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Kevin Hall

– asa dynamic, ever-evolving field. Indeed, in its 1955 Report on Evaluation of EngineeringEducation (known as the “Grinter Report”)1, a panel sponsored by the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) stated: “Engineering is far from static, for it is essentially a creative profession.”This sentiment is echoed in the Summary Report of the 1995 Civil Engineering EducationConference2: “…civil engineering education should be continually evolving to higher levels of quality and at all times incorporating new technologies and practices into the civil engineering education process.”In keeping with these statements, the engineering profession has witnessed an acceleration of thebreadth, depth, and magnitude of change

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Xingang Li; H. Onan Demirel; Molly H. Goldstein; Zhenghui Sha

knowledge, little research is conducted on understanding the essential cognitive constructsand competencies that form generative design thinking. For example, CT may not be consideredimportant for TDT, but it is indispensable to generative designers because they need to think abouthow a design problem can be encoded to computer language and solved by algorithms. We believethat a good generative designer should not only grasp design technology and techniques but alsohave certain cognitive competencies, both of which contribute to the formation of GDT. The © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceproposed model is not meant to be comprehensive but to

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Fan Yu; Johanna Milord; Sarah Orton; Lisa Flores; Rose Marra

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Students’ Evaluation Toward Online Teaching Strategies for Engineering Courses during COVID Fan Yu, Johanna Milord, Sarah Orton, Lisa Flores, Rose Marra University of Missouri ColumbiaExtended Abstract As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, courses at various educational institutions weresuddenly migrated online in the Spring 2020 semester. For many of the instructors, this wastheir first experience teaching engineering courses virtually. Instructors applied a range of onlineteaching strategies to assist students in learning better. The purpose of this study was to gatherstudent feedback

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Virginia R. Charter

educate people, to equip them with appropriate knowledge, skills, andother personal qualities, that enable them to perform critical functions in the society and beresponsible citizens” [1, p. 37]. This creates a great responsibility to those faculty membersimparting knowledge to the students. Furthermore, higher education is pressured by employersto meet these standards via their graduates; this has become an important aspect of accreditationin programs such as architecture, engineering, or engineering technology. Felder and Silverman urged engineering educators to dedicate their research efforts tounderstand learning of engineering students because “mismatches exist between commonlearning styles of engineering students and traditional

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Mostafa Elsaadany; Timothy J. Muldoon; Raj R. Rao

Engineering courses based on instructors’ experiences andpost-hoc reviews of students’ evaluations. Several students reported a lack of quality internetconnection to follow course announcements, watch the video lectures, interact with theirclassmates or course instructor, and work on assignments. Other students exhibited a lack ofdigital literacy despite having access to both quality internet access and computers. Digitalliteracy widely misidentified and often referred to as device literacy- is the ability to obtain,assess, and generate information using information and communication technologies [1]. Beingdigitally literate requires the possession of both cognitive and technical skills. Based on thisdefinition, we observed many students who

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Judy L. Cezeaux

Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, Inc.,2) seniors within one academic year of graduation from an ABET EAC accredited program,3) graduate students in ABET EAC accredited programs or in graduate engineering programs indepartments with an ABET EAC accredited undergraduate degree, 4) licensed professionalengineers, 5) members of the Canadian Calling, and 6) individuals with noteworthyaccomplishments in engineering [2]. Graduates of engineering technology programs are not, ingeneral, eligible for membership.Each Link is responsible for the planning and execution of induction ceremonies. The ceremonyis often proximate to graduation ceremonies at university Links or during an annual meeting forLinks at professional organizations. The

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Yifan Zhou; Yanwei Sun; Zachary Ball; Zhenjun Ming; Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Managing Students’ Learning through Reflection on Doing through a Self-Tutoring System Yifan Zhou, Yanwei Sun, Zachary Ball, Zhenjun Ming, Janet K. Allen, Farrokh Mistree School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of technology, China/School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of technology, China/Mechanical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, USA/School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of technology, China/Systems Realization

