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

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Paper ID #35839Using a pilot course to evaluate curriculum redesign for a first yearengineering program.Dr. Janie M Moore, Texas A&M University Dr. Janie McClurkin Moore is an Assistant Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering De- partment at Texas A&M University in College Station. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she attended North Carolina A&T State University where she received a B.S. in Bio Environmental Engineering in 2006. She then began pursuing her graduate education at Purdue University in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, completing her Ph.D. in 2015. Her primary

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Vewiser J Turner Jr P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Sarhan M. Musa, Prairie View A&M University

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their primary goal is to obtainthat first job after graduation. We have observed that our students here at Prairie View A&MUniversity (PVAMU), are as technically prepared from the engineering curriculum as any studentfrom any other University. Most capstones instructors have the same opinion that final projects forengineering majors should stress professional skills as well as design education through a variety ofteaching paradigms1,2,3,4,5,6. It has been observed that using the theory in the engineering curriculumhas produced graduates with far less experience in the practice of engineering and design than thoseof year’s past7. Also, the ability to function as a member of a team is measured by several instructorsto be an important skill of

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University; Simon Castro; Octavio Carrillo; Rene Villegas; Christoph Ruepprich, Texas A&M University; Kevin Myles; Zach Adelman

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project. Figure 5. Gantt Chart (Integration and documentation sections) for Fall 2021Educational value and Observation This capstone project has been used as a tool to educate engineering students about theengineering skills as well as the science and public health related to vector-borne diseases.Moreover, students have been learning about the water properties. Typically, these are not the scopetaught in an engineering technology curriculum. Students have been expanding their horizon inlearning many skills and obtaining knowledge for this project. Based on the student’s statements, students have learned the importance of teamwork andplanning as well as the division of the tasks. And, some of them stated that it could serve as

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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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Policy Initiative (NSSPI), Texas A&M University o Research interests include: Nuclear Counter-Terrorism, Nuclear Instrumentation Development, Exercise Development, Radiological Consequence Management, Environmental Health Physics • Defense sector: Roy Elmore, Deputy Division Leader, Department of Defense o Research interests include: Nuclear Nonproliferation, International Safeguards, Nuclear Forensics, Technology, and Policy Integration • NASA: Astronaut Stephen G. Bowen, o First nuclear submarine officer to be selected as an astronaut, veteran of STS- 126,132,133, and logged more than 40 days in seven spacewalksThe students were engaged with our guest

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Hua Li, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Ricardo Miguel Garcia Pineda, Texas A&M University Kingsville; Kai Jin, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Jaya S. Goswami, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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to achieve an experience that enhances their qualityknowledge and skills during their capstone projects. As Wm. A. Wulf, president of the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE), has noted, for the United States to remain competitive in a globaltechnological society, the country as a whole must take serious steps to ensure that we have adiverse, well trained, and multicultural workforce [2]. To support undergraduate minority studentsenrolled in STEM fields, TAMUK promotes the Senior Design / Capstone Mini-Grant (SDMG) tosenior students developing capstone projects as an integral part of their course program to completeits academic degree. The SDMG activity has an objective to help participants improving the seniordesign/capstone project