Paper ID #40181Innovation for Remote Teaching of Digital Logic Laboratory CoursesDr. Nazanin Mansouri, University of Portland Dr. Nazanin Mansouri is an assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2001 from the University of Cincinnati with a focus on formal verification of digital systems, where her research focused on developing methodologies for formal verification of digital hardware systems, and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in computer hardware design from Iran University of Science and Technology. Dr
Engineering Department Valparaiso UniversityAbstractWORK IN PROGRESS: Most engineering students take a course in electric circuits. In a typicalcircuit laboratory, the focus is on discrete passive components: resistors, inductors, andcapacitors. These components do not convert any energy into a form that can be detected bythe human senses. The function of the circuit can only be probed with the instrumentation. Inthis study, we explore the effect of incorporating a transducer (a loudspeaker) as a circuitcomponent. The control group of students construct a high-pass filter with a discrete resistorand capacitor. The experiment group uses a loudspeaker instead of a resistor. Both groupsperform a frequency sweep to
University of VirginiaDr. George Prpich, University of Virginia Professional Skills and Safety are my main pedagogical interests. I use the Chemical Engineering laboratory to implement safety training to improve safety culture, and to adapt assessment methods to enhance development of students’ professional skills. I am an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia and I hold a B.Sc. (University of Saskatchewan) and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Queen’s University). Complimenting my pedagogical research is an interest in bioprocess engineering, environmental engineering, environmental risk management, and I have authored >40 peer reviewed publications in these fields. I’m also active in
Paper ID #44552An Innovative Approach for Teaching Some Concepts of Digital Design LaboratoryCourse in 2+2 Program Using a Portable Laboratory InstrumentationDr. Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, York Dr. Bazyar Shourabi is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University/York Campus. Her current research is focusing on Smart cities and engineering education.Dr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 An Innovative Approach for Teaching Some Concepts of Digital Design Laboratory
Paper ID #44428Agile Model-Based Systems Engineering Framework to Design a LaboratoryCourse—Case Study: An Embedded Systems Laboratory CourseMr. Kishore Kumar Kadari, University of South Florida Kishore Kadari is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Electrical Engineering (EE) department at the University of South Florida(USF). He is currently working as a Design Engineer at Jabil, focusing on Embedded Software. His vision is to contribute to the advancements in high-level orchestration of education and healthcare services using AI, ML, computer vision, Model-Based Systems Engineering, and embedded development. He finished his master’s
has published more than 30 research articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He has led several research projects as a Principal In- vestigator and has been funded by the Office of Undergraduate Research, Office of the Vice President for Research at KSU, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has also led multiple projects for the development of open access instructional and learning resources for Engineering Electronics, Circuit Analysis, and Renewable Energy, which have been funded by the Board of Regents, University System of GA. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Design and Development of a Rooftop Photovoltaics Laboratory
Paper ID #42197Introduction to Electrical Engineering: Empowering and Motivating Studentsthrough Laboratory-Focused TeachingDr. Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University Dr. Ilya Mikhelson is an Associate Professor of Instruction in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University. His technical work focuses on signal processing and embedded systems. Besides teaching, Dr. Mikhelson has worked with dozens of students on independent projects, and has created 3 brand new, project-heavy courses in Electrical Engineering. He is constantly experimenting with pedagogical innovations, and is very passionate about
systems and data structures. The courseis a lecture course with no accompanying laboratory, but since the board is relativelyinexpensive, a board was loaned to each student for the duration of the semester. So, studentshad full access to the board, and they wrote and tested DSP algorithms as homeworkassignments.The author wrote starter code that demonstrates a few real-time DSP algorithms (stereopassthrough, lowpass filter, highpass filter, and reverb) and serves as a starting point for thestudents when they write their own programs. The starter code includes several features thatmake working with the board more convenient such as a menu that makes it easy to switchbetween different algorithms and to select the input source (either line-in or the
-controlled data acquisition modules, the cost of the laptop and module remains a fewhundred dollars, which is not cost-effective for in-class and at-home use by all students. Thetraditional method presented in this paper uses the Analog Devices Active Learning Module(ADALM) 100 (m1k) to power the breadboard. The PCB method introduces a compact standalone$5 customized setup that is more portable and easier to set up and use.Laboratory exercises in traditional engineering education are often well-guided and provided witha comprehensive laboratory manual [6]. The detailed instructions included in formative laboratoryassessments represent teacher-centered instructivist techniques, in which students followdirections while the teacher acts as a guide [7
