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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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Michael Fosmire, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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motivate students to explore and become proficient information foragers. We take ahypothetical raccoon making the rounds to secure resources for the day, visiting a variety ofpatches, like berry bushes, a fenced garden, a garbage dump, or a storm sewer (see Figure 1).Students are asked to think about the effort involved in extracting needed resources, the qualityof the resource, and the variety or unique kinds of resources available in the patch. Figure 1: Forager exploring their ecological environmentStudents then explore some different resources, like standards, patents, material properties, andscholarly databases, and report back on the characteristics they found and what they might beused for (see Figure 2). Students are asked

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

survey and post-lab survey for students. This paper presents the implementation of thelab, lab report deliverable, and the results of students’ survey. Several common issues in thestudents’ lab reports are also addressed.IntroductionThe thermodynamics course for Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students at PennState Erie had been delivered by lectures only. This course focuses on properties,thermodynamics laws, power cycles, and refrigeration cycles. Many students find studyingthermodynamics challenging. This challenge occurs globally according to many researchers [1-4]. One reason for this issue is that thermodynamics has many abstract concepts that somestudents find difficult to understand. Adding a lecture of lab component may help

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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

Delaware. She received her Bachelorˆa C™s of Engineering (2001) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware, and her MS (2004) and PhD (2006) in Mechanical Engine ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Measuring adaptiveness among college students and working professionalsThe concept of adaptive expertise (AE) describes individuals with both deep content knowledgeand the ability to apply this knowledge more broadly in practice. Four characteristics of adaptiveexpertise have been identified in the learning sciences literature, specifically: 1) multipleperspectives, 2) metacognition, 3) goals and beliefs, and 4) epistemology.Within the realm of education, engineering programs are

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Stephanie Goldberg, The State University of New York, College at Buffalo

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quite different from theoretical engineering degrees. Inunderstanding the ET student, it is helpful to note that the National Academy of Engineeringdocuments that [1] the emergence of Engineering Technology as an academic discipline can betrace to the mid-1950s for 2-year associate degree (and 1960s for the four-year bachelor’sdegree), when curricula in traditional engineering programs began to focus more heavily onadvanced science and mathematics coursework and de-emphasized hands-on lab work. Theauthor has observed that the prototype ET student of the past several decades has toolingexperiences, confidence and enthusiasm for hands-on technical applications and works hard toobtain enough math skills to be effective in their academic program

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Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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their roles in curricular interventions. In particular, student innovation competitionshave long been essential to STEM education [1]. Research suggests that student competitionsprovide many benefits and experiences: experiencing teamwork [2], peer interactions andleadership, promoting creativity [3], gaining self-efficacy and enthusiasm, building a growthmindset, working on real-world applications, accessing informal mentorship, and connectingwith employers [4-6]. It is crucial to practice some skills, such as leadership within a technicaldomain, and participation on an engineering competition team is a popular activity in this regard[7].Another objective of student competitions is to foster an entrepreneurial and innovative mindsetamong

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

questionnaires were distributed to the students at the beginning of the first class foreach course. A sample questionnaire is attached in the appendix. The questionnaire has twoparts; the first part has the teaching methods, and the second part has the assessment methods.The student’s input data from the questionnaires were collected from five different courses andthey were tabulated in the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. A picture of it is included in theappendix. The mean, median, and mode were determined by using the spreadsheet formulas andconclusions were drawn based on the statistical parameters (Mean, Median, and Mode). Thefollowing tables show the data from the five different courses that were taught in two semestersat this institution.Table 1

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Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown

mode and effect analysis: About FMEA.Bartolomé, E., & Benítez, P. (2022). Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) to improve collaborative project-based learning: Case study of a study and research path in mechanical engineering. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education. 50(2), 291-325. doi:10.1177/0306419021999046National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). (2017) Sinking of the US Cargo Ship El Faro, Illustrated Digest.Pacana, A., & Siwiec, D. (2022). Method of determining sequence actions of products improvement. Journal of Materials, 15(63), 1-21Veitch, B. (2007). A comparison of three types of evacuation systems. Naval Engineers Digest, 115.Xu, Z., & Dang, Y. (2020

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Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jacquelyn Huff, Pennsylvania State University

learning. Each of these components are detailed in the sections below.Two-Week Maker project:This project builds on an existing project that focused on connecting hand graphics, machining,and 3D printing [1]. We saw this project as an excellent opportunity to introduce students toCAD in a way that exhibits the importance of CAD in the making of the final product. Theproject starts with students completing dimensioned multiview hand drawings for four distinctparts that become a “character” when assembled. While students could bring their dimensionedhand drawings into the shop to support them in constructing the wood components, we use thisopportunity to introduce CAD as an alternative method for creating dimensioned drawings. Asthey model their

