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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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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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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jackson Marsh; Christy Dunlap; Stephen Pierson; Han Hu

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Introducing LabVIEW and Arduino as Data Acquisition System Alternatives Jackson Marsh, Christy Dunlap, Stephen Pierson, and Han Hu Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701AbstractIn the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, LabJack is usedthroughout the undergraduate curriculum for data acquisition (DAQ) in labs and projects.However, data acquisition techniques are not taught, and other DAQ systems are not used. Whendoing research or starting a capstone project, students are presented with the struggle of trying tocater LabJack to their

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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

with a range ofaudiences), 5 (an ability to function effectively on a team . . .) and 6 (an ability to develop andconduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgmentto draw conclusions) are most easily satisfied through laboratory and capstone design activities.In teaching undergraduate laboratory, the development of a “stable” of good quality labexperiments is essential. The experiments can be either virtual or physical (hands-on with theequipment), although there have been many discussions on the pros and cons of using each ofthese types of undergraduate labs. Korestky et al. [2] offered an opinion that virtual labs arebetter for experimental design, critical thinking and dealing with ambiguity

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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

students’ non-technical skills by developing faculty’sunderstanding and implementation of instructional approaches. For example, the School ofEngineering of the Polytechnic of Porto reported on their efforts to boost students’ non-technicalskills through the implementation of active learning [6]. One study reviewed the promotion andteaching of non-technical skills in higher education across five European countries [7]. Theresearchers grouped skills that engineering students need into five categories: Technical,Metacognitive, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Problem solving. They then presented groupingsof best pedagogical practices that may be integrated into the curriculum, such as problem-basedlearning, project-based learning, game-based