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so they can take acertification test upon graduation and spending some time in the field. The Quality Core wasdefined as it is explained in Figure 1. Fig. 1. Quality core overlapping with engineering and management cores.The core includes Engineering Project Management, Engineering Manufacturing Process, LeanManufacturing, Six Sigma 1, and Six Sigma 2 courses and was designed as an integration ofcourses needed to form a profound understanding of quality practices in the manufacturing field.Based on our experience in the certification and in the training of professionals towardscertifications, the two Six Sigma courses and a lean manufacturing course were developed toconnect the tools contents with application practices and deviate

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Jafar Al-Sharab; Amal Al-Ruseifan; Mohammed Al-Sharab; Curtis Desslles; Safiyah Al-Sharab; Omar Al-Sharab

disciplines in order to meet the current labor demandand prepare tomorrow’s workforce.IntroductionSTEM education is vital for the United States to remain a leader of various technology aspects[1-6]. Broadening participation and promoting diversity in STEM education is key to createfuture inventions [4,5]. It has been observed in the last couple of decades that there is a gradualdecrease in the Bachelor of Science graduates from US institutions in the STEM fields [2-5].Many findings and studies confirm that our nation is in urgent need of improvement in STEMeducation and strategies to correct the current situation [1-6].This is a work in progress to help our nation create a diverse pipeline of STEM majors to befuture scientists and engineers. STEM

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Mohsen Azizi; Venancio Fuentes

alternative power solutions for residential and industrial sectors. Compared to traditionalfossil generators, RESs are more efficient and environmentally friendly. Due to the relativelyyoung age of these technologies, there is still a big gap between the relevant job market andeducational programs, which call for engineers and technicians specifically trained to meet thenew market demands of these new technologies. The global investment in RESs has gonethrough a mostly increasing trend in the past 10 years [1], which implies that RESs will own amajor share of the power generation and distribution market in a near future as compared tofossil fuel, large hydro, and nuclear generators. This multi-billion-dollar market requires asignificant number of

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Abhishek Patil; Jungyun Bae

mechatronics increases, few universitiesoffer courses that can have hands-on experience with both simulation and real-world robots.Fortunately, Michigan Tech offers students as many courses as possible that include hands-onexperience on the curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate students. It is evident thatmore hands-on experiences on techniques that follow the current industry trends can help thestudents better understand their job opportunities. For this reason, we designed a new course thatfocuses on hands-on lab sessions utilizing the most widely used open-source middleware, ROS.ROS [1] is a middleware that provides libraries and tools to help software developers createrobot applications. Many state-of-art algorithms are developed in ROS

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Joseph Cecere

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Chandramouli Chandramouli; Shoji Nakayama; Mohammad Zahraee; Niaz Latif

that accepts transfercourse credits seamlessly from their AS degrees and allows them to graduate with BS degreeprogram by taking evening courses in five to six semesters.OLS Pathway Program for Construction ProfessionalsMany institutions have implemented pathway programs that leads to either AS or BS degrees. InFlorida Polk State College partnered with industry to create an apprenticeship program that leadsto AS degrees [1]. One study indicated that, “community colleges must make their manydifferent types of credentials understandable, and employers must signal clearly what credentialsthey’re seeking – not only degrees but certificates, certifications, licenses, badges, and noncreditcredentials that transition to credit pathways” [2]. Once

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Brad Dahm; Emma Davidson; Paniz Hazaveh; Aleksandr Sergeyev

been developed forwelding 3 dimensional objects from nothing [1]. Industrial applications today are increasing intheir use of robots for a variety of processes. Students graduating from University havingcompleted courses covering robotic materials are quite valuable to potential employers. Thesenior design program at Michigan Technological University is designed to provide studentswith a real-world project that emulates the work that would potentially be done in the student’sfuture career.This senior design project revolves around the FANUC robotics platform and provides anexcellent opportunity for hands-on learning of the controls and functions of the robot. Robots inuse today are used for a wide variety of processes including material

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Elizabeth Dell; Marcos Esterman; Carol Marchetti

improved.IntroductionWomen faculty continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields, despite an increase in thenumber of women earning doctoral degrees in STEM over the past decade [1], [2]. Barriers totheir participation include challenges related to work-life balance, career navigation, stereotypethreat, and unconscious bias [1]. Faculty who are underrepresented based on their identities otherthan and in addition to gender are also impacted by unconscious biases. This impacts therepresentation and inclusion of a diverse faculty in higher education. Unconscious or implicitbiases are associations that are made quickly that affect our perceptions, judgments, and behavior[3]. They may be based on physical or social characteristics associated with race or ethnicity

