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CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey J Richardson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #20390Transformation of an Introduction to Microcontroller CourseProf. Jeffrey J Richardson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) At Purdue, Professor Richardson teaches courses in electric vehicle technology, prototype construction / project development and management, and courses in embedded microcontroller sequence. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Richardson routinely mentors undergraduate students through his various applied research projects across the university campus. Current research projects include the creation of systems to support autonomous electric

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tooran Emami Ph. D., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Ocean and Marine

-Capacitor (RLC) circuit to the standard 2nd order system transfer function incontrol course. This laboratory also teaches students about an application of standard 2nd ordertransfer function that they would see in their career. Students determine the 2nd order modelingfor a linear time invariant system. They exercise how the location of poles can be changed basedon the variation of damping ratio and natural frequency parameters. These responses illustrate asover damped, under damped, undamped, and critically damped. They learn about the impact ofdamping ratio and natural frequency responses on the step and the frequency responseperformances. In the second part of this laboratory students estimate the system parameters froma given time domain

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2017 ASEE International Forum

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Gabriel Bánesz Ph.D., Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Alena Hašková Ph.D., Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra; Danka Lukáčová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia)

postgraduate (Ph.D.) study program Didactics of Special Technical Subject. He acts as a member of the commissions for the first and second attestation of the primary and secondary school technology teachers and holds the position of the deputy chairman of the Slovak Board of the school competition Technology Olympiad.Prof. Alena Haˇskov´a Ph.D., Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra Prof. PaedDr. Alena Haˇskov´a, Ph.D., is a professor of Technology of Education. She works at the Department of Technology and Information Technologies at the Faculty of Education, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia). Her primary interests are methodology of teaching, IT appli- cations in education, development

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Student Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Student

Paper ID #20516EEGRC Poster: Experimental Design and Measurement of Internal and Ex-ternal Flow Convection Coefficient Using 3D Printed GeometriesMr. Michael Golub, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael Golub is the Academic Laboratory Supervisor for the Mechanical Engineering department at IUPUI. He is an associate faculty at the same school, and teaches part-time at two other colleges. He has conducted research related to Arctic Electric Vehicles. He participated and advised several student academic competition teams for several years. His team won 1st place in the 2012 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge

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Student Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University

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Diversity

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Student

Paper ID #20677Writing in the Disciplines for Engineers: Implementation and Assessment ofStudent LearningDr. Jordan E. Trachtenberg, Rice University Jordan Trachtenberg received her PhD in bioengineering from Rice University. She has been passion- ate about STEM education and outreach throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies. Her broad teaching interests include teaching K-12 outreach programs in 3D printing and computer-aided design, mentoring undergraduate laboratory and design teams, and organizing graduate professional development opportunities in science communication. She works on collaborative pedagogical

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lionel Hewavitharana; Mahbub Ahmed; John Hauver; Joseph Lonigro; Allan Derrickson

. This paper presents anattempt to develop a low cost prototype equipment for "Impact of a Jet" experiment throughsenior design course at Southern Arkansas University.Introduction“Impact of a Jet” is a common laboratory exercise offered by most undergraduate engineeringprograms. The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the relationship between force and rateof change of momentum. In an undergraduate fluid mechanics course, theoretical equations forrate of change of momentum are usually derived from the Reynolds transport theorem.Almost all technical teaching equipment companies such as TQ equipment, EDIBON, and USDidactic produce and market an apparatus for the measurement of force on solid surfaces due tothe impact of a water jet. Most

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Hu P.E., Tatung University; Amy Shumin Chen, Tatung University, Center for General Education; Yung-Yu Chen; Chao Yang Yang, Tatung University; Ching-Long Yeh

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Materials

teach students the aesthetics and critical thinking with creativity. In thisstudy, we merged two design-based courses modules into the original course curriculum topromote the creativity of students in the field of material engineering. The course module (I)“User-Centered Design-Problem Definition” was offered based on the product and useroriented design aspects. The other course module “Experiential Manufacturing and MaterialAesthetics” was proceeded through project-based learning activities. The two course modules were combined into relevant course, Project Laboratory (1) &(2), on the spring semester (2016) as an elective course to undergraduate students. Studentsshould submit their research portfolios and final report of the program

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Understanding the Discipline of Engineering

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Tingerthal P.E., Northern Arizona University

