Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Gisi, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Phillip H Jones III, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

, Mu, An, & Chen, 2018). Webots has a curriculum based on thee-puck robot. Analysis and feedback of this curriculum has show that Webots has potential tocreate an educational and explorative environment (Guyot & Rohrer, 2011)2.4 The Robot Operating SystemThe Robot Operating System (ROS) is a light, open-source framework developed to standardizeinternal and external communication between robotic components (Quigley, et al., 2009). Itconsists of a group of libraries and packages for building reusable, language-independent robotapplications. It utilizes peer-to-peer communication of specified nodes such as publisher,subscriber, service, and client nodes. It runs on top of a Linux Ubuntu operating system.Extensively used throughout

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley S McGuire MLIS, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Michael McFall Lipscomb, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

-instruction, technical communication, technical writing, academic writing, graduatepreparedness, project-based learningIntroductionThe authors propose that graduate STEM students would benefit from efforts to improveinstruction in writing and presenting. ABET, the organization responsible for accreditingengineering programs globally, does state requirements for teaching students to communicatewith a variety of audiences. Yet these requirements do not include that a dedicated technicalcommunication course be given during an undergraduate student’s education [1]. At theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), faculty of the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering recognized the need for their graduate students to improve theircommunication

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Hynes, Tufts University; David Crismond, The City College of New York; Barbara Brizuela, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

teachers as they taught a LEGO-roboticsengineering curriculum for the first time. The teachers each participated in the same two-weeksummer professional development workshop developed and led by the first author of this paper.The teachers were interviewed and their classes were observed over the course of the study. It isimportant to note the teachers each taught the curriculum in an afterschool setting. One cannotdirectly relate findings from an afterschool program to those of in-classroom settings, which isproblematic for this study. However, this research study focused on teacher knowledge and theafterschool setting still required the teacher to present new ideas to students and then work withthem as they designed their final projects. Thus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Risa Robinson; John Wellin

concern that the current electronicscourse was not significant nor applied enough to enable them to participate in multidisciplinaryprojects and co-op opportunities involving electrical and computer components, sensors, dataacquisition software or controls. Students suggested that more hands on data acquisition andanalyses projects throughout the curriculum, would be extremely valuable in preparation for theworkplace.RIT is addressing these needs by developing a new curriculum based on the EnhancedEducational Experience for Engineers Program (E 4) which was pioneered by Drexel in 1988 3. Acritical component of E 4 is the Engineering Test, Simulation and Design Laboratory (ETSDL) 4,the adaptation of which defines the scope of this paper. The ETSDL

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Jintana Nina Phanthanousy, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

curriculum on design cognition, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Dr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.A. Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on mentoring as pedagogy for project-based courses and understanding the adult learning characteristics of undergraduate

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3989: PK-12 COUNSELORS KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, ANDBEHAVIORS RELATED TO GENDER AND STEMMs. Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette Engineer turned engineering education enthusiast, Meagan Ross is a doctoral candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She received a B.S. in computer science from Texas Woman’s University and a M.S. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she worked as a microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) engineer for Texas Instruments. Ross is currently a K-12 STEM consultant, curriculum developer, professional development

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madhurima Das, NuVu Studio

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

encourage them to pursue STEAM careers. One particularly effective approach isthrough hands-on learning and “making,” since children often have a natural affinity fortinkering and learn well through active involvement in meaningful activities [1]. Hands-on,project-based learning has been shown to get more students engaged with STEAM and help themlearn key skills for the future [2]. However, most STEAM education programs target students inupper-middle or high school [3]. Bustamante et. al write, “Since engineering education hastraditionally not been part of the general K–12 education experience (i.e., the beginning ofprimary school (age 5) through the end of secondary school (age 18)), early childhood educatorshave minimal background in engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

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

universities to implement similar programs in weather radar.The project is truly a cross-disciplinary effort between the School of Meteorology and the Schoolof Electrical and Computer Engineering. This cross-fertilization between engineering andmeteorology is also exemplified in efforts currently underway at our university to develop thecross-disciplinary Weather Radar and Instrumentation Curriculum (see more in [20]). Theinvestigators, along with other colleagues at the university, have developed a unique curriculumwhich provides an in-depth education in meteorological radar and instrumentation with emphasison a hands-on experience. This aspect of the program directly addresses a major concern amongleaders in the meteorological community about

