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Advancing Online and Hybrid Learning in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gleb Tcheslavski, Lamar University; Julia Yoo; Selahattin Sayil, Lamar University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

suchpotential benefits [1]. However, lab courses that are an integral part of most engineeringdisciplines are often perceived as an obstacle for converting the corresponding programs intoonline and hybrid formats [2] - [5]. While software-based simulations may alleviate this problem[6], simulations alone can rarely provide sufficient hands-on experience that is critical foreffective learning [7]. On the other hand, the lab-in-a-box approach allows students to learn hands-onengineering skills, while using a portable and affordable yet versatile measurement device, suchas the Analog Discovery kit designed for Electrical Engineering (EE) laboratories [8]. Thisdevice allows students to build circuits using a breadboard and various electronic

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruoshi Zhang, University of Louisville; Nathan George, University of Louisville; Dan O Popa, University of Louisville

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

practice, a largecompartment in the base is preferred since it simplifies the routing of the wires. A hole connectsbetween the ESP32 and the motor compartment allowing for passing the wire through.This part has an angled connector on top that allows it to slide easily together with the base. Theangled design prevents it from sliding out easily, as it doesn’t rely only on friction to hold it in.3.2 The main base and the orb poleThis part's main purpose is to elevate the orb's height while maintaining structural integrity. Thus,the orb pole is designed thick. Figure 3. CAD drawing of the main base (uses mm).A groove and rail running down the length of the pole can be used to align the orb horizontally, atthe same time, it gives

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

tissues. Prior to that, he completed his PhD in Electrical Engi- neering at the University of California Berkeley and his BS in ECE at The Ohio State University. He first discovered the joys of teaching as an undergraduate TA with tOSU’s first-year engineering program, and he has been engaged with curriculum development and teaching projects ever since.Allison Connell Pensky, Carnegie Mellon University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Impact of Electronics Design Experience on Non-majors’ Self-efficacy and IdentityAbstractBefore the advent of the internet, electronics hobbyists embarked on lifelong learning journeyswith instructional books such as

Conference Session

Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Trisha Kulkarni, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

education [46], [47], [48],[49].To hone in on the importance of adopting autoethnography in an ECE educational context, wepostulate that this method can uncover and emphasize the lived curriculum by BLV students inECE education [50], [51], [52]. In reality, even with extensive prior planning, educators anddisability support officers (DSOs) cannot fully predict the impact of their accessibility measureson the realistic experience of an incoming BLV student to an introductory ECE course. Thisdifference between the educators’, DSOs’, and students’ expectations and experiences gives riseto the aforementioned lived curriculum. We believe that autoethnography can afford educatorsand DSOs a deeper understanding of the reality of being a BLV student in an

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations for Future-Ready Engineering Talents

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jabeom Koo, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

communication. He also had additional responsibilities as a lab manager controlling all measurements for Intel 22nm FinFet technology development. He joined Cooper Union as Assistant Professor at 2020 Fall, and teaches Microelectronics/VLSI related courses. His current research interests are in the area of RF IC design for wireless applications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Developing Microelectronics and VLSI field Education for the potential workforceAbstract Rapid evolution of semiconductor technology has resulted in an unprecedented reliance onmicroelectronics and Very Large Scale Integration (“VLSI”) systems across various industries.As technology of

Conference Session

Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lilianny Virgüez, University of Florida; Debarati Basu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Gloria J. Kim, University of Florida; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, ThatStatsGirl

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Engineering.Dr. Debarati Basu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Debarati Basu is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department in the College of Engineering at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the Daytona Beach campus. She earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech (VT). She received her bachelor’s and masters in Computer Science and Engineering. Her research is at the intersection of Engineering Education (EE) and Computing Education Research (CER) to advance personalized learning, specifically within the context of online learning and engagement, educational technologies, curriculum design which includes innovative and equitable pedagogical approaches, and support

Conference Session

Online and Remote Teaching

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhawana Bhatta, Youngstown State University; Ghassan Salim, Youngstown State University; Vamsi Borra, Youngstown State University; Frank X. Li, Youngstown State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

system theory curriculum in many Engineering schools is limited to computer simulations, mostly because of the limited control lab equipment suppliers and modest resources. The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program’s faculty and graduate students were tasked to design a low-cost system that connects the theoretical concepts learned in class and real-world applications. This system was designed with a modular approach to develop new experiments using the existing system. The developed system is an integration of National Instrument’s (NI) LabVIEW software, NI’s myDAQ (a portable and easy-to-program low-cost data acquisition device), a DC motor with a built-in rotary encoder, and a PCB with the motor

