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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew Stein

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conference The literature shows that many instructors use some form of computer-aided simulation ofproblems3 and some further employ problem solving software and interactive computing4,5,6,7,8.Dynamics is a required course for all students in the fourth semester of our eight-semester generalengineering program. This course is offered to the entire sophomore class in two sections with apopulation of thirty to forty students each. In prior reports9,10, I described my efforts to completely transform this course into a computer-based learning experience where problems and even class notes were taken via computer, similarto a course

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Yu Wang; Farrukh Zia; Ohbong Kwon; Xiaohai Li

Fig. 3 I2C Data Bus in Microcontroller ApplicationAnother example shown in Fig.4 is the prototype of "Monitoring Made Easy". The secondstudent team constructed an unmanned quad-coptor outfitted with monitoring devices. The quad-coptor can locate and record the status of an object (human or animal). The data collected by the quad-coptor can be analyzed in a central location. The project consisted of the following tasks: i) build a quad-copter; ii) use ChipKit Max32 microcontroller development platform; iii) develop a software PID controller; iv) build a mobile monitoring device that would