Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia; Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia; Ozdemir Gol, University of South Australia; Jan Machotka, University of South Australia

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Electrical and Computer

there is no unique solution; one of the many solutions isshown in Figure 10(b).Hee we presented only two examples to demonstrate that even an assignment project if usedproperly can be a reach platform for students learning and not just “soldering exercise”. Page 14.90.11 Headlight Indicator Figure 9. Headlight Indicator for car project.6 (a) (b) Figure 10. Implementing headlight indicator (a) prototyping area template; (b) one possible

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan Machotka, University of South Australia; Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia; Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia; Ozdemir Gol, University of South Australia

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Electrical and Computer

experiment in theactual laboratory (Group A). The third set of questions was intended only for studentsconducting the experiment remotely (Group B) and the last set of questions was intended forstudents who had a choice of conducting the experiment in the real laboratory or the remotelaboratory or both. The complete analysis of all student responses is beyond the scope of thispaper, thus only the questions and their answers as well as students comments from the first setare included here.Response to student questionnaires was not compulsory. Yet about 80 % of students submitted aresponse together with their reports. Surprisingly, the lowest return - only about 30% - occurredin group B – remote experiment only. All responses were submitted

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Frederick Kautz, University of Texas, El Paso; Bivas Das, University of Texas, El Paso; Luc Longpre, University of Texas, El Paso

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Electrical and Computer

, B. Chen, J. Jannotti, and M. Kaashoek. The click modular router. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS), 18(3):263–297, 2000.[4] J. Loddo and L. Saiu. Status report: Marionnet — How to implement a virtual network laboratory in six months and be happy. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on ML, pages 59–70. ACM Press New York, NY, USA, 2007.[5] J. Loddo and L. Saiu. Marionnet: a virtual network laboratory and simulation tool. In SimulationWorks, 2008. Page 14.139.7

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

covered 1. ( x ) * ( x ) = x y z y+zmost of the learning outcomes for the course. Tothese 25 questions, we added our own internallydeveloped assessment for basic math skills. 2. x2 + y2 = x + yOur math skills assessment was based on previous x x xwork that identified math skills needed in 3. = + y+z y zengineering6. This assessment consisted of 5multiple choice questions with 5 choices each, 15 4. log(a + b) = log(a) + log(b)true and false questions, and 3 questions requiringnumerical answers. The multiple

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Brian Carter, University of Texas, El Paso

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Electrical and Computer

practice areprovided through in-class exercises. After just a few lectures, students are competentlytranslating C code snippets into assembly and machine language. Typical projects, which arefirst practiced in groups and then individually, are illustrated in the first two examples in Table 2. Table 2. Example of early arithmetic code snippet translation projects that use only absoluteaddressing mode. On this processor, operation codes for two-operand instructions are specified by the most significant nibble and 0x292 specifies that both operands are “absolute” direct-mode addresses stored in extension words. C Source Code Assembly Language Machine Code short a, b

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

for educational use.16Bibliography1. P. Idowu, M. Omer, “Visual Learning Tool for Presentation of the Economic Dispatch Topic,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2008.2. MATLAB® The MathWorks, Inc. 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2098.3. P. Saur, G.T. Heydt, and V. Vittal, “The state of electric power engineering education.” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol.19, pp.5-8, Feb. 2004.4. B. Corderoy, G. Karady, and T. Papazoglou, “Electric power engineering education.” ELECTRA, no. 192, pp. 18-22, Oct. 2000.5. S. N. Singh, “Challenges and initiatives in power engineering education,” IEEE Computer Appl. Power, vol. 14, pp. 36-14, Apr. 2001.6. M. Kezunovic, A. Abur, G. Huang, A. Bose, K

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Electrical and Computer

design review each team created a PowerPoint presentation as anarrated slide show. The choice to have teams produce a narrated presentation rather than give a“live” talk was to separate effects of performance anxiety, not having English as the studentsprimary language, and public speaking skills from the technical content of the presentation. Pre-recorded presentations also prevented the common phenomena of running over the allotted classtime. The presentations were played during class on a computer projector and were followed byan open question-and-answer session. All three participating faculty evaluated design reviewusing a rubric (appendix B). Verbal feedback was provided to teams about weaknesses andstrengths of their design.Once teams

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Ressler, United States Military Academy; Michael Miller, United States Military Academy; Christa Chewar, United States Military Academy; Jean Blair, United States Military Academy

