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

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’ knowledge and available laboratory resources. Our framework includes essentialcomponents crucial for this curriculum’s effective implementation. We identified three pivotalelements vital to its success: academic strategy, infrastructure, and research strategy. Educationalobjectives and course structure form the backbone of the curriculum, adapting specific learningoutcomes aligned with students’ engineering program levels. Courses are strategically designed tomeet these objectives, ensuring a comprehensive educational journey for the student.The infrastructure of the curriculum consists of faculty expertise, laboratory spaces, and requisiteequipment essential for hands-on laboratory assignments and project-based learning. These

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Eric McKanna, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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, engaging withthese challenges fosters cognitive growth, providing an avenue for honing problem-solving skills.Simultaneously, these challenges can potentially be leveraged as material from which to deriveexamination questions or laboratory exercises. The simplicity of the game’s problems may obscurefoundational underlying principles, making them ideal candidates for pedagogical exploration.Specifically, challenges would theoretically be selected by their ability to illustrate foundationalprinciples such as scalability, efficiency, cost, and modularity. In the context of this research,we have selected a representative puzzle to demonstrate how the principle of scalability could beexplored.In addition to a solid set of problems and puzzles for a

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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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timely adjustments to DEI strategies require ongoingattention. 8 Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering EducationThis data-driven approach, coupled with strategic goals and objectives, positions the team forcontinued progress. Foreseen challenges provide opportunities for proactive solutions to furtherenhance the impact of DEI initiatives within the team.AcknowledgementThis work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through Argonne Laboratories,as part of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge.References[1] Argonne National

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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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engineers’ views of writing and speaking in the classroom and workplace. Journal of STEM Education, 7(1).14. Eggleston, A. G., & Rabb, R. J. (2019). Returning to an industry-informed technical writing and communication course design. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.15. Wettstein, S. G., Hacker, D. J., & Brown, J. R. (2024). Validation of a Senior-Level Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course Technical Report Rubric that Aligns with Industry Expectations. International Journal of Engineering Education 40(1), 108-115.16. Briedis, D. (2002). Developing effective assessment of student professional outcomes. International Journal of Engineering Education, 18(2), 208–216.17. Iborra Urios, M., Ramírez Rangel, E., Bringué

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Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University

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worldwide. To determine if the implementation of these initiatives is having a positiveimpact on engineering students’ performance in a first-year programming course, a correlationalresearch study at a mid-size Michigan public university was completed over a three-semesterperiod beginning in 2022. Students were surveyed regarding their prior experience with computerscience at the beginning of the semester, and student scores on the first laboratory practicum andfinal course grade were recorded. The data demonstrates that nearly sixty percent of students hadno prior experience with computer science and withdrew from the course at nearly double the rateas students with AP experience. For those that did complete the course, a Welch’s t

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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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and the required workforce. Especially in engineeringfields, the synergy between theoretical and laboratory components needs to be rethought with thepossibilities of inter-disciplinary flavors. There is also a demand from the industries, for moreexperiential learning focused courses.Digital transformation is happening in many sectors leading to transformations in the workforce[4]. The transformed workforce now needs to be aware of digital tools and possible risk factorswhile using them. Moreover, more digital devices and workflows have unfortunately resulted intechnological drawbacks, and cyber-attacks [5, 6]. The actual number of cyber-attacks may belarger as many industries do not report attacks or may successfully deal with them. The

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Michael Patrick Hayes, Michigan State University

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.16. Pfotenhauer, J., & Gagnon, D. (2015). Game design and learning objectives for undergraduate engineering thermodynamics. 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28381985317. Pfotenhauer, J. M. (2021). ThermoVR: A Virtual Laboratory to Enhance Learning in Undergraduate Thermodynamics. 2021 ASEE Annual Conference.18. Kaliakin, D. S., Zaari, R. R., & Varganov, S. A. (2015). 3D Printed Potential and Free Energy Surfaces for Teaching Fundamental Concepts in Physical Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 92(12), 2106–2112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b0040919. Pinger, C. W., Geiger, M. K., & Spence, D. M. (2020). Applications of 3D-Printing for

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Zachary Owen Dickinson, Gannon University; Hannah Paige Jacobs, Gannon University; Sara Jones, Gannon University; Damien Thiên Ân Chu, Gannon University; Hunter Dawson Yaple, Gannon University; Andrew Donald Snowdy; Zoey McClain, Gannon University; Nicholas B Conklin, Gannon University; Wookwon Lee, Gannon University

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provide research and engineering opportunities to at least five undergraduate students per year on average 3. (Achievable) To improve and sustain a framework for NASA mission-related laboratory experiments and project formulation for undergraduate student research 4. (Realistic) To complete the proposed projects within the project budget, with funds already secured from an external sponsor and other internal funds available to the team 5. (Time-bound) To demonstrate project outcomes by the end of AY 2023-2024 Our project team consisted of student members from freshmen through junior as of spring2023. Students participated in project lab activities regularly for 5~10 hours/week, depending ontheir time availability

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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. Lectures are held twice a week for 50minutes each. The project studio and computer lab sessions are scheduled for 110 minutes each,weekly. Each course component is designed with its own set of learning outcomes. All undergraduate engineering students must take ENGR127 and ENGR128. Bothcourses are 4-credit courses designed to prepare students to apply mathematical techniques toengineering problems and carry out engineering projects. In these courses, students are exposedto lectures, project studios, and computer laboratories designed to prepare students to formulateand solve engineering problems, learn about computer tools for manipulating data sets andstructured programming, electronics and circuits, practice teamwork, project management