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Kevin Hall

stakeholders. • Draft plan of short- and long-term actions: o Consider recommendations presented in the Summit Report o Consider other sources of relevant input including ASCE Strategic Goals and Future World Vision o Develop plan for convening future CE Education Summits. o Establish timeline for actions o Identify responsible entities for actions and resource needs. • Solicit input on recommendations and action plan from relevant stakeholders. • Execute short- and long-term actions as appropriate.The CEE-SWG began its work in February 2020. In October 2020 it completed a summaryreport of the Summit – Education Summit: Mapping the Future of Civil Engineering Education.5The

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

plan to gather formative feedback on the course’s effectiveness. This paper focuseson this initial assessment. Specifically, we seek to answer the following questions: 1) How has students’ familiarity of PM skills changed after taking this course? 2) What are students’ opinions on the course delivery?MethodsThe student survey analysis served as the major assessment instruments in this assessmentproject. We developed surveys using Qualtrics and asked enrolled students to complete thesurveys throughout the semester. The purpose of the surveys was to gather students’ perceptionsand satisfaction with the course and their ability to apply material to their research. All studentswho were enrolled in the GAPS course received a pre

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

intensity is kept at a levelfavorable to plant growth, thus optimizing production. Maintaining soil moisture, temperature andlight intensity at ideal level will ensure higher production, also reduce crop losses and make theproduction process more cost effective.Objectives:This project aims to tackle one of the biggest challenges the human race is facing today, foodscarcity. We plan to automate the irrigation system that will assist in plant growth. We plan tomonitor growth of radish seeds in controlled environment by providing the theoretically ideal soilmoisture, temperature and light intensity. We aim to increase the yield of radish plants and then tryour device for other crops to lower cost of production and raise yield. An automatic

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Christi Patton Luks

allowedunder the new rules. The author created take-home laboratory kits for several of the experimentsto immediately cut in half the number in the lab at any time. The campus plans to be back to“normal” operations in the Fall 2021 semester, but these kits and many lessons learned willcontinue to make an impact in the classroom. In this paper, the author will discuss the originaland future use of these kits and ways that our laboratory courses will continue to functiondifferently.KeywordsLab, COVIDIntroductionThe 2020-21 academic year was an unusual one in many ways. Concerns about the spread ofCOVID forced faculty and students off campus, yet the function of the university needed tocontinue. This new virtual environment worked for some students, but

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Laura P. Ford

ChemicalEngineering Faculty planning committee. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Thomas W. Smith; Natacha Souto-Melgar; Edgar C. Clausen

COVID-19 was here for the long run, but the summeralso gave faculty an opportunity to develop expertise in on-line delivery and to plan the contentand execution of their classes. Classes in the fall at the U of A were to be taught either remotely(neither students or instructor in the classroom), in-person (instructor and students in theclassroom with significantly reduced enrollment) or in a hybrid mode (some students in-person,some students remote, instructor in-person), with a heavy emphasis on a safe workingenvironment for all. This led to most classes being taught remotely or in a hybrid mode. Butwhat about labs? © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest

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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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Robert C. Knox; Robert W. Nairn

Analysis Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance ProjectPlan, and a Project Work Plan) is provided. The course is also an opportunity to provideinformation to the students regarding professional development activities (e.g., resumes, careerplanning). Faculty personnel provide limited formal presentations and function more in the roleof “Team Supervisors”.Table 1: Generic Syllabus for Fall Pre-Capstone CourseWeek Class Topic1 1 Personality tests Faculty Presentation - Personality types 2 Guest Speaker - Career Services Information Faculty Presentation - Introduction of Spring Capstone Project2 3 Faculty Presentation

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Randy Kelley; Brandon Dooley

reaching students. The problem arises when most of the studentswe teach are not thinking rationally, but emotionally. Most engineeringeducators have noticed how “non-traditional” students (older) tend to do betteron the average than more traditional students (younger). This paper deals with technics to rationally reach emotional thinkingstudents. One popular television commercial says, “People won’t rememberwhat you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.” Asengineering educators, we need to set up our lesson plans to emotionally connectwith students (engage their feelings).Introduction Human brain development is not a uniform process. It is well establishedwithin the fields of neurological and psychological science

