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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suk Kim Chin, Australian Catholic University

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Electrical and Computer

introductory course in MATLAB, which features a verystrong alignment of curriculum objectives to assessment tasks; refer to Figure 3 where the arrowpointing from “objectives” to “assessment” implies the objectives of the course must beembedded in the assessment tasks. The proposal for this system is reported in the next section. Teacher S tu d e n t p e r s p e c t iv e p e r s p e c t iv e o b je c t iv e s assessm ent T e a c h in g L e a r n in g a c t iv it ie s a c t iv i tie s assessm ent o u tc o

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Krogh, Carnegie Mellon University; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University

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Electrical and Computer

(freshman course): Provides an overview of the field of ECE and introduces some of the fundamental tools needed to solve problems in this field. Fundamentals of ECE: A. Electronic Devices & Circuits: Provides an introduction to semiconductor devices and circuit analysis with links to digital electronics and signal processing. B. Signal & Information Processing: Provides mathematical and computational tools for processing signals and information, including sampling, impulse response, convolution, frequency response, and filtering, in terms of both time-domain and frequency-domain analysis. C. Structure and Design of Digital Systems: Provides a foundation and working

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Kim, Howard University; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University; Veronica Thomas, Howard University

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Electrical and Computer

parentheses, and the analysis briefs are as follows.(a) What did you like most of the mobile studio class? • Hands-on experience by which circuit was heard and seen in practical sense. (17) • Portability as a mobile laboratory with easiness in connection and wide display screen (14) • Other (2) Page 13.59.6Over half the students liked the hands-on experience and practical sense of the class. About 40% ofthe students were impressed more on the technology enabled new learning environment. Overall90% of the students were favorable to the mobile studio class.(b) Do you like to have more mobile studio classes? • Yes (28)In this question

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Yuan-Teng Cheng, Texas A&M University

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Electrical and Computer

3B 5B 7B 9B B A 9A 7A 5A 3A 1A 11 11

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Anderson, U.S. Naval Academy; Richard Buehrer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Electrical and Computer

orienting the track orthogonal to the line connecting transmitter toreceiver. For both cases, received waveforms were recorded every 2 centimeters over the 1.2meter length of the track, for a total of 60 received waveforms recorded along the length of thetrack.A block diagram of the measurement system is given in Figure 1. Example images from themeasurement campaign illustrating the four different forest environments are shown in Figure 2. Page 13.200.4 (a) (b)Figure 1: Illustration of the UWB propagation measurement system. (a) Block diagram of the measurement

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Dworzecki; Syed Masud Mahmud

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Electrical and Computer

A Software Package for Enhanced Student-Learning in Real- Time Embedded-Systems NetworkingAbstractToday, embedded systems networking is common in manufacturing, automobiles, medicalequipment, and home appliances, but few undergraduate engineering and technology curriculateach courses devoted to it. Not having appropriate educational experiences risks a decline in UStechnical expertise. Various companies have developed commercial software packages foranalysis, diagnosis and simulation of real-time embedded-systems networking protocols.However, these commercial software packages are very expensive and complex to be used forundergraduate courses. We have developed a user-friendly and easy-to-use software

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Baker, Texas Tech University; Brian Nutter, Texas Tech University; Mohammed Saed, Texas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

, Vol. 20, Mar 1999, pp 131-152. 5. Elsegood, Russell, J. MacCallum, R. Hickey, and B. Jeffreys, “The Science/Technology Awareness Raising (STAR) Programme: a partenership in raising participation through peer tutoring”, Mentoring and Tutoring by Students, Sinclair Goodland, ed., Kogand Page Ltd. Stirling, VA 1998. 6. Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities, 1998 (http://notes.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf). Page 13.406.10

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sanjay Raman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Da Silva Luiz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Masoud Agah, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Allen MacKenzie, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christopher Maxey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Electrical and Computer

