Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Kurtis D. Cantley, Boise State University; Gary L. Hunt, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

wasfound that almost no one took advantage of the late homework policy, and instead would just notturn in the homework at all if they knew it would be late.Accumulation of points on tests, homework, in-class activities, and other assignments allowedstudents to obtain grades better than C−. The final grade breakdown based on how many points astudent earned is shown in Table 2. A grade of D or F was only given if a student did not pass allten mastery topics during the semester. Table 2.​ Final letter grades based on earned points. A+: >300 A: 270-300 A–: 240-270 B+: 210-240 B: 180-210 B–: 150-180 C+: 100-150 C: 50-100 C–: 0-50

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pong P. Chu, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

operation11, the two streams can be treated as two frames aligned in verticallayers. The top layer and bottom layer are known as a foreground frame and a backgroundframe, respectively. We consider three blending schemes and a video core can select a schemethat fits its need. Let f and b be the colors of the foreground pixel and background pixel and let rbe the blended result. The formula for the three schemes are • Multiplexing: r = α*f + (1 - α)*b where α = 0 or 1 • Alpha blending: r = α*f + (1- α)*b where 0.0 ≤ α ≤ 1.0 , • Chroma-key blending: , The multiplexing scheme treats the streams as two independent video sources and selects onesource and routes it to

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

: Implementing Sophomore Cornerstone Courses in Electrical and Computer EngineeringMany engineering programs have significant project- and design-based courses in the freshmanand senior years. Freshman courses usually serve a dual purpose: a) making engineering a moreattractive study option for undecided students, and b) introducing the basics of technical andnon-technical skills, such as teamwork and project planning. On the other hand, seniors doingtheir capstone projects are expected to perform at a more proficient level, one that woulddemonstrate their readiness for entering the workforce as engineers.As will be discussed below, the project component in our freshman year-long sequence evolvesfrom minimally structured projects

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neetika Kohli, Purdue University; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; David Meyer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, and School (Expanded edition), National Academy Press, Washington, D. C.2. Meyer, David G., “Introduction to Digital System Design”, http://shay.ecn.purdue.edu/~dsml/ece270. Last accessed on January 18, 2006.3. Paschal, Cynthia B., (2002) “Formative Assessment In Physiology Teaching Using a Wireless Classroom Communication System”, Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 299-308.4. Fitch, James L., (2004) “Student Feedback in the College Classroom: A Technology Solution”, Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 71-81.5. Soloman, Barbara and Richard Felder, “Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire”, http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html. Last

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Juhamatti Korhonen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Johanna Naukkarinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Hanna Niemelä, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Heikki Järvisalo, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology; Pertti Silventoinen, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

article well written and easy to follow. b) The article enhanced my understanding on the topic of the course. c) I found the contents of the article relevant and applicable for my future career.The answers available to the question were with a five-point scaling from ‘Strongly disagree’ to‘Strongly agree’. The student answers on the three questions asked after each of the five quizzesare shown in Figure 1.The questions a and b were used to determine the cognitive usability of the articles, whereasquestion c was used to determine the motivation of the students regarding the particular article.The questions a and b helped determine the applicability of each article as a viable teachingmaterial according to the students. These questions would

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

maze or to modify an existingone, respectively. The third one runs the algorithm selected by the radio buttons to find theshortest path in the user-designed maze. The green block indicates the starting point and thepink block shows the finish line. The rectangular window for a maze is composed of 16x16blocks, as defined by the IEEE Region 6, USA, for the micromouse competition [7]. The resultsof two different algorithms are shown in Figures 4(b) and 4(c) with blue lines. Figure 4(b) is theresult of the flooding algorithm and Figure 4(c) is the result of students’ algorithms. Anunexpected side result of this project is the student-designed search algorithm, which showspromise in terms of complexity when compared to the flooding algorithm

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Scott McGuirk Ph.D., United States Air Force Academy; John G. Ciezki, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

project evolved from a System Requirements Review to the Preliminary,Critical, and Final Design Reviews. This senior design project was especially notable for three factors:(a) the emphasis on an early implementation which facilitated multiple passes along the design spiral, (b)the close synergy between the evolution of the hardware and the simulation models, and (c) theinter-disciplinary nature of the design which provided opportunities for electrical engineers to consideritems such as material properties, forces on the barrel, temperature effects, aerodynamic drag, railablation, and velocity measurements. In the process of the design, students were able to leverage theircircuit analysis skills and build on their simulation experience in both

