Teaching Electrical Engineering to Freshmen
Freshman engineering courses are being widely implemented so that students can make an informed decision about their major.  Modular approaches that trade depth for the sake of breadth are often used to present each of the varied disciplines separately.  Electrical engineering -- an abstract and mathematically intense discipline -- is particularly challenging to distill into a few hours.  This work describes a four-hour electrical engineering module that examines the role of electrical engineering in the manipulation of audio signals.  ASEE Article

Shoe Power
Decreasing size and power requirements of wearable microelectronics make it possible to replace batteries with systems that capture energy from the user's environment. Unobtrusive devices developed at the MIT Media Lab scavenge electricity from the forces exerted on a shoe during walking: a flexible piezoelectric foil stave to harness sole-bending energy and a reinforced PZT dimorph to capture heel-strike energy. IEEE Micro Article