laboratory course,students have been able to fully simulate, build, and test, a two-channel AM system (transmitterand receiver). Students didn’t have any numerical computing experience at the start of thecourse. Moreover, it has been observed that simulation results provide a set of known-good,expected results, which makes debugging analog circuitry much easier.ConclusionsAfter several years of teaching communications courses with a simulation component, we havedeveloped a list of common pitfalls that students face, as well as exercises designed to helpstudents avoid them and learn in the most efficient manner. We have presented a summary ofthese observations in this paper. We believe that simulation will continue to play an increasinglyimportant
c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Transforming a Freshman Electrical Engineering Lab Course to Improve Access to Place Bound StudentsAbstractThis paper discusses the transformation of an introductory electrical engineering lab course intoan interactive hybrid teaching model, a combination of face-to-face and online instruction, toexpand access to Electrical and Computer Engineering to place-bound students. The modifiedcourse will include inter-campus collaborative hands-on laboratory and team project experiences.This has the potential to transform the educational experience of the often isolated place-boundstudents in rural communities, building their social capital and connecting them to a larger
240 Student Engagement, Learning, and Retention in a Freshman, Large Class Setting at the University of Arizona Loukas Lazos and Elmer Grubbs University of ArizonaAbstractThis paper describes a new approach to teaching a large lecture C Programming class (ECE175)in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. Theapproach demonstrates a method of increasing student engagement, student learning and studentretention by using Undergraduate Laboratory Assistants (ULAs) in conjunction with GraduateTeaching
on experience provided to the students in the Mazak facility cannot be emulated in school, even in the laboratory type classes.2. From the students’ side there is no additional cost involved as the project is fully sponsored by Mazak.Eighteen students have been assigned to nine different industrial projects ranging from productimprovement to optimization of manufacturing processes. Example of the project titles are:Automatic Assembly of Dangerous Materials, Robot Electrical Test Box for CNC Machines, etc.Using data obtained from surveys conducted duration the semester we will assess student’sperformance and make the necessary adjustments to improve the program.IntroductionMazak is the global leader in the design and manufacture of highly
weeksassisting students in the PHYS 151 laboratory, and ten weeks in the college’s student supportingcenter offering free walk-in tutoring for PHYS 151. Upon completing the course with at least a“B” grade, they are eligible to be hired as a “Learning Assistant” in the department. These arenot “teaching assistants” in that they have absolutely no grading or evaluation duties, and theyare not responsible for creating lecture content as a Supplemental Instructor is required to do.Their basic role is to ask and answer questions, and even more importantly to know whichquestions must be answered with other questions in order to advance learning. We have placed Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference
Paper ID #10559A Engineering Discipline Awareness Workshop for Pre-Service STEM Teach-ersDr. Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University Dr. Fernando Gonzalez joined FGCU as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Program in the fall of 2013. Previously he was an Assistant Professor within the Engineering, Math, and Physics Department at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. Prior to that he was a Technical Staff Member (researcher) for the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Dr. Gonzalez was also a faculty member in the Electrical
Student- Centric Learning), promoting Leadership in Sustainability and Management Practices. He is also an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy ef- ficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. Before his teaching career, he had a very successful corporate management career working in R&D at Lucent Technologies and as the Director of Global Technology Management at Qualcomm. He initiated and managed software development for both the companies in India. He holds MS in Engineering and MBA degrees. Page 24.140.1 c
curriculum modules and laboratorymodules to teach microcontroller concepts. During the second year 60 faculty throughout theU.S. were taught microcontroller/embedded system concepts and exercised hands-on laboratoryexperiment activities using distance learning technologies. Feedback has been favorable. Duringyear three an additional group of faculty will be taught these concepts and an academiccommunity with common interest of embedded system design will be built, bringing the totalfaculty trained to 120.Goals of the Project To accomplish this statement of work, there are four guiding goals that include:1. Create a teaching platform with supporting instructional and hands-on laboratory modules to teach microcontroller concepts and activities
understanding and receive feedback on their progress with self-test problems(c) Verify their results, as well as and investigate the effects of parameter variations and other modifications of a circuit with CircuitLab and,(d) Validate their results by building the circuit and testing it with the myDAQNone of the above activities require specialized laboratory facilities, so a student can work on all phasesof circuit analysis and design in their normal study environment (for example, their dormitory room).This flexibility allows students to actively explore circuit concepts and remedy deficiencies outside ofthe traditional classroom and laboratory. The use of the myDAQ supports a key requirement ofengineering pedagogy: comparing actual measurements
upper-level MET courses areemployed by CMU. The workload formula for the CMU faculty is 60% teaching, 20% scholarlyactivity, and 20% service. The teaching component is eight courses per year. CU-Boulderreimburses half of the salary of one of the three CMU faculty members.CMU Laboratory Technician - A one-third time laboratory technician dedicated to first andsecond year courses as well as the MET Program is employed by CMU.CMU/CU-Boulder Administrative Assistant – A half-time administrative assistant hasresponsibilities for the ME portion of the program and is employed by CMU. CU-Boulderreimburses one quarter of the salary of the administrative assistant to CMU.Note that the monetary exchange for shared employees between the two institutions is
