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Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Benjamin Lee Stilwell, The University of Texas at Tyler; Edgar Reyes

Paper ID #35108Simulated Laboratory-Based Learning In A Thermal Fluid Laboratory CourseDr. Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler Dr. Rafe Biswas is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His expertise and interests include process dynamics and control, fuel cell systems and thermal fluid engineering education. He teaches courses in system dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, and thermal fluids laboratory at the Houston Engineering Center. He also has been advisor and mentor to several senior design project groups.Mr

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MD Shahriar Jahan Hossain, Northwestern State University; Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Paper ID #35087Analysis of undergraduate students’ learning experience regarding handson laboratory courses using new innovated techniques of hybrid deliveryDr. MD Shahriar Jahan Hossain, Northwestern State University Dr. Hossain is currently serving as an endowed Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Northwestern State University, LA. He earned his PhD degree in the industrial engineer- ing area, from Louisiana State University, under a fellowship funded by EDA Program. He has 11 years of teaching, research and consultation experience in industrial and production engineering. His current

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Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University

) has established aconcentration in Emergency Management Technology to prepare students to be leaders in timesof crisis. The university approved the curriculum for the EMT program in the Fall of 2010. Theprogram began admitting students in Spring Semester of 2011. The curriculum focuses on topicssuch as emergency planning, incident command, disaster response and recovery, hazardidentification and mitigation, agency coordination, community emergency response, GeographicInformation System (GIS), and technology applications1.The EMT program aims to offer an up-to-date curriculum as well as laboratories for its students.In order to attract more support for EMT program, the faculty members have submitted severalproposals to local and federal

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

several moresemesters. This version has been used from Fall semester of 2019. Figure 1 shows a customlaboratory kit that has been used in this course. This show a recent version of the laboratory kit, andits name is BH EDU board kit9. Students can mount their MSP432 launchpad boards on the BH EDUboards. Students will learn about various aspects of the MSP432 applications using this BH EDUboard kit. After the completion of the Fall semester of 2019, to provide better education for thestudents for the following semester, the author decided to compile the lecture contents and to publisha book regarding this MSP432 application course. The detailed process of this textbook project hasintroduced in the next section. Proceedings of

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Amir Karimi P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio

colleges and universities in the United States switched from face-to-face tovirtual instruction, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic created new challenges forengineering programs preparing for reaccreditation or accreditation of new program. During 2020-21accreditation cycle, ABET conducted all ABET evaluations virtually and extended the evaluationperiod into the spring 2021 semester. The programs were required to provide digital documents tosupport their assessment in advance of the visit. In addition, tour of the university facilities wereconducted virtually. In most cases, the programs were required to provide videos of laboratories andequipment used for the experiments. This paper highlights the unique features of an

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Ahmed Ali HASAN, University of New Mexico; Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico

of some ra- dionuclides of environmental interests with different types of soils and rocks. Research interests included Low- and high-level radioactive waste disposal, conditioning of radioactive waste, radiation protection, and subsurface contaminant transport. Other research program includes hazardous and mixed waste; per- formance assessment of the high-level radioactive waste repositories; colloidal transport of contaminants and; disposal of Greater-than-Class C radioactive waste. His research area of Contaminant Transport encompassed the physics and chemistry of the fate and transport of contaminants in aquifers. He has ac- cumulated laboratory experience in purchasing, installing, and operating analytical

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Lorena Isabel Velásquez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

tocommunicate with each other and to the teaching assistants (TA’s).[2]Laboratory StructureMethod of DeliveryWith a total of one hundred and nineteen students, alterations to weekly laboratory sessionsrevolved around minimizing exposure and keeping students safe by broadcasting the lab sessionlive in a Zoom conference meeting while still holding an in-class session. The in-person sectionwas properly socially distanced based on New Mexico COVID restrictions. There were two TA'savailable in the physical classroom to guide students, one undergraduate, and one graduate TA.The Zoom call was hosted by additional graduate and undergraduate TA's to ensure that studentshad the opportunity to receive support at any time throughout the lab session. All students