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William Evans

” hasbeen created over the years by the author and is found at his university website [1]. A second textat the same website has been started which describes many of the lab experiments from the“Hybrid Text” and has grown with the addition of other experiments as well. It is found underthe title “Hybrid Lab Text” [2]. With COVID, a YouTube channel [3] has been added integratingthe lectures from the text, the problem sets, and labs. All texts and YouTube materials are free.Discussed are some of the lab experiences used in two EET courses, one at the sophomore year,one at the senior. These labs also form many of the lab exercises for an Electrical Engineeringcourse in PLCs. A fourth course that uses many of the lab experiences is an Auto Controls

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Marilyn Dyrud

-common methodology of lecture to inculcate memorization and recitation wasinadequate to teach the thinking skills necessary for trial lawyers, Langdell stressed the Socraticmethod, querying students and encouraging them to focus on reasoning. To support his classes,he wrote his own textbook, Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts in 1871, followed byseveral others [1]. While initially controversial, cases became standard methodology for the lawschool. By 1924, case-based pedagogy had spread to the Harvard Business School [2], and fromthere to the broader academic community.Case-based methodology stresses critical thinking and analysis, and how to think appropriately isan issue prominent in all academic disciplines. Different disciplines view

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Laurie Flood; Adam Slazas; Hank Stewart; David Walker

needs for merchantmariners during the Second World War. The programs were later extended, and MMA wasoffering 4-year Bachelor of Science degrees by 1960 [1].MMA’s Marine Engineering Technology (MET) program, started in 1985, is one of sixengineering, engineering technology, and engineering operations programs currently offered bythe college. The program has been accredited by ABET since 1986, and approximately 180 ofMMA’s 1,000 full-time undergraduate students are enrolled in the program.Students in MMA’s MET program not only complete all coursework required by ABET butmust also complete all United States Coast Guard (USCG) requirements for unlimitedhorsepower third assistant engineer officer licensing [2]. The MET students participate

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Paniz Hazaveh; Aleksandr Sergeyev; Nathir Rawashdeh

reconsidering their ways of operation. The business modelsare changing the methods of manufacturing, transportation and delivery. This continuous changefrom traditional ways to using smart technologies such as artificial intelligence, (AI) is what isreferred to as the 4th industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 [1]. Engineering fields used to beisolated from each other and each engineer would only be familiar with a particular engineeringdiscipline, but this has changed over the past two decades [2]; As the current manufacturingenvironment is adapting with industry 4.0, there is a growing need for multidisciplinaryknowledge in different fields of engineering and computing. Manufacturing, which is one of thebasic blocks of the economy in the United States

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javad khazaii; Ali Khazaei

ETD 445 Developing Energy Efficiency and Advanced Decision-Making Course Javad Khazaii, Ali Khazaei Kennesaw State UniversityAbstractIn today’s world we are facing an explosion of population worldwide. This is “the majorunderlying force on environmental degradation and a threat to sustainable use of naturalresources” [1]. As a result, there is a need for much more energy to accommodate thesedemands. At the same time, the world is facing the problem of extreme impact of these demandson the nature and environment and is in need for developing methods of satisfying thesedemands

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Erik Kocher; Chukwuemeka George Ochieze; Ahmat Oumar; Travis Winter; Aleksandre Sergeyev; Mark Gauthier; Nathir Rawashdeh

advancing robotics technology.Drimus et al. utilizes a Schunk PG70 parallel gripper that has been equipped with custom tactilesensors that are the object of study for the paper [1]. Using these custom sensors with thegripper, the robot is able to identify different objects based on rigidity and deformationcharacteristics.Due to the excellent quality of the Schunk grippers and the versatility of parallel gripper systems,they are commonly used for testing new gripper technologies as previously mentioned. A teamof researchers currently exploring self-aligning grippers that use electrostatic/gecko-likeadhesive to pick flat surface parts [2]. The team is showing very promising results and is evenable to pick parts of non-smooth surfaces, like fabrics

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N. Athula Kulatunga; Niaz Latif; Jesus De La Cruz

ETD 315 Discipline Specific Skill Acquisition (DSSA) for Engineering Technology First-Year Students N. Athula Kulatunga, Niaz Latif, and Jesus De La Cruz Purdue University NorthwestPreambleThe National Institute for Direct Instruction [1] emphasizes the importance of skill mastery at theK-12 education level. The German education system provides skill mastery to post-secondarystudents through a well-choreographed “dual studies” system where on-the-job training anduniversity lectures go in parallel [2]. In its 2016 report, “The Future of Jobs Employment, Skillsand

