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Denise Amanda Wetzel, Pennsylvania State University

learningand using standards during their education can lead to engineers that do not use them in theirprofessional lives. Through instruction and partnerships, the engineering classroom is the best first stepto introducing standards to undergraduate students. ABET includes the need for standards education intheir Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022 – 2023 documents. Luckily, engineeringlibrarians make great partners when it comes to standards in the engineering classroom.Engineering librarians are a great resource when it comes to locating and accessing various standardsacross the multitude of standards developing organizations. Many academic libraries subscribe tostandards content available online through general engineering

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Aaron Mattingly, The Pennsylvania State University; Lauren A Griggs Griggs, Pennsylvania State University

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lectures andbreakout discussions, reflecting on actionable steps to promote justice and equity in both the CoEcommunity at Penn State and across the global engineering workforce. The goal of this inauguralsummit was to empower and educate the entire CoE community, from students to faculty, to staffand alumni on equity and inclusion related issues in industry.DRT student leaders sought to provide a greater variety of topics as part of the 2022 EngineeringEquity Summit. The hybrid format of the summit consisted of two sets of concurrent sessionsoffered both virtually and in person with the goal of maintaining accessibility for attendees. Theevent was compressed to a one-day, 5-hour event, and centered around the theme of Mentorship,aligning with the

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Artemio Cardenas, Pennsylvania State University; Maria Javiera de los Rios Escobar; Leticia Oseguera, Pennsylvania State University

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identity (Sheppard et al., 2022). Our work usessurvey data from before and during the Covid-19 pandemic to compare changes in students’engineering identity and examine how students’ reported Covid-19 stressors were associatedwith engineering identity during the pandemic. Our work focuses on the first and second-yearexperience of engineering students, as these two years are critical to academic success andretention in the engineering field. During these transitional years, students begin to bridgeconnections to peers and faculty, develop motivational beliefs, and make career choices(President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2012; Oseguera et. al., 2019;Robinson et al., 2019; Jones, et al., 2010). The educational disruption

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Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering EthicsIntroduction and a Brief Literature Review The safety and security of the public rely on the professionalism of engineers. As notedby the National Society of Professional Engineers (2022), “the services provided by engineersrequire honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and must be dedicated to the protection of thepublic health, safety, and welfare” (para. 1). Given these considerations, it is not surprising thatsome – though certainly not all – engineering disciplines feature professional licensure with aneye towards safeguarding the public (National Council of Examiners for Engineering andSurveying, n.d.). In this spirit, engineering program accreditor ABET (2021) has prescribed astudent program outcome for

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Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology

institution is a senior urban college called New York City College of Technology (part ofCity University of New York (CUNY)), and ranks among the top 10 United States colleges thatpromote upward economic mobility [11]. With over 16,000 students as of Fall 2022, the collegeis home to one of the most diverse student bodies in the country. 58% of students reside inhouseholds with incomes of less than $40,000, and 70% of incoming first-year students receivefinancial aid. Many students also come to our institution with significant academic andintervention needs after attending underperforming schools that do not adequately prepare themfor the academic rigor of college.One of the main challenges (especially after the pandemic) being recruiting and

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Olivia Vela Ciaravino, Northeastern University; Sage Antonio, Northeastern University

this project were invaluable, as research, design, trial and error, as well astechnical writing are all important experiences within engineering [8]-[9]. This heart rate monitornot only provides scientists and researchers with more valuable information about design,prototyping and proof of concept, but also is also capable of educating the everyday person aboutthe basics of engineering as well as the importance of innovation.References [1] “Lithium-ion batteries need to be greener and more ethical.” Nature News. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01735-z. (accessed Dec. 1, 2022) [2] M. Hayati.“Thermoelectric generators act as renewable energy sources.” Science Direct. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Jeong Eun Ahn; Ying Tang, Rowan University

