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Class Projects With Graphic User Interfaces In Matlab

Conference Session: New Trends in ECE Education II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-515: CLASS PROJECTS WITH GRAPHIC USER INTERFACES INMATLABMin-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington UniversityEsteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington UniversityClaudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University Page 12.362.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Class Projects with GUIs in Matlab Min-Sung Koh, Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, and Claudio Talarico School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington 99004 USA Email: {mkoh

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Active Learning Using Guided Projects In An Upper Year Ece Course

Conference Session: Optical and Wireless Communication Systems
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Brian Frank, Queen's University; John Carr, Queen's University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-943: ACTIVE LEARNING USING GUIDED PROJECTS IN AN UPPERYEAR ECE COURSEBrian Frank, Queen's University Brian Frank is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.John Carr, Queen's University John Carr is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Page 12.172.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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Effect Of Library Instruction On Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Design Projects

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education III
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Brian Otis, University of Washington; Linda Whang, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

examines the effect of library instruction on two sections of the same senior-levelelectrical engineering course in analog integrated circuit design. One section received a one-hour library instruction session while the other section did not. The premise of the study is thatinclusion of library instruction will result in higher utilization of scholarly resources in thestudents’ final projects for which they were required to design, analyze, and simulate a circuitthat meets a given set of specifications.The results confirm that the section that received library instruction consulted and cited morescholarly resources than the section that received no training in use of library resources. We alsofound a positive correlation between the students’ use

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Web Based Design And Analysis Projects For A Junior Level Integrated Circuits Course

Conference Session: ECE Pedagogy and Assessment
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Braun, California Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-922: WEB-BASED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS PROJECTS FOR A JUNIORLEVEL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS COURSEDavid Braun, California Polytechnic State University David Braun is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He worked at Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from 1992 to 1996, after completing the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at U.C. Santa Barbara. Please see www.ee.calpoly.edu/~dbraun/ for information about his courses, teaching interests, and research. Page 12.1599.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Web Based Design

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A Pre Capstone Course Designed To Improve Student Performance On Open Ended Design Projects

Conference Session: Design in the ECE Curriculum
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Christine Co, Oklahoma State University; Bear Turner, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

prepares students for open-ended team projects in the second course. This paperdescribes an easily adaptable model for a “pre-capstone” course that prepares students for ateam-based capstone experience in electrical engineering. The course is broadly adaptable sinceit has many similarities with the structure, outcomes, and grading methods of other capstonecourses nationwide1.Outcomes for the pre-capstone course were chosen based on observed deficiencies in studentperformance in solving open ended projects as part of a team in the second capstone course. Thecourse was structured on a cognitive apprentice model. In the cognitive apprentice model,experts model behaviors or skills for novices who then practice the skills on their own.Continuous

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Integrating The Hobby Shop, A Non Conventional Freshmen Lab, Into The Electrical Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: Design in the ECE Curriculum
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Hassan El-Kishky, The University of Texas-Tyler; Ralph Hippenstiel, The University of Texas-Tyler
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2928: INTEGRATING THE HOBBY SHOP, A NON-CONVENTIONALFRESHMEN LAB, INTO THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMHassan El-Kishky, The University of Texas-TylerRalph Hippenstiel, The University of Texas-Tyler Page 12.930.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integrating the Hobby Shop, a Non-conventional Freshmen Lab, into the Electrical Engineering CurriculumABSTRACT: This paper presents interim results of a project aimed at increasing the enrollmentand retention of engineering students through the development and integration of a broad-basedhands-on, design and development lab, the Hobby Shop, into the introductory electricalengineering

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Learning Abstract Information Theory On Visual Data: An Integrated Course On Wavelet Based Image Compression

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin; Sven Grottke, Technische Universitat Berlin
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1733: LEARNING ABSTRACT INFORMATION THEORY ON VISUALDATA: AN INTEGRATED COURSE ON WAVELET-BASED IMAGECOMPRESSIONThomas Richter, Technische Universitat BerlinSven Grottke, Technische Universitat Berlin Page 12.1007.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Learning Abstract Information Theory on Visual Data: An Integrated Course on Wavelet-Based Image CompressionAbstractWe describe the implementation of and our experiences with a capstone course on wavelet basedimage compression held at the University of Technology Berlin in the years 2002 to 2006. Thiscourse has been designed as an “integrated project”, which means that it combines

