analytics for non-experts in data mining. DIA2 is currently deployed inside the NSFand is already starting to affect federal funding policy. Dr. Madhavan also served as Visiting ResearchScientist at Microsoft Research, Internet Services Research Group. His research has been published inNature Nanotechnology, IEEE Transactions on Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE Transactionson Learning Technologies, and several other top peer-reviewed venues. Dr. Madhavan currently serves asPI or Co-PI on federal and industry funded projects totaling over $20M. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Learners in Advanced Nanotechnology MOOCs: Understanding their Intention and
AC 2008-820: BUILDING THE LARGEST CANTENNA IN KANSAS: ANINTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSSaeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina SAEED KHAN is an Associate Professor with the Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology program at Kansas State University at Salina. Dr. Khan received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, in 1989 and 1994 respectively and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1984. Khan, who joined KSU in 1998, teaches courses in telecommunications and digital systems. His research interests and areas of expertise
. Page 14.1128.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Communication Systems using the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) and GNU RadioAbstractThe Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) is a moderately priced hardware board thatimplements software defined radio systems. It allows a computer to acquire and generate RFsignals in a similar way that a sound card allows a computer capture and produce audio signals.The board includes high speed analog-to-digital converters (ADC), high speed digital-to-analogconverters (DAC), digital up and down converters, and a universal serial bus (USB) interface.Various daughter boards are available that interface a wide range of radio frequency (RF
communicationsystems are largely implemented by programmable DSP microprocessors or FPGAs, studentsjust getting started with communication systems can learn valuable practical implementationskills by writing computer programs to create small-scale communication systems.The LabVIEW graphical dataflow programming environment created by National Instruments1offers a unique way to translate block diagrams, algorithms, and mathematical equations fromthe textbook directly into a LabVIEW “virtual instrument,” or VI. Functionality of a VI isexpressed as a “block diagram” constructed of built-in subVIs such as signal sources and filtersconnected by wires, and a “front panel” graphical user interface (GUI) containing controls andindicators. The GUI emerges
anticipatedcrowd – often including representatives from local news media – provides additionalmotivation to the students throughout the semester. Without fail, students learn importantlessons in project management in their efforts to have their designs completed andimplemented by the hard deadline of the final competition.In the current format, competing vehicles are timed as they traverse a racecourse markedby vertical pylons of one of two solid colors. During competitive runs, vehicles mustoperate autonomously using only onboard equipment. A wireless link to a remote“basestation” computer is required, but only START and STOP commands can betransmitted to the vehicle during a competitive run. Between runs, teams can transmitanything they wish from their
screwdriver, tweezers, extra components. Wire kits are convenient • Students need a parts box (tackle box?) to organize their parts • If possible, take the analog course as a prerequisite or corequisite for this lab! • Having experience with PSpice is important • A variety of extra resistors, caps, etc so student can experimentc. What else can be done to improve the lab? • More detailed lectures and clearer goals • Have some teamwork early on so project might go smoother • A simpler circuit would be better even if it only picks up one station. Then, extra time could be used to improve the radio. • Many of the labs can be combined; don’t need two weeks for some of them • Students would learn a lot if short research
AC 2009-350: USING SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) TO DEMONSTRATECONCEPTS IN COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING COURSESSharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge Sharlene Katz is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she has been for over 25 years. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with B.S. (1975), M.S. (1976), and Ph.D. (1986) degrees in Electrical Engineering. Recently, her areas of research interest have been in engineering education techniques, software defined radio, and neural networks. Dr. Katz is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California.James