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Trout, J., V. Eligeti, and J. Prey, “Classroom Presentations Using Tablet PC and WriteOn,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, 2005, S3F1-S3F5.8. Simon, B., et al. “Preliminary Experiences with a Tablet PC Based System to Support Active Learning in Computer Science Courses” in Proc SIGCSE (Norfolk, Virginia), March 2004.9. National Instruments Corporation, Austin TX.10. The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA 01760-209811. Saba Software Inc., Redwood Shores, CA 94065. Page 13.1158.5Figure 1. Sample of a daily agenda Example 3 Find the Thevenin equivalent with respect to the terminals

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

involved in using continually-evolving system-level design tools and theefforts made to reduce their learning times.IntroductionABET 2000 requires providing students with a significant hands-on design experience.Graduating electrical engineering students should have the ability to develop system-leveldesigns for a variety of applications, implement these designs in functional hardware, and test thehardware in real-life operating conditions. To achieve such professional competence, studentsshould be required to participate in a sequence of hardware design experiments and projects.These laboratory exercises aim at: a) sharpening students’ abilities to design complex digitalcircuits and systems, and to interface these designs to peripheral devices, b

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

defines the transmitted waveforms anddemodulates the received waveforms. Software radio has led the trend in the wirelesscommunication arena to design and build wireless communication systems using reconfigurablesoftware rather than fixed hardware. We see this as an opportunity for STEM educationinnovation by bringing in this new technology within a limited budget. Figure 2. (a) USRP software radio board; (b) Current teaching lab setup.At Wright State University, in the past several years, we have experimented in our undergraduatewireless communication course (EE421) with off-the-shelf Universal Software Radio Peripheral(USRP) boards7 that support GNU software radio8 for course laboratories. Figure 2(a) shows apicture of a USRP board

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Oren Masory, Florida Atlantic University; Zvi S Roth

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. For example, according to oursurveys, individuals with physical disabilities who are confined to a wheelchair may experiencelower self-esteem and self-acceptance, and greater social isolation than those without disabilities[3-8]. To address this problem, a group of senior students from mechanical, computer andelectrical engineering disciplines developed a wheelchair which has the following features: a) theseat on the wheelchair can be raised, allowing the user to bring himself to the same eye level of astanding person; b) the seat rotates about its axis allowing the user to address persons on his sidewithout the need to move the whole chair; and c) the seat is mounted at the end of an arm whichcan be rotated, maintaining balance by outriggers

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

and thepower rails for the amplifier. We again note that many non-major (as well as freshmen major)students quite often forget to power the amplifier in the laboratory. This is a very typical mistakethat should be explained in class from the very beginning of the amplifier topic. The samestrategy is applicable to a push-pull transistor amplifier.Fig. 1. Current flow in a non-inverting amplifier operating in a) push mode, and b) pull mode.The path of the load current is marked in bold. The same concept applies to the push-pulltransistor amplifiers (when studied in class). Page 15.1048.33. Basic semiconductor (diode) theory - is it difficult

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.[5] R. C. Dorf and J. A. Svoboda, Introduction to Electric Circuits, 9th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013.[6] F. T. Ulaby and M. M. Maharbiz, Circuits: Natl. Technol. Science Press, 2013.[7] D. A. Bell, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 7th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.[8] A. R. Hambley, Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2014.[9] A. M. Davis, Linear Circuit Analysis. Boston: PWS Publishing Co., 1998.[10] A. B. Carlson, Circuits. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2000.[11] C.-W. Ho, A. E. Ruehli, and P. A. Brennan, “The modified nodal approach to network analysis

Conference Session

New ECE Laboratories

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Junfei Li P.E., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Cara Li; Jae Sok Son, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Weidong Kuang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Edgar Gil, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to have a 20 second timeout limit. (a) (b)(c) Fig. 1 Example platform interfaces of a 2:1 mux design (a) source debugging (b) simulation (c) hardware verification2.2 Digital I and Digital I LabThis freshman or sophomore courses teach the fundamental concepts of digital logic circuits,including combinational and sequential logic. The accompanying lab requires students to use 74series IC chips and breadboard prototyping.. (a) (b

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten R. Basinet, Western Washington University; Andrew G. Klein, Western Washington University; Richard Martin, The Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

,debugging, and testing their design, it would have been quite challenging both logistically andtechnically for the whole class of 18 students to share one multiuser transmitter. Consequently,the students were split into 3 groups of 6 students, and each of the 3 groups was provided a singlemultiuser transmitter to share among the 6 students. Within each group of 6 students, the studentswere asked to form pairs, with each pair of students constituting a team. This partition is shown inFig. 3. Group A Group B Team #1-A Team #1-B Team #2-A Team #3-A Team #2-B Team #3-B

