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Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University
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competitiveness of the US economy. This endeavor has become a national priority1.However, the ECE enrollment and attrition trends in recent years are sources for concern.Enrollment in U.S. institutions of higher education has grown steadily at all levels rising from14.5 million students in 1994 to 20.7 million in 2009, but such a growth is not fully reflected inscience and engineering. Institutions of higher education in the United States granted engineeringdegrees in the mid-2000s at a lower rate than in the mid-1980s. The number of Americanstudents earning bachelor’s degrees increased by 16% over the past 10 years, however, thenumber of bachelor’s degrees earned in engineering decreased by 15%. Nationally, less than50% of the students who enrolled in
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New Trends in ECE Education II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University
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have produced, piloted, and internally distributed 64 curriculum modules and/or labs.The purpose of this paper is to provide preliminary results of an investigation of the relationshipof learning setting and instructional use of experimental centric learning, especially for students ofcolor. Learning settings studied include: 1) traditional classrooms, 2) lab settings and 3)homework. Variations by instructional use included: 1) instructor demonstration, 2) cooperativeand 3) independent student use. Student outcomes reflect gains in: 1) pre-requisites to learning; 2)immediate short-term learning; 3) long-term and transferable outcomes and 4) selected ABETcharacteristics (importance and preparedness). Findings indicate that both setting and
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany - SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, Evaluation Consortium: University at Albany - SUNY; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; Satinderpaul S. Devgan P.E., Tennessee State University; Ali Reza Osareh, NC A&T State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University; Demetris L. Geddis, Norfolk State University
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as an Assistant Professor in 2004. From 2008 to 2011, he was a Research Engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute where he fabricated scalable multiplexed ion traps for quantum computing applications. Prof. Geddis returned to NSU as an Associate Professor in 2011. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 2016 ASEE ConferenceAbstractThis paper presents the initial pilot findings from a multi-year project that is initiating experimentalcentric approaches to learning in electrical engineering courses via the use of an Analog DiscoveryBoard (ADB). The specific audience emphasized in the paper reflects participants in circuits-content courses; the majority
Conference Session
New Trends in ECE Education I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany/SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., Evaluation Consortium University at Albany/SUNY; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University
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in computational electronics, electromagnetics, energy storage devices, and large scale systems.Dr. Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 2016 ASEE ConferenceAbstractThis paper presents findings from a multi-year project that is initiating experimental centricapproaches to learning in electrical engineering courses at 13 Historically Black Colleges andUniversities. The tool supporting to experimental student-centered learning at these institutionswas an Analog Discovery Board (ADB). The content or setting of use reflect introductory,circuits, and supporting electrical engineering courses. The students were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany - SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, Evaluation Consortium University at Albany - SUNY; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Lisa D. Hobson, Prairie View A&M University
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approach has also been implemented in core circuits andelectronics courses, design and project courses and similar courses serving engineering and sciencestudents both inside and outside of ECE.Purpose of the Paper: The purpose of this paper is to present results from a series of pilot studies. Data sourcesincluded post surveys from 86 students at 4 selected institutions, reviews of curriculum modulesused in classes, and interviews with faculty/instructors and students at 5 institutions. Outcomesstudied included a series of variables that reflected both precursors to learning, immediateoutcomes, and initial long term outcomes.Background of the Study In 2013, Howard University, in collaboration with Alabama A&M University, FloridaA
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lauren E. Donohoe, Department of Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University ; Julio Urbina, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Tim Kane, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Sven G. Bilén P.E., The Pennsylvania State University - University Park
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, there is general agreement that students learn by doing. This is reflected inthe aphorism “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn”10[which is often misappropriated to Benjamin Franklin, but likely derived from writing of theChinese Confucian philosopher Xunzi (312–230 BC)]. While it is true that information andequations can be learned by reading, memorization, or listening to someone else speak, these arenot the best methods to build intuition. Intuition is built through experience, learned by doing,and reinforced through practice. The processes of learning and doing are inseparable.6 Thecomplexity of topics taught limits the ability for students to “learn by doing” within the time-restricted classroom setting
Conference Session
Labs & Hands-on Instruction I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Steven S. Holland, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cory J. Prust, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Richard W. Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering
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enough rise time, so a simple switch is constructed from touching the W1 wire to theRS lead to create a step excitation. A long coaxial cable was utilized to allow the voltage ringing,which is due to the low oscilloscope bandwidth, to die out and reach steady state in betweenroundtrips of a transient. Figure 2a shows the oscilloscope capture of a transient on an open-circuit load ( RL   ). An input voltage divider is apparent (2.5V transient launched on thecable), and the cable is shown to have a roundtrip delay of approximately 200ns, after which thereflected wave reaches the source and changes the input conditions. Calculations from themeasured voltages indicate an impedance of Zin  Zo  50 before the reflected wave reachesthe source, and
Conference Session
Assessment & Accreditation in ECE
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Fong K. Mak, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University
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use inboth course and student outcomes assessment. The most recent FCAR methodology consists ofthe FCAR which is generated by faculty members at the end of the semester. The FCARprovides one or two pages of summative information related to the courses taught by eachfaculty member during that semester. The FCAR generally contain the following information: • Course Description • Course Outcomes • Class Grade Distribution • Course Outcomes Assessment • Student Outcomes Assessment • Reflection • Proposed Action ItemsThe main idea is to capture the reflection and proposed action items for improvement of coursestaught at the grass-roots by the responsible instructors. Hence, the assessment information isprocessed by the
Conference Session
Assessment & Accreditation in ECE
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Amanda Deacon, University of Calgary; Tom O'Neill, University of Calgary; Kartikeya Murari, University of Calgary
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1734 $o&! WBYZ 6289 n%pqT4 $BCD W234 6%&! nXYZ A789 1opq* Time 0 represents member’s original teams. Each team at any given time point after Time 0was composed of three original or “core” members and one guest member. No team had morethan one guest member from the same team throughout the duration of the course. The onlyindividuals a member had contact with on more than one occasion were those individuals whowere apart of that member’s core team.Materials All scales were framed in order to have members reflect on the most recent project theycompleted with that specific team, whether it be the members home team or a guest team.Behavioral integration
Conference Session
Circuits & Systems Education I
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Nicole P. Pitterson, Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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learningexperiences planned so as to achieve this desired knowledge? [32]. The key to course design is thedetermination of the enduring outcome for the course. In other words, what is the set of keyoutcomes one would like for their students to have possessed at the end of the learningexperience or even years after they have exited the learning process? For example, in theintroductory circuit course used for study three it was evident that students were expected tohave developed a certain level of engineering problem solving skills that could be translated toother complex learning experiences. The emphasis on working problems in the class or the use oflearning activities meant to provide more class time for working problems were also reflected instudies two