Paper ID #27206Systematic Analysis of Formative Feedback, Focus on Electrical EngineeringAssessmentsMiss Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto Bahar Memarian is a PhD candidate in Industrial Engineering and the Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education at University of Toronto, Canada. Her primary research interests are in Human Factors and Systems Engineering, specifically their application in Education (e.g. learning outcomes assessment, engineering problem solving). Before that, she completed her MASc. (2015) and BASc. (2012) in Electrical Engineering from University of Toronto.Dr. Susan McCahan, University of
Paper ID #25111Manual Analysis of Homework Coding Errors for Improved Teaching andHelpNabeel Alzahrani, University of California, Riverside Nabeel Alzahrani is a Computer Science Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and En- gineering at the University of California, Riverside. Nabeel’s research interests include causes of student struggle, and debugging methodologies, in introductory computer programming courses.Prof. Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside Frank Vahid is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Univ. of California, Riverside. His research interests include embedded
Electrical Engineer- ing. His Ph.D. was completed at the University of Arkansas in May 2017. At Arkansas Tech University, Matthew is focused on establishing research experiences in photovoltaics for undergraduate and graduate students and investigating new methods to enhance engineering education in the classroom.Dr. Edward Carl Greco Jr., Arkansas Tech University Dr. Greco is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with research interest in biomedi- cal signal processing. He teaches courses in digital systems, signals and systems, communications and biomedical signal processing.Dr. Scott Marks Jordan, Arkansas Tech UniversityDr. Thomas Galen Limperis, Arkansas Tech University c
’ participation and students’satisfaction level. Based on these and similar findings, many researchers have noted that it isimportant to identify student learning styles and adopt course design to accommodate thesestyles. For example, Michalski [21] addresses students’ learning styles in online learningenvironment and how to develop materials to accommodate different learning styles. The resultssuggested that before develop learning materials; instructors must know who their students learnand their learning styles. Other studies investigated the relationship between learning style andpreference for delivery mode such as learning through classroom, computer, video, print, oraudio-based delivery modes. For example, Buch and Bartley [22] examined learning
Paper ID #28579Bidirectional and Collaborative Feedback between Instructors andStudents for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)Prof. Jinhui Wang, University of South Alabama Dr. Jinhui Wang currently is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer En- gineering at University of South Alabama (USA). He is co-director of the Intelligent Multi-Level Power- Aware Circuits and sysTems (IMPACT) Lab. His research interests include VLSI, Neuromorphic Com- puting Hardware, Emerging Memory Design, Cooling Technique for Electronic Devices, Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT, Electronic Subsystems for
computer engineering programs, and as an EAC evaluationteam chair, that many programs make ABET assessment much more difficult than it needs to be.ABET does not mandate that every course be assessed, or that assessments be done every year,or that outcomes be assessed at multiple levels of learning taxonomies, but only requires thatprograms clearly demonstrate that by the time of graduation, students have successfully met alllearning outcomes. While it is expected that some of the assessments will be objective ratherthan subjective, and it may be advisable to divide complex outcomes into smaller, more easilymeasurable, competencies, it is definitely not necessary to measure everything, all the time. Thisis particularly problematic for smaller
Paper ID #22805Evaluating the Effects of Highlighting Text Animations on the AttentionDistribution of Students with Math Learning DifficultiesMs. Shuang Wei, Purdue University, West Lafayette Shuang Wei is a Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University. She received her Master of Science degree from the same major and a Bachelor degree in digital media from Harbin Institute of Technology (China). Her research focuses on information visualization, human- computer interaction, and multimedia education.Ms. Qingli Lei, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Yingjie Chen, Purdue University
of student work are disclosed. An assessment of student attitudes and perceptions towards the VR class and lab was performed through pointed questionnaires, informal individual interviews, and discussions. Students claimed that they learned much, liked and appreciated most of the labs, and were proud of their projects. They mildly disliked that there was only one copy of the EON Professional software so they had to schedule their time on the machine including using TeamViewer, that the instruction book/manual was not available (discontinued), and that the software changed so quickly that some of the features stopped working from one release to another. However, they were not annoyed by the fact that the computer could not support 3D viewing
