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Aniket Patel, Texas A&M University; Seth Polsley, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

detailedfine motor analysis yet, this effort is part of a larger project to apply sketch recognition toassess children’s fine motor ability, and we focus on vision-based assessment todistinguish approximate ages in order to compare with human expert evaluation on thesame images. Our neural network achieved generalization and validation accuracies of75.0%, with a set of curve drawings, and a generalization and validation accuracy of 72.3%with the corner dataset. By comparison, we also asked two human evaluators to label agegroups based on a portion of the dataset, and they achieved 77.5% and 66.7% for thecurve and corner drawings, respectively. These findings provide support for future workintegrating more sketch recognition features, such as pressure

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Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

online instruction to enhance studentengagement, comprehension, and scholarship abilities. The need for such modifications is toovercome two types of challenges: 1) student’s lack of accessibility to academic resources andcampus practices, and 2) retention rates in engineering education (e.g., not the focus of this paper).According to research studies, the effectiveness of conventional practices depends on two majoraspects: 1) classroom environment, and 2) students being able to access campus resources such asstudy spaces, books, outdoor recreation programs, advising programs, computer labs, and internetservices [11], [12], [13], [19].From these conventional practices, though Problem-based learning (PBL) [17], Project-basedlearning [27], [28

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Prashanta Kumar Acharjee, University of Texas at Tyler; Mena Souliman, The University of Texas at Tyler

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Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Arizona State University in Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering focusing on Pavement Engineering. His fourteen years of experience are concentrated on pavement materials design, Fatigue Endurance Limit of Asphalt Mixtures, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) mixtures, aggregate quality, field performance evaluation, maintenance and rehabilitation tech- niques, pavement management systems, cement treated bases, statistical analyses, modeling, and com- puter applications in civil engineering. Dr. Souliman has participated in several state and national projects during his current employment at the University of

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

meetings on WebEx were also arranged to helpthem doing their labs more effectively.IET 3510 Motion and Time Study was taught in fall 2020 and in fall 2021. This is a lecture-orientedcourse coupled with a semester project conducted in different industries. The semester project isdesigned to adopt the students to work in a group within a real industrial environment. However, dueto the pandemic the course was offered online, as well as group projects and physical visits to theindustry became infeasible. Hence, unlike previous years, in fall 2020 and 2021 the semester projectwas assigned to individual students based on some recorded video clips of the assigned workstation(s)imitating virtual visits to the industry. Multiple recorded videos of some

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Olatunde A, Adeoye, Prairie View A&M University; shuza Binzaid; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

Professor in the SMART Center at Prairie View A&M University. He has 20 years of experience in various projects for leading and supervising innovative teams of engineers at professional, academic graduate, and undergraduate levels. He has more than 14 years of experience in various fields of energy effects, energy conservation, renewable energy, VLSI microcontroller systems, and automation engineering projects. He is very experienced in the systems- level design of sensors and sensing modules, computational modeling, programming microcontrollers, energy conversion process, and interface design for advanced electronic applications. Also, he has more than 12 technology innovations and 68 technical publications.Dr. John

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Le Shorn Benjamin, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston; Erik M Hines, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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ofengineering education. In fact, the assertion appears even more fitting given the noticeablecongruence between the academic rigor of engineering programs and Ignelzi’s observation thatstudents often face educational challenges which exceed the academic support they receive. As itrelates to engineering programs, Ignelzi’s theorization makes appropriate use of Kegan’s workwhich previously acknowledged students’ dismay in constantly feeling “in over their heads.” MethodologyUnlike the structured IPA study from which this secondary project evolved, this work presents ageneric exploratory style of qualitative inquiry35. Rather than adhering to strict methodologicalcanons, this study allowed us to follow an

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MERLYN XAVIER PULIKKATHARA, Physics Department, Prairie View A&M University; Kelvin K. Kirby, Prairie View A&M University; Richard T. Wilkins, Prairie View A&M University

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Paper ID #35816Online Nuclear Power Summer Institute and Day of Science: A two-prongedapproach to increasing girls and under-represented minorities towardsSTEM careersProf. MERLYN XAVIER PULIKKATHARA, Physics Department, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Pulikkathara’s research involves nanomaterials for aerospace and biomedical applications.Mr. Kelvin K. Kirby, Prairie View A&M University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M Uni- versity System. Twenty-nine years of academic experience with twenty-two years of military service. Research projects sponsored by

