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Manufacturing Division Session: Make-it!

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Chao Ma, Texas A&M University; Brey C. Caraway, Texas A&M University ; Jorge I. Roa, Texas A&M University; Alejandro X. Trejos, Texas A&M University; Pauline Davila, Texas A&M University

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facultyadvisors. This team started their capstone as usual. However, in the middle of the first semesterof the capstone (Spring 2020), the team has experienced imposed restrictions due to COVID-19.Restrictions due to COVID-19 were still active in the second semester (Fall 2020). The teamcould complete the capstone project in Fall 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, thepowder compaction system is introduced. The details of the block diagrams and fabricatedprototype device are presented. Testing and verifications are shown, and the capstone evaluationis presented.I. Introduction A powder compaction system can be useful to various manufacturing technologies, such aspowder metallurgy [1] and additive manufacturing [2-5]. In powder metallurgy, a

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

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Olushola V. Emiola-Owolabi, Morgan State University ; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

disciplines. She enjoys observing the intellectual and professional growth in students as they prepare for engineering careers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021High school students' perspective of project-based learning in online learning Olushola Emiola-Owolabi, Medha Dalal, Adam Carberry, & Oluwakemi Jumoke Ladeji-OsiasThe delivery mode of education for many high school students changed recently, confining students toattend classes virtually from home. Remote learning can sometimes give students fewer experientiallearning opportunities. A focus group discussion was carried out with 35 high school students to exploretheir perception of their learning

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

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Lynn Merritt Ekstedt, Oregon State University; Nikki James, Northeastern University; Kemi Jona, Northeastern University; Erich White, Oregon State University; Scott Paja, Oregon State University; Josefine Fleetwood, Oregon State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

agencies, national labs, and non-profits. We have established a purpose-built model to accel- erate Cincinnati as a talent hub and beacon for innovation–in years, not decades.Josefine Fleetwood, Oregon State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Virtual Internships: Accelerating Opportunity Through Disruption Abstract Experiential learning programs like internships and capstone projects are high-impact practices that allow engineering students to build a professional network, apply technical skills in a real-world context, and

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First-Year Programs: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the First Year

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Emma Tevaarwerk, Northwestern University; Kathleen Carmichael, Northwestern University; Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Lisa Davidson; Elise Gruneisen

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First-Year Programs

of a novel curricular intervention piloted in a first-yeardesign course at a private, medium-sized R1 university. Specifically, the intervention requiredthat students on a team rotate through leadership roles in four key areas: primary research,secondary research, training-building-testing, and project management. The team lead for eachrole completed associated documentation and coached their successor on how to succeed in thatrole. This study leverages a cooperative learning approach in order to provide more equitableaccess to learning for all students. Implementation of such approaches in first-year contexts is ofparticular importance, as these classes are formative for how students view teamwork.Research ContextThis research was

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Student Division Technical Session 6

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Alexis Rae Walsh, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Sarah E. Norris, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Nathaniel Blalock, Enlite Research Group Led by Dr. Faber: University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Daniel Patrick Mountain, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Student

virtual teams during the rapid transition online due to COVID-19 Alexis Walsha, Sarah Norrisb, Nathaniel Blalockc, Daniel Mountainc and Courtney Faberd a) Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; b) Department of Mechanical Aerospace Biomedical Engineering; c) Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; d) Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program University of Tennessee KnoxvilleIntroductionTeam projects are common in undergraduate engineering courses and have been shown toimprove self-efficacy, communication, and teamwork skills through group discussions andpresentations, preparing students for professional engineering practice [1], [2

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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Shruti Misra, Unviersity of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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pervasiveness of capstoneprograms that partner with external sponsors to provide a “real-world” design experience tostudents. In this vein, the industry-sponsored Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship(ENGINE) capstone program was established at the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at a large research university in the US. ENGINE is designed to provide a holisticand professional engineering experience to students in an educational setting, where studentteams work on a six-month long project under the guidance of an industry and a faculty mentor.The program is overseen by a course instructor and teaching assistants who manage the coursestructure and expectations.This study compares student experiences in ENGINE during remote

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Design in Multidisciplinary Learning Environment

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Lina Zheng, Tsinghua University; Dexin Hu, Tianjin University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

make current efforts and practices more visible and accessible,including by identifying accredited programs, different formats and approaches tried, and types of capstonedesign experiences. Three phases of review were conducted with emphasis on multidisciplinary programs,multidisciplinary approaches, and multidisciplinary capstone, separately. The results reveal an increasing trendin the development of multidisciplinary engineering programs, the significant role of capstone projects infacilitating multidisciplinary engineering education, including integrated and real-world trends inmultidisciplinary capstone experiences. In addition, there are gaps in the literature that required more insightsregarding non-accredited programs, student outcomes