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Zongguang Liu; Chrispin Johnston; Aleksi Leino; Travis Winter; Aleksandr Sergeyev; Mark Gauthier; Nathir Rawashdeh

and ladder programming of a four-axis robot enclosed in a cage with one sideguarded by an optical fence. The robot has pneumatically actuated X-Y linear motion and apneumatic gripper. Furthermore, the Z-axis motion and gripper wrist rotation are controlled byservo motors. A human machine interface (HMI) is also present, and it allows for easymanipulation and programming of the robot. This type of robot can be used to transfer smallcomponents between conveyer belts or for light assembly functions. This paper details thesystem’s components, operation, and custom programming.Literature ReviewA programmable logic controller (PLC) is a rugged computer used to track and automatemanufacturing processes in a variety of industries [1]. A PLC consists

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

engineering undergraduate programs have an end-of-program design project,termed capstone project, to culminate the engineering studies. Depending on the program andparticular institution, they may have different course structures [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] and differentstudent outcomes or expectations. Ozkan et al. [1] examines the ancillary effects (both positive andnegative) of poorly defined problem statements, and the importance of understanding the actualproblem before attempting a solution. One accreditation-based educational objective is to document“student must demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate complex engineering problems….” This isoften a difficult and perplexing step for the students, who naturally want to jump directly into

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Helen McNally

student’s responses to these activities. While nanotechnology encompasses work at thescale of less than 100 nanometers, the ethical implications are not small in magnitude.IntroductionTechnological advances have increasingly impacted daily life; this demands close attention toethical considerations. ABET recently adopted changes to program criteria to include “effective,efficient, sustainable, and socially responsible manner” [1], essentially emphasizing the need forethical considerations in engineering and technology programs. Rather than being small in scale,the field of nanotechnology may actually amplify ethical concerns by orders of magnitude. Thequestions of ethics are the same when applied to nanotechnology.Nanotechnology has the potential

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Gary Mullett

ETD 445efficiently. Another consequence of the adoption of IoT technology is that the nature of thetraffic on the Internet shifts from predominantly human initiated traffic (clicks on a web pageand then server downloads) to largely machine-to-machine or M2M communications. This lastfact is the driving force behind the newest 5G cellular standard and the proposed future 6Gstandards that are being driven by envisioned IoT apps [1], [2], [3]. Most observers of IoTtechnology believe that this is part of the natural evolution of the Internet (i.e. Internet 2.0) andpredict that the majority of new devices connected to the Internet will be IoT related and thattheir number will grow exponentially. The following graphic from IOT Analytics indicates

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Keir Moorhead; Dinesh Pinisetty

encountered in real-world startup andshutdown procedures. The diesel simulator training is a path forward to build competence andprovide students with relevant real-world experience to be effective engineers.1. IntroductionEngineering licensed graduates of California State University Maritime Academy (CSUM), bothMarine Engineering Technology (MET) students and Mechanical Engineering License Track(ME-L) students, enter the workplace with a United States Coast Guard, 3rd Assistant Engineer,Steam, Diesel, Gas Turbine, Unlimited Horsepower license. This credential allows them to sailon any vessel in the US shipping fleet as a 3rd assistant engineer. Currently, the US fleet hasapproximately 180 privately held self-propelled vessels over 1000 gross tons [1

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Science Foundation (NSF), 126 eighth grade students from 10 classes were providedwith instruction regarding the Earth’s water. In five of the classes, students were provided withtraditional instruction including textbook, lecture, projects, and tests while students in theremaining five classes used the same textbook and were tasked to design a water purificationdevice. Based on an analysis of pre-test and post-test performance, students participating in theengineer-design project not only demonstrated higher performance on post-test scores but alsodemonstrated a greater percentage of improvement [1]. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society

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Brian Piechocki; Chelsey Spitzner; Namratha Karanam; Travis Winter; Aleksandr Sergeyev; Mark Gauthier; Nathir Rawashdeh

to apply precise force profiles for handled work pieces. Thissystem is designed to handle objects using a force sensing module and pneumatic gripper. Theamount of force can be measured, set, monitored, and adjusted. The force is controlled using aclosed-loop PI controller [1]. The system, shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, consists of six maincomponents: pressure regulator, directional valve, force measuring device, two-finger gripper, airprep system, and a power supply and signal conditioning module. The purpose of eachcomponent is shown in the figure below and described in further detail. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for

