2006-1391: CONNECTING STUDENTS TO PROGRAMMING PROJECTS:AUDIO-BASED PROJECTS FOR DATA STRUCTURESJohn Lusth, University of Arkansas Dr. John Lusth is an Associate Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His research interests are quantum-scale computing and freshman/sophomore Computer Science education. Page 11.353.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006
. His research interests include Computer Extension and Analysis of Perturbation Series, Scheduling Algorithms, and Computers in Education. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in data communications, operating systems, and computer algorithms. He is a member of ACM and ASEE.Mohammad Dadfar, Bowling Green State University Page 12.803.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 High Performance Computing Student Projects Hassan Rajaei and Mohammad B. Dadfar Department of Computer Science
year so the robots also change.BEST is a volunteer, non-profit organization that must raise the money to support thegame and pay for the kits. The robots in the BEST competitions have been remotecontrolled type robots. The returnable kits are used each year and consist of the remotecontrol system with motors and servos. For some time, the BEST organization hasconsidered moving to a quasi-autonomous robot with microprocessor control. However,no systems have been found to meet the BEST requirements specifically in regard to cost,ease of use, ruggedness and reliability. The ECE Department at TTU has, for a number ofyears, used robotics projects with embedded microprocessors as an integral part of theproject laboratory program. The development of
AC 2007-1692: MANAGEMENT AND ARCHIVAL FOR PROJECT-BASEDCOURSESPromiti Dutta, Columbia UniversityAlexander Haubold, Columbia University Page 12.1029.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Management and Archival for Project-Based CoursesAbstract:The use of the World Wide Web has become very common as a teaching tool in courses. Itserves as a paperless studio for both instructors and students. The use of this tool helps reducethe cost of a course tremendously for both parties as it reduces paper consumption and the cost oftextbooks. In this paper, we examine the effective usages of database driven web portals for usein a first-year engineering design course
AC 2008-2097: DEVELOPMENT OF ENGAGING PROJECTS FOR EMBEDDEDAPPLICATIONSJeff Wiegley, California State University-Northridge Page 13.430.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Development of Engaging Projects for Embedded ApplicationsAbstractIn response to results from assessment activities and the growing industrial de-mand for small, portable embedded devices, CSU Northridge added a course inEmbedded Applications to its Computer Science undergraduate and graduate cur-riculum in 2004. The purpose of the course is to cover theoretical and practicaltopics that address the unique challenges that small, low cost, specialized hardwarepresents to software engineers. Course
Paper ID #18885Mechanical Vibrations Modal Analysis Project with ArduinosDr. Joseph Michael Mahoney, Penn State Berks Dr. Joseph Mahoney is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Berks. He re- ceived both his BS (with Honors) and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics also from Penn State. His research is broadly in the area of Biomechanics. His teaching is in Statics, System Dynamics, Vibrations and Video Game Design. He is a member of ASB has reviewed for International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Ergonomics, and Safety and
AC 2007-372: VHDL PROJECTS TO REINFORCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURECLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONRonald Hayne, The Citadel Ronald J. Hayne, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Citadel. His professional areas of interest are digital systems and hardware description languages. He is a retired Army officer with experience in academics and Defense laboratories. Page 12.1588.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 VHDL Projects to Reinforce Computer Architecture Classroom InstructionAbstractExploration of various
Paper ID #22639ROS as an Undergraduate Project-based Learning EnablerDr. Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania Stephen Wilkerson (swilkerson@ycp.edu) received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 in Mechanical Engineering. His Thesis and initial work was on underwater explosion bubble dynamics and ship and submarine whipping. After graduation he took a position with the US Army where he has been ever since. For the first decade with the Army he worked on notable programs to include the M829A1 and A2 that were first of a kind composite saboted munition. His travels have taken him to Los
AC 2007-2528: MICROPROCESSOR BASED, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMGUIDED ROBOT IN A PROJECT LABORATORYMichael Parten, Texas Tech UniversityMichael Giesselmann, Texas Tech University Page 12.1066.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007I. Introduction Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students have a need to be able todesign and build systems with embedded microprocessors. They also need to be able tobecome familiar with different processors. There are many different ways to teachmicroprocessors and their applications. The objective, in this case, is to have the studentsdesign and develop a system using a microprocessor they have not seen before. In thisway
AC 2008-2360: UTILIZING ROBOTICS TO FACILITATE PROJECT-BASEDLEARNING: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVEAnthony Reed, Louisiana Tech University Anthony Reed is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech University majoring in biomedical engineering. He graduated from a residential high school in Louisiana and plans to pursue a career in medicine after graduating.Taylor Creekbaum, Louisiana Tech University Taylor Creekbaum is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech University majoring in biomedical engineering. He graduated from the same residential high school as Anthony Reed, and he has a special interest in computer applications.Matthew Elliott, Louisiana Tech University Matthew Elliott is a freshman at Louisiana Tech
