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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; Paul J. Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Burton Dicht, IEEE; Douglas Gorham, IEEE; Chris Macnab, University of Calgary; Sadiq Mitchell, IEEE; Cherrice Traver, Union College; Stephen M. Williams P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Loren Wyard-Scott, University of Alberta

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-5132: IEEE REAL WORLD ENGINEERING PROJECTS (RWEP)Dr. Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University Seyed Hossein Mousavinezhad is professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering Department, Idaho State University. He is active with ASEEECE Division, is IEEE Education Society’s Membership Development Chair, and is Van Valkenburg Awards Committee Chair. Mousavinezhad is founding General Chair of International IEEE Electro Information Technology Conferences, http://www.eit-conference.org/.Dr. Paul J. Benkeser, Georgia Institute of Technology Paul J. Benkeser is a professor and Senior Associate Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He is past

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Constance D. Hendrix, U.S. Air Force Academy; Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; William J. Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-4786: WHY SHOULD THEY CARE? MEETING THE CHAL-LENGES OF TEACHING NON-ENGINEERS TO ENGINEERMajor Constance Hendrix, U.S. Air Force Academy Constance D. Hendrix, M.S.E.E., M.B.A., is currently assigned to U.S. Air Force Academy as an Assistant Professor and Course Director for the core class Principles of Air Force Electronic Systems. Email: constance.hendrix@usafa.edu.Lt. Col. Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy Marcus L. Roberts, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Email: marcus.roberts@usafa.edu.Dr. William J. Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyCol. Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force AcademyMajor Randall Deppensmith

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

: Prentice Hall.14 Rizzoni, G., Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering. 5'th ed. 2005, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math.15 Bransford, J.D., A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, ed. J.D.B. M. Suzanne Donovan, and James W. Pellegrino. 2004, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.16 Pintrich, P.R., Marx, R. W. , Boyle, R. A., Beyond cold conceptual change: The role of motivational beliefs and classroom contextual factors in the process of conceptual change. Review of Educational Research, 1993. 63(2

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Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Electrical and Computer

widget design project. The Electronics Demonstration Device, AutomaticPlant Watering System, Automatic Quartz Crystal Test and Sort Machine, and Parking Systemhad users who provided information and support of the projects, primarily in the form of designconstraints. The results were primarily proof-of-concept prototypes that needed another revisionto be useful for the user. The Trifoiler Data Acquisition and Display and Smart Bowler teamskept users’ needs in mind while designing, pushing the boundaries of disciplines to create usefulprototypes. The Ultimate Faucet team put significant effort into understanding the context inwhich their design would be used, from the engineering constraints such as water flow to

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Eric Davis P.E., University of Oklahoma; David F. Vreeland, University of Oklahoma; Christopher Robert Griffin, University of Oklahoma; Mark B. Yeary P.E., University of Oklahoma

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Electrical and Computer

priority on the facilities and tools available to students and listed it isone of the main reasons he chose to come to OU and major in electrical engineering. He closedhis response with the following statements: “I believe that the combination of exceptional toolsand passionate minds creates the ideal learning environment. The university gave us the tools;it's our job to bring the minds. That's why I recruit: to bring the brightest minds to the mostvaluable facilities, advancing the frontier of learning for all.”There are many other OU-ECE students that have a similar mindset. The other student co-authorof this paper will be highlighted in later sections, but his testimonial offers some insight into thistopic. This student is the current president

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig A. Chin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Garth V. Crosby, Southern Illinois University, Carbonale

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Electrical and Computer

," Chapter 4 of P.A. Mabrouk, ed., Active Learning: Models from the Analytical Sciences, ACS Symposium Series 970. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007, pp. 34-53.3. D. W. Johnson, R. T. Johnson,, and M.B. Stanne., “Cooperative Learning Methods: A Meta-Analysis,” Methods, vol. 1, 2000, pp. 1-33.4. L. Springer, M E. Stanne, and S. Donovan, “Effects of Small-Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-Analysis”, Review of Educational Research, vol. 69, no. 1, 1999, pp. 21-51.5. “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,” 2nd ed., J. Bransford, A. L. Brown, R. R. Cocking, Eds. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2000

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Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K. Joseph Hass, Bucknell University; Juliana Su, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer

circuits based on magnetic tunnel junctions, earned his Ph.D., and began teaching in the Electrical and Computer En- gineering Department. In 2009, Hass accepted a teaching position as an Assistant Professor at Bucknell University, where he teaches courses in digital design and embedded computing.Juliana Su, University of Virginia Juliana Su received a B.S. degree in computer science and engineering and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University in 2009 and 2011, respectively. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in computer engineering at the University of Virginia. Her research interests include body sensor networks, embedded systems, reconfigurable computing, and field-programmable gate

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Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3167: INFORMATION ASSURANCE STUDENT GROUP: HOWTO TURN A CLUB INTO A VALUABLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FORSTUDENTSDr. Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University Julie A. Rursch is currently is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. She will graduate with a degree in computer engineering with a focus on secure computing. Her research includes a unique approach to critical infrastructure modeling which provides emergency planners and first responders with resilient and flexible critical infrastructure evaluation in the face of non-recurrent, disruptive events. Her approach creates a new paradigm for modeling critical infrastructure sectors, analyzing real

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Electrical and Computer Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-4423: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES USINGFPGASProf. David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler David Hoe received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. He held a position as a Staff Engineer at the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center for five years prior to assuming his current position as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Tyler, in 2008. Page 25.1389.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Undergraduate Research Experiences Using