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Michael S Rugh, Texas A&M University; Mary Margaret Capraro; Robert M Capraro, Texas A&M University

topics such as computer programming, physics, engineering design, andadvanced mathematics.For this presentation, we will examine the unique challenges faced by teachers and students in this onlinesummer camp. The first challenge was ensuring that every student and teacher had sufficient technologyand internet access to connect. We also had to ensure that the students were sent critical constructionand laboratory materials and were given lists of suggested project materials that they could pick up atlocal stores. The students were engaged in the summer camp classes, presentations, and tours frommorning until night; this presented its own challenges that required balancing engaging classes, well-earned breaks, and social activities. We will give

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright  2021, American Society for Engineering Education 2In Fall semester of 2020, the campuses were open, but severe limitation for lab access was imposed.The laboratory room that normally can be used for 16 students allowed only four students to be inthe room at the same time. The biggest challenge was the organization of Mini-Maker Faire at theend of the semester. There were a total of 74 students in the Control Systems course, which wasbeing used for Maker Culture implementation. Considering the social distancing requirement, therewas no room big enough that was available for the Mini-Maker Faire. According the original plan,the Mini

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David E Hubbard, Texas A&M University

PPI and examine the efficacyof using PPIs to adjust older chemical prices. This article is written for engineering educators,engineering students, and engineering librarians to demonstrate the use of PPIs and its efficacy. Background and Literature ReviewChemical PricesThere are two important concepts that must be considered prior to any discussion about bulk Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 2chemical prices. One is that prices paid for laboratory quantities (grams and

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Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Oziel Rios, University of Texas at Dallas; Roopa Vinay, The University of Texas at Dallas

. Additional work is ongoing to assess the efficacy of theteaching modalities in individual courses and will be subject of future publications. IntroductionMost engineering and computer science faculty members at our public university prefer teaching in aface-to-face format in the classroom instead of teaching virtually. However, during the COVID-19pandemic, the faculty are asked to choose among five teaching modalities that cope with the pandemic.The teaching modalities offered by the university are ‘Traditional Classroom/Laboratory,’ ‘BlendedHybrid,’ ‘Flexible mode,’ ‘Remote Virtual,’ and ‘Online.’It is important to note that a complete learning management system [1] is widely implemented acrossthe

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B. Michael Aucoin P.E., Texas A&M University; Brandon Bowen, Texas A&M University

is oriented to the development of a module on leadership activitiesassociated with workforce analytics for an existing undergraduate course in engineeringleadership. The module will complement the existing course in two primary ways: 1) takingadvantage of the course theme that there is much in common between the engineering andleadership skill sets, and 2) a significant laboratory project on present and future data innovations.The paper reports on an extensive literature review that leads to adaptation to an engineeringaudience and the subsequent design of the course module. The design of the module is based on aflipped classroom approach in which students engage in preparation on their own and then applyconcepts they have learned in group

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Monikka M. Mann, Texas Tech University; George Tan, Texas Tech University

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adapt to new methods of instruction,students and teachers are being challenged to find new ways to learn now that many schools are forcedto deliver this instruction remotely to either replace or augment traditional classroom lectures. It isestimated that nearly 70% of all students enrolled around the globe have been impacted by thedisruptions associated with COVID-19 outbreaks [19]. The challenge that all stakeholders involvedin Engineering Education must address – employers, institutions, faculty, and students alike – is toensure that the quality of the education provided remains high while concurrently keeping studentsand staff safe. Engineering, as a field, relies heavily on hands-on, practical laboratory work. Thebenefits gained through

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Matilda Ho, University of Texas at Dallas; Casey Hatfield; Jieun Kim

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topics directly covered in laboratory sections 8. Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 3Other research groups and universities have embarked on similar projects to create education toolsfor control systems education; but are mostly outdated. A publication in ASME from 1998, similarlydiscussed a multimedia learning tool tailored for the Georgia Tech curriculum 9. It usedrepresentations of real-world applications with simple videos and diagrams to support the learningmaterial. Another publication in

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Yasser Mahgoub, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Tyler; Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler

Engineering from the University of North Texas, Denton in 2018. She earned her Masters of Technology (M.Tech) in VLSI design from VIT University, India, in 2015 and Bachelors of Technology (B. Tech) in Electronics and Communication from SRM University, Chennai, India, in 2011. Currently, she is working with a diverse multi-disciplinary research group of Graduates, Undergraduates, and High Schoolers as the Director of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL) at UT Tyler. As a Faculty at the University of Texas at Tyler, she has been involved in outreach activities in East Texas to broaden participation in STEM. American c Society for Engineering Education

