Conference Session

Technical Session V

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University

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metal concentrations in water supplies in developing nations. In addition toconnecting students to a relevant real-world problem, this project connected the students tojunior ECE students designing key circuits and subsystems and to researchers in the Chemistrydepartment studying detection methods and other aspects of this global problem [9]-[10].Starting from the system design of Figure 2 and customer requirements related to measuringsample contamination, the first-year students were tasked with developing the user interface andrelated control signals to operate the spectrophotometer with an Arduino Uno and LCD shield.Figure 2: Spectrophotometer circuit designed and constructed at Norwich. Keysubsystems/functions of the circuit (right) are

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rod B. Foist, California Baptist University; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Timothy Gage, California Baptist University; Seth Truitt, California Baptist University; Matthias Hans Schmidt

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are exposed to lab projects using visual feedbackstrategic use of laboratory projects—to enhance student (LEDs and LCDs) in all four years—but with morelearning and better prepare graduates for new challenges. complexity introduced in each year.The viewpoint given is that a good engineer must not only In this paper, and a companion paper, we present ourbecome knowledgeable in certain content areas (components, own design of two new (first-year) lab projects (within thelearned in individual courses), but also be able to apply and video/image theme). Specifically, this paper reports on theintegrate that content to solve complex, real-world problems use of a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based(or

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Timothy Gage, California Baptist University; Seth Truitt, California Baptist University; Matthias Hans Schmidt

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that content to solve complex, real-world problems voltage values shown on a liquid crystal display (LCD). The(or challenges). companion paper presents the design of a Field- Chu’s work is motivated by an earlier 5-year study of Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based embeddedengineering education [2] which found a deficiency in the processor to control an LCD. Both projects can include asoldering tutorial/review session—and simple videos were Programmable System-on-Chip (PSoC) technology,made to illustrate soldering of the voltmeter components. described below. Overall, we found that students really enjoyed creatinghands-on lab projects that

Conference Session

Technical Session II

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Tiago R Forin, Rowan University

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over time and how the field impacts the world around them. These assignments aregrounded in real people and events so that students can make relations between what they seeand experience to what they are researching. These assignments are also further aligned with thematerials taught in Freshmen Course so students feel that they are not just doing busy work butare exploring another facet of the materials they have in class. This paper intends to show howeach assignment was structured for their initial use in Freshmen Course.Assignment Overview These three assignments are intended for a first-year level course, known as FreshmenCourse. At Rowan University, Freshmen Course is the first in a series of similar courses wherestudents are able

Conference Session

Technical Session I

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

departments in the college for potential implementation. 6. Engineering Themed Expositions Expositions are one-day events centered on a specific engineering discipline. During the event students learn about major course requirements, potential careers and college research. Students can network with faculty who teach courses in their major and interact with professionals within the students’ potential career field.If students have a sense of belonging, educational attainment becomes priority (Evans, Forney,Patton, & Renn, 2010). Corporate and college faculty partnerships provide students with theknowledge of potential engineering career paths in the real world and to conceptualize theirindividual role and future contributions

Conference Session

Technical Session VIII

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University

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, anddiscussion on the broader applications. The result of the debriefing process is that learnersdiscover meaningful connections between the activity and their own lives, thus increasing thelearning that occurs [13]. Kolb describes the learning process as one where knowledge is createdthrough a transformation of experience where learners first have a concrete experience, reflect onthat experience, relate the concepts in the experience to previously learned concepts, and makeconnections of the experience to the real world [14]. There are a number of approaches todebriefing that have been used throughout the years. Some have argued that a scaffoldedfacilitated approach to debriefing is required, where reflection facilitation starts on the lowestlevel of