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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt

universities from Black Engineering faculty,” https://blackinengineering.org/action-item-list (retrieved 2020 July 29).Ashlee N. Ford VersyptAshlee N. Ford Versypt is an associate professor at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Ford Versyptbegan her academic career at Oklahoma State University where she rose to the rank of associateprofessor. She was the 2020-2021 Chair for the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division. She hasreceived a number of awards including the NSF CAREER Award, the ASEE ChemicalEngineering Division Fahien Award, the ASEE Midwest Section Outstanding Service Award,AIChE 35 Under 35, the OSU Outstanding Achievement for the Mentorship of Women, and theOSU College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology Excellent Teacher Award

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Saffeer M. Khan; Mohamed Ibrahim

educational technology, at Arkansas Tech University. Dr.Ibrahim has taught in the United States, Egypt, Yemen, and Germany. He holds a Ph.D. ineducation technology. Dr. Ibrahim’s research focuses on educational technology, online, hybridand face to face teaching strategies, multimedia, and cognition. Dr. Ibrahim also serves on regional,national, and international professional educational organizations.Engineering design, project-based learning, power supplies, testing and validation, faculty paper. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Manuel D. Rossetti; Bryan Hill; Ronna Turner; Wen-Juo Lo; Ed Pohl; Xintao Wu

-one years in the United States Air Force where he served in a varietyof engineering, operations analysis and academic positions during his career. Ed received hisPh.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He holds a M.S. inSystems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and M.S. in ReliabilityEngineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in Engineering Management from theUniversity of Dayton, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University. Ed is the Co-Editor of the Journal of Engineering Management, on the Editorial Board of the IEEETransaction on Technology and Engineering Management, Military Operations Research Journal,and Systems. Ed is an Associate Editor for IEEE

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

better prepare graduates for engineering practice.KeywordsSubject Matter Experts, Engineering Design, Engineering Capstone, Faculty Paper, UniversityDesign Challenge © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference 1. Introduction Engineering education continues to emphasize teaching engineering design at the senior levelwith industry-oriented projects. Engineering design is defined by Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) as “the process of designing a system, component, orprocess to meet desired needs. It is a decision making process (often iterative), in which the basicscience and mathematics and engineering sciences are

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Ann Gansemer-Topf; Shan Jiang; Nigel Reuel; Gul Okudan-Kremer; Qing Li; Rebecca Mort; Dong Chen

fledgingcompanies.Dr. Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyGul E. Kremer received her PhD from the Department of Engineering Management and SystemsEngineering of Missouri University of Science & Technology. Her research interests includemulti-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems. She isa senior member of IIE, a fellow of ASME, a former Fulbright scholar and NRC Faculty Fellow. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceHer recent research focus includes sustainable product design and enhancing creativity inengineering design settings.Dr. Qing Li, Iowa State UniversityQing Li is an

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Karl D. Schubert; Leslie B. Massey; Carol S. Gattis

ScienceFoundation has funded the authors (Schubert (PI), Gattis (co-PI), et. al.) with a Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) grant to provide scholarships combinedwith research on best practices for recruitment, retention, and development of innovation skills fora diverse group of low-income undergraduate students. Students in the program come from STEMdisciplines in engineering and the physical sciences, however, business students are also integratedinto innovation courses although they are not funded by the S-STEM grant. Design, development,and implementation of the grant-funded program’s first innovation related course, a 2-week fallintercession course, will be presented. This first-year course is designed to provide the

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Kabilananthan Asokan; Nur-E-Afra Anika; Bryar Pim

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Arduino Controlled Irrigation System Nur-E-Afra Anika, Kabilananthan Asokan ,Bryar Pim Department of Engineering and Technology, Southeast Missouri State UniversityAbstractIn this era of technology, machines are used to make people's lives easier. Using this knowledge,we can improve and design simple methods of keeping people healthy. This project focuses onagriculture. By implementing technology, we can reduce manpower, time and still produce healthyorganic produce. Therefore, an automatic plant irrigation system has to be designed to controldifferent aspects necessary for plant growth. These parameters are

