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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Paper ID #29674Student performance in partially flipped ECE laboratory classesDr. Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Dallal is an assistant professor at the department of electrical and computer engineering, Unversity of Pittsburgh, since August 2017. Dr. Dallal primary focus is on education development and innovation. His research interests include biomedical signal processing, biomedical image analysis, and computer vision, as well as machine learning, networked control systems, and human-machine learning.Dr. April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty

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New ECE Laboratories

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Mark William Thoren, Analog Devices Inc.; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Frontiers in Education Conference, 2007.[5]. Song, J., Dow, D., and Ma, L. “In-Class Laboratory Exercises to Improve a Signals and Systems Course”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2019.[6]. LTSpice, https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice- simulator.html.[7]. Open Source Definition https://opensource.org/docs/osd

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New ECE Laboratories

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Pelin Kurtay, George Mason University

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Paper ID #30554Development of a Printed Circuit Board Design Laboratory CourseDr. Pelin Kurtay, George Mason University Pelin Kurtay is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at George Mason University. She currently heads the ECE Department’s undergrad- uate curriculum development efforts and leads other departmental initiatives. She is the recipient of the 2015 Teacher of Distinction Award at George Mason University for exceptional teaching and commitment to teaching-related activities in electrical and computer engineering and Information technology. She is a

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New ECE Laboratories

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Junfei Li P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Cara Li; Jae Sok Son, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Weidong Kuang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Edgar Gil, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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focus on hands-on experience and practical skills. This arrangement ismainly due to the convenience of having information delivered in a classroom environment, whilemaking use of the lab resources to apply and experiment with the newly gathered information.However, keeping these two separate is neither ideal nor representative of the workplace, whereengineering is a coherent and iterative process. In fact, problems often arise when the lecture andlab components are not fully coordinated. In attempt to progress engineering education, theMyFPGA platform is developed.Building a remote laboratory such as MyFPGA has been an active research area since MIT startedthe iCampus research project [1], aiming at creating an online laboratory for various

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New ECE Laboratories

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Liang Hong, Tennessee State University

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such as USRP, these mid-rangeSDR platforms can provide fairly wide sampling rates and spectral bands with just a little bitfewer choices in terms of radio frequency (RF) frontend configurations and host interfaces. It hasbeen shown that the ADALM-PLUTO helps improve the presentation of the concepts in the firstdigital communication course and facilitates a flipped classroom and an open laboratory 18.Motivated by the existing works and in order to bridge the gap between the undergraduatecommunication systems education and the industrial demands of entry-level electrical engineerswith IoT transceiver and SDR expertise, an educational module on IoT transceiver using theaffordable SDR platform, ADALM-PLUTO, has been developed for Communication

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; Paul Moses, University of Oklahoma

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Computer Engineering from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Aus- tralia, in 2004, 2006 and 2012, respectively. From 2007 to 2014, he worked for the Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence, Australia supporting several naval R\&D projects in marine power and energy systems. Dr. Moses is currently a faculty member at The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. His interests are dynamic modeling of power systems and components, nonlinear electromagnetic transient phenomena, power quality and system protection. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Partner Selection and Group-Based Curriculum Design for Engineering Laboratory

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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TomHenry J. Reagan, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Eric Lyne

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itself, does not improve student learning — but online homework can serveas a delivery vehicle for other pedagogical best practices. Another coded study concludes thatonline homework improves student learning, but relies on a self-selected sample population andlacks comparison to a control group — both indicative of lower quality results [15].The ​in-class methods​ described in [10] and [8] share a focus on replacing lecture with activelearning. [10] creates a studio format by uniting lecture and laboratory activities in a single classsession, while [8] assigned students into groups which work on conceptual problems. Bothstudies report very positive impacts on student learning. Other studies which scored well inquality assessment — [6], [16

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Course Transformation in ECE

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Karl Brakora, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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, high-speed signal acquisition and processing for radar command-guidance of supersonic and hypersonic munitions, and advanced PCB packaging techniques. Previously, he was a graduate student with the Ra- diation Laboratory of the University of Michigan where his research focus was on ceramic prototyping techniques, integrated ceramic microwave systems, and applications of metamaterials and photonic crys- tals. He has authored four papers for refereed journals and given many conference presentations on the applications of advanced ceramic fabrication techniques to microwave devices. Dr. Brakora holds 5 US patents and has several unpublished patents and patent applications.Dr. Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State

