Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; Charles Snead, University of Alabama

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Electrical and Computer

this laboratory.Project ImplementationA few years ago, ECE faculty at The University of Alabama decided to focus on teaching circuitanalysis in an introductory course (ECE 125) to better prepare students for subsequent Circuitsand Electronics courses, courses that rely on fundamental concepts and skills and are thecornerstone of the ECE curriculum. This course is the first required course in the ECEcurriculum and sets the stage for the remaining courses in the curriculum. The lecture portioncontains instruction on fundamental circuit analysis techniques as well as lectures on engineeringethics and the profession. The laboratory spans two hours and includes instruction in basiccircuits, breadboarding and solder skills, analyzing an automobile

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gregory Fischer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gary Pollice, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

theseconflicting constraints, certain compromises are made in the delivery of the material to thestudents and in the exercises performed in the laboratory. Page 14.269.5The first compromise relates to the material that is selected. Rather than attempt to teach all ofthe material that might normally be associated with a 2000-level course in any one discipline, thechoice was made to pare the material to that which is essential to provide sufficient depth for thestudents to understand the related laboratory exercises. In this context, the emphasis in theclassroom is on the most commonly encountered concepts rather than interesting special cases.In

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tara Gomez, California Institute of Technology; Oliver Loson, California Institute of Technology; Douglas Yung, California Institute of Technology; Sindhuja Kadambi, California Institute of Technology; Paul Lee, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-week summer residential course that brings togetherextraordinarily talented high school students from underrepresented minority groups to study atthe California Institute of Technology. The YESS program is intended for students who exhibitan interest in engineering and science, and wish to engage in collaborative learning. During thethree-week program, students take science courses and are exposed to laboratory tours, facultylectures, and college admissions workshops.The neuroscience course for the 2008 YESS program was an intensive survey of many differentfields, and used lectures, demonstrations and laboratory activities to teach topics such as brainanatomy, Drosophila melanogaster pain perception, electrophysiology, recombinant

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Design in Engineering Education

week for three hours each meeting (for a total of nine hours a week). Thestudents use the ARCE 305 design course as prerequisites and other architecture courses toprepare complete structural documents (structural calculations, structural plans, sections, detailsand specifications) for real masonry buildings that the instructors bring to class from theirpractice. The laboratory course is limited to sixteen students per class. The course is usuallyconducted in smart rooms with layout as shown in Figure 3. In this format, the “learn by doing”comes to fruition similar to the old medical expression of: “see one, do one, teach one”.The two masonry courses are mandatory for all students in the ARCE program.Constructability is

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

working prototype (that included bothsystem and measurement sensors on prototyping boards), and concluded the project by conductinga feasibility study by writing a report and delivering a class presentation. Because the ELVISsystem has been used primarily as an instructional tool in electrical engineering laboratories, anextensive process that adapted it to the needs of mechanical engineering was implemented. Thisincluded the development of completely new experiments that involved newly-designed hardwareand instructions that were all developed and built in-house with student participation. IntroductionIn the undergraduate teaching process, both instructors and students often get bored solving simpletextbook

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kanti Prasad

-Art TechnologyAfter establishing the laboratories in VLSI Design and Fabrication in 1984 and 1986respectively, these facilities have been upgraded continually. In addition, pertinentcourses for the VLSI Design and Fabrication were developed and taught and the authorhas been teaching these courses all along. The courses in the area of Computernetworking and MMIC technology were also developed. All these courses deploy aproper mix of engineering fundamentals and training at state-of-the-art technologies forpreparing the students to withstand the challenge of global competition.The author felt astonished, how deep this topic was germane to the industry as revealed atthe 50th anniversary of American Electronic Association celebrated at the

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

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Kanti Prasad

-Art TechnologyAfter establishing the laboratories in VLSI Design and Fabrication in 1984 and 1986respectively, these facilities have been upgraded continually. In addition, pertinentcourses for the VLSI Design and Fabrication were developed and taught and the authorhas been teaching these courses all along. The courses in the area of Computernetworking and MMIC technology were also developed. All these courses deploy aproper mix of engineering fundamentals and training at state-of-the-art technologies forpreparing the students to withstand the challenge of global competition.The author felt astonished, how deep this topic was germane to the industry as revealed atthe 50th anniversary of American Electronic Association celebrated at the

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin; Ofodike Ezekoye, University of Texas, Austin; David Hearnsberger, University of Texas, Austin; Rose Stiffin, Florida Memorial University; Michael Elliott, Florida Memorial University; Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Carlos Handy, Texas Southern University; Elena Stefanova, Texas Southern University; Muchere Russ, Huston-Tilliston

