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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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Katey Shirey, eduKatey LLC; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

was illuminating.” • “The project proposal has multiple competing interests in terms of inclusion of Art in STEM, Entrepreneurial Mindset, and Bio-Inspired Design. Layered on top of this are the underlying and sometimes competing interests of the course involved, the interests and training of the individual faculty members, and all the constraints in terms of cost, time, and student preparation. There is a lot going on…” • “The biggest issue for me today was understanding the bio integration that we are supposed to come up with. As in the photo above, there are many examples of biological systems that can naturally feed into design ideation, which would also match the name of this curriculum

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Student Division Technical 3: Mixed - Research, Engineering Design, Design Thinking, and Curriculum Design

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Abigail Clark, Miami University; Rachel Kajfez, The Ohio State University

different parts of the United States and Canada. The professionals represented 15institutions, including science museums, science centers, zoos, aquariums, children’s museums,and a research and evaluation company. A three round Delphi study was completed for thisresearch project. Round 1 consisted of semi-structured interviews, followed by two subsequentrounds of Likert-response surveys.Context Three: Ongoing outreach and engagement with community membersThis third context, in which work was conducted by Dr. Kajfez, is ongoing workshops with localfamilies through a local children’s hospital. Much of the research in this context focused on theengineering student volunteers’ experiences as they participated in the workshops in theircourses [30] and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Thomas Griffin, Northeastern University; Dongye Shen, Cornell University; Jaison Patel

successful innovation design and commercialization strategy in Silicon Valley.The key to success is in correctly identifying, understanding, and developing a good relationshipwith one’s customer. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding market needs, and how togather relevant information to make an educated decision early on. The course benefits studentsof all disciplines as it demonstrates, in essence, how to assess one’s capabilities. This is achievedthrough a series of projects and exercises to find and communicate with the end-users and clientsin order to develop a product to fit their needs. Topics covered include an overview of technologytransfer, innovation models, customer discovery, lean startup, open innovation and its implication

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

project will conduct a study of nontraditional students inengineering (NTSE) to better understand how to support their co-curricular activities so that theyare better able to persist with engineering as a discipline.Nontraditional students (NTS) are increasing both as a proportion of undergraduates and inoverall numbers. This is especially the case within engineering as people in the workforce returnto complete their degrees or are looking to finish school on a part-time basis. Online offeringsacross higher education institutions has further accelerated this trend. However, there is littleresearch into engineering students that possess characteristics associated with nontraditionalstudents. Engineering as an educational enterprise has been

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

global nature of the marketplace requires engineering students to be able to workacross different cultures as a major differentiator in the competition for engineering jobs. Agrowing number of US engineering students opt to develop their ability through study abroadexperience. However, a given study abroad experience elicits vastly different responses amongstudents: for some students, the experience is life-altering while for others, it is decidedly not.This project stems from these observations and from a desire to ensure that global experiencesare highly impactful for all students, and not just a select group. Building on the literature onexperiential learning, this research hypothesizes that student impacts could be related to

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LEAD Technical Session 1: Fostering Leadership Identity Development and DEI in Engineering Students and Professionals

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John Park, Pennsylvania State University; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Mihee Park, Pennsylvania State University

the program improved on their leadership self-efficacy and belief that womencan be successful in leadership positions. In addition, the Women in Engineering LeadershipInstitute (WELI) has also held workshops to support the formation of a network of womencolleagues and mentors that help participants evaluate future leadership opportunities to succeedin academia. Participants reported that the program helped them to prepare for complexleadership roles by developing critical leadership knowledge and skills [5].Purpose of studyThis “work in progress” paper highlights how women engineering students acquire leadershipknowledge and skills to develop their leadership identity in a project-based engineeringleadership course with teams composed

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Research Frameworks for Identity and Equity: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 9

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Umair Shakir, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sarah Ovink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Paper ID #38038Using Natural Language Processing to ExploreUndergraduate Students’ Perspectives of Social Class,Gender, and RaceUmair Shakir (Graduate Research Assistant) My academic background is a bachelor's and master's in civil engineering (University of Engineering Technology, Lahore, Pakistan), and Ph.D. (Engineering Education, VT, the USA, expected in Fall 2022). My ten years of professional experience range from NESPAK (5 years), to Dubai (1-years), and assistant professor (The University of Lahore-3 years). I am certified in Project Management Professional (PMP). During my Ph.D., I served as a graduate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Jacqueline Genovesi, Drexel University; Ian Marcus, Drexel University; Kimberly Sterin, Drexel University; Dominique Thomas, Drexel University