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

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through boththe University-wide and CoE Strategic Plans. In The Pennsylvania State University 2020-2025Strategic Plan, the university’s goals related to equity, diversity, and inclusion include to “foster aculture of respect and inclusion that values the experiences and perspectives of faculty, staff, andstudents” [1]. In alignment with this, Goal 1 of the 2020-2025 CoE Strategic Plan is to “grow apervasive, welcoming, equitable and inclusive culture and climate throughout the College’sstudents, faculty and staff that exemplifies the Penn State values” [2]. As a foundation of this goal,the CoE developed the Equity Action Plan, which contains specific action items for engagingstakeholders in the equity action process, with the goal of deepening

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

fifth-year. These safety moments demonstrate ourcommitment to safety and the importance to always keeping safety as a priority.Background The idea of a safety moment is not new. The concept stems from OSHA’s Toolbox talks, as well assafety leadership initiatives [1]. Simply put a safety moment focuses attention about a particular risk, task,scenario and how to handle it [2]. In industry, safety moments are short and concise single topics typicallylasting 3-5 minutes held at the beginning of a meeting or event to promote a safety-first mentality [1,2]. Acrossthe engineering community safety moments are adapting to promote wellbeing; representative companiesinclude [3]: Caterpillar, General Motors, Pepsi Cola Co., Clark Construction, and

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

is common to create lithium by exposing the materialto very high temperatures which requires a vast amount of energy. Furthermore, lithium ionbatteries are not recycled as frequently as they should be. This is demonstrated by the EU’s goalto use 4% recycled lithium by 2030. That means, currently less than 4% of the lithium comes fromrecycled materials [1]. While there are many ways to combat this problem, our group has createda heart rate monitor (normally powered by lithium ion batteries) that is powered by body heat.Body heat is a clean source of energy as it makes use of thermal energy that is otherwise wasted.However, body heat as an energy source generates little energy compared to sources such as solar,or fossil fuels, it is still

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

mindset refers to an established set of attitudes, behaviors,beliefs, and dispositions. By this definition, the Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) is associated withcharacteristics and attitudes entrepreneurs commonly exhibit. In the literature, the most commoncharacteristics and attributes associated with entrepreneurs include opportunity seeking, need forachievement, adaptability, tolerance of risk and risk management, creativity, perseverance undersetbacks, understanding the needs of people, and lifelong learning (see [1] for a review). Theresearch also suggests that the general characteristics of entrepreneurs are very diverse as theycome from different backgrounds and personalities. Regardless of their differences, allentrepreneurs go through a

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

Science and an M.S. in Computational Sciences, both from the George Washington University, as well as a B.A. in Economics from Washington University. His research interests include computer science education and transportation safety. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Zone 1 Conference An Analysis of the Impact of Advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence on Programming Assignments and Competitions Devang Jayachandran, Pranit Shrikrishna Maldikar, and Jeremy J. Blum The Pennsylvania State University, HarrisburgAbstractRecent advances in large language models have made large-scale

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Billal Tamer Gomaa, Penn State University

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observationsand conclusions about light can be summarized in one central statement: light will travel instraight lines unless interrupted by an outside object. In the 3rd century BCE, the Greekmathematician Euclid developed the law of reflection, which stated that light travels in straightlines, and will reflect off a surface at the same angle the light hits the surface with. Later in the17th century, it was discovered that light could also refract, meaning it bent when entering anew medium [1]. Studying such tendencies of light can help us better understand the world aroundus and how we perceive our environment. For example, the law of reflection served as the basisof many concepts in physics, such as shadows, mirrors and pinhole cameras. This paper

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

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Buket D Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Ioana A. Badara, University of Bridgeport; Navarun Gupta, University of Bridgeport; Junling Hu, University of Bridgeport; Ausit Mahmood, University of Bridgeport

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Groups (ARG) Model Buket D. Barkana1, Navarun Gupta1, Jungling Hu2, Ausif Mahmood3, Ioana Badara4 Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 23 Departments of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604 4 School of Education, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT 06604Abstract:Our paper reports the self-evaluation of a research-based course taught in the School of Engineering at the Universityof Bridgeport. The University of Bridgeport received funding