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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland; Andrew Melton, University of Portland

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to the speakers as shown below. % Continued from previous code snippet b = fir1(100, 7000/(fs/2)); % Use fir1 from the Signal Processing Toolbox to design % a 100th order lowpass FIR filter with cutoff at 7 kHz xf = filter(b,1,x); % remove digital HD Radio signal y = abs(xf); % demodulate AM signal soundsc(y,fs) % send the audio signal to speakersThere is also a recording in the database (AM_Radio_Whole_Band.csv) that covers the entireAM band (540 to 1700 kHz), which is very useful in demonstrating the concept of frequencydivision multiplexing. The spectrum of the entire AM band is shown in Figure 5, where eachspike represents one of the

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik Peterson, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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) Young’s Modulus, (b) Toughness, (c) Total stress. Page 11.7.5 4. List four actuation methods that you can use for actuating a membrane pump in a BioMEMS device. 5. What is a reference electrode? List two materials commonly used as reference electrodes in electrochemical sensors.Course EvaluationsImportant questions we wanted to answer were: How does student performance this yearcompare with the last year? Did quizzes have an effect on student performance? To attempt toanswer these questions, we examined student grades and on the last day of class asked studentsto respond to a number of open ended questions in an anonymous course

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

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placed on the far side of the simulated Public Switched Network (PSN).Among the many tasks, it is used to simulate congestion on the PSN by transferring largeamounts of data back and forth across the PSN.Figure 1 shows the general schematic of CNL. The laboratory houses the 24 computers thatconstitute the 24-node rack-mounted Beowulf as a central component of B-CEIL. Networkdevices are required to simulate a real-world PSN. This consists of a pair of T1-to-V.35 devicesto simulate a leased line8, a pair of DACs to aggregate or cross-connect different channels ofT1's, a pair of routers to provide WAN-to-LAN connectivity at each end of the leased line, andVoIP units on each end to simulate real-world voice grade channels. The Beowulf nodes andother

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

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) based upon provenpedagogical methods. The two course sequence is named VECTOR (Vitalizing ElectromagneticConcepts To Obtain Relevancy) and adapts existing teaching techniques and laboratories toaddress three inter-related objectives: A) Create an undergraduate curriculum in electromagnetics which is relevant to students and shows the impact of this field on emerging knowledge and technologies. B) Employ modern tools, skills, and techniques to emphasize fundamental concepts rather than teach legacy materials emphasizing rote, analytical solutions. C) Create an effective introductory EM course which will pipeline students into the electromagnetics-photonics curriculum at OSU, including graduate programs.These goals, described in

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Ravi Chilumula, Arizona State University; CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Mike Stiber, University of Washington-Bothell; Philip Loizou, University of Texas-Dallas; Takis Kasparis, University of Central Florida

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educational technology innovations that enable Java-DSP (J-DSP) [1] to beused in 4 courses at 5 different universities. The project tasks consist of the following:a) educational innovation that upgrades the J-DSP GUI,b) a software development task to extend the mathematical and signal processing functionality of J-DSP,c) a comprehensive on-line laboratory exercise development task engaging all the Co-PIs at the different universities,d) a dissemination and assessment plan that involves five universities which committed to testing and providing feedback on the new J-DSP GUI and all exercises and content,e) a comprehensive pilot test of a new multi-site laboratory concept that allows students in the five universities to run real time

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University; Matthew Sadiku, Prairie View A&M University; Alam Shumon, Prairie View A&M University; Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University

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A DC O u tp u t E xtra ct B i ts 0 Up p e r H a l f Fl a sh A DC2 Di sp l a y4

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy

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emphasis oncommunication competency might be assigned a target of “1”. Courses that require littleor no writing beyond mathematical problem solving are not assigned a target at all.Each time an Electrical Engineering or support course (e.g., Mathematics, Physics,Chemistry) is offered, the instructor completes a Course Worksheet which must discussevidence that indicates the extent to which the course outcomes are being achieved. Asample worksheet is provided in Appendix B. The worksheet must also document howthe course has been changed to address action items that were identified in the previousoffering of the course. This worksheet, along with the syllabus, samples of student work,and other evidence that support the conclusions, are placed in a