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2 - Faculty Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Prasad Edamana, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT M), India; Ajit Kumar Kolar, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Pramod S. Mehta, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Sujatha Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Track 3 - Faculty Development

enthusiastic participant in the activities of the Teaching-Learning Centre at IIT-M.Dr. Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeffrey E. Froyd is a TEES Research Professor and the Director of Faculty Climate and Development at Texas A&M University. He served as Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, an NSF Engineering Education Coalition in which six institutions systematically renewed, assessed, and institutionalized their undergraduate engineering curricula, and extensively shared their results with the engineering education community. He co-created the Integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathe- matics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which was recognized in 1997 with a

Conference Session

Computer Science

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36556Student-Centered Computer Science and Engineering Online Course Designwith Evidence-Based PedagogiesDr. Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University Dr. Xiang (Susie) Zhao, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Alabama A&M University, has over 20 years of teaching experience in traditional on-campus settings or online format at several universities in US and aboard. Her teaching and research interests include numerical modeling & simulation, high performance algorithm design, data mining, and evidence-based STEM teaching pedagogies. Her recent research work has been

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lyle McCurdy; William Drake; Douglas Walcerz

second-order electrical networks. The course met three hours per week during the day, enrolled traditional full-time students, and included a three-hour lab once per week. Thirty-six students were enrolled in this course during fall quarter 2000. ETE 401 Technical Communications for Engineering Technology/Lab (3/1). This was a technical writing course for seniors that included topics in technical writing, senior project proposal, and project management. This course met three hours per week during the day, enrolled traditional full-time students, and included a three-hour lab once per week. Eleven students were enrolled in this course during fall quarter of 2000.3.2. Industrial Management at Southwest Missouri State University

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

their own abilities in those areas. Technology, as stated, isanother area of opportunity. From effective use of the Internet, to providing ideas for topicillustration, to actually teaming with a teacher to teach a Web Page Creation elective for studentsin grades 3-5, our engineering students are proving to be a valuable resource to our teachers.Finally, NCSU students are developing, with guidance from curriculum experts known to theschools, inquiry-based, integrated science lessons for teacher delivery.From an extracurricular standpoint, there are opportunities for engineering students to work asmentors on science fair projects and Science Olympiad teams. The role model aspect in theseoften-voluntary events is crucial, especially for

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

constituent programs --- Civil, Industrial, Mechanical and Metallurgical &Materials Engineering. Increasing graduation rates of minorities and women in these programsalso has the potential to impact Lower Division engineering programs in the other engineeringcollege academic components, namely, Electrical & Computer Engineering and ComputerScience.Increasing graduation rates has been chosen as the focus because it creates a “win-win” situationfor everyone concerned. In successfully undertaking this project we are “making a difference,”and in so doing are promoting new and appropriate paradigms for engineering education that arebeing recognized nationally as a model for other minority-serving institutions

Conference Session

Mechatronics and Robotics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in EECS in 1987 from MIT. Dr. Gennert’s research interests include robotics, computer vision, and image processing, with ongoing projects in humanoid robotics, robot navigation and guidance, biomedical image processing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoumeh Farhadi Nia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Grace E. Callen; Gayatri Aroskar, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Justin An, University of the District of Columbia; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Charles Thompson, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kelilah Wolkowicz, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Max Denis, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

development and class engagement [11]. Co-creating or co-designingeducation modules can lead to deeper interaction, benefiting both students and faculty [11].Before starting the co-creation process of developing the model, the group first had to understandthat this was an interdisciplinary co-creation work. Therefore, the first challenge was to find a wayto see how people from different academic backgrounds (Biomedical, Mechanical, Electrical, andComputer Engineering) at different academic levels (graduate and faculty members) cancollaborate with each other successfully. To address this, at the beginning of the project, the groupparticipated in several workshops to develop a deeper understanding of co-creation work, itsadvantages, and challenges. For

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Owen; Robert Knecht; Abel Feltes

to how to deal with the differentorganizations of different companies. The course helps to deal with the dilemma of what one isto do when they come across a problem that they do not know how to solve, or even that mayhave never been solved. In other words, the EPICS classes get the students at the ColoradoSchool of Mines to use ingenuity. This aspect of the curriculum is invaluable, and improveseverything that the school does. The things that we, Team Pyramid, learned as a group from this project was vast. We weregiven a project that we knew very little about and were in a group of people whose skills variedimmensely. We as a group had to learn to work together or we would have never have finishedthe project. We had to learn how to access

