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Heather L. Walker; W. Kent McAllister; Michael W. Mourot; J. Robert Dean; Greg Nesmith; Edgar C. Clausen

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Chemical Engineering Alumni Student Mentoring Program Heather L. Walker,a W. Kent McAllister,b Michael W. Mourot,c J. Robert Dean,d Greg Nesmithe and Edgar C. Clausena University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering,a Salt Creek Midstream,b Sinclair Group,c Ruggiero, McAllister, and McMahon LLP,d Dow Chemical CompanyeAbstractIn 2021, the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansasinitiated a

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Pavel Navitski; Elena Gregg; Robert Leland; Viktar Taustyka; Andrzej Gawlik

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Engineering teaching approaches at the time of COVID Pavel Navitski1, Elena Gregg1, Robert Leland1, Viktar Taustyka2, Andrzej Gawlik2 1 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA / 2West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, PolandAbstractIn today's changing educational environment around the world, teaching engineering disciplinesis becoming a challenge for both students and teachers. Universities seek to provide studentswith the knowledge, skills, and experiences that will prepare them to enter directly intoprofessional practice as engineers, advanced studies in engineering

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Robert Woodley; Steve E. Watkins

accelerated masters, combined BS/MS, and 4+1 options. It reduces the timeneeded for undergraduates to earn a graduate degree and exposes these students to research work.It provides a route for faculty to obtain quality graduate students and it builds enrollment for thedepartment. This paper discusses the structure and the implementation of the first program ofthis type at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The experience of the initialelectrical and computer engineering students in the Accelerated BS/MS program is described.While the number of students who participated is not large, the program provides a valuableoption to the curriculum.KeywordsCurriculum, Graduate Education, and Career PathsIntroductionEngineering undergraduates benefit

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Stephen Pierson; Josh Goss; Han Hu

the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), theAdvanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 highlighted the need for universities to provide engineerswith appropriate manufacturing education to sustain emerging technologies, a need which persiststo this day. This Student Paper proposes the adoption of a laboratory course at university-levelmechanical engineering programs in which undergraduates would learn and practice the basics ofcomputer-aided manufacturing and apply that knowledge to CNC milling machines. Themotivation for this course is to better prepare students for design and manufacturing careers byreconciling mechanical engineering curricula with the hiring need in the industry for engineerswho understand common

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Markeya S. Peteranetz; Tareq A. Daher; David Jones; Lance C. Perez; Daniel G. Linzell

learning, and gamification, among others.A second model referenced in the literature is focused on developing student’s non-technicalskills through co-curricular activities. The literature indicates that students’ involvement in co-curricular activities greatly influences their retention and development [8]–[10]. For example,one case study on undergraduate engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)identified twenty-two categories of co- and extra-curricular activities that are shown to developat least one skill that is relevant to engineering education [11]. Another study used dialogues withengineering students from three institutions and found engineering students that were involved inco-curricular activities on leadership and

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Amanda Williams; Hari Pandey; Han Hu

present a pathwayto discoveries that may include the cooling of electronics, nuclear reactors, and refrigerationsystems. The engineering education curriculum currently lacks the introduction to train first-yearstudents in the technologies associated with highly effective computer-based image processingtechniques. A variety of optical techniques are commonly used in engineering practices and allowthe researcher to identify the fundamental mechanisms that take place in a process. In this paper,a closer look into the importance of microscopic and video-based methods in engineering ispresented.Engineering applications often require precise data acquisition that allows the engineer to developa better understanding of the dynamics that contribute to a

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Aubrey L. Schultz; Jay McAllister III

Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceFig. 8. Top 10 keywords for Biomedical, Civil, Industrial, and Computer Engineering © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference3.3.JournalsThe two journals that the College of Engineering has published the most in the last five years arethe IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics and the IEEE Journal Of Emerging and SelectedTopics In Power Electronics (Fig. 9). This is consistent with results from previous sections.These results also show many journal articles focusing on membrane technologies andenvironmental

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Yang-Seon Kim; Keren Tshimanga

Proceedings, Austin, Texas, Jun. 2009, p. 14.986.1- 14.986.11. doi: 10.18260/1-2--5615.[4] M. Frank, I. Lavy, and D. Elata, “Implementing the Project-Based Learning Approach in an Academic Engineering Course,” International Journal of Technology and Design Education, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 273–288, Oct. 2003, doi: 10.1023/A:1026192113732.[5] M. Moran, H. Shapiro, D. Boettner, and M. Bailey, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, 9th Edition | Wiley.Biographical InformationDr. Kim is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering atWichita State University. She has more than 10 years of experience in the building science researchfield. Her main research expertise is building indoor air quality studies

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Thomas McKean; Jorge Almodovar; Aubrey Schultz; Natacha S. Melgar; S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

the parallel REU program will foster a community withinthe program that will lead to increased confidence in STEM research among the REU students. Itwas also hypothesized that experiences in laboratory and professional environments wouldstrengthen the desire of the REM students to transfer to the University of Arkansas and pursueSTEM careers. Finally, the program will also increase the visibility of the Membrane ScienceEngineering and Technology (MAST) Center (a National Science Foundation Industry andUniversity Cooperative Research Center) and careers in science and engineering amongundergraduate students at NWACC and the Northwest Arkansas region. MethodsThe program was structured such that the program managers consisted of two faculty