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Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haniye Mehraban, Oklahoma State University; Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

electrical and computer engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He worked as an analog IC designer at Texas Instruments, Dallas, between 2011 and 2012. He was a Member of Technical Staff, IC Design at Maxim Integrated, San Diego, CA, between 2012 and 2016, and a Staff Engineer at Qualcomm, Tempe, AZ, between 2016 and 2019. In 2019, he joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University, where he is currently an assistant professor and Jack H. Graham Endowed Fellow of Engineering. His research interests include power management IC design, hardware security, and energy-efficient computing. ©American Society for

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

processes as they work through a project and thereby see ways to improve theircreativity8. However, the infusion of open-ended design activities in the engineering curriculumhas been limited to “synthesis” exercises using known methodologies or exercises9. In thissituation, students mostly follow well-proven design techniques that were covered in thetextbooks or lectures rather than being challenged to think through a new process or create aunique solution. To have more and better distributed opportunities to develop their creativeproblem-solving skills as an integral part of their four-year college education, various pilotstudies have been conducted to reform the learning environment within regular courses to affectthe students’ creative problem

Conference Session

Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

analog electronics. Bell and Horowitz [4] describetheir integration of projects into a non-major circuits course, dividing the laboratories into fourprojects. Indeed, Chen et al [5] reviewed 108 papers on implementing project-based learningacross engineering.The novelty in the proposed approach is the creation of as unified of a project as possible, in orderto show students that even in an introductory course, they could gain enough knowledge todevelop a very complex device using all aspects of electrical engineering. At the same time, thecourse does not compromise on the detail presented, making it a fully-fledged introduction tomost aspects of electrical engineering. In summary, there were two goals: • To empower students, as so many tasks

Conference Session

Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Aggarwal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Engineering curriculum at our university.1 SignificanceNeed for this course was felt in the department because several research faculty memberswanted to integrate VLSI chips using MCU-based systems. To integrate custom VLSIchips into a system using MCU based control, one method is to build custom printedcircuit board (PCB) to integrate components like opamp and buffers to read outputs from achip. To send inputs to the chip, different pulse generator chips and voltage regulatorscould be integrated on the same PCB. To build a system out of several chips, MCU can beused to calculate inputs to the next chip based on outputs from the previous chip andalgorithm designed in C on the MCU. Therefore, to achieve the requirements of ourdepartment, the course

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

. Our curriculum has gone through two major redesigns in the past decade, in response to the needs of industry and graduate schools, while facilitating the implementation of the latest pedagogical innovations in engineering education. Our most recent redesign focused on integrating opportunities for active learning by adding more lab experiences to our already very hands-on curriculum. We believe that student engagement, active learning, and collaboration go hand in hand. Because students are admitted directly into the department, they never compete against each other. On the contrary, they see value in collaborating with each other by organizing study groups and working on team projects. Student responses indicate a

Conference Session

Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanxiao . Zhao, Virginia Commonwealth University; Shaobo Huang, University of Saskatchewan; Carl Elks, Virginia Commonwealth University; Umit Ozgur, Virginia Commonwealth University; Vitaliy Avrutin, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

content intothree modules: Module 1 Devices and Materials, Module 2 Communication and Networking, andModule 3 Computing in IoT. Each module is taught by a different professor specializing in thatfield. Study shows co-teaching helps highlight the strengths and compensate weaknesses ofindividual instructors and enables instructors to integrate diverse subject matter knowledge in onecourse (Vesikivi, 2019).This paper will use Module 2 as an example to explain how we design each module. Module 2mainly covers fundamental knowledge for communication and networking such as wirelesspropagation and traffic model in IoT, some common protocols for different network layers,application protocol design using Node.js. In the fall 2022, we added a new topic

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Martinez, University of New Haven; April Yoder, University of New Haven

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

this approach as “advising as teaching.” [2,3, 6] Student ownership over their curriculum and academic experience is a central outcome ofdevelopmental advising, which charges advisors to help students integrate career and academicgoals and address their unique challenges and desires. [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9] Developmental advisinghas been shown to increase student sa?sfac?on and reten?on, partly because of the personalconnec?on with a mentor. [2, 9] In 2008, Janine M. Allen and Cathleen L. Smith argued thatwhile faculty advisors recognized the importance of career guidance and other support tostudent success, they viewed their own advising responsibili?es as limited to ensuring studentsfulfilled gradua?on requirements. [1] However, Elizabeth Hart

