Conference Session

Technical Session 5c

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Deana R. Delp, Arizona State University

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section

2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20688Where Resources End and Teaching Begins: Experience with Students withAutism Spectrum Disorders in the Freshman Engineering CurriculumDeana R. Delp, Arizona State University Deana R. Delp has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. She is currently a lecturer at Arizona State University for Engineering Academic and Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. She has previous industry experience as a systems engineer for General Dynam- ics Mission Systems, and as a research

Conference Session

Technical Session 2d

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Andrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Pacific Southwest Section

10 week, hands-on, extra-curricularworkshop, taught by upper division students, that gives lower division students an exciting introduction topractical skills in the fields of Engineering, Robotics, and Marine Technology. The aim of this workshopis to guide students through a design, build and test cycle of an ultra-low cost underwater roboticsplatform- the BudgetROV. This workshop involves CAD design, machining, soldering, andprogramming at an introductory level appropriate to lower division students across all engineeringdisciplines. In this paper, we describe the curriculum for this workshop and discuss student feedback thatsuggests the workshop will help students find further project opportunities (such as summer internships)and will

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Brandon J Leung, San Jose State University; Yuting Huang, Canada College; Fernando Lorenzo, 3D Convenience; Sergio Rodriguez-Reyes, San Jose State University; Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley; ali attaran; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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Pacific Southwest Section

-time faculty and over 25 part-time faculty since 2009.Prof. Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University Hamid Shahnasser received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, MS degree in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and his Ph.D. from Drexel University Pennsylvania. He is currently a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Francisco State University and the Engineering graduate program coordinator. His areas of interest are communication networks and computer systems. Dr. Shahnasser has been a research faculty consultant to NASA Ames Research Center projects since 1990 and has collaborated on several research grants with