Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the instructor for their design and write several progress reportsthat precede the final report. Expectations for using Trello as a kanban board are also raised, withassessments being tightly focused on weekly progress and individual participation. At themidpoint and the end of the project, students are asked to perform a peer evaluation usingCATME, which provides the instructor and the team members feedback on team dynamics andindividual contributions.The ECE 103 course offers a set of labs that contain a mix of general C programming exercisesand hardware interfacing. Teaching staff are on hand during the lab to provide immediatefeedback and guidance, especially when they introduce the ESP32 microcontroller to students.The ESP32 is a low

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

graduated courses in their senior year.Novel Technical Elective – Cpr E 432 Cyber Security PracticumThis course focuses on the design and implementation of a secure networked environment that ispenetration tested by peers in the course. Evaluations are made of each environment andwhether it withstood testing, as well as what vulnerabilities were able to be exploited. After thisattack phase, students complete an evaluation of their security plans and take the necessaryremediation steps to further harden their networked environment. The lecture targets the tacticsneeded to be taken by the students in their weekly lab practicum. In addition to using technicalskills, students use their technical writing skills in their design documents

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jie Sheng, University of Washington, Tacoma

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

I2C question in TCES430 exam Fig. 2. A programming I2C question in exam checking Individual effortsOne feature of our teaching of µPs/µCs is that students are required to write to low level registers directlyinstead of calling existing library functions. Still using I2C lab as an example, students needed to generatethe right sequences of calling functions in transmitting/receiving data as shown below in Fig. 3, with allthe functions writing to low levels by referring to datasheets [12], as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 3. Implementing I2C communication by calling functions in main() Fig. 4. Example code segments of developing I2C functions by writing to registers directlyWe note here that when the microcontroller

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joseph Callenes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amin Malek, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

lecture and lab are combined in one course setting) that meets for 110minute time blocks, 3 times per week, for 10 weeks. The course leads students throughdesigning a 32-bit RISC-V processor in SystemVerilog (a hardware description language) andteaches students how to write assembly and C code to run on their processors. We implementedthe diversity and inclusion activities in two sections of the same course (one section had 25students while the other had 30 students) taught by the same instructor.Getting Students to Know One AnotherThere exist many ‘ice-breaker’ techniques that can help students get to know one another [17].The technique we decided to use included weekly seat rotations (so that students would sit nextto different people each week

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

experience. Finally, thirteen percent (13%) of interviewees stated each of thefollowing as positive aspects of this teaching approach: 1) promotion of liveliness, engagement, orattentiveness during class, and 2) repetition or reinforcement of material, sometimes aiding memory orleading to clarification of difficult material. These results are in line with the significant difference in thelab report scores in the two classes. With more communication and interactivity, students were able to askspecific questions, communicate their interpretations, and receive feedback from instructor and peers. Thislikely helped them to write clear explanations and discussions of their results in the lab report. Table 4: Summary of Interview Responses

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Systematic review techniques have recentlygained traction in the field of engineering education. A systematic review performed over aspecific area of practice can consolidate results from many studies into a synthesis of bestpractices.This paper presents the best practices for teaching introductory circuits which were identifiedthrough a systematic review of prior research. Relevant publications were identified andappraised with a set of coding criteria generated by the researchers. The coding results wereexamined and used to write a mixed-methods synthesis of consensus, disagreement, quality, andlimitations amongst studies identified by the systematic literature review. The results of thereview may inform educational techniques employed in post

Conference Session

Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Operations in 2015, he has worked as a research engineer for the Center for Nanoscale Science and En- gineering in the nanofabrication cleanroom facility at the University of California, Riverside. During his time there, he has helped train the next generation of engineers on how to conduct their research in the nanoscale. Since working at CBU, Dr. Butler has collaborated with Dr. Rickard on the development of a nanofabricated sensor that monitors intraocular strain. Dr. Butler’s research has resulted in nine papers within peer-reviewed journals. He is also a Senior Member of the IEEE.Mr. Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University Gibson Fleming, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Student of Gordon & Jill Bourns

Conference Session

New ECE Laboratories

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Pelin Kurtay, George Mason University

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Electrical and Computer

department are accredited by theEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. There were around 265 electricalengineering and around 230 computer engineering students enrolled as of the writing of thispaper. Since this was a pilot online offering, capacity was limited. There were 21 studentsenrolled (full capacity) by the time the semester started. Most students in the class ended upbeing juniors, although there were some sophomores as well as seniors. Most of the seniors hadnot yet started their 2-semester sequence senior design project effort.The course was offered as a hybrid online offering, thereby giving students the flexibility tocomplete majority of the work including the lab exercises outside of a physical lab. A largepercentage of

Conference Session

Managing Dual Careers

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

the University of Nebraska. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia and her research focuses on the fate and transport of biologically-active organic contaminants in agricultural systems and water reuse in agriculture. She is a faculty fellow of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska and maintains a courtesy appointment in the Department of Environmental, Occupational and Agricultural Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has published over 95 peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters, was awarded an NSF CAREER award in 2012, and in 2015 was a member of a team receiving the Grand Prize for University Research

Conference Session

Course Transformation in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rabih Younes, Duke University; Cecilé Sadler, Duke University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students’ GitHub repositories and instantly autogrades their project checkpoints. This does not just let students get instant feedback about their progress, but also allows them to resubmit as often as they like before the deadline, which in turn incentivizes them to start early. 12. Constant feedback collection – The instructor introduced in the Spring semester a link that students can always access to provide their feedback anonymously about anything concerning the course. It consisted of a Qualtrics survey that has on box where they can write whatever they want and submit it. The instructor check their feedback once or twice per week and tried to address their concerns as much as possible