Black students in district). However, most of the alumnae now working inSTEM are in the natural sciences with none in engineering.Thus, to increase the number of future engineers and disseminate lessons that can be transferredto other curriculum and mentoring contexts, the goals of this project were to (1) design a newtraining and support program for adult engineers who mentor students. (2) Enhance the culturalrelevancy of the curricula for students and their mentors. (3) Increase awareness among thesementors about implicit biases and stereotype barriers that impede the advancement of all womenin STEM education and workforce. (4) Increase the number of students in the program pursuinghigher education and careers in engineering.To meet those

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

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Ha Pho, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Shanna Thompson, University of Massachusetts Lowell

years. At the DifferenceMaker, she co-created and managed its Mentor program. She is also an adjunct faculty at the Manning School of Business, UMass Lowell. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, Ha worked for The World Bank in Vietnam for ten years. Her experience included assisting small and medium enterprises to raise financial capitals and to acquire technical consulting services, as well as managing projects on capacity building to industry clusters. She also spent two years working as a project manager for Saigon Securities Inc., the largest Vietnamese securities and investment firm. She has a B.A. in English from Vietnam National University and an MBA from UMass Lowell. She is a certified Project Management Professional

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Admissions, Transfer Pathways, and Major Selection

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Danyelle Ireland, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Jordan Esiason; Amanda Menier; Rebecca Zarch

Composition at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and graduated in the spring of 2019. Jordan has previously been employed as a Special Projects Assistant for the Residential Life department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he was responsible for performing benchmarking research and reporting, among other duties. When not at work he can be found writing music, tinkering with his 3D printer, or buying more house plants that he doesn't have room for.Amanda Menier Amanda Menier joined SageFox Consulting Group in 2019. Amanda has a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Montclair State University and is interested in the way that people shape and are shaped by the institutions in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Cassandra Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Alycia Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Molly Moore, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

goals, and school, community, and other activities thatdemonstrate leadership potential, and a completed FAFSA. The program was advertised throughseveral venues: media outlets, communication with accepted first-generation students, andpromotion through local high schools. The project team also participated in two “Go To Mines”recruitment events to educate and recruit first-generation students and their families for the 2022cohort and beyond.As a result of these efforts, the SD-FIRST program had 59 applicants during the first applicationcycle. As an NSF S-STEM award, the SD-FIRST program allowed for 15 scholars in the firstcohort and awarded $5,000 per year, renewable for 4 years, per scholar. During this time, theteam was able to work with the

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2: Instructional/Learning Resources and Pedagogies

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Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy; Annika Thomas, Columbia University in the City of New York; Jessica Oehrlein, Fitchburg State University; Melissa Wright, Barnard College of Columbia University; Michael Tarnow, Columbia University in the City of New York

Paper ID #36985Introducing Experimental Design to Promote ActiveLearningYevgeniy Yesilevskiy Yevgeniy Yesilevskiy is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Innovation and Design in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Columbia University. He focuses on project-based and active-learning courses that seek to engage and improve engineering education through the design process. In his courses he guides students towards solving open-ended problems. By having students face uncertainty in their classes, he prepares them to be the next generation of innovators. For his efforts, he was awarded the 2021 Edward and Carole Kim

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LEES 3: Assessing/Addressing Mental Health

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Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Paper ID #36425In Their Own Words: How Aspects of Engineering EducationUndermine Students’ Mental HealthKacey Beddoes (Project Director) Kacey Beddoes, Project Director, San Jose State University College of Engineering Dean’s Office and Research Foundation. Kacey serves as Managing Editor of Engineering Studies, Deputy Editor of the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, and is Past Chair of the SEFI Working Group on Gender and Diversity. She holds a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech, along with graduate certificates in Engineering Education and Women’s Studies. Her current

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Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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Rachel Childers, The Ohio State University

sheet to earn an additional attempt at a final project paper. Getting abingo earned the student the ability to resubmit a final paper after receiving feedback to earnback up to half the points they miss on their first attempt. Students had ~14 weeks to earn the 4stamps before they would need to turn it in if they wished to do a paper redo.During the Fall 2021 semester the bingo sheet wasimplemented in a mid-sized in-person upper-levelcourse of 55 biomedical engineering students. Asurvey was provided to students to ask questionsabout the course, as well as specific questionsrelated to the bingo sheet and their perceptions oftheir instructor. Questions from an verifiedProfessor-Student Rapport Scale surveyinstrument [2] were included in the

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Remote and Flipped Instruction in Mechanics

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Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo; Kylie Chan, University of Waterloo

academic reps, added unnecessary stress to the activity. Students felt defeated after leavingclass knowing that they were unable to answer many of the questions. The questions from theKahoots, however, were posted to the online learning management system afterwards to provideextra practice problems in preparation for the assessments.Teaching-Based Group Project [16]At the end of the term, students were asked to select one of the group activities that theycompleted earlier on in the course for their final project. The project entailed an hour-longpresentation to a local grade 7 or 8 science class to inspire the younger students on their potentialfuture. The first-year students were tasked with developing an interactive lesson plan withactivities of