AC 2008-2818: A PROCESSOR DESIGN PROJECT FOR A FIRST COURSE INCOMPUTER ORGANIZATIONMichael Black, American University Page 13.86.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Processor Design Project for a First Course in Computer OrganizationAbstractAlthough many of today’s students are savvy computer users, paradoxically they often findcomputer design abstract and difficult to visualize. To make the material more tangible, we havedeveloped a novel three part term project that requires students to develop and simulate their ownprocessor. Students work in teams to devise and encode their own instruction set, design adatapath and
AC 2009-1982: MASTERY PROJECTS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE ROBOTSTUDY TEAM: A CASE STUDYDavid Ahlgren, Trinity College David J. Ahlgren is Karl W. Hallden Professor of Engineering at Trinity College. He holds the B.S. from Trinity College, M.S. from Tulane University, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His professional interests include semiconductor electronics, simulation and modeling, and educational robotics.Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Igor M. Verner is Associate Professor at the Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Mathematics from the
AC 2009-1335: A MICROPROCESSOR-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECTFOR AN INTEGRATED FRESHMAN CURRICULUMMichael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech UniversityDavis Harbour, Louisiana Tech UniversityHisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech UniversityDanny Eddy, Louisiana Tech University Page 14.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Microprocessor-Based Control System Project for Integrated Freshman CurriculumAbstractA project has been developed and implemented in which the temperature and salinity arecontrolled in a small volume of water which is circulated using a small pump. A conductivitysensor measures salinity, and a Resistance Temperature Device (RTD
2006-12: A CLASS PROJECT FOR LOW-POWER CACHE MEMORYARCHITECTUREYul Chu, Mississippi State University Page 11.14.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Class Project for Low-Power Cache Memory ArchitectureAbstract This paper presents a class project for a graduate-level computer architecture course. The goalof the project is to let students (two or three students per team) understand the concept ofcomputer hardware and how to design a simple low-power cache memory for future processors.The project consists of three different tasks: 1) Design - Designing a low-power cache memory(instruction or data) at the abstract level after literature research; 2) Code
lofty goal becomes difficult to effectively implement inpractice. This paper reviews several approaches and environments for operating systemsprogramming projects. A new approach involving Linux kernel modules and source codereading is described as a means to supplement other programming projects.IntroductionIn an operating systems class, we want students to gain an understanding of the internal datastructures and algorithms used in real operating systems. As such, operating systems classesalways include a heavy lecture component to expound on such topics as common operatingsystems architectures, device and I/O management, process management, memory management,synchronization, and file system management. However, lectures alone are not able to
Paper ID #19308Using IR Cameras beyond outreach: motivational projects for engineeringstudentsDr. Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming Cameron H. G. Wright, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer En- gineering at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. He was previously Professor and Deputy De- partment Head in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the United States Air Force Academy, and served as an R&D engineering officer in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. He received the B.S.E.E. (summa cum laude) from Louisiana Tech University in 1983, the M.S.E.E. from
Science.Dr. Yujian Fu P.E., Alabama A&M University Dr. Yujian Fu is a professor of computer science department at Alabama A&M University. Her research interests fall in formal verification of cyber-physical systems, behavioral analysis of mobile security, soft- ware architecture and design analysis of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. Her projects are supported by NSF, Air Force, and DoD. She has several publications regarding research and educational projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 2019 ASEE Conference Supporting Object-Oriented Design Learning Outcome Using Android Development
Paper ID #24774Project-based Robotics Courses for the Students of Mechanical EngineeringTechnologyDr. Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, CUNY New York City College of Technology, 186 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Email: Zhzhang@citytech.cuny.eduDr. Andy Zhang, New York City College of Technology Dr. Andy S. Zhang received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 1995. He is currently the program director of a mechatronics project in the New York City College of Technology/CUNY. For the past 15 years, Dr. Zhang has been
Paper ID #30573CODE HARDENING: DEVELOPMENT OF A REVERSE SOFTWARE EN-GINEERING PROJECTMr. Zachary Michael Steudel, Baylor University Zachary Steudel is a Junior Computer Science student at Baylor University working as a Teaching Assis- tant under Ms. Cynthia C. Fry. As part of the Teaching Assistant role, Zachary designed and created the group project for the Computer Systems course. Zachary Steudel worked as a Software Developer Intern at Amazon in the Summer of 2019 and plans to join Microsoft as a Software Engineering Intern in the Summer of 2020.Ms. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University CYNTHIA C. FRY is currently a Senior
Paper ID #27373Implementation of Project Based Learning in an After School ProgramDr. Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Dr. Afrin Naz is an assistant professor at the Computer Science and Information Systems department at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. She is working with high school teachers to inspire the K-12 students to the STEM fields. In last four years Dr. Naz and her team launched six workshops for high school teachers. Currently her team is training the high school teachers to offer online materials to supplement their face-to-face classroom.Ms. Jordan Nicole Bowen
