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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenn J Bradford, University of Melbourne; Gavin Buskes, The University of Melbourne; Paul N Beuchat, The University of Melbourne

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University of Melbourne. He completed his doctoral degree at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. John Lygeros at the Automatic Control Laboratory. The topic of his dissertation is theoretical guarantees and practical algorithms for Approximate Dynamic Programming. He received the B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering and B.Sc. in physics from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2008, and the M.Sc. degree in robotics, systems and control from ETH Zurich in 2014. Paul’s automation research interests are control and optimization of large-scale and robotic systems with applications in the areas of building control and coordinated robotics. Paul’s engineering education research and teaching

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Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben Arie Tanay, Purdue Engineering Education; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Gaoxiang Zhou; Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh

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logiccircuits. In this work, we emphasize student learning of sequential logic circuits since it is atopic that embodies all of the preceding topics in the course. During the laboratory sessions,students learn how to use programmable logic devices (i.e. FPGA) and write HardwareDescription Language code to model the circuits that they learn about in the lecture.Figure 1 shows an example assessment from the class. In this problem, the students were given acircuit with several flip-flop circuits, an example input waveform and were asked to predict whatthe output waveform would be. This sample problem, and student response, shows whysequential logic circuit are so difficult for students to analyze. Not only do they have to recallhow each device operates

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Curricular Innovations in Computing -2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lea Wittie, Bucknell University

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produced include a concept map. Students leave the course with a clear listof which topics they mastered and which they are still working on. This model still permits roomfor traditional laboratory and project components.IntroductionIn standard teaching, course topics are covered on a set schedule and exams occur at set schedules.If students have not learned the material for an earlier portion of the class, the course moves alonganyway and focuses on new more difficult material that builds on the previous material thatstudent still does not understand. This promotes a fixed mindset promoting the idea that if youdidn’t get a concept, you never will. At the end of the course, students may only have a partialunderstanding of the material and may be

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Power Engineering & Curriculum Innovations

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry O Aintablian, University of Washington

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Paper ID #37537An Upper-level Undergraduate Course in Renewable Energy with PowerElectronics and SimulinkDr. Harry O Aintablian, University of Washington Harry Aintablian is an Associate Teaching Professor of Electrical Engineering at The University of Wash- ington at Bothell. He received his Ph.D.in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University. His research interests include power electronics and renewable energy systems. He worked for several years in aerospace power electronics/power systems at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at Boeing Space Systems. ©American Society for Engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University; TIAN LUO, Old Dominion University

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reach a single idea. Unsuitableideas can simply be crossed out and newer iterations can be drawn alongside the discardeddrawings. In this way, the practice of visual representations will stimulate creative thinking skills17 by paving new ways for idea generation in an individual generation-reflection-interpretationcycle 18.Similarly, students face many engineering problems that require first grasping the underlyingprinciples of the problems, reflecting and interpreting them from their own experiences andperspectives, and then transforming them into practical solutions. While confronting engineeringproblems, students need to nurture creative problem-solving skills in daily classroom settingswhere resources such as lectures, laboratories

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Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kais Abdulmawjood, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Muhammad S. Zilany, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Muna Sheet, Lusail University

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Paper ID #43290An In-Depth Examination of Assessment Methods for Capstone Projects—MeasuringSuccessKais Abdulmawjood, Texas A&M University at Qatar Mr. Kais Abdulmawjood is expected to complete his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Ontario Tech University in 2024. He received his Master of Science degree (MSc) in electrical engineering, electronics, and communication from Al-Mustansiriya University (Baghdad, Iraq) in 1998. His B.Sc. was in Electrical Engineering from Baghdad University (Baghdad, Iraq). Kais is currently a Manager for the laboratories of the Electrical and Computer Engineering program (ECEN) at