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Nuclear and Radiological

addition, two of the senior students participated in a summer internshipthis summer at the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory (NETL) with the University ofTexas at Austin. Two faculty members have also taken an intense two week laboratory trainingprogram at the same site. It is our intention to use the funds available from the three year NavalResearch grant to strengthen further this program through the following areas: 1. Undergraduate Scholarships 2. Travel (to attend/present at professional meetings) 3. Acquisition of additional equipment and supplies 4. Public relations to promote the programStudent scholarships are a cornerstone of our program. The vast majority of our students comefrom underprivileged backgrounds and

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Tyler Lark, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Andrew Watchorn, National Instruments; John Webster, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Instrumentation

the SFs also took leadership roles to organize and teach these training sessions. The use ofstudents as teachers resulted in promoting mentoring of inexperienced students by moreadvanced students, higher rate of acceptance of the material and also minimized the cost ofproviding the training6-7, 10-11.II. LabVIEW ActivityWe organized two LabVIEW training sessions through the supplemental training session. Thefirst session was dedicated to provide students with a basic understanding of LabVIEW andfamiliarize them with the LabVIEW software, while the second session was dedicated foradvanced LabVIEW training4.Activity I: LabVIEW basicsThe first half of this laboratory activity familiarized the student with the software package LabVIEWfrom

Conference Session

Implementation of Experiments in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benxin Wu, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

response of the students in the final anonymous class evaluation of MMAE 546in Fall 2008 to some survey questions on the lab session of the class.The following are some comments from the students on the experimental section:• “Laboratory experiments were very helpful in understanding course material “• “The labs are extremely helpful”The comments above and Figures 2 and 3 have shown that most of the students strongly agreethat adding an experimental section has improved the class quality, and also the lab session hasbeen well organized.Figure 4 and Figure 5 show the students’ evaluations on the author’s teaching quality (in theofficial class survey organized by the university at the end of the semester) for MMAE 546 inFall 2007 and Fall 2008

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech; Peter Doolittle, Virginia Tech; Richard Clark, Virginia Western Community College; Carl Shek, Virginia Tech

of activities with students from local high schools. He regularly teaches courses for the Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Education, and Materials Science and Engineering Departments at Virginia Tech. Dr. Clark has instituted a laboratory course at VWCC based upon the Lab-in-a-Box concept and is involved in the development of the learning materials that will support the circuits and electronics courses within the Engineering and Engineering Technology degree programs offered by the Virginia Community College System.Carl Shek, Virginia Tech Page 14.828.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

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Engineering Design Graphics

laboratories, and freehand sketching tutorials. The threecomponents run in parallel: lectures introduce new topics; labs develop CAD and solid modelingskills; and tutorials teach technical freehand sketching and visualization skills. While each waseffective, students had some difficulty resolving the connection between each component. Thedissection approach was introduced to tie lecture, laboratory, and tutorial into a cohesive targetto enhance motivation and overall learning.2.2 McMaster Engineering CornerstoneThe McMaster Engineering Cornerstone project uses the dissection/reverse engineeringapproach. Groups are restricted 3 members within the same lab section and the dissectionproduct is assigned based on laboratory day. There are ten lab sections

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College; Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

employed in the teaching ofElectronics and Network Analysis. The analysis of this paper follows comparable studies onmedia-based instruction. Cohen et al1 who found that students learned additional informationfrom such instruction techniques in contrast to traditional modes of instruction. Moreover,Powell et al2 further explored this analysis and found that such instructional techniques werehelpful in raising the GPAs of the students.PSpice, an acronym for Personal Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, is ageneral purpose analog circuit and digital logic simulation software used to check the reliabilityof circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior. SPICE3 was originally developed at theElectronics Research Laboratory of the

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexandre Probst, Colorado School of Mines; Aarthi Krishnaswamy, Colorado School of Mines; Vinita Singh, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Cyndi Rader, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

the internet but so do their teachers. Additionally, their teachers have years of experience teaching through a lecture format, reinforcing lectures as an established habit for instruction. Furthermore, many of the software programs currently available to support secondary instruction contain examples which are culturally irrelevant to Ugandan students. According to Hodson [12], efforts to make science education more learner-centered must build on knowledge and experiences of the learners, which requires an understanding of the impact of different perspectives and experiences of dissimilar cultural groups. The purpose of the project described here is to develop a simulated science laboratory experiment, as a pilot for future software

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Maixner, United States Air Force Academy; James Baughn, UC Davis

