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Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University

can simplify the filter designand further reduce the number of couplers.Key Words: Digital Optical Filters, Directional Coupler, Nesting Method, Fiber OpticRecirculating Delay Line (RDL) Interferometer, Fiber Optic Mach-Zender (MZ) Interferometer. 1 Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering EducationGlossary of Important Terms • Digital (2x2) coupler DC is based on the directional optical coupler with two inputs and (DC) 2 outputs coupled through a joined optical path with no intensity

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Tarek Rafic Farhat, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Hasan El Rifai; Rana Mouhamad Jisr

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to obtain, however,Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section ConferenceCopyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education 1Cetyl alcohol is known to cause skin allergy (i.e. dermatitis, eczema, ...etc.) while lauric aciduses benzoic acid as a solute and both may not be available to many schools. Benzoic acid canexhibit allergy symptoms because of its acute smell.In this paper, we propose using paraffin wax that has a moderate m.p. range of ~ 50 to 60 oC[10]is readily available to instructors at schools worldwide, is safe to use, does not have a pungentsmell, and shows reproducible temperature profile plots for accurate freezing point depressionΔTf determinations. We have used plastic test

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Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University; Asad Salem

early education of undergraduate students. The undergraduate curriculum willintegrate security concerns, challenges, and concepts in all aspects of embedded systems design.We propose new learning materials and teaching strategies that will focus on securing the hardwareand software programming of the central processing unit and its peripherals at the low-level layerallowing the upper-level layer to implement security standards with a greater efficiency. We willalso provide advanced concepts that mitigate security breaches either by low-level encryption 1 Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

student success is warranted.The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan University implementeda new, alumni mentoring program for the 2022-2023 academic year. Initially conceived as beingfocused on first-year students, the program evolved to include students from all undergraduatelevels. The structure, development, and challenges for implementation of this program will bediscussed. In addition, data will be presented from a study focused on first-year students tounderstand potential correlations between participation in mentoring relationships and positiveacademic, self-efficacy, and career awareness outcomes for the students. The College StudentMentoring Scale was used to understand the presence of a mentor-like presence

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Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ardakani, Ohio Northern University; Grace Hattery, Ohio Northern University

designed, tested, and finalized in summer of2022. The activity is designed to resemble a real-life problem to help students gain a deeperunderstanding of this subject in their Statics class. The activity utilizes parts from a previouslymade 3D-Printed Statics Modeling Kit, and new parts that were redesigned from the kit to createthe activity. The parts were created in SolidWorks and were exported into Ultimaker Cura andprinted on an Ender 3 Pro. The activity and students’ perception on the activity, which wasutilized in fall 2022, is discussed in the current paper.IntroductionFrames and Machines is one of the most complex topics in a Statics course, due to combiningpreviously learned knowledge from the course and applying it to complex structures

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Dylan Marcus Tobey, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh; Veronica Roth; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

strategies.” All seven respondentsreplied, “Strongly Agree”. This finding is salient, as the ability to acquire and apply newknowledge is a foundational skill that will serve students throughout their lives.Model DevelopmentThe first step to the creation of a model to predict an agrivoltaic system’s production inPennsylvania was to collect data reflecting the state’s yearly produce outputs. Data was pulledfrom the Pennsylvania Agricultural Statistics Annual Bulletin for 2021-2022 [12]. The data usedin the development of this model was that of 2017, as it was the latest year with full data for allcrops. Issued by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, this report compiles theoverall production of crops in the state. Using these data, a

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc

supported by cooperative learning, peerassessment, and communication, and in support of increasing students’ motivation andengagement [17] - [23].Study SiteThe site for this PBL integration studies described here is the Engineering TechnologyDepartment (ET) in the College of Engineering (COE) at the University of Toledo. The ETDepartment offers 5 ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science (BS) in engineering technologyprograms, one of them being BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET). A snapshot ofMET program’s student body composition, as January 2022, showed 37% traditional students,37% non-traditional, adult, students, and 26% transfer students, including international students.The substantial number of transfer and non-traditional students

