Paper ID #46737Circuit Class for Mechanical Engineering StudentsDr. Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jiahui Song received her B.S. in Automation and M.S. in Pattern Recognition & Intelligent Systems from Southeast University. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Old Dominion University. She is currently a ProfessorDr. Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (started 2008). Education B.A. in Liberal Arts Engineering from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL
machine learning applications; energy management; hybrid energy systems; microgrid protection ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Analysis of the Impact of Tower Footing Impedance on the Low Voltage Ride Through Capability of Wind Farm SystemsIntroductionThis work seeks to integrate the results of technical research into engineering curriculum,thereby closing the divide between research and teaching. The investigation of tower footingimpedance and its influence on LVRT capability will serve as a practical case study forstudents, enhancing their comprehension of wind energy systems. Preliminary research wasdone to analyze the educational impact, utilizing the material in classroom
Paper ID #46880International Cybersecurity Exercise: A Model for Collaborative Cyber DefenseEducationDr. Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Doug Jacobson is a University Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He is currently the director of the Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation and Outreach, which has been recognized by the National Security Agency as a center of academic excellence. He has worked for years on ways to include cybersecurity in courses and the general population. Doug also created the Iowa Cyber Hub
Paper ID #48357Secured Communication in the Physical Layer: An Interactive Module forEnhancing Cybersecurity Education in Next-Generation Wireless CommunicationsMehzabien Iqbal, The University of Toledo, OH, USA Mehzabien Iqbal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Toledo, under the supervision of Dr. Ahmad Y. Javaid, with a research specialization in Physical Layer Security for wireless communication systems. Her academic interests are centered around advanced communication technologies and security frameworks, leveraging methodologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Reinforcement
Paper ID #46441Experiences with Specifications Grading in Computer Engineering: MakingClass About Learning AgainChristopher Cischke, Michigan Technological University Christopher (Kit) Cischke is a Teaching Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University and a Ph.D. student in the Psychology and Human Factors Department where he studies learning and memory in the engineering classroom. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Experiences with Specifications Grading in Computer Engineering: Making Class About Learning
Paper ID #48604BOARD # 476: Modern Tools for Engineering Education Based on VirtualLaboratoriesDr. Danielle Sami Nasrallah PhD. eng., OPAL-RT Technologies Danielle Sami Nasrallah received her Bachelor’s degree in electromechanical engineering and the Diplˆome ´ d’Etudes ´ Approfondies in electrical engineering from the Ecole sup´erieure d’ing´enieurs de Beyrouth (´ESIB), Beirut, Lebanon, in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and Ph. D. degree in Robotics from McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in 2007. During her Ph.D. studies, she worked on a part
Paper ID #45443BOARD #131: Brewing Interest in Engineering and Computer Science: AHands-On Coffee Roasting and Brewing Lab for High School OutreachDr. Kumar Yelamarthi, Tennessee Technological University Kumar Yelamarthi received his Ph.D. and M.S degree from Wright State University in 2008 and 2004, and B.E. from University of Madras, India in 2000. He is currently the Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Engineering at Tennessee Tech University. In the past, he served as the Director for School of Engineering and Technology, and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and at Central Michigan
Paper ID #46264Academic habits that drive student success - an XAI approach to action-statemodelingProf. Ismail Uysal, University of South Florida Dr. Ismail Uysal has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. He is an Associate Professor and the Undergraduate Director at the University of South Florida’s Electrical Engineering Department. His research focuses on theory and applications of machine learning and AI for sensors and data analytics for engineering education.Rifatul Islam, University of South FloridaPaul E Spector, University of South Florida ©American
Paper ID #48637Data-Driven Insights into Academic Success: Analyzing ten years of studentacademic records in an Electrical and Computer Engineering departmentMr. Weiyu Sun, Georgia Institute of Technology Weiyu Sun is pursuing doctoral degree of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Institute of Technology since Fall 2024. He earned BE and ME degrees of ECE at Nanjing University in China. His research interests/fields include Trustworthy AI, AI4Education, AI4Science, bio-signal processing, and foundation model.Dr. Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology Jacqueline (Jacki) Rohde is the Assessment
Paper ID #47608Designing Futures: ECE Graduate Students’ Experience with a ProfessionalDevelopment and Career Planning ModuleProf. Pamela Bhatti, Georgia Institute of Technology Pamela Bhatti is a Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Bhatti received her B.S. in bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989 and her Ph.D. in electricaDr. Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology Jacqueline (Jacki) Rohde is the Assessment Coordinator in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her