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students - Diversity and Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Guillermo J. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Minorities in Engineering

so that they could become engaged in research as independentinvestigators. The outreach and broadening participation plan was tailored to impact three mainareas: i) Undergraduate research activities, ii) Graduate research projects and mentoringexperiences, and iii) Support to the ME Summer Camp.The Mechanical Engineering curriculum consists of one hundred and sixty (160) credit-hoursthat are taken over a five year period. The curriculum aims to foster innovation and creativitythrough these five years, starting from the freshman year with the Creative Design 1 and 2courses (INME 3809 and INME 3810). These courses were developed as part of the NSF Award#DMI-9413880 project titled Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP) morethan

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

to the principles ofoperation and electrical behavior of a number of electronic devices (principally the p-n junctiondiode, the MOSFET, and the BJT). An understanding of the I-V characteristics of these devicesis indispensable to understanding their use in circuits exploiting them as either linear or nonlineardevices. While simulation is valuable, it is arguably not a replacement of the demonstration ofthe I-V characteristics of real devices. A brief survey of ASEE literature on educational use ofcurve tracers is summarized below.Shwehdi et al [1] described a senior design project to build an instrument for measurement of thecurrent gain of NPN BJTs. This was not a curve tracer per se.Beams [2] described curve tracers that used an ad hoc

Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Aisosa Ayela-Uwangue, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

faculty.After a quick warmup exercise, the RED team asked faculty to break up into smaller groups andbrainstorm pain points they faced and how they can begin to address them. This was done in anunconference (Pawley et al., 2015) style, where faculty generated topics and were instructed tomove among discussions as they saw fit. This exercise was repeated twice, each for 30 minutes.Faculty converged into several groups: aligning the project courses, advancing the manufacturingcurriculum, ensuring proficiency and excitement in math intensive classes, building progressivetechnical competencies throughout the curriculum, and ensuring quality at scale. The level ofengagement and lively nature of the discussions suggested that faculty were very motivated

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Biegalski P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kevin Kit, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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First-Year Programs

, et al. "Engineering education and the development of expertise." Journal of EngineeringEducation, 100.1 (2011): 123-150.4 Hundley, S.P. “The Attributes of a Global Engineer Project: Results and Recommendations from a Multi-YearProject.” ASEE 2015 International Forum. Seattle, WA June 2015 (2015): 19 37 1-7.https://peer.asee.org/collections/19.5 ABET. Proposed revisions to criteria for accrediting engineering programs definitions, generalcriterion 3 student outcomes, and general criterion 5 curriculum (2015). www.abet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Proposed-Revisions-to-EAC-Criteria-3-and-5.pdf. Accessed 22 Jan 2016.6 Rogers, K.J. “A Work in Progress.” Inside Higher Ed, Sept.1, 2015.www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/09/01/essay-responds

Conference Session

EMD Technical Session 3: Measuring Engineering Management

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Arkansas State University; Joni Pintu; Alexandr Sokolov, Arkansas State University; Ziaul Haque Munim

effects of training on students' assessment abilities and work performance. The resultsof the research revealed that proper training reduced the gap between teachers' and students'evaluations of sample projects. A competency model for assessing undergraduate students' skillswas studied by Jackson [11]. This study found that a variety of factors may influence competencyin employability abilities, thus emphasizing the importance of improving undergraduate skill setsto meet professional requirements. Along the same line, Taylor & Hooley [12] analyzed theinfluence of a curriculum-based career management skills (CMS) module on the employability ofbusiness school graduates. The foregoing discussion reveals that although several studies had

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jahan Kauser; Carlos Sun; Ralph A. Dusseau; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Douglas Cleary

juniors and seniors.In the Freshman Clinic, students work in multidisciplinary teams of 4 - 5 students with oneprofessor working with 4 or 5 groups at a time. The Fall semester of the Freshman EngineeringClinic has laboratory components from all major engineering disciplines and focuses on basicengineering measurements. In the Spring semester, students work on a semester-long reverseengineering or process evaluation project. For example, students have reverse engineered coffeemakers, hair dryers, remote-control cars, electric toothbrushes, and portable water filters. Page 6.10.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

"Appendix. A Typical PBL Project and Assessment Tools From the desk of Chief Engineer Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck, NDFebruary 29, 20xxDear Members of Instrumentation Engineering Team, As you are aware that the construction for unit 2 at the Leland Olds Station in Stanton,ND began in July 1971 at a cost of $109 million. It has a capacity of 440 MW. This second unitbegan commercial operation in December 1975. This unit is going through complete remodelingand I would like your team to suggest instruments for measuring water/steam temperatures at theinlet and outlet of the boiler, turbine, and condenser. I would like you to give your final selections, the rational for