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph P. Hoffbeck, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

(kHz) Figure 7: Spectrum of Recording of Owl Hoots and Backup BeeperTherefore a lowpass filter can be designed to pass the owl hoots and eliminate the backupbeeper. Although FIR or IIR filters could be used in this application, the author uses this projectwhile teaching FIR filters. The students are simply asked to design an FIR filter that eliminatesthe sound of the backup beeper while passing the owl hoots. The MATLAB commands todesign and test one possible FIR filter with a cutoff frequency of 730 Hz are shown below. [x,fs] = wavread('owl_beep.wav'); % load audio file soundsc(x,fs) % listen to the input file b

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute; Wilbur Dale, Virginia Military Institute; Isaac Putnam, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

contacts, a thin layer of aluminum is deposited over the entirewafer surface (as well as inside the contact windows) through physical vapor deposition. Thealuminum contacts are then defined using a final photolithography process in which all of thealuminum is removed expect for the contact pads over the contact windows. The devices arethen ready for testing.TestingFrom the beginning it was expected that testing these devices would present the greatestchallenge. Testing required us to overcome three major challenges: create a low noiseenvironment, create the strong B-field required to generate the Hall Voltage, and increase thecurrent flow through the Hall Effect device

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the software developmentenvironment or platform. Integrated development environments (IDE) have come a longway from their terminal-based assembler or compiler origin. The major compilerdevelopment houses have settled on a semi-standard layout and philosophy of their IDE's.Excellent examples are Visual C++ from Microsoft3 and the IAR compiler family4, verysimilar to the layout shown in Figure 1. These B A C Figure 1: Typical IDEThese IDE's are project-based, showing sources (region A in Figure 1), source filedependencies (region B), and status reports (region C) among other information in a mainwindow

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University; Thomas Goodman, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

following: 1. Let Y = X + 3 . a. Determine the pdf of Y if X is a uniformly distributed random variable with 1 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 f X (x ) =  . 0 otherwise Sketch f X ( x ) and fY ( y ) . b. What is E ( X ) , the expected value of X? What is the variance of X? c. What is E (Y ) ? What is the variance of Y? 2. Let Y = 5 X + 1 . a. Determine the pdf of Y if X is a uniformly distributed random variable with 2 x 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 f X (x ) =  .  0 otherwise Sketch f X ( x ) and fY ( y

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosemarie Guzman, University of the Pacific; Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis, in 1999. From 2000 to 2003 he was a communications systems engineer on the technical staff of Alantro Communications Corporation and Texas Instruments (TI) Corporation, Santa Rosa, California. At Alantro and TI, he worked on wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver design and development (IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi). Since 2003 he has been on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. His research interests are in engineering education, wireless communications, and

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danial J. Neebel, Loras College; Nicholas J. Burek, Loras College; Thomas Griebel, Loras College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

fixed location. The Sprite can be the same tile rotated or four different tiles. Page 25.648.6 b) Then add a four tile sprite that moves from left to right across the middle of the screen. c) Next, change the program such that the sprite moves diagonally across the screen. The sprite must reappear on the opposite edge if it moves off the screen. The speed of the movement can be fixed and dependent upon delays placed in the program since the program need not perform other operations. d) Make the sprite “bounce” at screen boundaries or for an added challenge use the collision detection features to make the sprite

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

required, is convenient to use as a training or teaching tool.Support is available for co-simulation of the following controllers:Microchip Technologies PIC10, PIC12, PIC16, PIC18, PIC24, dsPIC33 Microcontrollers.Atmel AVR (and Arduino), 8051 and ARM Cortex-M3 MicrocontrollersNXP 8051, ARM7, ARM Cortex-M0 and ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers.Texas Instruments MSP430, PICCOLO DSP and ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers.Parallax Basic Stamp, Freescale HC11, 8086 Microcontrollers.(b)-MatlabMatlab was designed at the University of New Mexico by Cleve Moler in the late 1970s. It soonspread to other universities and found a strong audience within the applied mathematicscommunity. Later, Jack Little, a Stanford University engineer, recognized its commercial