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Helen Douglass; Peter LoPresti

people like them could be engineers and if they were likely toconsider engineering in their future education and career choices. Teachers were also askedabout if their formal teaching would be improved related to planning, participation and/orteaching the camp students during RET. Responses from teachers include: “I need to establish amission involving the drones rather than free flight”, “I feel more comfortable…because I knowwhat to expect and the students gave really smart responses I didn’t even think about”, and “Itwas extremely helpful to work with the kids to see what worked, what could be improved.” Ofthe 18 students who were selected from applications to attend the camp, there wererepresentatives from public, private and home school

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Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

activities in their lectures. Hands-on learning inthe form of laboratories presented a challenge, especially when delivered asynchronously.Careful planning and re-evaluation of laboratories was important to determine how to achieve © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencethe learning objectives for each session. For on-line asynchronous laboratories faculty eithersimplified the experiments allowing students to perform it at home or produced pre-recordedvideos of experiments and gave students simulated data to do the analysis. When students wereable to go back to NWAF but faculty was unable to travel abroad, instruction was comprised ofpre-recorded

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Bryan Hill; Kim LaScola Needy

, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencestudents placing into College Algebra which places students on a five-year academic plan,ultimately increasing their cost of study. Several colleges are offering math bridge programs,mostly focused on historically underrepresented students. One institution is offering studentsthree options to ‘level-up’ over the summer.Across the SEC institutions, most colleges saw an increase in DFW rates in introductory andsophomore level engineering courses such as thermodynamics, statics, and dynamics due to thepandemic. Many colleges are beginning to offer supplemental instruction and tutoring for thosehigh DFW rate courses.Finally, engineering deans were asked if their institution

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Saffeer M. Khan; Mohamed Ibrahim

iterative process: (1) understand cost and performance requirements,(2) analyze functions, (3) plan tasks, (4) model and prototype, (5) fabrication, and integration, (6)testing and evaluation, and (7) documenting and reporting progress. To train students in thisprocess, the electrical engineering curriculum includes an Electrical Systems Laboratory as a 2-credit final semester course. A design project is an important element of the course and constitutes50% of overall grade in the course. The topics include discrete components, integrated circuits(ICs), programmable logic controllers, and LabVIEW for test, measurement, and control.MethodologyAs a first step, students are grouped in teams of 2 to 3 members. Careful consideration is given toensure

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

teachingassistants. Further, we provided the students with datasets to conduct the experimental analysisand write the lab report accordingly. For the Biomedical Instrumentation course, the remaininglaboratory modules were re-formatted to include the same topics as planned, but with originaldata files supplied in Excel documents to student groups. Student groups remained the same aspreviously assigned, but all worked remotely from their respective homes and submitted theirlaboratory reports online. The companion lecture series was continued, distributed online tostudents live (and also via recording) through the Blackboard Collaborate platform.Reflections:Preparing the digitally literate student is extremely crucial especially during the testing times of

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Edward Carl Greco; Matthew Garett Young

Characteristic(ROC) curve displays this information as shown in Figure 3 with the p threshold as the intrinsicparameter defining points along the ROC curve. An ideal binary classifier would have an ROCcurve that approached the upper left hand corner with an area under the curve (AUC) → 1. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Figure 3: ROC curve for predicting graduation in an electrical engineering program based on the grades the students received in Circuits I and Differential Equations.ConclusionsThe performances in certain key gateway courses were highly related to the students’ successfulcompletion of their degree plan. Students that

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Jeffrey Wolchok; Hanna Jensen; Timothy J. Muldoon

. Interactions with both end-user clinicians and productdevelopment engineers will provide students with a unique multidisciplinary experience that webelieve may fuel better senior design project ideas. Lastly, the quantitative assessment of ClinicalNeeds, suggest its has a positive impact on student outcomes, but has thus far been limited to asingle senior exit interview question. To allow for a finer grained assessment of the course’simpact we plan to develop an more detailed assessment that will include both student and seniordesign instructor feedback as well metrics to assess the impact of the industry interactions.KeywordsFaculty paper, service learning, senior designJeffrey WolchokJeffry Wolchok received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the

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Leslie B. Massey; Aysa L. Galbraith

sequence), since students who are prepared mathematically for the rigors ofthe engineering curriculum typically have higher retention rates than those who are not prepared.However, it is important to provide enough mental stimulation during the first year for theseprepared (or over-prepared) students to keep them interested and engaged in the engineeringcurriculum. Some of these advanced students are ready to move beyond what is typicallycovered in the introductory course and are eager to engage in research or innovation problemsolving during this first year. The Honors Experience (HE) was implemented to engage studentswho start their first year ahead of the eight-semester degree plan in math (starting in calculus IIor higher), by involving them