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Shen Theh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Rachel Shannon, University of California Los Angeles; Mani Mina, University of California Los Angeles

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Conference & Exposition, June 16 – 19, 2019, Tampa, FL, USA. [2] R. M. Feldder and L. K. Silverman, “Learning and teaching styles in engineering education,” Engineering Education, vol. 78(7), pp. 674 – 681, 1988. [3] J. Heywood, Engineering education: Research and development in curriculum and instruction. Jhon Wiley and Sons, 2005. [4] H. G. Murzi, “Team-based learning theory applied to engineering education: A systematic review of literature,” in 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 15 – 18, 2014, Indianapolis, IN, USA. [5] R. Seidel and E. Godfrey, “Project and team based learing: An integrated approach to engineering education,” in 2005 ASEE

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

the two designs. Notethat the exams of the two sections originated from two distinct versions, and therefore the examthat each section received was sufficiently different to avoid issues with academic integrity. Foreach question, the holistic design resulted in a comparison group for the building-block design.For the purpose of this study, correctness grading was then also applied to the building-blockdesign. This approach is the core of our proposed methodology. An AI-assisted grader was usedto facilitate the correctness-based grading methodology. Specifically, exams were uploaded intoGradescope [19]. Its built-in AI was used to read the handwritten answers from the answer boxesand automatically classify them in groups. These groups were

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Mark Horowitz, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

objectives. This newassessment lens provides a fertile ground to amplify students’ rewarding experiences, minimizetheir unproductive struggle, and preserve healthy challenges that effectively contribute to thestudents’ learning process. In our work, we apply the CARE methodology in studying apopulation of 42 students enrolled in the introductory ECE course, ENGR 40M: An Intro toMaking: What is EE, offered at our educational institution, Stanford University. This course waschosen for this study as it emphasizes the importance of integrating theoretical and laboratoryexposure to introductory ECE concepts via immersive project-based learning opportunities.Our main contributions begin with the development of the CARE methodology, its application

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holland Banse, Magnolia Consulting; Chris S Ferekides, University of South Florida; Carol Haden, Northern Arizona University; Ismail Uysal, University of South Florida

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

of three-courses and anassociated Qualification Plan. The PFE courses serve as a means to inform and involve studentsin departmental and program activities. Having a sequence of courses that all EE students takeprovides an effective mechanism for getting the word out about innovations to changedepartmental culture to be more student oriented.The PFE course sequence aims to support the development of students’ identities as professionalengineers and to motivate them to persist in their degrees. Originally taken as optional electives,the PFE I–III courses became a required part of the core curriculum for EE majors Broadly, thePFE course sequence teaches ethical engineering principles, identifies areas of careeropportunities for students, and

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Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guodong Wang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Yanxiao . Zhao, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

conferences by serving as TPC chairs, publicity chairs and TPC members. She is an IEEE Senior Member. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness and Learning Experience of Digital Circuit Design using Multiple ToolsAbstractElectronic devices, such as smart home devices, drones, robots, and autonomous cars, have beenpenetrating various aspects of our daily lives. To meet this growing demand, engineering programsoften include at least one electrical engineering course in their curriculum. Digital circuit designis a critical component of computer engineering and a fundamental class for computer sciencestudents. The class covers the basics of digital circuits

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Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rowdy Sanford, University of Idaho; Joe Law, University of Idaho; John Crepeau, University of Idaho

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

CircuitsIntroductionAt the University of Idaho, an intermediate circuits course is required before students can takejunior-level classes. However, most community colleges only offer a first course in circuits, sotransfer students are immediately behind in their academic progression. One way to address thisis to develop an online lecture course with a suite of labs that a student can perform beforecoming to the university, say over the summer, so that the student can be on-track for graduation.In addition, as the number of online courses grows, these labs can be used by students whocannot come to campus.In our curriculum, the intermediate electrical engineering lecture and laboratory course beginswith sinusoidal sources, then introduces the students to steady

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Paper ID #39912Board 82: Remote, Hands-on ECE Teaching: Project RECETDr. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The Inclusive Engineering Consortium Kenneth Connor is an emeritus professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engi- neering (ECSE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he taught courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research in- volves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology

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Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Bell, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

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