Conference Session

Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Compeau Jr., Texas State University; Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University; Austin Talley, Texas State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #41451Classicle Sticks: An Activity to Improve Student EngagementDr. C. Richard Compeau Jr., Texas State University C. Richard Compeau Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the Ingram School of Engineering. He is interested in teaching and curriculum development. His work is typically project-specific for the EE Capstone.Dr. Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University Dr. Kimberly G. Talley, P.E. is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Bobcat Made Makerspace Director at Texas State University, and a licensed Professional Engineer. She received her Ph.D. and M.S.E. from the University

Conference Session

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

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

student comments are included below: • Very informative and interesting course! • The lectures are informative and interesting. • The course was very helpful in expanding on several topics in EE that I have been working with so far. • Make connections between multiple classes in ECE and apply them to real examples and designs. • It is a very relevant topic, important for our projects and career. • Comic pictures in the slides are best (Definitely!) • Collaboration in class is great even though the class size is small. • I like how the material in the course has direct applications, unlike most of the other theory courses I have been taking so far. • It's a good course. • The instructor is

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)

with students at different stages of their college career in a variety of classes including introduction to electrical engineering, circuits, coding, and electromagnetism. As a Research Assistant, he has worked on many multidisciplinary projects that center around application and experimentation.Rachel Shannon, University of California Los Angeles Rachel Shannon completed her MS and BS in Electrical Engineering at Iowa State University. She is currently a Master’s student pursuing a degree in Industrial Design. Her interests include diversity and inclusion in engineering, design, and engineering edDr. Mani Mina, University of California Los Angeles Mani Mina is with the department of Industrial Design and Electrical

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xinyuan Fan, University of Toronto; Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto; Salma Emara, University of Toronto

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #42249Board 97: Work-in-Progress: TextCraft: Automated Resource Recommendationfor Custom Textbook CreationXinyuan Fan, University of Toronto Xinyuan (Elva) Fan is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, following her Honours Bachelor in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. At the University of Toronto, she worked on a research project focusing on web crawler-driven automated textbook creation. She can be reached at elva.fan@mail.utoronto.ca or elvafan625@gmail.com.Dr. Hamid S Timorabadi P.Eng., University of Toronto Hamid Timorabadi

Conference Session

Technical Proficiency and Cybersecurity Awareness in ECE Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doug W. Jacobson, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

program. By including this, I intendto help show the power of using AI. I edited the responses to help make them more readable andto put them in first person. It should also be noted that the project went from an initial idea inSeptember 2023 to kick off at the end of October 2023 and likely would not have beendeveloped that quickly without AI.1. Creating the Cybersecurity Ambassador Programa. Development of the Charter: Initial Consultation: I began by consulting ChatGPT to understand the fundamental components of an effective charter for a cybersecurity ambassador program. ChatGPT provided insights into key elements such as the program's mission, objectives, roles and responsibilities, and governance structure. Drafting the Charter

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Junhyung Park, United States Air Force Academy; John Ciezki, United States Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

familiarity. Other Arduino boards are listed inFig. 2. The Uno is a minimalist hobby platform. It operates at 16MHz with 14 digital Inputs/Outputs (I/O), 6 analog inputs, 6pulse-width-modulation outputs, and no on-board Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC). For projects with greater software orhardware requirements, boards like Mega, Due, or Yun might be considered. Board Clock (MHz) Dig I/O Ana IN Ana OUT PWM Flash (KB) SRAM (KB) EE PROM (KB) Proc Volt (V) Interr Pins UNO 16 14 6 0 6 32 2 1 5 2 Nano 16 14 8 0 6 32 2 1 5 2 Mini 16 14

Conference Session

Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

lectures, onlinehomework / projects / exams, and students were provided support through weekly virtual officehours. Participation with lectures was a mandatory course element with weekly deadlines foreach set of lectures. For the flipped-style iteration, the course content was again delivered usingthe same pre-recorded virtual lectures (also as a mandatory course element with weeklydeadlines), online homework / projects / exams, but students were able to attend optional face-to-face work periods with the course instructor during the regularly scheduled lecture times.This work will provide a quantitative analysis and comparison of student course performance(e.g. final grade and final cumulative examination grade) across modalities. The aim is

Conference Session

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

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yael Gertner, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Benjamin Cosman

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

and engineering workforce: Recent, current, and projected employment, wages, and unemployment (CRS Report R43061). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service.[13] B.A. Soloman and R.M. Felder. 2011. Index of learning styles questionnaire. http:// www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html. Retrieved from North Carolina State University on August 4, 2011.