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Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University; Cindy Rojas

, andoffers an opportunity to improve spatial skills (Yildirim et al., 2020). VR allows users toexperience concepts or topics that are not easy to access in real-time and in addition, enableslearners to experience some aspects of the external world from a novel VR perspective (Wladiset al., 2015). Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Education 3In higher education, immersive virtual reality has been utilized mainly in laboratory settings. Theproposed design of the Experimental Fabrication Division Branch immersive virtual reality

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Cyrus K Hagigat, The University of Toledo

theory, Hardware Descriptive Languages IntroductionThe introductory electrical Circuits course for non-electrical engineering technology majors atauthor’s institution contains a weekly lab component. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic thewhole class and the lab were converted to an online format. Consequently, the lab could not beheld in a traditional laboratory setting.It was decided to use MULTISIM simulation software in place of the physical lab. It was quicklydiscovered that not only MULTISIM can replace the traditional labs, but it can also be a valuableteaching aid in enhancing student understanding of circuit analysis techniques.This article discusses and demonstrates the use of MULTISIM software to

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Ron D. Cooper, University of the Incarnate Word; Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word

used as a cloud storage for documents, such aspublications, reports, presentations, schematics, etc., relevant to the research topic as a backup Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Baylor University, Waco, TX Copyright © 2021, American Society for Engineering Educationand to be able to simultaneous edit the information. These applications enabled timelycommunications between the faculty and student and easily allowed the faculty to provideguidance and support in the research operations. Furthermore, the campus laboratory shutdownspresented a challenge for not having in-person access to high-performance computers toimplement and test the

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Margo Cousins, University of Texas at Austin; Laura Suggs, University of Texas at Austin; Mia K. Markey, University of Texas at Austin

Handelsman, 2014) developed with support from HHMI. https://cimerproject.org/entering-mentoring/ (accessed 2020)4. M. Cousins, S. Young, E. Dolan, L. Gonzales, B. DeMont, M.K. Markey, L.J. Suggs, “A “Boot Camp” as in- laboratory introduction to research methods for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates program,” Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting (2016).5. S.R. Young, M. Cousins, L.J. Suggs, M.K. Markey, B. DeMont, “Developing science communication skills as a part of a summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program,” Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (2017).6. M. Cousins, C. Sviatko, S. Young, L.J. Suggs, M.K. Markey, B

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Brett Dekker Bennett, Baylor University; Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

Sciences at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor University, he teaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include renewable energy to include small wind turbine aerodynamics and experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 1 Paper #35078 Creation

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Edgar Reyes, University of Texas at Tyler; Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Andres C Garcia, The University of Texas at Tyler; Benjamin Lee Stilwell, The University of Texas at Tyler; Jongin Aaron Sithideth, The University of Texas at Tyler; Christian Puckett; Christopher Nobinger, University of Texas at Tyler; Cassandra Ellis

dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, and thermal fluids laboratory at the Houston Engineering Center. He also has been advisor and mentor to several senior design project groups.Dr. Andres C Garcia, The University of Texas at TylerMr. Benjamin Lee Stilwell, The University of Texas at TylerMr. Jongin Aaron Sithideth, The University of Texas at Tyler Graduating Mechanical Engineering candidate from the University of Texas at Tyler with ambitious lead- ership and dynamic interpersonal skills. He has completed a research internship for a Fortune 1000 company, an internship for a process heating manufacturer, and managed a team of 7 solidifying work structure within the organization. His passions include

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Andres Enriquez Fernandez; Louis J Everett P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Miguel Cedeno, The University of Texas at El Paso

degree, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2020 to work full-time at a motorcycle’s company development center as a CAE Engineer.Dr. Louis J Everett P.E., University of Texas at El Paso Dr. Everett is the MacGuire Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett’s current research is in the areas of Mechatronics, Freshman Programs and Student Engagement. Having multiple years of experience in several National Laboratories and Industries large and small, his teaching brings real world experiences to students. As a former NSF Program Director he works regularly helping faculty develop strong education proposals.Dr. Miguel Cedeno, The University of Texas at El Paso