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Biswajit Ray

profession [1]. Accordingly, project-basedlearning (PBL) [2] was integrated into a sophomore/junior level instrumentation course for EETstudents. PBL empowered students [3,4] to self-direct their educational experience by designingexperimental systems for given specifications. It is an instructional method that integratesstructured, new knowledge gained in this course and other courses with the new self-taughtknowledge via solving real-world problems. A PBL-based pedagogical approach [5,6] facilitatesstudents’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills while accomplishing the course-specificobjectives. In addition, PBL pedagogy contributes to epistemological development [7] ofstudents.The three-credit instrumentation course meets for two one-hour

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Abel Reyes; Skyler Reinhardt; Tony Wise; Nathir Rawashdeh; Sidike Paheding

was reported at about 36% in North America, 27% inEurope, and 20% in Asia in 2020 [1]. The advance in technology has aided in automatization ofprocesses, increase productivity and quality of final products within different industries. The useof robots within the manufacturing process has set a precedent in the industry in terms ofefficient usage of resources, connectivity and mass production. Since the implementation of thefirst industrial robot in the 70s, robotics has witnessed a rapid increase in use. This is also seen inmanufacturing and in replacing jobs that are currently human-held to improve safety or workersor to reduce cost. As such, more demand is made for people who can design, create, build, andmaintain robots. Industry 4.0 is

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Grant Richards; Nicole Otte

explore and consider opportunities in an industry with limited public Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering Educationvisibility. Simultaneously, enabling the showcase to be a key element of instruction can driveknowledge development through engaged learning with industrial-grade systems inenvironments not impacted by production timelines or economics.Advancing Process Industry EducationPurdue University is Indiana’s land grant university tasked with improving the economy andoutlook for the state and nation. The manufacturing sector is the most significant component ofthe Indiana economy [1]. It stands to benefit

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David Satterwhite

transportation,maritime companies have been leaning on economies of scale for continued success and growth,leading to larger and more complicated and technologically advanced vessels. This applies tomost maritime transportation and is readily apparent when comparing the evolution ofcontainership capacity utilized in the transportation of the global supply chain with that of itspredecessors. Simply put, “shipping lines have tried to take advantage of the economies of scaleby operating increasingly large vessels, with the aim of reducing per box costs of each containerthat they handle” [1]. In fact, one of the most recent containerships, built in July of 2021, is theultra large container vessel (ULCV) the “Ever Ace” operated by Evergreen Marine Corp

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Aleksandr Sergeyev; Chinmay Kondekar

the inputsand outputs from sensors. A large-scale production facility uses a distributed control system toexchange data. Still, there is a need to acquire production-related data from the factory floor andpresent it to the production staff. The data collection is done by connecting the PLCs withdatabases through various communication protocols such as EthernetIP, the workhorse ofindustrial automation communications. Anthony, Mahato, Sharma, and Chitranshi [1] havereinforced this claim and proposed architecture for such an EthernetIP-based system. The authorshave used a Linux-based server to collect data and a python program to analyze the collecteddata, process the information, and present it on a graphical user interface. The

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Aleksandr Sergeyev; Paniz Hazaveh; Nathir Rawashdeh; John Irwin

for traditional and technology-oriented engineering students in the advancegraduate studies [1-3]. Figure 1 depicts the current structure of the MS degree in Mechatronics atMichigan Tech. As figure reveals, students from the community colleges participating inarticulation agreements with Michigan Tech’s Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)program can enter MS degree in Mechatronics upon completion of two years study and earningBachelor of Science (BS) degree in EET. Also, the degree has been designed to fit theinternational students and students from the other universities. Proceedings of the 2022 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering

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Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang; Zakariya Al Hamouz

understanding on applications of contemporary machining processes,including hands-on activities. Also, implications on mechanical design aspects will be addressedto broaden students’ perspectives on processes and optimization.1. IntroductionMany manufacturing companies are hosted by the Northeast Indiana region, and they produce avariety of high value-added products; they are companies such as General Motors, ZimmerBiomet, Steel Dynamics BAE Systems, BF Goodrich, and others mainly dedicated to mechanicalmanufacturing and auto-parts.The region’s industry requirements for engineering graduates were assessed by surveysconducted by Indiana Tech and distributed to manufacturers and other businesses in the region,as well as to graduating students with a