniques, critical thinking,note taking, textbook reading, and examination preparation. The importance of these topicsbecame apparent in the self-reporting by the students and in certain instances their lack of use orunderstanding of their self

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Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Eugenio Lopez-Aldea, NIEDAX; Nuria Oliva, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv Universifty; Catalina Martinez-Mediano, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Mihail Milev, Plovdiv Universifty; Slavka Tzanova, Sofia University; Edmundo Tovar, UPM; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo

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clearly possible for mobile learningproviders to provide mobile learning courseware to their students.What is mPSS?Our group has been involved in the design, development, evaluation and implementation of PSS(Performance Support Systems) in higher engineering and vocational education2, leading to thedevelopment of Internet-based Performance Support System with Educational Elements(IPSS_EE) 3, which exhibits all features of a Learning Content Management System. Page 15.892.2IPSS_EE is an integrated electronic environment, which is available via Internet. It is structuredto provide individualized online access to the full range of information

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhang, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Electrical and Computer

software development for general-purpose multicore based computers, whichcan be easily adopted by other institutions; 3) I will use authentic MTP problems, aprofessional development environment, and real dual-core processors (i.e. Intel Core 2quad-core) throughout this course to enhance students’ capability to solve “real-world”MTP problems; and 4) I will evaluate the effectiveness of PBL in enhancing students’learning outcome of multicore programming, and provide useful guidance for otherinstructors to enhance and apply PBL to multicore or other programming courses.2.2 Brief Review of PBL PBL is an instructional and learning method based on using problems as a startingpoint for acquisition and integration of new knowledge [14]. PBL

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Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Gibbon, University of The Witwatersrand; Ian Jandrell, University of the Witwatersrand

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students are also studying engineering for reasons thatdo not include an interest in, or an aptitude for, engineering. Some of the reasons are theavailability of scholarships and bursaries to study engineering, parental pressure and futurefinancial security after obtaining an engineering degree.In 2004 the changes included extending the course over two semesters, adding a critical thinkingcomponent and changing the laboratory concepts. In 2005 formal tutorials were dropped andself-learning concept in the laboratories was extended. Developing a “global” learning approachby integrating the laboratory tasks with the lectures was introduced in 2007. In 2009 therequirement for the students to pass all topics in the course to pass the course, and not

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. His technical work ranges over the topics of optical data links, integrated circuit technology, RF semiconductor components, and semiconductor component reliable. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 15.1152.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Sustainable Assessment for Program Improvement and ABET PreparationAbstractOne of the fundamental challenges of program assessment is to develop a process that issustainable and has the rigor to

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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, students are encouraged to be involved in industry sponsored projectsoutside of the classroom. Many of the EE students also participate in the annual IEEE regionalrobotics competition (Figure 1). Engaging students with the concrete, hands-on, and real-worldproblems is a great motivator and learning opportunity. Page 15.197.2The EE program has strong emphasis on the implementation of design experiences. The 4-yearcurriculum has a design course each year with two in the senior year. The role of these coursesis to bring together material from various courses and form an integrated curriculum. Thedesign course Figure 1: EE Students

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent Jesiek, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Question representation SchematicConclusion and RecommendationsThough the end application driving the development of each inventory is different, they all targetassessment of student understanding of key concepts in electrical circuits. Their uses range fromgeneral assessment of conceptual knowledge to assessment of a particular curriculum orinstructional method. Distractors in the multiple choice questions are based on students’ pre-existing conceptions reported in the literature. With increasing interest in integrating cognitive Page 15.277.9theory knowledge in instruction, further research is needed to determine if CI