Paper ID #45751Applying Problem-solving Before Instruction to Improve Learning Comprehensionin an Electrical Engineering Circuits CourseDr. Ilana Ram, Technion Israel Institute of Technology Ilana is a research associate at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on higher STEM education.Dr. Yinnon STAV, The Center for Research in Technological and Engineering Education, Ruppin Academic Center Dr. Yinnon Stav (Satuby) received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and B.A. in Physics in 1995, followed by a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1997, all from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Paper ID #47365Design and Organization of a Bring-Up First Vertically-Integrated Chip Designand Fabrication Co-CurricularGregory Theodore Ling, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Gregory Ling is a recent graduate from Iowa State University with a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering with a focus in Computing and Networking Systems, now working at IBM. He was the primary student lead creating the ChipForge co-curricular on which this paper is based.Jackson Hafele, Iowa State University of Science and Technology Jackson Hafele is currently working in industry as a logic design engineer at ForwardEdge ASIC in St
also provided other features such as a calendar scheduling app. In January 2019, the studentstraveled down to San Cristobal island and implemented the system with the help of technicians from thelocal electric company and a local Internet Service Provider. Figure 1 shows the students at theElecGalapagos offices installing the Raspberry Pi servers in a server rack. The students published theirwork which was presented at the 2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference [6].Figure 1: Senior Computer Engineering Students Installing Raspberry Pi Servers in a Server RackSubsequent to this senior design project, four additional teams have worked on extensions of the projectto extend connectivity to all the schools on Santa Cruz Island, the most
, resulting in over 50 publications and 1,050+ citations (h-index 17). Dr. Iqbal has secured more than $1.5 million in competitive funding and collaborated with industry leaders and research institutes to advance intelligent sensing technologies. A passionate educator, he has developed and taught over 25 distinct courses, including robotics, control systems, and multisensor data fusion. His work in blended learning and engineering education innovation has earned him multiple awards, including an NSF grant and the Dr. George Adebiyi Award for Outstanding Teaching. Dr. Iqbal holds a Ph.D. from Queen’s University, master’s degrees from the Royal Military College of Canada and Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute, and a B.Sc. in
he taught courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photonics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from his father (who ran a gray iron foundry), his mother (a nurse) and grandparents (dairy farmers). He has had the great good fortune to always work with amazing people, most recently the members and leadership of the IEC from HBCU, HSI, and TCU ECE programs and the faculty, staff and students of the Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) ERC, where he was Education
applied to behavior modeling and design in aerospace engineering, healthcare, learning and training, the construction industry, and sustainability, all supported by major grants funded by industry and government. He was a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Design Science (2004-2014) and NSERC Chair in Aerospace Design Engineering (2015-2020). He is a member of the Board of Directors in the Society for Design and Process Science after having served as its president from 2019 to 2023Dr. Hua Ge, Concordia University Dr. Ge received her Ph.D. from the Building Engineering program at Concordia University in 2003. She was the Director of Building Science Centre of Excellence at British Columbia Institute of Technology
generative artificial intelligence that excel atgenerating natural language responses to user queries/demands. LLMs have seen an explosion ofboth interest and applications in recent years. From writing fictional works to synthesizingfunctional code, LLMs have demonstrated versatility and effectiveness in written language-basedtasks [1, 2]. We are currently at a crossroads of sorts, akin to the release and popularization ofsearch engines, where we do not know the limits of this technology, but we believe it has greatpotential [3, 4, 5]. Students have begun to take advantage of this technology [6], with manyturning to popular LLMs if they are stuck on a homework problem or have a class-relatedquestion. Also, there has been interest in integrating LLM
Paper ID #45334Integrating Generative AI Tools into the Capstone CourseDr. Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University Farid Farahmand is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Sonoma State University, CA, where he teaches Advanced Networking and Digital Systems. He is also the director of Advanced Internet Technology in the Interests of Society Laboratory. Farid’s research interests are optical networks, applications of wireless sensor network technology to medical fields, delay tolerant networks. He is also interested in educational technologies and authored many papers focusing on eLearning and
VirginiaTaniya MishraJiWoong Jang, Carnegie Mellon University Joon is a Ph.D. student at CMU’s School of Computer Science, where he focus on understanding, designing, and building AI-equipped assistive technology (AT) and how such tools affect and alter existing social dynamics in intro- and extra-spective ways – tackling stigma, user-assimilation, and the AT adoption/abandonment problem through his research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Navigating the Social-Emotional Landscape of Neurodiversity in AI EducationIntroductionIntegrating artificial intelligence (AI) into education and industry has created unprecedentedopportunities and complex
Paper ID #48043BOARD #132: Further Signal Integrity Experiences in Undergraduate EducationDr. Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Dr. Aldo Morales was born in Tacna, Peru. Dr. Morales earned his B.S. in Electronic Engineering, with distinction, from Northern University (now University of Tarapaca), Arica, Chile. He has an M.Sc. Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo). He is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering with Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, USA. He was the PI for a three-year Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Engineering Education, 2025 Work In Progress: Remote FPGA Lab - An Interactive Online Environment for Teaching FPGA Development FundamentalsAbstractThis paper presents the development and implementation of a remote Field-Programmable GateArray (FPGA) lab system, designed to provide students with flexible, remote access to FPGAhardware. By integrating the Altera DE1 Board with an in-house designed and developed DigitalDesign Trainer (DDT) board, the system allows students to engage with FPGA technology fromany location, overcoming the limitations of traditional on-site labs. The remote lab enables real-time FPGA programming through a web-based interface and live camera feedback, replicatingthe in-person lab experience. In traditional