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Educational Research and Methods

practitioners areeducated for their new professions”4(p52). According to Shulman, signature pedagogies have threestructural dimensions – surface (operational acts of teaching and learning), deep (assumptionsabout how best to impart knowledge) and explicit (moral dimension that comprises a set ofbelieves about professional attitudes, values and dispositions). Signature pedagogies inprofessional disciplines also have three temporal patterns: an initial pedagogy that frames andprefigures professional preparation, capstone apprenticeships and a sequenced and balancedportfolio4. Engineering, with its mix of analysis courses, laboratories and design studios, ischaracterized by the latter. Shulman also notes that a signature pedagogy can also be illustratedby

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying Attention to Retention

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin B. Wheatley, Colarado State University; Tammy Lynn Haut Donahue, Colorado State University; Kimberly Catton P.E., Colorado State University

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First-Year Programs

interactive experience where students wereable to act as a team member within a group that mocked to show a diverse team struggling withcommunication. This session involved humor, discussion, and lively responses from students inplace of a traditional static lecture.Laboratory SessionsIn place of Friday lecture, students were asked to attend laboratory sessions for one hour [14,3].A total of eleven sessions were provided throughout the week to accommodate all schedules.Sessions included one instructor, 13-16 students, and were held in laboratories with individualworkstations with Microsoft Excel and MATLAB software. Laboratory instructors included aGraduate Teaching Fellow and Undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs).Laboratory sessions involved a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Lisa D. Hobson Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Holland Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University; Mahamadou Tembely, Prairie View A&M University

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Electrical and Computer

. Some of statistics are due to teaching approaches that are not suitable for currentpopulations of students that learn and acquire new knowledge quite differently from those ofearlier generations. Several new pedagogical paradigms have been proposed to improveengineering education, such as the use of “hands-on” tools to change the learning style in theengineering classroom to more engaging teaching pedagogies. An approach that is being usedto engage and inspire the electrical and computer engineering freshman students is the ElectricalEngineering Practicum. In this paper, the researchers discuss the various laboratory experimentsperformed by the students, the knowledge and skill learnt by the students, the lessons learnedwhile introducing

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria Gerasimova, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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New Engineering Educators

, and the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Education Societies. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Profiles of Participation Outcomes in Faculty Learning CommunitiesIntroduction Significant evidence suggests that undergraduate education in science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines needs to be improved 1–4. Research oneffective teaching has recognized interactive teaching and active learning as effective tools inadvancing STEM education: they promote both student achievement 5 and conceptualunderstanding of the material 6. However, despite the growing body of research that supports thistype of teaching, traditional lecturing still prevails in college

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Travis Fredrick Collins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robin Getz, Analog Devices

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #18912Sample-Based Understanding of Wireless Transceivers and Digital Transmis-sion Via Software-Defined RadioProf. Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alexander M. Wyglinski is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Asso- ciate Professor of Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), as well as Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab). He received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University in 2005, his M.S. degree from Queens University at Kingston in 2000, and his B.Eng. degree from McGill University in 1999, all in electrical

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy J. Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania

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Engineering Physics & Physics

conceptual knowledge.7 Other studies have looked at changing/enhancing theexperimental/laboratory component.6,8Physics education research has also focused on developing quantitative methods that can be usedto assess the effectiveness of the traditional teaching structure as well as the impact of newteaching strategies. Those efforts led to the development of a number of standardized physicsassessment tests.9,10 Via administration of the assessment tests, numerous physics educators haveshown that active learning methods and improved laboratory experiences provide substantialgains over the traditional lecture/lab format. Details of these methods, their assessment, and theevolution of physics education research have been documented in several books on

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Biomedical

Paper ID #20172Making an Introductory Tissue Culture Lab Course Accessible to Novice Stu-dents (Work in Progress)Dr. Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington Dr. Dianne G. Hendricks is a Lecturer in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Wash- ington, where she leads the Bioengineering Outreach Initiative, Bioengineering Honors Program, and the Bioengineering Summer Camp in Global Health. She holds a PhD in Genetics from Duke University, and BS in Molecular Biology and BA in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Hendricks’ teaching activities at the University of Washington include

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Andy S. Peng, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

teaching for electricalengineering students such as Digital Circuits, Analog Circuits, Electronics, and Introduction toCircuits. eIt is extremely challenging for any course instructor to cover such a diverse topic, engage withstudents, and provide hands-on laboratory experience at the same time. Like many universities,students evaluate the instructor at the end of the semester. Some of the student comments frommy first-time teaching were, “the course being fast pace,” “difficult to understand” and “toomuch math and very few labs.” They also mentioned that they were constantly being rushed tofinish the lab experiment on time. Overall, student feedback clearly showed that students did nothave a positive experience from the only electrical