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session III: Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters PE, Kettering University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

often updated, and lowering the learning curve as thesestudents move in to the workforce. Collaborations may take many different forms, with some ofthe commonly cited forms including internships and work-study programs, curriculum advisoryboards, and involvement in capstone courses.12 In fact, much of the published literature frommany countries focuses on industry-academia collaborations in terms of the impact on students,through courses and work experiences.13,14,15 Other forms of collaboration that have been studiedfocus on research activities,16,17 and in some cases specifically on technology transfer.18Many factors influence the success of such collaborations. In a study covering Sweden andAustralia, Wohlin et al. found that one critical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

teaching engineering design process, with students completing a half-semester longmulti-disciplinary design project. In addition, technical concepts such as engineering drawing,MATLAB and basic disciplinary knowledge are taught along with the introduction of “softskills” such as communication, teamwork and project management. The course is required forstudents majoring in mechanical, aerospace, electrical and chemical engineering.This paper will discuss the experience and evaluation of incorporating entrepreneurial mindsetlearning in the Introduction to Engineering course. Specifically, it will discuss how KEEN’s 3Csframework [2], i.e., curiosity, connections and creating values, was incorporated into the existingcourse content centered on an open

Conference Session

Balancing Act: Ideas in Pre- & Post- Surveys and Assessment of Professional Skills

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Challenges of a Professional Issues Course in Civil Engineering: Comparison Across Two YearsAbstractThere are a number of professional skills that civil engineering students should possess whenthey graduate with a Bachelor’s degree, as articulated in the ASCE Body of Knowledge SecondEdition (BOK2) and the civil engineering program specific criteria under ABET EAC-accreditation. An analysis of the curriculum at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Mohammed Mustafa Hussain; Sagnik Basumallik, West Virginia University; Anurag K. Srivastava, West Virginia University; Mohamed Hefeida, West Virginia University

India, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and Durgapur Projects Limited.Dr. Anurag K. Srivastava, West Virginia University Anurag K. Srivastava is a Raymond J. Lane Professor and Chairperson of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department at the West Virginia University. He is also an adjunct professor at the Washington State University and senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Lab. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2005. His research interest includes data-driven algorithms for resilient power system operation and control and engineering education. In past years, he has worked in a different capacity at the R´eseau de

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2005 GSW

Authors

Rita Caso; Kristi J. Shryock; Jo Howze; Jeffrey Froyd; Arun R. Srinivasa

a load on the specimen, i.e. magnetic stick or truss.With respect to the challenge of encouraging interest among engineering faculty members whodo not teach the first-year engineering courses, the bridge/truss project was also successful.When faculty members who taught the prototype sections talked to colleagues about the project,either formally, in curriculum committee or departmental meetings, or informally in one-on-oneconversations, faculty members reported substantial interest among other faculty members in thecivil and mechanical engineering departments. Colleagues who taught sophomore engineeringmechanics courses thought students would be more prepared for their courses. Increased interestand knowledge with respect to the first-year

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lizette R. Chevalier; James N. Craddock

modules in science and engineering. This work ranges from basic courses suchas physics [18], statics [19, 20], dynamics [21], thermodynamics [22], strength of materials [23],and engineering economy [24], to advanced topics such as finite element analysis [25]. One areathat has received considerable attention is manufacturing with some work done on laboratoryapplications [26, 27] and other work on using multimedia simulations to teach design [28]. Somework has also been done in the area of environmental engineering [29 - 31].The topic of trying to supplement or replace basic engineering laboratories has also been studied.The concept of virtual engineering laboratories was introduced for electric circuits at Vanderbilt ina paper by Mosterman et al

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University; Chansu Yu, Cleveland State University; Karla R. Hamlen, Cleveland State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

individual subjects, and apply and integrate the previouslearning in a new context. The framework consists of a series of sound- and video-themebased lab experiments and projects [7,8], whose complexities and abstraction levelsgradually grow with the progress of curriculum. The lab framework covers both hardware and software aspects of computer systems and theexperiments are done in the SoC (system on a chip) context [14], in which a system contains ageneral-purpose processor for “housekeeping” tasks and hardware accelerators for computation-intensive tasks. The commercial SoC platforms are too complex and use the proprietary andencrypted bus interconnect and IP (intellectual property) cores. A simple, open, and vendor-neutral SoC platform is