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Mahbub K Ahmed P.E., Southern Arkansas University; Kendra J Ahmed, Southern Arkansas University

this web app has been specifically customized for this curriculum. The application takesthe necessary input, such as a student’s ACT Math score, the courses the student completed, andthe courses the student is taking currently (if any). Once the required information is entered inthe corresponding fields, the application provides a detailed output of semester-wise proposedcourses that the student needs to take to graduate on time.The application has options for adding summer courses, reordering specific courses, andchanging the anticipated hours per semester. Thus, a student can vary the parameters and createthe optimum semester-wise course plan for the remainder of their education at SouthernArkansas University. The adviser can print it for

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Daniel Blessner, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus; Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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planned implementation and dissemination. Furthermore, surveying is a professionwith a low public profile and only a few accredited programs exist in the US. Thus, as asecondary objective, engineering students of any major will learn about surveying and beexposed to real surveying problems. This can help students identify themselves as futuresurveyors and aid in recruitment and enrollment.IntroductionThis is a work in progress (WIP) paper that aims to enhance mathematics courses such as collegealgebra, trigonometry, and calculus with real life (RL) problems from surveying which, forinstance, incorporate area, volume, and slope calculations. Mathematics and statistics instructorsoften complain that students are less motivated in their classes as

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Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Pennsylvania; Robert W Carpick, University of Pennsylvania

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existing Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI)also directly supports this role. The SEAS Diversity Liaisons committee meets monthly withboth the Associate Dean for DEI and the Director of the ODEI to exchange information, sharebest practices, and assess and plan events, policies, and action. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, andAccess together are one of three major priorities of the new strategic plan SEAS has formed [7].Current SEAS-wide efforts include establishing new faculty training on DEI issues, new supportmechanisms for students, and creating feedback/incentive/assessment mechanisms for faculty onDEI issues. Part of this is a SEAS-wide effort to ensure diversity in the portraits displayedthroughout the SEAS complex

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

?," Small Business Economics, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 41-58, 2006.[20] N. Taylor and L. Clarke, "Everybody’s hacking: participation and the mainstreaming of hackathons," in CHI 2018, 2018: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-2.[21] P. McGowan and S. Cooper, "Promoting Technology-Based Enterprise in Higher Education: The Role of Business Plan Competitions," Industry and Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 29-36, 2008, doi: 10.5367/000000008783876968.[22] J. Zimmerman, "Using business plans for teaching entrepreneurship," American Journal of Business Education (AJBE), vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 727-742, 2012, doi: 10.19030/ajbe.v5i6.7395.[23] C. W. Mui Yu, "Capacity building to advance entrepreneurship education

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Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aws AlShalash

learned.Although project-based learning allows students to be able to deduce and apply conceptseffectively, students continue to struggle to communicate their work and results effectively fromsuch experiential learning and other projects. Thus, to overcome the deficiencies in writing skillssuch as poor grammar and formatting, and effective literature review in reports, an instructionalscaffolding plan has been developed and implemented in two junior level courses in parallel(Mechanical System Design and Thermal Fluid Laboratory course). The scaffold activitiesinclude incremental class activities and assignments as well as access to support resources. Thescaffolding activities in the instructional plan will allow students to develop confidence

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Donna M. Schaeffer, Marymount University; Jillian Drake, Marymount University

development of a taxonomic classification for linking ethicalcybersecurity practices into engineering crowdsourcing initiatives requires identification ofcybersecurity practices through privacy statements, as well as comparing this to establishedengineering ethics. A multi-step process was employed to provide a methodic approach to thedetermination of relevant cybersecurity practices within common crowdsourcing enterpriseswhich includes scope determining and planning, data collection and analysis, taxonomic dataclassification and the model creation as depicted in Figure 1. In Step 1, the determination of the research scope and research plan was completed. Thedefinition of study goals with scoping to provide both limitations and ending

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Dimitrios Stroumbakis P.E., City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; John Migniuolo, Mig-Tech Fluidics Design; Bernard Hunter

chemical and biofluids. Moreover, fluidic handling is the bottleneck for productionthrough-put in large scale DNA sequencing and IVD systems. The research question: “Is it possible toprovide a valuable learning experience through a faculty-initiated, authentic-industry productdevelopment effort in an undergraduate research program in a community college?” Two-yearcommunity colleges have very limited co-op / internship opportunities compared to 4-year schools. Figure 1. Example of an 8-channel dispenser using high precision nozzlesSuccess of any authentic industry experience requires careful planning before and during execution of thecycle and perceived authenticity. We chose judiciously narrowing the traditional development cycle

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Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

