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Edward Z Moore, Central Connecticut State University

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hours of directinstruction. Test results after training showed significant improvement by students who receivedthe intervention despite the extreme brevity of instruction. Considering only those students whoneeded training, scores rose by 18.6% after receiving training. The magnitude of improvementwas found to be statistically significant. These results are consistent with the improvements seenin previous research which generally involved more extensive instructional efforts.IntroductionSorby [1] presents several different attempts to define spatial skills. None are labeled ascompletely satisfactory, recalling Justice Potter’s 1964 analysis of what constitutes lewdness: “Iknow it when I see it”[2]. Tartre [3] divided spatial skills into

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Shari Klotzkin, Binghamton University; Howard S Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; David Klotzkin, State University of New York at Binghamton

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address this gap, a week-long Arduino workshop was developed to give middle schoolstudents an opportunity to actively engage in fun and educational STEM activities. Thechallenge was to see if an engaging STEM program on electronic hardware could be deliveredremotely [1]. With the aid of a very capable electronic simulator program, the content could beeffectively delivered and even implemented on real hardware.The class met twice daily for a week and culminated with each student presenting theirindividual project on the final day. The lessons were structured as a brief demo by theinstructors, followed by a mini-project, such as interfacing with an LCD display. Whileworking on the activities, students were assigned to one of three breakout rooms

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Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Laurin Moseley, CUNY New York City College of Technology

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providea summary of the STEM Outreach activities and provide conference participants with a tool kitthat can be applied at their home institutions and local communities.KeywordsSTEM, Online Learning, K-12 OutreachBackgroundAccording to the National Science Board’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2018, while basicSTEM skills have improved over the past two decades, America still lags behind many othercountries. Women and underrepresented minorities comprise less than 30% and 11% ,respectively of the STEM workforce [1]. In order to keep up with the predicted STEM job needsfor the nation, we need to increase interest and diversity in STEM. Students in K-12 need to beexposed, encouraged, and motivated to pursue careers in STEM. Exposing all

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Patrick Tunno

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a Global Penn State University Outstanding Program Award, a grant fordiversity, and is sponsored by IES Abroad.IntroductionA bicultural perspective bestows benefits including enhanced creativity and independence [1].This poises students to collaborate on solutions to complex global issues, which is especiallyrelevant in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. In STEM fields, this ability is essential. The 14Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st century, put forth by the National Academy ofSciences, include preventing nuclear terror and access to clean water [2], and globalcollaboration is critical. There is a consensus that educators understand the significance of theseabilities and their direct application on the job, and that these

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Daniel K. Jones P.E., State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; Joanne M Joseph, SUNYPOLY

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provide technicalsolutions, get feedback from users, and incorporate changes needed to make a usable endproduct.BackgroundThe use of assistive technology in the classroom to enhance the learning experience for studentswith disabilities is a well-established field [1]. For children and students with visualimpairments, tactile technology helps the learning process, especially when teaching the use ofbraille letters and numbers. Recent advances in 3D printing have provided opportunities toinnovate methods for braille instruction, and several studies have evaluated the effectiveness ofthis technology for teaching [2], [3], [4]. 3D printers are also being used to create tactile mapswhich help people with impaired vision learn how to navigate new

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Mira S Olson, Drexel University; Joseph Hughes

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throughout traditional engineeringsectors, thereby developing the integrative skills recommended by USIP, the National Academyof Engineering (NAE), and the conflict management community [1], [2], [3], [4].The graduate program began enrolling students in 2019 and includes both an M.S. degree forstudents from all STEM backgrounds and a 9-credit online certificate accessible to students fromall backgrounds. We present a peace engineering curriculum that offers breadth in understandingthe social dimensions of conflict, depth in engineering approaches and technologies applicable topeacebuilding, and practical experience working alongside peacebuilding practitioners. Asystems-level thinking approach is leveraged to equip engineers to think critically

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Dimitrios Stroumbakis PE, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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Education, 2021Public Interest Technology: Preparing the Next-Gen Engineer in Serving the Greater Good of the Public’s Interest-A Community College Effort Dimitrios Stroumbakis, PE Queensborough Community College Department of Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to document the creation, implementation and preliminary assessment of aseries of mini-modules funded under the Public Interest Technology-University Network (PIT UN)initiative for two purposes: 1) to raise awareness among new engineering students thereby creating apathway to higher educational goals in his field---all to for the noble case of serving greater

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Jennie Perey Saxe, University of Delaware

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describes course content, delivery, interactive activities, and student feedback to date, andin doing so offers a model for similar course development in other engineering curricula.IntroductionIn our relationships and in our workplaces, humans are constantly communicating. In thepractice of civil and environmental engineering, where projects are designed and built for publicuse and benefit, engineers must be skilled at communicating with the array of diversestakeholders that will be affected by their work. In 2019, the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) published the Third Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge(CEBOK3) [1]. The purpose of the newest edition was to update the competencies needed forcivil engineers entering and

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Eileen Haase PhD, The Johns Hopkins University

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freshmen classtaught during a pandemic, made students feel engaged with their classmates by discussing anddeveloping solutions for an issue they felt passionate about improving. Emphasizing theimportance of ethics in an introductory freshmen engineering course provides a foundation fordesigning with empathy.Introduction – definition and examples of health inequity“Health inequities are differences in health status or in the distribution of health resourcesbetween different population groups, arising from the social conditions in which people areborn, grow, live, work and age. Health inequities are unfair and could be reduced by the rightmix of government policies” [1].Health inequity has been an issue for centuries, and as noted by Martin Luther

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Kyle P Fuller, Northeastern University; Andrew J Lopreiato, Northeastern University; Raiden L Schodowski, Northeastern Univeristy; Alec W Silverman, Northeastern University; Samantha L Bowman, Northeastern University; Caitlynn E. Tov, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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% of healthcare equipmentin low-resource countries is donated or funded through international organizations and foreigngovernments, but only 10-30% of that equipment is able to be used — and most of that 10-30%is restricted to those who can pay and are located within large cities [1]. This is due to the simplefact that while most of the world's healthcare is consumed in low-resource settings, medicaltechnology is still designed primarily for high-resource settings. These designs assume a level ofinfrastructure that is not a reality in many places and follow expensive, complicated designcriteria that only exacerbate the problem. Most donated medical equipment lacks the ability to berepaired due to inaccessible spare parts, unreadable or missing