Cedarville Magazine, Summer 2018

C r a s h Course u A test drive of the classroom experience (without the final exam) PROGRAM TITLE Advanced Digital Logic Design (ADLD) INSTRUCTOR Clint Kohl Professor of Computer Engineering DESCRIPTION Students learn advanced treatment of digital logical design techniques and practices with emphasis on rapid electronic prototyping and effective use of advanced computer-aided design tools; schematic, textual, and VHDL design entry; and arithmetic circuits, advanced finite-state machines, and advanced controller implementations. BIG IDEA • Students combine theoretical skills into practical and functional real-world designs. • Students build a small autonomous robot in 10 laboratory sessions. Robots include features such as chassis and wheels created on 3D printers, a custom-designed printed circuit board, a 240 logic cell Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) that contains the hardware design to control the robot, and five infrared distance sensors. Also features a light intensity sensor for navigating a course consisting of walls, boxes, and tunnels. • Students use their robot to compete in an end-of- semester contest called “Take a Friend to Church.” Points are earned for navigating around obstacles, driving into a “garage,” “honking the horn” to pick up a friend, then driving through more obstacles to eventually enter the “church” and play a hymn of their choice on a small speaker attached to the robot. LEARN MORE: cedarville.edu/ComputerEngineering “Dr. Kohl has this slogan for ADLD — ‘It has to work’ — which is truly indicative of the hands-on, practical nature of this incredible course. In our lab sessions, each one of us builds and programs our own robot where we get to apply all of the knowledge acquired from lectures, such as programming in VHDL. Going through this class, I feel empowered and equipped to step into the working world because I've not only learned about designing digital logic; I've done it.” Ailin Leong ’19 775 Graduates Prepared for Service This year, 775 students received degrees during Cedarville University’s 122nd annual commencement, held May 5, in the Doden Field House. The class included 98 students who earned a graduate degree — including 34 Doctor of Pharmacy graduates. During commencement, 12 Faculty Scholarship Trophy honorees were recognized for achieving a 4.0 grade point average. They were Reese Clendening, chemistry; Unix De Castro Diza, social studies education-integrated; Kelly Fischer, social work; Ryan Lokkesmoe, molecular and cellular biology; Rebecca Lybarger, nursing; Michael McDonald, economics; Abigail Morgan, early childhood education; Carly Rose, management; Audrey Rutt, keyboard pedagogy; Stanley Schwartz, economics and history; Timothy Smith II, computer science; and Jesse Thompson, international studies. Receiving the President’s Trophy at this year’s commencement were Rebecca Lybarger, a nursing major from Troy, Ohio; and Stanley Schwartz, an economics and history major from Noblesville, Indiana. The President’s Trophy is the highest honor for a graduating senior. This award recognizes leadership, ministry, community and campus involvement, athletic performance, and academic achievement. Lybarger sang with OneVoice Gospel Choir and served as a discipleship leader on Discipleship Council. She also served as a camp counselor for the Cedarville summer Nursing Academic Camp and was an active member of the Nursing Honor Society. She went to the Philippines on a Global Outreach missions trip. “I worked with Rebecca at nursing camp,” noted Angie Mickle, Dean of the School of Nursing. “She was amazing at connecting with the high school students and modeling the unique heart of our nursing program, nursing as a ministry for Christ.” CAMPUS NEWS 24 | Cedarville Magazine