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SDR & Programming in ECE Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cutno, Miami University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Deng Cao, Central State University

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Electrical and Computer

published more than 100 papers in journals and conferences. He has served as Chair of Acoustic Communication Interest Group of IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia Communications. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, and NASA. His work on software defined radio implementation of cognitive radio won the Best Demo Award at IEEE Globecom 2010.Prof. Bin Wang, Wright State University Prof. Bin Wang earned his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2000. He joined the Wright State University in September 2000, where he is currently full professor of computer science and engineer- ing. His

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Grace Altimus, Syracuse University; Dacheng Ren, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

].Exposure to relevant technologies is most often accomplished through the laboratory portion ofapplicable courses2; yet while many technologies may be easily adopted for use in laboratorydemonstration (e.g. DNA purification, gel electrophoresis, etc.), some are too cost-prohibitive tobe feasible.Flow cytometry and cell sorting are powerful technologies that are currently being employed byin both industrial and academic research settings. Both technologies allow single cells to beisolated from a population and individually analyzed, revealing characteristics about complexsamples at the cellular and sub-cellular levels. Flow cytometry and cell sorting assays can revealimportant information describing gene and protein expression, cell cycle, and

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

technicians who are only responsible for data collection but not necessarily for dataanalysis. As a part of the curriculum enhancement effort, GR&R was taught to students in a SixSigma and Applied Statistics course in the Electronic Systems Engineering Technology programat Texas A&M University. A laboratory was developed for the course to provide students withthe opportunity to learn how to conduct Gauge R&R analysis. During the laboratory in the firstsemester, it was discovered that Gauge R&R could also be used as a troubleshooting tool. Thispaper discusses the details of how Gauge R&R was introduced in the class, implemented in thelaboratory, and used as a troubleshooting tool in the laboratory. The students self-evaluated

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Introductory Courses

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany L. Hesser, University of New Haven; Stefanie R. Bunyea, MacDermid Enthone

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

place of formal laboratory reports, students create technical memos, written by rotating teamleaders, that includes their recommendations or responses to the presented problem. Allrecommendations must be based on their devised experimental approach and the actual data thatwas obtained. Students are also required to complete an error analysis by considering changes toimprove data acquisition, should the experiment be run again. The technical memos are gradedagainst a defined rubric that assesses the work with a focus on the designed experimentalapproach, data reporting and presentation, and recommendations based heavily upon thoseresults. The grading is designed to allow students a level of academic freedom from right andwrong answers, focusing

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Professional Development for Students and Teachers

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Maureen D. Cabrera, Center for STEM Education; Madeline Jean Leger

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

demonstrated proficiency and interest in science, technology, engineering,and math (STEM) with the opportunity to partake in a paid college laboratory researchexperience. The requirements of acceptance to the program are strong academic credentials and awell-rounded balance of extra-curricular activities. The program seeks to ensure that studentswith a demonstrated interest and ability in STEM are provided an opportunity to participate in acomprehensive research experience before completing high school. Offering this program free ofcharge, with a small stipend to offset transportation costs, enables all invited students to takeadvantage of this opportunity. Supporting program components and the execution of theseelements distinguishes it from many

Conference Session

Subjects in Renewable Energy and Sustainability in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Min Jae Suh, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Engineering Technology

InfrastructureAbstractRenewable Energy (RE) related course work is becoming an important part of the science,engineering, and technology curricula. Hands-on training in RE-related coursework is a majorpart of engineering technology-related technical coursework. RE courses typically require hands-on laboratory experiments for the students, unless the course is being taught in business andeducation related programs. Laboratory experiments for the related courses necessitate two majorlaboratory tools, first, a good laboratory workbook pertaining to what is being taught in thelectures and second, the related laboratory equipment. There is a variety of laboratory equipmentavailable on the market for the RE related courses. The cost of the equipment varies between$2,500

Conference Session

Electromagnetics & Power Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nurhidajat Sisworahardjo, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Ahmed Eltom P.E., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Abdul R. Ofoli, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Edward H. McMahon P.E., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

. TVA’s nuclear unit committed through anMOU to funding equipment upgrades to a computer laboratory used for power systemsimulation, with UTC guaranteeing free access to this lab for TVA training.The Outreach Coordinator position has been integral to these gifts as faculty are frequently to beoverextended to solicit donations or seek new industrial relationships outside of research.Finding interested power sector retirees is highly recommended as such individuals need little, ifany, oversight and are more familiar with a company’s organization than faculty.A partner in the DOE grant, the SETDD assists in the recruiting efforts by distributing $1,000Smart Grid scholarships to students at ChSCC and UTC. These scholarships encourage studentsto