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Course Transformation in ECE

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Mohamed Khaled Elshazly, University of Toronto; Hamid S. Timorabadi, University of Toronto

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specializing in energy systems are introduced to powerelectronics in their third year at our university. The introductory course, entitled Fundamentals ofElectrical Energy Systems (FEES), covers DC/DC converters, DC/AC converters, three-phasecircuits, as well as the basics of transformers and electrical machines. The bulk of the coursematerial, however, is dedicated to switch-mode power conversion. The majority of lectures andtutorials are dedicated to explaining relevant concepts such as switch realization, pulse-widthmodulation (PWM), harmonics/power quality, and continuous/discontinuous conduction modes.Four out of a total of six laboratory sessions are centred around power electronic circuits.Prior to Fall 2018, student feedback consistently

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Steve Sandelin

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Boolean algebra Digital devices Interfacing and the major functional unitsTable 1: Major Topics Covered in Introductory EE CoursesBoth Circuit Analysis II and Digital Electronics courses consist of weekly three-hour lectures andtwo-hour lab sessions. The laboratory activities are aimed to provide students hands-on practiceon course content and to enhance students’ understanding of important topics covered in lectures.Given that the integrated course project is offered in the Circuit Analysis II class, we next providesome course information and desired learning outcomes of this course in Table 3 and Table 4. Course information of EE210 Circuit Analysis II Prerequisite

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Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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

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Paper ID #31081Work in Progress: Experiential Modules using Texas Instruments RoboticSystem Learning Kit (TI RSLK) for Teaching Control SystemsJun Ouyang, University of California, Davis Mr. Ouyang have obtained two bachelor degrees in EE and Computer Science from UC Davis. He is currently a master student in UC Davis. In the present, He is working on a SAR ADC IC. In addition, he is working on revising different laboratory materials to teach prospective electrical engineering students.Prof. Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis Hooman Rashtian received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Ahmed Abul Hussain, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Nizar Tayem, Texas A&M University; Chedly B. Yahya, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Sadiq A. Alhuwaidi, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University; Jamal Nayfeh, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University

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and applied electronics. Dr. Yahya previously served on the faculties of KFUPM, KSA (94-98); Tuskegee Univ., USA (99-2000) and Sharjah Univ., UAE (2003-2009). He taught more than twelve graduate and undergraduate courses and developed several courses and laboratories. Dr. Yahya was a member of technical staff at the Advanced Optical Network- ing Group, Lucent Technologies during 2001 and 2002. He was responsible for designing, testing and evaluating optoelectronic subsystems to support the company telecom business. Dr. Yahya’s research interests include Smart metering and energy conservation; Performance monitoring and optimization of solar PV power systems; Powering Methods for sensors and mobile devices based on

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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

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Engineering, California Baptist University, Class of 2020, gibsonfleming@outlook.com c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Electronics Lab Project—Tutorial and Design of Printed Circuit Board “big_blinky”Abstract - Laboratory projects can be strategically used to improve the Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) curriculum across all four years, according to National Science Foundation(NSF) research in which we participated. In this “spiral model” approach, lab component themesare introduced in the freshman year and revisited with increased sophistication andinterconnection in the following years. Labs are thus used as a “cohesive framework” thatconnects and

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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James Peyton Jones, Villanova University

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logic before introducingstudents to the ‘higher-level’ topics of microprocessors and the Internet Of Things (IOT). Analternative and potentially more motivating approach is to reverse this sequence. This paperdescribes the design of a new hardware kit and sequence of laboratory exercises which aim togive students hands-on experience with Embedded systems and IOT at an early stage in theiracademic careers. The kit is based on a low-cost, wireless-networked, 32-bit ARMmicrocontroller with integrated Cloud support. The sequence of lab exercises which buildincrementally on one another is described in detail, and the experience gained running them forthe first time is reported. Outcomes relate to the ability to extend knowledge from an

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University

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CoursesBelow is a brief description of the four required courses, as well as a description of the virtuallaboratory in which all labs for the three core technical courses are run. Several of the electivesand graduate courses also are implemented in the environment. More details about the coursesincluding a recent syllabus can be found on the Iowa State University Information Assurancewebsite [4]Virtual Laboratory – ISELabThe ISELab virtual laboratory provides a real world networking environment for students. TheISELab provides 120 publicly addressable IP ranges “borrowed” from the Internet. These IPranges are connected to the backbone “Internet” network within the ISELab to allow students towork in or run their own “corporate” network. ISELab is air