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Amy Reynolds Warren; Kaitlyn Harp; Narmine Ben Aissa; Eric Specking

students.KeywordsSummer camps; Assessment; In-person to virtual; Underrepresented; URMIntroductionAs new technologies emerged over the last several decades, the need for a STEM workforceincreased and began a movement in the United States (US) to improve STEM education. Worldeducation rankings show the US lagging behind other nations in developing STEM skills [1]. Inorder to help overcome this widening gap, the US began a push for STEM opportunities for K-12students outside of schools, especially for reach underrepresented minority (URM) students whomay not have equal access to STEM opportunities. In 2007, the University of Arkansas Collegeof Engineering (UACOE) began offering summer programs to increase STEM exposure. In thesecamps, students are free to develop

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Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

include science and engineeringeducation, novelty processing technologies and process modeling.Mei LuDr. Mei Lu is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Food Science andTechnology at UNL. Dr. Lu is associated with the 3+1 FSDDP established between UNL andNWAFU. She teaches a variety of undergraduate courses in the area of food analysis, foodchemistry, human nutrition, and biochemistry. Her research interests include 1) food science © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceeducation; 2) improvement of safety, quality, and nutritional value of foods and 3) assessment ofallergenicity of genetically engineered (GE) foods

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Joshua Mitchener; Imam Al Razi; Yarui Peng

personalcomputers. As technology continues to improve and the demand for higher-density sources ofpower increases, researchers are currently continuing to look for ways to optimize power moduledesigns [1]. A typical multi-chip power module structure consists of a base plate, an insulatingsubstrate, bonding materials, power semiconductor chips, power interconnections, encapsulant,and a case. As more expensive materials such as silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN)become more widely available for use in power modules, power module fabrication continues to © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference 2D/2.5D/3D Designs, Python

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Rachel Mosier P.E.; Sanjeev Adhikari; Sandeep Langar

technological advancements, lessons learned from the countriesimpacted, and adoption and implementation of measures to smoothen the transition with the suddenpandemic outbreak. Engineering education must be at the forefront of technological improvements ineducation.The study utilized a content analysis methodology to review existing research on pandemics and theireffect on education globally. A variety of information exists from outside the United States, wheregovernment-level responses were required. The content analysis results and were overlapped to determinechanges to curriculums based on the need for alternative course delivery. A comparison is made ofprevious teaching and learning methods versus those collected via survey during the Covid-19

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Shengfan Zhang; Eric Specking; Maryam Alimohammadi; Allison Boykin; Shawn Bell; Karl D. Schubert FIET; Shannon Davis

, Secondary STEM Education, K-12 Outreach, Research Experience for TeachersBackgroundThere have been recent and rapid advancements in engineering research on data analytics theoriesand methodologies, enabled and driven by smart and connected technologies, to maintain andimprove our health, infrastructure, and communities [1]. Compared to the growth in analyticsresearch, curriculum development in the K-12 and higher education environments are often muchslower and do not reflect this growth [2]. Current curricular data analytics lesson plans forsecondary schools mainly focus on the ready-to-use applications and resources such as MicrosoftAccess and Excel, while leaving out the deep understanding of the ideas and theories [3]. Othersuse infographics to

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Mahmood Jebur; S. Ranil Wickramansinghe

. Ulgiati, “Challenges and opportunities for more efficient water use and circular wastewater management. The case of Campania Region, Italy,” Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 297, p. 113171, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113171.[3] M. Jeguirim and S. Jellali, “Wastewater Treatment, Valorization, and Reuse,” Water, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 548, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.3390/w13040548.[4] T. Wee Seow et al., “Review on Wastewater Treatment Technologies,” International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 111–126, 2016, [Online]. Available: http://www.ripublication.com. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE