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Inclusive Engineering Consortium & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; John C. Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; Stephen M Goodnick, Arizona State University; Miguel Velez-Reyes, University of Texas at El Paso; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. ; Truong Nguyen, University of California, San Diego; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University; Florida State University; Shayla Sawyer; Esther T. Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; David Zubia, University of Texas at El Paso; Milford Muskett

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and Space Studies (TCESS), a NASA University Research Center, and Director of the UPRM Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LARSIP). Dr. Velez-Reyes is a strong advocate on promoting access to excellent higher education to all students particularly those from socioeconomically disadvantage backgrounds and underrepresented populations. He is a board member of the Inclusive Engineering Consortium and is actively engaged in initiatives that promote diversity equity and inclusion in engineering education. He has held faculty research-internship positions with Air Force Research Laboratories, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Furthermore, he is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta

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Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama

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States.Undergraduate students in the department of electrical and computer engineering and thedepartment of computer science at this institution are expected to complete these courses in their3rd year of study. In terms of structure, the course had 12 weekly online assignments and 3examinations. The course also had a laboratory component with students completing 8laboratories during the semester.This course was designed by the instructor for a face-to-face delivery with initial syllabi andstudent learning objectives provided by the department (the course was not a new course to theinstitution prior to delivery by this instructor). Details regarding the design and differencesbetween styles of delivery as the courses evolved from face-to-face to asynchronous to

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Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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. Due to the wide range of the materialcovered, the course pace is intense as the class meets four times a week for fifty minutes.In the Spring 2022 semester, quizzes were introduced for the first time in response to a significantdecrease in attendance (> 50 % drop) after the first few weeks during previous semesters.Historically, the authors supported the vision highlighted in [8] as optional attendance should helpstudents to grow. However, it became apparent, that students misinterpreted the freedom skippingtoo many lectures. In addition, the instructors observed that it was difficult for students to stay ontop of the material if it is not somehow enforced.The quizzes were offered along with homework assignments, laboratory assignments

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Frameworks and Comparative Analyses in ECE Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Vurkac, Seattle University; Margarita D. Takach, Seattle University; Shruti Singh, Seattle University

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use.Almagambetov and Pavlina [2] compare three methods of teaching laboratories in a digital-logicservice course for first-year students. The methods are wiring cookbook-style labs using off-the-shelf components, VHDL labs with virtual-wiring techniques, and hybrid labs combining the two(Ibid.). The hybrid approach was seen to produce better educational outcomes according to anextensive evaluation. Other educators have chosen a hybrid style as well. For instance, Areibi [3]has students start with breadboards, but after introducing FPGAs, observes that a studentpreference for FPGAs is established after a few labs. Nonetheless, Areibi has found that the useof VHDL in such a course causes confusion and has identified that the primary challenge wasbeing able

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Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl B. Schrader, Wright State University

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on land that formerly belonged to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), home ofthe U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and five directorates. Technology companiessurround the university and base, creating a vibrant innovation hub. To this day, electricalengineering continues to play a large role in the workforce and in opportunity afforded thecitizenry, university and prospective and current students of all ages.In a proactive move to provide students more flexibility, electrical engineering faculty membersat Wright State University conducted an in-depth review of all course pre-requisites tostreamline the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) program and make it moreadaptable for students with diverse experiences to

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Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Bell, Tufts University

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curriculum: at Tufts, students take the course(ES 4) in the fall semester of sophomore year and it forms part of their core conception of whatelectrical and computer engineering is. In general, their courses up to this point have been genericacross engineering, and many students see the course as a way to confirm whether an electrical orcomputer engineering major is right for them. As a result, we have both an opportunity and anobligation to inspire and motivate students in addition to helping them develop prerequisite skillsfor other courses.Digital logic labsAs at most universities, our offering of the course has a substantial laboratory component, wherestudents put in the hard (and rewarding) work of translating pencil-and-paper logic designs

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Inclusive Engineering Consortium & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Miguel Velez-Reyes, University of Texas at El Paso; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc.; Kathy Ann Gullie; Milford Muskett