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University Northwest; Yoonill Lee, Purdue University Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

electronics, and optical/wireless networking systems. He has designed several models of high frequency oscilloscopes and other electronic test and measuring instruments as an entrepreneur. He has delivered invited short courses in Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. He is also the author of a textbook in power electronics, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. His other books are, Analog and digital communication laboratory, and First course in Digital Control, published by Creatspace (Amazon). His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences. His current research is focused on renewable energy technology and wireless power transfer.Prof

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cathalina Juarez, University of Southern California

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

of Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs funded by the National Science Foundation in which engineering faculty collaborate with middle and high school teachers and their students. One program (3 years) is a comprehensive teacher professional development program in which middle school teachers participate in an intensive summer research experience in computer science and engineering labs, build curriculum based on the laboratory research content that they learn, participate in lesson study, and implement new curriculum in their middle classrooms. The second program (4 years) is a high school teacher RET program with similar components. This paper reports the results of both of the RET programs. The two programs had the combined

Conference Session

First- and Second-year Design and Professional Development in BME

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christa M Wille, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dalton James Hess; Jake Mitchell Levin, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John P. Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Biomedical

all the educational components of the course, we asked students to rate theeffectiveness of each element. Students evaluated each teaching tool related to the effectivenessof each aspect in relation to their future goals. They indicated a trend toward an effectiveresponse related to the hands-on components: design project and the laboratory sessions, with aneutral response on the video lectures/reflections as well as the lecture sessions (Figure 9).Comments from the course evaluations, however, show that video lectures had a polarizingeffect; some students said the videos were “a waste of time” or “busy work” while others saidthey “enjoyed the video lectures” and another student said “[the video lectures made me] realizethat I wanted to

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W Blake PE, Austin Peay State University; John Krupczak Jr, Hope College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering to the general education of college undergraduates … 1) Promote the addition of an engineering course for non-majors to the university core requirements. This needs to be promoted at the highest levels (governors, legislatures, and state boards for state institutions; governing boards for private institutions) as mandates from above will be needed to change university core requirements. 2) The course should be a full three credit (quarter or semester) hour course. 3) The course should include laboratories as well as classroom time. The lab portion may require an additional credit hour. 4) While teaching engineering, the course should incorporate a broad view of technology as well. 5) Institutions should

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Programming, Virtual Reality, and Dynamic Systems

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zaker Ali Syed, Clemson University; Tianwei Wang, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Kapil Chalil Madathil, Clemson University; Jeff Bertrand; Rebecca S. Hartley, Clemson University; John R. Wagner P.E., Clemson University; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

endless for this technology. Whether it is just a simple simulation of amechanism or a highly complex fluids problem, it can be visually and mathematicallysimulated using VR. However, the benefits of VR are not limited to just its flexibility. Themost crucial advantage of using VR as a teaching aid is that it boosts student learningperformance through visual representation of complex concepts which they might have foundhard to grasp otherwise.6,7 Apart from these, its other advantages include assisting in research,increasing outreach to a wider audience remotely, and making the learning environment saferby eliminating risks. Weber et al. reported that using virtual instruments helped inestablishing a complete state-of-the-art laboratory from a

Conference Session

Materials, Manufacturing, and Machine Component Design

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Scott Pierce P.E., Western Carolina University; Wesley L. Stone, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Mechanical Engineering

the lift design project. Whiletwo weeks is not enough time for students to become proficient at FEA it is enough time tointroduce the method and provide guidance as to its proper application to machine design.In summary, we have completed the first iteration of a pair of courses designed to teach studentsboth hard, analytical skills and soft, experience-based skills. Course topics are synchronizedbetween the lecture course and a laboratory-based project in which they apply the methods thatthey have just learned. Student perceptions of learning indicate that this approach is engagingand effective. We will repeat the course sequence with a few modifications during the nextacademic year and formally measure outcomes and student

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

University.Dr. Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, is an Associate Librarian in Graduate and Undergraduate Services in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. She has an Ed.D. in Academic Leadership/Higher Education and an MS degree in Applied Technology/Instructional Design. She has over 10 years of experience teaching, designing instruction, and doing qualitative research both in and outside of a library context. Her research interests focus on library and technology-based instructional planning and course design, assessment and evaluation topics, as well as online teaching and learning.Dr. Matthew W Roberts, Southern Utah University Dr. Roberts has been teaching structural

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 6

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis; Jun Ouyang, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

