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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

per backward design [1], but they rarely use them as the basis forregularly identifying students’ learning challenges and needs. Learning Objectives (LOs) arewritten statements that describe specific competency in knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)that students are expected to demonstrate [2] in a course. They are typically introduced tostudents at the start of a class session, unit, or assignment to frame the intended learning. Afterwhich, they are seldom referred to again [3], but herein lies an incredibly missed opportunity.Clearly articulated LOs can be used as the basis for assessment, particularly in criterion-referenced assessment strategies like Standards Based Grading (SBG) [4], also referred to asSpecifications Grading. In this

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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true in US agriculture [1]. Multiple trends are aligning to exacerbate this problem[2]. Farm sizes are growing, while the number of farms is decreasing [3]. The number of ‘familyfarms’, where young people are raised in conjunction with livestock and agricultural equipment,has fallen dramatically, while corporate farms have risen [3]. This has adversely affected thenumber of young people that have grown up with agricultural experiences, making recruitingpeople to work in agricultural operations more challenging and difficult [2]. This is true acrossthe globe, regardless of the overall state of the local economy [4]. Individuals with noagricultural experience are far less likely to choose an agricultural career, as they may believethat it is

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Lubina, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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into the lens of educationaladvancement and the effects it may have on student development and its growth. A primary goalof this paper is to outline the results of this software for education and to this end, transparencywas a primary focus in mind. Emulating biology and its emulation in computing is a topic with various developmentand disjointed educational material over the years. Although there has been attempts to unify orcatalog the results of this literature into decided outcomes, those that have not been outdated stillhave difficulty encompassing the depth of the field and keeping up with its advancements [1]-[2]. There have been a variety of analyses on the effects of different algorithms and variables tojudge the effectiveness

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Thomas Dalton Stephenson Jr.

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

Paper ID #39123A survey of biological and agricultural engineering students and facultylearning preferencesDr. Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at RaleighThomas Dalton Stephenson Jr. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 A survey of Biological and Agricultural Engineering students and faculty learning preferences (WIP)IntroductionWhile all individuals can learn using different modes of receiving and processing information[1]–[3] most learners exhibit preferences in the way they receive and process information [4]–[6], called learning preferences or learning styles

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Carey Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Why Not Studios? – What Engineering Can Learn from Architecture and Art & Design ProgramsAbstractEngineering, like architecture and art & design, is well served by creativity. Architectureprograms, both building and landscape, emphasize creativity and encourage exploration of thestudent’s capacities for creative design through intensive immersion in “studio culture.”Although art & design programs do not typically tout the benefits of studio culture to the degreethat architecture programs do (e.g. [1]), studio classes also play an important role in most art &design programs. Studio inculcates an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Diversity

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production agriculturalpractices on UMES farms for growing corn, soybean, and wheat utilizing advanced farmmachinery and drones to promote sustainable intensification through best practices in the growingarea of “precision agriculture” at a somewhat larger scale. Integration of advanced digitalagricultural tools such as the FarmBots (http://farmbot.io) for growing specialty crops on smallraised beds is also central to the overall scope of the project [1-3]. Since its inception, the projecthas adopted the experiential learning [4] paradigm and involved undergraduate students fromengineering and other STEM disciplines on campus to engage with one another in a verticallyintegrated [5] team setting along with the graduate student (s) in the Food Science

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heydi Han, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Hector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

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, whethernegative or positive, provided feedback to improve the course. Although students value in-person interactions over technology-based interactions, technology is a good ally to fostercommunity and aid the learning process.IntroductionEngaging students in the classroom is always challenging for instructors, but research suggeststhat motivation can be sparked by appealing to students’ desire to make a positive impact on theworld [1], [2]. Keshwani and Curtis [2] found that sophomore students in biological engineeringare motivated by the opportunity to make this world a better place, help others solve problems,and improve other people's lives. Keshwani and Keshwani [3] provided evidence that 67% ofbiological engineering students, who participated in a

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Kelly Green, Salt Lake Community College; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

reactors and harvested for food and in this case biofuel for the structurethrough the fermentation of the biomass collected in a storage tank and fermented into hydrogenor methane fuel. Figure 1: Algae Bioreactor An algae bioreactor uses photosynthetic microorganisms to CO2 from the air andproduces biomass that can be then used as a renewable fuel source. The bioreactors come insystems such as open ponds, closed systems, or photobioreactors, these are generally operatedunder different conditions depending on the desired outcome.Microbial Fuel Cell MFC as they are referred to use bacteria to convert organic matter into electricity. Theywork to break down the organic matter and generate electrons