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Imaging Systems (CenSSIS) led by Northeastern University. He was also UPRM campus coordinator for the Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES) a NSF ERC led by Virginia Tech. He was director of the UPRM Tropical Center for Earth and Space Studies (TCESS), a NASA University Research Center, ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #43708 and Director of the UPRM Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing (LARSIP). Dr. Velez-Reyes is a strong advocate on promoting access to excellent higher education to all students particularly those from socioeconomically

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Curricular Innovations in Computing - 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Arijit Banerjee; Yi Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Katie Ansell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jessica R. TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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research includes alternative grading, entrepreneurial mindset, instructional laboratories, and equity-focused teaching. She teaches biomedical instrumentation, signal processing, and control systems. She earned a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Arijit BanerjeeYi Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Yi Zhou is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.Prof. Katie Ansell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Katie Ansell is a Teaching

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Power Engineering & Curriculum Innovations

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saurav Basnet, WentWorth Institute of Technol; Kesh Bahadur Pun, Black & Veatch Corp, Overland Park, KS USA

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] System Advisor Model Version 2022.11.21 (SAM 2022.11.21). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Golden, CO. Accessed February 15,short circuit current of the PV module. Hence, the maximum 2023. sam.nrel.govcurrent of the source circuit for this project is 13.5 x 1.25 = [6] N. P. DeGuglielmo, S. M. S. Basnet and D. E. Dow, "Introduce Ladder16.88 A since each string will be connected to the inverter Logic and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)," 2020 Annualinput. As per NEC 2020 690.8(A)(1)(e), the maximum current Conference Northeast Section (ASEE-NE), Bridgeport, CT, USA, 2020,for the continuous output of the inverter is

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Curricular Innovations in Computing - 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Restivo, Saint Bonaventure University; Connor Walsh, University of Tennessee at Martin; Wesley Chase Duclos; Vrushank Mali, University of Tennessee at Martin; Jian Wang, University of Tennessee at Martin; Huihui H. Wang, St. Bonaventure University; Thomas Yang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Houbing Herbert Song, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Song (M’12–SM’14-F’23) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Univer- sity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in August 2012. He is currently a Tenured Associate Professor, the Director of NSF Center for Aviation Big Data An- alytics (Planning), and the Director of the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab, www.SONGLab.us), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD. Prior to joining UMBC, he was a Tenured Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. He serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2020-present), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent

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Modern Teaching Strategies in Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Monika Herrmann, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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-215 Electronics,” which is designed for sophomore students in theComputer & Electrical Engineering program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. This course isa follow-up to the foundational course titled “CEE-205 Circuit Analysis and Design” and aims todeepen students' understanding of electronic circuits. Key topics covered in the course includediodes, transistors (FETs, BJTs, MOSFETs, JFETs), operational amplifiers (op-amps), and activefilters. The course objectives are to analyze semiconductor device circuits, design amplifiercircuits, and use simulation tools and laboratory instruments for circuit analysis.The custom PCBAs are specifically designed for use during in-class activities, not for separatelaboratory sessions, allowing

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh

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; Exposition, 2019.[17] A. Dallal, “Student Preference of Video Length for Studying Machine Learning in a Flipped Classroom,” in 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2023.[18] A. Dallal, A. Dukes, and R. M. Clark, “Student performance in partially flipped ECE laboratory classes,” in ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2020, vol. 2020-June.