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water utility representatives that canshare their experiences and the significant impact water systems have on our communities.During the Summer of 2022, WaterMobile activities were conducted during Rowan University’sROPES (Rowan's Opportunity for Post Secondary Education and Success) Program [14]. Thisprogram was aimed to introduce rising high school seniors from underrepresented schooldistricts as indicated below to future paths in higher education. Figure 4: Participating School Districts for ROPESStudents had the opportunity to participate in the hands-on WaterMobile activities and gainedexperience in experimental set-up, data collection, and analyses of data. After the completion ofthe program, a brief poll was taken

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Isabella Huang; Qianwen Zhao, Stevens Institute of Technology; Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Long Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

3shield function as the main controller of the robot. The Dynamixel motor shield is an add-on boardto the Arduino Mega (or an Arduino Uno) that can be directly plugged in to use. The well-knownArduino IDE serves as the programming interface. The overall cost of the hardware can vary from$170 to $317 (market price by Oct, 2022) depending on the choice of motors and microcontrollers.The link to the open-source Github repository is provided here: https://github.com/stevens-armlab/desk-robot-manipulator .The prototyping of the designed robotic manipulator is completed through 3D printing. In recentyears, 3D printers are widely available in colleges, universities, and online stores. Many highschools also have affordable ones that students may use with

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Sean Knecht, Penn State University

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. In this work-in-progress paper, I describe a possible instructor-student level solution tothese observed issues. The methods by which the solution was developed and those to evaluatethe efficacy are described, followed by the observed results and discussion, and finally someconcluding remarks and future plans for this potential solution.Methods: As part of Penn State College of Engineering Leonhard Center-led EntrepreneurialMindset for Innovative Teaching (EMIT) Academy, I developed a potential solution to the issueand piloted it in my Fall 2022 Multidisciplinary Capstone course. Idea generation for theproject/skill mismatch issue were developed resulting in two promising potential solutions: 1)assigning students a personal

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Zhiqing Lu; Herschel Pangborn; Katie Fitzsimons

Driver Battery Holder With Plug 1 • • Adhesive Breadboard 1 • ADXL335 Accelerometer 1 • Arduino Student Kit 1 • • • Protoboard 1 •Students enrolled in the Circuit Analysis, Instrumentation, and Statistics course and theMechatronics course in Fall 2022 were asked to participate in the study. The two courses representstudents using the Arduino-based kit for the first time in the mechanical engineering curricula andstudents using the Arduino-based kit for the second or third time. All participants completed thepre-semester survey in the

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Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Haibin Liu, Northeast Normal University

), Journal of Personality Assessment, vol. 104, no. 4, pp. 484- 495, 2022, doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1966019.[14] M. Abdul, A. A. Rahman, M. Yahya, and M. M. Rahman, "Entrepreneurial characteristics and intentions among undergraduates in Malaysia," (in English), World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Sustainable Development, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 560-574, 2019, doi: 10.1504/WREMSD.2019.103532.[15] I. M. Kirzner, "The alert and creative entrepreneur: A clarification," Small Business Economics, vol. 32, pp. 145-152, 2009.[16] J. H. Dyer, H. B. Gregersen, and C. Christensen, "Entrepreneur behaviors, opportunity recognition, and the origins of innovative ventures," Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

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Martin Nieto-Perez, Pennsylvania State University

University School of Physics, where the students had the opportunity to perform real experiments and present a report on them.Figure 3 documents some of these activities of the students.Course outcomes.The course was taught as a pilot during the Fall 2022 semester at Penn State University. 25 studentswere enrolled: 15 in residence (4 undergraduate students, 9 graduate students) and 9 remotestudents (all graduate). The hybrid nature represented a significant barrier for engagement,especially for remote students that were not able to utilize the interactive features of TopHat duringlectures. The fact that many of the remote students were taking the course asynchronously due totheir work activities did not allow them to participate live in