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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Zachary Jordan Bunn, United States Military Academy; Julia Lyn Wyatt, United States Military Academy; Joshua N. Burns, United States Military Academy; Brian Riser, United States Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael Gerhardt Oesterle, Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

2009. Since then, he has served in a variety of Engineer positions with leadership responsibilities, from route clearance operations in Afghanistan to management of humanitarian assistance projects through- out Asia with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 2019 to present, Major Riser has served as an Instructor in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. His current Department roles include course director of CE350 (Infrastructure Engineering), Officer-in- Charge of the Department’s Civil & Military Engineering Club, and junior faculty member of the USMA Faculty Council. His research interests include analysis of material behaviors under shock and impact.Lt. Col

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Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 2

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette; Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Andrew Pierce, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Jorge Martinez

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Leidig P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette Paul A. Leidig is a PhD student in Engineering Education and a member of the instructional team for the Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his Bachelors of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Mr. Leidig is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado and has six years of industry experience in structural engineering consulting. Throughout his student and professional activities, he has focused on community-engaged engineering and

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Capstone Design

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Jamie Gravell, University of Texas at Dallas; Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Todd W. Polk, University of Texas at Dallas

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Design in Engineering Education

research interests are in multiscale modeling of crystalline material defects such as the interaction of dislocations and grain boundaries with application to enhanced material design for thin film semiconductor devices.Dr. Robert Hart P.E., University of Texas at Dallas Robert Hart is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Uni- versity of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He teaches the capstone design course sequence and serves as a Director for the UTDesign program, which facilitates corporate sponsorship of capstone projects and promotes re- source sharing and cross-disciplinary collaboration among engineering departments. His professional interests are in the areas of engineering

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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George Okere, University of Cincinnati

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Construction Engineering

projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University with a specialization in Construction Management. He joined academia in 2014. His research focus is on contract administration on heavy civil projects, as well as on construction education. His teaching areas include 1. introduction to the built environment and construction management, 2. construction materials and methods, 3. construction equipment, 4. building construction cost estimating, 5. heavy civil construc- tion cost estimating, 6. project planning, scheduling, and control, 7. temporary structures, and 8. contract changes and claims. American c Society for

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Design Teams 2

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David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Alejandra Hormaza Mejia, University of California, Irvine; Mark E. Walter, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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failure mechanisms at the micro-scale. In 1998 he received a NSF CAREER award to study thermal barrier coatings and was later active in studying dura- bility of solid oxide fuel cell materials. After one year at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics in Holzkirchen, Germany, in July of 2015, Dr. Walter joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. At UCI Dr. Walter teaches regular MAE classes and helps to manage the senior projects program.Prof. Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an assistant professor of teaching in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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Matthew McConnell, Case Western Reserve University; Kenneth A. Loparo, Case Western Reserve University; Nicholas A. Barendt, Case Western Reserve University

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Electrical and Computer

capabilities, IoT Edge Devices require more sophisticated designsthan typical IoT Sensor Nodes that in turn require more sophisticated Design Engineers to buildthem. To prepare our students for these new challenges, we developed a hands-on laboratorycourse focused on the development tools, system components, and design paradigms used whenbuilding IoT Edge Devices. In this paper we describe the development of the course, oureducational objectives, course syllabus, project assignments, results and suggestions for futurecourse improvements.KeywordsInternet of Things, IoT Education, Remote Learning, Edge Computing, Embedded LinuxIntroductionOver the past year, we have developed a new university-level Internet of Things (IoT) courseprimarily focused on

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Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

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Shiuan-Huey Yen, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan; Jessica Fan, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan; Mandy Liu, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan; Liang-Jenq Leu, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #34165Revolutionize Ph.D. Training in Academia-industry CollaborationShiuan-Huey Yen, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan I’m working as Project Specialist of Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) and my BAU is about MOE Industry-Academia Cooperative Project. Graduated from National Taiwan University and received Master’s degree in Linguistics.Jessica Fan, Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan Ms. Jessica Fan is currently the Accounting Manager and Project Manager of Institute of Engineering Ed- ucation Taiwan (IEET). Her primary responsibilities are to oversee accountant and Ministry of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #32916NSF Data Science Program with Career Support and Connections to Indus-tryDr. Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge Carol Shubin is a professor of mathematics at CSUN and the PI of NSF Data Science Program with Career Support and Connections to Industry. She is interested in partnering with other universities that want to start a data science program. She has been the PI or co-PI in several other STEM educational projects funded by the NSF or NASA and served as a Fulbright Scholar in Rwanda. American c Society for Engineering

