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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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Immanuel Edinbarough, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Jose Taha-Tijerina, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Grande valley (UTRGV). Prior to joining the faculty at the legacy institution, The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), he was a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Also, an Associate Professor of Production Engineering Technology at PSG College of Technology Bharathiar University, India, where he served as the Director of Computer Vision Laboratory and a Captain of the National Cadet Corps – Engineering Division. He has over 30 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing/mechanical engineering and engineering technology. He currently teaches in the areas of CAD/CAM/CIM, Robotics & Automation, Product and Process Design, Materials and Manufacturing processes

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ETD Technical Session 8 - ET Pedagogy II

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Jenna Wong; Shah Rukh Humayoun, San Francisco State University

National Laboratory focusing on developing a modern computational framework for the nonlinear seismic analysis of Department of Energy nuclear facilities and systems. For her engineering education research, she is interested in exploring how to use technology such as virtual reality and 3D printing to enhance student engagement. She is an active member of ASCE, ASEE, and SEAONC.Shahrukh Humayoun Dr. Shah Rukh Humayoun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University (SFSU), USA. His current research topics include human-computer interaction, virtual reality, information visualization, visual analytics, and software engineering. He has co-organized more than 10 workshops in his

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Disability, Neurodivergence, and Sense of Belonging in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 5

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Mariah Arral, Carnegie Mellon University

Laboratory for the Teaching and Learning of Electronic and Computer Engineering. Lect. Notes Networks Syst. 298, 502–513 (2021).13. Da, E. et al. Experiences of Minority College Students with Disabilities in STEM. J. Postsecond. Educ. Disabil. 29, 37514. Toft, A. Identity Management and Community Belonging: The Coming Out Careers of Young Disabled LGBT+ Persons. Sex. Cult. 2020 246 24, 1893–1912 (2020).15. Bain, S., Santos, D. L., Kupczynski, L. & Mundy, M.-A. Determining Academic Success in Students with Disabilities in Higher Education. Int. J. High. Educ. 8, 16–38 (2019).16. Haas, A. M. & Eble, M. F. Key theoretical frameworks : teaching technical communication in the twenty-first century. 32017. Morson

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Experiential Learning in Mechanics

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David Dittenber, Cedarville University; Luke Fredette, Cedarville University

civil engineers get an opportunity to participate in God’s redemptive work on the earth and serve people by helping provide them with safe solutions to their most fundamental needs. Dr. Dittenber also has a passion for providing engaging teaching experiences, tackling unique and creative projects, and mentoring students through college and what follows.Luke Fredette Dr. Luke Fredette completed his Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at the Ohio State University before coming to Cedarville University as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2020. His teaching focus is in mechanical systems and computational methods, which meshes with his research interests in vibration, noise control, and nonlinear system

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Civil Engineering Division - Mechanics Applied and the Best in Five... Get Ready!

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Harry Cooke, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

Paper ID #36690Fifteen-Plus Years of Strength of Materials with Pool Noodlesand More!Harry G Cooke (Associate Professor) Harry Cooke is an associate professor in the civil engineering technology program at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he has taught since 2005. He primarily teaches undergraduate mechanics and geotechnical engineering courses. Research interests of Dr. Cooke include the pedagogy of teaching in higher education and ground improvement methods. He has nine years of prior experience in geotechnical engineering consulting and is a registered professional engineer

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Best of First-Year Programs Division

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Connor Jenkins, The Ohio State University; Krista Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

Paper ID #37753Instructional Feedback Practices in First-Year EngineeringTechnical Writing Assignments: Qualitative CodingSynthesis, Analysis and ComparisonConnor Jenkins (Student Research Assistant) Connor is an Electrical Engineering PhD Student from Ohio State who graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2021. He currently works as a graduate research associate in the Wearable and Implantable Technology group at the ElectroScience Laboratory. His electrical engineering research interests include bioelectromagnetics, and electromagnetic device design, while his

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Civil Engineering Division - Innovative Changes to the Typical Civil Engineering Coursework.

