Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 4: Student-centered Learning and Teaching Methodologies

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Phan, University of California, San Diego; Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego

oral exams are effective as a form of evaluation, students may miss onlearning opportunities that come with oral exams while studying using strategies meant fortraditional written exams. In this paper, we study how homework preparation (videoassignments) can play a role in impacting student performance outcomes in oral examinations.We report on results from two engineering courses conducting oral examinations and analyze thecorrelation between student completion of video assignments and exam outcomes. Preliminaryresults show a correlation in better examination scores with students that consistently completedthe video assignments as a part of their preparation for the oral exam. Students that completedthe video assignments were able to better

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ahmed Azam

cloudservices while evading some of the disadvantages. Hybrid models could provideincreased flexibility and scalability using fewer resources, yet still comes with concernsabout privacy and security [5].Finding ways to save money is important to any organization and businesses faceeconomic and market changes that often prove difficult if not impossible toforecast. This tends to leave companies susceptible to swings in demand and eitherunder- or over-investment in IT. Finding more effective and less expensive tools to do thejob is a main goal for every organization. Cloud computing is a new approach to IT thatisn't just a cost of doing business but potentially something more [6].The ideal cloud model for DeVry to implement would be hybrid cloud

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Throne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

2006-1141: DEVELOPING MODELS AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIRLIMITATIONSRobert Throne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Robert D. Throne is currently an Associate Professor in the ECE department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He was in the EE department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for ten years prior to moving to Rose-Hulman. His interests are in control systems and the solution of inverse problems. Page 11.443.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Developing Models and Understanding Their LimitationsAbstract Students often do not appreciate the difference

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #11

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamar Niyaz, Purdue University Northwest; Jansen Tan, Purdue University Northwest; Divya Ravindra, Purdue University Northwest; Sidike Paheding, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Javaid, The University of Toledo

time. The reasons for the occurrence of these vulnerabilities are the complex OS code and itssupport for concurrent trusted/non-trusted processes. Another significant issue is the lack ofdiscussion on security aspects when OS courses are taught in computer science (CS) and computerengineering (CE) curriculum. The emphasis is given to process scheduling, memory management,concurrency control, and I/O handling. The discussion on security is deferred for security courses,which are offered at senior undergraduate or graduate level. This approach limits the practices ofsecure system development that encourages inclusion of security measures at the inception stageof system development. Therefore, it is important for CS/CE students that they should

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander M. Wyglinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Daniel J. Cullen

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

22.502.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Digital Communication Systems Education via Software-Defined Radio Experimentation Alexander M. Wyglinski, Di Pu, Daniel J. Cullen Wireless Innovation Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 01609-2280, USA alexw@ece.wpi.eduAbstractIn this paper, we present an educational approach that employs “hands-on” software-definedradio experimentation in the instruction of digital communication systems theory to

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Miguel Alfonso Nino, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Kimberly Monique Holmes, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

national coach and mentor for prospective and current graduate students at universities outside of Maryland through invited participation at STEM conferences such as GEM, NSBE, SACNAS, SHPE, and AISES. She is a former Board Member of the Northeastern Associ- ation of Graduate Schools and currently serves as a Liaison for Institutional Collaboration in the Chan- cellor’s Office at the Universidad Metropolitana in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition to her affiliations in Maryland, she is a member of the ”Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT) Engineering Research Center faculty” at Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh, an MIT MSRP advisor, and member of the MIT Deeper Engagement Working Group. She is Co-PI of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David H. Hoe, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

introduce our students to the design of reconfigurable logic and togive undergraduate students the opportunity to do research in the extremely active area of FPGAdesign.The University of Texas at Tyler currently has an FPGA Design class that exists as a seniorelective in the electrical engineering curriculum. The class introduces the students to the processof FPGA design, from coding in the high-level descriptor language VHDL to using the tools tosynthesize and debug a design. However, actual research in this area had been restricted tograduate students. This paper describes an effort that began two summers ago to involveundergraduate students in FPGA research at our institution. Other institutions have reported thebenefits of introducing FPGA

Conference Session

Technical Session 2a

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Dean Arakaki, Cal Poly State University