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Ronald E. Barr P.E., University of Texas at Austin

worktogether to generate solutions to complex problems. In this context, by fusing two elements,“collaboration” and “laboratory”, the word “collaboratory” suggests the construction of a spacewhere people explore collaborative innovations8. The proposed space for the Design GraphicsCollaboratory9 is shown in Figure 3. The ten flat tables, with four chairs surrounding each table,enable students to interact face-to-face while they work on their design projects using self-suppliedlaptops. The instructor’s podium is in the center, so that the instructor becomes a facilitator withaccess to all tables, rather than a lecturer at the head of the room. Surrounding the studio areprojector screens showing instructional content, and equipment for design

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Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Amir Karimi P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio

, iterative/creative decision making process, analysis/synthesis, accessibilityconsideration, applicable codes/standards, constructability, functionality and cost analysis. Facultyare encouraged to share the grading rubric with students as well as the grade brake-down for eachpart of the rubric. Not all team designs will cover all area, so students should know it is acceptableto self-assess some as “not applicable”. Yet again, if many areas are left blank or claimed to beN/A, then the students should know there work is lacking. Having a detailed rubric aligned withABET descriptions helps ease the burden of data collection and improves the overall quality of theassessment.Appendix A has example of laboratory report rubric and report template provided

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Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler

2011. Currently, she is working with a diverse multi-disciplinary research group of Graduates, Undergraduates, and High Schoolers as the Director of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL) at UT Tyler. As a Faculty at the University of Texas at Tyler, she has been involved in outreach activities in East Texas to broaden participation in STEM. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Integrating Computational Thinking in an Interdisciplinary Programming Course for Engineering Undergraduates Prabha Sundaravadivel Assistant Professor

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Peter D. Rogers P.E., University of Southern Mississippi

COVID-19 by organizing the course material ina manner than allowed the students to be split into two equal sized groups that met once a weekrather than having all students meet for two weekly sessions.Course InformationStatics and Strengths of Materials is a required course in both the Architecture EngineeringTechnology (AET) and Construction Management (CM) curriculums and usually is taken duringthe second semester of the sophomore year. While this course is offered for both on-campus (forAET and CM students) and online (as part of the School’s fully online CM degree program), thisproject’s use of the blended learning model was only for the on-campus course. This course is alecture only style course (no laboratory component) with a Spring 2021

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Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico

two courses (DigitalFundamentals and C++ programming) from a traditional lecture / laboratory format to an onlineformat. However, serious issues were found with student retention and with how muchstudents were satisfied with the online format.A third work yet on comparing online to in-person formats of a course was performed byPisupati and Mathews (2008) [12]. When they looked at assessment data, in particular quizzes,midterms and finals, they found pretty identical results. Similar to reference [11] though, theyfound that the students had a negative outlook on the online modality in terms of its difficultyor perceived challenges. 3A fourth related reference is by Douglas (2015) [13]. It was

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Jovany Avila, University of the Incarnate Word; Tristan Brouwer, University of the Incarnate Word; Nick Julian Castillo IV; Okan Caglayan, University of the Incarnate Word; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

, mechanics and optical science.Dr. Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word Michael T. Frye, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, TX. He is an Electrical Engineer who specialized in the field of nonlinear control theory with applications to autonomous air vehicles. Dr. Frye’s research interest is in discovering new and efficient techniques that mitigates the effects of uncertainty in complex nonlinear dynamics; such as seen in autonomous vehicle systems. Dr. Frye is the PI and Laboratory Director for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

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Celena Miller, University of Texas Austin - Center for Space Research ; Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin

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,regarding specific areas of STEM knowledge and skills, more than half indicated their experience in the SEESprogram contributed “very much” to their understanding of scientific process, their knowledge of earth processes,and other aspects of their knowledge, skills, and personal development.In a comparison of student evaluations when SEES was conducted on-site to the virtual program, we found: studentswanted the face-to-face experience, students did not experience the college life of living in the dormitory, lack ofopportunity to visit NASA Johnson Space Center and visit laboratories, scientists, and engineers was a Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, College of Engineering, West Texas A&M University; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; Vinu Unnikrishnan, West Texas A&M University

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researched accurately. For this problem, I Realistically, I feel like we need to general ideas that help, but I plan to learn how to obtain gather and really sit down, discuss, don’t really know where to accurately by watching the and make our own deadlines to start in getting into specifics. tutorial video. accomplish tasks/goals. …had been working on the I had the opportunity to hear about laboratory reports for sieve homelessness directly from [social There seems to be a recurring analysis, liquid limit, and