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Design And Implementation Of A Program Outcome Assessment Process For An Abet Accredited Computer Engineering Program

Conference Session: ECE Pedagogy and Assessment
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Fadi Kurdahi, University of California, Irvine; Judy Shoemaker, University of California, Irvine; John LaRue, University of California-Irvine
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

described in this paper: (1)course-embedded assessment which makes use of assessment results already being collected aspart of regular coursework, and (2) a scoring rubric for assessing program outcomes related tothe required senior design project. Assessment results from 2004-05 indicated that a relativelysmall percentage of students achieve some of the program outcomes. After making adjustmentsto the curriculum, assessment results from 2005-06 indicated that the vast majority of studentsachieved all the program outcomes.BackgroundThe Computer Engineering program resides in the department of Electrical Engineering andComputer Science (EECS) in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University ofCalifornia, Irvine. As of Fall Quarter 2005

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Cedarlogic ? A New Graphical Digital Logic Cad Tool

Conference Session: Digital and Embedded System Design
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Clint Kohl, Cedarville University; Keith Shomper, Cedarville University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

concludes with some lessons learned through the Senior Design Capstone experiencefrom which this multi-threaded software was designed, written, debugged, revised and releasedfor experimentation in DLD. CedarLogic's 10,000+ lines of code is written in C++ and utilizesthe wxWidgets GUI library and OpenGL to render the graphics. CedarLogic can be freelydownloaded at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cedarlogic .Background and NeedDigital Logic Design is a foundational course for many engineering and computer sciencestudents. The first author has been teaching a freshman level Digital Logic Design course forover twelve years. The course includes laboratory projects in which students physically wire upTTL gates on a breadboard, use the CedarLogic software

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Teaching And Mentoring Research Experiences For Undergraduates In Power Electronics

Conference Session: ECE Poster Session
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Doug Sterk, Virginia Tech; Tim Thacker, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Tranter, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

for Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation(LSAMP) Scholars at the Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech.The REU program “supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any ofthe areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve studentsin meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects designed especially forthe purpose. […] Undergraduate student participants […] must be citizens or permanentresidents of the United States or its possessions.”1The CPES REU program seeks to: provide experiences, develop expertise in experimentallaboratory research among undergraduates prior to their senior year of undergraduate study, andto encourage

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Outsourcing ? Resilient Ece Curriculum

Conference Session: New Trends in ECE Education I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

curricular innovation to produce ECE graduates that can work in anenvironment that may rely on outsourcing a portion of its operations, and also make theknowledge base of these graduates stronger in areas that are not likely to be outsourced,or perhaps should not be outsourced for security reasons or for physical and logisticalconstraints. IntroductionThis paper focuses on changing the electrical and computer engineering (ECE)curriculum in response to outsourcing. The assumption is that outsourcing of certain ECEfunctions will continue in the short term and may perhaps strengthen to include moredesign related ECE projects [10]. Outsourcing of several technical responsibilities to theFar East is not only an

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Incorporating System Level Design Tools Into Upper Level Digital Design And Capstone Courses

Conference Session: Design in the ECE Curriculum
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2290: INCORPORATING SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN TOOLS INTOUPPER-LEVEL DIGITAL DESIGN AND CAPSTONE COURSESWagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia IEEE Senior Member Page 12.875.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Incorporating System-Level Design Tools into upper-Level Digital Design and Capstone CoursesAbstractThis paper describes the efforts to incorporate system-level digital design tools and state-of-theFPGA boards in the capstone design course sequence. This paper provides the details of twocapstone projects in the areas of digital communications and image processing. This paper alsodetails the challenges

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Bridging The Gap With Slip

Conference Session: New Trends in ECE Education II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2136: BRIDGING THE GAP WITH SLIPArlen Planting, Boise State UniversitySin Ming Loo, Boise State University Page 12.324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Bridging the Gap with SLIP AbstractMany embedded system projects make use of some type of serial communications in order totransmit data packets between devices. The choice of methods to manage transmission andreceiving of data is critical, and small systems are no exception. Communications of this typecan be troublesome without borrowing techniques from other disciplines. However, one veryimportant criterion is that the protocol must be