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Laura P. Ford

controls lab. She advises the Engineers Without Borders – USA chapter and isworking with the Refining Technologies Joint Industry Project. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Gerardo Urdaneta; Jacob Crawford; Andres Dewendt; Zuhanee Khan; Kyle McMillan; Christopher Meyers; Seyed Ehsan Hosseini

gradually explored through more laboratory andfield testing. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceReferences[1] F. Zhang, J. Maddy, Investigation of the challenges and issues of hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell applications in aviation., (n.d.).[2] J. Wang, R. Jia, J. Liang, C. She, Y.P. Xu, Evaluation of a small drone performance using fuel cell and battery; Constraint and mission analyzes, Energy Reports. 7 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.11.225.[3] Gerardo Urdaneta, Christopher Meyers, Lauren Elizabeth Rogalski, How do drones facilitate human life?, Future Technology . 1 (2022) 7–13.[4] J.R. Nelson, T.H

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Rohit Dua

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Create Your Own WIMP51 Processor: Project Based Experience to Learn Basic Computer Architecture Development and Organizational Skills Rohit Dua Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MOAbstractThe Digital Systems Design course, at Missouri University of Science and Technology (MissouriS&T), concentrates on teaching, sophomore, and junior level students, about design of embeddedsystems using microcontrollers. Most of the course content concentrates on understanding

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Gerardo Urdaneta; Jacob Crawford; Andres Dewendt; Zuhanee Khan; Kyle McMillian; Christopher Meyers; Seyed Ehsan Hosseini

than 1 second between the transition from the fuel cell power to battery power.Additionally, it was found that both fuel cell and battery supplied energy at the same time, but thelatter was almost negligible. However, the battery effectively supplied the drone with almost thesame amount of power as the fuel cell when hydrogen was exhausted. Finally, it was found thatthe battery system plays an important role when the fuel cell is being turned on or off.Keywords Fuel Cell, Student Poster, Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, and Lithium-PolymerBatteries. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceHydrogen Fuel Cell Technology A polymer

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Mirit Shamir; Stacy Hutchinson; Gaea Hock; Ryan Hansen; Jonathan Aguilar; Nathan Hendricks; Prathap Parameswaran; Matthew Sanderson; Rebecca Cors; Melanie M. Derby

, interdisciplinary teamproject, interdisciplinary curriculumAbstractInterdisciplinary research training is a critical aspect of the graduate students’ experience, andmay have an impact on their professional lives. Interdisciplinary research is also important forthe United States’ economic and technological competitiveness. This paper describes theimplementation of a new two-credit interdisciplinary capstone course for teams of graduatestudents from different STEM disciplines working on interdisciplinary research projects at thenexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (FEWS), and the experience gained with it. Thiscapstone is required for the Rural Resource Resiliency NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) at ouruniversity. The traineeship focuses on engineering and

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Mohamed Adawi; Landon Perdue; Robert A. Fleming

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Design of an Instrumented Soiling Chamber for Solar Photovoltaic Coating Research Mohamed Adawi, Landon Perdue, and Robert A. Fleming Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arkansas State UniversityAbstractTo support ongoing research efforts in solar photovoltaic (PV) coating development, a customenvironmental soiling chamber has been developed. The soiling chamber was designed to havecontrol over environmental variables, including temperature, tilt angle, relative humidity, anddust deposition. Furthermore, the soiling chamber was designed with automated routines forsimulating heating profiles or dew

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Charles Baukal; Christopher Langley

/10408390802437154. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference[3] Gurkirat Kaur, Savita Sharma, H.P.S. Nagi, and Basharat N. Dar, “Functional properties of pasta enriched with variable cereal brans.” Journal of food science and technology, vol. 49,4 (2012): 467-74. doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0294-3[4] M. E. Cole, “Prediction and measurement of pasta quality,” International Journal of Food Science & Technology 26(2): 133-151, 1991.[5] Andrew S. Ross, “Instrumental Measurement of Physical Properties of Cooked Asian Wheat Flour Noodles, Cereal Chemistry 83(1), pp. 42-51, 2006.[6] Beata Biernacka, Dariusz Dziki, Renata Rozylo

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Alexa G. Moreno; Thomas W. Smith; Edgar C. Clausen

: inexpensive demonstrations and laboratory exercises, Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press, pp. 107-113, 2018.[6] Cengel, Y.A., Chapter 9, Free Convection, in Heat transfer: a practical approach, 3rd edition, New York, NY, USA: McGraw-Hill, pp. 503-560, 2007.Alexa G. MorenoMs. Moreno is May 2022 graduate of the University of Arkansas, receiving her B.S. in ChemicalEngineering and graduating summa cum laude. She is employed at Honeywell FederalManufacturing and Technologies in Kansas City, Missouri.Thomas W. SmithDr. Smith is the Robert E. “Buddy” Babcock Professor of Practice in the Ralph E. MartinDepartment of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His teaching interestsinclude using industrial experience to improve student

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Anish Leekkala; Ukash Nakarmi

Apnea, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Mayo Clinic [3], NIDDK [4]). Utilizing © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceDeep Learning will provide the solution to early detection by highlighting patterns and changesthat are too gradual for humans to notice until after long periods of time.My approach is to search for the most common Acromegaly features that can be tracked by aDeep Learning Model: Abnormally Large Hands and Feet, Pronounced Facial Features, and anEnlarged Tongue (Duan et al. [5]). I gathered data that focuses on these features fromparticipants by reaching out to Acromegaly Communities and hospitals to collect as much data aspossible