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Salvatore Enrico Paolo Indiogine, Texas A&M University; Brandon Chi-Thien Le, Texas A&M University; Sidharth Dhaneshkumar Shah

media they want to be transcribed and download the documents without any manualprocesses needing to be done on the backend.Future work could include determining the efficacy and demand for the program by conducting asurvey to professors on their opinions on the resource. Currently, the program is in a prototype stageso it cannot be rolled out on a larger scale - once we are able to, we can then distribute a survey toprofessors who use the program. The results would help us determine acceptance rates of theresource if the project is worth the cost to transcribe the audio, and if the tool will be consistentlyutilized in the future.We plan on enhancing this computer application by adding indexing and online search features.This future project

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Blessing Chinemerem Dike, Prairie View A&M University, TX USA

- Telecommunication3GPP – 3- Group Partnership ProjectCDMA- Carrier Division Multiple AccessEDGE- Enhanced Data rate for GSM EvolutionSMS - Short Message ServiceMMS – Multimedia ServicesGSM- Global System for Mobile CommunicationGPRS- General Packet Radio ServicesIMT-2000 – Internal Mobile Telecommunication – 2000DARPA- Defense Advanced Research Project AgencyOFDM – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX Copyright  2022, American Society for Engineering Education 2UDM- Unified Data ManagementAMF- Access Mobility ManagementSMF

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Simeon Ntafos, University of Texas at Dallas

plan to transform the state’s workforce into a better skilled, highly employable group that could compete and thrive in the projected 2030 Marketplace.[1]. Marketable skills backed up with a higher education degree or appropriate certificate obtained through education and/or training that included verifiable skills was projected to push Texas into a leader in innovation and economic growth and a model to be followed by the rest of the nation.The 60x30TX Plan calls for 60% of Texas to have a university degree or a marketable certificate bythe year 2030 and those goals are considered necessary for the State to remain competitive andpotentially lead the way and serve as an example to the rest of the nation. Per the State’s 60x30TXwebsite [1

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Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University

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Values, Modules Lab 10, 10b 11 (11/5-11/9) Writing Functions, Scope Lab 11, 11b 12 (11/12-11/16) Functions and use in top-down/bottom-up design Lab 12, 12b 13 (11/19-11/20 ) Systematic Debugging Lab 13, Team Project assigned 14 (11/26-11/30) Topic TBD 15 (12/3-12/5) Last exam Finals Week NO FINAL Team Project due MethodsThe new engineering course's curriculum redesign was already complete. The purpose of this workwas to establish a pilot program to

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Carol E Akpan, Prairie View A&M University ; Lealon L Martin; Kendall Lemons

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Session XXXX Research Experience for Undergraduates: A Preliminary Study on the Techno-economic Feasibility of Industrial-scale Microgreens Production Carol E. Akpan, Lealon L. Martin Chemical Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University Kendall R. Lemons Mechanical Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University AbstractThe purpose of this REU project is to design an industrial-scale system to cultivate and harvestmicrogreens. Microgreens are plants that are edible

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL.15. Engineering Management Institute, 2015, “5 Reasons Accountability Is Needed for Success On The Big Engineering Projects,” https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/5-reasons-accountability-is-needed-for- success-on-the-big-engineering-projects/ , accessed on 22 Jan 2022.KENNETH W. VAN TREURENKen Van Treuren is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University and serves as theAssociate Dean in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. He received his B. S. in AeronauticalEngineering from the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and his M. S. in Engineering from PrincetonUniversity in Princeton, New Jersey. After serving as USAF pilot in KC

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Maila Hallare, Norfolk State University; Shahrooz Moosavizadeh, Norfolk State University; Makarand Deo, Norfolk State University

