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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Zahra Zamanipour; Matthew Young; Afsana Ahamed

Real-Time Temperature Reading on an FPGA board Utilizing Entrepreneurially Minded Learning (EML) Zahra Zamanipour, Matthew Young, Afsana Ahamed Electrical Engineering Department, Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractStudents were assigned a course project in “Advanced Digital Design” course that involved VHDLprogramming for real-time temperature readings on the Nexys 4 DDR Artix-7 FPGA board. Inaddition to designing and developing complex digital hardware programming, students wereengaged in learning about I2C protocol and its implementation. The assignment was designed as areal-world problem to employ entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) concepts namely,curiosity

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Molly McVey; Priscilla L. Shum

reflection exercise provided a window into the minds and hearts of our students.Getting a sense of why they are in the program, who inspires or shapes their motivations, andhow they feel about engineering was eye-opening. My heart sank the first time I saw the wordsdescribing their feelings towards engineering (as stressful, discouraged, and confused stood outto me). However, words like proud, curious, excited, and intrigued also found their way torelevance on the word cloud. The biggest takeaway from this part of the exercise came when Ishared results with students. There was an audible gasp in the room as students realized they arenot the only ones who feel some of the negative feelings. Students said that simply seeing theresults of the

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

. Only by having the TA and instructor work closely together can the issues be resolvedto develop course appropriate assignments.The Learning Outcomes for the Faculty Member – EE3431When utilizing student TAs in course development the biggest challenge is to keep in mind thedifferences and deficiencies between how the instructor wants to run the class and what the TAhas learned. If the student is a former student in the class for the instructor, the issues are © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conferenceminimized, but the range of questions will be limited and may not be different from what theinstructor would create. However, a student that was not

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Hamzah Mousa; Margarita O. Genes; Adam C. Lynch

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Comprehensive Case Study of Project Based Learning in Engineering Hamzah Mousa1, Margarita Orozco Genes1, Adam Carlton Lynch2 1-Wichita State University – Department of Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Engineering 2- Wichita State University – Department of Applied EngineeringAbstract In the contemporary engineering education system, project-based learning is now seen as aninnovative pedagogy that maintains the constructive collaboration of content knowledge and real-world practice. PBL exposes students to real-life problems, increases the practice of problem-solving coupled with teamwork, and the fundamental skills

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Saurabh S. Singh; Adam C. Lynch; Abdulaziz Abdulaziz

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Case Studies in Systems Engineering: Cultivate Curiosity and Competence Saurabh Sanjay Singh (Student), Adam Carlton Lynch, PhD (Faculty), and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, PhD Wichita State UniversityAbstract Graduate engineering students need practical experience with real-world case studies toapply systems engineering concepts, particularly in digital transformation. This study examinesthe outcomes of a post-event survey conducted after a case study exercise in the IME 764,Systems Engineering course at Wichita State University. Two INCOSE case

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Chloe Mann; Emily Fitzpatrick; Jessica Deters

Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference and so it's not like, I put my dream all the way aside. My number one goal is to become a dentist. But as of right now, I would say my goal is to be financially stable. My parents made this big sacrifice to come here and leave everything they have. So I feel like I can make a little sacrifice to just pursue a career where I can get on my feet and make a little bit. Have a job that's guaranteed right after college. And then from there, I don't mind working on what I want to pursue.Participant 12’s story reflects external, Utility-based factors for choosing engineering. They arefocused on the financial stability

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William Slaton; Lin Zhang; Jesse Butler

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference An AI Robotics & Ethics Summer Camp for High School Students William Slaton1, Lin Zhang1, and Jesse Butler2 1 Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering, The University of Central Arkansas, Conway AR 72034 2 Department of Philosophy and Religion, The University of Central Arkansas, Conway AR 72034AbstractSelf driving vehicles and autonomous robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction andconstitute areas of engineering and ethics that are important now and into the future. With thisneed in mind we created an artificial intelligence robotics and ethics summer camp for highschool students that has them build

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Justin Fausto; Benjamin Cuebas; Preston Carroll; Rohit Dua

CircuitIntroductionThe 555 Timer integrated circuit was created in 1971, as mentioned by IEEE [1], to accomplishthe simple yet surprisingly difficult task of supplying digital oscillation for electrical andcomputer engineers. These oscillations can be provided with a minimal number of externalcomponents applied in specific configurations with the IC. The 8-pin chip was designed withsimplicity and versatility in mind, making it a widely usable IC for electronic applications.Despite its simple purpose, the internal workings of the 555 Timer can be difficult to understandgiven its complexity.In 2023 a device was conceptualized to assist in the education of the 555 Timer’s internalworkings as well as external configurations. By deconstructing the 555 Timer into its

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kasey L. Moomau; Jessica Deters; Emily Fitzpatrick

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Work in Progress: Improving economic equity in K-12 robotics exploratory activities Kasey Moomau, Emily Fitzpatrick, and Jessica Deters College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractThis work-in-progress paper presents an initiative to improve economic equity in K-12 roboticsexploratory activities through the development of a more affordable educational robotics systemand a pilot intervention program. The project aims to enhance STEM identity development forunderrepresented middle school students, particularly those from less affluent communities,while also fostering positive

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Sadie M. Prigmore; Moses Olayemi

for infrastructure,especially when building while keeping natural disasters in mind [6]. Due to these views, it isdifficult to change the composition of cement or change the production methods while keepingthe expectations of reliability from engineers and the construction industry. While cement holds avital role in the transportation industry, it is not the same for the agricultural industry. Agricultureis negatively impacted by the cement industry in ways by soil quality and plant productionmainly due to cement dust, which emits large amounts of lead, zinc, hydrochloric acid, sulfuricacid, fluorine, copper, and magnesium [7]. During the cement manufacturing process, CO2 is released from four primary sources. Thecombustion of fossil fuels