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Jonathon Fagert P.E., Baldwin Wallace University; Jacqueline Rodriguez M.Ed., Baldwin Wallace University

2022 show increases in self-reported “moderate” and “serious” psychological distressfrom 69% of respondents to 76.6% of respondents (7.6% increase) and increases in “moderate”to “high” stress levels from 76.5% to 79.4% (2.9% increase)1-2. It is clear from these and other,similar studies, that colleges and universities must implement new programs and initiativesfocused on improving student health and well-being and on providing students with resources tohandle the stress and challenges they face.To this end, several student wellness-focused initiatives have been implemented at thecollege/university level. Most have involved creation of committees focused on student wellness,with new programming both in the classroom and separately as optional

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University

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Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference 1 Copyright © 2023, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductory Programming InitiativeThe alternative text-oriented Oregon Trail game was used as a culminating team-based termproject for the Spring 2022 offering of Programming 2, our second-semester introductoryprogramming course. As this was the authors’ initial effort at incorporating diversity, equity, andinclusion (DEI) elements into this project, the requirements were kept simple. While the authorsprovided the simulation models for pace, health, weather, etc., used in the 1985 Apple II versionof the game,9 the students were asked to “write in a different voice” by using 13-year-old

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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts; Amanda Parrish

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engineering by the end of the course in 2022 (N=17), whichis much higher than the retention rate in the same course in 2021 (58%, N=17). 1 Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2023, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionResearch has shown that students are losing interest and motivation to continue in engineeringwithin the first two years of college, an important reason for students leaving engineeringprograms[1]. Therefore, maintaining the interest in engineering for first-year engineering (FYE)students is critical to promote student retention in

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Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

designed to motivate high schoolstudents to matriculate into a university’s STEM programs, e.g. [4]. When such a judgment callneeded to be made, the program was examined to determine whether it was primarily aimed atcollege readiness in order to determine whether that paper should be included. Similarly,programs that were conducted during the regular school year, such as [5] were not included. Thepublication dates of the papers chosen ranged from 1995 to 2022, with the majority publishedbetween 2010 and 2020; the distribution of years of publication of these papers is shown in Figure1. They were published in a variety of different venues, including theses, conferences, andjournals, with many of the conference papers drawn from the American Society

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Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University

successful.Works Cited[1] Institute of International Education, "Open Doors 2022: Report on International Education Exchange," Institute of International Education, 2022.[2] ABET, "Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022-2023," 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for- accrediting-engineering-programs-2022-2023/. [Accessed January 2023].[3] President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), "REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT -- PREPARE AND INSPIRE: K-12 EDUCATION IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE," The White House, Washington, DC, 2010.[4] A. Parkinson, "Engineering Study Abroad Programs: Formats, Challenges, Best Practices

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Spencer Miller, Gannon University Biomedical Engineering; Xiaoxu Ji, Gannon University; Davide Piovesan, Gannon University

indoor-GPS (iGPS) is also a possible option for accuracy [10, 11]. Future work will becompleted to control the Stewart platform without predetermined position points. This will becompleted using a joystick flight simulator controller as it is a common controller for flightsimulation [12].References:[1] Airlines For America, “Safety Record of U.S. Air Carriers.” https://www.airlines.org/dataset/safety-record-of-u-s-air-carriers/.[2] NLR. Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre, “Better Training to Prevent Accidents” 3 Mar. 2022, https://www.nlr.org/case/better-training-prevent-accidents/.[3] Allerton, David J. “The Case for Flight Simulation in General Aviation” Researchgate. https

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Grant Heileman, Ohio Northern University