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Pacific Southwest Section

biology and physics students and faculty. He is interested in developing methods (e.g. the inverted classroom) to enhance the learning experience for EE students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Lecture Videos for Electromagnetics Classes at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo AbstractThe electromagnetics course sequence in the Electrical Engineering (EE) curriculum atCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) is a rigorous subjectthat suffers from limited student interest and motivation. To remedy this problem, a set of lecturevideos (mp4 files stored on dropbox.com) complete with concept presentations, exampleproblem solution methods, dynamic field animations, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of Montana; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, blended, and adaptive settings on how well engineer- ing students learn content, develop group-work skills and perceive their learning environment. He has written more than 115 refereed technical papers, and his opinion editorials have appeared in the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Tribune, and the Chronicle Vitae.Dr. Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida Dr. Ali Yalcin received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rut- gers University, New Brunswick New Jersey in 1995, 1997 and 2000. He is currently an Associate Pro- fessor at the University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, and an Associate Faculty member of the Center for Urban

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca K. Toghiani; Donald O. Hill; Craig Wierenga; Hossein Toghiani

Session 3413 Enhancement of Instrumentation and Process Control Studies at the Undergraduate Level Hossein Toghiani1, R.K. Toghiani1, Donald O. Hill1, Craig Wierenga2 Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University1/ Sagian, Inc.2Introduction Process instrumentation and control has been an integral component of the chemicalengineering curriculum for the better part of three decades. However, the changes that haveoccurred in instrumentation and automated control during the past decade are significant. Manydepartments have been faced with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Dean, STEMWorks, LLC; James Van Haneghan, STEMWorks, LLC; Susan Pruet, STEMWorks, LLC; James Duke, STEMWorks, LLC.

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #33741with a private weather firm in Houston, TX, Mr. Duke returned to Mobile and began teaching high schoolmathematics. While teaching high school, he enrolled in the Alternative Masters Program at USA andearned a master’s degree in Mathematics Education and his teaching certificate in the state of Alabama. Heis currently in his twentieth year at Davidson High School in Mobile teaching AP Statistics, AP Calculus,and AP Physics and recently became a National Board Certified Teacher. For the past seven summers,Mr. Duke has work the the JROTC program for Mobile County Public Schools and STEMWorks, LLC. todevelop curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; William Peeples, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

increasing importance of renewable energy, solar cell manufacture is an appropriatetopic for the Engineering technology curriculum. We described several senior design projectsthat gave students hands-on experience with solar cell quality issues that could be addressed withmodern methods such as machine vision, image processing, and robotics. The senior designproject at Drexel University addresses this issue and encourages students to investigate inpossible methods for building quality solar energy efficient systems. It presents a non-contact-based approach to assess certain performance methods and characteristics of a solar cell of solarcells by using E-Quality and image processing. This project is an introductory step to a largerscale mission to

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

(TSSIT) design-build-test experience from project conception and requirementsdefinition through flight testing and post-flight redesign work. In particular, the paper evaluateshow the C-9 project enabled S3FL students to apply classroom knowledge in a real-world,interdisciplinary setting, to experience working through a complete design cycle, and to developa systems engineering mindset.1.0 IntroductionThe Tethered SATellite Testbed (TSATT), currently being developed by the University of Page 12.1065.2Michigan’s Student Space Systems Fabrication Laboratory (S3FL), is being designed to evaluateformation flying and automated rendezvous and docking

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7714Key Aspects of Cyberlearning Resources with Compelling ResultsMrs. Jeremi S London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi S. London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursing a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue, and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue in 2013. Her research interests include: the use of cyber- learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; assessing the impact of cyberlearning; and exploring ways computer simulations can be used to

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathaniel Blalock, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Alexis Rae Walsh, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Daniel Patrick Mountain, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Sarah Emily Norris; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Student

, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Data Analysis. 1Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom: SAGE PublicationsLtd, 2014.[12] H.-F. Hsieh and S. E. Shannon, “Three Approaches to Qualitative ContentAnalysis,” Qual Health Res, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 1277–1288, Nov. 2005, doi:10.1177/1049732305276687.[13] M. Borrego, E. P. Douglas, and C. T. Amelink, “Quantitative, Qualitative, andMixed Research Methods in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education,vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 53–66, 2009, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01005.x.[14] J. Saldaña, The coding manual for qualitative researchers, 2nd ed. Los Angeles:SAGE, 2013.[15] C. J. Faber et al., “Undergraduate engineering students’ perceptions of research

