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Heather L. Walker; Daesoo Kim; Edgar C. Clausen

engineers focusing on water treatment or transportation issues. These differences inunderstanding sustainability by discipline are easily recognized when looking at the requirementsfor an undergraduate minor in sustainability at the University of Arkansas, (U of A) [2]. Whileall students pursuing the minor must complete six hours of basic classes in sustainability (SUST11003 and 21003) and a three-hour capstone project in sustainability (SUST 41003), theremaining nine hours of electives for the sustainability minor may come from courses in 34different majors. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceEngineering has seen a significant increase in

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Kaylee Cunning; Jamilla E. S. L. Teixeira; Joseph Tighi; Isabella M. Bueno; Jessica Deters

grown in prevalence, butthe most enduring model of undergraduate research is the apprenticeship-model, where studentswork directly under the mentorship of a faculty member[10].The University of Nebraska-Lincoln established the Undergraduate Creative Activities &Research Experiences Program (UCARE) in 1998. UCARE provides $1,000,000 in stipendsannually for approximately 300 to 350 undergraduate students across all majors. UCAREparticipants showcase their primary outcomes in a yearly Undergraduate Research Symposium.Programs such as UCARE allow students to work alongside faculty members, engaging inhands-on research and creative projects, enhancing their academic and professional development.Cunning et al. (2024) presented a reflection of

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Chinmaya Joshi; Clancy Milam; Corbin Russ; Stephen Pierson; Han Hu; Ying Sun

uses steady-state analysis to create a temperature profileacross the sample and subsequently calculate the thermal resistance and conductivity. This setupcan greatly assist students with thermal characterization requirements for testing materials in-house and reduce development time in capstone projects and research while allowing them tounderstand the fundamentals of heat transfer through practical applications. It is also a goodalternative for organizations looking into building their thermal characterization facilities.Keywords: Thermal Conductivity, Heat Conduction, Experimental Facility, UndergraduateStudent PosterNomenclature:k = Thermal ConductivityR = Thermal ResistanceT = Temperaturet = Timeq = Heat Flow

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Theresa M. Swift; Robert S. Woodley; Keith Miller; Erik Swanson

for the prerequisite course agreed to develop project-based homeworkassignments for the DSP II course. He was able to develop a partial set of assignments for thecourse over a semester.The student took the list of topics provided by the prior instructor and chose those he believed hecould develop homework problems around. He had done additional reading in some of the areasso was familiar with some of the material already though it was not covered in his previouscoursework. After studying a topic, he looked for real-world scenarios where the topic would beused.One example was using DSP techniques to distinguish between an earthquake and a nuclearbomb test from seismic data sets which are freely available. The use of publicly available datasets

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Kimberly J. Cornett

instructors. The department’s ME and EE degrees havebeen accredited since 1995. The RME degree will be eligible for accreditation after the firstgraduate. The department’s next ABET reaccreditation visit is scheduled for 2026.Positionality of AuthorThis proposed assessment plan was developed by the author as a project for a graduate course onpedagogy and assessment. The author is an engineering faculty member in the department forwhich the proposed plan was developed, but is not the ABET coordinator for the department. Thedepartment chair and ABET coordinator both consented to be the “customers” for thisassessment project. The author participates in the assessment of student outcomes for her owncourses and is involved in discussions with the faculty

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Clancy Milam; Chinmaya Joshi; Stephen Pierson; Han Hu; Ying Sun

is exactly causing thedata to be inconsistent, calibration and testing of the setup will have to be done. 2024 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceAcknowledgements:This work was supported by NASA under Grant No. 80NSSC23K023. C.M. acknowledges supportfrom the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Workforce Development program.References:[1] “Thermal Properties of Materials.” Infinitia Industrial Consulting, July 28, 2022. https://www.infinitiaresearch.com/en/sin-categoria-en/thermal-properties-of-materials/.[2] Dunn, Alexandra, Josh Henderson, Zachary Kubas, and Chandan Roy. “Capstone Engineering Project to Design an Apparatus for Testing the Thermal Impedance and Apparent Thermal Conductivity of