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Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

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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)

4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Classes with tools Classes without tools Fig. 7 Comparison of students’ learning effectivenessWe have also received many positive comments from our students. Some of them are listed below:“I really enjoyed the hands-on part of this class. The PyEDA helped me a lot to find out simplifiedexpressions.”“I enjoyed building circuits using Logisim. My favorite project is the forward/reverse counter.”“I have learned a lot from this class. I liked the professor’s teaching style. This is one of my favoriteclasses.”“It was quite an enjoyable

Conference Session

Online and Remote Teaching

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohsen Sarraf; Mark Atkins, Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis; Jenny Welter, zyBooks, a Wiley brand; Yasaman Adibi, zyBooks, a Wiley Brand; Nikitha Sambamurthy, zyBooks, a Wiley Brand; Lauren Fogg, zyBooks, a Wiley Brand

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

interests are diversity, gender equity, retention, project-based learning, cognitive models of problem-solving, and making engineering textbooks more accessible and innovative for students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Student Earnestness in Online Circuit Analysis Textbook When Answer is AvailableAbstract:Engineering courses increasingly use online learning materials, especially in response to theCOVID-19 pandemic and the growth in online classes. Online textbooks often have interactivecomponents such as different types of quiz questions which may allow students to reveal theanswer when stuck. These interactive components attempt to engage students

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Wayne Bynoe, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

B. Crilly and Richard J. Hartnett , “Enhanced Learning – Combining MATLAB Simulation withTelecommunication Instructional Modeling (TIMSTM) in a Senior Level Communication Systems Course”,proceedings of the ASEE NE 2016 conference, 2016.[7] Richard J. Hartnett, Paul B. Crilly, "Combining MATLAB® simulation with telecommunications instructionalmodeling (TIMSTM) in a senior level communications course", 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference(FIE), vol. 00, no. , pp. 1-4, 2015, doi:10.1109/FIE.2015.7344351.[8] Emona Insturments Telecommunications instructional Modeling (TIMS), Camperdown, NSW, Australia,http://www.emona-tims.com/[9] Bédard, D., Lison, C. , Dalle, D. , Côté, D. , & Boutin, N. Problem-based and Project-based Learning

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Curricular Innovations in Computing -2

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erwin Karincic, Virginia Commonwealth University; Erdem Topsakal, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lauren Linkous, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

-4, a fiberglass substrate used commonly because it is inexpensive and non-conductive, and50 Ω impedance female SMA connectors designed to solder to PCB. SMA cables should beselected based on individual project needs and are not covered here. In all cases, exports from theAntenna Calculator tool are either used as printed templates, or imported for machining. Figs. 4and 8 show examples of the exported files generated by the calculator tool, while Fig. 7 shows achemical etching example for the rectangular patch manufacturing process.A. COPPER TAPE Figure 3. Left, a 1.5 GHz patch antenna created with copped tape. Right, the exported PNG used as a template.The first method of manufacture is the simplest one, and the most accessible. The

Conference Session

Power Engineering & Curriculum Innovations

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Paras Mandal, University of Texas at El Paso; Sukumar Kamalasadan

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

students. This was the first data collection in a three year project and effortsare being made to increase participation in future assessments. Below is a pair of concept mapspre- and post- from the same student in Spring 22. Based on the developed rubric, presented indetail in [7], there are clear visual clues of the expansion in the areas of comprehension andorganization of concepts across the two maps. Figure 1. Concept Map Pre-Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems (Spring 22) Figure 2. Concept Map Post-Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems (Spring 22) VI. Conclusion This paper presents the process of updating UG power engineering curriculum by adaptingexisting courses in two collaborating institutions with new modules

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

hybrid format in Spring2021, where in-person students attended lectures in a classroom while online students participatedin a live Zoom session. The course instructor used a two-device setup, in which one device wasused to project and share the slides and the other for interacting with online students. Lectureswere not recorded for asynchronous access. Besides the lectures, weekly discussion section andoffice hours were offered via Zoom synchronous session for all students. Overall, 47 students(33.8%) were registered for the in-person section and 92 students (66.2%) registered for theonline section.Since students had the option to choose either the in-person or online section in both courses, weunderstand that self-selection bias will play a

Conference Session

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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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

phase was completed, the responses were analyzed. This analysisinvolved examining the mean scores, distribution patterns, and other statistical measures toextract meaningful insights and discern prevailing trends in students’ perceptions.The findings from this survey not only highlight key insights and patterns but also suggestactionable recommendations. These insights are crucial for informing future pedagogicalstrategies, curriculum development, and resource allocation aimed at enhancing the effectivenessof custom PCBA boards as a learning tool in engineering education.The Institutional Review Board (IRB) has determined that this project, ‘Advancing ActiveLearning in Electronics with Customized Printed Circuit Boards,' is exempt from review

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Curricular Innovations for Future-Ready Engineering Talents

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huanyi Chen, University of Waterloo; Paul Ward, University of Waterloo

