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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bosco Mansel Oliver, Clemson University; John R. Wagner, Clemson University; Elham B. Makram, Clemson University; Rajendra DUPE Singh, Clemson University

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Renewable Energy Education”, Renewable Energy Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 435-439, February 2009.9. H. Hassan, “Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering with Concentration in Alternative Energy Technology”, proceedings of the 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 492-496, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.10. C. Somerton, and A. Benard , “Developing a Design Based Alternative Energy Course”, proceedings from the Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, AC 2006-43, Chicago, IL, June 2006.11. G. Tamizhmani, B. Rogers, and R. Sundararajan, “A Multidisciplinary Course on Fuel Cells: Their Science and Engineering”, proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, pp. 10111-10117, Salt Lake City

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Projects in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wookwon Lee, Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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industry and academia for more than 15 years.Dr. Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University Nicholas B. Conklin received a B.S. in applied physics from Grove City College in 2001, and a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State University in 2009. He is currently an assistant professor in the Physics Department at Gannon University, Erie, PA. Page 23.660.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 High Altitude Radiation Detector (HARD): Integration of Undergraduate Research into Senior Design and Lessons LearnedAbstractAn interdisciplinary undergraduate research project conducted

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

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Sciences to the benefit of the EE program. Page 23.458.6Bibliography1. Ernst Weber and Frederik Nebeker. Evolution of Electrical Engineering: A Personal Perspective, 1994.2. John D. Ryder and Donald G. Fink. Engineers and Electrons: A Century of Electrical Progress, 1993.3. Robert B. Stone, Nancy Hubing, Timothy Philpot and James Schroetlin. “Strinking a Balance between Engineering Science and Engineering Design: Creation of an Interdisciplinary Engineering Program”, International Conference on Engineering Design, 2003.4. Alexandra E. Coso, R. Reid Bailey and Ellen Minzenmayer. “How to Approach an Interdisciplinary Engineering

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ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Ahmed E. Kamal, Iowa State University; Akhilesh Tyagi, Iowa State University

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and computer engineering programs areidentical to the ABET a-k outcomes of the ABET 2012-2013 accreditation cycle as listed below.1 (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind George Royer, Academy Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USAF Academy, CO; Daniel Harold Harold; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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systemsoperational site early in the course to view training operations and interact with pilots andoperators flying operational Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) missions. The impact of the trip Page 23.222.8was assessed with a survey given before and after the trip. Figure 6 displays the results andAppendix B lists the questions. Questions 13-16 were added for the survey after the studentsreturned to measure specific desired learning outcomes. Of interest in these results is that thestudents had high expectations for the trip (Question 2) and the trip met their expectations. Thestudents achieved the learning outcomes as the average responses ranged from

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ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna L Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Meghan Morris Deyoe, University at Albany, SUNY

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studio space on teaching and learning: Preliminary findings from two case studies. Innovations in Higher Education, 33, 217-228.4. Prince, M. (2004). Does active learning work? A review of the research. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-232.5. Collis, B., de Boer, W., & van der Veen, J. (2001). Building on learner contributions: a web-supported pedagogic strategy. Educational Media International, 38(4), 229-40.6. Kimok, D., & Heller-Ross, H. (2008). Visual tutorials for point-of-need instruction in online courses. Journal of Library Administration, 48(3/4), 527-543.7. Chu. K.C., & Leung, D. (2003). Flexible learning via web-based virtual teaching and virtual laboratory systems. Journal

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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University

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. Page 23.64.51) The TI TMS320C6713 is a) an 8-bit processor b) a 16-bit processor c) a 32-bit processor d) a 64-bit processor e) none of the above2) A large number of random voltages (uniformly distributed between ±𝑉ref are applied to a 3-bitADC. Digital outputs [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] are observed with respective relative frequencies 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1[16, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 16 ]. The most likely cause for this anomalous output is a) ADC gain error b) ADC missing c) ADC nonlinearity d) ADC offset error codes error e) none of the above3) To sample 𝑥(𝑡) = cos(2𝜋1000𝑡) sin(2𝜋2000𝑡) without aliasing, the minimum sampling rateshould be a) 1000 Hz

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Projects in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson PE, Bucknell University; Daniel Schmalzel; Robert R. Krchnavek, Rowan University; John L. Schmalzel, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

