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James Accuosti, University of Bridgeport

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(STEM) education is an effective catalyst toengage students in science & engineering careers. STEM continues to support the long-term goalof preparing students for life-long careers that promise a competitive edge in the job market.However, STEM program development is often challenging. Wu-Rorrer [1] argues that “STEMremains vaguely defined, and the strategies to successfully integrate it into the currenteducational system remain elusive”, inferring that a school’s STEM program is amorphous.Furthermore, STEM programs need more work than before with recent pressure to promoteinclusivity [2] and a solid career path [3] in a stable environment [4]. To better solve thisdilemma, there remains an aspect of STEM programs that is overlooked – the

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David Lemar Simpson, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Catlin Wells; Tes Cotter Zakrzewski EdD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nicole Price

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support instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. A summary of the GROWframework can be found below. 1. Grow Relationships – Relationships represent the foundation upon which an inclusive classroom climate sits. Such relationships include both faculty-student and student-student interactions. Additionally, relationships are drastically affected by the expectations that are communicated and modeled throughout the course. Thus, the first principle is aimed at establishing a “learner- centered” classroom climate by promoting meaningful positive relationships. a. Seed 1: Establish a mechanism for students to regularly “check-in” (Ambrose et al.; Barr; Weimer) b

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Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut ; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut

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anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum (AS), learningdifferences (i.e., dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and dyspraxia), and Tourette’s syndrome.The motivation for the project and underlying principle of the neurodiversity movement isthat neurodiversity has unique benefits to offer society [1] and engineering problem solving[2]. We believe in a growth-mindset [3], positive psychology [4], strengths-based perspective[5] so we omit disability and disorder from our vocabulary and use terms like differenceinstead.The INCLUDE project takes a holistic approach to changing academic practices, fromrecruitment in high school and transition to college, to career placement and employeroutreach. A significant part is the

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Emily Deterding, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Nathan Agyeman; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carter Keough, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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in engineering programs. One study found that when a team iscomposed of more men than women, the minority gender is ignored and submits to themajority gender [1]. Another study conducted to show the difference in peer rating found thatnon-minority students gave higher ratings to other non-minority students compared withminority students [1]. To explore the problem deeper, one study conducted among 39professors showed that (1) they were unaware of the gender or racial bias within theirclassroom and (2) their existing assessments did not take into account the challengesminority students encounter in collaboration efforts. One participant in this study stated thatteamwork can support diversity in engineering, if we knew how to implement it

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Najmus Saqib, University of Indianapolis

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remainder of their major curriculum.Exam reviews provide an opportunity for the instructor to help students focus on the material andconcepts that directly support the course learning outcomes [1].From the students’ perspective, review sessions serve as an opportunity to learn about the examformat and get a general understanding of the types of questions they will be expected to answeror the types of problems they will be expected to solve. On the other side of the classroom, for aninstructor, exam reviews may feel like a tedious and redundant exercise, where one is expected toregurgitate topics already covered in detail and to solve a series of example problems teasinglysimilar to what might appear on the exam.Another approach to exam reviews is

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Isabella Serrano, Northeastern University; Kaitlyn Williams-Koester; Kaden Clark, Northeastern University; Blade Rocket Kalikow, Northeastern University; Bennett Hartley; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Kalikow, and Bala Maheswaran College of Engineering Northeastern UniversityAbstractOur world’s demand for water continues to surge, while there is a fixed amount of fresh water onthe planet. As human-induced climate change affects the world in potentially irreversible ways,our access to freshwater continues to decline. The considerable use of water in agriculture isfrequently unnecessary as farmers use water-intensive irrigation techniques. Doing so is beneficialin having low equipment costs, but it wastes water due to evaporation, infiltration, and runoff [1].Additionally, irrigating a plant too much can negatively impact garden health and

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Heather Morrell; Aaron Muldrew, Northeastern University; Nathan E Israeloff, Northeastern University; Don Heiman; Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University

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, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 email: heiman@neu.edu; http://northeastern.edu/heiman/research/index.htmlProf. Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, MInstP. Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 E.Mail: h.kumarakuru@northeastern.edu American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 The Morse Code Game: Morse in a Minute Heather Morrell1, Aaron Muldrew1,2, Nathan Israeloff1, Don Heiman1 and Haridas Kumarakuru1* 1 Department of Physics

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Diane Ward, Educator

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compound, and the potential for mastery andinnovation to be more likely. Young Students, Problem Solving, and PBLFor many children educated in a traditional school setting, engineering and innovation is not adaily class offering. By the time students reach the pre-college years of high school, theopportunity to teach concepts that would make for a strong engineering candidate may havealready been missed. Li Tan concluded in “Using random forest analysis to identify studentdemographic and high school-level factors that predict college engineering major choice” that itis crucial to attract more students to college engineering programs that are prepared tosuccessfully complete the degree [1]. While there are no metrics to

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Brian Bartelo, Student; Sean W Bartelo

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Jim Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Emily Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Malcolm Kenneth Porterfield, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Society for Engineering Education, 2022A Practical Method for Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nuclear Science Mr. James Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dr. Li Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mr. Malcolm Porterfield, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBackground and Motivation Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is the oldest operating private school of scienceand school of engineering among those that were established in any English-speaking country[1]. Starting with civil engineering in the 1820's, RPI has continually evolved available curriculato meet societal goals. Since the early 1990's, societal progress

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Allan Estuardo Rodas, Raytheon Company; Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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radios fortransmitting and receiving signals, and microwave imaging algorithms to generate real-time 3Dimages. The 3D microwave images can help in assessing progress during the constructionprocess or during inspections of existing structures for timely repairs. The use of this systemcan lead to more robust construction and structures and provide a lower-cost and precise solutionthan conventional NDT. The Vivaldi antenna is a useful configuration due to its simplicity, wide BW, and end-fire radiation pattern with low side-lobe levels and high gain at microwave frequencies [7]. The Vivaldi antenna is also known as a tapered slot antenna (TSA), flared or notch antenna, end-fire slot, and other related names [1]. High gain antennas are used to

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Kyle Robert Sawicki; Bavesh Matapathi, Northeastern University; Nathan E Israeloff, Northeastern University; Don Heiman; Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University

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, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 email: heiman@neu.edu; http://northeastern.edu/heiman/research/index.htmlProf. Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University Haridas Kumarakuru, PhD, MInstP. Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 Email: h.kumarakuru@northeastern.edu American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Cast-off Smartphone for Controlling Electronic Appliances Kyle Sawicki1,2, Bavesh Matapathi1,2, Nathan Israeloff 1, Don Heiman1, and Haridas Kumarakuru1* 1 Department of Physics Northeastern University

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Sief Atari, University of Bridgeport; Celso Enrique Lopez; Eric Joseph Bialczak

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be represented by electrical impulses and biochemical signals. In thiswork, the EEG signals will be captured and recorded using EMOTIV Insight 2.0 headset. The processedsignals from each user will be utilized to train a customized user-specific profile to interpret these signals Figure 4: Flowchart – Process Overviewinto physical computer commands. These interpreted commands will be sent to the object under control (a EMOTIV Insight 2.0 EEG Headset [1]: This headset uses an electrophysiological process to record androbot in this experiment) to manage the object's activities