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Heather Walker

the classroom andlearning overall. The benefit of connections between students and the university community hasbeen well-established in literature. Therefore, for students in the chemical engineeringthermodynamics course at the University of Arkansas during 2020, an attempt was made toincrease student-student and student-faculty connections through a variety of means. Theprimary goal was to support the mental health of vulnerable students and increase classroomengagement and learning.In the fall of 2020, the thermodynamics course was being taught as a synchronous hybrid courseusing Zoom technology. Attempts were made to increase both student-student connections andstudent-faculty connections using a variety of methods. Student-student

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Kam Yuen Cheng; Rebecca Yang

Overview," Journal of applied and natural science, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 330-338, 2018.[14] M. A. Shaffer, J. R. Joplin, M. P. Bell, T. Lau, and C. Oguz, "Gender discrimination and job-related outcomes: A cross-cultural comparison of working women in the United States and China," Journal of Vocational Behavior, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 395-427, 2000.[15] Z. Aycan, "Key success factors for women in management in Turkey," Applied Psychology, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 453-477, 2004.[16] N. G. Fernando, D. Amaratunga, and R. Haigh, "The career advancement of the professional women in the UK construction industry: The career success factors," Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 2014.[17] G. Hackett and N. E

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Andrew Behrmann; Shamik Bhattacharya

Tutorial Services.Shamik Bhattacharya, Ph.D.Dr. Shamik Bhattacharya graduated with his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Texas TechUniversity in 2011. His primary research interest is in biofluid mechanics, tissue mechanics ofheart valves and medical devices. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department ofEngineering and Technology. He does research with undergraduate students. He involves studentsin hands-on research and tries to give them exposure in cutting edge research by sending them topremium conferences and submitting manuscripts in premium journals.

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Victor S. Frost

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Teaching the Basic Concepts of Communications Systems Using Interactive Graphics and Calculations Dr. Victor S. Frost Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of KansasAbstractAn open source, open content, and open access (free) electronic textbook, an ebook, introducingthe concepts of communication systems is described. The ebook is written in the Wolframlanguage, Mathematica. The purpose of this interactive presentation of communication systemsis to

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Michael A. Rother

environment have benefited in terms of flexibility, aptitude in remotecommunication technology, presentation ability and an independent work ethic. However, acertain loss in sophistication has occurred in the experiments offered at the University ofMinnesota Duluth. Moreover, communication is not as good as in face-to-face instruction. To © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceremedy some of these shortcomings, more synchronous content, Arduino experiments in heattransfer and a satisfactory chemical reaction experiment have been recommended.References[1] M. MacKay, “Physics Students and Staff Develop ‘Lab in a Box’ experiments for Home Study

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Todd Easton

Online Instruction. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 22(1), ev22i1-2521.[18] Race, A. I., De Jesus, M., Beltran, R. S., & Zavaleta, E. S. (2021). A comparative study between outcomes of an in‐person versus online introductory field course. Ecology and Evolution, 11(8), 3625-3635.Biographical InformationTodd Easton received a B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Statistics from Brigham YoungUniversity (1993), an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University (1994), and a Ph.D.in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (1999). He worked as a post-doctoral fellow and the Head Athletic Mathematical Coordinator at Georgia Institute ofTechnology (1999-2001). From 2001-2021, Dr. Easton was an

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Christi Patton Luks

Virtual Community of Practice for Labs, https://www.aiche.org/community/sites/divisions-forums/education-division/virtual- community-practice-labs-resources-remote-or-socially-distanced-labs.Christi Patton LuksDr. Christi Patton Luks is a teaching Professor and Associate Chair of the Doshi Department ofChemical and Biochemical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Sheearned her B.S. in ChE at Texas A&M University and a M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D.in ChE from the University of Tulsa. She is an active member of ASEE having served as Chair ofthe Midwest Section and Chair of Zone III and currently serving as Chair of Professional InterestCouncil I and Vice-President of Professional Interest Councils