Paper ID #38498Low-Cost DC Motor Control System Experiments for Engineering StudentsMs. Bhawana Bhatta, Youngstown State University Ms. Bhawana Bhatta is a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Youngstown State University (Aug 2021 – May 2023). As a graduate assistant, she has been actively involved in developing the low-cost controls laboratory set-up at YSU. She also completed her BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from YSU.Prof. Ghassan Salim, Youngstown State University Ghassan Salim is a lecturer in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Youngstown State
of Idaho Professor John Crepeau received his BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Utah. After serving as an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, he began teaching at the University of Idaho. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He has served as Department Chair, Associate Dean and Interim Dean at the University of Idaho. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Enhancing Pathways from Community Colleges to Four-Year Schools with an Online Lecture/Laboratory Course in
Technology I am a professor in the School of Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology. My area of spe- cialization is Computer Networks. I worked for decades as a Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the areas of computer network modeling and simulation and high performance processor design for signal processing applications. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Using Telecommunication Instructional Modelling System (TIMS) in Electrical Engineering CoursesAbstract:Conventional courses in signals and systems and communications systems use lecture andreadings to explain the theory and assign paper-based problem sets of theory and math
G. Tcheslavski, J, Yoo, S. SayilAbstract Laboratory experience is among the key components in engineering education. It ishighly instrumental and plays a significant role in students’ knowledge building, application, anddistribution. Learning in laboratories is interactive and often collaborative. On the other hand,students, who learn engineering through online mechanisms, may face challenges with labs,which were frequently documented during the recent pandemic. To address such challenges,innovative online lab learning modules were developed, and learning strategies wereimplemented in five courses in electrical engineering, Circuits I, Electronics I, Electronics II,Signals and Systems, and Embedded System, through which students gain
Paper ID #42983Board 94: Work in Progress: Development of Lab-Based Assessment Tools toGauge Undergraduates’ Circuit Debugging Skills and PerformanceAndrew J. Ash, Oklahoma State University Andrew J. Ash is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OSU and he is a research assistant in Dr. John Hu’s Analog VLSI Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma Christian University. Andrew’s research interests include hardware security of data converters and engineering curriculum development.Dr. Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University
Paper ID #44351Introductory Circuits and Electronics Remote Labs: Design, Implementation,and Lessons LearnedDr. Mona ElHelbawy, University of Colorado Bouldereric bogatin, University of Colorado Boulder ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Introductory Circuits and Electronics Remote Labs: Design, Implementation, and Lessons LearnedAbstractIn this paper we describe our re-design and delivery of an Introduction to Circuits andElectronics core undergraduate course at the University of Colorado Boulder. The courseintegrates take-home laboratory experiments designed to foster deep learning
Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering Signals and Systems Complex and Variables 2nd Year Digital Circuits and Systems Semiconductor Physics Introduction to VLSI Design Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory Introduction to Analog Integrated Circuits 3rd Year Analog Integrated Circuits Lab Semiconductor Engineering Introduction to Crystallography and Diffraction Introduction to Compound Semiconductor Device and Process
the Pacific and has held visiting faculty positions at Purdue University and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Use of Simscape in an Introductory Power Electronics CourseAbstractUniversity of the Pacific was a member of an 82-university consortium led by the University ofMinnesota (UMN) that was supported by a three-year Department of Energy grant to “revitalizeelectric power engineering education by state-of-the-art laboratories.” Hardware developed atUMN served as the core of a new power electronics course developed in conjunction with thisgrant. UMN hardware labs were complemented using PSpice for circuit simulation. The PSpiceexercises
access to necessaryhardware for laboratory assignments. Many students from lower-income and underrepresentedminority backgrounds begin their college journey through community colleges [3]-[5] and seekto transfer to a four-year college to obtain a computer engineering degree. However, communitycolleges may face challenges in providing appropriate engineering coursework to align withfour-year university curriculums [6], such as a course on digital logic that is typically completedduring freshman and sophomore years. This is due to the extensive breadth of the topic and thecost of supplying lab equipment to the community college and their students [7]. BEADLEintends to tackle this challenge by creating a series of laboratories that progressively
a weekly structure of a 2-hour lecture, 2-hour lab, for a 3-creditcourse. For the laboratory activities, 5 PLC labs and 2 projects were designed. All labs and projectswere done individually. Click Model C0-12DRE-2-D (Automation Direct, Cumming, GA, USA)PLCs were used in the course. Features of the Click Ethernet Analog PLC include 24 VDC power,ethernet and serial ports for communications, discrete Input (4-point, DC), analog input (4-channel, voltage), discrete output (4-point, relay), and analog output (2-channel, voltage). Theutilized programming software was Click programming software v2.20 or later. Table 1 shows the nine labs and the objective of each lab. Table 1. List of Labs and