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New Developments in ECE

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Brian E Faulkner, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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offered to EE students.” 1 . Topics not related to nonmajors intended area ofstudy are swiftly forgotten 1 . Often, the course contains much difficult mathematical calculationand little in the way of practical examples to motivate theoretical study 15,2,16,17 . The specificcircuit arrangements solved may be random and arbitrary, rather than genuine diagrams of realmachines 2 . These previous efforts have focused on the laboratory portion of the course toincrease student motivation, using micro-controllers, instrumentation, and interdisciplinaryprojects to add authentic context. Less research has focused on homework problems that thestudents solve, and the exam questions they complete for the majority of their grades. Circuitstextbooks such as

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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Eva Cosoroaba, University of Vermont

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Laboratory I” (EE 081) course adopted a version of “Specifications Grading”, as outlinedin Linda Nelson’s book of the same title [1], in Fall 2018. Though the main goal of this teachingand grading intervention was to raise the quality of student writing, it was anticipated that this typeof grading would bring secondary benefits. These include instilling good writing habits in generalfor follow up lab courses as well as provide more transparency and consistency in grading. Theprinciples of specifications grading are detailed in Section 2 of this paper alongside the adaptationsmade for this introductory electrical engineering lab course. The results of the intervention are laidout in Section 3, from both a student and instructor perspective. Section 4

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Curricular Advancements in ECE

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Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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, dexterity, agility, and body control. It includes six degrees of coordination namely reflexmovement, fundamental movements, perceptual abilities, physical abilities, skilled movements,and non-discursive communication.A review of existing literature in the psychomotor domain shows that teaching models have beendeveloped to promote critical thinking in the psychomotor setting [18]. Contemporary motor-skill learning theory [19] clearly supports the interaction of cognitive and neuromuscularprocesses as being necessary for the efficient execution of motor programs, which in turn utilizescognitive functions such as comparing, evaluating, memory, and imagery. The fundamentalobjectives of engineering instructional laboratories include psychomotor

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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education has been mainly focused onproblems that are open-ended in nature (e.g. design problems) or enabling skills more broadly(i.e. ethics, communication). For an open-ended problem, multiple viable and correct solutionsexist. Students’ writings, portfolios, or design-based projects, laboratories, or fourth-yearcapstone projects are areas in which outcomes-based research has been extensively investigated[9]–[12].Most of the work done on closed-ended problem solving is related to aiding students with self-regulation and building their problem-solving capability, rather than aiding the feedback process.Examples of the former include models of problem-solving in engineering and informationprocessing [13]–[17]. These models provide guiding

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Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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Safeer M. Khan P.E., Arkansas Tech University; Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

for future engineers are their self-belief and resolve to utilize the skills they learn during courses, laboratories, and projects throughthe curriculum. An important element of measuring effectiveness of engineering education,therefore, is to assess the impact of content delivery methodologies on the resolve and self-beliefof the students as they progress through various courses during the curriculum [7].A very important subject in undergraduate engineering curriculum is engineering modeling anddesign. Success in engineering career largely depends on thorough understanding of engineeringdesign process from problem definition to prototype development, dissemination of results, anddesign review.The engineering modeling and design curriculum

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New Developments in ECE

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Akshay Sarin, University of Michigan; Sung Yul Chu, University of Michigan; Heath Hofmann, University of Michigan; Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, University of Michigan

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sources like thesolar cells, and basic power electronic circuits. A typical day in the camp starts with an hour-longlecture by a faculty member, followed by hands-on learning in the lab under the supervision ofgraduate student instructors. The laboratory activities are designed to demonstrate the practicalaspects of the concepts learned in the lecture as well as exposing students to the complexity ofelectrical engineering problems. Some of the lab-activities are tracking the maximum power pointfor a solar cell using a resistor kit, manipulating electrical switches to control light bulbs, energystorage design with ultra-capacitors. This year as part of one of the design activities of the camp,the students were familiarized with the concepts of

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Course Transformation in ECE