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Ahmet Umit Coskun, Northeastern University; Kai-Tak Wan, Northeastern University

allow 3-D visualization, to perform calculations in rudimentarythermodynamic processes (e.g., isobaric, isothermal, and isentropic) for water, R134a and otherrefrigerants. The project began in Jan 2021 and concluded in Dec 2022, supporting participationsof several undergrad/graduate students and class evaluation. This Toolkit is essentially a desktop calculator app with convenient programming featureswith a goal of replacing the interpolation that students generally do in standard thermodynamicscourses in mechanical, chemical and biomedical engineering. The tabulated discrete data in thetextbook and/or published by NIST are converted into a database, and the intermediate values arecomputed by built-in linear interpolation consistent with

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Lucas Stefan McCauley; Aaron James Picard; Daniela Maria Broaf

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, Evan Eyler, Shanaya Sam, Yide Song, Ao Ruan, Daniel Lawson, and Bala Maheswaran, ASEE2022 National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 23-26, 2022 [2] The Myowearable Sleeve: A Surface Electromyography Injury Prevention Device, Sakib Azgar, Kaitlyn Ramesh, Ted Yee, Ananya Tadigadapa, Violet Manxhari, and Bala Maheswaran, ASEE2022 National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 23-26, 2022 [3] The Brain Trainer, Jack Hansen, Kendrick Langenbach, George Primoff, Seungeun Kim, and Bala Maheswaran, ASEE2022 National Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 23-26, 2022 [4] Aztec: Assistive Technology for the Hand, Anurag Arasan

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Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Ashley Lytle, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

., & Peng, X. (2012). Assessing an Adaptive Expertise Instrument in Computer-aided Design (CAD) Courses at Two Campuses Paper. 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 10-13, San Antonio, TX.15. Pierrakos, O., Anderson, R.D., & Welch, C.A. (2016), Measuring Adaptive Expertise in Engineering Education, 123rd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA16. De Rosa, A. J., Fisher, F., & Lytle, A. (2022, April), Measuring adaptive expertise amongst first-year STEM students. Paper presented at 2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, NJIT, Newark, New Jersey.17. De Rosa, A. J., Fisher, F., Fontaine, M., & Lytle, A. (2022, November), Measurements Of Adaptive Expertise Among Low-Income

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Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown

apply the engineering design process in problem-solvingscenarios often not recognizing the design process can be applied to process and policydevelopment in addition to product development. Products, processes, and policies may developfrom findings generated by failure mode and effect analysis (Bartolomé et al., 2022).Engineering students learn how to select the appropriate method from the different types offailure analyses and what is necessary to execute the steps and complete the analysis. Studentscritically read through failure analysis reports learning from past failures so that they caninnovate for a safer, productive future by incorporating this knowledge into the design process. Method

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Devang Jayachandran, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg; Pranit Shrikrishna Maldikar, Pennsylvania State University; Jeremy Joseph Blum, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

, which has surprised many by its ability to solve a wide range ofproblems. In fact, its introduction has led to multiple predictions of end of homework and take-home exams, because of its ability to produce high-quality and unique responses to homeworkprompts that evade traditional plagiarism detection methods [1].This paper examines the ability of ChatGPT to disrupt both online competitive programmingcontests. The analysis is also applicable to computer science homework that takes the form ofcompetitive programming contest questions. We analyzed the ability of the system to solveproblems in the 2022 IEEEXtreme programming contest problem set. Moreover, we examinedits ability to obfuscate human submissions to prevent plagiarism detection.The

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Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Preethi Chandran, Howard University; Arlene P Maclin; John Harkless; Courtney J. Robinson, Howard University; Hassan Salmani; Sonya T Smith, Howard University; Gloria Washington, Howard University; Hessam Yazdani, University of Missouri

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master and doctoral dissertations. Dr. Mosleh has received the Outstanding Teaching Award by the ASEE Mid- Atlantic Section in 2018 and the Outstanding Section Campus Representative from the ASEE in 2017. He a recipient of Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) in 2022.Dr. Preethi Chandran, Howard UniversityArlene P MaclinJohn HarklessCourtney J. Robinson, Howard UniversityProf. Hassan Salmani Dr. Hassan Salmani is an Assistant Professor in the electrical engineering and computer science de- partment at Howard University, Washington DC. His main research projects are currently on hardware security and trust. Dr. Salmani has published two books enDr. Sonya T Smith