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction II

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel; Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #14716Instructional Demos, In-Class Projects, and Hands-On Homework: ActiveLearning for Electrical Engineering using the Analog DiscoveryDr. Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel Dr. Mazzaro earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2004, a Master of Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2006, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as an Electronics Engineer for the United States Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. Dr. Mazzaro’s research focuses on studying the unintended behaviors of RF electronics

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Software & Web-based Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom J. Zajdel, University of California at Berkeley; Michel M. Maharbiz, University of California at Berkeley

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Electrical and Computer

Massive Online Circuits LabAbstractThis work describes the design and implementation of EE40LX: Electronic Interfaces, the firstlarge-scale analog circuits laboratory hosted offered by edX. EE40LX revolved aroundconstructing a robot, emphasizing hands-on circuit building over circuit analysis to keep thecourse broadly accessible. With over 80 thousand students from over 190 nations enrolled acrossone year, this course is the largest and most distributed open analog circuits laboratory of itskind. Its sheer scale necessitated careful design of the robot project and a robust rubric for peergrading. This paper presents a detailed description of the course and its instructional design. Intotal, 856 robots were built and over 2233 students earned a

Conference Session

SDR & Programming in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiping Zhang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University

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Electrical and Computer

-director of Broadband, Mobile and Wireless Networking Laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Wright State University.Dr. Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University Dr. Zhiqiang Wu received his BS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1993, MS from Peking University in 1996, and PhD from Colorado State University in 2002, all in electrical engineering. He has worked at West Virginia University Institute of Technology as assistant professor from 2003 to 2005. He joined Wright State University in 2005 and currently serves as full professor. Dr. Wu is the author of national CDMA network management standard of China. He also co-authored one of the first books on multi-carrier transmission

Conference Session

Automation, Instrumentation, and Computer Simulations

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

marketdominance. In this paper, the design of a manually powered hydraulic bicycle using energyefficiency as a primary design objective is presented. A laboratory setup is developed to testperformance of the hydraulic system components. Experimental analysis of component behaviorof a functional prototype of the hydraulic system is performed. The analysis result is used to selectcomponents for optimum performance of the system in its desired operational conditions. Themethodology can be utilized in design of similar systems where energy efficiency is a primarydesign objective.1. IntroductionWorldwide, the vast majority of energy is produced from fossil-based fuels resulting in theincrease of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere [1]. In the area of fluid power

Conference Session

Assessment, Course, and Curricular Development

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Ryan James Milcarek, Syracuse University; Michael J. Garrett, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

currently works as a Research Assistant in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER). His current research is focused on new catalyst development, ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), combustion, energy conversion, fuel cell modeling, fuel cell technology applications and system design. Ryan is a Syracuse University Graduate Fellow and an Astronaut Scholar.Mr. Michael J. Garrett, Syracuse University Michael Garrett is an incoming graduate student at Syracuse University. Throughout his undergraduate career he developed an interest in energy systems which encouraged him to pursue energy related research. During the summer of 2015, Michael began working as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Delaware; Andrew Peter Borowski, University of Delaware

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Revised Undergraduate Controls Lab Featuring Exposure-based Experiences1 IntroductionMost ABET accredited undergraduate mechanical engineering programs have some sort ofcontrols course and accompanying laboratory experience [1]. The goal of most of theselaboratory courses is to give the students hands-on experience working with hardware andimplementing control algorithms while learning the theory in an accompanying lecture course.As early as 1981, Balchen et al. [2] asserted that the criteria for a good experiment is that itshould (1) demonstrate important

Conference Session

Labs & Hands-on Instruction I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Andrew Phillips, The University of Glasgow

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Electrical and Computer

Glasgow College, UESTC (formerly known as the UoG-UESTC Joint School). Both institutions of higher learning are located in Chengdu, China. Thestudents were Chinese nationals who were in the process of building their knowledge oftechnical English. Three laboratory exercises and one design project were developed toprovide opportunities for hands-on learning and to allow the students to explore their ownideas on solid-state lighting applications. The labs and project assigned are described alongwith the intended learning outcomes and a summary of student evaluations. Plannedimprovements to the labs and project, which will be incorporated in the when the course isoffered again in the summer of 2016, will also be discussed. I. BackgroundThe

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Yufeng Ge, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