. The bolts will run in and fasten to the anchor points on theinternal mechanism and hold it securely in place there.ConclusionAlong with the building of the product, a test plan and testing procedure will be developed inorder to ensure that the product will meet all of the design constraints and evaluation metrics thathave been laid forth in this report. TReferences[1] Jdickler, “This fourth of July, Americans will shell out $1 billion on beer,” CNBC, 02-Jul-2019.[Online]. Available:https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/01/this-fourth-of-july-americans-will-shell-out-6point7-billion.html.[Accessed: 26-Sep-2022].[2]“The Statistics Portal,” Statista. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/. [Accessed:26-Sep-2022].[3] “Herbert Ezugha Las Vegas

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Caleb Edward Scheideger, Ohio Northern University ; Guang Yang; Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Kyler Pang

flaps shape and size based on the syndactylized hand model. A finiteelement analysis (FEA) will be performed on the estimated types of dorsal flaps to analyze thedeformation to resemble the process of syndactyly surgery being done. This potential solutionwould help surgeons to select the optimized dimensions and configurations of the individual’shands with precise accuracy and quantitative results and prevent the occurrence of web creep.References[1] M. A. Tonkin, “Failure of differentiation part I: Syndactyly”, Hand Clin., 25, 2009, p. 171-193 Accessed May25th 2022, [Online]. Available: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19380059/[2] M. C. Manske, C. A. Goldfarb, “Syndactyly”, The Pediatric Upper Extremity, 2015, p. 277-295.https://doi.org

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Mohammed Mustafa Hussain; Sagnik Basumallik, West Virginia University; Anurag K. Srivastava, West Virginia University; Mohamed Hefeida, West Virginia University

support from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.References [1] D. U. Case, “Analysis of the cyber attack on the ukrainian power grid,” Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC), vol. 388, pp. 1–29, 2016. [2] N. M. Flores, H. McBrien, V. Do, M. V. Kiang, J. Schlegelmilch, and J. A. Casey, “The 2021 texas power crisis: distribution, duration, and disparities,” Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, pp. 1–11, 2022. [3] A. M. Miller, “NC power station shootings show major vulnerability of u.s. power grid that requires action: Experts,” Dec 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.foxnews.com/us/ nc-power-station-shootings-show-major-vulnerability-u-s-power-grid-that-requires-action-experts

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Robert Michael, Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University; Mark Keith Kurchena

, at Villanova University and paper presented virtually by R. Michael. paper id #35323 8. Michael, R. J., Gee, D., Caulfield, P., Benny, P.K, “Design and Build of a Multi-Stage Gearbox for Undergraduate Machine Design Course”, 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference, conference held at University of Pittsburgh Swanson’s School of Engineering on March 18-19, 2022* 9. www.ridgurak.com 10. FEM 10.2.02 : the design of static steel pallet racking : racking design code 11. www.ansys.com 12. PTC Creo 3-D CAD software, Parametric Technology Corporation 13. US Patent 9,752,291, Inventor(s): Robert J. Michael (primary inventor), Jim Courtwright Applicant: RidgURak (Northeast, PA

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Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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to fall 2024), and by a combination of college and industry funding for 2021and 2022. As the NSF grant was expiring, industry sponsorship of the summer program elementand scholarships was sought.Summer Bridge ExperienceThe summer bridge component varied throughout the years. Typically, the one-week programwas held the week directly before the fall move-in day and contained a variety of experientiallearning experiences, including: a hands-on engineering design challenge, field trips, math andchemistry instruction and practice sessions, seminars, and social activities. Faculty, staff, peer,and industry mentors led and participated in the activities.In 2013, the summer bridge experience was extended to four weeks and allowed students to earnsix

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Leslie Hopkinson, West Virginia University