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro Quintero; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Rodriguez Martinez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

incorporation of Responsible well-being in faculty and students (undergraduate and graduate). Through an innovative research-based assessment plan, they determined the levels of moral development achieved by participants. In the past two years, Santiago has incorporated theories on social cognitive career choices and student attrition mitigation to investigate the effectiveness of institutional interventions in increasing the retention and academic success of talented engineering students from economically disadvantaged families. Finally, the latest project explores the relationship between the institutional policies at UPRM and faculty and graduate students’ motivation to create good relationships between advisors and

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Professional Skills and Community Building in Chemical Engineering Education

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Christopher Chen

take–we sought to foster connections between students that would support themthrough a semester many students find challenging, and continue with them when they join themajor. Drawing from the community of inquiry framework, and strategies to build socialpresence in online courses, we implemented changes to meet these challenges. We assignedstudents to learning teams (4-5 students) in which they engaged in Zoom breakouts, and grouphomework and projects throughout the term. We also exchanged a midterm for a “communitycontribution” grade that incentivized participation during the Zoom sessions, engagement indiscussion boards, and development of student-created class resources (e.g., video problemwalkthroughs, study guides). After implementing

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DEED Technical Session 10: Empathy and Human-centered Design

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Nicholas Fila, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Diane Rover, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Henry Duwe, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

, however, this empathy was often eitherself-oriented (e.g., projection of one’s own experiences onto those of their students) or generalizedempathic concern that did not consider the nuances of specific students or groups of students [19].This work shows that empathy can play a role in course/curriculum design, but it may need morerobust support, which may come from the world of design.Empathizing in designEmpathy has played an important role in many design traditions. Designers value empathy forusers because it allows them to incorporate emotional and experiential aspects of the userexperience and tap into previously unarticulated user needs [20]. While processes vary, one generalapproach to empathizing in design was described by Kouprie and

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ERM: Self-Efficacy, Motivation, and MORE!

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Kai Jun Chew, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Leadership in 2020. Dr. Matusovich has been a PI/Co-PI on 19 funded research projects including the NSF CAREER Award, with her share of funding being nearly $3 million. She has co-authored 2 book chapters, 34 journal publications, and more than 80 conference papers. She is recognized for her research and teaching, including Dean’s Awards for Outstanding New Faculty, Outstanding Teacher Award, and a Faculty Fellow. Dr. Matusovich has served the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) division of ASEE in many capacities over the past 10+ years including serving as Chair from 2017-2019. Dr. Matusovich is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Advances in Engineering Education and she serves on the ASEE committee for

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ERM: Systematic Reviews!

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Muhammad Asghar, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University

Sustainability (Switzerland) 3 Journal of Professional Issues in 3 Engineering Education and Practice European Journal of Engineering Journals 8 Education International Journal of Engineering 14 Education Journal of Engineering Education 17 Other Journals 79 International Symposium on Project 3 Approaches in Engineering Education

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PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

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Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; James Hook, Portland State University

challenge. If individualparticipants are reliable teammates and they make creative contributions to team projects, the ageof participants does not appear to matter. Prior experience with STEM, high academic rank, and courses in college preparation are notrequired. While we cannot exclude applicants with significant prior STEM exposure or strongeconomic supports, we aggressively recruit students who are not typically on the path to a STEMcollege program and career. For example, many of our participants would be first-generationcollege students and many qualify for free and reduced meals at their school. In a recentliterature review, Colquitt found that strong academic record was a common selection criterionfor STEM intervention programs for

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Student Division Technical 3: Mixed - Research, Engineering Design, Design Thinking, and Curriculum Design

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Hugh Scribner, University of Colorado Boulder; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado Boulder

experiences offered to students are team based; studentsare never asked to carry out a design-build project from beginning to end on their own. This canlead to students specializing in a particular design role and avoiding others.To address these issues, a new engineering course was introduced at the University of Colorado,Boulder, Aesthetics of Design (AesDes). AesDes is a design course where students are asked touse their engineering skills to create aesthetics-based designs. The creators of this course hope thatthese projects will promote an affective gain towards engineering by providing students with atransformative learning experience [2], [3] and an opportunity to view themselves as engineers.More information on the AesDes course and examples