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Carmen Cheng; Steven Rotolo, Northeastern University

agilityladders, there is no easily accessible method of gathering the data necessary to create and tracksuch a trend. This prohibits users from getting important feedback, which provisions for futuretraining adjustments and offers valuable mental encouragement. Such a solution would beattractive to competitive athletes looking to maximize performance as well as more “ordinary”users looking to improve their quality of life. As proven by the YMCA’s sudden growth becauseof “the real demand for [its] kinder, gentler approach and broadly accessible moves” people youngand old strive for exercises with tangible and measurable returns (Mull, 2022).The aim of this project was to eliminate the weakness of traditional agility ladders usingpiezoelectric (PZT

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Heather Lai, State University of New York at New Paltz; Graham Werner, State University of New York at New Paltz

labs to the first half of thesemester, and provides a smooth transition from more theoretical labs to labs which demonstratepractical applications. The second major change is the implementation of additional styles oftechnical writing in the lab reports. In addition to memo style reports, alternativediscipline-specific media such as press releases, training seminars, specification sheets andinfo-graphics will be implemented throughout the semester.Our experiences with this lab course demonstrate that developing a robust and meaningfuldynamics laboratory is possible on a limited budget, with minimal overhead by leveraging studentinitiatives, existing equipment and faculty expertise.AppendixLearning outcomesFor the Fall 2022 semester, the

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Liyong Sun, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Jun Zhou, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Zhiyuan Yu

Zhiyuan Yu Department of Engineering Technology Miami University, Middletown, OH 45042 Email: yuz29@MiamiOH.eduAbstractThis paper focuses on an inter-institutional pedagogical collaboration---adding a collaborativevirtual Rankine cycle lab to a traditional lecture-based thermodynamics course and the improvedlearning outcomes as a result of this pedagogical innovation. The thermodynamics course forMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students at Penn State Erie had been lectured-baseduntil a collaborative Rankine cycle lab component was added in Fall 2022. The thermodynamicscourse focuses on properties, thermodynamics laws, power cycles, and refrigeration

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John I Messner, Pennsylvania State University; Ryan Solnosky, Pennsylvania State University

safety and a safety culture. Our efforts have initiated additional unexpected positive outcomeswithin our department. We have been able to expand this concept to our departmental faculty meetings, andsome additional meetings within the department. This has started to emphasize a departmental safety culture.Reference[1] AlertMedia (2022). 24 Safety Moment Ideas for 2023 Preparedness. https://www.alertmedia.com/blog/safety-moment- ideas/[2] He, C., McCabe, B., Jia, G., & Sun, J. (2020). Effects of safety climate and safety behavior on safety outcomes between supervisors and construction workers. Journal of construction engineering and management, 146(1), 04019092.[3] Industrial Safety and Hygiene News (ISHN) (2010). 100 Committed

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Jennifer Shaffer Brown, Clemson University; Emma Katherine Buell, Clemson University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A High, Clemson University

factors that influence a high or low perception of a givenskillset by students. Future plans include a longitudinal study to see how students might applythe knowledge and insights realized through use of an initial RDF self-evaluation to assist intheir development and goal setting in a more targeted manner over a longer period of time.AcknowledgementsThis work received funding through a grant from the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network(KEEN) and Arizona State University’s Mentorship 360 project.References[1] J. S. Brown, K. A. High, and S. Cutler, “Expanding Future Faculty’s Repertoires to Incorporate an Entrepreneurial Mindset,” presented at the Southeastern STEM Education Research Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, Jan. 13, 2022.[2

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Joanna F. DeFranco, Penn State University; Dena Lang, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Robin Havens Tate, The Pennsylvania State University; Sven G. Bilén P.E., Pennsylvania State University

that preclude them from leaving their job, even for a year. In addition, obtainingthe Ph.D. may be perceived by industry as a desire to switch careers to academia; thus,employers may not offer tuition reimbursement support even if the program is offered online.The Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) degree, a professional engineering doctorate, addressesthese concerns as it provides access for working professionals to the highest education level,while enabling continual professional growth with an employer.The competitiveness and economic growth of the United States depends on engineeringdoctorates transitioning from academia into the workforce [Chang et al., 2022]. More doctoralgraduates in the STEM fields, particularly with respect to underserved