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in Engineering Fast Facts—Society of Women Engineers. (2022). Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://swe.org/research/2021/women-in-engineering-fast-facts/3. Jarvis, A. (2017). Educators step up to build assessment literacy. 38(6).4. Home—TimeMapper—Make Timelines and TimeMaps fast! - From the Open Knowledge Foundation Labs. (n.d.). Retrieved January 10, 2023, from https://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/5. Interactive presentation software. (n.d.). Mentimeter. Retrieved January 10, 2023, from https://www.mentimeter.com/6. Ledlow, S. (2001). Using Think-Pair-Share in the College Classroom.7. DeFrank-Cole, L., & Tan, S. J. (2022). Women and leadership: Journey toward equity. SAGE.8. Career-Related Classroom Assignments | Career & Co

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Sudipta Chowdhury, Marshall University; Ammar Alzarrad, Marshall University

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Understanding of Science. 2008;17(1):35-54. www.sagepublications.com 64. Godec S, Archer L, Dawson E. Interested but not being served: mapping young people’s participation in informal STEM education through an equity lens. Res Pap Educ. 2022;37(2):221-248. doi:10.1080/02671522.2020.18493655. Morales-Doyle D, Vossoughi S, Vakil S, Bang M. In an era of pandemic and protest, STEM education ’can’t pretend to be apolitical. Truthout. Published 2021. Accessed December 30, 2022. https://truthout.org/articles/in-an-era-of-pandemic-and-protest-stem-education-cant-pretend-to-be- apolitical/#:~:text=Education%20%26%20Youth

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

and responsibilities in caring for our communities and thenext generation of students, targeting the increased demand for engineering education.Table 4. Outreach projects for the last edition of the course (Spring 2022) Communication Content Audience Scholars Presentation Chemical engineering and chemistry High School 20 Presentation Engineering is for everyone: High School 35 communication in STEM Hands-on experiment Raining rainbow Science fair 300+ Presentation and What is a chemical engineer High School 20 social media

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Caleb D Holloway, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

enduring conception of the definite integral based on Riemann sums?Course DesignThe focus of this study is one section of Calculus 1 which I taught at a small, public university inthe eastern United States during the fall 2022 semester. This was a typical first-semester calculuscourse, teaching limits, the derivative, the definite integral, and applications, culminating withthe Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. The textbook for this course was Calculus Volume 1 byStrang and Herman10. Homework was assigned through MyOpenMath(https://www.myopenmath.com). Initial enrollment was 32.I decided to base my presentation of the limit and definite integral concepts on Oehrtman’s8research on the approximation metaphor and Sealey’s9 Riemann integral framework

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Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

Methods: Design, Analysis, and Computer Implementation of Algorithms, Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press, 20122 “Monte Carlo method,” Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/science/Monte-Carlo-method, Accessed 18 Jan. 20233 V. Cumer, “The Basics of Monte Carlo Integration,” Towards Data Science, Oct. 26, 2020. [Online] Available: https://towardsdatascience.com/the-basics-of-monte-carlo-integration-5fe16b40482d4 S. Panchal, “Demystifying Monte Carlo Integration,” Cantor’s Paradise, Mar. 27, 2022, [Online] Available: https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/demystifying-monto-carlo-integration-7c9bd0e376895 “Monte Carlo Integration,” Monte Carlo Methods in Practice

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Martin Dunlap, West Virginia University

well asdiscussing the engineering materials we hope to use for teaching purposes.IntroductionThe West Virginia University Libraries consist of five libraries in Morgantown and two onregional campuses. The ones in Morgantown are: The Downtown Library, Evansdale Library,Health Sciences Library, the Law Library, and the West Virginia Regional History Center. TheWVRHC is physically located inside the Downtown Library and occupies almost 10 floors ofspace.During an all staff meeting in 2022, the library administration asked departments to come upwith ideas to increase outreach to other departments within the Library, as well as to otherschools or units outside the Library.As the Engineering Librarian, I was contacted by my colleagues Jane LaBarbara