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Mechanical Engineering

APPROACHWhile many other approaches have implemented teaching tactics focused principally on eitherexperimental or computer methods, the approach adopted at USAFA was hybrid in nature using both. Itmay be accomplished as either a demonstration in the normal sequence of class lectures, or as a moreformal laboratory. No separate heat transfer laboratory course exists in the curriculum at USAFA, sothese laboratories experiences for our students are conducted within the allotted lesson times for eachcourse; many are, in fact, performed as demonstrations, with students performing data reduction on theexperimental results. Still, the authors recognize that it is always desirable that students have a hands-on experience whenever possible, rather than having

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian-you YU, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; James Sluss, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma

AC 2009-2426: A STATUS REPORT ON A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM FORHANDS-ON LEARNING, SEVERE WEATHER, AND NEXT-GENERATIONMULTIFUNCTION RADARMark Yeary, University of Oklahoma Dr. Mark Yeary is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the Atmospheric Radar Research Center (ARRC). He has many years of experience as a teaching assistant, lecturer, and faculty member. Since January of 1993, he has taught many students in various laboratories and lecture courses, culminating in approximately 14 years of teaching experience. For the 1999-00 academic year, he received the Outstanding Professor Award, given by the Texas A&M student chapters of IEEE and Eta

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Douglas Howe, Portland State University; Jenna Faulkner, Portland State University; Calvin Hsieh, Portland State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Project. Page 14.1215.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Engineering of Everyday Things: Simple Experiments for the Thermal and Fluid SciencesAbstractA series of demonstrations and laboratory exercises have been developed to teach fundamentalconcepts in the thermal and fluid sciences of the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Thismaterial is part of an educational research project called the Engineering of Everyday Things.The title reflects the use of common technology like hair dryers, blenders, toasters and bicyclepumps, which are used to demonstrate principles of thermodynamics

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Jacques, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Thomas Swiontek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ron Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent Canino, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Nancy Schlick, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

2020 Report (2) as well as alumniand employer data.Recommendations from the Engineer of 2020 ReportSeveral recommendations on engineering curriculum as well as skills engineers need to gainduring their undergraduate career were given in the report from the National Academy of Page 14.280.2Engineering. Below are some of these recommendations [2]1. Students and professors should be the primary actors in the learning process.2. Engineering curricula must be better aligned with the challenges and opportunities graduates will face in the workplace3. The teaching, learning, and assessment processes should move a student from one state of knowledge

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Cynthia Helman, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

in Figure 2 below. Page 14.749.9 Figure 2: Cornerstone Engineering Project Assembly LabA suite of offices has been designated near the computer and project labs for instructional staff,graduate teaching assistants and upper-level undergraduate mentors.When locating a large program and its respective students within a new or renovated facility,many needs arise for housing of services and administration. In addition to newly renovated andplanned classroom and laboratory space, office and other facility needs exist for programadministration, instruction and support staff, academic advising, and other support services.Residence Hall Gender BalancingThe gender distribution of students at MSU is approximately 54% female

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

modern engineering textbooks and course notes from West Point, access to a widerange of engineering laboratory equipment at NMAA, and exposure to modern teachingtechnology such as whiteboards, smart boards, video projectors, and a computer aided designlab.4 Figure 1: Civil Engineering Faculty—Spring 2008Despite the many benefits for Kabul University and their faculty from teaching part time atNMAA, the rapidly expanding reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan have also created a hugedemand for qualified engineers. Kabul University also struggles to attract and retain high qualityinstructors in this environment. Salaries offered by private engineering firms range from $700 to$3,500 per month depending on the degree of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Linda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; Michael Stiber, University of Washington, Bothell; Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico; Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University; Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Harvey Thornburg, Arizona State University

. By engaging a total of sevenuniversities in the development and assessment of software and course content, we extend theutility of J-DSP to several disciplines including Electrical Engineering, Earth Sciences,Biomedical Engineering, Power Engineering, and Arts and Media. The key outcomes of theCCLI phase 2 project included a) upgrades to the J-DSP GUI, b) extensions in the signalprocessing functionality of J-DSP, c) on-line laboratory exercise development, and d)dissemination and assessment and a pilot test of a new multi-site laboratory concept that allowsstudents in the five universities to run real time distributed on-line simulations. Results of thePhase 2 project have been published mainly for Electrical Engineering courses

Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Akram abu-aisheh, University of Hartford; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Nasir Ali Ahmady, Herat University, Afghanistan; Devdas Shetty, Lawrence Technological University

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International

designing new programs. However,designing and executing the support facility for such program in a foreign land is extremelychallenging; especially given the location of Herat University, and the security conditions in awar torn country.We, the University of Hartford team, concluded that in order to support such a program inMechatronics Engineering, several laboratories needed to be established in addition to theexisting laboratories: • a Circuit/Electronics/Digital Laboratory • a Mechatronics Laboratory • a Computer Laboratory for teaching • a Distance Learning Facility to provide real-time support for faculty.A detailed design for each of the laboratories was developed and all specifications wereprovided, including cost estimate and