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Huettel, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; Michael Gustafson, Duke University; Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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, last accessed 1/14/2006.5. http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/ugrad/neweeintro.html, University of Illinois Department of ECE Undergraduate Advising and Curriculum webpage, last accessed 1/14/2006.6. http://eeclass.stanford.edu/e40/, Stanford University, E40: Introduction to Electronics homepage, last accessed 1/14/2006.7. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/users/shared/courses/ecedescript.php#18-100, Carnegie Mellon University online course descriptions, last accessed 1/14/2006.8. Shuman, L. J. et al. (2002). “The Future of Engineering Education,” Proc. 32nd Annual Frontiers in Education Conference.9. Olds, B. and Miller, R. (2004). “The Effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on Graduation Rates and Student

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-928: A SOLID-STATE MATERIALS AND DEVICES COURSE FORSOPHOMORE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTSLihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She received her B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Nankai University, China and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Her interests include semiconductor device fabrication, nanotechnologies and fiber optics. Page 11.120.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Daniel, Ohio State University; Ronald Reano, Ohio State University

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Outward to Help Society," The Chronicle of HigherEducation, vol. 52, pp. A12-A12, Oct. 2005. Page 11.628.112. C. R. Stimpson, “Reclaiming the Mission of Graduate Education,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 50,pp. B6-B8, Jun. 2004.3. R. M. Freeland, “How Practical Experience Can Help Revitalize Our Tired Model of Undergraduate Education,”The Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 45, pp. B6, Feb. 1999.4. B. A. Monk, Frequency Selective Surfaces: Theory and Design, 1st Ed., Wiley, New York, 2000.5. C. Mias, “Varactor-tunable frequency selective surface with resistive-lumped-element biasing grids,” IEEEMicrowave and Wireless Components Lett

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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2006-56: A NEW APPROACH TO TEACHING INTRODUCTION TOELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARDACADEMYDavid Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy David Godfrey, MSEE, PE, is an assistant professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). He graduated from USCGA with his BSEE in 1992 and earned his MSEE from University of Rhode Island in 1997. He holds the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard. Address: U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Department of Engineering, 27 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320-8101; telephone: 860-444-8536; fax: 860-444-8546; e-mail: dgodfrey@exmail.uscga.edu.Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Joseph Staier, MSIT, is an assistant professor

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New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qian Du, Mississippi State University

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project is designed for the optimal linear system functioning as apredictor. The original example in a textbook looks like this:Let X 1 , X 2 ,Λ be a random sequence. Suppose that a second-order prediction system is to bedesigned such that a sample is predicted by the previous two samples. Find the systemparameters a and b that yield the minimum prediction error.If only this original example is used, students may practice on system design using the formulaprovided in the textbook without knowing its practical importance. Actually, optimal linearpredictor has very important applications in DSP (as well as DIP). An application-orientedcomputer projector can be designed based on this sample as below.Sample Project 2 (simplified): Record your voice

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines

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(PSerc) also supported the development of this class.References[1] About Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Retrieved December 8, 2005 from: http://www.mines.edu/all_about/[2] CSM – Division of Engineering, Retrieved December 8, 2005 from: http://egweb.mines.edu/[3] Silverstein, K., “Creating Energy Jobs,” EnergyBiz Insider, August 2005.[4] Chowdhury, B. H., “Power Education at the Crossroads”, IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 37, No. 10, October 2000, pp. 64-68.[5] Cowdrey, J., “Hydroelectric Power in a Municipal Water System”, The City of Boulder, CO Publication, February, 2000. Page 11.211.10[6] Ammerman, R.F., Sen

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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2006-2357: STEREO VISION ON A SMART ROVERZekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-PomonaKathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-PomonaYi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-PomonaTim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Page 11.1148.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Stereo Vision on a Smart Rover 1. IntroductionIn 2002, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was awardedNASA PAIR (Partnership Awards for the Integration of Research into Undergraduate Education)contract. The purpose of this four years NASA PAIR program is to integrate