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Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chibuzor Joseph Okocha, University of Florida; Gloria J. Kim, University of Florida; Jin W. Choi, Michigan Technological University; Yong Kyu Yoon

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participants’ return to the U.S., follow-on projects were offered to leverage their newly formed professional and personal network.Over the lifetime of the grant, the program supported a total of 18 undergraduate and graduatestudent research projects in 10 Korean host laboratories at Seoul National University, KAIST,Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, and CJ Group. Despite challenges posed by COVID-19 that led to two no-cost extensions, every cohort in the program traveled to Korea and was ableto have an immersive experience. The participants were diverse in ethnicity (3 African Americans,1 Native American, and 4 Hispanics) and gender (7 female students). The program has catalyzedcontinuing and new collaborations in the smart systems field

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Online and Remote Teaching

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ananth Jillepalli, Washington State University; Austin Ryan Gress, University of Idaho; Romulo G. Bainy; Yacine Chakhchoukh; Daniel Conte de Leon; Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho; Brian K. Johnson P.E., University of Idaho; Hari Challa

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same.Romulo BainyYacine ChakhchoukhDaniel Conte de LeonDr. Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho Herb Hess is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Idaho. He received the PhD Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. His research and teaching interests are in power electronics, electric machines and drives, electricDr. Brian K. Johnson P.E., University of Idaho Brian K. Johnson received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Endowed Chair in Power Engineering in the Department of ElecHari Challa ©American Society for Engineering Education

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Online and Remote Teaching

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Scott Dunning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nektaria Tryfona, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jianqiang Zhang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Luke Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Max Mikel-Stites, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis

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Technology at the University of Maine. He serves as the academic dean for approximately five hundred students and directs four engineering technology programs. He is the past Chair of the EnProf. R. Michael Buehrer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. R. Michael Buehrer joined Virginia Tech from Bell Labs as an Assistant Professor with the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2001. He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering and is the director of Wireless @ Virginia Tech, a comprehensive research group focusing on wireless communications. During 2009 Dr. Buehrer was a visiting researcher at the Laboratory for Telecommunication Sciences (LTS) a federal research lab

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Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chao Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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areeffective and welcomed. These strategies can be tailored to other engineering courses. There have been various pedagogical approaches specifically designed for probability andstatistics courses for engineering students. For example, the use of technology was discussed in[1], where the author also illustrated the helpfulness of laboratory-like exercises through computersimulations in a probability and statistics course in Texas A&M University. A set of constructivistexercises have been developed in teaching probability and statistics in the University of SouthFlorida [2] to promote realistic mathematics education and inquiry-oriented teaching and learning.These exercises encourage students to work in teams, create their own knowledge, and

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Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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given as extra-credit problems in homework assignments. Students could use the conceptmap to visually organize and reinforce their understanding of key concepts.Concept maps were also introduced to sophomore-year students in the ”Analog Signal processing- ECE 210” course for the first time. This course was required for Electrical Engineering andComputer Engineering majors, while students from other majors were only required to completethe first half. The full course comprises 14 homework assignments, 5 laboratory assignments, 3midterm exams, and 1 final exam. On the other hand, the first half course comprises 8 homeworkassignments, 1 midterm exam, and 1 final exam. During the spring 2023 semester, 334 studentswere enrolled in the full course

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Integrating Hands-On Technology and Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Burnett, Portland State University

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Portland State University. Prior to his Ph.D., he was Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, Visiting Lecturer at Da Nang University of Technology, Vietnam, and Electrical Engineer for an experimental ROV at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. He has served on various ACM SIGGRAPH conference committees serving as emerging technology juror and responsible for special technical projects and data networks. His research interests include crystal-free RF communication, low-power circuit design, and field-deployable sensor systems. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Wireless Environmental Sensing Electronics

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Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego; Jenna Metera, University of California, San Diego; Sonia Fereidooni, University of California, San Diego; Cham Yang, University of California, San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego; Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; Phuong Truong, University of California, San Diego

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critical thinking skills. Gradually, the student will be able to apply the concepts learned processing from basic to complex skills through activities like laboratories with specific feedback with the sole intention for improvement. The application of the knowledge might also then lead to analysis by exploring connections and organizing information into meaningful domains similar to writing a report. This also might include discussing discrepancies in cases and the student might explore other personal variables through their increased critical thinking [17].The taxonomy introduces a new dimension, highlighting four types of knowledge—factual,conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive—aimed at addressing diverse

