Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

topics. Supplying online resources minimizes the in-class time required, and peerreview reduces the instructor workload. While this work incorporates sustainability intointegrated circuit courses, it should generalize to other engineering courses, by asking students to Page 22.1404.2consider how their coursework relates to sustainability. The assessment data suggest studentsimprove their sustainability analysis skills.Sustainability Learning ObjectivesThe context for this work is the 3-unit lecture course, EE 306, titled Semiconductor DeviceElectronics and accompanied by a 1-unit laboratory course, EE 346, titled Semiconductor DeviceElectronics

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; David Fritz, VA Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

their tablet computers using commercial software packages. The electronics course,which already had a laboratory component, was also revised to incorporate more material ondigital electronics and microprocessors into the syllabus. Furthermore, the pedagogical approachto experimentation has been extended into the electronics laboratory portion of the course.A description of the circuits and electronics experiments that have been written to focus on theneeds and interests of the ME students will be provided. The authors will discuss theorganization of the laboratory portion of the course to manage the volume of students, totalingupwards of 600 students per semester, as the ME students join the ECE majors to obtainassistance as they debug their

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Wong, Portland State University, ECE Department; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University, ECE Department; Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

course sequence thatwas introduced in the 2009-10 year.3. Course DevelopmentHistorically, the EAS 101 syllabus followed a traditional set of topics, such as problem solvingand data presentation. Rudimentary coverage of mechanical systems, electric circuits, fluidmechanics, thermodynamics, and statistics was provided. Other subjects included someprinciples of design, engineering economics, ethics, and a very short MATLAB tutorial. The CSprogramming course was devoted exclusively to teaching the fundamentals of computerprogramming, with UNIX serving as the development environment. These courses exhibited anumber of deficiencies for prospective ECE students: ● For those who were still undecided about engineering as a career path, the EAS and CS

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

required to enter the lab, so they have access to the lab off hours.The subject has been offered three times in this format, teaching a total of 36 students. Ourresults and conclusions are derived from informal surveys, observations, and discussions with thestudents, as the small number of students taking the subject does not provide a good statisticalbasis for assessment surveys. The class is included in MIT's standard assessment process, and theresults are summarized at the end of the paper. Page 22.90.3In the next section we present the 3-part structure of the course, and discuss each part in turn. Wethen describe our preliminary findings, and