in the 21st century thanin the preceding timeframes. Engineering technology and the requirements from the globalworkforce are in constant evolution. This behooves engineering programs at universities acrossthe world to adapt their curricula to prepare the graduates for the challenges in the engineeringindustry. The engineering curriculum which adopts integrated projects on a centralizedengineering project platform [1] enables the student to become an active, intentional, and goal-oriented learner through problem-solving [2]-[3] in a project-based [4]-[6] and project-enhancedlearning [7] environment. Traditionally, core lecture and laboratory courses have been taught inrelative isolation of each other. This approach does not effectively
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andinterference in instrumentation, signal conditioning, Internet of Things (IoT), sensor applications,data acquisition, digital interfaces (A/D and D/A), and discussion of specific sensor systems.The course incorporates hands-on laboratory work to enable students to apply the principles andtechniques learned in class to practical scenarios. The laboratory work includes four designprojects, where students design, develop, and build instruments. In the first three projects,students work individually to design and build instruments for measuring various physicalquantities. These projects provide opportunities to apply the concepts and techniques learned inclass to real-world situations. The final project is a group project, where students
this will also result in increased student engagement and motivation topursue their studies. Students in the follow-on course found it a useful way to introducemicrocontrollers and microcontroller programming. We plan to expand the programmingcomponent further and to explore ways to integrate it more with the follow-on courses.References[1] J. O. Campbell, J. R. Bourne, P. J. Mosterman, and A. J. Brodersen, “The Effectiveness ofLearning Simulations for Electronic Laboratories,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 91,no. 1, pp. 81–87, 2002, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2002.tb00675.x.[2] M. D. Koretsky, D. Amatore, C. Barnes, and S. Kimura, “Enhancement of Student Learningin Experimental Design Using a Virtual Laboratory,” IEEE Transactions on
Technology.Dr. Paul N Beuchat, The University of Melbourne Paul N. Beuchat received the B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering and the B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, in 2008, and the M.Sc. degree in robotics, systems, and control in 2014 and the Ph.D. degree in 2019, from ETH Z¨urich, Z¨urich, Switzerland, where he completed his research with the Automatic Control Laboratory. He is currently working as a Teaching Fellow with the University of Melbourne. Paul’s research interests include control and optimization of large-scale systems with applications in the areas of building control and multi-agent robotics, as well as research investigating project-based learning pedagogies
entrepreneurial opportunities in renewable energy systems.Introduction While many engineering educators have heard of service learning or extracurricularuniversity activities designed to engage students with renewable energy technologies [1,2] oreven clinic-based courses and project-based learning experiences involving photovoltaic (PV)projects [3-7] it remains a more difficult and challenging task to bring these experiences into thecore curriculum of an ECE program. This paper details one somewhat successful attempt.Throughout six weekly laboratories (at the latter half of the semester), teams comprising threestudents each analyzed and evaluated the potential for PV to power an electrical appliancetypically found in a residential setting. Teams
Norwegian Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (a Centre of Excellence for re- search in Norway) on locomotion control of ground and swimming snake robots. In 2011, he received the Masters degree from the University of Alberta, Canada where he was with the Telerobotic & Biorobotic Systems Laboratory. He joined the Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory at the University of Texas, Dallas, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in November 2016, where he was using neuromechanical principles in the context of feedback control theory to design wearable robot control systems. His research interests include robotics, control systems, and cyber-physical systems.Prof. Destin Heilman
), Visualizing Concepts in Electromagnetic Fields: Hands-On Experiments UsingStudent-Owned Laboratory Kits Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18545[19] Caverly, R. H. (2021, April), Use of low cost vector network analyzers inundergraduate RF and wireless circuit laboratories Paper presented at Middle AtlanticASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference, Virtual . https://peer.asee.org/36328[20] Everly, J. (2009, June), Frequency Response Of Rf Transceiver Filters Using LowCost Vector Network Analyzer Paper presented at 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition,Austin, Texas. 10.18260/1-2—5146[21] Derickson, D., & Jin, X., & Bland, C. C. (2021, April), The NanoVNA VectorNetwork Analyzer: This New
coursesoffered by engineering programs [10], ethics modules embedded in engineering technical courses[11], the infusion of ethics content throughout all technical courses, and various combinations ofthese strategies. Emphasizing ethics across the curriculum underscores the recognition thatethical and societal considerations are fundamental components of engineering education [6.8].Clancy et al reported that they integrated an ethics laboratory into a basic course in electroniccircuit [11].We have created and incorporated two ethics modules into our curriculum: one introductory andone advanced. The introductory module is tailored for freshmen, while the advanced module isgeared towards senior students. Below, we outline the objectives and contents of