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Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan Burns, Georgia Institute of Technology; Armistead Russell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Iris Tien, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kari Watkins, Georgia Institute of Technology; John Koon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; John Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology; Emily Grubert, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisa Rosenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

engineering communication—that is,teaching engineering communication skills within an engineering context. This model has aPrincipal Academic Professional educated in English embedded within the School. Herresponsibilities include co-teaching the core courses, a role that allows her to introduce newcommunication skills as they are relevant to the course content. In a vertically-integrated program,students are first taught fundamental principles of written, visual, and oral communication in theEngineering Systems course; they then learn more specific skills in their laboratory courses, andfinally learn professional practice skills in the capstone course. Because integrating instruction incommunication into engineering course content has been shown to

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CIT Division Technical Session #5

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Mohammad Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Seta Boghikian-Whitby; Muiz Muqri, University of Southern California; Zacki Muqri, University of Southern California; Sarah Muqri, University of California, Riverside

Intelligent Systems, 2022).Figure 2. Unsupervised Machine learning, Gene analysis 2. Dimensionality Reduction: Dimensionality Reduction is under unsupervised Machine LearningII. Supervised machine learning algorithms: This is the most commonly used machinelearning algorithm. Supervised learning algorithms are trained with labeled data.Mainly supervised leaning problems can be divided into the following two kinds of problems:1. Classification: A problem is called classification problem when we have the categorizedoutput such as “black”, “teaching”, “non-teaching”, etc.Suppose that you have a dataset containing the following:Tumor size, age, Malignant. The Malignant field is a label indicating if a tumor is cancerous.When you visualize or

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Computers in Education 1 - Programming I

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Joshua Fagan, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Amy Biegalski, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Paper ID #37045Work-in-Progress: Bridging the Gap Between MATLAB andPython via ROS to Build Skills in an IntroductoryProgramming CourseJoshua Fagan Joshua Fagan received a BS in computer science and mathematics from The University of Richmond and a MS in computer science from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). He is in his final year of a PhD in computer science at UTK, and will be starting a Lecturer position at UTK in Fall 2022. Joshua is interested in developing and teaching solutions involving robotics, machine learning, and data science.Amy Biegalski Amy Biegalski is a graduate of The Ohio State

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Civil Engineering Division - Mechanics Applied and the Best in Five... Get Ready!

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James Kaklamanos, Merrimack College; Simon Ghanat, The Citadel; Craig Shillaber, Northeastern University; Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Shawn Griffiths, University of Wyoming; Corrie Walton-Macaulay, Saint Martin's University; Suresh Immanuel, University of Evansville; David Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Chris Swan, Tufts University

engineering education. He previously taught at Bucknell University and Arizona State University. He also teaches NHI training courses on seismic design of foundations and geotechnical features of highway systems for the Federal Highway Administration.Craig M. Shillaber Craig M. Shillaber is an associate teaching professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University. He earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 2016, an M.S. in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 2009, and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 2008. His research interests include teaching and learning in geotechnical engineering, sustainability education in civil

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Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

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Liang Wang; Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; binbin shao, Zhejiang University

: Entrepreneurship education in engineering. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com The Characteristics of Engineering Learning in Communities of Practice: An Exploratory Multi-case StudyAbstract: The Emerging Engineering Education (3E) transformation has been implemented in China tomeet the society’s needs of high-quality talents in science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) fields. The transformation has stimulated some new forms of engineering learning which wereorganized in communities of practice such as engineering studio, engineering laboratory in someuniversities. However, little is known about

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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Bradley Kicklighter, University of Southern Indiana

Indiana as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology. He holds three patents, has served as an IEEE section officer since 2004, and has been a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana since 2005. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com A Tool Suite for Automation LabsAbstractProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) are used toautomate industrial equipment and processes. They are frequently used in laboratory activities inan automation course that is part of an engineering or engineering technology curriculum.Sensors and actuators to simulate

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Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

