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Niklas Cyril Bitters, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Curriculum DevelopmentAbstractThis paper describes the setup of an integrated project platform to support student research andcurriculum development in the burgeoning topics of artificial intelligence and machine learning.The platform comprises modules for object classification and collision avoidance which are usedin the design of intelligent and autonomous vehicles. Object classification consists of theappropriate neural network architecture for training and learning object characteristics from datasets. Collision avoidance utilizes a single camera to estimate the distance of the vehicle from theobject. The hardware and software requirements of the integrated project platform are met bycost-effective resources. In addition to serving as a testbed

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Mario G Perhinschi, West Virginia University

type [8] have created thepremises for an enhanced academic process capable to directly connect theory and practice,causes and effects, engineering design parameters and their impact on system performance.In this paper, the main elements of designing the AoE in UAS are presented. The role and placeof the AoE within the AEBS curriculum are explained in Section 2. The main educationalobjectives and motivation are outlined in Section 3. The targeted learning outcomes are listed inSection 4. Section 5 includes a brief discussion of the adopted strategy and the main educationaltools used for the design and implementation of the AoE. The general curricular structure andacademic requirements are described in Section 6. Finally, some conclusions and a

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Sharan Kalwani, IEEE; Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University

design, simulation, iterative redesign andsimulation to meet the goals, and implementation details on hardware with software. The wholeprocess, design tradeoffs and history are kept in the final project document folder. In addition tointellectual property /commercialization of the final product, the integration of all the conceptslearnt in the curriculum is considered throughout the capstone design course. The projects areevaluated by a number of multidisciplinary faculty, fellow students and the instructors. The studentoutcomes and design criteria are considered in the evaluation. Later the design and software aremade public as Open source. Full documentation for the interface is also submitted in the finalproject report.Some of the recent

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; John B. Napp, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo

to use their information literacy skills to identify relevant engineering codesand standards, such those of the ASHRAE. The project goals align with the new ABET Criterion3 (student outcomes, SLO 1 to 5) and Criterion 5 (curriculum, content C, D and E). Benefits,limitations, and future directions are also discussed. 1. Introduction:Information LiteracyInformation literacy plays an important part of undergraduate education. The Framework forInformation Literacy [1] opened the way for librarians and undergraduate faculty to collaborate onpedagogical research, to (re)design assignments and courses, and to connect information literacywith undergraduate curricula and student success initiatives.Librarians, in collaboration with the

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Steven T Rowland; Michael William Eckels; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Receiver/Transmitter (UART), (c) integration of sensors and otherdevices into one "Base station", and (d) using the "Base station" with an ESP8266 WiFi moduleto send data to the cloud. One of the term projects required the students to use the collectiveknowledge of the laboratory experiments outlined above to create an IoT-based detectionsystem.. Despite the health pandemic, remote instruction and delivery of course materials, aswell as the evaluation and assessment of the submission of each student was successfullyaccomplished.IntroductionEmergent technologies in wireless data communication and computing are rapidly altering theengineering landscape. The engineering programs at universities across the world must adapttheir courses and curricula

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

student’s education, that ofcommunication. Long before ABET made it a point that had to be addressed, instruction inwriting and oral production were included in multiple courses. Students practiced their writtenskills in fluids, controls, vibrations, design, heat transfer, and capstone courses. Communicationwas not an add on to all these courses it was an integral part of the curriculum. Short writtenassignments culminating in formal reports allowed students to experience a path that they wouldfollow in their careers. The important element was making sure that this writing experience washappening on a regular basis throughout the curriculum, not as a one-time affair and quicklyforgotten. Over the years, students showed that continuous practice of

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Sabrina Martin, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh

Climate Change Communication that found 78% ofvoters support upgrading the electrical grid and expanding renewable energy sources usingfederal funds [1]. One possibility to consider when integrating renewable energy into ourexisting infrastructure is through harnessing the enormous amount of vehicular kinetic energythat is available on our roadways.As of 2017 the Federal Highway Administration reports that there are 4,184,471 miles of publicroad in the United States alone [2]. These roadways provide a diverse environment for energyharvesting within the vast amount of infrastructure that already exists. The near constantexposure to solar radiation, wind, run-off from precipitation, and repetitive mechanical loadingcreates an opportunity to