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Border, Bowling Green State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-652: A BLUETOOTH-BASED HANDSET WIRELESS DATA ACQUISITIONSYSTEMDavid Border, Bowling Green State University Page 11.8.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A BluetoothTM-based Handset Wireless Data Acquisition SystemAbstractAn innovative data acquisition system that is suitable for laboratory work in electricalengineering/computer engineering communication coursework is detailed in this paper. Thework makes use of currently available technologies including a BluetoothTM module in thecommunication path, and a Windows Mobile 2003 PDA as the system handset. Such itemsillustrate important data acquisition and data communication elements that are being

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis Silage, Temple University

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2006-508: TEACHING DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS WORLD:WHO NEEDS EQUATIONS?Dennis Silage, Temple University DENNIS SILAGE (silage@temple.edu) is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Temple University. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was on faculty from 1975 until 1984 when he joined Temple University. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and director of the System Chip Design Center (www.temple.edu/scdc), which researches the application of programmable gate arrays in digital signal processing and digital communications. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in these areas. He

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-2473: A NEW INTRODUCTORY COURSE ON SIGNALS, CIRCUITS ANDSYSTEMSMehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University Mehmet C. Ozturk received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1980 from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. He taught Physics to seniors at the English High School in Istanbul for one year while he attended graduate classes in his University. He continued his graduate work at Michigan Technological University where he received the M.S. degree in in Electrical Engineering under Mark G. Thompson with a thesis on hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells in 1983. He completed his doctoral studies at North Carolina State University in 1988 under Jimmie J. Wortman. His Ph.D

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New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-2485: A HANDS-ON, INTERACTIVE UNDERGRADUATE DIGITAL IMAGEPROCESSING COURSEAgnieszka Miguel, Seattle University Page 11.51.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Hands-On, Interactive Undergraduate Digital Image Processing CourseAbstractThis paper describes an experimental undergraduate digital image processing coursecreated and taught by the author. The course was designed to be an interactiveexperience. The lecture material, hands-on examples, and in-class computer exerciseswere blended together to form a unique interactive learning experience. Lecturescontained numerous MATLAB-based examples and students were required to

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Black, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1951: A STUDY OF GRAPHICAL VS. TEXTUAL PROGRAMMING FORTEACHING DSPMark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mark A. Yoder received his BS degree in 1980 and Ph.D. in 1984, both in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. Since 1988 he has been teaching engineering at Rose-Hulman. His research interests include investigating ways to use technology to teach engineering more effectively. He pioneered, at Rose, the use of Computer Algebra Systems (such as Maple and Mathematica) in teaching electrical engineering. He also helped pioneering the teaching of

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Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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2006-2155: IMPLEMENTING A HANDS-ON COURSE IN SOFTWARE-DEFINEDRADIOSven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University SVEN G. BILÉN (BS Penn State, MSE and PhD Univ. of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design and Electrical Engineering at Penn State. His educational research interests include developing techniques for enhancing engineering design education, software-defined radio, and systems engineering. He is member of IEEE, AIAA, AGU, ASEE, URSI, and Sigma Xi. Page 11.724.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Implementing a Hands-on Course in Software-defined

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben Shaw, Youngstown State University; Faramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1777: DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF A DIGITAL CONTROLLABORATORY WITH A DIGITAL SYSTEM LABORATORY AT YOUNGSTOWNSTATE UNIVERSITYBen Shaw, Youngstown State UniversityFaramarz Mossayebi, Youngstown State University Page 11.452.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 FlexARM1: An ARM Based IP Core for the UP3 Education KitIntroduction Today’s embedded solutions require a rapid product development time to meet strictmarket demands1. It is essential for system design engineers to verify complex designs inhardware before final implementation. In order for upper level undergraduate students to gainexposure to this verification process, a system level

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

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2006-275: ON THE USE OF A SOFT PROCESSOR CORE IN COMPUTERENGINEERING EDUCATIONSin Ming Loo, Boise State University Page 11.972.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 On the Use of a Soft Processor Core in Computer Engineering Education AbstractThe microprocessor course at most universities has traditionally been taught using a discretemicroprocessor such as the Motorola 6800 series, Intel x86 series, or IBM PowerPC series. With thecontinued increase of usable field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) gates and improvement of off-the-shelf soft processor core computer-aided design (CAD) tools, this practice is beginning to

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Mark Humphries, University of Texas-Tyler; Leonardo Estevez, Texas Instruments Inc.