Security andReliability. August 2012, pp. 1-3[2] EAP Guidelines 3.1[3] J. L. Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese, J. Mariappan and S. A. Mandayam, "The Engineering Clinic: Afour-year design sequence," presented at the 2nd Annual Conf. of National Collegiate Inventors andInnovators Alliance, Washington, D.C., 1998.[4] J. L Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese and R. P. Hesketh, "What's brewing in the Clinic?," HP EngineeringEducator,2:1, Winter 1998, pp. 6-7.[5] P.M. Jansson, K. Whitten, C. Delia, M. Angelow, B. Ferraro, M. Giordano, M. Colosa, “EE StudentsComplete Photovoltaic R&D for Industry in Electrical Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the118th ASEE Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 26-29 June 2011[6] P.M. Jansson, U. Schwabe, A. Hak, “Medium

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Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Electrical and Computer

traditional laboratory consists in sharing and grouping the students,discussing the theoretical problems together, working directly on a set of equipment andapparatus following a set of written guidelines, evaluating the results and elaborating personalconclusions4-12, 17-31. The major shortcomings of the traditional laboratories: (a) the sets ofequipment can be significantly high and the institution can't modernize them in a timely manner;(b) the students access to laboratories is restricted only to the laboratory periods; (c) since thestudents can see only the inputs and outputs of the system, those laboratories cannot fully backupthe understanding / intuitiveness of the physical phenomena illustrating the functionality of

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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

the projectsRobotic platformThe robotic platform used for the projects is shown in fig 1. It consisted of a round platform of 30cm ofdiameter with eight sonar sensors placed every 45o degrees around the platform. A Field ProgrammableGate Array (FPGA) card [2] is installed in the robot platform, as well as, radio frequency identification(RFID) tag reader [8] that is used to identify the goal the robot should find, and a Basic Stampmicrocontroller is used for I/O processing. Figure 1. a) Mobile Robot Platform and b) Sonar Sensor Layout and WeightsThe Challenge.Design and implement a controller to be able to drive the robot autonomously in an unknown indoorenvironment (maze) avoiding static obstacles, and reaching a goal (an RFID

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Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert John Bowman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas A Mercer, Analog Devices Inc.

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. November 2011. ISBN13: 9781613501863 5. E.W. Maby, A.B. Carlson, K.A. Connor, W. C. Jennings, P.M. Schoch, “A Studio Format for Innovative Pedagogy in Circuits and Electronics,” Proc. of 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, 12/1997. 6. J. M. Wilson, “The CUPLE Physics Studio,” The Physics Teacher, Vol. 32, p518, 1994. 7. D Millard, M Chouikha & F Berry, “Improving student intuition via Rensselaer’s new mobile studio pedagogy” ASEE Annual Conference, 2007, AC 2007-1222. 8. R W Hendricks, K M Lai & J B Web, “Lab-in-a-box: Experiments in electronic circuits that support Page 23.576.13

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Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John W Pritchard, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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., "Development of an educational environment for online control of a biped robot using MATLAB and Arduino," Mechatronics (MECATRONICS) , 2012 9th France- Japan & 7th Europe-Asia Congress on and Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM), 2012 13th Int'l Workshop on , vol., no., pp.337,344, 21-23 Nov. 2012 [3] Neto, J. M.; Paladini, S.; Pereira, C.E.; Marcelino, R., "Remote educational experiment applied to electrical engineering," Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2012 9th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,5, 4-6 July 2012 [4] Ogawa, H.; Oguntoyinbo, B.; Tochi, K.; Naoe, N., "Electric vehicle project for introduction to engineering Creation Experiment

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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nizami Z Vagidov, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Athos Chariton Petrou; Joseph L Zawicki Zawicki

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two chapters on mathematical topics is given at the beginningof the semester. The situation is even worse if the teachers rely on students’ knowledge frommath courses.2. There is disconnect between the theory discussed in the lectures and the experiments carriedout in the accompanying lab. This disconnect is made more severe by two factors: (a) sometimesthe lab either precedes or lags behind the lecture material and (b) the theory and the lab aretaught by two separate instructors who profess different teaching philosophies and havedifferent ideas about what is important and what is not.3. In the present teaching system the assessment of students’ understanding of the subject isinfrequent. Typically it consists of a final exam with one or two

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Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tan Ma, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University; Ahmed Taha Elsayed, Florida International University

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very successful tool for load forecastingapplications and it was adopted widely in such applications during last two decades. Thebuilding block of the neural network is the neuron, the mathematical model of the neuron isgiven in Fig.2 (a). The mathematical expression of each single neuron can be given by: m yk  [Wkj X j  bk ] (1) j 1The structure of an artificial neural network (ANN) consisting of 13 neurons is shown in Fig.2(b). As shown in the figure, the ANN has four layers; one is the input layer, two hidden layersand one