. DeHennis and K.D. Wise, “A Wireless Microsystem for the Remote Sensing of Pressure, Temperature, and Relative Humidity,” IEEE/ASME J. MEMS, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 12–22, Feb. 2005.[9] ZigBee Alliance. Available: http://www.zigbee.org/en/index.asp[10] J. Frolik and M. Fortney, “A Low-Cost Wireless Platform for First-Year Interdisciplinary Projects,” IEEE Trans. on Education, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 105–112, Feb. 2006. Page 13.37.10[11] B. Warneke, M. Last, B. Liebowitz, K.S.J. Pister, “Smart Dust: Communicating with a Cubic-Millimeter Computer,” IEEE Computer, pp. 44–51, Jan. 2001.

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daren Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University; Steve Wilson, Southern Polytechnic State University; Gerd Wöstenkühler

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-2811: EMBEDDED DESIGN IN A SOPHOMORE COURSEDaren Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, Georgia 30060-2896, USA +1 678-915-7269 dwilcox@spsu.eduSteve Wilson, Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, Georgia 30060-2896, USA +1 678-915-7246 swilson3@spsu.eduGerd Wostenkuhler, Hochschule Harz (University of Applied Studies and Research) Friedrichstraße 57-59 D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany +49 3943 659-322 gwoestenkuehler@hs-harz.de Page 13.480.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Melvin Cooke, GE Aviation

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-2489: DESIGN OF A HARDWARE PLATFORM FOR ANALOGCOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORYBruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University Since 2003, Bruce E. Dunne has been an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University. Prior to joining GVSU, he spent 16 years as a practicing engineer working for several large corporations. Professor Dunne received his B.S.E.E. and M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology, all in Electrical Engineering. His interests include digital signal processing and communications systems. Melvin Cooke, GE Aviation

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-2673: PEDAGOGY OF A COURSE IN SPEECH CODING ANDVOICE-OVER-IPTokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University TOKUNBO OGUNFUNMI, Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California. He earned his BSEE (First Class Honors) from Obafemi Awolowo University, (formerly University of Ife), Nigeria, his MSEE and PhDEE from Stanford University, Stanford, California. His teaching and research interests span the areas of Digital Signal Processing (theory, applications and implementations), Adaptive Systems, VLSI/ASIC Design and Multimedia Signal Processing. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Member of Sigma Xi, AAAS and ASEE

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vicky Fang, Cedarville University; Clinton Kohl, Cedarville University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-80: A SIMULATED MANO MACHINE--AN NOVEL PROJECT FORCOMPUTER ARCHITECTURE CLASSVicky Fang, Cedarville University assistant professorClinton Kohl, Cedarville University associate professor Page 13.103.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Simulated MANO Machine -- A Novel Project for Undergraduate Computer Architecture ClassAbstract:Hands-on experience and visualization are both crucial to enhance undergraduate engineeringeducation. This paper will describe a novel project that we feel meets both of these key elementsfor a first undergraduate computer architecture class. Instruction level simulation, though helpful,does

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Mohamed Omer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-282: A VISUAL LEARNING TOOL FOR PRESENTATION OF THEECONOMIC DISPATCH TOPICPeter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-HarrisburgMohamed Omer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg Page 13.131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Visual Learning Tool for presentation of the Economic Dispatch TopicAbstractComputer modeling and simulation has emerged as one of the most cost effective ways forproviding supplements to course lectures in diverse areas of engineering. Power systemsengineering has a long history of this and has seen a range of power systems programs forcommercial and educational applications. In

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Fong Mak, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-635: A CASE STUDY: A NEW COURSE ON ENGINEERING PROJECTAND MANAGEMENT FOR FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS INELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGWookwon Lee, Gannon University WOOKWON LEE, P.E. received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Inha University, Korea, in 1985, and the M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He is currently on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gannon University, Erie, PA. Prior to joining Gannon, he was on the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Arkansas and had been involved in various research