Nebraska - Lincoln c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Instrumentation and Controls Instruction for Agricultural and Biological Engineering StudentsAbstractModern agricultural and biological systems use electronic sensors, instrumentation, and computersfor acquisition of scientific data and process control. Instrumentation is used for commercialproduct development, testing, and for basic research. An instrumentation and controls course foragricultural and biological engineering pre-professionals addresses sensors, measurementprinciples, software, and limitations of such systems with hands-on laboratory activities will bediscussed. This is a core course for two ABET

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Paul Ruddy, University of Auckland; Poul Fønss Nielsen, University of Auckland

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Biomedical

writtenreports about the design process, prepare group oral presentations, utilize electrical and mechani-cal computer-aided design, and create instrumentation software in LabVIEW. These, in turn, relyon students having achieved a set of learning objectives related to electronic circuit theory, oper-ational amplifiers, and electronic components.BIOMENG 241 is organized with two lectures per week of one hour each, plus one two-hourlaboratory session per week. Lectures cover the design process, passive electronics, operationalamplifiers, filters, digital sampling, component selection, ethics, and safety. Laboratories coverbrainstorming, electronics instrumentation, soldering, operational amplifier circuits, aliasing, andquantization. Project work is

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Umbriac, University of Michigan; Amy Hortop, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

, Design­Build­Test spine of required classes. In each of these design courses, students are tasked with solving an open­ended problem using the appropriate engineering skills and tools. Laboratories and equipment are made available to students for fabrication and testing of their design concept, giving them real­world exposure to engineering.  In an effort to continue to keep our students safe, we have implemented several safety procedures for all undergraduate students working on projects. In this paper we present the procedures that are currently used for promoting the safety of our undergraduate students while they are building and testing their projects for these classes.  We aim to provide students with appropriate guidance regarding the use of the

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Electrical and Control Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Brent Walter Reed

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, biosignal processing, and control systems. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).Mr. Brent Walter Reed c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Facilitating Student Learning with Hands-on Projects in an Electronics Course in a General Engineering CurriculumIn a general engineering program at East Carolina University, an electrical

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth M. Hill, University of Minnesota - Duluth

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Chemical Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Setting Student Safety Knowledge to PracticeAbstractIn a senior-year unit operations laboratory, students study the fundamental principles andpractical applications of Chemical Engineering through hands-on experiences. The injection ofsafety issues at multiple formative and summative evaluation points has been established topromote meaningful hands-on experiences with safety topics and is presented as a teachingtechnique for others to leverage. This paper describes how resources from the Chemical SafetyBoard (CSB), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) and the University’sEH&S program are interwoven into classroom discussions at the onset of the semester

Conference Session

Solid and Structural Mechanics in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Fleming, Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Aerospace

received the Kerry Bruce Clark award for Excellence in Teaching, Florida Tech’s highest teaching award, for the 2013-2014 aca- demic year. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Fatigue Life Experiment for Aerospace Engineering UndergraduatesAbstractThe importance of fatigue in aerospace structural design suggests the need for this topic to beaddressed as part of aerospace engineering undergraduate curricula. This paper describes asequence of laboratory experiments for upper level aerospace engineering students thatemphasizes stress concentrations and their role in quasistatic and fatigue loading. The fatigueexperiment is conducted with a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Thomas Dick, Oregon State University; Susie J Brubaker-Cole, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; John David Ivanovitch, Oregon State university; Julie Risien, Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning; Lori J. Kayes, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University; Devon Quick, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

physiology. Dr. Quick promotes student learning and success through incorporating evidence based instructional approaches into both the large lecture and laboratory courses, including active learning techniques that foster student interaction. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Enhancing STEM Education at Oregon State University – Year 2ESTEME@OSU and the Theory of ChangeIn this paper, we update progress through the second year of the NSF WIDER fundedESTEME@OSU Project. The ESTEME@OSU Project is summarized below, and more detailcan be found elsewhere.1 ESTEME@OSU seeks to catalyze broad institutional change throughscaling and cross-pollination of efforts utilizing two evidence-based

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kepner, Midwest Photonics Education Center; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

curricula, surveying 950 employers to determine their educationand training needs in the photonics area, delivering outreach events to 8000+ K-12 studentsinvolving hands-on exploration of lasers and optics, providing professional development tofaculty, participating in training and subsequently developing a recruiting and retention plan forfemales and minorities into the photonics technology field, and giving presentations about bestpractices in photonics technician education at several conferences. Next steps include setting upa laser assisted manufacturing laboratory at Indian Hills Community College and developing theassociated curriculum to serve as a model for colleges in the Midwest interested in teaching thisadvanced manufacturing technology

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Innovation in Diversity and Inclusivity