Conference Session

Investigations Using Calculus Courses

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University

' Riemann Integral Definition Knowledge by Using APOS Theory,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, paper ID# 14461, 2016.2. Piaget, J., and Garcia, R. (1989). Psychogenesis and the history of science (H. Feider, Trans.). New York: Columbia University Press. (Original work published in 1983).3. Asiala, M., Brown, A., DeVries, D. J., Dubinsky, E., Mathews, D., and Thomas K. (1996). A framework for research and curriculum development in undergraduate mathematics education. In J. Kaput, A. H. Schoenfeld, and E. Dubinsky (Eds.), Research in collegiate mathematics education II (pp. 1-32). Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society and Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.4. Piaget, J., J.-B. Grize, A., Szeminska, and V

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Aufderheide, Hampton University; Makeda Alethea Wilkes

asperturbations to the system that may have moved it to a new operating region.Proposed Chemical Engineering CurriculumThe authors provided an outline of their chemical engineering curriculum in [9]. It can besummarized as an abbreviated first exam on linear control theory covering Laplace Domain to getto what are process zeros and their importance on dynamic responses and process poles determineprocess time constants. Then applying controller direct synthesis to see how right half plane zeroscannot be canceled, and that controller affects primarily closed loop poles or eigenvalues. Thesecond exam is on nonlinear control of a single input single output process using internal modelbased PID controller tuning. Large set point changes and other disturbances

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West Lafayette (Network for Computational Nanotechnology); William Ashwin Wheeler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Paper ID #21908Measuring Student Learning of Crystal Structures Using Computer-basedVisualizationsDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is a Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment in the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materi- als science tools.Dr. Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, West

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Srboljub R. Masala; Kevin W. Biggar; Colin Geissler

geotechnical curriculum of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Albertahas a significant laboratory component, in which students must conduct a variety of soil tests tofulfil course requirements. The intention is to make them familiar with the most often usedexperimental tools in geotechnical engineering, and to establish an understanding of the role andbenefits of experimental work for their future professional practice.Problems that are recently faced at the Department are probably typical for many colleges anduniversities offering geotechnical programs: with increasing number of undergraduate students(60 – 90 per class) there is less laboratory space, equipment and time to allow each student toparticipate actively in all laboratory

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Predrag T. Tosic, University of Idaho; Julie Beeston, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

& engineering students to reason formally about programs, computations and systems, one maywell improve his or her student evaluation scores, as well as become “better liked” by thosestudents looking for an easy way out. To do that, however, would be a betrayal to the profession,and ultimately also a let-down to those very same students, especially in today’s highly competitiveworld of high-tech and global competition for the top engineering and computing talent. Ensuringthat the core learning outcomes and objectives are met, therefore, must remain a “hard constraint”imposed on any curriculum and/or teaching methodology changes to how one delivers the theoryof computing content to today’s undergraduate students in general, and to aspiring

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Sam B Siewert, California State University, Chico

. In 2020, Dr. Siewert joined California State University Chico to teach computer science as full-time faculty and he continues in an adjunct professor role at University of Colorado Boulder. Research interests include real-time systems, interactive systems, machine vision and machine learning applied to sensor networks, sensor fusion, and instrumentation. Dr. Siewert is a co-founder of the Embedded Systems Engineering graduate program at the University of Colorado and is a graduate curriculum committee chair at California State Chico. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preparing Students to Master Hybrid and Co-Processing Methods for High Performance

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard B. Mindek

-learn fundamental PLC operation. The purpose of this paper to describe the work recentlycompleted in this area at Western New England College, report on the use of the platform at the graduatelevel, as well as present future plans to incorporate it within the undergraduate engineering curriculum.2.0 Basic Components of the PLC PlatformIn order to give students an opportunity to experience how computer automation and control isaccomplished in a manufacturing environment, a demonstration apparatus was built containing actuationand sensing devices, a computer interface, feedback control, and an Allen Bradley MicroLogix 1500programmable logic controller. This platform can be utilized by the instructor in a classroomenvironment for demonstration

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard B. Mindek

-learn fundamental PLC operation. The purpose of this paper to describe the work recentlycompleted in this area at Western New England College, report on the use of the platform at the graduatelevel, as well as present future plans to incorporate it within the undergraduate engineering curriculum.2.0 Basic Components of the PLC PlatformIn order to give students an opportunity to experience how computer automation and control isaccomplished in a manufacturing environment, a demonstration apparatus was built containing actuationand sensing devices, a computer interface, feedback control, and an Allen Bradley MicroLogix 1500programmable logic controller. This platform can be utilized by the instructor in a classroomenvironment for demonstration