mathematics from Harding University. His primary research interest is in how to use machine learning in fully online and hybrid educational environments to understand students and improve their learning.Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Douglas is an Assistant Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on methods of assessment for large-scale learning environments.Mr. Tarun Yellamraju, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tarun Yellamraju is currently a PhD student in the school of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He received his Bachelor of Technology with Honors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology
from Old Dominion University and a B.S. in Elec- trical Engineering from Virginia Tech. His research interests include virtual reality, immersive learning and human-computer interaction.Ms. Katherine Smith, Old Dominion University Katherine Smith received B.S. degrees in applied mathematics and mechanical engineering from Old Dominion University and an M.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Old Dominion Uni- versity. Ms. Smith is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Old Dominion University and is pursuing a PhD in Modeling and Simulation. Her research interests include serious games for STEM education, scientific visualization, and augmented and virtual reality
content, therehas been a corresponding increase in the production and integration of online screencast tutorialsin higher education courses. Screencast tutorials are being used to provide and to supportinstruction at all grade levels (K-12 and college) in online and blended learning environments;we specifically focus on engineering in our study.The predominant use of online videos by engineering students has been to seek out specificcourse related tutorial videos to support their learning or to supplement content in traditionalteaching courses. However, the characteristics of an effective screencast tutorial for teachingpurposes are not well-defined (i.e., is it enough to work an example problem step-by-step in a 5to 15-minute video or record an
]. Available:http://www.learninghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/OCS-2016-Report.pdf [AccessedOct. 10, 2017]24. McKenzie, L. “Online, Cheap, -- and Elite.” Inside Higher Ed. (March 20, 2018) Retrievedfromhttps://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/03/20/analysis-shows-georgia-tech%E2%80%99s-online-masters-computer-science?mc_cid=fd0c322960&mc_eid=91a601b656[Accessed April 26, 2018]25. Goodman, J, Melkers, J., and Pallais, A. “An Elite Grad-School Degree Goes Online.”Education Next, Summer 2018. Vol. 18, No. 3. Retrieved fromhttp://educationnext.org/elite-grad-school-degree-goes-online-georgia-tech-virtual-masters-increase-access-education/ [Accessed April 26, 2018]26. Pryor, J.H., Eagan, K., Palucki Blake, L., Hurtado, S
Paper ID #26289Digital Teaching and Learning Projects in Engineering Education at Technis-che Universit¨at BerlinMr. Florian Schmidt, TU Berlin Florian Schmidt is a research associate at the chair Complex and Distributed IT-Systems from the TU Berlin, Germany. He finished his M. Sc. Computer Science at TU Berlin in 2015 and his B. Sc. Computer Science at the Leibniz Universit¨at Hannover in 2012. His main research focus is anomaly detection algo- rithms for high-frequent data streams. More details: http://www.user.tu-berlin.de/flohannes/florianschmidtDr. Franz-Josef Schmitt, Technische Universit¨at Berlin Dr. Schmitt is
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW2011). London: Springer, pp. 405-416.[3] Lee, J.-H., Mraz, R., Zakzanis, K. K., Black, S. E., Snyder, P. J., Kim, S. I. and Graham, S. J. (2005). “Spatial Ability and Navigation Learning in a Virtual City”. Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine 3, pp.151-158.[4] Schmalstieg, D. and Hollerer, T. (2016). Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice. Boston: Addison-Wesley Professional.[5] FitzGerald, E., Adams, A., Ferguson, R., Gaved, M., Mor, Y. and Thomas, R. (2012). “Augmented Reality and Mobile Learning: The State of the Art”. 11th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2012), 16-18 October 2012, Helsinki, Finland.[6] Radu, J. (2014). “Augmented reality in
technology extends far beyond the workplace and she studies Geographic Information Science and Technology at the University of Southern California currently, and enjoys learning new ap- plications that can enhance her photography, music, and art and craft interests. In addition, she enjoys traveling to far away places and is an avid archaeology enthusiast, actively participating on an excavation team and performing research in the Golan Heights region of Israel for the past four years.Mrs. Shahra Meshkaty, University of San Diego Shahra Meshkaty is the Sr. Director of Academic Technology Services at USD, where she oversees the desktop, helpdesk, instructional support, media services, labs and academic systems support. Shahra