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

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Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University; Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University; Matthew Philip Hendricks, Santa Clara University; Prashanth Asuri, Santa Clara University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #32934Cultivating Student Adoption of Design Thinking and EntrepreneurialSkills by Addressing Complex Challenges in Healthcare Through IndustryPartnershipsDr. Julia A. Scott, Santa Clara University Julia Scott is a researcher at the BioInnovation and Design Lab of Santa Clara University. She trained as a neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis. In her current role, she manages projects relating to brain-computer interfaces, as well as machine learning applied to medical imaging and clinical decision support tools.Evangelia Bouzos, Santa Clara University Evangelia Bouzos earned her BS in

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Design Across Curriculum 1

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Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; David Hicks, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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Design in Engineering Education

three departments in the Frank H.Dotterweich College of Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville have incorporatedengineering design instruction and hands-on design projects in the last two years as part of NSFgrant award #1928611. A primary objective of this grant is to increase the retention andpersistence of minorities in the engineering programs by incorporating high-impact enrichmentactivities into courses early in the student’s academic career. A logical course to include high-impact activities for first-year students is the introduction to engineering courses in thedepartments, which are titled “Engineering as a Career” (GEEN 1201), within the Frank H.Dotterweich College of Engineering.This work presents the approach used for a

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Moses Ling, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa D. Iulo; David Eric Goldberg, Pennsylvania State University; Sez Atamturktur Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

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Architectural Engineering

Education, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, as well as industry organizations and partners, such as the National Masonry Concrete Association and Nucor. She served as the director of the National Science Foundation-funded Tigers ADVANCE project, which focuses on improving the status of women and minority faculty at Clemson. Previously, Dr. Atamturktur was the director of the National Science Foundation-funded National Research Traineeship project at Clemson, with funding for over 30 doctoral students and a goal of initiating a new degree program on scientific computing and data analytics for resilient infrastructure systems. In addition, Dr. Atamturktur was the director of two separate Department of Education

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Improving the BME Classroom on the Ground and Virtually

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Jeffery Ethan Joll II, Vanderbilt University; W. David Merryman, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical Engineering

approachI. AbstractMATLAB programming projects are assigned in the Vanderbilt University IntroductoryBiomechanics course to strengthen coding skill and demonstrate application of theory topractice. In course evaluations, students consistently rate these projects as the most challengingand difficult to grasp, citing the inefficacy of the traditional (lecture-only) course in mergingprogramming with biomechanics content. Moving material online is an intuitive solution to thiscomputation-based instructional challenge. Literature has shown that blended classes (30-80%online) can improve academic performance compared to in-person or online classes alone. Whilevery few studies have analyzed blended learning in biomedical engineering contexts, research

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Guntulu S. Hatipkarasulu, Texas State University

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Construction Engineering

accreditingagency for both 4-year bachelor’s degree programs and two-year associate degree programs inconstruction, construction science, construction management, and construction technology. [16]Currently, there are 72 four-year bachelor's, five master's, and 13 associate degree programsaccredited by ACCE [17].ACCE lists the following learning outcomes for the bachelor degree programs in section 3.1.5 ofthe Standards and Criteria for the Accreditation of Bachelor’s Degree Construction EducationPrograms (ACCE Document 103B) [18]: 1. Create written communications appropriate to the construction discipline. 2. Create oral presentations appropriate to the construction discipline. 3. Create a construction project safety plan. 4. Create construction

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Design Methodologies 2

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Malena Agyemang, Clemson University; Cameron J. Turner, Clemson University

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Design in Engineering Education

and project success [40]. It was found that when descriptions are poor, theproject tends to result in a cost overrun or failure. Purpose, overview, and general context ofrequirements were ample in normal projects and poor in overrun projects. Knauss, (2009)investigated the impact of requirement quality on project success as well [38]. Using metrics onrequirement quality such as # Critical Types, Grammar, Rules of Expression, Ambiguous Terms,Existing Identifier, and Unexpected Tech Terms, the research question was investigated. Using apoint system to rank requirement quality, it was found that projects that scored more than 44points were successful, while requirements scoring below 40 points were not satisfactory. When examining design

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Tech Tools and Tips

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Kweku Tekyi Brown P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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Civil Engineering

Bucknell University) and began collaborating on sustainable engineering design research while at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the WFU faculty, she led the junior capstone design sequence at James Madison University, was the inaugural director of the NAE Grand Challenges Program at JMU, and developed first-year coursework and interdisciplinary electives. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Beyond Continuity of Instruction: Innovating a Geomatics Course Using a Project-Based Approach and Open-Source SoftwareAbstractGeomatics, with an emphasis on developing students’ competencies in Geographic InformationSystems, is a technology-intensive course

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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Huseyin Sarper P.E., Old Dominion University; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Engineering Physics and Physics