system using MATLAB (STUBA, Bratislava, Slovakia). Laura performed her graduate studies at Villanova University where she obtained her M.Sc also in Chemical Engineering. Her graduate thesis work involves the characterization & upgrading of biocrude-oil from waste lignocellulosic biomass at Villanova’s Chemical Engineering Biomass Conversion & Research Technologies Laboratory under Dr. Justinus Satrio. Currently, Laura is a process engineer for Jacobs Engineering where she is involved in the design of biopharmaceutical facilities. Dr. Justinus Satrio’s Biography Dr. Justinus A. Satrio is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University, Penn
served on the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and on the Editorial Panel for Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. She has published in numerous teaching and research journals, and written books and book chapters for both mathematics and engineering educators. In addition, Dr. Zawojewski has long been active in writing curriculum related to problem solving. mathematical modeling, and performance assessment. Dr. Zawo- jewski is especially interested in the role of modeling and problem solving in developing mathematical capabilities, and in enhancing mathematics education for all students
. Page 24.493.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Engineering Camp: a residential experience designed to build academic capital in pre-college studentsAbstractEngineering Camp is a one-week on-campus residential program that exposes pre-college (post7th -11th grade) students to engineering disciplines through introductory seminars,demonstrations, laboratory experiments, and design challenges. The program improves students‟awareness of the breadth of engineering and emphasizes the benefit of developing skills inSTEM. The camp is offered in grade-based parallel sessions geared to the audience, and camperscan return in subsequent summers. Importantly, Camp provides a
for each of their courses. That is to say, in a given discipline-specificcourse, it is not easy for an instructor to find resources that provide easy-to-use active learningactivities for their courses.While the author was on sabbatical at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, he had theopportunity to teach a course in Electronics Technology for Mechanical Engineers. This courseused laboratories in both the electrical and mechanical (mechatronics) engineering departments.The course was to cover basic analog circuit theory, an introduction to digital circuits, and Page 24.971.2instrumentation and measurements for mechanical engineering
Paper ID #8631Leadership Development for Engineering Technology Faculty: Becoming anEducational Leader through Knowledge Generation, Application, and Con-tributionMs. Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College Elaine L. Craft (Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, SC) holds a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mississippi and a MBA from the University of South Car- olina with additional graduate studies in mathematics. Her experience includes working as an engineer in industry as well as teaching and administration at community college and state levels. She has
Paper ID #9705Evidence for the Effectiveness of a Grand Challenge-based Framework forContextual LearningDr. Lisa Huettel, Duke University Dr. Lisa G. Huettel is an associate professor of the practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University where she also serves as associate chair and director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She received a B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University. Her research interests are focused on engineering education, curriculum and laboratory development, and
- vanced Engineering and Manufacturing Laboratory (AEML) at IUPUI, and a senior scientist for manu- facturing applications at Advanced Science and Automation Corp. Also, he is a leading member of INDI (Integrated Nanosystems Development Institute). He co-developed the Advanced Virtual Manufacturing Laboratory for Training, Education and Research (AVML), an innovative e-learning tool for educating students and training the next generation workforce in sophisticated technology and its underlying the- ory. Dr. El-Mounayri teaches courses in Design, CAD/CAM, and Nanotechnology. His research focus is in advanced manufacturing, including nano- machining. Dr. El-Mounayri has worked as consultant for and conducted R&D for a
research that is identified as two thesis courses. The program blends the technicalskills, advanced technology, and STEM together, and can be completed in three years. The sizeof the first graduating class will be 12 students selected from area technical colleges. Instructorswill be provided the opportunity to use the faculty expertise and laboratories to improve theirtechnical skills or learn new skills related to advanced technologies.Finally instructors will be required to select a research topic related to their teaching field andwill write curriculum and design laboratory activities under supervision of graduate programadvisor and committee. The instructors will be required to share their project with theircolleagues at their institution.The
Paper ID #10033A Hybrid Design Methodology for an Introductory Software EngineeringCourse with Integrated Mobile Application DevelopmentVignesh Subbian, University of Cincinnati Vignesh Subbian is an instructor/teaching assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Com- puting Systems at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include embedded computing sys- tems, medical device design and development, point-of-care technologies for neurological care, and engi- neering education.Dr. Carla C. Purdy, University of Cincinnati Carla Purdy is an associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering
Paper ID #9644Use of a CPLD in an Introductory Logic Circuits Course with Software andHardware UpgradeDr. Ying Yu, University of Hartford Dr. Ying Yu received her B.Eng. from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 2000. She received her M.Eng. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, R.I., USA, in 2003 and 2007, re- spectively. Since 2008, she has been teaching as an assistant professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Hartford. Her current research interests are audio and speech signal processing, acoustic scene classification, speaker identification and