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Electrical and Computer

topicsas nodes in a graph, where arcs in the graph correspond to logical dependencies among topics.An arc from A to B means that topic A must be learned before B is possible. Now, any validtopological sort (extension of the dependency graph to a total order), is valid order to covertopics in the course.We have encountered several patterns of dependencies. In some cases, the graph dictates that theonly valid approach is to treat the original course topics as units. This situation is shown inFigure 3a. The white nodes represent topics drawn from one course and the gray nodes topicsfrom the other. The dependencies require all the white topics to precede the gray ones. This oftenoccurs when a curricular interface (rather than a thread) connects the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Shek, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

Page 14.960.3and computer engineering majors, as well as in the circuits and electronics service courses,which are taken by students from chemical, civil and environmental, industrial systems, andmechanical engineering and materials science and engineering. Various means to collectinformation to identify the topics for the podcasts were pursued including conversations with thecourse instructors and graduate teaching assistants to determine what course materials hadgenerated significant discussion in class and during office hours and input from the coursesupervisors. The initial topics selected after this process are a) opening a new project in PSpiceand find common components including ground, b) sweeping the d.c. value of a current andvoltage

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Electrical and Computer

≠ Participation in discussions and debates supported by PowerPoint presentations ≠ Team work and team reportingThe engineering profession has evolved during the latter half the last century to require thatengineers communicate with diverse audiences, including upper managers and administrators,colleagues from various disciplines, co-workers, students, and the public at large. The means ofcommunication have also multiplied from oral and written to presentations with visualization,audio-visual, simulation, and internet content. As a result, the communication skills thatengineers need in the practice of their profession now include: a. Good technical writing techniques and general composition; b. Oral communication and presentation

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prakash Ranganathan, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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Electrical and Computer

. Theproject is a good example of what one can come-up with using the multiple NXT LEGOsets rather than using simply one NXT kit, and it is worth trying out as a starting projectfor freshmen students in engineering schools at the university level [7] . Figure 4.1 (a) and (b) multi- NXT Ball Grabber robot UND design team4.2. Phase II – Promoting programming and circuitry concepts4.2.1 – Building programming experience Page 14.4.6 6 There are several items that should interest educators here – first, the entirecustomized LabView program is completely

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Mary Kay Roy, University of Texas, El Paso; Alexandria Ogrey, University of Texas, El Paso; Ann Gates, University of Texas, El Paso

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Electrical and Computer

)) px.setColor (green) if(r<40 and g<40 and b<40): if r<40 and g<40 and b<40: show (image) px.setColor (green) p.setRGB((x,y), green) show (image) p.repaint() Page 14.22.3Table 1 includes three versions of essentially the same function used in an initial programmingexercise for all of our courses and approximates an early exercise in Guzdial's mediaprogramming text. These functions read a JPEG image of a familiar cartoon character who iswearing a black shirt and shoes, and then dramatically

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

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Electrical and Computer

Design competitions into the undergraduate experience, studentsare better prepared to enter the field of engineering and make more meaningful contributions totheir firms at an earlier rate.According to a report published for The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2006)1, the pace ofchange in industry is expected to intensify in both the technological and non-technologicaldomains. Particular themes that have emerged include: (a) an increased need for firms to focuson solving customer problems; (b) a growing requirement to provide system solutions tothose problems; (c) and the increasing complexity of the management task. Anotherimportant factor is globalization which will continue to affect both the demand and the supplyside of industry.Certain

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Electrical and Computer

interest and impact enrollment retention. Clearly,no template can accommodate the variety of plans; and both ET and E programs must reachcompromises. We decided to focus on the technical requirements of typical first 2 years such asmathematics, physics, and electrical & computer engineering courses. In essence, the commontwo years would necessarily increase the math/science requirements for ET majors, and increasethe lab exposure and applications requirements for E majors. The following modifications aredeemed to be new for ET and E programs:1. New for ET programs: a. Include one math course per semester, starting with Calculus I; College Algebra and pre-Calculus become necessary pre-requisites. b. Physics and circuit analysis

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Winton, Mississippi State University

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Electrical and Computer

offsets and operational current levels.The decision process relates primarily to basic physical models of the MOS transistor, which arebased on devices of much larger dimensions and much lower fields. In order to make any kindof predictive analysis, these basic models benchmark the process and therefore some predictivesimulations are necessary. These are best manifested in such constructs 1 as a CMOS pair forevaluation of the transconductance, gm and of the drain conductance gDS slopes. The device testtopology is represented by figure 1-1(a). The simulation results are as shown by figure 1-1(b). Page 14.1302.3 Figure 1.1(a) Schematic of a

