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Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI)

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presentation was on the computer screen annotating thetext and using Microsoft OneNote[1]; and after the pandemic when the presentations wereoffered using the new interactive screens [2] and recorded using Blackboard’s “Collaborate” [3].The problem arose when the material was offered to the students as typing notes with anemphasis on the mathematical sequence of events. This was not adequate to explain the physicalprocess of thinking, the audio recording was not there. So, the two approaches were developed:One in writing a presentation of the sequence of all the mathematical steps, the other in writingthe sequence of all the mathematical steps including full narrative explanations step by step. Thestudents liked both.Using as an example a course of

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Robin Havens Tate, Penn State University; Casey J Fenton, The Pennsylvania State University; David Mazyck, Pennsylvania State University

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(EDI) micro-credential offeringto the Higher Education marketplace are three-fold: 1) to develop a micro-credential program (asdefined below), 2) evaluate micro-credentials efforts across COE to build a framework that isconsistent, and 3) pilot a micro-credential program with Penn State students and at least oneindustry partner.Micro-Credential Program:The goal is to develop a micro-credential program whereby learners would take three shortcourses (e.g., entrepreneurship, leadership, and intellectual property) culminating in a micro-credential. Unlike most short courses and micro-credentials offered throughout the nation, whichare asynchronous, the foundation of these short courses will be hybrid (both synchronous andasynchronous). The

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Sean Knecht, Penn State University

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Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Impact of individualized personaldevelopment projects in a Multidisciplinary Capstone course on project success and student outcomesSean D. Knecht, Ph. D., Associate Research Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation, The Pennsylvania State UniversityIntroduction: The Capstone Design course is a culminating course in many engineering curricula,specifically fulfilling the ABET 5.d criterion of “a culminating major engineering designexperience that 1) incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multiple constraints, and2) is based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work.” (ABET, 2023) At PennState, the one-semester

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

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are developingactivities to expose careers via hands on modules, videos, and presentations that are shared on aninteractive project website. Activities are also mapped in sync with the New Jersey ScienceStandards to aid educators with their lesson plans and development of course content.This presentation will focus on work conducted to date.IntroductionWater and wastewater utilities are facing workforce shortages due to retirements and inability toattract the next generation. The lack of a diverse workforce in these utilities is also of concern[1] - [3]. Therefore, the overall goal of the WaterWorks project is to aid in supplementing theneed for a diverse workforce for wastewater/drinking water utilities as the current workforce isreaching

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

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hypothesize thatthe pandemic may play a role in decreasing engineering identity from the first to the second year.Engineering Identity Theoretical Framing The theoretical framework guiding this study is Carlone and Johnson’s (2007) ScienceIdentity Model, which has been used by other scholars to examine engineering identity (Godwin,2016).Figure 1: Carlone and Johnson’s (2007) Science Identity Model Three interrelated dimensions comprise disciplinary identity: social performance ofrelevant disciplinary practices, competence –understood as having the knowledge andunderstanding of the discipline–, and recognition, which includes both self-recognition andrecognition by others as a member of the disciplinary field (Carlone & Johnson, 2007

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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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Best Practices of an Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) Program Mohsen Mosleh1, Preethi Chandran2, John Harkless3, Arlene Maclin1, Courtney Robinson4, Hassan Salmani5, Sonya Smith1, Gloria Washington5, Hessam Yazdani6 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2Department of Chemical Engineering, 3Department of Chemistry, 4Department of Biology, 5Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Howard University, Washington DC 6 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MOAbstractUndergraduate research experience (URE) in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Technology (STEM

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

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other healthcareprofessionals. At home, mobility evaluations after treatments or injury can often be up to thepatient. Humans innately have biases and errors when they make decisions, which can translate toevaluations of their patients and themselves. Many mobility evaluations rely on a set of criteria,such as gait, balance, strength, and many other criteria. A professional is meant to run throughthese and come to a conclusion regarding the ability of the patient and their mobility [1]. At homepeople will either not go to a doctor post injury or be told to return at a certain subjective point.The key to all of this is the subjective involvement of both scenarios. The next steps in recoveryare often recommended based upon this data, meaning

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Felix F. Udo-Eyo, Temple University

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project or group work. The attributes of an effective teamwork experience considered for thestudy were grouped under the following headings: goals, purpose, role, communication,interdependence, performance, and conflict resolution. Six project design teams and elevenlaboratory groups were used for the studies. Each team or group had four to six members. Thequestionnaire administered to the students is shown in Table 1. To assess the internal consistencyof the test items in each of the categories, Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient was determinedusing the following equation: 𝑘𝑘 �1−∑𝑘𝑘 2 𝑖𝑖=1 𝜎𝜎𝑦𝑦𝑖𝑖 � 𝛼𝛼 = �𝑘𝑘−1

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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important insights of thissurvey greatly advance our knowledge about student perceptions related to surveying and assistin recruitment and marketing efforts to create pathways into surveying engineering.Keywords: Surveying engineering, broadening participation, increasing awarenessIntroductionSurveying in the early years (1800-1850) was mostly taught through apprenticeships andformally in mathematics departments [1]. In later years, surveying was taught in civilengineering departments. The average number of surveying credits in civil engineeringdepartments was about 14.3 in 1930s [2] and declined to 5.5 in 1960s [3], and then to only 2.1credits in 2010s [4]. The reduction in surveying credits was the result of the need to make roomfor other courses

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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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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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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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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