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mazloomzadeh, Florida International University; Mustafa Farhadi, Florida International University; Osama A. Mohammed, Florida International University

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Electrical and Computer

greatly familiar with the many technical aspects. Utilizing renewableenergy sources not only provides an excellent opportunity for students to have a deep andrealistic understanding on this subject, but also prepares and train them to test their ideas in ahighly technical research and development atmosphere. The implementation of operationalregimes and conducting verification experiments will be necessary for future students to get intothis area: a) Introduction to hybrid power grids b) Emulation and development of renewable energy sources (in particular wind and solar) c) Integrating techniques and approaches for optimally control and operation of PV and wind emulators along with energy storage system d) Real time energy transfer

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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Hongwei Liao

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the course.Methods 1-3Our research of student learning blends quantitative and qualitative methods . Our mainfocus is on the students currently enrolled in the course. For them we design surveysusing a professional version of SurveyMonkey ®, which allows us to: a) Obtain statistics on multiple-choice questions, b) Collect open-ended, essay-type answers, and c) Use two separate web sites – one for submission of students’ answers and the other for submission of students’ names. This feature is extremely important, because it ensures anonymity of student responses and – at the same time – allows the instructor to reward each participant

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Recruitment, Retention and First-year Programs in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector A. Ochoa, The University of Texas at Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #7539An Update: The Engagement and Retention of Electrical Engineering Stu-dents with a First Semester Freshman Experience CourseDr. Hector A. Ochoa, The University of Texas at Tyler Dr. Ochoa received his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2007, his M.S. degree in physics from UTEP in 2003, and his B.S. in physics from the University of Guadalajara (U de G), Mexico in 2001. He is a member of the IEEE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the order of the engineer. He

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Albright P.E., University of Portland

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benefit from utilizing guest lecturers from the local engineering and computer science community. EGR 300 Introduction to Capstone Project – 1 cr. hr. Preparation for the senior capstone courses in the School of Engineering. Students practice project management tools and techniques and learn about the requirements for senior design projects. Project ideas proposed by clients from the University and the professional community will be discussed and assessed. Additional material is presented on career planning, professionalism and some discipline-specific topics. Students conclude the course by forming a team and preparing a preliminary project proposal. (Prerequisite: Upper-division standing)b) Multi-disciplinary Senior Capstone

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ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison, IL; Aminul Karim, DeVry University, Downers Grove, IL; Jennifer A McClain, IEEE

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: Technology, Economics, and Politics. In this regard studentsneed to learn: a. How standards play a part in their career; b. How to think critically about standards development and technology solutions; c. About the pace of standards development in terms of technical change; d. How standards help drive innovation; e. How standards development process provides good technical solutions; f. Why standards are flexible.What are the needs of undergraduate and graduate students?Harding (2011) further notes that the state of standards education at the university level isdiverse. There are different needs at the undergraduate and graduate levels: a. Undergraduate students require a basic level of

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #7512Rationales on a Required Class on Signal and Power Integrity in a ComputerEngineering CurriculumDr. JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Jianjian Song (M’88, S’07) received his B.S. degree in radio engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China in 1982, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engi- neering from the University of Minnesota in 1985 and 1991. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1999 as associate professor and he has been full professor since 2010. From

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

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Paper ID #7765Introducing a Business Acumen into an Engineering CurriculumDr. John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University John Burke received the B.S.E.E. degree from Northeastern University in 1984, and the M.S.E.E. de- gree from University of California at Los Angeles in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 1993. Dr. Burke joined the faculty of Western New England University (WNE) in 2000 and since 2004 he has been an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Dr. Burke’s primary teaching inter- ests are Electromagnetics, Physics of Semiconductor Devices

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark T Carnes PE, Purdue University, Electrical Engineering Technology; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #6707Conceptual Understanding of the Electrical Concepts of Voltage and Cur-rent: A Pilot Study of a Method to Create Representations of Students’ Men-tal ModelsProf. Mark T Carnes PE, Purdue University, Electrical Engineering Technology Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University Mark Carnes is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue University. He is also nearing completion of studies for a doctorate in Engineering Education, also at Purdue. Before coming to Purdue, he spent over 30 years as an electronics designer of control and power