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Richard B. Mindek

-learn fundamental PLC operation. The purpose of this paper to describe the work recentlycompleted in this area at Western New England College, report on the use of the platform at the graduatelevel, as well as present future plans to incorporate it within the undergraduate engineering curriculum.2.0 Basic Components of the PLC PlatformIn order to give students an opportunity to experience how computer automation and control isaccomplished in a manufacturing environment, a demonstration apparatus was built containing actuationand sensing devices, a computer interface, feedback control, and an Allen Bradley MicroLogix 1500programmable logic controller. This platform can be utilized by the instructor in a classroomenvironment for demonstration

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Guangming Yao, Clarkson University; Kelly Black, University of Georgia; Michael W. Ramsdell, Clarkson University; Matthew K. Voigt, San Diego State University; Kalani Kithuliya Rubasinghe Kattadige, Clarkson University; Wen Li, University of California, Los Angeles

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Educational Research and Methods

and their applications. She has served as a reviewer for Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Journal of Credit Risk, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Ap- plied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Mathematics and Computation and many others. Professor Yao organized regional mathematics conference, the Mathematics Conference and Competition of Northern New York (MCCNNY), for undergraduate and graduate students since 2014 at Clarkson (once every two years). She served as faculty advisor for McNair Program, honors program at Clarkson, and advised many students through direct studies. She also published over a dozen peer reviewed journal

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Continuing Professional Development

evaluation of performance by respected academic peers.These traditional values have limited use of current trends in faculty leadership in SOES-l).What is needed is a new recognition of the scholarship of engineering that contrasts and valuesfaculty’s progressive proficiency levels and progressive skill-sets of professional performance inadvancing the practice of engineering as compared to scientific research in engineering theory.IntroductionAccording to Keating, et al.1, social science models of engagement and outreach do not fitprofessional disciplines such as engineering and technology robustly. For engineering andtechnology programs, the scholarship of engagement and outreach is of necessity focused onfaculty’s interaction with industry as well

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald W. Recktenwald, Portland State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

power control or fan speed control is required. Students in an instrumentation or controlscourse could use the USB interface to the Arduino to collect data and/or reprogram the Arduino toperform feedback control.Six of the devices with varying sized heat sinks were used in a trial homework assignment in anundergraduate heat transfer course with 75 students in Spring 2015 and in another section of thesame course with 57 students in Winter 2016. At this point, we have no quantitative assessmentdata.OverviewThough laboratory exercises are a standard part of an engineering curriculum, there are a widevariety of ways that labs can be implemented. In recent years a number of simple experimentshave been developed that help to make laboratory

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Boucher; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

School of Computer Science and Louisiana State University in Engineering Shreveport Utah Valley State College Shreveport, LA 71115 Orem, Utah 84058Abstract Since our schools do not offer an engineering program, we teach robotic technology withinour computer science curriculum. In the process of teaching robotics technology to students at agraduate or undergraduate level, it becomes necessary to synchronize more than one robotic armfor the purpose of demonstrating the interaction between robots commonly found in industrialsettings. There are several approaches to doing this. The simplest approach is to connect the

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Stephen Boedo

, beam structural elements are often a critical design component,and it is not surprising that beam stresses and deflections are fundamental course topics inall undergraduate mechanical and civil engineering degree programs. In the MechanicalEngineering Department at RIT, students are introduced to beam bending and deflectionin a second-year strength of materials course (MECE 203). The approach is a traditionalone, starting with pure beam bending, followed with transverse loading leading to theconstruction of shear-moment diagrams. Torsion of beams of circular cross-section isalso covered. The discussion concludes with the derivation of beam deflection usingEuler-Bernoulli beam theory assuming uniform flexural rigidity. Laboratory

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Waleed K. Al-Assadi; Scott Smith

, clocked approach, including the increasing difficulty of clock distribution, increasing clock rates, decreasing feature size, increasing power consumption, timing closure effort, and difficulty with design reuse. Asynchronous circuits require less power, generate less noise, produce less electro-magnetic interference (EMI), and allow for easier reuse of components, compared to their synchronous counterparts, without compromising performance. In most Computer Engineering curricula students are only taught the synchronous, clocked paradigm, and never even touch on asynchronous digital design. Those curricula that do mention asynchronous design do so only in passing; the students are not taught how to design asynchronous circuits. The widespread