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

other related STEM disciplines, 2) engage MDaS students in immersive preparation forretention initiatives, 3) engage MDaS students in professional development initiatives, and 4)evaluate program components on the enrollment and graduation of the students. This extendedabstract and presentation will provide an overview of the program and its planned initiatives.Keywordsfaculty paper, scholarship program, STEM, data scienceIntroductionThe demand for STEM-trained professionals with data science skills is booming. STEM-relatedcompanies recognize that firms with effective data science capabilities have a significant marketadvantage. The ability to draw insight from enormous volumes of data helps these companiesmake effective, time-critical decisions

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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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Dominique Savage; Trent Porterfield; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

the Thomas O. Spicer EndowedScholarship In Chemical Engineering for the 2021-22 academic year. She plans to work inindustry upon graduation in May 2022.Trent PorterfieldMr. Porterfield is a chemical engineering undergraduate at the University of Arkansas and isfrom Houston, Texas. He has been named to the Chancellor’s List in each semester from Spring2020 to Spring 2021. He plans to work in industry upon graduation in May 2022. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceW. Roy PenneyDr. Penney is a Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Hisresearch interests include fluid mixing and process design, and he has

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Virginia R. Charter

hiring of strongresearch faculty which resulted in little to no emphasis on practical application and a heavyemphasis on math and sciences theory [7]. In 1976, Harrisberger and Others, as a part of the American Society of EngineeringEducators expressed that a experiential learning program should support the following: “problemsolving skills, interpersonal awareness, creative expression, communication skills, technicalskills, self-confidence building, computation skills, engineering fundamentals, organizationalskills, leadership skills, planning skills, professional ethics, engineering judgment” [6, p. 7]. Inthe late 1980s, the clash between higher education engineering or engineering technologyprograms and employers emerged. Feedback

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Sumit Verma; Zahra Mansouri; R. Panneer Selvam

F1 M2 W2 F2 Detailed Course Plan – Week 1 Detailed Course Plan – Week 2M1 1. Introduction to OpenFOAM & ParaView M2 1. Governing Equations, Initial and Boundary conditions 2. Installation of OpenFOAM & ParaView 2. Non-dimensional form of Governing Eqns. 1. Incompressible solvers in OpenFOAM, 2. HierarchyW1 1. Installation of OpenFOAM of File System in OpenFOAM W2 2.solver selection

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Emmanuel U. Enemuoh

Project Planning Problem Definition and Instruction, Constraints Assessments,and Guidance Field Knowledge and In Training and development of Expertise Deliverables Support • Subject • Students Matter Experts Figure 2. Model of Capstone Design Course Integrated with Subject Matter Experts

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

identify necessary project changes. These changesencompassed changes to content or project modifications. Next, they recorded videos to providebackground information and to help participants create the deliverable for each project. UACOEuploaded all videos to an UACOE outreach YouTube channel, established specifically forCOVID-era virtual outreach offerings. The students received a playlist with all of the projectvideo links prior to the start of their camp.The creation of videos required planning, practicing, and review by the camp team, which is atime investment into virtual camps. Staff spent time ensuring quality and effective videos, © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021

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Joshua Mitchener; Imam Al Razi; Yarui Peng

restarting the GUI. The interface is alsointended to be both simple and functional, only showing what is absolutely necessary to the userto run PowerSynth. Currently, the PowerSynth GUI is able to edit and track three of the fiverequired files, with two of the files being automatically generated for the user. Future versions ofthe PowerSynth GUI are planned to include more advanced features and implementations. Fig. 5 Main window of the MDKEditor © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference B. Data InputThe opening window of the user interface provides two main flows: to create a project from anexisting layout or to run a

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Mahmood Jebur; S. Ranil Wickramansinghe

at U of A to make sure the integratedEC-MF process worked properly with no leaks. Then, the whole process was moved to NWACCto be established and tested by the RET participants. Most of the results presented here wasobtained at U of A during the training and testing period. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, wecould not do more experiments at NWACC. The future plan is to conduct more experimentsusing synthesis textile wastewater at NWACC to demonstrate the removal of dyes in class.Experimental Work Figure 1 shows the experimental set up used in this work. A custom-built polycarbonatebatch EC reactor having dimensions of 7 cm x 11 cm x 14 cm with a total volume of 1078 cm3was used to conduct all the EC experiments. Five aluminum electrodes