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2016 EDI

Authors

Ranu Jung, Florida International University

High Poverty Schools – Dept. of Education (Lisetti) • Cyber-Enabled Technologies – NSF (Pissinou) • $1M industry endowment for technology training of high- school teachersRanu Jung, March 30, 2016 At-Scale Laboratory for Implementing and Evaluating Strategies to Propel Students from Populations Underrepresented in STEM • Meet a need in the community: Engage and Enhance Awareness • Enhance K-12 in-reach/outreach: Build Competency through Knowledge Dissemination • Improve Education: Infuse College Curriculum into High Schools; Educate Teachers Engaging

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2016 ERC

Authors

Jagannathan Sankar

“Sustainable Infrastructure” Physical Infrastructure Human (Scientists) Infrastructure Intellectual InfrastructureNext Generation Workforce Development InfrastructureNSF-ERC for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials A Foundation for Partnership and InnovationInterconnected Ecosystem • Pulsed Laser Deposition Facility 25,000sq.ft • • Coatings Synthesis Laboratory Bio/Polymer Laboratory Space • • Materials Processing and Sample Preparation Laboratory Microscopy and Surface Analysis Facility

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Carroll, University of Texas, Arlington

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Electrical and Computer

asophomore-level course are given in the paper. Plans to use the device for homework and in-class active learning exercises are also explored. A take-home laboratory kit called The BitBox©which incorporates The BitBoard and a DE1 is also described. The paper discusses the results ofa student survey on the usefulness and reliability of the device and the kit. Observations andresults of the survey suggest that The BitBoard and The BitBox are effective educational toolsfor teaching digital logic fundamentals and have a range of application well beyond the localenvironment. The BitBoard and provides a seamless way to bridge the gap from basic gate-levelexperiments to advanced FPGA projects using an integrated take home laboratory kit.IntroductionThis

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiping Zhang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Broadband, Mobile and Wireless Networking Laboratory at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Wright State University.Dr. Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University Dr. Zhiqiang Wu received his BS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1993, MS from Peking University in 1996, and PhD from Colorado State University in 2002, all in electrical engineering. He has worked at West Virginia University Institute of Technology as assistant professor from 2003 to 2005. He joined Wright State University in 2005 and currently serves as full professor. Dr. Wu is the author of national CDMA network management standard of China. He also co-authored one of the first books on multi-carrier transmission for wireless

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystel Castillo P.E., The University of Texas - San Antonio; Mauricio Cabrera-Rios, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Michael W. Persans, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Hudson R. DeYoe, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #17401Engaging Minority Students in Sustainable Bioenergy and Water Qualitythrough an Education and Research NetworkDr. Krystel Castillo P.E., The University of Texas - San Antonio Dr. Krystel Castillo is currently the GreenStar Endowed Assistant Professor in Energy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and co-Director of the Manufacturing Systems and Automation Laboratory at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Dr. Castillo’s research expertise is in two primary areas. The first is mathematical programming and optimization techniques for analyzing large-scale, complex systems under uncertainty

Conference Session

Virtual and Web Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

) in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Utah. He received his B. S. and Ph. D. from the University of Utah and a M. S. from the University of California, San Diego. His teaching responsibilities include the senior unit operations laboratory and freshman design laboratory. His research interests focus on undergraduate education, targeted drug delivery, photobioreactor design, and instrumentation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Implementation and Usage of an Online Environment in a Chemical Engineering CurriculumAbstractWe have developed an online system to serve as a hub for student activities in our chemicalengineering

Conference Session

Automation, Instrumentation, and Computer Simulations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

telecommunications fields.While students interested in communication networks typically have a computer science orengineering background. This divergence results in many challenges for the coeducation of suchprofessionals and students. We are discussing our approach in the design, development andimplementation of an undergraduate course, and the associate laboratory on smart grids. Projectchallenges include the selection of most appropriate course level, content and topics, textbooks,additional learning materials, laboratory experiments, inclusion or not an end-of-semesterproject, or field trips, etc. Two fundamental issues characterize smart grid education:multidisciplinary education and integrative nature of the smart grid solutions. 1

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Lin Lin

Hands on Education in Integrated Curriculum Lin Lin University of Southern Maine1. Introduction:It has been demonstrated by numerous studies that the combination of theory and hands-onexperience is a critical component of engineering education [1]. To teach engineering studentshow to design an experiment, preform a test, collect and analyze data, draw conclusions, etc. arecritical. Hands on laboratory experiences can be delivered in various ways. They are eitherintegrated into courses that contain both lectures and lab components or offered separately as labcourses.Traditionally, mechanical engineering programs offer 2 or 3 mechanical lab