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On A Combined Electrical Engineering And Computer Science Department

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Deborah Hwang, University of Evansville
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

-obvious advantages as well in the areas ofprogram assessment, shared resources, team projects, and the new ideas and opportunities thatare generated when programs are mixed. Disadvantages of a combined department have arisenas well.This paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of a combined department, details themethods used to accomplish the successful combination, and provides advice for thosecontemplating such a change.IntroductionElectrical engineering and computer engineering programs commonly reside in a singledepartment with a single department chair and separate program directors. They have commoncore and elective coursework, and often share assessment objectives, outcomes, and rubrics. Inrecent years a few universities

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Online Role Playing In A New Problem Based Learning Curriculum In Electrical Engineering

Conference Session: New Trends in ECE Education I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ronny Veljanovski, Victoria University; Alex Stojcevski, Victoria University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

well as infrastructure development. During the initial phases of the curriculumdevelopment, many PBL models were analysed and evaluated. The electrical engineering team Page 12.1127.2was provided with significant input from Aalborg University, Denmark and Central QueenslandUniversity, Australia. Their models and practices were evaluated and those that would bebeneficial to VU and its cohort of students were adapted.Aalborg University’s Project Oriented Problem Based Learning7-9 was determined by academicstaff in electrical engineering to be the most suitable model for the electrical engineeringprograms. The structure of the first year, as

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Designing Curricula To Teach Concepts And Increase Employability

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alka Harriger, Purdue University; Kyle Lutes, Purdue University; Jack Purdum, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

projects give them practical experience in userrequirements definition and working with agents who are external to the educational process.This paper describes CIT’s software development curriculum at Purdue and shares what aspectsof each course contribute to increased employability for summer internships and for part-timejobs during the school year.Department OverviewThe Department of CIT was established in 1978 under the name Computer Technology. Sincethat time, CIT has grown to include about 600 current majors and over 3,100 alumni. Currently,the Department offers one degree at the main campus, the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computerand Information Technology. The BS degree provides a foundation for continued education (e.g.,graduate education

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Curriculum And Concept Module Development In Rf Engineering

Conference Session: Optical and Wireless Communication Systems
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Caverly, Villanova University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

increase in undergraduate student interest in thevarious RF disciplines. Over the last several years, Villanova University, with the help of an NSF CombinedResearch and Curriculum Development grant, has developed a novel RF and MicrowaveEngineering track that introduces undergraduates to principles of this important technology. Thecurriculum path provides a look at the theoretical and design underpinnings and CAD tools usedin a course that uses a number of design projects to reinforce the student’s understanding. Thispaper will focus on two major points that describe our approach that addresses the education ofelectrical engineers in this area of contemporary interest: • details of an undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum in RF

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Pedagogic Considerations For Teaching Digital System Design Using Vhdl

Conference Session: New Trends in ECE Education II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Chia-Jeng Tseng, Bucknell University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

contain a number of combinational logicblocks, flip-flops, counters, finite state machines, embedded finite state machines, andregister-transfer-level function blocks such as registers, multiplexers as well as arithmeticand logic units. The VHDL description of a module can be written in dataflow,behavioral, or structural style. These module descriptions can be bundled together andrandomly placed in a design description.Based on the basic digital components, the issues of writing a VHDL description tospecify a digital system are addressed in Section 2. Section 3 discusses system-leveldesign issues. Section 4 describes laboratory and project assignments for students topractice digital design methodologies using VHDL. Section 5 presents common

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Preparing And Advising A Fast Track Education In Robotics

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Chang, USMA; Grant Jacoby, USMA; Lisa Shay, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

requirements.As the practicality of using robotics in this manner and many others continues to rise, so dostudents’ (and educators’) aspirations to learn and apply them in a variety of ways. This paper Page 12.1174.2outlines a successful approach to readily marry the interests of a commercial client andundergraduate education in robotics as well as how to establish a vision and supportingcurriculum for a robotics program that engages students in innovative and meaningful challengesthat sustains enthusiasm and helps meet expectations of all sides. This paper outlines thepartnership agreement, the project creation and the positive impacts of this endeavor

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Effects Of The Team Based Approach On Individual Learning