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William T. Evans PhD P.E., The University of Toledo

and were successful with their project.Integration into the ClassroomThis led the instructor to explore the Cognex system more thoroughly to see if the equipmentcould be used on a more general basis, not just in special projects.In Fall 2022, a first attempt to integrate the Cognex cameras into the teaching material of variouscourses occurred. There was great success in this endeavor. Students were challenged butsuccessful across the board in implementing applications using the equipment.What was found was a great number of helpful videos and labs for two different programmingplatforms. EZB (Easy Builder) and SS (Spreadsheet) were the two platforms. After examiningthe first videos, it was determined that all effort should concentrate on SS

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Ammar Alzarrad, Marshall University; Sudipta chowdhury, Marshall University; Fernanda Delduque

education in the 21st Century. IntechOpen, 2020. 2. “About need,” The NEED Project, 11-Aug-2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.need.org/about-need/. [Accessed: 03-Mar-2023]. 3. G. Falloon, M. Hatzigianni, M. Bower, A. Forbes, and M. Stevenson, “Understanding K-12 STEM education: A framework for developing STEM Literacy,” Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 369–385, 2020. 4. L. Bryan and S. S. Guzey, “K-12 STEM Education: An overview of perspectives and considerations,” Hellenic Journal of STEM Education, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 5–15, 2020. 5. E. A. Dare, E. A. Ring-Whalen, and G. H. Roehrig, “Creating a continuum of STEM models: Exploring how K-12 science

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Grace Hanna, University of Detroit Mercy, College of Engineering & Science Department of Electrical & Computer Enginnering ; Nicholas Ibegbu; Allison Sherman; Nate Boyar, University of Detroit Mercy, College of Engineering and Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Nathan Garay, University of Detroit Mercy, College of Engineering & Science, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

students as well as gathering insightinto their perspectives on their co-op, whether it was remote, in-person, or hybrid. The goal wasto determine any correlation between the learning styles, the co-op format and outcomesachieved.MethodologyA survey was administered to engineering and computer science students who had at least oneco-op semester by November 2022. The survey included demographic questions intended togather the major and class of the students as well as their best learning style (reading, listening,observing, or doing) and best-thinking method (writing, talking, or presenting). Thedemographic information also included the living situation while a student is on co-op (regardingspace to work, reliable internet, and reliable

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Marcela Alexandra Mera Trujillo, West Virginia University; Yasser Alshehri, Yanbu Industrial College ; Dale G Dzielski MBA, CMA, PMP, SAFe 4 Agilist, West Virginia University; Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University

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Coradino Naples Colasurd, Ohio Northern University; Ahmed Oun, Ohio Northern University

, Mathieu, and François Michaud. “RTAB-Map as an Open-Source Lidar and Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Library for Large-Scale and Long-Term Online Operation.” Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 36, no. 2, 2018, pp. 416–446.8. Asadi, Khashayar, et al. “LNSNet: Lightweight Navigable Space Segmentation for Autonomous Robots on Construction Sites.” Data, vol. 4, no. 1, 2019, p. 40.9. “Husky UGV - Outdoor Field Research Robot.” Clearpath Robotics, Clearpath, 23 Sept. 2022.10. “The Leader in Decision Intelligence Technology.” Gurobi Optimization, 6 Nov. 2022. 11 Proceedings of the 2023

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Aneesha Gogineni, Saginaw Valley State University

] Kalyana, C.C., “A Novel Framework for Active Learning in Engineering Education Mapped to Course Outcomes”, Procedia Computer Science, 172, pp. 28-33, (2020). Open Access Article[13] Andrea, G., “Reflecting while doing: Integrating Active Learning and Metacognitive Activities in a Fully Online Thermodynamics Course”, American Society for Engineering Education, Paper ID# 37110 (2022). Conference Proceedings[14] Sabine, F., Julia, M., and Sebastian, S., “Impact of Synchronous and Asynchronous Settings of Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Students’ Learning Experience During COVID-19”, Frontiers in Psychology, (2021). Open Access Article[15] Hyun, J.C., Kejie, Z., Cho, R.L., Debra, R., and Chuck