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-1341: ON THE USE OF A SOFT-CORE PROCESSOR IN JUNIORMICROPROCESSORS COURSEArlen Planting, Boise State UniversitySin Ming Loo, Boise State University Page 13.946.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Use of Soft-core Processor in a Junior Level Microprocessors CourseAbstractTraditionally, microprocessor courses are taught using discrete microprocessors. With theavailability of field-programmable gate array and associated soft-core processors, this traditionalapproach can be changed to provide added educational benefits. The junior levelmicroprocessors course at Boise State University was recently updated using the Altera Nios IIsoft-core

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Dominic Dalbello, Allan Hancock College; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-1243: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH STATE-OF-THE-ART SYSTEMS LEVEL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: THEDEVELOPMENT OF A LOWER DIVISION LEARNING MODULEJames Harris, California Polytechnic State University James G. Harris received his BS and MS in EE from UCB and the PhD in EE from Syracuse University. He was an Assistant Professor at Howard University, and an Associate Professor at the University of the District of Columbia, both in Washington, D.C. He is a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, and the Computer Engineering Program at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. He served as the Department Head of the EE Department from 1982-89 and the Director of the Computer

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hoffbeck, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

correct word alignment by performing the CRC foreach possible word alignment to find the one that satisfies the CRC check. In order to prevent abit shift from being mistaken for another valid code, an offset word is added (modulo 2) to thechecksum bits before they are transmitted (see Table 2). Table 2: Offset Words7 Offset Word d9d8d7d6d5d4d3d2d1d0 A 0011111100 B 0110011000 C 0101101000 C' 1101010000 D 0110110100 E

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorian Yeager, Grove City College

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Electrical and Computer

above never terminates. The Mandelbrot set has anumber of interesting mathematical properties which make it fascinating to view on-screen. Theaddition to the display of color bands determined by the levels of the step function f makes forsome truly breathtaking views.Ultimately the students were expected to (a) associate with each pixel in a window somecomplex number c, (b) compute for each pixel, and (c) color the pixel in a specific fashionto indicate the value of . It is step (b) that makes this a heavily compute-bound problem,and it is the fact that all these computations are completely independent that makes this a highlypartitionable problem

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sam Shearman, National Instruments; Erik Luther, National Instruments

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

index i(t), respectively. Page 13.538.10 (a) (b)Figure 2: LabVIEW implementation of Chowning FM instrument showing (a) block diagram and(b) front-panel controls configured for “wood-drum” instrument. Page 13.538.11 (a) (b)Figure 3: LabVIEW implementation of interactive FM equation showing (a) block diagram and(b) front-panel controls. Sliders and a knob facilitate easy manipulation of the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University

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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

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Victor Rubanchik, Southern Federal University (Russia); Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Electrical and Computer

educational projects.Ahmed Khan, DeVry UniversityAmin Karim, DeVry University Amin Karim is the Director of Academic Technology at DeVry University. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading the development and maintenance of an academic strategy to effectively implement advanced technology solutions for the university. Before joining DeVry in 1991, he worked as a control engineer in the power and manufacturing industry for about a dozen years, and as a faculty, program director and a department head of engineering technology programs.Victor Rubanchik, Southern Federal University (Russia) Victor B. Rubanchik, Ph.D. is a Professor of Computer Sciences and IT Technologies at Southern Federal

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Brent Jenkins

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Electrical and Computer

insists that the terminal voltage of the "We refuse tocircuit is 2V, while the right source insists that compromise."the same voltage is 3V. In Figure 2b, the upper (a) (b)source insists that the branch current is 10 mA, Page 13.293.2while the lower source insists that the same Figure 2: Impossible Source Combinationscurrent is 15 mA. Since ideal sources lack the ability to compromise, such cases either reflect atheoretical stalemate, or a situation in which at least one of the sources has to either becomenon-ideal or non-functional.The

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Greory Spaulding, Kansas State University-Salina