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Megan McSpedon, Rice University; Margaret Beier, Rice University; Brittany Bradford, Rice University; Michael Wolf

attainment in science, technology, engineering, andmath (STEM) fields is an issue of both national and student-level importance [2], [3]. On amacro level, STEM graduates are needed to fill a projected deficit of employees with thenecessary knowledge and skills to perform key STEM roles [2]; on a micro level, many fewerstudents leave college with a STEM degree than entered with the goal of STEM degreeattainment [3]. The psychological construct of self-efficacy, or an individual’s belief in theirown ability to perform the behaviors necessary to achieve a desired outcome [4], is an importantdimension in this discussion. If self-efficacy is key to broad goal attainment, STEM self-efficacy(i.e., a sense of self-efficacy within the STEM domain) is an

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NEE Technical Session - Assessment/Evaluation

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Nathan Washuta, The Citadel; Alyson Eggleston, The Citadel; James Righter, The Citadel; Robert Rabb, The Citadel

Paper ID #37916Defining Key Terms in New ABET Student OutcomesNathan John Washuta (Assistant Professor)Alyson Grace Eggleston Dr. Alyson Eggleston is a cognitive linguist specializing in the impact our speech has on the way we think and solve problems. She is the founding Director of Technical Communication at The Citadel, and has developed a project-based technical communication course that serves over 14 STEM majors and several degree programs in the social sciences. She is also acting Residential Fellow for the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching, Learning, and Distance Education, and in this role

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CIT Division Technical Session #2

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Ahmad Javaid, The University of Toledo; Quamar Niyaz, Purdue University Northwest; Charlene Czerniak; Sidike Paheding, Michigan Technological University

founding director of the Paul A. Hotmer Cybersecurity and Teaming Research (CSTAR) lab. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the same department. His research expertise focuses on application of computational intelligence to various computing domains including but not limited to education, cybersecurity, healthcare, human-machine teaming, and digital forensics. His projects have been funded by various agencies including the NSF (National Science Foundation), AFRL (Air Force Research Lab), NASA-JPL, Department of Energy, and the State of Ohio.Quamar Niyaz Quamar Niyaz received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science and engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, in 2009 and 2013, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree

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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

extracurricular project, The Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone. He is looking to graduate in May of 2023.Trenton Drake Allison My name is Trenton Allison. I am from Fort Scott Kansas. I am the oldest of 3 other siblings. My grandfather was an electrician and inspired me to become an electrical engineer. I am currently studying at Pittsburg State University to obtain the Electrical Engineering Technology Degree with a major in Automation. I am a member of the Pitt State combat robotics club as the secretary.Jacob D Brennon Jacob Brennon is a student at Pittsburg State University in Kansas where he is pursuing his Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Electronics Engineering Technology and an emphasis in Automation. He is

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Remote Pedagogy in Manufacturing Education

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Sheng-jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

robot.Students were asked to (1) view a video on how to access the remote lab, (2) observe how thesystem works, and (3) execute a set of code to understand what will happen. They were thenasked to modify the code to accomplish a more complex object recognition task. Preliminaryresults suggest that while they were very interested in learning more about the Cozmo robotplatform, modifying the existing code to accomplish a new task was not straightforward.Suggestions include providing more explanation about the existing code and providing assistanceas needed throughout the implementation process. Future directions include enhancing theplatform for use in teaching real-time imaging processing techniques such as histograms,profiles, projections, filtering and

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ECE Division Technical Session 1: Online or Remote Teaching and Curricular Developments

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Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Dennis Dahlquist, California State University, Sacramento

Paper ID #36671Electrical Circuits Virtual LabZekeriya Aliyazicioglu Dr. Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University-Dallas, TX. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. His research interests include Digital Signal Processing and Digital Image Processing applications, Communication Systems, and Robotics. He is an author of numerous research papers and presentations in these areas. He has worked on undergraduate education projects focused on increasing student learning, academic

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3- Multi- and Inter-disciplinary, Collaboration, and Engagement in Practice

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Thomas Rossi, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

LionHELP. LionHELPhad two main goals; the first was to create a tool that would give students access to the samemental health resources as the faculty. The second was to create a replacement for the RedFolder that could live as a native app on each person’s smartphone to facilitate access at amoment’s notice.To develop this app, three students were selected to work with a faculty mentor. The studentswere majoring in either Computer Science or Software Engineering. To assist with thedevelopment and help steer the project, two outside experts were also enlisted. The first was afaculty member from the English department at the school who specializes in Englishcomposition and in creating inclusive content that can be understood by a variety of levels

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aidsa Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro Quintero; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

retention and academic success of talented engineering students from economically disadvantaged families. Finally, the latest project explores the relationship between the institutional policies at UPRM and faculty and graduate students’ motivation to create good relationships between advisors and advisees.Manuel A. Jimenez (Professor) Manuel Jiménez received his BS degree from Univ. Autónoma de Santo Domingo, MS from Univ. of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University, all in Electrical Engineering. His areas of teaching and research include modeling and rapid prototyping of electronic and embedded systems, electronic characterization, and engineering education. His work has been documented in over