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Modern Teaching Strategies in Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sangshin Park, University of Utah; Reza Kamali-Sarvestani, California State University, San Marcos; Jairo Giraldo, University of Utah; Hamed Nademi, California State University, San Marcos; Masood Parvania, University of Utah

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of the physical system. Blockdiagram of the laboratory experiment is illustrated in Figure No.1. ● Preventive and Proactive Cyber-Physical SecurityIn this course, the students will learn and implement a variety of security mechanisms. Studentswill be capable of understanding the costs, benefits, and limitations of security mechanismsdepending on the application, starting with best practices of IT network security, and thenincluding more sophisticated defense mechanisms. Particularly, students will learn the basicprinciples of machine learning and AI to develop supervised and unsupervised applications forthe detection and localization of cyber attacks using cyber and physical data. Students will beexposed to emerging proactive security

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Empowering Students: Self-Efficacy, Advising, and Transfer Success

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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strong alignment with the attributes stated above. There are repeated references to interpersonal relationships with peers that last beyond graduation. Students recognize that the department’s grading structure does not inhibit collaboration and informal peer tutoring, rather it is encouraged. Students noted that they could always ask their instructors and peers questions without being made to feel ignorant. The culture of interconnectedness and inclusion was appreciated, as was the department’s efforts to fostering a welcoming and open environment.• Junior labs: The ECE curriculum at Seattle University includes, in the junior year, a series of laboratory experiences with emphases in Circuits (Fall Quarter), Electronics

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom J. Zajdel, Carnegie Mellon University; Allison E. Connell Pensky, Carnegie Mellon University

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breadboard, andtaking electrical measurements in a series of integrated laboratory-lecture experiences. The classculminates in an open-ended design project in which the student proposes a system that uses amicrocontroller to accomplish a useful task. While open-ended “capstone” design projects are amainstay of engineering curricula, first-year “cornerstone” projects that introduce the designprocess to novice engineering students have recently become more prominent (Sheppard et al.,2009, pp. 84, 91; Vest, 2005; Whitfield et al., 2011; Zajdel & Maharbiz, 2016b). We propose thatsuch design experiences would be impactful to non-major students’ technical education as well.Students outside of the engineering disciplines can develop these technical

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Inclusive Engineering Consortium; Douglas A Mercer; Daniel D Stancil, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; John H. Booske, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Michael Devetsikiotis, University of New Mexico; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Assn; Kathy Ann Gullie; Michelle Klein, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Heads Assoc. (ECEDHA); Gregory T Byrd

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. This is due to two unique factors:(1) ECE students have inherently self-selected—and thus, already anticipated—a curriculum thatexpects them to master electronic and digital devices and environments, and (2) many hands-on,active-learning laboratory activities in ECE involve measurements with instruments nowavailable in miniaturized, mobile, low-cost realizations. Therefore, in the new normal,combinations of online, face-to-face, asynchronous, and synchronous instruction can elevatestudent learning by: ● Using online tech to deliver basic knowledge content (instead of live lectures), freeing up more instructor time to provide personalized coaching with individual students. ● Transferring low-value-added, time-consuming tasks (e.g

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Chukwuemeka Duru; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Opeyemi Taiwo Adeniran, Morgan State University; Uttam Gaulee; Sotonye Ikiriko, Morgan State University; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Md Mahmudur Rahman, Morgan State University; Frank Efe; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Benjamin Gbeminiyi Famewo

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an integrationof technological devices into classroom learning that does not require a specialized laboratory forconducting such experiments. The study adopted a survey and assessment methodology for datacollection. Data were collected pre-and post-implementation of the module in the course where itwas implemented. The study found that there was a significant improvement in learners' peerlearning and collaboration, as well as critical thinking. The test anxiety of the learners was alsoimproved. The performance of the learners was also found to increase significantly. The study waslimited to some courses taken at different levels of learning in different fields to avoid more thanone dosage of the implementation among the learners. In addition