Debug Education

National Science Foundation (NSF): EDU CORE Research (ECR)

Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (BCSER)

An Individual Investigator Development Plan to Improve Undergraduate Debugging Skills and Mindset

Debugging is an extremely important skill in the semiconductor industry. However, such an important skill is rarely taught in college. This project seeks to explore how to teach microelectronics debugging in college. (Award #: 2321255)

Debugging Semiconductor is a Billion Dollar Skill. How should we teach it?

I gave a two-minute lightning talk at NSF ECR PI meeting in May 2024. The poster for my talk is available on Open Science Framework, DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/94RGP

Semiconductor industry is on track to be a $1 Trillion dollar industry by 2030
A typical semiconductor project spends between 35% to 50% on debugging (Schedule Killer!)
How to teach debugging is a truly multi-billion dollar question for Electrical Engineering (EE) Education

A full paper on this challenge was published in ASEE 2024. [ASEE PEER]

Debugging Cheat Sheet

My First Version of Microelectronics Debugging Cheat Sheet is released on GitHub at https://github.com/anqiaohu/Debugging_CheatSheet

Class: ECEN 3314
Level: Third-year Electrical Engineering (EE) or Computer Engineering (CpE) Majors