California, Davis and works on designing analog inte- grated circuits. As a development teaching assistant, he works on designing modern laboratory materials for undergraduate electrical engineering students. In his spare time, he enjoys working on automating solutions for physical problems using different programming languages. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 A New Application-Oriented Electronic Circuits Course for non-Electrical Engineering Students Using Arduino and NI VirtualBenchI. IntroductionTeaching circuits to non-electrical engineering students has always been a challenging task since many ofthese students find the circuit theory

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ETD Freshmen Students

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Zachary Linkous, University of Toledo

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

those points collected before the cart started moving and after the cart stopped; 2) Apply the equations for velocity and acceleration to calculate those parameters, and 3) Generate and format a graph the displays their data in a readable fashion. In the end, all students produced graphs similar to the one shown in Figure 4. MotionofCart onanInclinedRaceTrackFigure 4: Example of the Method 2 Excel Teaching ExerciseChange no. 2: Use Microsoft Word for Laboratory ReportingMethod 1: Two lectures are dedicated to the Microsoft Word software. During these lecturetimes, the students review their knowledge and / or learn new tools, such as using the equationeditor, inserting a graph

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Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David McDonald P.E., Lake Superior State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

related systems. That combination ofyears of consulting and teaching helped create the foundation for the course.The course is specifically required for mechanical engineering majors who have elected thevehicle systems concentration within mechanical engineering. Other students who meet thebasic course requirements of Electrical Circuits, and Physics are welcome to take the course as atechnical elective.Course Format and General Content:The Vehicle Energy Systems course involves a typical lecture and laboratory format with twolecture hours and a three-hour laboratory each week. The initial lecture content briefly reviewsfundamental electrical and mechanical basics, and applies basic DC, single phase and three phaseAC content as well as power and

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl J. Spezia P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Garth V. Crosby, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, Strategies for Success”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, 2012.4. Radian Belu, “Virtual Laboratory For Study of the Electric Machines Parameters and Characteristics”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 20105. Radian G Belu, Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, “Using a Virtual Platform for Teaching Electrical Machines and Power Systems”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 20136. S. Ayasun and G. Karbeyaz, DC motor speed control methods using MATLAB/Simulink and their integration into undergraduate electric machinery courses, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, vol. 15, 2007, pp. 347 - 354.7. J.R

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2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University

relevant across a widerange of disciplines. Subject specific knowledge is taught through more advanced courses in thesubsequent years of their education. The difficulty in challenge-based teaching is that thefreshmen students do not have the common foundation in math, science, and engineering theyneed before they start their projects, a situation encountered in other freshmen biomedicalengineering courses2.Course OrganizationDuring the semester, each freshmen team undertake five laboratory modules, in which theydesign their own experimental protocols, perform experiments in lab, and write reportscollectively as a team. Graduate student TAs oversee five to seven of the freshmen teams andare responsible for all of the grading. Every year 25-30

Conference Session

EET Papers 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jai P. Agrawal, Purdue University, Northwest; Omer Farook, Purdue University Northwest; Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

2016.[7] L. N. Liu and J. Hu, The practice of MATLAB simulation in modern control theory course teaching, in Proc. IEEEFifth International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence, Oct. 18-20, 2012, pp. 896-899.[8] W. E. Dixon, D. M. Dawson, B. T. Costic, M. S. de Queiroz, MATLAB-Based control systems laboratory experi-ence for undergraduate students: Toward standardization and shared resources, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol.45, no. 3, pp. 218-226, Aug. 2002.

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Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore J. Heindel, Iowa State University; Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill, Iowa State University; Julie A. Dickerson, Iowa State University; Patrick S. Schnable, Iowa State University

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Graduate Studies

University in thatseveral faculty volunteered to cover one or more topics or create one or more laboratoryexperiences, many of which were done as an overload in their teaching assignment. In total, 19different faculty presented on the lecture topics outlined in Table 1, while 6 faculty, 2 staff, and 6senior PhD students developed and/or assisted with the laboratory experiences.One particular challenge in organizing this course with so much faculty involvement wasscheduling when faculty were available to present. Hence, some of the content in Table 1 mayflow better if it was organized differently, but the final schedule was determined by facultyavailability. The process of setting the final content was initiated 5-6 months before the coursebegan by

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; John Andrew Lund, Western Washington University; Todd D. Morton, Western Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

Washington University Todd Morton has been teaching the upper level embedded systems and senior project courses for Western Washington University’s Electronics Engineering Technology(EET) program for 25 years. He has been the EET program coordinator since 2005 and also served as department chair from 2008-2012. He is the author of the text ’Embedded Microcontrollers’, which covers assembly and C programming in small real-time embedded systems and has worked as a design engineer at Physio Control Corporation and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an ASEE-NASA Summer Faculty Fellow. He has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017A