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Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Randi Sims, Clemson University

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Paper ID #40868Mapping and Impact of Digital Learning Tools Designed to SupportEngineering Pre-Transfer StudentsDr. Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University Kristin Frady is an Assistant Professor and Founding Program Director of the Human Capital Education and Development Bachelor of Science with a joint appointment between the Educational and Organi- zational Leadership Development and Engineering and Science Education Departments. Her research focuses on innovations in workforce development at educational and career transitions emphasizing two- year college and secondary STEM and career education, educational

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Matthew J. Traum, University of Florida; Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Aliperti, United States Military Academy; Randall A. Emert; Arwen H. DeCostanza

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May 2023. The Center houses a complete job shop with rapidprototyping and fabrication capabilities staffed by skilled and experienced civilian engineers fromCMI2. The goal of the Marne Innovation Center is to rapidly convert ideas brought by Soldiersinto viable prototypes for testing and refinement in the field. Promising ideas are then scaled upby the nonprofit CMI2, which works with DEVCOM through a Congressional initiative, calledthe Catalyst-Pathfinder program, which is managed by the Army Research Laboratory with a goalto bridge gaps in defense innovation.This paper’s goal is reporting lessons learned and best practices gleaned from this ongoingpartnership to better enable similar collaborations across organizations in the future. For

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Philip Lee, University of Kentucky; David Parsley, University of Kentucky; Nelson Kudzo Akafuah, University of Kentucky

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recruiting components from 2-year technical colleges and 4-year28 universities. Through strong collaboration with advanced manufacturing industries in Kentucky,29 we find an inventive way to engage with industry partners to bring hands-on and experiential30 learning projects to students in the Fujio Cho Department of Engineering Technology at the31 University of Kentucky. Based on extensive hands-on training, a new curriculum is designed to32 solve practical problems at its center to prepare the future workforce. Most importantly, a new33 curriculum supports not only disadvantaged student groups but also more diverse and34 underrepresented student groups than other programs in the Pigman College of Engineering35 (UK-COE).36 Demand

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Lucas Verdan Arcanjo Schwenck; Andrea Contreras-Esquen; Richard Woods; Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University

practicalexperience through hands-on experiments and/or virtual labs [1-3]. One salient, but alsochallenging, ABET outcome is that an engineering graduates should be able to solve a well-definedengineering problem by combining theory and practice [4]. Improving student problem-solvingskills is a requisite to educate new engineers who can meet today’s challenges and become expertsin their field of interest [5,6]. As prior research shows, hands-on experiences and lab componentsof engineering courses provide critical learning experiences for students to better understandfundamental concepts [7-12]. However, many institutions have limited resources for laboratoryequipment, and these limitations inhibit student learning due to constraints on the use of

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Karen N Nix, Auburn University ; Cheryl Seals, Auburn University

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Paper ID #40912Game-Based Immersive Learning for Education: Empowering Autistic HighSchool Students to Address the Growing Cyber Threats in K-12 SchoolsKaren N Nix, Auburn University Karen Nix is a PhD student at Auburn University, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. She received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from LaGrange College and a master’s degree in Computer Science with a concentration of Software Development from Columbus State University. She works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Auburn University and recently began work for the City of Opelika, AL in the IT department as Assistant CIO. Her research

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Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel; Timothy A Wood, The Citadel

learning objectives. The implementation of case studiesas well as the homework preparatory assignment and in class polling activities were designedbased on precedents from available literature. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)has long recognized the need for historic context in engineering education [1], [2]. Likewise,current educational best practices, often called “transformational teaching,” emphasize student-centered course design where the instructor bases the content on the knowledge gaps of thestudents [3]–[5]. To provide this level of customization of content to the students in the room,instructors must have tools for formative assessment [6]–[8]. The active learning techniquesemployed here include in class polling using

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Sultan Al Shafian, Kennesaw State University; Da Hu, Kennesaw State University; Yi Li, Kennesaw State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University

construction sites. Virtual reality isemerging as an exceptional training tool to equip these budding engineers with the necessaryexpertise, offering a dynamic and immersive environment to hone their hazard identification andincident reporting skills.The research paper presents a comprehensive Virtual Reality (VR) model designed to assistundergraduate and graduate students, especially in the field of civil engineering in understandingcritical hazardous conditions that can occur on-site. The research employs a simulatedenvironment to expose students to potential on-site hazards, increasing their comprehension ofthe complexities and risks involved. Additionally, the research explores the potential of usingUnity 3D as a powerful platform for virtual

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Sarah K. Bauer, Mercer University; Adaline M. Buerck, Mercer University; Hannah Nabi; Bremen Vance, Mercer University

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Director of The Cecil Day Family Center for International Groundwater Innovation. Dr. Buerck joined Mercer University in Fall 2022. Before joining Mercer, Dr. Buerck was at the University of South Florida where she completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Social Marketing and Social Change.Hannah NabiBremen Vance, Mercer University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Program Evaluation of an International University-Sponsored Service-Learning ExperienceAbstractService-learning is a high-impact practice that fosters civic responsibility by providingopportunities to connect student