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Jonathan Janecek; Christian Sunderland; Laurel Wagner; Rachael Wagner; Sangjin Ryu; Moeto Nagai; Yong-Joon Choi; Ik-Hyun Kwon; Rifat H. Chowdhury; Ryoma Mibu; Tomoya Ide

Electricaland Electronic Engineering at TUT. For 2023-2024, he was a Research Fellow of Japan Societyfor the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Since 2024, he has been a Project Research Associate at theInstitute for Research on Next-Generation Semiconductor and Sensing Science (IRES²). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024

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Emily Fitzpatrick; Jessica Deters

semesters. The future data collection plan isdepicted in Figure 2. Upon completion of data collection, the interview and reflection data willbe analyzed through an iterative open coding process. The findings of this project will aim toinform future researchers exploring the gatekeeping nature of Statics and the impact of studentpreconceptions. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Figure 2. Future Data Collection Process© American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceReferences[1] S. Clancy, L. Murphy, S. Daly, and C. Seifert, “Developing an Interview Protocol to Elicit Engineering Students

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Mollie Petersen; Emily Fitzpatrick; Chloe Mann; Jessica Deters

both technical expertise and interculturalcompetence. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) emphasizes abroad education by promoting global awareness for career success, aligning with national callsfor engineering students to develop intercultural competence [1]. Employers seek graduates whocan work effectively with colleagues and clients from diverse cultural backgrounds, a critical formany domestic and international projects [2]. Thus, fostering intercultural competence inengineering students is essential for their professional development.While study abroad experiences have traditionally enhanced students’ intercultural competence,engineering students often face barriers such as financial constraints and rigid

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Jillian B. Schmidt

. Her research and teaching interests include project-based designcourses and active learning techniques in undergraduate engineering courses. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024

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Sadie M. Prigmore; Moses Olayemi

challenges, carbon capture has beensuccessfully implemented and is projected to be more socially acceptable since it does noteliminate the use of fossil fuels entirely [31]. Renewable energy integration into cement © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceproduction is still in its infancy, with little to no research available on the costs involved.Nonetheless, given current trends in reducing CO2 emissions with renewables in other sectors, itcan be assumed that similar outcomes could be achieved in the cement industry. The currentacceptance of renewables in other industries suggests that, with successful implementation,renewables will likely be well

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Ibukunoluwa E. Salami; Segun S. Oladipo; Logan A. Perry

understanding of theoretical engineering concepts.Segun Samuel Oladipo is a master's student in Mechanical Engineering at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln. He earned his undergraduate degree from Ladoke Akintola University ofTechnology in Ogbomosho, Nigeria. With 13 years of industry experience in Nigeria, he isalso a certified project manager. Currently, he serves as the Pollution Prevention TechnicalAssistance Coordinator for the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and the Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center. AtUNL, his research includes tutoring students to apply theoretical concepts in mechanicalengineering to real-life scenarios. © American Society for Engineering

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Sourav Sutradhar; Oghenetega A. Obewhere; Karen Acurio-Cerda; Moses Dike; Rajesh Keloth; Shudipto K. Dishari

performed a 2-phaseenergy literacy infrastructure study (data collected in 2019-2020, analyzed over 2020-2021)across high schools in Nebraska. While this was initially funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) CAREER Award only, considering the scope and significance of this work,Nebraska Center for Energy Science Research (NCESR, funded by Nebraska Public PowerDistrict (NPPD)) and the UNL Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering offeredtheir kind support to this project. The next step was addressing the identified needs by designing © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencedata-driven STEM activities focused on sustainable energy

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Chloe Mann; Emily Fitzpatrick; Jessica Deters

-intensive university in the Midwest region of the U.S. The data for this study are hour-long,semi-structured interviews conducted for this broader project. Specifically, we analyze responsesto two questions: (1) “what made you decide to pursue engineering degree?” and (2) “have youever thought about leaving engineering?” These questions aimed to uncover what motivationsunderrepresented students had for choosing engineering, why they debated leaving, and whatdrives their persistence. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceParticipantsThe original study consisted of 21 undergraduate engineering students at a large, public, land-grant university in