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

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Electrical and Computer

discipline may be required to meet. In this paper, we will focus attention on thecommon (3.a) through (3.k) outcomes since these apply to all engineering programs. These elevenoutcomes may be classified into two groups. The first group, consisting of (3.a), (3.b), (3.c), (3.e),and (3.k) are technical outcomes; for example, outcome (3.a) is an ability to apply knowledgeof mathematics, science, and engineering. The second group consists of the remaining outcomes,(3.d), (3.f), (3.g), (3.h), (3.i), and (3.j), are related to what might be called professional skills 20 (alsooccasionally referred to as soft skills), as well as those related to societal issues. Thus outcome(3.d), related to a professional skill, is an ability to function on multi

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suryaprasad Jayadevappa, PES School of Engineering; Ravi Shankar, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

exposure tothe students; (b) Lack of system level exposure; (c) Unnecessary emphasis on language syntax;(d) No support for adaptability; and (d) No support for life long learning.The “Breadth First” approach was considered as an option to provide a more holistic view of thediscipline. Many computer science educators have argued for this approach in which the firstcourse introduces to a broader range of topics in the CSE discipline. Creating a universalintroductory “breadth-first” course that introduces a dynamic field like CSE is a very dauntingtask. Developing a successful stand-alone breadth-first implementation, however, has proven tobe even more difficult. One option though has been to use the breadth-first model as a lead-in toa more

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron St. Leger, United States Military Academy; Anthony Deese, Drexel University; Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, Drexel University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 14.175.7As seen in Table 3 above, at Drexel University, the ECE curriculum provides a certain level offlexibility in the selection of courses to fulfill B.Sc requirements. This table reflects the five yearversion which is taken by the majority of students. With respect to where the emulator fits, onefinds a few options: a) as an experimental component module of the sequence of lab courses thatrun from Years 3-5; b) as an experimental module within one of two junior (Year 4) level powerengineering courses called ECEP354 Energy Management Systems and c) as a experimentalmodule within the second quarter of the three course sequence in Power Systems (ECEP401, 402and 403) offered to all power engineering majors. The next section provides

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dietmar Moeller, University of Hamburg; Hamid Vakilzadian, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Electrical and Computer

. 1, pp. 34 – 39, 2002.[4]. D. P. F. Möller, C. Siemers: Simulation of an Embedded Processor Kernel Design on SRAM based FPGA; In: Proceed. 31st Summer Computer Simulation Conference, pp 633-638, Eds.: M. S. Obaidat, A. Nisanci, B. Sadoun, SCS Press San Diego, 1999[5]. S. D. Brown, R. J. Francis, J. Rose, Z. G. Vranesic, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays; Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002[6]. R. W. Hartenstein, M. Glesner (Eds.), Field-Programmable Logic and Applications; Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 1142, Springer Publ., Berlin, 1996[7]. R. Ernst, J. Henkel , T. Brenner, (1993), Hardware-Software Cosynthesis for Microcontrollers, IEEE Design and Test N0. 12, pp. 64−75.Linkswww.ida.ing.tu-bs.de/ projects

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Hoover, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Drewniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Electrical and Computer

: thickness outer diameter Lroroid  0 r N 2 ( ) . 2 inner diameter A B 20T C 20T D Figure 1. The Common-mode Choke Construction. Page 14.1269.5 Another method of determining both self and mutual inductances simultaneously involvesthe measurement of the resonant frequencies of the two configurations of the coil in series with a10 nF capacitor as shown in Figure 2. From the measured

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanmugalingam Easwaran, Pacific Lutheran University

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Electrical and Computer

of these two buttons, the respective popup window (notshown) appears to enable selecting the directory and the image file in that directory. And, uponselecting an image file (for file types supported by MATLAB), the following are immediatelycomputed and displayed in their respective windows (top row) within this main GUI window: (a)the original image, (b) its histogram, and (c) its cumulative histogram. The file name, image size(bytes), number of rows, number of columns, and color information of the image are alsodisplayed in their respective textboxes (right).Similarly, there is a pushbutton to select the current directory (middle right), and another toselect an image file from this directory (middle right) for use as the target image (the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Institute of Technology; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Veton Kepuska, Florida Institute of Technology; Kenneth Stanley, University of Central Florida; Alison Morrison-Shetlar, University of Central Florida; Pat Lancey, University of Central Florida; Paula Krist, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

, therefore, their importance cannot beoverstated. During the first year of the Program (2007) implementing an effective advertisingcampaign and an aggressive recruitment plan was especially challenging due to the very limitedtime (about a month) between the official award of the REU grant and the applicationsubmission deadline. Page 14.1177.5From the Program’s beginning it became clear that a website was needed (a) whose URL couldbe communicated and advertised, especially via electronic means like mass emails and websitelinks (b) that would provide sufficient detail to potential applicants about the Program’s naturethrough FAQ pages, (c) that would