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. As withmost 2020 summer programs, the SCR2 program was challenged by the novel corona virus(COVID-19) pandemic, which hit the United states during the recruitment period of theproject. Consequently, the project leadership team decided to offer the summer program remotely(on-line) rather than bring students to the participating three campuses across which the programis distributed. The planning and execution of the program during a global pandemic has broughtkey insights into techniques, methods, and technologies for effective cross-site communication,faculty advisor/mentor involvement, participant engagement, and leveraging the strong networkthat connects the participating schools. Essentially, a multi-site remote only combined REU

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Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Paige Janae Harvey, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University; Edmund Himmie Smith, Morgan State University ; Marcial Tienteu; Vinton Amsley Morris, Morgan State University; Dennis Ndati, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Aaron A Mcclenton; Andre Latte Dean Jr., Morgan State University School of Engineering

. Kornegay, E. Alale and D. Reaves, "Security and Privacy ofMedical Internet of Things Devices for Smart Homes," 2020 7th International Conference onInternet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS), 2020, pp. 1-6, doi:10.1109/IOTSMS52051.2020.9340231.AppendixResearch Experience for Teacher (RET): Lessons Plan and Classroom ActivitiesAfter gaining an invaluable experience with IoT applications and platforms, the teacher developedlesson plans, hands-on activities, and projects to teach in the upcoming year. These activities andprojects are intended to introduce STEM fields, especially engineering careers. The exercises andactivities align with state core standards and the Standards for Technological Literacy (STEL).Table 3 presents the

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Harley H. Hartman P.E., Pennsylvania State University, York Campus

and removed from its original tubular frame. A newmounting base was designed and fabricated, and it was then placed in my garage where it sat forabout 25 years as an unfinished project.The project was pursued though-out the years, but only in the planning stages and the collectionof additional surplus parts to be used in the system. The control system was designed and re-designed several times but physical work, in earnest, did not begin until late 2010. By Fall 2012the system was functional. Additional control elements and features were added periodicallysince the initial commissioning of the system.Students were first invited and attended a demonstration in the Spring of 2013. Thesedemonstrations continued through Fall of 2019. My hope is

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Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

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Department at Queensborough Com- munity College. He received M.S.E.E. degree from NYU Tandon School of Engineering. In the field, as a System Engineering provide consulting service for global network that includes planning design, ar- chitecture, and integration operations and to implement solutions to complex network. Professor Mangra teaches Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology courses. His research interest includes Cyber- security, Networks, Operating systems, (Digital and Analog) circuits and IT technology. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer [P.E] registered in New York State. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Gabriela Maria Morales, University of South Carolina Beaufort; Ronald Erdei, University of South Carolina; William Rigoberto Mercado, University of South Carolina

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health issues, and highlystressful lives that may hinder participation in their children’s education at home and school”[10]. To summarize, children of lower SES go tend to go to a lower quality education programand parents fall victim to hardships which does not allow them time to help properly developtheir children.For young children to develop properly, a rich learning environment is crucial. A learningenvironment is defined as the conditions that affect the behavior and development of someone.A baby or toddler is a sponge for new information, their learning environment is wherever theyare. At an early age, a child benefits most from a well-organized, planned, safe, dependable, andflexible environment. TCC uses the SC-ELS as a guideline for

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Beth (Ann Elizabeth) Wittig, City University of New York, City College; Alison Conway, City University of New York, City College; Naresh Devineni, The City College of New York

development, and the application of both in local communities. She also serves as Chair of her department and in this capacity prioritizes strategic planning, consensus building, curricular innovation, extracurricular student development, and stakeholder engagement.Dr. Alison Conway, City University of New York, City College Alison Conway is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the City College of New York. At CCNY, Dr. Conway teaches an introductory course in civil engineering, as well as courses is transportation planning, transportation systems engineering, urban freight and city logistics, and urban street design. Dr. Conway conducts research primarily in the areas of urban freight and city logistics, freight

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Rafic Bachnak P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

programs. This paper describes a set of softwaresimulation exercises that were developed to complement the limited hands-on opportunities inFall 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exercises ranged from simple circuits thatillustrated the use of Multisim to more complex and practical circuits that covered Op-Ampapplications, dependent sources, and the Thevenin theorem. In general, we were successful inachieving the course objectives but there is room for improvement. Future plans includeintegration of the software into every experiment in this course while increasing the number andcomplexity of the hands-on experiments. Experiments would be revised to consist of two phases:(1) Students would complete a pre-lab that involves theoretical analysis

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Jacky Huang, Villanova University

-sample t-test was performed to compare the teaching evaluation results toidentify the items with statistical significance. In addition, the 2019 final exam, which was keptconfidential, was given to the 2020 students to quantitively compare students’ performance.Although the students in 2019 and 2020 did not have exactly the same academic background, thecomparison may still provide certain indication on how the switch to the online format influencesstudents’ learning. Table 1. The Questions in the Teaching Evaluation Evaluation Item Questions on the Teaching Approach Questions on the Students’ Learning 1 Organizes and plans the course ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ Hard work is required to get