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. Craig W.O., Strategies for Improving the Retention of Engineering and Technology Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Vol. 2, No.5, pp- 561-568, 2011. 4. Brucal-Hallare, Maila; Moosavizadeh, Shahrooz; and Deo, Makarand (2020), "Promoting Partnership, Cultivating Colleagueship: The SUMMIT-P Project at Norfolk State University," Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations: Vol. 16, No. 1 , Article 12. 5. Brucal-Hallare, Maila; Deo, Makarand; and Moosavizadeh, Shahrooz; (2021), “Graphical Analysis in Biomedical Engineering using ECG Signals,” Submitted to MAA Notes 2021

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Daisaku Gicheha

Research and Innovation Success and Excellence (Faculty-RISE) programat Prairie View A&M University for funding the project. Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX Copyright ã 2022, American Society for Engineering Education 8 References1. M. Rocco. “The long view of nanotechnology development: the national nanotechnology initiative at 10 years”. J. Nanoparticle Res., 13 (2011), pp. 427-445.2. Functional Nanofibers and Their Applications. WOODHEAD, 2016.3. C. Wei, Y. Feng, D. Che, J

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Olivia M Mills, Texas A&M University; Jacqueline Estefane Torralba; Huei Hsin Lo, Texas A&M University; Madison Hawkins, Texas A&M University; Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Xi Zhao, Texas A&M University; Larry Powell, Texas A&M University; Filza H. Walters, Texas A&M University; Amanda Kate Lacy; Sarhan M. Musa, Prairie View A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Brandon RaShaun Beckwith, Prairie View A&M University

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in Architectural Engineering within the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering at TAMU. With experience in academia and industry, and a passion for increasing success of women and minorities in STEMs fields, Walters developed the first ABET accredited baccalaureate-master’s architectural engineering degree program in Michigan and served as founding director. Currently she is webmaster for ASEE’s Architectural Engineering Division and serves in various roles and committee leadership in ASHRAE, ASCE, and AEI. With a focus on sustain- able, net zero buildings, Walters has collaborated on studies, grants and industry sponsored projects for the US DOE, EPA, and Ford Motor Company.Ms. Amanda Kate Lacy

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Joseph Dowell, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department , Prairie View A&M University; Penrose Cofie, Prairie View A&M University; John Fuller P.E., Prairie View A&M University

need for physical/in person maintenance. Although Smart grids and microgrids have many benefitsto their deployment including remote operation, there are considerations that must be made. Thisincludes the conversion of exiting grid systems or the introduction of new grid infrastructure, which canbe an expensive and extensive project to undertake. From the investigations, it is suggested that themost effective approach to the implementation of smart grids and microgrids is at alocalized/community level. The localized grid approach is best to serve an intended community and tomanage cost over time; it will also minimize the strain on renewable resources and reduce the carbonfootprint. Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Gulf

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TOYA ACHARYA, Prairie View A & M University; Cajetan M. Akujuobi P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Annamalai Annamalai, Prairie View A&M University

systems use different techniques such as OFDMand single-carrier modulation techniques such as QAM for the ADSL technology. The bit errorrate is poor, and the performance, flexibility, compatibility, and operational issue may arise duringthe information transmission. The DMT techniques combined with the ADSL can overcome theseproblems. The DMT partitions a broadband channel into many virtually independent, narrowbandsubchannels and maximizes the ADSL system's bit rate. The implementation of wavelet in theADSL system improves the suitability, flexibility, and complexity of the multi-tone ADSL system.The paper compares the existing ADSL system problems with the DMWT-ADSL system. Themain objective of this project work is to comparatively study the

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Laura Ann Gelles, University of Texas at Dallas; Amy Walker, University of Texas at Dallas

. 1, pp. 1–19, 2006, doi: 10.2190/4YNU-4TMB-22DJ-AN4W.[8] E. Litzler and J. Young, “Understanding the risk of attrition in undergraduate engineering: Results from the project to assess climate in engineering,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 2, pp. 319–345, 2012, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2012.tb00052.x.[9] R. M. Marra, K. A. Rodgers, D. Shen, and B. Bogue, “Leaving Engineering: A Multi-Year Single Instiution Study,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 6–27, 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2168- 9830.2012.tb00039.x.[10] J. A. Morrow and M. Ackermann, “Intention to Persist and Retention of First-Year Students: The Importance of Motivation and Sense of Belonging.,” Coll. Stud. J., vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 483