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiecai Luo, Southern University; Fred Lacy, Southern University; Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College; Perry Daniels, Texas Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

nameslisted in which the students fill in their data (see Table 1a); typical results recorded by astudent during this lab are provided (see Table 1b). Post lab questions are required for Page 14.1173.8this lab and they are as follows: (1) Compare measurement to the expected values in thedata sheet, (2) Explain any errors in measurements, (3) Based on your analysis of thedata, would you ship this device to your customer? (4) Explain why or why not ship thedevice to the customer. Table 1: (a) Table to record measured values, (b) Results from a student enrolled in the course (a) (b

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amendra Koul, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Keith Hoover, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Vysakh Sivarajan, Missouri University of Science and Technology; JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Drewniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-351: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A CHARACTERISTICIMPEDANCE CALCULATORAmendra Koul, Missouri University of Science and Technology Amendra Koul received his B.Tech in electronics and communication from Vellore Institute of Technology in Vellore, India in 2006 and is currently pursuing his M.S. in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He won the second place in the IEEE India Council best student paper contest 2004. From Jan’06 to June’06 he was selected on a scholarship to pursue his undergraduate project in electromagnetic compatibility laboratory in ESIGELEC France. From July 2006 to July 2007, he was working with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. in

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-78: AM RADIO CONSTRUCTION: A JUNIOR-LEVEL ELECTRICALENGINEERING CORE LABORATORYStuart Wentworth, Auburn University Stuart M. Wentworth received the B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Auburn University, AL, in 1982, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1987 and 1990, respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, in 1990, specializing in electromagnetics and microelectronics, and is presently an Associate Professor. His research interests include microwave circuit and interconnect modeling, high frequency material characterization, and radio frequency identification tags. He

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adnaan Jiwaji, MIT; James Hardison, MIT; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa, Makerere University; Alfred Mwambela, University of Dar-es-Salaam; V. Judson Harward, MIT; Jesús A. del Alamo, MIT; Bryant Harrison, MIT; Samuel Gikandi, MIT

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Electrical and Computer

iLabs and their responses have generally been verypositive11, 12. Students’ responses consistently show that they recognize and accept iLabs asvaluable supplements to real laboratories12. Since there have been few suggested improvementsto existing labs, the main focus of the OAU team for the near future should be identification anddevelopment of new iLabs along the same lines as the existing ones. (a) (b) Figure 9: Two interfaces for the OpAmp Lab. A Realistic Looking Interface implementation called the Component Package Interface (a) and the original interface (b).III. b. The University of Dar-es-SalaamThe University of Dar-es-Salaam (UDSM) is

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Montanez, Freescale Semiconductor; Michael Norman, Freescale Semiconductor

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-774: A COST-EFFECTIVE, MODULAR-HARDWARE PLATFORM FOREMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTEduardo Montanez, Freescale Semiconductor Eduardo Montanez received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering with a technical concentration in Computer Engineering and Integrated Electronics from The University of Texas at Austin. Eduardo works for Freescale Semiconductor as a Systems Engineer in the Microcontroller Solutions Group where he defines microcontrollers and complimentary software and hardware ecosystem solutions to meet customer requirements for various industrial and consumer markets.Michael Norman, Freescale Semiconductor Michael Norman earned his BS degree in Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-792: A PROJECT-BASED POWER ELECTRONICS COURSE WITH ANINCREASED CONTENT OF RENEWABLE-ENERGY APPLICATIONSRadian Belu, Drexel University Page 14.91.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009A Project-based Power Electronics Course with an Increased Content of Renewable Energy ApplicationsAbstractThis paper will described a project- and problem-based learning approach in teachingpower electronics for upper-level undergraduate students enrolled in the appliedengineering technology program at our university. This course will have an increasedcontent of applications of power electronics in renewable energy conversion systems.Power electronics, still

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-2191: DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF IMPACT (ACCELERATION)SENSORS AS CLASS PROJECTS IN A MEMS COURSEMustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine Dr. Mustafa G. Guvench received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University. He is currently a full professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Prior to joining U.S.M. he served on the faculties of the University of Pittsburgh and M.E.T.U., Ankara, Turkey. His research interests and publications span the field of microelectronics including I.C. design, MEMS and semiconductor technology and its application in sensor development, finite element and analytical

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani; Singli Garcia-Otero; Keith Williamson

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Electrical and Computer

Implementing ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 for New Programs at a Small HBCUAbstractThe School of Engineering, Science, and Technology at the Virginia State University (VSU) hadthree of its programs undergo a joint review by the Engineering Accreditation Commission(EAC) and the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET). These are fairly new programs at a small size HBCU witha student population of 5000. Evaluating all three programs simultaneously allowed synergy, butit also necessitated coordination at the institutional level. Additionally, it required the supportand cooperation of non-reviewed programs. The Department of Engineering