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Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, uned; Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education; Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera, UNED; SANTIAGO MONTESO FERNANDEZ, UNED; Félix García Loro, Predoctoral fellow; Maria José Albert Gomez, UNED; GABRIEL DIAZ ORUETA, UNED; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"; Mihail Milev; juan peire; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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– A Repository to Locate Online Laboratories," Int. J. of Online Eng. (iJOE), vol. 6, pp. 12-17, 2010.[20] (2012, October 30). MIT iCampus: iLabs. Available: http://icampus.mit.edu/ilabs/[21] V. J. Harward, J. A. del Alamo, S. R. Lerman, P. H. Bailey, J. Carpenter, K. DeLong, C. Felknor, J. Hardison, B. Harrison, I. Jabbour, P. D. Long, M. Tingting, L. Naamani, J. Northridge, M. Schulz, D. Talavera, C. Varadharajan, W. Shaomin, K. Yehia, R. Zbib, and D. Zych, "The iLab Shared Architecture: A Web Services Infrastructure to Build Communities of Internet Accessible Laboratories," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 96, pp. 931-950, 2008.[22] (2012, January 1). Labshare - Home. Available: http://www.labshare.edu.au

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Askia Hill, Purdue University; Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

has an auxiliary role[28].B. Felder and Silverman’s Model of Learning Styles (FSMLS) In 1988, Dr. Richard Felder and Dr. Linda Silverman introduced a model of learningstyles, which we refer to as FSMLS, to explain what factors of the learning process wereimportant to engineers[30]. The model consisted of components of existing learning stylesmodels such as Jung and Kolb as well as their some original additions[17]. Descriptions of thedimensions of the model are listed below. • Visual/Verbal - Visual learners are those who like to receive information through images, diagrams, symbols, etc. Verbal learners prefer verbal explanations and written notes to obtain information. • Sequential/Global – Sequential

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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

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ECE Curriculum Improvement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University; Greg Lammers, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

monitoring of aircraft engines. He has over 170 refereed journal and conference publications in the areas of microwave integrated circuits, sensors and antennas. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2008. His stu- dents have received numerous student paper awards and other student research-based scholarships. He is a Purdue University Faculty Scholar and has also received ten teaching awards including the 2010 HKN C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2010 Charles B. Murphy award, which is Purdue University’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.Greg Lammers, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, North American College; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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-based microcontroller course based on the Parallax Basic Stamp, asingle-board computer that runs the Parallax PBASIC language interpreter in its microcontroller.There were five main reasons to choose a Parallax microprocessor: a) students in electronicsprogram did not have, or were not required to take any programming background before takingthis course; b) Parallax offered a variety of sensor units and related modules to conduct a varietyof experiments and make projects as part of course purpose; c) the Parallax system is compatiblewith most of the commercial sensors and modules; d) freeware software and resources like booksare available; and e) the cost of the system and parts. PBASIC was easier to learn whencompared other programming

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Projects in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Nigel Yu, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

-modulation) control signals for speed or torque control based onopen-loop or closed-loop control strategies. The PWM drive board amplifies the control signalsto trigger the power MOSFET module. The MOSFET module realizes a full-bridge dc/dcconverter which provides adjustable dc voltage to the dc traction motor and allows current tofollow in both direction. As a result, the DC traction motor can be operated in four-quadrant andunder different speed. (a) Page 23.280.3 (b) Figure 1 (a) golf-cart and (b) platform project structureIn order to

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara E. Marino, Loyola Marymount University

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Electrical and Computer

of hardware thathave been pre-assembled and mounted onto a track. See Figure 3. a. Picture b. Block Diagram Figure 3: Ball Sorting SystemAt the top of the track is a sensor capable of measuring the amount of red, green, and blue in thesensor field. Next to the sensor is a vertical array of LEDs. Further down the track are twoswinging gates connected to separate servo motors. The servo motors are be operated to openand close the respective gates. Across from each gate is a proximity detector which can be usedto detect objects that pass in front of the detector. Each piece of hardware is further described inthe following paragraphs.The sensor measures

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Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Farrah Fayyaz, Purdue University

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previously. For the All Questions score the #ques term was 25, whichaccounted for all of the questions on the exam. The Avg Class Grade/4.0 column represents theaverage grade in ECE300 for all students in that group out of a 4.0 scale with 4.0=A, 3.5=B+,3.0=B, 2.5=C+, 2.0=C, 1.5=D+, 1.0=D, 0.0=F, and 0.0=Withdraw.The benchmark to which all changes are compared is the original version of ECE300 (first rowof Table III), for which 8 years’ worth of data is reported. Even though the subset of questionschanged between groups, this group was used as the basis of comparison in order to have a largerdata set. Furthermore, because the normalized gain is being used as the measure of performance,the impact of the different subsets is somewhat lessened.The