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

to program objectivesDesign and build a yes The design and building of d. an ability to applycommunication the Large Cantenna creativity in the designantenna of systems, components or processes appropriate to program objectivesUnderstand the role of yes 1. Simulation using b. an ability to applysoftware in modern Microstripes current knowledge andwireless design

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Fong Mak, Gannon University; Sunil Tandle, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

test is fed to a chopper. The steps may involve (a) creating a Simulink modelfor a pulse-width modulation control to run the dc motor at the desired speed, and (b)building the LabVIEW interface with controls for variables such as the reference speed ofthe motor (rpm), the reference frequency (Hz), numerical indicators to display thefrequency of the induction motor, the speed of the DC motor, and graphs for phasevoltage and phase current waveforms.The experimental setup is modeled after the one proposed by the University of Minnesota2, 3 . However, the setup along with the modification to the model with the dc motorassembly in the loop (HIL) is first correctly executed under the RT-LAB real-time systemsolution. This paper will give a brief

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Cambron, Western Kentucky University; Walter Collett, Western Kentucky University; Stacy Wilson, Western Kentucky University

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Electrical and Computer

. Wullschleger, C. Garten Jr., and A. Palumbo, "Laser-Induced Breaksdown Spectroscopy for the Environmental Determination of Total Carbon and Nitrogen in Soils," Applied Optics, vol. 42, pp. 2072-2077.[9] W. Collett, L. Kirby, B. Hesson, J. Kondracki, M. Martin, and S. Mahajan, “A Sample Acquisition Concept for Element Detection in Coal-fired Power Plant Emissions via Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” in ISEIS 2006 Environmental Archives (CD).[10] W. Collett, M.E. Cambron and S.S. Wilson, “Recent Undergraduate Power Engineering Projects at Western Kentucky University,” submitted to the 2007 North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2007), Las Cruces, NM, September 30 - October 2, 2007.[11] S.S Wilson, N. Crawford, L. Croft, M. Howard

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jin-Hwan Lee, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati; Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

) (b)Figure 2. Representative images of the developed micromixer. (a) Results showing the simulation andexperimental cross-section images of the microchannel indicating fluid and particle mixing downstream, (b)scanning electron micrograph of the fabricated micromixer. Page 13.1042.5The first few weeks of the spring quarter were spent fabricating the designed micromixer inPDMS polymer. Although the undergraduate senior students working on this project wereprepared and trained them for working in a clean room environment, most of the fabricationprocess for this project was carried out by the graduate student working. This approach wastaken

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Doboli, State University of New York-Stony Brook; Eddie Currie, Resonance Publications, Inc.; Patrick Kane, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation; Dave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

analog/digital, dynamic reconfiguration for implementing new functionality and obtaining better performance.In terms of ABET’s (a)-(k) criteria4, the following are the primary outcomes set for the course:(a) Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.(b) Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as, analyze and interpret data.(c) Ability to design a system, component, or process, to meet desired needs within realisticconstraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health, and safetymanufacturability, and sustainability.(d) Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.(e) Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.(g) Ability to communicate effectively.(k

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Cavicchi, Grove City College

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-3: INTEGRATION OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERPROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE INTO CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSESThomas Cavicchi, Grove City College Thomas J. Cavicchi received the B. S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1982, and the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Grove City College, Grove City, PA, where he teaches year-long courses on digital communication systems, digital and analog control systems, and the senior labs (including co-teaching the senior capstone design projects). He also has recently taught

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

related skills.6 These three coursesconstruct a critical pipeline in the computer engineering curriculum to properly prepare studentsfor the workforce and graduate studies by engaging them in project-based learning activitiesearlier and developing the appropriate skills needed to contribute to significant team-baseddevelopment projects. Figure 1(b) illustrates how the core curriculum has been enhanced to fillthe knowledge and skills gap with the construction of a pathway to acquire superior student skillsthrough requisite participation in project-based learning projects.This paper provides an overview and lists the learning outcomes for each of these courses andincludes some examples of laboratory projects that are used to meet these learning