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Projects in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hoe, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

in continuing this research and he was currentlyworking on using GPGPUs to accelerate an image processing algorithm as a part of his senior(capstone) design project, it seemed a natural fit to consider implementing the sFFT on a GPGPUas well. While understanding the mathematical proofs that underlie the theory for the sFFT issomewhat complex and would be beyond the scope of an undergraduate research project, amanageable project is to reverse engineer the existing C code and find a portion that is amenableto parallelization on GPGPUs. The C code for the sFFT was available from the researchers atMIT who were working on the sFFT.9 This code was used to validate their sFFT algorithm butthe focus was not on optimization to take advantage of a

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Projects in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati; Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Fred Richard Beyette Jr., University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

and learn from fellow students’ cooperative education experiences. They also examine practices that were realized in various course projects and assignments, and analyze the differences and similarities between their experiences in industry and their learning experience from the course. After the session, the students combine their perspectives from both retrospection and examination to reflect on how they will perform differently in their next co-op rotation or work assignment. Session Theme (Classroom

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Projects in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

events (green upward triangles)this project and their course work in the ECE department at the University, we have reviewedhow many credit hours of course work in the department would be directly related to thisproject. It should be first noted that students in the current ECE curriculum at the University arerequired to take a total of 131 credit hours (electrical engineering option, or EE) or 132 credithours (computer engineering option, or CE). This includes (1) 48 credit hours of the LiberalStudies Core composed of theology, philosophy, ethics/moral responsibility, history, writing,speech, fine arts, literature, social science, science, mathematics, first-year seminar, leadershipseminar, and senior capstone; (2) 20-23 additional credit hours

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Active Learning in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

of the 2002 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, F2-A, pp.12-14, 2002.13. S. Vattam, M. Helms, and A. Goel, “Biologically-Inspired Innovation in Engineering Design: A Cognitive Study,” GVU Technical Report - http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14346, 2007.14. V. Mahnic, “A Capstone Course on Agile Software Development Using Scrum,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 55, Issue: 1, pp. 99-106, February 2012.15. D.F. Rico and H.H. Sayani, “Use of Agile Methods in Software Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the Agile Conference (AGILE '09), pp. 174-179, August 2009.16. D. Damian et al., “Teaching a globally distributed project course using Scrum practices,” Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development

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Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward W. Chandler P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; William Barnekow, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

Senior Member of the IEEE, and teaches courses in circuits, signals, communication systems, and networking.Prof. William Barnekow, Milwaukee School of Engineering Prof. William Barnekow is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Milwaukee School of Engineering. He earned the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of California – Berkeley. His primary areas of interest are in embedded microcomputer-based systems, digital circuits and systems, advanced digital design using VHDL, senior capstone design projects in software and computer engineering, and computer networks. Page 24.76.1

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Assessment of Learning in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Lu, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

effective teams,4,5 intra-team communication,6 team skills,7,8,9 implementing design projects,10 assessing learning level,11and improving students’ ability to function in teams.12 To make sure students can satisfy thisrequirement, engineering programs try to provide team-oriented design projects through astudent’s college education starting from freshman year and culminating with a capstone designproject in the senior year.It is a challenging task to assess and demonstrate an intangible student outcome such as theability to function on multidisciplinary teams. Teamwork in a design oriented project can beassessed by a team’s tangible finished product and the team members’ self-reportingsurveys.9,13,14,15 However, there is little discussion on how to

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Active Learning in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W. Dyer, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma; David Sandmann MSEE, University of Oklahoma; Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

purposes3. Engineering students undergo a rigorous curriculum that develops thebasic theory of sensor and instrumentation technology, but are less exposed to theimplementation and application aspect. More recently, incorporating hands-on techniques intolecture classes has gained broad acceptance as a means to enhance retention of key concepts4,5.Although senior capstone classes for a given engineering discipline are geared towarddeveloping a student’s ability to synthesize theory into an engineering design, the methods ofinstrumentation and data acquisition often make project implementation less than satisfactory.Electrical Engineering programs generally require a course in Signals and Systems that coversthe theory of mathematically solving the