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Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Aerospace Engineering at Illinois since 2006, where he now serves as Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, where he leads a research group that works on a diverse set of projects (http://bretl.csl.illinois.edu/). Dr. Bretl received the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award in 2010. He has also received numerous awards for undergraduate teaching in the area of dynamics and control, including all three teaching awards given by the College of Engineering at Illinois (the Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, the Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Collins Award for Innovative Teaching

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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Garry Ingles; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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several course-related, co-op, and extracurricular projects withundergraduates, including security [2, 3] and digital/computer hardware projects. In each project,the pedagogical outcomes are similar: 1. The student should learn a new technical concept or skill outside of their typical courses. 2. The student should practice independent research techniques, including task management, reading/writing academic papers, and self-guiding exploratory tasks. 3. The student should gain insight into graduate-level research and/or industry laboratories. 4. The student should advance their own (self-defined) career and educational goals.The past experiences of undergraduate research gave the faculty member a default structure toguide the student

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Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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Caroline Crockett, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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. 98, no. 1, pp. 53–66, Jan. 2009. DOI: 10.1002/ j.2168-9830.2009.tb01005.x.[21] H. C. Powell, R. W. Williams, M. Brandt-Pearce, and R. Weikle, “Restructuring an electrical and computer engi- neering curriculum: A vertically integrated laboratory/lecture approach,” presented at the 2015 ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Gainesville, Florida: American Society for Engineering Education, Apr. 2015. [Online]. Available: http://se.asee.org/proceedings/ASEE2015/papers2015/53.pdf.[22] S. A. McLeod. (Aug. 3, 2019). Likert Scale, [Online]. Available: https://www.simplypsychology. org/likert-scale.html (visited on 03/13/2020).

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Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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Werner Creixell, Texas A&M University; Rachelle M. Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Susan Niki Ritchey, Texas A&M University

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first year engineering faculty. A new elective course is proposed to supplementthe current curriculum and implement this research study. Currently, the first engineering coursethat students take at Texas A&M University, ENGR 102: ENGR Lab I Computation, is a 2-credithour course to learn programming with Python 3. The new proposed course will be a 1-credithour laboratory-based course taken concurrently that will mimic the course taught at UniversidadT´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa. First-year engineering students at Texas A&M University aregeneral engineering majors; they have not selected their major yet and will be a mix of differentdisciplines and backgrounds.The proposed course will follow the same methodology as the original course

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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Dominic Zucchini, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Justin Chau, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Matthew Neal Mutarelli, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Missouri State University; Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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experiential learning project. Future such projects willconcentrate on the design of mini-processor belonging to other processor families.References[1] Dua, R., “Digital System Design - 8051 Microcontrollers Home Page” January 2015.[online]. Available: http://web.mst.edu/~rdua/Digital%20Systems%20Design.htm [Accessed:December 30, 2019][2] Marshall, M., Moss, A., Garringer, L. G., & Dua, R. (2015, June), “WIMP51 Processor:Envisioning and Recreating the Platform for Implementing Student Design Projects”, Paperpresented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington.10.18260/p.25078[3] Hur, B. (2019, June), “ARM Cortex M4F-based, Microcontroller-based, and Laboratory-oriented Course Development in Higher Education”, Paper

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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Asmit De, Pennsylvania State University; Mohammad Nasim Imtiaz Khan, Pennsylvania State University; Karthikeyan Nagarajan, Pennsylvania State University; Abdullah Ash Saki, Pennsylvania State University; Mahabubul Alam, Pennsylvania State University; Taylor Steven Wood, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Manoj Varma Saripalli, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Swaroop Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University; Kathleen M. Hill, Pennsylvania State University; Annmarie Ward

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." In Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE'96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of, vol. 3, pp. 1379-1382. IEEE, 1996.[7] Crompton, Brittany, et al. "Cybersecurity Awareness Shrewsbury Public Schools." (2016).[8] Yier Jin and Cliff Zou, “Cyberforensic.net – Training Many to Fight Cyber Crime.” http://cyberforensic.net/articles/Jin_Zou.pdf[9] Wenliang Du and Ronghua Wang, “SEED: A Suite of Instructional Laboratories for Computer Security Education (Extended Version).” In The ACM Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2008.[10] Bhunia, Swarup, and Mark Tehranipoor. Hardware security: a hands-on learning approach. Morgan Kaufmann, 2018.[11