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Shaoping Xiao; James Buchholz, The University of Iowa; Casey Harwood; Jae-eun Russell; Venanzio Cichella; J. Ezequiel Martin, The University of Iowa

engineering problem-solving. His group's current research interests include machine-learning enhanced numerical modeling of composite materials, reinforcement learning and linear temporal logics for robotics and control, AI-powered design of distributed reservoir systems to mitigate the flood, intelligent traffic light, and quantum computing.James Buchholz (Associate Professor) James Buchholz is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He received the Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. He teaches courses in fluid mechanics and conducts research in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen Cook, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Teodora Shuman, Seattle University; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

, the Industry Advisorwas on campus one day a week. During the pandemic, the Industry Advisor remained available,albeit online. The Industry Advisor is transitioning to be back on campus regularly this yearwhile continuing to hold online meetings with students and faculty.d. Remote teaching and learning. The pandemic gave faculty an opportunity to change how wedesign and deliver our courses. To promote inclusive practice, faculty utilized recorded lectures,online collaboration tools and instant messaging apps to provide multiple ways ofcommunication for students. To continue the emphasis of “doing engineering,” faculty alsoimplemented remote laboratories that utilized tools accessible to students. More details onchanges made to accommodate

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Innovative Changes to the Typical Civil Engineering Coursework.

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Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; James Klosky, United States Military Academy

Paper ID #36647Fostering the Deliberate Development of Creative EngineersJakob C Bruhl (Civil Engineering Academy Professor)James Ledlie Klosky (Professor of Civil Engineering) Led Klosky is a Professor of Civil Engineering and long-time member of the faculty at West Point. A Professional Engineer, Led serves as the Dean's Executive Agent for Design and Construction and is interested in the design of collaborative learning spaces, infrastructure engineering and education, and subsurface engineering. Dr. Klosky is a past winner of the National Outstanding Teaching Medal from ASEE.Andrea E Surovek (Research Scientist

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Professional Skills and Community Building in Chemical Engineering Education

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

products at INTEVEP Petroleos de Venezuela (1983-1998). He is a founding member of Universidad Monteavila (Caracas, Venezuela) (1998—2018) and became the Chancellor (2005-2015), and the President of the Center for Higher Studies (2015-2018). After rejoining the University of Pittsburgh, he is teaching Pillar courses on Reactive Process Engineering, Process Control, and Process Design. In addition to technical courses, his service extends over engineering education, curriculum development, outreach programs, global awareness, sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by

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International Division Poster Session

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Collins Vaye, Florida International University; Precious Eze, Florida International University; Bruk Berhane, Florida International University

enormousdisruptions to global education systems, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190countries [9]. Students pursuing careers in disciplines like science and engineering, where in-person laboratory experiences are valuable to their preparedness for jobs in the industry, havebeen impacted severely by the disruption of COVID-19 [10], [11].Following the unprecedented disruptions caused by the pandemic, governments of manycountries took several extraordinary measures, including the closure of schools, publicgatherings, large and small businesses, social distancing, and campaigns to build healthawareness, in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic [4], [6], [7], [9].Moreover, as in-person learning ended for many schools, many

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Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

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Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University

methodologies and techniques to assist manufacturers design and plan operations on advanced machining lines that could be rapidly reconfigured to meet changes to a product’s design or production volume. In 2003 he joined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia as junior chair of the NSERC-sponsored research program in Virtual Machining. His work at this time focused on the modeling of cutter/workpiece engagement geometry to support process modeling for aerospace machining applications. In 2007 he joined the faculty of the Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington University where he is currently a professor in the Manufacturing Engineering program. His teaching and

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WIED: Activities and Programs

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Stephanie Weiss-Lopez; Michael Frye; Orion Jones

as avirtual four-week research camp. For Summer 2021, megaGEMS hosted the inaugural eight-week in-person Apprenticeship Research Camp from June 7-August 6, 2021, for eight risingjuniors or seniors. This Apprenticeship Research Camp was held at the Autonomous VehicleSystems (AVS) Research Laboratories located at the University of the Incarnate Word providedthe students with an experiential research camp mentored by both faculty and graduate studentsin the science of autonomy. The camp was funded through two grants provided by the ArmyEducation Outreach Program.Examples of projects included brain-computer interfacing, virtual reality, and Infrared andLIDAR sensor collection. One apprentice was able to obtain her FAA Part 107 UAS