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Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

the scope of the studio project or the educational discipline, the design studiomodel may only be found in capstone courses. For example, the instrumentation anddevelopment suites found in electrical engineering laboratories can be costly. This fact placesconstraints on the number of laboratory classrooms that are equipped and hence limits the abilityto provide the studio design based model across a broader range of courses in an electricalengineering curriculum. In the past, this may have not been a significant problem as manystudents entering an electrical engineering program had previous hands-on experience.However, this has changed and the latest generation of students entering electrical programs havea wide variety of experiences and

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Active Learning in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay A. Weitzen, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Erin Isabel Webster, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Electrical and Computer

through 3 laboratorywork. Because students can and probably would prefer to work at home, we will change from 2hours of formal lab with the TA to an open laboratory format in which the students bring in theirwork to show their TA and get help if they need it. This addresses the space issues and reducesTA cost issues. We are also experimenting with access via Instant Messenger or Skype sostudents can ask questions of a TA.Goal Number 3: Enhance Open Ended Design and Innovation Experience: Our industrialadvisory board has for years been concerned about both the lack of student exposure to state ofthe art test equipment and test procedures, and the lack of open ended design experiences prior totheir senior capstone project. As the University

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New ECE Courses

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constance D. Hendrix, USAF Academy; Danial J. Neebel PE, US Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

(ECE) Department at the United States Air Force Academy created a breadth-first introductory course to give students this view as a starting point in their education. A thorough review of the curriculum revealed primary knowledge areas that the students need early in their education in order to better prepare them for the depth of a rigorous ECE curriculum. This knowledge includes, but is not limited to, Radio Frequency (RF) communications, RADAR and electronic warfare, analog circuits including power generation and distribution and digital circuits and systems. These topics were selected due to their extensive use in senior capstone projects and needs the industry of the program constituents? The solution proposed here is to

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ECE Program Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh; Gregory F. Reed, University of Pittsburgh

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Electrical and Computer

Power Concentration Certificates Awarded from 2008 through 2012The undergraduate students who declare electric power as their concentration of choice oftenperform an investigation in a power related area for their capstone senior design project, which isoften sponsored through an industry partner of the program, such as Eaton Corporation whosponsors several projects each term. In addition, a series of undergraduate student projects overthe past several years in the area of solar energy generation have been inspired and advised byDr. John A. Swanson, founder of ANSYS. The most recent of these includes the installation of asolar power array on the roof of the school of engineering, the first solar array of its kind oncampus. The installation is

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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

variety of settings in spacecraft design and survivability and reliability. He has led programs in experi- mentation, modeling, and simulation of radiation effects in electronic systems. He has been involved with six separate space-based radiation effects experiments over the last 20 years: 1) RadFx-1,-2,-3: A series of CubeSat Based Radiation Effects Testbeds (PI), 2) Microelectronic and Photonics Test Bed (Instrument Card PI), and 3) Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (Investigator), 4) Living With a Star – Space Environment Testbed (mission definition and requirements). As a NASA civil servant, Robert was the lead radiation effects systems engineer for several NASA spaceflight projects, including the

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ECE Program Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Zhong, Shandong University/Gannon University; Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Yuzhe Zhang

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Electrical and Computer

-week production practice course in the summer before senior year. Students work in local power plants as interns and are directly involved in the production process. This course gives students an excellent opportunity to apply knowledge learn to the real working environment in Chinese power industry while learning new things in the areas of actual production process and project management. 5. A 16 credits 16-week senior capstone practice course. Students spend 16 weeks working as interns in engineering firms and solve well-defined engineering problems. In general, students also spend the last semester of their senior year working on their diploma thesis at the same firms. This practice course