. Daniele’s primary area of interest is the engineering of microsystems which monitor, mimic or augment biological function. Specific topics of research include wearable and implantable biosensors, microphysiological systems, microfluidics, and process analytical technologies.Dr. James Reynolds, North Carolina State University at Raleigh Dr. Reynolds is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University, where he is heavily involved with advanced research at the National Science Foundation’s Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) and the Institute of Connected Sensor Systems (IConS) at
assignments,these findings can help teams refine their preparation, enhance theircompetitiveness, and improve overall program effectiveness.Objective and motivationChildren and young adults are increasingly drawn to robotics because it combines creativity,problem-solving, and hands-on learning. By building and programming robots, they apply theirknowledge to real-world projects and develop technical skills in coding, math, science, andengineering disciplines. This hands-on experience sparks curiosity about science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and prepares children for future STEM-related careers,equipping them with the tools to succeed in electrical engineering, computer engineering, andmechanical engineering [1-3].Besides the
Paper ID #46868Exploring Minority Undergraduate Students’ Hands-on and Research Experiencesin a Summer QISE Laboratory CourseYiXiang Shawn Sun, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Shawn Sun is an Engineering Education PhD student at Virginia Tech. He is co-advised by Dr. Qin Zhu and Dr. Jenni Case. He is also the Assistant policy analyst fellow at Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET, Taiwan). His research interests include Emerging technologies-informed engineering education; Engineering ethics; Engineering culture; Global engineering education; STEM policy analysis
, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers? Q2 What STEM subjects or fields interest you the most? (select all that apply) Q3 Why did you join CAMINO? Q4 CAMINO's ability to make STEM topics engaging and enjoyable is excellent Q5 The activities or sessions hosted by CAMINO helped me feel more confident in pursuing STEM studies Q6 How well CAMINO addresses challenges specific to Hispanic students in STEM? Q7 How often have you interacted with Hispanic STEM professionals in CAMINO? Q8 Would seeing more Hispanic STEM professionals in leadership roles encourage you to pursue a STEM career?Responses to Q1 indicated that 50% of the students were somewhat familiar with STEM topics,40% were not familiar, and 10% were very
Southeast Section Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 2007. [7] J. Prasad, A. Goswami, B. Kumbhani, C. Mishra, H. Tyagi, J. H. Jun, K. K. Choudhary, M. Kumar, N. James, V. R. S. Reddy et al., “Engineering curriculum development based on education theories,” Current Science, pp. 1829–1834, 2018. [8] S. R. Patil and P. S. Ghatage, “Curriculum development of an engineering pg program at an autonomous institute–a case study,” Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, vol. 32, no. 4, 2019. [9] R. Molontay, N. Horv´ath, J. Bergmann, D. Szekr´enyes, and M. Szab´o, “Characterizing curriculum prerequisite networks by a student flow approach,” IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 491–501, 2020.[10] S. M
secured multiple grants for innovative projects. A senior member of IEEE, he actively contributes to the field through publications and conference presentations. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Case Studies of ChatGPT for Embedded Systems TeachingAbstractThe rise of AI technology, particularly Generative AI, has significantly transformed the landscapeof higher education. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, has been extensively studied in fields likeComputer Science to assess its effectiveness in enhancing learning. However, its impact on morespecialized areas, such as bare-metal embedded systems, remains underexplored. Bare-metalembedded systems, which include hardware (e.g
Paper ID #48172Exploring the Impact of Hands-on Learning in Embedded Systems on UndergraduateResearch ExperiencesDr. Gang Sun, Northern Kentucky University I am an Associate Professor in EEET and MET programs at Northern Kentucky University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Exploring the Impact of Hands-on Learning in Embedded Systems on Undergraduate Research Experiences Gang Sun Electrical & Electronics Engineering Technology Department of Physics, Geology and Engineering Technology
. Additionally, she serves as a research assistant in the Immersive Learning Lab, where she contributes to projects at the intersection of technology and education, creating innovative tools that foster interactive and engaging learning experiences. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 [WIP]: Building a self-guided Virtual Reality learning tool for ElectromagnetismAbstractThe three-dimensional nature of electromagnetism concepts does not translate well totwo-dimensional platforms, making it difficult for students to build intuition about thesephenomena in traditional learning settings. Virtual Reality (VR), a simulated three-dimensionalenvironment, offers an
at the University of Florida (UF). She is also an affiliate faculty in UF’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She received her B.S. in chemistry from Seoul National University, M.S. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. As an instructional associate professor, she was awarded several grants from the National Science Foundation (IUSE Level 1, IRES Track 1, I-Corps, and I-Corps for Learning) as principal investigator. She transitioned to tenure track in Fall 2023 to pursue her research interests in convergence in engineering education, global engineering education, and social issues in STEM research and