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

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Sequoia Callahan; Blaine Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Lerah Lockett, Prairie View A&M University; Camille Burnett, Prairie View A&M University; Bimal Nepal, Texas A&M University; Karen Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University

Work in Progress paper will describe patterns across race/ethnicity of first-year engineeringstudent retention before and after the spring 2020 emergency transition to remote learning in thewake of the COVID-19 pandemic at a large public R1 university in the Southwest. The results ofthis study are expected to inform faculty and administration as they consider making policychanges in teaching and learning to improve the persistence of engineering students.IntroductionPersistence in Engineering Among Historically Underrepresented StudentsEngineering programs have some of the highest attrition rates among all degree majors, anddespite efforts to improve engineering student retention, graduation rates have remained ataround 50% over the past

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CIT Division Technical Session #9

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Bassam Alshammari, Pittsburg State University; Erik Mayer, Pittsburg State University; Zachariah Woods, Pittsburg State University; Austin Smith, Pittsburg State University; Estevan Hernandez, Pittsburg State University; Kevin Birk, Pittsburg State University; Trenton Allison; Jacob Brennon, Pittsburg State University; Caleb Chase, Pittsburg State University; Brandon Kincheloe, Pittsburg State University; Donna Lenharth, Pittsburg State University; Kailash Chandra, Pittsburg State University

, and data structures. He previously taught at Quincy University in Illinois. He received his education at Meerut University, Florida Tech, and SUNY Buffalo. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Introducing Deep Learning on Edge Devices Using A Line Follower RobotAbstractAn educators' job is to prepare students to work with the latest technology. In the last decade, therehas been an increase in the use of deep learning in many applications including self-driving carsand virtual assistants. This paper discusses the teaching of the fundamentals of deep learning in anundergraduate microcontroller which used the TI – RSLK MAX robot

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Computers in Education 3 - Modulus I

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Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Brian Skromme, Arizona State University; Ana Chavez, University of Texas at El Paso; Megan O’Donnell, Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics; Miguel Velez-Reyes, University of Texas at El Paso

ImpedanceConcepts h) Phasor Analysis and Power of AC circuits. Most instructors divide the topics into twomain groups; DC circuit analysis and AC circuit analysis, as the analysis methods covered in DCanalysis are typically the same methods covered in AC analysis. Also, the tools available to thestudents at the Laboratories, or available for the students to download and install into their owncomputers, are Multisim and MATLAB, and on some occasion projects (“Mini Labs”) are assignedwhere the students need to build circuits and take measurements using the Analog Discoveryinstrument form Diligent, to measure the natural response of RC circuits, for example.The electric circuits course has been deemed one of the courses that cause a high attrition rate atmany

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ERM: Problem Solving and Conceptual Understanding

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David Therriault, University of Florida; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Emily Buten; Elizabeth Bates, Michigan Technological University; Jeremy Waisome, University of Florida; Marah Berry, University of Florida

, conducted in a laboratory setting. In all of his research, the goal is two-fold: (1) exploring fundamental cognitive processes related to learning to add to our theoretical understanding, and (2), where appropriate, applying this knowledge to improve education. An assumption underlying his research approach is that current educational issues provide investigators with some of the most compelling research topics and that rigorous empirical work aids us in making the education process more successful. He has collaborated actively with researchers in STEM disciplines outside of psychology (engineering and chemistry). Dr. Therriault currently serves as a Board Member on UF’s IRB.Elliot P. Douglas (Professor) Dr. Elliot P

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NEE Technical Session - Assessment/Evaluation

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Craig Altmann, Virginia Military Institute; Jon-michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

the curriculum [1, 2]. In addition, studies have shown that PjBL hasimproved students’ retention of prior and current course material [3-5]. Outside of theimprovements in future engineering courses, the use of PjBL has shown to better preparestudents for the workforce and the challenges they may face. However, one concern ofimplementation of PjBL is that it may overwhelm a student especially when conducted in lowerlevel courses. In some cases, schools of higher education may choose to teach lower levelcourses following the conventional lecture format and allow students to participate incompetition teams as an extra-curricular activity.Numerous engineering programs across the world participate in competition programs, such asBaja SAE (Society