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Ryan Barb; George Roskovich, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

is dropped into one specific spot, but as time passes it spreads until it isuniformly distributed throughout the water. Figure 11: Adding dye to a cup of water Another example of diffusion is the movement of gas between regions of different pressure.Imagine two sides of a tank separated by a divider. Side “A” is filled with a specific gas. Side “B” is atheoretically perfect vacuum. Once a portion of the divider is removed, the molecules on side A will tendto move towards the area of lower concentration (side B). Over a period of time, the concentrationdifference between the two sides gets smaller and smaller, and eventually both sides reach equilibrium.This process is shown in Figure 12

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alejandro H. Espera Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; René Alexander Soto-Pérez, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

were assigned equal weights for scoring. The participants weregiven at most 40 minutes to respond to the test through the assistance of one of the researchers.The survey was held online throughout the Fall 2019 semester.The concept inventory aims at inquiring the respondents about the following basic concepts: 1. What do they understand about circuit elements that store energy? 2. How do they differentiate: a. A capacitor and an inductor? b. Energy storage and energy source? c. Energy storage and load? 3. How do they analyze: a. A first-order circuit? b. A second-order circuit? c. A higher-order circuit where the source is an AC signal? d. Circuit transformation where the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Benjamin Earl Whiteley; Dinesh K. Sharma, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Willie L. Brown Jr, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Weiwei Zhu, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xianfang Tan, Delaware County Community College

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Electrical and Computer

, Society for Industrial and Ap-plied Mathematics, Tsuami Society International - Reviewer of Itnernational Journal of Science & Infor-matics (IJSI) and Precision Instrument and Mechanology (PIM).(iv) Conferences organized or related subjects None(e) Collaborators and other affiliationsW. He (University of Missouri-St. Louis), F. Lin (University of Maryland Eastern Shore), A. Chi (Uni-versity of Maryland Eastern Shore), B. Li (Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science), H.Wang (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics).Co-editors: NoneGraduate Students (co)-advised: 2Postdoctoral researchers mentored in the past five years: None c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Reed Campbell, Robert Morris University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

one or more subsystems ofthe Theremin to convert from a circuit diagram to a breadboard layout. Every subsystem wasassigned to each least two students so that there was more than one person who has studied eachportion of the schematic. Students were also assigned topics for a literature search in preparationfor writing a journal article on the project. + - A B C D E F G H I J + - 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janos Grantner, Western Michigan University; Ramakrishna Gottipati, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

confidence after the class are assessed.Some of the assessment questions that were given to students with respect to the quality of theclass/lab are listed below. a. Rate the instructor’s overall teaching effectiveness b. Rate the overall quality of this course c. Was the grading system for the course explained d. The instructor seemed well prepared for the class e. The instructor promoted an atmosphere conductive to work and learning Page 11.860.8 f. Was there agreement between announced course objectives and what was taught? g. How well did examination questions reflect content and emphasis of the course?The results

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Qing Zheng, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

curriculum. Thehigh school students in the K-12 school programs participate in an Engineering Dayevent. During this event, the students work on the ECE projects selected to have thenecessary STEM components that enable the student to observe and relate scientifictheory to engineering design principles and practices. The Engineering Day at GannonUniversity will form the direct outreach component of University partnership programwith K-12 schools to (a) raise the level of awareness among K-12 students of thepromising careers in the engineering disciplines upon graduation with baccalaureateand/or advanced degrees (b) establish and sustain the dialog between the K-12 schoolsand Gannon University to encourage the K-12 school students to pursue and excel

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Juan D. Ramirez, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

higherrotation speeds, it will seem as if the wheels are moving forwards but slowly. This phenomenoncan be seen in the following YouTube video. In this case we are under-sampling, or sampling ata too low rate relative to the frequency of the wheel’s rotation, and the wheels spinningbackwards is our vision experiencing aliasing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHS9JGkEOmA Page 26.717.10 In the image below, we see two cases (case A and case B). Remember our brain samplesfor image processing. Imagine you’re looking at the wheel in case A, the first time you saw thewheel it was at position f1 and the next time you were able to make out the position of

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey S. Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

programs over the same time period. In the modern age of high-pacedadvancements in technology, applied research is abundantly available and provides anothermeans for traditionally teaching schools to contribute not just to individual student goals but tothe technological advancement of society.REFERENCES:1. Balsley, Ben B., Jensen, Michael L., and Frehlich, Rod G. "The Use of State-of-the-Art Kites for Profiling the Lower Atmosphere." Boundary-Layer Meteorology 87.1 (1998): 1-25. DOI: 10.1023/A:1000812511429ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jeffrey S. Sumey is an associate professor in the Department of AppliedEngineering and Technology at California University of Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching anddeveloping curricula in CalU's CET, EET, RET and CS