. Jaksic’s interests include robotics, automation, and nanotechnology engineering education and research. He is a licensed PE in the State of Colorado, a member of ASEE, a senior member of IEEE, and a senior member of SME. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 HORIZONTAL PROPULSION USING MODEL ROCKET ENGINES (PART A)AbstractTo provide first year engineering students with hands-on experiences and teach them theapplications of both dynamics and other physics laws, this team project uses wooden derbyvehicles (coupe, truck, and bus) that are propelled horizontally with various grades of model rocketengines. The vehicles are hooked onto and guided by a (1/16

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University; Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Eric Steven Hall, North Carolina State University; Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

mathematics undergraduates.Dr. Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Investigating Impact of Disruption to Biological and Agricultural Engineering Senior Design Capstone Courses due to COVID-19AbstractSenior Capstone Design is a culminating course of the undergraduate engineering curriculumwhich gives students the opportunity to work in teams on designing a solution to real-worldproblems submitted and mentored by industrial and research project sponsors. In Biological andAgricultural Engineering disciplines, these projects can involve tasks such as field datacollection, laboratory experiments or fabrication of

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

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of Technology, Warangal, India. She earned her Master of Science and doctoral degrees in Civil En- gineering from North Carolina State University in the USA. Her disciplinary research interests lie in the area of sustainability in asphalt pavements using material considerations, green technologies, and efficient pavement preservation techniques. Her doctoral work focused on improving the performance of recycled asphalt pavements using warm mix asphalt additives. As a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University, she worked on several NCDOT sponsored research projects including developing specifica- tions for crack sealant application and performing field measurements of asphalt emulsion application in

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Quarterly, among others.Dr. William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bill Kline is Professor of Engineering Management and Associate Dean of Innovation at Rose-Hulman. His teaching and professional interests include systems engineering, quality, manufacturing systems, in- novation, and entrepreneurship. As Associate Dean, he directs the Branam and Kremer Innovation Centers which house campus competition teams, capstone projects, and a maker space. He is currently an associate with IOI Partners, a consulting venture focused on innovation tools and systems. Prior to joining Rose-Hulman, he was a company co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Montronix, a company in the global machine monitoring industry

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First-Year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year III

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Chao Wang, Arizona State University

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enrolled in three sections of the course during a nine-week project period. A BasicNeeds Satisfaction Scale survey was given at the end of the semester, which measures thesatisfaction of three fundamental psychological needs of autonomy, relatedness and competence.An additional set of survey questions on student’s experience and perception of virtual and in-person learning was also given at the end of the semester. Survey results reveal that although nosignificant difference is observed between virtual and in-person students’ perceived basic needssatisfaction, in-person learners show slightly higher motivation compared to virtual learners, andstudents overwhelmingly prefer in-person over virtual learning.IntroductionProject-based first-year

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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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Geraghty Anne Ellis, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicholas Mulka, Georgia Institute of Technology; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

-term investment in a software platform.IntroductionExperiential learning is a relatively modern technique to supplement students’ education by“[developing] a wide range of thinking strategies and perceptual skills which are not called forthby books or lectures” [1]. The benefits of this method have long-term impacts that play a crucialrole in an individual’s professional success. Most ABET-accredited higher-education programsfeature a design course intended to leverage experiential learning by pairing the culmination ofstudents’ knowledge from their undergraduate program with a simulated real-world industryenvironment [2], [3]. There are also several supplemental outlets for continuous project-basedlearning on a larger scale, such as research

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First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

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Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame

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engineering disciplines [1-6]. Therefore, it’s of great interest foruniversities to determine how to best help students understand engineering disciplines andcareers, but this is completed in many different ways. Schools may include instruction on theengineering design process, engineering projects, computer programming, major discernment,and many other topics [7]. This paper will explore how the University of Notre Dame haschanged the first-year curriculum to allow students to customize their first-year experience andhow those choices play a role in retention and certainty through the first-year.This study was completed at the University of Notre Dame, a medium sized, private,Midwestern, residential university and compares students enrolled in first

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Capstone Design

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Nathan M. Kathir P.E., George Mason University; Erik Knudsen, George Mason University

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Mechanical Engineering

creative ways to solve real-world engineering problems and ensures students get experience in planning, design, research, manufacturing and project management before they graduate. Dr. Kathir is a member of ASCE’s Committee on Accreditation.Dr. Erik Knudsen, George Mason University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Capstone Design - Unexpected Challenges and Opportunities due to the Covid-19 PandemicAbstractDue to the Covid-19 pandemic George Mason University (Mason), similar to many institutions,had to suddenly switch to online delivery of all courses in March 2020. As the director of seniorprojects (first