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2006-797: REAL TIME SYSTEMS LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT:EXPERIMENTS FOCUSING ON A DUAL CORE PROCESSORMukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler MUKUL SHIRVAIKAR received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1993. He is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He has also held positions at Texas Instruments and the University of West Florida. His research interests include real-time imaging, embedded systems and pattern recognition.Mark Humphries, University of Texas-Tyler MARK HUMPHRIES received his Master’s in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from the University of Texas at Tyler, and is a

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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2006-2134: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT USINGCOOPERATIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS)James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1987 and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 1997. He has experience in developmental test and evaluation of radar systems and aviation navigation systems. His research interests include unmanned aerial vehicle and electromagnetic signal propagation modeling. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Erlind Royer, U.S. Air

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-2270: A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION TOOL FORAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LEARNING COMMUNITYMani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina (SM’98) received the B.S. degree, the M.S. degree in physics, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, in 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1989, respectively. He has research experience in applied electromagnetics, microelectronics and device physics, nondestructive evaluation, instrumentation, networking and physical layer issues. He has had industrial experience in the areas of instrumentation, system integration, and design in nondestructive evaluation and handheld computer systems. Currently

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College; Ronald DeMara, University of Central Florida; Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, University of Central Florida; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Ingrid Russell; Jimmy Secretan, University of Central Florida

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Evaluation of the CRCD experiences was prepared in consultation withour Assessment and Evaluation expert from the Education Department. This rubric is included inAppendix B. As it can be seen, from the rubric, the CRCD Board members were asked to assessthree important elements of the CRCD experience, that is, (a) The knowledge transfer in theMachine Learning I course, (b) the process of knowledge transfer in the Machine Learning IIclass, (c) the CRCD dissemination potential, and (d) the CRCD approach to evaluate theproject’s success.4. CRCD PreliminariesAt the beginning of the CRCD Symposium, we presented, in brief, to all the CRCD AdvisoryBoard members an outline of the CRCD project. In particular, we presented information aboutthe CRCD’s goals

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanne DeGroat, Ohio State University

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Electrical and Computer

point adder that synthesizes well. The behavioralmodel is algorithmic and readily understandable. However, it would not synthesize well.The dataflow model follows a design that does not quite have a one-to-onecorrespondence with the logic generated from synthesis but is close. ----------------------------------------------------------------- library ieee; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; use WORK.fpa_support.all; entity fpa is PORT (A,B : IN std_logic_vector (31 downto 0); latch, drive: IN std_ulogic; C : OUT std_logic_vector (31 downto 0)); end fpa

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ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville

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. Page 11.499.5 a) FIR Filters b) IIR Filters Figure 1 Maximum sample frequency vs. filter order for a) FIR filters and b) IIR filters. The FIR filters were low pass with linear phase and the IIR were low pass Butterworth filters with symmetric numerator polynomials. The graphs show sampling frequencies for evaluation of the difference equations only and does not include computation time for variable shifting and analog conversion. All difference equations used 16-bit integer arithmetic. a) FIR filters b) IIR filters

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Loui, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Longino, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

students during the fall semester of 2005; each interview lasted about onehour and was videotaped. Student volunteers were identified through three rounds of emailsolicitation. In the first round, we contacted students who had taken ECE290 and CS231 duringthe Summer 2005 session, and only students with A grades responded. To achieve a diversity ofachievement levels in our interview subjects, we contacted students who had taken these coursesduring the Spring 2005 semester and received course grades of “C and lower” and “B/B-” in thesecond and third solicitations, respectively. Of the eight students whom we interviewed, threehad taken CS231 and five had taken ECE290. Two students were women.Students were first asked to reflect on their experiences

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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, 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