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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Ranil Wickramasinghe

MAST center would give them many mentoring relationships thatwould continue to encourage them to pursue STEM.MethodsThe projects were designed to demonstrate relevant principles to membrane research. Membraneresearch is an effective topic for an introduction to STEM since students can easily visualize theprocess, the experiments are simple and efficient, and the field is highly interdisciplinary. Eachproject consisted of an introductory day where the instructors taught some of the relevant theoryand demonstrated the experiments, a learning day where the students practiced the experimentsunder heavy guidance and supervision from the instructors, and a research day where the studentsused the knowledge they gained over the first two days to make

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kristine Q. Loh; Moumita Dasgupta

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference The Forces of Stage Design: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Normal Force, Frictional Force, and Design Ethics for non-STEM Majors Kristine Q. Loh1 and Moumita Dasgupta2 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2 Department of Physics, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MNAbstractThis paper presents an innovative lecture and lab for teaching the concepts of normal andfrictional force to non-STEM majors through a design activity centered on raked, or inclined,stages. This joint lecture and lab suited a three

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Yimesker Yihun; Lena Lamei

meaningful. The projects also fostered a sense of accomplishment andboosted students' confidence in their problem-solving abilities. The EM approach encouraged themto think creatively and explore innovative solutions beyond what was covered in traditionallectures. Figure 6: Students' perception © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceConclusionThis paper discussed a method to improve engineering design education for undergraduates bycombining mini-prototype projects and an Entrepreneurial Mindset. The approach and engagementstrategy provided practical ways to foster collaboration among college students while