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Bilquis Ferdousi, Eastern Michigan University

active interactions among group members are crucial, arediscussed. An in-depth understanding of the impact of formative and summative e-assessments onstudents' active learning can be beneficial for instructors, students, and curriculum developers inhigher education institutions.Keywords: Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment, E-Assessment, Active LearningIntroductionAssessment, which is key in students' learning process, plays a vital role in efficient instruction,enhancing students' learning achievement5. Since the assessment process is an active part of thecurriculum that enables students to achieve their planned learning objectives, it is important toknow the impact of different assessment methods on the learning process, especially in

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Chan-Jin Chung, Lawrence Technological University; Joshua E Siegel, Michigan State University; Mark Wilson, Michigan State University

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-wire vehicles include developing intelligent ground vehicle systems funded by US Army/GVSC and providing research oppor- tunities in evaluating self-drive algorithms for undergraduates, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF).Prof. Joshua E Siegel, Michigan State UniversityMark Wilson, Michigan State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Undergraduate Research Experiences for Automated and Connected Vehicle Algorithm Development using Real Vehicles Chan-Jin Chung Joshua Siegel Mark Wilson Department of Math and Department of Computer School of Planning, Design Computer Science

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Andrew James Goodling, Grand Valley State University; Erik Fredericks, Grand Valley State University; Sara Jo Alsum-Wassenaar, Grand Valley State University

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the Walk and Draw application at the event.Future plans include conducting additional tests with users, focusing on those within the K-12educational system. Walk and Draw was created as a tool that could be used as a way forstudents to express a creative outlook relating to their surroundings while not being limited to acertain path to follow. The remainder of our paper is organized as follows. Section 2 overviewsthe Walk and Draw application, followed by Section 3 that highlights how this projectsupported undergraduate research efforts. Section 4 concludes the paper with the studentstraining and artifacts. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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of experiences through fictional or non-fictionalnarratives to cover specific subjects[23]. A recent podcast from Leoson et al.[24] provided a clear synthesis of how storytelling canbe used to teach a variety of concepts through story-based pedagogy. According to them, storiescan enhance the learning experience by creating meaningful connections, establishing solidcontext and positionality, and supporting student engagement. A pedagogy centered on narrativesallows instructors the freedom to incorporate different models, technologies, subjects, andstorytelling plans to provide immersive experiences for students. For example, McQuiggan et al.[25] used a virtual environment called Crystal Island to teach concepts of microbiology

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

about common sense not simply as their own common sense, butcommon sense when it comes to living and functioning in a world where many of the peoplewho work with engineers do not have a foundation in common sense. When first thinking aboutcommon sense, the general idea would be to plan to teach students about common sense andmake it an educational adventure to teach them how they need to have common sense andpractice their ability to make good judgments with a sense of acting in a beneficial way to theirfellow humans. But in thinking about that approach, one starts to focus on the audience that weare addressing – engineers. This is not the average population. It is a group of individuals whofunction with a very specific plan of attack when it

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Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University

subject; hence, this iswhere the educational strategy is implemented.The key element of the educational strategy is a term project addressing one of the needsidentified by a local city in their draft Sustainability Action Plan (SAP). The need is mobility byway of improving public transit and non-motorized transportation networks. The city’spopulation (75,000) is diverse in terms of ethnicity, race and religion. The majority theresidents fall, on average, in the low-income group ($36k+ per year), and the percentage ofseniors is higher than the national average. The SAP suggested mobility hubs (transit centers) aspart of the solution to address mobility issues. The city planner and sustainability planneridentified key design features and

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Nicholas Brown, Western Michigan University; Johan Fanas Rojas, Western Michigan University; Alyssa K. Moon, Western Michigan University; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University; Pritesh Yashaswi Patil, Western Michigan University; Parth Kadav, Western Michigan University; Kira Hamelink, Western Michigan University; Wendy R. Swalla, Western Michigan University; Zachary D. Asher, Western Michigan University

using ROS Lecture 7 Path Planning, PID and MPC Control Chapter 2 - Perception Subsystem - CV vs. ML Additional Sensors, Full Perception Lab 7 AV Simulation Using CARLA Part I Subsystem in ROS Lane Detection / CARLA Lecture 8 Student Half-way Project Reports and Simulator Overview Presentations Half-Way Project Presentations Lane line detection using Lab 8 GitHub Evaluation and Open Discussion OpenCV