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jeffrey Anderson, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; Suresh Muknahallipatna, University of Wyoming; John Pierre, University of Wyoming; David Whitman, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

from 16].We have solved these two challenges by updating our embedded system related coursework andlaboratories on a limited budget using student engineers. We have successfully used studentengineers in the past to develop custom laboratory equipment and teaching aids including a[adapted from 16]: Page 14.528.16≠ Verilog HDL controlled robot [12],≠ Labview based digital signal processing and bioinstrumentation laboratory program [13],≠ Robot to teach complex real time embedded systems concepts [14],≠ Visual simulator to teach real-time operating systems [15], and≠ A teaching platform based on the Motorola/Freescale HC12 and HCS12

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Ravindran, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Arindam Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Electrical and Computer

concepts introduced in the class and thefamiliarize students with simulation and synthesis tools. A short pre-laboratory assignment isgiven to ensure that the students are adequately prepared for the laboratory session. Theinstructors ensure their availability in the lab to answer questions that students have while doingtheir lab assignments. Additionally a graduate teaching assistant is available during the labsession as well as for a few hours outside class each week to answer student queries. Our labsessions are currently based on VHDL and the Xilinx ISE which includes the ModelSimsimulator and the Xilinx XST synthesizer. The hardware platform consists of the PCI-X basedNallatech FPGA boards equipped with Virtex-II 6000 FPGAs and 128 MB on

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rogers, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Christopher Korpela, United States Military Academy; Ryan Ebel, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, class lectures were central and some demonstrationshighlighted a few topics. Labs were not well developed and were very basic. In 2008, we used alaboratory teaching approach for this course with just-in-time instruction to address key conceptsand topics given the breadth of the material. Students were required to complete pre-labexercises that reinforced material from the lectures and in turn gave them a preview of the actuallab activity. The pre-lab assignments strengthened their understanding of the material and helpedmake experiments go smoothly on lab day. Page 14.839.33. Mechatronics Teaching MethodologyFour laboratory exercises were

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark McDermott, University of Texas, Austin; Jacob Abraham, University of Texas, Austin; Mihir Ravel, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

to provide an“active learning” approach using a common set of platforms for both virtual and physical Page 14.270.2prototyping.Course Sequence OrganizationCourse 1 - Basic VLSI DesignThis course focuses on teaching the student the building blocks of VLSI systems. The studentsuse the Weste & Harris book “CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective” asreading material to support the lecture material. There are three laboratory assignments thatprovide the student with the necessary capabilities to design and layout CMOS integrated circuitsusing a virtual prototyping platform from Cadence Design Systems. There is a class projectwhich

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

to remain inthe time domain. Furthermore, the utility of frequency response methods often result insimilar debates among members of academia and industry.Tom Edgar (University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the textbook ProcessDynamics and Control) suggests61: ≠ De-emphasize frequency response, but keep Laplace transforms ≠ Reduce coverage of multiple approaches for PID controller tuning ≠ Increase use of simulation in sophomore and junior courses ≠ Introduce a number of short laboratory experiences ≠ Use case studies to show how process control can solve real engineering problems ≠ Teach process control in the senior yearA thorough discussion of the question of what to teach in process control was recentlypublished62.Once

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego; Lal Tummala, San Diego State University

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Engineering Technology

years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses.Howard Evans, National University, San Diego Dr. Howard Evans was appointed founding Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, National University, in October, 2003. He received B.S. degrees in Physics and Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Science from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Evans has over 20 years of executive and

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand; Leela Mohan Kesireddy, Central Connecticut State University; Mark Lynch, Central Connecticut State University

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Instrumentation

AC 2009-386: A LOW-COST APPROACH TO INTEGRATING SENSORTECHNOLOGY IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSESFarid Farahmand, FARID FARAHMAND is an Assistant 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 Active Learning models.Leela Mohan Kesireddy , Central Connecticut State

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Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

departmental laboratory space for teaching laboratory-rich ET subject matter.≠ Recruitment of faculty who can contribute to a general ET program when hiring decisions are based primarily on the ability of a potential tenure-track faculty member to support the research mission of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources – a mission that does not specifically include research related to ET.≠ Recruitment of faculty in a department with no doctoral program and only a fledgling master’s program.The role of adjunct faculty, future evolution of the ET program at UD, and implications forprograms in more conventional settings are also discussed.Introduction:The history of the general ET program at the University of Delaware (UD) goes