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Joshua Wyrick, York College of Pennsylvania; Alison Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Bridgette Hagerty, York College of Pennsylvania; JESSICA NOLAN, York College of Pennsylvania; Karl Kleiner, York College of Pennsylvania; Most Tahera Naznin, York College of Pennsylvania

Nutrient testing in soil and plants, Soil Science and Environmental Fall fertilization, acidity Soil nutrients Fertility Horticulture and liming, organic matter*The engineering program at [college] teaches over three semesters, although faculty only teach in two of them. Some non-engineeringcourses are also offered during the summer as general education electives

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Computers in Education 2 - Programming 2

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Yizhe Chang; Yifan Wang; Zhou Zhang, New York City College of Technology

increasehome safety.So far, the projects on the platform are not integrated into any established curriculum. The pilottest showed students may be able to complete a relatively complicated task with ROSbackground. The pilot test also showed that a well-designed laboratory series is needed to boostthe success rate of students. Thus, with further training, students can use the platform forindependent projects (senior design, master’s project, etc.). Using this platform with improvedtraining and exercising session, students will gain hands-on experience in implementing allcomponents of robot autonomous navigation and overcoming the steep learning curve of ROS.Bibliography[1] M. J. Mataric, "Robotics education for all ages," in Proc. AAAI Spring Symposium

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Eileen Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Joseph Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sara Vohra

education after helping develop and teach an online only laboratory class. She currently works as a research associate under Dr. Karin Jensen with a focus on engineering student mental health, retention, and development of resources.Joseph Mirabelli Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His work focuses on mentorship, mental health, and retention for STEM students and faculty. He was awarded the 2020 NAGAP Gold Award for Graduate Education Research to study engineering faculty perceptions of graduate student well-being and attrition. Before studying education at UIUC, Joseph earned an MS degree in Physics from

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Broadening Participation and Inclusion in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 8

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Heather Beem, Ashesi University

, and M. H. Ibrahim, “Theclassroom physical environment and its relation to teaching and learning comfortlevel,” International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 237-240, 2015.[21] H. H. Choi, J. J. Van Merriënboer, and F. Paas, “Effects of the physical environment oncognitive load and learning: Towards a new model of cognitive load,” Educational PsychologyReview, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 225-244, 2014.[22] S. Cohen, G. W. Evans, D. S. Krantz, and D. Stokols, “Physiological, motivational, andcognitive effects of aircraft noise on children: moving from the laboratory to thefield,” American Psychologist, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 231-243, 1980.[23] M. Carter, “Making Your Environment ‘The Third Teacher’,” Exchange: The EarlyChildhood

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DEED Technical Session 9 - Design Across the Curriculum

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Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; George Ricco, University of Indianapolis; David Olawale, University of Indianapolis; Md Rashedul Sarker, University of Indianapolis

(RBASOE) was founded with these goals in mind to notonly train future engineering leaders who are technically competent, but who are also equippedto adapt to and solve future complex engineering problems that our nation and world will face.The school is accomplishing her mission through the RBASOE Engineering DesignSpine [3-5].Apart from teaching and exposing the students to traditional and fundamental engineeringeducation unique to each engineering discipline, the DesignSpine involves a three-throngedstrategy that breaks down the barriers among engineering disciplines while exposing the studentsto real life open-ended problems from industry and other external stakeholders. The DesignSpinehas three key components [3]: ● DesignSpine SPREL that

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

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Khosro Shirvani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Conor Ricchetti, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

environmental hazards.The remaining four weeks of the program took place at the RELC located in Niskayuna, NewYork. This state-of-the-art training facility provided a classroom setting for handling theoreticalmodules and discussions and laboratory spaces for performing hands-on simulations. Laboratoryspaces contained industry-sized turbine equipment, such as decommissioned nacelles anddrivetrains. Faculty with experience as wind turbine technicians instructed both the theoretical andtechnical portions of the program, providing the participants with the opportunity to inquire aboutpotential hazards and dangers in the field.Technical EssentialsThe second week of the pilot program focused on understanding the technical knowledge, safetyprocedures, and