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Ahmad Farooq, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Engineering Laboratories - A Paradox or Oxymoron," presented at the ASEE 2022 Annual Conference - Excellence Through Diversity, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2022, 38443. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/virtualizing-hands-on-mechanical- engineering-laboratories-a-paradox-or-oxymoron. [10] G. Terry, V. Braun, N. Hayfield, and V. Clarke, "Thematic Analysis," ed, 2017, pp. 17-37. [11] J. Saldaña, The coding manual for qualitative researchers, [Third edition]. ed. London ;: SAGE, 2016.

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Heather Lai, State University of New York at New Paltz; Anne C Balant, State University of New York at New Paltz

/06/11-46.pdf • https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/ld/files/2016/07/Na-Pua-Wind-Project-HEPA-Final-EIS.pdf • https://casetext.com/regulation/hawaii-administrative-rules/title-11-department-of- health/subtitle-1-general-departmental-provisions/chapter-46-community-noise-control • https://www.aes.com/na-pua-makani-project • https://energy.hawaii.gov/what-we-do/energy-landscape/renewable-energy-resources/Local Controversy over Wind Farm • https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/ld/files/2016/07/Appendix-M_Public-Comment-Letters-and- Responses-to-Comments.pdf • https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/02/28/hawaii-news/court-upholds-decision-on- north-shore-wind-farm/ • https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/09/the-struggle-over-towering-wind

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Billal Tamer Gomaa, Penn State University

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Gland,” in StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, 2022. Accessed: Feb. 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532914/ [6] “Refractive Errors | National Eye Institute.” https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye- health/eye-conditions-and-diseases/refractive-errors (accessed Feb. 26, 2023). [7] J. Németh et al., “Update and guidance on management of myopia. European Society of Ophthalmology in cooperation with International Myopia Institute,” Eur J Ophthalmol, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 853–883, May 2021, doi: 10.1177/1120672121998960. [8] S. Majumdar and K. Tripathy, “Hyperopia,” in StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, 2022. Accessed: Feb. 26, 2023. [Online

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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estimates indicating that the average age of surveyors isbetween 55 and 60 years old. In our previous work we examined surveying students tounderstand how they found out about surveying and what got them interested in this major.While this provided us with some important insights, it only reflected the opinion of studentswho already selected surveying. In Fall of 2022, we expanded our sample by surveying first-yearstudents at six Penn State campuses in order to understand their perceptions about surveying.The online survey helped students to understand the main characteristics of surveyingengineering and helped them update their self-beliefs about surveying. The paper also examinessurvey results considering college major, racial, and gender. The

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Andrew ONeill, Pennsylvania State University Electrical Engineering Department; Tim Kane, Pennsylvania State University

Engineering and Meteorology and Atmospheric Sci- ence at Penn State. His educational research interests include enhancing engineering education, collabo- rative learning, and increasing student involvement. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Experiments in Optics and Photonics Engineering Education at Penn State March 22, 2023AbstractDuring the fall semester of 2022 an experimental first-year seminar on applied optics was taughtfor the first time at The Pennsylvania State University. The ongoing goals of the course are torecruit students to electrical engineering and to retain them while steering students towards

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Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University; Devin Connor Whalen, Bucknell University

electrical en- gineering. His research focuses on microgrids and energy harvesting, and aligns with his passion for renewable energy and sustainable solutions. In 2022, Devin graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.E.E. from Bucknell, where he developed a strong foundation in electrical engineering. He demonstrates his dedication to his field through his involvement in curriculum development, academic and research-related activities, and presenting his findings at national and global conferences and workshops. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Photovoltaic Design Projects as an Innovation in Fundamentals of Electric