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education III
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jason Pitts, Oklahoma State University; Patrick Teague, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Sohum Sohoni, Oklahoma State University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1495: EFFECTS OF THE TEAM-BASED APPROACH ON INDIVIDUALLEARNINGJason Pitts, Oklahoma State UniversityPatrick Teague, Oklahoma State UniversityAlan Cheville, Oklahoma State UniversityCharles Bunting, Oklahoma State UniversitySohum Sohoni, Oklahoma State University Page 12.588.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Effects of the Team-Based Approach on Individual Learning1.IntroductionThis study is a part of the ES21C project at Oklahoma State University. The goal of ES21C is toprepare OSU electrical engineering students to meet the challenges of engineering in the 21stcentury. The proposal for the ES21C project gives the following summary

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Active Learning Through Www: Just In Time Teaching In Digital Systems Design

Conference Session: Design in the ECE Curriculum
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

Department of Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneAbstract In this paper, the work-in-progress project which seeks the adaptation andimplementation of one undergraduate education’s most promising and readily adoptableinstructional technique in recent years - Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), in an electrical andcomputer engineering course — Digital Systems Design is presented. JiTT involves web-basedwarm-up assignments which students are required to complete and submit before class. Students’responses to these assignments are then reviewed by the instructor who makes appropriateadjustments in the teaching based on student’s understanding and concerns. The warm-upassignments, combined with classroom teaching, will lead

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Digital Signal Processing, Theory And Practical Considerations

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Western Michigan University; Liang Dong, Western Michigan University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Digital Signal Processing, Theory & Practical ConsiderationsAbstractDigital Signal Processing (DSP) is an important and growing subject area withinelectrical and computer engineering (and also computer science). With the availability of“powerful” tools, software packages and hardware/software systems for use in DSPcourses, we need to be careful and use professional judgment as to where/when to useand introduce these teaching aids and tools. The authors have taught both graduate andundergraduate DSP and real-time systems courses, established industry-certifiedlaboratory in the home university where students can do projects without the actualexperiments in lecture-only courses. Even “DSP on wheels

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Implementing A Hands On Undergraduate Course In Software Hardware Codesign

Conference Session: Design in the ECE Curriculum
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

them.Debugging of a complex SHC system was made easier by using Xilinx ChipScope, whichwas similar to a logic analyzer for hardware debugging of digital circuits. A ChipScopeCore was instantiated and connected to the on-chip peripheral bus to enable it to captureany data on the addresses, data, and control information on the bus. One could set uptriggering conditions based on the address, data or control.The six laboratories were adopted from a two-day faculty workshop conducted by Xilinx.Despite the minor differences in the software version of Xilinx Platform Studio and thetargeted FPGA boards, most of the students in the class were able to successfullycomplete the lab assignments.Several SHC design projects were studied and analyzed in the class, but

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Measuring Student Learning And Engagement In An Introductory Electrical Science Course

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Haley Haywood, Oklahoma State University; Forrest Austin, Oklahoma State University; Seth Williams, Oklahoma State University; Cameron Musgrove, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-1484: MEASURING STUDENT LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT IN ANINTRODUCTORY ELECTRICAL SCIENCE COURSEHaley Haywood, Oklahoma State UniversityForrest Austin, Oklahoma State UniversitySeth Williams, Oklahoma State UniversityCameron Musgrove, Oklahoma State UniversityCharles Bunting, Oklahoma State University Page 12.1043.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Measuring Student Learning and Engagement in an Introductory Electrical Science CourseAbstractDoes encouraging student development through projects increase engagement in a course? Canwe use student performance on case studies to measure learning? These questions arose indiscussions

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Improving Student Intuition Via Rensselaer's New Mobile Studio Pedagogy

Conference Session: Innovations in ECE Education III
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Electrical and Computer

extracurricular activities, not just instruction in academic subjects. Formal education is consuming a smaller percentage of their time. Additionally, project-based courses require a great deal of out-of-class team meeting time, often late at night. • A Shortage of Hands-on Exploration: Pre-exposure to technical concepts is far less uniform among students from increasingly diverse educational and cultural backgrounds than it was a decade ago. Gone are the days when the majority of STEM-inclined students Page 12.861.3 were ham radio operators, played with Erector/LEGO sets and had tinkered extensively