company, building a structure, or installing equipment in a plant. The teams mustsubmit a report and make a semi-formal presentation to the class and instructor.As part of our continuous improvement effort, we assess nine course objectives. We will presenta statistical analysis of how well both the students and instructor believe the objectives were met.The analysis includes for several instructors, several years, and both MET students who musttake two quarters of calculus and Technology students who take pre-calculus. We also teach anaccelerated version of the course titled “laboratory analysis and reports” that also incorporates alarge technical writing component to our ME students and we will include anecdotal data fromthat
-hour group discussion session will be reserved for all REU students to share their experiences during the week. They may exchange concepts on design competition, seek moral support from each other, or reach collective opinions to feedback to program director on program improvement. This interaction will bring them closer together to nurture long-term partnerships and maximize their achievement through experience sharing. REU students are empowered for the organization of this session with minimal supervision.(B) Weekly seminar and professional development session: The first few sessions will deal with teaching the students good research practices, including design of experiments, laboratory safety, data and error
been inspiring all the staff and faculty toserve students at their best with the belief that student success drives faculty and staff success,which is in turn nurturing a very positive academic atmosphere on the Cal Poly campus. Positiveacademic atmosphere has been proven to develop and inspire whole-system thinkers who canhelp solve society's most complex problems. One example of how student success can beachieved is by having the Career Service as a division of Student Affairs which is offeringnumerous workshops aimed to increase student potential. Academic departments within Cal Polycontribute to the student success through well-structured curriculum and well-equippedundergraduate teaching and research laboratories. Unlike in many research
a graduate student, Rudolpho Azzi, who happened to be an experienced teacher, thegroup worked to assemble a research program and teaching laboratory in behaviorism at theUniversity.15This work was deemed a success, and Bori and Keller were invited to take their work to theUniversity of Brasilia, Bori to create a new department of psychology, and Keller to continue onas advisor. With the university’s doors yet to open, they had the time and space to plan. It was inthe course of designing from scratch an introductory course in experimental psychology that thegroup came up with PSI. Pressed to be experimental in form as well as content, the group beganconsidering how their knowledge of behaviorist principles could be applied to the
Paper ID #9355LEDs & Lamps – A Friendly Affordable Gateway to Electrical Exploration(Curriculum Exchange)Mr. Andrew Tubesing, University of St. Thomas Andrew Tubesing is Laboratory Manager for the Electrical Engineering program at University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. He also serves on the faculty of the UST Center for Pre-Collegiate Engineering Education. Andrew has taught university courses in circuits, electronics, and engineering design for more than a decade. Prior to his academic career, Andrew spent 12 years as an engineer in the broadcast and telecommunications fields. Andrew holds a BA from St. Olaf College
Warminster, PA where he estab- lished an optical communications laboratory for development and characterization of optical components, systems, and protocols for high-performance avionics data networks. Dr. Rosen is currently an assistant clinical professor at Drexel University, where he is responsible for developing and teaching courses in microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and optics. Dr. Rosen has carried out research sponsored by the National Security Agency, National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the Missile Defense Agency. Dr. Rosen is the author or coauthor of over 80 publications and
matchedset of non-participants.As a result, programs that expose students to engineering experiences and/or hands-on projectswith entrepreneurs thinking early might have a greater chance of both enticing students to persistand interesting them in specific sub-fields of engineering. Page 24.758.2 2. Project BackgroundFrom Pre-K to Graduate programs, each level of education has its own values and expectedoutcomes. The teaching methods and materials used at each level of education are chosen tofulfill its own purpose. However, there should have some specific projects or concepts that maybe used in different levels of education without altering the
Paper ID #10212Using Engineering to Address the Common Core Standards: A Four WeekWorkshop (Curriculum Exchange)Dr. Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Patricia ”Pat” A. Carlson is a transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Va. She came to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology early in her teaching career and has taught a variety of courses over the past three decades. Dr. Carlson has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and
Paper ID #8998An Examination of the Effects of Contextual Computer-aided Design Exer-cises on Student Modeling PerformanceDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University Bugrahan Yalvac is an associate professor of science and engineering education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University, College Station. He received his Ph.D. in science education at the Pennsylvania State University in 2005. Prior to his
scholar in the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engi- neering at Oregon State University. Debra has an M.BA, an M.S, and four years of industrial experience including a position in sensor development. Sensor development is also an area in which she holds a patent. She currently has research focused on student learning in virtual laboratories and the diffusion of educational interventions and practices.Prof. Erno Lehtinen, University of Turku ERNO LEHTINEN is professor of education at the University of Turku and is currently holding a five- year Academy Professor position in the Centre for Learning Research of the University of Turku. He has studied early development of mathematical skills, technology