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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Enick

thinking, problem-solving and fundamental competency [1]. Someteachers have also been concerned with entry-level engineers in industry lacking skills oncritically analyze and critique work performed by other engineers, and have implemented arotation of three preliminary design projects where teams review previous and advance new stepsin different projects before completing the final report of their former process [3].Recent research has shown that a large percentage of chemical engineering faculty consulted inan extensive survey perceived significant deficiencies in teaching ethics and broader impacts inundergraduate education [4]. They also identified capstone courses as the most common courseto include these topics [4]. The importance of

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Chad S. Korach, University of Mount Union; Margo Miller, University of Mount Union

designers. To address this idea an integratedgeneral education capstone course is developed that intersects artistic design principles withengineering design. The course is co-taught by engineering and art department faculty membersusing project-based learning and delivery is through a lecture-studio model. Students from allmajors across campus enroll, these have included students from engineering, art, as well as thesocial and natural sciences and humanities which presents challenges for instruction andpedagogy. Structurally, the course is divided into three scaffolded projects beginning with anindividual project, followed by pairs, and the final project being a team of three or four students,respectively. Students work in broad-based

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

education, and from first year engineering courses to capstone projects[1] - [6]. In fact, a simple search using “open ended example problems” as the search topic on theASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) PEER website reveals 12668 results. Aneffective way to implement such open-ended problems is through either problem – or project –based learning. A similar search, using the “PBL engineering” as the search topic, reveals 1457articles on the ASEE PEER, but only 292 articles when the “engineering technology” is used as asearch topic, such as [7] - [13]. Extensive literature reviews of PBL implementations inengineering education and challenges were also done in the past [14] - [16].In all instances, the authors found that PBL

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

include: a. Reference [1] presents the design of a low-cost 3D printer using off-the-shelf components. The printer is constructed and then used as a demo for a high school STEM outreach project. b. Reference [2] illustrates how design projects can be used to foster self-directed learning (SDL). This paper details how various course design projects are used to help students gain knowledge of high-level engineering software programs through SDL while satisfying ABET outcome 7 to “acquire new knowledge.” c. References [3 – 6] detail various senior capstone projects whereby groups of students are partnered with industry and faculty to solve large, complex engineering problems. d. Reference

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Grant Heileman, Ohio Northern University

they run into inconveniences with thestandard cooler design, such as difficulty carrying it and having to dig through the ice to findtheir beverages. The motivation behind this engineering design capstone project is to design acooler that solves these problems. In order to successfully do that, market research was neededwhich was performed in the shape of a survey. From the results found in the survey and otherresearch, a governing list of constraints and evaluation metrics was generated which heavilyinfluenced the design generation and evaluation. Paired with the market research, research intothe background and the current state of the art was conducted on the coolers that exist currently.The generated designs were evaluated within a weighted

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

Hardware-in-the-Loop Cyber-Power Testbed Hussain M Mustafa, Sagnik Basumallik, Anurag K Srivastava, Mohamed Hefeida Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVAbstractThis paper discusses efforts to develop a real-time cyber-physical security testbed for the hands-ontraining and education of undergraduate students. The developed cybersecurity testbed has beenused for an undergraduate course and senior capstone project. The testbed helps students to specif-ically learn about cyber threats against critical electricity infrastructures and develop appropriatedefense

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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

Pitt Hydroponics in Homewood, founded Con- stellation Energy Inventor labs for K-12 students, and re-created the Mascaro Center’s Teach the Teacher sustainability program for science educators in the region. As a teacher he designed and created the Sustainability capstone course which has annually partnered with community stakeholders to address sustainability challenges at all scales. Past projects have in- cluded evaluating composting stations in Wilkinsburg, studying infrastructure resilience in Homewood, enabling community solar in PA, improving energy efficiency in McCandless Township, and improving ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

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

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Ohio Northern University, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including for- mative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science and Engineering degree from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern

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Aneesha Gogineni, Saginaw Valley State University

FORMATS3.1 Traditional Teaching Format Thermodynamics is a 3-credit mechanical engineering foundation course taken by sophomore or juniorstanding students. This course is a pre-requisite for upper division courses (advanced thermodynamics and heattransfer courses) taken by senior students. Heat transfer is a 4-credit mechanical engineering course which is apre-requisite for capstone project. In a traditional classroom environment, the course instructor (author)explained the course content using theoretical concepts on white board, showed visuals of real-worldapplications and solved textbook problems on white board. After teaching the course for 3years in a traditionalformat, the author reviewed research articles on problem-based learning and