- nology of China. His Current research interests include Microsoft Kinect, Computer Vision, Educational Laboratories, Desktop Virtual Reality and etc.Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Yizhe Chang is currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering Department, Stevens Institute of Technology. He received his B.Eng. from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. His current research topics include virtual environment for assembly simulation and collaborative system for engineering education.Dr. Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science) Sven Esche is a tenured Associate Professor who serves as the Associate Director and Director of Graduate
Paper ID #15429Design and Implementation of GIS Virtual Learning Environments for Inter-active Visualization Using Desktop Virtual Reality (VR) & iSpaceProf. Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology) Magesh Chandramouli is an Asst. Professor in Computer Graphics Techology at Purdue University, Calumet. Earlier, he was a Frederick Andrews Fellow at Purdue University, West Lafayette, where he completed his doctoral studies. He received Master of Science degree from the University of Cal- gary, MEng from the National University of Singapore, and BE degree from the College of Engineering
in his field and gave presentations at various national and international conferences.Dr. Christian Rogers, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Christian Rogers, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Computer Graphics Technology at Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and a former Lecturer in Visual Communication Technology at Bowling Green State University. His research interests focus on experiential learning and pervasive technology to educate in the STEM fields and media theory.Dr. Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Eugenia Fernandez is an Associate Professor of Computer and Information Technology and Chair of the Department of Computer
reduces the workload on the faculty and teaching assistantfor the course. Overall, students have had a positive experience with the program and feel that ithas helped them improve their abilities in Excel.In the future, the program could be implemented across the campus in the Info SystemsEssentials course, a general technology education for the college The program has beendiscussed with a couple of professors who teach that course and they expressed interest inpotentially using the program in their course.References [1] T. G. Hill, "MEAGER: MICROSOFT EXCEL AUTOMATED GRADER*," Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 18, pp. 151-164, 2003.[2] D. M. Kline and T. N. Janicki, "Enhancing Economics and Finance Learning through
bachelor’s in computer engineering and mathematics from Harding University. His primary research interest is in how to use machine learning in fully online and hybrid educational environments to understand students and improve their learning.Dr. Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Douglas is an Assistant Professor in the Purdue School of Engineering Education. Her research is focused on improving methods of assessment in large learning environments to foster high-quality learning opportunities. Additionally, she studies techniques to validate findings from machine-generated educational data.Prof. Peter Bermel, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of
learnerinteraction and provide a space for social learning. Some MOOC platforms, such as FutureLearn,are intentionally designed for social learning and encourage the use of discussion forums forlearner-to-learner interaction. Other MOOC platform, such as EdX, focus more on presentingdiscussion forums primarily as a tool for asking questions. This study compared how learnersenrolled in computer programming courses use discussion forums on these two different MOOCplatforms. Each course had approximately 4700 learners who enrolled. Open coding was used toanalyze the nature of the posts in the discussion forums, and subsequent analysis was done basedon the categorization of each discussion thread. From the results, we found more participation interms of the
Paper ID #26251A Comparative Analysis on the Engineer of 2020 - A Holistic REU ProgramMrs. Kristen Booth, North Carolina State University Kristen Booth is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and PhD candidate with a focus in Power Electron- ics within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She graduated from NCSU with a Master of Science in 2017 and Murray State University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 2015. Kristen’s research interests include electrical engineering education, medium frequency transformer optimization, and electric vehicle fast charger
Technology Officer, at UT Brownsville, he implemented state of the art networking using campus wide fiber ring with redundant links. He established diskless computer labs to provide uniform computing platform across campus, and modernized classrooms to make them congenial to online learning. He was the PI on NSF funded BCEIL (Beowulf-based Curriculum Enrichment Integrated Laboratory) and Co-PI on NSF funded MCALL (Multimedia based Computer Assisted Learning Lab).Dr. Hansheng Lei c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A Holistic Approach for Enhancing Distributed Education with Multi-Campus Course Delivery MethodsAbstractTo create an emerging teaching and