Paper ID #30526REVERSE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: A SOPHOMORE-LEVEL PROJECTIN COMPUTERSYSTEMSMs. Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University CYNTHIA C. FRY is currently a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science at Baylor University. She worked at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center as a Senior Project Engineer, a Crew Training Manager, and the Science Operations Director for STS-46. She was an Engineering Duty Officer in the U.S. Navy (IRR), and worked with the Naval Maritime Intelligence Center as a Scientific/Technical Intelligence Analyst. She was the owner and chief systems engineer for Systems Engineering Services (SES), a computer
course1. Most approaches toinstruction in robot design focus on subsystem design followed by a common design project(typically involving a competition). While this method provides students with experience indesigning a robot to achieve certain objectives, there is often a distinct lack of rigor in the designprocess itself, with only success in the final competition as the metric by which the studentsevaluate their overall performance. Due to this ‘goal-minded’ behavior, students often resort toad hoc methods for design, losing sight of the principles of the discipline.To alleviate this problem, we provide students with an opportunity to develop their own designproject and then carry it out as part of a course on mobile robot design. Student teams
transmitboth audio and data streams. DRM makes use of QAM mapping and Coded OrthogonalFrequency Division Multiplexing (COFDM), which utilizes a convolutional forward error-correcting code with a set of low-bitrate signals at closely spaced frequencies. 6DRM Receiver as a Senior Design ProjectIn 2007 engineers from HCJB discussed with our faculty the possibility of working with them ona project to develop a receiver which could be used as part of a studio-transmitter rebroadcast Page 15.426.2link, in which DRM signals from the primary broadcast would be received and demodulated forlocal rebroadcast. For the past three years our senior design students
Paper ID #19418Examining Software Design Projects in a First-Year Engineering Course:How Assigning an Open-Ended Game Project Impacts Student ExperienceDr. Krista M Kecskemety, Ohio State University Krista Kecskemety is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Krista received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University in 2006 and received her M.S. from Ohio State in 2007. In 2012, Krista completed her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State. Her engineering education research interests include investigating first-year engineering student experiences
AC 2007-1587: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING USING TABLET PCS: APRACTICE TO ENHANCE DESIGN COMPONENTS IN ENGINEERINGINSTRUCTIONJianyu Dong, California State University-Los AngelesNancy Warter-Perez, California State University-Los Angeles Page 12.1195.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Project Based Learning Using Tablet PCs: A Practice to Enhance Design Components in Engineering InstructionAbstractThis paper presents a Collaborative Project Based Learning model using Tablet PCs to enhancethe design components in engineering classroom instruction. The core of our proposed model isto incorporate small in-class Tablet PC-based collaborative design
AC 2007-1839: MEASURING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN GROUP PROJECTSTHROUGH AN ONLINE PEER EVALUATION SYSTEMPhil Rawles, Purdue University Phil Rawles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Professor Rawles specializes in teaching network administration and information security in the network engineering technology program. Page 12.1044.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Measuring Student Participation in Group Projects Through An On-Line Peer Evaluation SystemBackgroundGroup work is an
AC 2008-1332: COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT: THENATURAL PARTNER FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGRoger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne Roger Hadgraft is a civil engineer with more than 15 years involvement in engineering education research. He has published many papers on engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning and the use of technology to support learning in this way. He was instrumental in introducing a project-based curriculum into civil engineering at Monash University, commencing in 1998. From 2002-6, his work at RMIT was in curriculum renewal to embed graduate capabilities, specifically through a stream of project-based courses/subjects, one
AC 2009-1809: LEVERAGING WORKFORCE NEEDS TO INFORMCURRICULAR CHANGE IN COMPUTING EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERING:THE CPACE PROJECTClaudia E. Vergara, Michigan State University Claudia Elena Vergara. PhD Purdue University. Fields of expertise: Plant Biology and STEM Education Research Dr. Vergara is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research in College Science Teaching and Learning (CRCSTL) at Michigan State University. Her research interest is in STEM education through research projects on instructional design, implementation and assessment of student learning, aimed to improve science and technology education.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is the Director of
and Astronautical Engineering (1991) all from The Ohio State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Modular System of Networked Embedded Components for a First-Year Engineering Cornerstone Design ProjectAbstractIn Engineering cornerstone design projects, creating automated evaluation methods for thoseprojects that attempt to mirror the complexity and variability of the real world is a challengingtask. Furthermore, achieving such variability while maintaining accuracy often comes with acost. To address this, an adaptable system of networked devices was developed with acombination of PCs, in-house boards, and hobbyist boards, such as Raspberry Pis and Arduinos.The
Paper ID #18283Empowering Students with Self-Regulation in a Project-Based EmbeddedSystems CourseDr. Jiawen Wang, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Jiawen Wang holds a doctoral degree in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology from Michigan State University. All his interests lie in research of how to make learning happen. His interest in recent years is more related to engineering education.Prof. Chaomin Luo, University of Detroit Mercy Dr. Chaomin Luo received his Ph.D. in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo, Canada in 2008, where he was awarded Postgraduate Scholarship