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Nada S. Al-Muntaser, Eastern Michigan University ; Suleiman A. Ashur, Eastern Michigan University

digital representation of constructionprojects. Its platforms streamline the construction process and communication among projectstakeholders (e.g., owners) and construction parties (e.g., engineers). BIM has already enhancedhow projects are planned, designed, and constructed. AI, or Artificial Intelligence, denotes the simulation of human intelligence processes bymachines, particularly computer systems, first introduced in 1956.1 It encompasses thedevelopment of algorithms and software capable of replicating or executing tasks traditionallycarried out by humans, including learning, reasoning, problem-solving, decision-making, andProceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference 1Copyright

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Erik Fredericks, Grand Valley State University

events as expected. Ourintended framework is planned to be executed at design time as well as at run time within thedomain of video games that leverage PCG techniques.This project was an undergraduate research project supported by an NSF-sponsored project forRetaining and Inspiring students in Science and Engineering (RISE) and yielded awork-in-progress video game framework for exploring fuzz testing. The rest of this paper isstructured as follows. Section 2 discusses Delve the Dungeon, our research platform forroguelike games research, including relevant background information and related work. Section3 then discusses our approach for student training and Section 4 summarizes our efforts andpresents future directions for this path of research.2

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Alexander Duke, Ohio Northern University; Ethan Krause, Ohio Northern University; Mia Prasinos, Ohio Northern University; Lewis Schafer, Ohio Northern University

, which allows it to showcase the potential of the application andmodeling functionality. Finally, McIntosh was selected as it is a location that every student oncampus visits, due to the variety of offices, food options, and events held within it. The team hasalready obtained the floor plans for all three buildings from Marc Staley, the Director ofFacilities at Physical Plant. The floor plans are a great asset and enable us to quickly andefficiently implement building interiors into the application, further allowing the team to create amore realistic scope for this project and allowing for more focus to be placed on the featuresdesired by both students and the client.In discussions with the client, they also further specified a desire for

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Christopher Joseph Gioia; Louis Edward Christensen, The Ohio State University

• Framing brackets • PVC pipes/fittings • 1” Aluminum rod • Plywood • ½” PVC sheetThe overall project plan, seen in the Appendix in Figure 6, was modeled after the NASASystems Engineering Processes and Requirements to include milestones of a preliminary designreview (PDR), critical design review (CDR), and a final inspection before launch which wouldcorrespond to a system acceptance review (SAR)22. The motivation behind this was to introducestudents to the design process and the concept of design reviews in their fourth semester. In thisway, students will have experienced and be more familiar with the design process before theytake their Capstone Design

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Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University; Asad Salem; Yousef Sardahi, Marshall University

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skills commensurate with students’ educational levels. • To formulate a plan for skill-building and delivery in an interdisciplinary engineering curriculum, interfacing with existing courses on power and energy generation and distribution. • To instill a sense of urgency for learning and training in green energy, addressing current, new, and future challenges, and responding to the urgent impacts of global warming on human health, the environment, and overall well-being.The curriculum integrates diverse educational levels, faculty expertise, disciplinary areas, studentbackgrounds, industrial requirements, learning methodologies, and practical applications aligningwith students

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Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University

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-testdemonstrates that inexperienced students still passed at nearly the same rate as students with priorexperience. The high withdraw rate suggests that engineering students that enter a first-yearprogramming course without having completed an advanced computer science course in highschool may be at a significant disadvantage to students that have had this opportunity. In addition,although nearly seventy percent of students attending public high schools in the state of Michiganhave access to at least one computer science course, it needs to be better understood as to whymore students planning to pursue engineering in college are not enrolling in these courses.BackgroundComputer science education has been a topic of discussion since the mid twentieth

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Aiden James Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh

challenges.Through these many sustainability focused industry partnerships, the University of Pittsburghhas and is creating experience-based learning opportunities for students and will be a test bed forresearch the sustainable technologies developed by some of these companies. In this paper weshare a model for building these partnerships for the development of our students, furthering the Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education. 1sustainability goals of our sponsor companies, and the plans for future educational and

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Joseph George, Western Michigan University; Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan University; Alvis Fong, Western Michigan University

We plan to use the AutoML process discussed in this paper in the Artificial Intelligenceand Machine Learning courses offered in 2024 for problems arising from two different domains.Learning activities both homework as well as in-class experiential learning that support thetheory students learn will be fully integrated to assess the effectiveness of the educationalmodule. Feedback will be obtained for continual improvement using questionnaires that conformto pedagogical and andragogical literature from the evaluation community.V. Conclusion We exhibited a workflow that facilitates easier development of efficient ML models by auser with minimal AI/ML expertise using AutoKeras, an AutoML python library. A comparisonbetween DeepNovo, a

