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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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Paper ID #44595Implementation of a Semester-long, Real-World Problem Project in aCritical Systems Thinking CourseProf. Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Mary E. Johnson is a Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Studies and Research in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology (SATT) at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She earned her BS, MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from UTArlingtonMr. Gustavo Adolfo Sanchez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Gustavo is a Ph.D. student in the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University. He

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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where this study is being conducted. With overseven years of experience in teaching and research in engineering education, the researcher nowserves as the course's instructor and coordinator within the research setting.Setting of the study This study is conducted at a public university in the northeastern region of Indiana,United States. The FYE program plays a crucial role in introducing fundamental engineeringconcepts for all new engineering students across the four engineering programs (computer,electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering) in two core engineering courses, the EngineeringFundamentals I (ENGR127) and II (ENGR128). Each engineering fundamentals course includesa lecture, a project studio, and a computer lab component

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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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colors, and user-drawn stamps to help them make visual connections,visualize data, and understand spatial relationships in places they visit.This project was created as a collaborative undergraduate research experience between multipledisciplines, including communications, art education, and computer science, as well as inpartnership with a local public K–12 school. Walk and Draw was developed as abrowser-based application using the p5js library to enable ease of development and rapidprototyping of ideas. The program itself presents users with a large map of their current areabased on a device’s current GPS location and supports both touch- and pen-based drawing. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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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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education levels and make the field accessible for more populations.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at the University of Cincinnati and was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering MecDr. Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University Betsy M. Aller is Associate Professor Emerita in Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and Management Systems. At Western Michigan University, she coordinated and taught capstone design courses for 20 years, and developed courses in sustainability and project management. Her focus was on students’ professional

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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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Woerner Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources West Virginia University Morgantown, WV Email: mebartley@mail.wvu.edu, andrew.nix@mail.wvu.edu, brian.woerner@mail.wvu.eduAbstractThis paper outlines the West Virginia University (WVU) EcoCAR team's strategies for creatinga positive and inclusive team culture within the context of the EcoCAR Electric VehicleChallenge (EV), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors, and MathWorks.The EcoCAR EV Channels centers on the redesign of 2024 Cadillac Lyriq, and forms the basisof capstone design projects for approximately 70 students per year across the disciplines ofMechanical Engineering

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

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incorporates project-based concepts in powercourses. This curriculum will create new learning materials and teaching strategies, with aparticular focus on introducing renewable energy concepts in the early phases of powerengineering courses. It will integrate wind and solar energy considerations, challenges, andconcepts into all aspects of power engineering. The unique goal of this paper is to raise awarenessof green energy in power systems and provide practical training for the much-needed industrysector.Key Words: Curriculum Design, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Turbine Design, GlobalChallenges.I. IntroductionThe objective of this study is to create a curriculum that will provide the infrastructure for teachingthe principles of green energy

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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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later became a base system for the first com- mercialized CDMA (2G) system in the world. His doctoral research at Wayne State University was the development of self-adaptive AI frameworks motivated by cultural evolution processes, which was then applied to solve various problems such as optimizing neural networks and 2D & 3D target shape opti- mization. He launched numerous world-wide STEM+CS/AI programs including Robofest, RoboParade, Vision Centric Challenge, RoboArts, and MathDance. He also mentored college robotics teams for IGVC, RoboCup soccer, and World Robot Olympiad. In 2011, IEEE honored Dr. Chung with its citation of honor award for his leadership in STEM education. His current projects using drive-by

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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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physics from Grove City College in 2001, and a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State University in 2009. He is currently an associate professor and chair of the Physics Department at Gannon University, Erie, PA.Dr. Wookwon Lee, Gannon University Wookwon Lee, P.E. received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Inha University, Korea, in 1985, and the M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Electrical and Cyber Engineering at Gannon University, Erie, PA. Prior to joining Gannon in 2007, he had been involved in various research and development projects in industry and

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

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of The Pledge of the Computing Professional, an organization dedicated to the promotion of ethics in the computing professions. Estell is Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University, where he currently teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses, and serves on the college’s Capstone Design Committee. Much of his research involves design education pedagogy, including for- mative assessment of client-student interactions, modeling sources of engineering design constraints, and applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects through student engagement in educational software development. Estell earned his BS in Computer Science

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

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-week immersive researchexperience that supported 10 students per summer and provided strategic professionaldevelopment to support research success and success in applying to and completing a graduatedegree. Here we summarize the outcomes from our three-year award. Each year we havepublished on different aspects of the project. Here we report outcomes of our objectives from allthree cohorts and discuss lessons learned and next steps. The REU SITE program objectiveswere to 1.) increase the number of historically underrepresented students pursing a MS or PhDand prepare them for success when applying and completing a graduate degree, 2.) provide anindependent scientific research experience in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (BMMB), 3.)and develop

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Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

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BalanceWork-life balance is crucial for women engineers, as it pertains to finding a balance betweentheir professional responsibilities as engineers and personal commitments outside of work. Itinvolves effectively managing their time, energy, and priorities to ensure they find fulfillmentboth in their careers and personal lives. To achieve this balance, they need to be able to pursuetheir career aspirations, meet job demands, and engage in meaningful projects while alsofulfilling their family responsibilities, personal interests, and self-care routines.The ability to achieve work-life balance enables women engineers to thrive in their careers whilemaintaining overall well-being and satisfaction in their personal lives. They can achieve this

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

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Conference 1 Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Educationwith ideas, test implementations, and customize the hands-on experience I find necessary to learnnew material. Not only that, but I was enjoying myself! After taking Computer Architecture,I approached my professor about exploring incorporating the game into the coursework at myuniversity as a means to assist struggling students through alternative learning methods. This paperis a formalized version of the proposal that I made to my professor.In addition to developing unique projects for students, this paper suggests an innovative approachto easing the transition between digital logic and computer architecture. We propose taskingstudents with

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Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

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potential in underrepresented minority students,” American Journal of Physics, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 374–379, 2011.[19] L. J. Conner, “Summer graduate bridge project at the university of new mexico,” in 2008 GSW, 2021.[20] C. Lira, M. Worden, and D. Briedis, “Graduate bridging and continuing education in che via the web,” in 2001 Annual Conference, 2001, pp. 6–526.[21] D. Blackwood, D. Peters, and E. Gross, “Disciplinary migration of engineering master’s students: Why do some students change their majors and others do not?” in Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2019.[22] D. L. Peters and S. R. Daly, “Returning to graduate school: Expectations of success, values of the degree, and managing the costs

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Catherine Molloseau, Grand Valley State University

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introductoryapplied programming course in C. Pre-Calculus is a prerequisite for the course. Final grades areassigned based on a combination of interactive reading assignments and laboratory activities aswell as lab practicums, weekly take home quizzes and mid-term and final exams.ParticipantsAll students enrolled in the required applied programming course in C were invited to participatein the study. As this study focused on the effect of initiatives in the state of Michigan, only datafrom students that graduated from a Michigan high school was included. In addition, the studydid not collect data on demographics such as age, gender, or race as this is not the focus of thestudy, and the population of some groups was projected to be too low to avoid

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Nicole Becklinger, University of Southern Indiana

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that the results include summaries of data collected in Spring 22, which was alreadyexamined in detail in the previous publication related to this study [citation placeholder to avoidreveling author identity]. However, it is important to include a copy of this data to examine time-dependent changes. Overall response rates were low. This is particularly true of the Spring 23semester where a delay in IRB renewal for the project shortened the number of times eligible Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Sec on Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Educa on 5students were made aware of the survey leading up to data collection. Due to the small