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Amitabha (Amit) Bandyopadhyay P.E., State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

being an art than a science, although one must have knowledge of construction methods and materials to work successfully. Architectural engineering combines all aspects of the building design and construction, involving mechanical, electrical and structural and other notions of mathematical precision. It is a field that uses far more technology than its predecessor. Architecture focuses more on the aesthetic design and the functional and spatial layout of buildings as opposed to the engineering that architectural engineering incorporates. Architectural engineers apply engineering principles to the construction, planning and design of buildings and other structures. Architecture has been closely associated with engineering in the history of the

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W. M. Kim Roddis, The George Washington University

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, resulting in harmful lead levels. The problem was fixed in 2004, but thousands ofchildren suffered permanent damage [6].With the less land intensive rapid sand filter in place, the 25 acre fenced and closed McMillanpark was sold to the government of DC. In 2021, this space remains chained off and idle, withthe neighborhoods continuing to protest the city’s development plan [7]. This provides andexample to discuss difficulties and failures in government attempts to redevelop public land.McMillan WTP satellite view, Google Earth [8]Curated case studies are used widely in the teaching of engineering ethics [9]. The efficacy ofusing case methods in civil engineering is established. The benefits of using this approach are improved retention of

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Thomas S. Soerens, Messiah University

out of the full lecture requirement inthe hazardous waste class than in the shortened version in the water and wastewater. The processhelped them engage their specific topic in more depth. They all had positive experiences. It wasinteresting that a student mentioned that the small size and knowing each other well was a key totheir positive experience. As in the hazardous waste class, the students emphasized differenttopics and had different insights than the instructor had, opening up the instructor’s mind todifferent ways of looking at and of teaching the material.Future PlansBased on the experiences and feedback, plans for the next offering of the course include: - Formalizing the lecture assignment o Give a grade for the

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Wenyen Huang, SUNY New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Seth Pearl, Pennsylvania State University

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mentors’ self-development through the lens of soft skills? Also, are there observable changes in education mentors’ soft skills self-development as well? • In what ways do the mentors from their respective disciplines benefit from each other?3.1 ContextTwo sets of weekly activities were planned for the program, comprising development meetingsand robotics workshops. Development meetings were exclusive to undergraduate students andfaculty and would take place at SUNY New Paltz, where students would dedicate an hour to planfor the upcoming workshops and evaluate the effectiveness of the previous workshop. Theengineering students would suggest relevant topics to present in a workshop and have materialsprepared for discussion during

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Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mira Flynn, Olin College of Engineering; Sam Daitzman, Olin College of Engineering; Diane Lam; Zachary Riggins del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

elasticity table: How did yourapproach there compare with your approach to the steel strength scenario?”“Now imagine you were going to design a safety-critical structural member, loaded incompression, using the aluminum alloy from before. Would you use a different approach toprocess the aluminum data?”(4. Critique) “Suppose a colleague of yours analyzes the Steel strength data, and plans to use thedata to design a safety-critical part. He tells you ‘The smallest value we saw was 155.6 ksi, sothe true strength is probably around 155 ksi.’ What do you think about his analysis?”Data TablesData used in the Aluminum question [28]. Aluminum Elasticity Observation Elasticity

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Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Rachida Satio Constance Kone, Morgan State University; ketchiozo wandji; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University; Caroline Kinyanjui, Morgan State University; Vinton Amsley Morris; Jay Jemal; Javaun Rose, Morgan State University

) center, her research focuses on artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomous navigation.Dr. ketchiozo wandji With over 15 years of academic research and teaching, private industry, and government experience, Dr. Ketchiozo Thierry Wandji is an expert in cybersecurity risk management and software security. Dr. Wandji used to be the Software Security Technical Lead in the Systems Security Division of the US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAVAIR) and the Cybersecurity Technical Expert in the Cy- ber Warfare Detachment, Dr. Wandji’s duties at NAVAIR included assessing software security throughout the software development lifecycle; planning, developing, and coordinating high-impact

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Michael B. O'Connor PE P.E., New York University

. Thesolution was to present the faculty with “…compiled data in each category and in a holisticmanner so they can decide whether each category is above, at or below the standard.” [21]Rahemi and Seth (2008) described a similar continuous improvement process model foraeronautical engineering used at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (VCAT). [22]In that paper, there was no discussion on component integration; the authors stated that “The program evaluator (department head or program coordinator) then determines what learning outcomes are not being adequately achieved and provides adequate action plans to improve them.” Rahemi and Seth (2008)Another approach was that used by Hussain et al. (2016) [23] [24], which