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

for Sustainable Innovation offering certificates, minors,and even a doctoral program in sustainability.The elective course for our department was labeled GREEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANDSUSTAINABILITY. The course was planned during the academic year 2022-23 and launched inthe fall of 2023, defined as a three credit units’ elective course, with three 50-minute sessions perweek, to be taught by one faculty assisted by one teaching assistant (graduate student). Thecourse was targeting junior and senior students in the chemical engineering career, with someprevious knowledge on mass and energy balances, separation processes, thermodynamics, andorganic chemistry. The enrollment was surprisingly high with 31 juniors and 18 seniors, about50% of the

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Yingxiao Song, Muskingum University

scenario akin to a river environment where they canapply their knowledge to address tangible environmental challenges.By embedding sustainability into the core of Fluid Mechanics education, we can provide a moreholistic and practical learning experience. This approach not only enhances the students' abilityto apply fluid mechanics principles in real-world contexts but also ingrains a sustainabilitymindset, preparing them to contribute effectively to addressing the environmental challenges ofour time.MethodsTo deepen students' insights into environmental issues, we plan to infuse the engineering syllabuswith key geology elements. This interdisciplinary approach aims to equip students with theability to apply fundamental engineering concepts—such as

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La'Tonia Stiner-Jones PhD, MBA, The Ohio State University

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toincrease the number of URMs and women pursing graduate degrees in BMMB. This is a step inthe right direction. Over the three years we also adjusted the program based on feedback fromstudents and our observations. For example, we consolidated our bootcamp and adjusted ourgraduate ambassador training. We will also include the support services we offer to both groupsin our planning and onboarding. Going forward, we hope to be able to continue supportingundergraduate student preparation for graduate school and increasing access to an advancedegree.Future workWe hope to explore the long-term outcomes of this work by continuing to monitor participantsthrough graduation and leverage these findings to support broader STEM efforts to increaseaccess and

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Bin Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

, dynamic,and cumulative manner. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education 2Before sending data to machine learning algorithms, the raw data were preprocessed andorganized to create input datasets. • Student home address, residential address and high school address were converted into the distance to the university in miles. • All information of date and time, such as student high school graduation date, academic program enrollment date, planned and actual graduation date, and dropout date were converted to the student’s ages at that time.The data were preprocessed and then split

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Prakash NA Ranganathan, University of North Dakota; Jamison Jangula, University of North Dakota; Utku Kose, University of North Dakota; Neena Goveas, University of North Dakota; Shree Ram Abayankar Balaji, University of North Dakota

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) departments. This paper focuses on designing acybersecurity undergraduate curriculum that attracts both EE and CS students through specializedtracks and leverages existing courses in departments where both EE and CS majors are housedwithin one School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (SEECS). The proposedcybersecurity curriculum is approved internally by the department and the College of Engineeringand Mines (CEM). UND is currently working towards seeking ABET accreditation and receivedNSA’s CAE-R designation. The paper discusses course mapping to EAC and CSAB cybersecuritycriteria for two programs: Cybersecurity Engineering (CSE), and Cybersecurity Science (CSS).Such a curriculum plan can also be suitable for other schools if programs

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Joseph Carpenter Sheils, Marshall University; David A Dampier, Marshall University; Haroon Malik, Marshall University

, spanning the entire RMP website up to September 2023.We showed that for both datasets, BERTopic produces the best topic coherence and topic diversitywhen compared to Latent Dirichlet Allocation and Nonnegative Matrix Factorization with defaulthyperparameter values, as well as Top2Vec when used with the same embedding model.We plan to experiment with BERTopic and Top2Vec with various embedding models, such as theUniversal Sentence Encoder,28 to discover possible improvements when conducting topicmodeling for student evaluations. Additionally, we seek to calibrate the hyperparameters of LDAand NMF to compare the models in fine-tuned conditions. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University; Samantha (Sami Bortz

plan when seed starting can begin.4. Harmony House Heating & Cooling System a. Current Issues: i. Unequal distribution of heating and cooling throughout Harmony House (i.e. too cold on 2nd floor in the winter; too hot on 2nd floor in the summer) ii. Woodstove heat does not effectively disseminate throughout Harmony House mostly heats the left-side (facing towards windows) of the classroom space. iii. Very few vents on second floor iv. Later additions to Harmony House are particularly cool spaces in the winter (i.e. hallway leading to stairs and Bob’s Cupboard) v. There is only one thermostat, and it is on the 2nd floor. b