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

assessment code being written in Python, there is noinherent connection or limitation to what it can assess.For SQL questions, the assessment code essentially verifies whether students’ queries yield thesame results as the canonical solutions.For relational algebra (RA) questions, students were required to use a novel QWERTY-CompatibleSyntax (QCS) for coding their queries. For example, to identify the names of employees who earnthe highest salary, the RA query can be p[name]s[salary in (G[max(salary)]Employee)] Employee;where p is for projection, s is for selection, and G is for aggregation. Additionally, the joinoperation (JOIN) is supported; for example, A natural join B is represented as A |>

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L Bonniwell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

duringthe Fall semester of the 2024 academic year. The other faculty member implemented RapidReviews into the first electrical circuits course with predominantly first year electricalengineering students during the Spring semester of the 2024 academic year.The Fall semester for academic year 2024 was the first implementation of Rapid Review sessionswith the in-person format described in the previous section. There was a desire to implementRapid Reviews at the start of each lecture; however, this was not achieved for the first semesterof utilizing Rapid Reviews. The Rapid Reviews occurred at least once a week and not more thanthree times per week. Upon arrival to the classroom prior to the start of class, the faculty memberwould project the Rapid

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in Computing - 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yufang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Robert Applonie, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Paul E. Morton, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mason Cole Conkel, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, University of Texas at San Antonio; Thuy Khanh Nguyen, University of Texas at San Antonio; Chunjiang Qian, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

ideation are just as critical to success astechnical skills. In addition, due to the huge amount of data, visualization or graph tools canenhance the understanding of data and facilitate the critical-think process to solve a problem.Besides providing training on mathematical backgrounds, domain knowledge, technical skills,and soft skills, ECE programs can provide unique hands-on projects in their curriculum, andapplication platforms of AI such as autonomous driving and robotics which are not normallyincluded in computer science curricula.3. MethodsAn AI certificate program was launched in 2019 at the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Currently, 605 undergraduate students areenrolled in the

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

developtheir own understanding. The author in [3] practiced active learning exercises to boost studentaccountability in a course on probability and statistics at Valparaiso University. Students spentmore than half of lecture time working on in-class projects with warm-up concepts as well as afew questions for routine calculation and more challenging application problems. Moreover, theflipped classroom approach has been used in a probability and statistics courses at University ofPittsburgh, where the lecture was removed from class time and replaced with more activeinstructional opportunities [4]. The flipped classroom method facilitates active learning by utilizing online materials tosupplement face-to-face time lectures, and typically involves

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Hamad Alajeel, University of California, San Diego

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

educational environment.Prof. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is a Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning. He also co-directs a hands-on undergraduate research program called Engineers for Exploration, in which students apply their engineering knowledge to problems in exploration and conservation.Dr. Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego Dr.Huihui Qi is an Associate Teaching Professor in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at the University of California San Diego.Hamad Alajeel, University of California, San Diego

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)

Paper ID #39790Concept-Centric Summative Assessments That Remain Authentic whileReducing Grading EffortProf. Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is a Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning. He also co-directs a hands-on undergraduate research program called Engineers for Exploration, in which students apply their engineering knowledge to problems in exploration and conservation. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred W. DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, California, USA.Prof. Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College Dom Dal Bello is Professor of Engineering at Allan Hancock College (AHC), a California community college between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. At AHC, he is Department Chair of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Advisor of MESA (the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), and Principal/Co-Principal Investigator of several National Science Foundation projects (S-STEM, LSAMP, IUSE). In ASEE, he is chair of the Two-Year College Division, and Vice-Chair/Community Colleges of the Pacific Southwest Section. He received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the ASEE/PSW Section in 2022. ©American Society for

Conference Session

Technical Proficiency and Cybersecurity Awareness in ECE Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kinsel, University of Virginia ; Caroline Elizabeth Crockett, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia; George Prpich, University of Virginia

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, students have manyhours of experience working with the specific hardware set-up used in this study. The FUN 2 courseis required for ECE majors and minors and the majority of the students are in their second-year ofstudy. Ref. [19] further details the ECE fundamentals curriculum.The troubleshooting exercise was given as an in-class assignment at the end of the semester, withstudents receiving full credit for attempting the exercise. Over the course of three course meetings,during which students were otherwise working on their semester projects, two of the course TAspulled students out individually to attempt the exercise. To explain the exercise, the TAs read thefollowing script: Today you are going to be doing a circuit troubleshooting

Conference Session

Assessment-Driven Practices in ECE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Alex Phan, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Maziar Ghazinejad, University of California, San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego; Marko V. Lubarda, University of California, San Diego

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #38481Oral Assessments as an Early Intervention StrategyCurt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego Curt Schurgers is an Teaching Professor in the UCSD Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research and teaching are focused on course redesign, active learning, and project-based learning.Dr. Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego Saharnaz Baghdadchi is an Assistant Teaching Professor at UC San Diego. She is interested in scholarly teaching and uses active learning techniques to help students achieve an expert-like level of thinking. She guides students in bridging the gap