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Aja Rachel Bettencourt-Mccarthy, University of Cincinnati; Matthew Sleep, University of Cincinnati

of librarian-instructor collaborationaround research-based assignments like persona development. While students seemed to respond 5 Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Educationpositively to the persona development assignment, additional research is needed to betterunderstand how this work impacts the way they approach their designs as well as the quality ofthe final projects.The authors plan to create rubrics around stakeholder and persona development for futureiterations of the course. These rubrics will be used to better assess

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Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University

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provided an overview of the new outcomes aswell as potential methods for teaching and assessing.Table 1: Current ABET student outcomes for engineering programs1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve an ability to function effectively on a team complex engineering problems by applying whose members together provide leadership, principles of engineering, science, and create a collaborative and inclusive mathematics. environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives. an ability to apply engineering design to an ability to develop and conduct appropriate produce solutions that meet specified needs

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Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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written report and presentation in class. Table 1 summarizes the weekly plan used duringthe CST course.Table 1. CST Course - Weekly Timeline. Week Lecture Topics In Class Activities Introduction to CST and Hands-on activities and written 1 to 8 Systems Archetypes assignments; Start the project Directed readings and discussions; 9 to 12 Mental Models Project updates Case Studies and Personal Communication skills, teamwork, 13 to 14

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Dax Amburgy, Ohio Northern University College of Engineering; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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the Chair of Professional Interest Council III. He has held multiple ASEE leadership positions within the First- Year Programs (FPD) and Computers in Education (CoED) divisions, and with the Ad Hoc Committee on Interdivisional Cooperation, Interdivisional Town Hall Planning Committee, ASEE Active, and the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Estell has received multiple ASEE Annual Conference Best Paper awards from the Computers in Education, First-Year Programs, and Design in Engineering Education Divisions. He has also been recognized by ASEE as the recipient of the 2005 Merl K. Miller Award and by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN) with the 2018 ASEE Best Card Award. Estell

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Morgan Elaine Bartley, West Virginia University; Andrew C. Nix, West Virginia University; Brian D. Woerner, West Virginia University

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. Ultimately, the goal is to create a data-driven culture that supports ongoingDEI initiatives and fosters a more inclusive and diverse team environment.Conclusion 7 Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering EducationIn conclusion, this DEI plan is a strategic and comprehensive initiative aimed at fostering adiverse and inclusive community. Through this data analysis the four key goals, paired withSMART objectives, showcase the team's commitment to education, inclusivity, collaboration,and data-driven decision-making.Key conclusions were made from

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John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati

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as an effective indicator of success in STEM, and interventions have beendeveloped to support development in students with weaker spatial skills. 23, 24This has promptedthis research to explore links between spatial skills and communication abilities, as validatedspatial interventions may help improve communication abilities. These current results may alsoprovide unique insights into first-year engineering students’ writing competencies whenreporting on a more authentic (non-graded) engineering task. Such information may be useful ineventually shaping guidance of students’ communication instruction in hopes of better preparingthem for industry; this is the focus of a planned future research study.IntroductionABET requires that students

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Mary M McCall M.A., University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

ofteamwork and embrace its lessons despite personal preferences for working alone.Current practice: Program outcomes, course syllabi and textbooksProgram outcomes: A quick sampling of Engineering program and course outcomes show thatschools promise students expertise in teamwork upon graduation. Stanford University’sMechanical Engineering learning outcomes, follow the ABET learning outcomes, lists sevenlearning outcomes that graduating students are expected to demonstrate. Number 5 is listed as:“an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create acollaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.” [1]Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s BSME Course Objectives

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Omar H Albalawi, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center , University of Tabuk; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University

-driven curriculum planning, extensive faculty mentoring, and acompetency-based assessment framework. The TST-ET program allows students to design theirown curriculum with guidance from faculty mentors and focuses on assessing theircompetencies. Unlike traditional engineering programs, these scholars argue that TST-ETencourages students to explore various disciplines and develop a wide range of skills. ThisProceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference 4Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Educationinitiative aims to prepare students for success in the complex professional world of today andresponds to the demand from employers for graduates who possess diverse abilities [10