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Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

of the seven experiments were centered aroundtwo pieces of equipment: a small wind tunnel and a pipe flow test bench. The wind tunnel (shown inFigure 1) was manufactured by AeroLab [13], but is no longer sold. The square test section (sixinches by six inches) has hinged acrylic sidewalls. The maximum air speed in the test section isapproximately 30 m/s.The pipe flow test bench (Figure 2) was built in-house, with funding from a Faculty DevelopmentGrant (total cost: less than $5000). The test bench was inspired by others who designed and built in-house pipe flow rigs or pump test rigs for their teaching laboratories [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19],[20], [21], [22]. The test bench consists of a small centrifugal pump, multiple Bourdon gauges

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Alexander Hernandez, West Texas A&M University; Sanjoy Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Sarah Petters, University of California, Riverside; Markus Petters, University of California, Riverside

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author (sbhattacharia@wtamu.edu, nhiranuma@wtamu.edu) AbstractWe developed curricular activities that were based on the application of a Community IceNucleation Cold Stage to teach the theory of solidification that is applicable to multidisciplinarySTEM disciplines. We adopted a freezing assay, which simulates ambient immersion freezing ina laboratory setting (i.e., freezing of ice-nucleating aerosol particles immersed in a water droplet),to provide hands-on, laboratory-based education to STEM students at a primarily undergraduateand minority-serving institute (PUI-MSI). With the freezing assay, we instructed more than 60STEM students on fundamental concepts of material and atmospheric science, such

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

RaspberryPi Pico board is Thonny. In this paper, Thonny IDE will be used, and simple laboratory examples willbe presented in the following sub-section. Introductory Laboratory Examples using MicroPythonIn the author’s embedded system course, a BH EDU board is typically used in teaching variouselectronics and mechanical components that would be controlled by a microcontroller [8]. A BH EDUboard is a laboratory board with various components, and it can be used with several microcontrollerboards including a Raspberry Pi Pico board. The BH EDU board is not an essential portion oflaboratory examples. A reader can create the same set-up by using individual or separate parts insteadwithout using a BH EDU board. A BH EDU board with a Raspberry

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Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Paper ID #49558Assessing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Undergraduate MechanicalEngineering EducationDr. Randall D. Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio Dr. Randall Manteufel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He has won several teaching awards, including the 2012 University of Texas System Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2013 UTSA President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, the 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2019 College of Engineering Student Council Professor of the Year Award, 2008, 2022, 2024 College

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Thomas Franklin Hallmark, Texas A&M University

. Kogut, Ph.D. Karen E. Rambo-Hernández, Ph.D. Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture College of Education and Human Development Texas A&M University College Station, TX, USA thomas.hallmark@tamu.edu jpark777@tamu.edu awkogut@tamu.edu rambohernandez@tamu.edu AbstractThis Work-in-Progress (WIP) study systematically reviews the integration of ArtificialIntelligence (AI) tools in engineering education. Through

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Ali Gharib, The University of Texas at Austin; Ahmed Elsaid; Abdulla Ali Al Dabbagh; Nayef Alyafei, Qatar University; Ghada Salama, Texas A&M University at Qatar

&M University at Qatar. Continuing on, he is now involved with membrane and sustainability research his university where he is immersed in the field of materials at the center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems. Ali is especially passionate about science and engineering and has been persistent about his passion of ensuring STEM access and outreach for all and building the frameworks for its successful implementation.Ahmed ElsaidAbdulla Ali Al DabbaghNayef Alyafei, Qatar UniversityDr. Ghada Salama, Texas A&M University at Qatar Instructional Associate Professor at Texas A&M at Qatar, Chemical Engineering Program. Teaches freshman engineering introductory courses, chemical engineering courses of

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Amir Karimi, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Paper ID #49560A Workshop on ABET-EAC Accreditation EvaluationDr. Amir Karimi, The University of Texas at San Antonio Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio Amir Karimi is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1982. His teaching and research interests are in thermal sciences. He has served as the Chair of Mechanical Engineering (1987 to 1992 and September 1998 to January of 2003), College of Engineering Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (Jan. 2003-April 2006), and the Associate

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Nathan Jackson, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico

consisting of process engineers to upper management and from multinationalcompanies to start up companies. This allowed the “instructors” to determine which KSA’s to focuson in the course. IntroductionMainstream graduate STEM education programs are traditionally designed to train students foracademic careers as they focus on knowledge and skills related to laboratory research practices,writing technical journal papers, and presenting results at conferences to academic peers. Thismethod of education has value in preparing students for academic careers but falls short in Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at

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Chinedu Okonkwo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Roy Uzoma Lan; Ibukun Gabriel Awolusi, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jiannan Cai

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construction, sustainable materials and infrastructure, construction education, and workforce development.Dr. Jiannan Cai Dr. Jiannan Cai is an Assistant Professor of the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She teaches Construction Materials and Testing, and Construction Estimating II, both at undergraduate levels. Her research interests are construction automation and robotics, artificial intelligence and its applications in construction, infrastructure, and built environment. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1

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Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico

Paper ID #49680Examining Student Usage/Access Statistics from two Canvas LMS courses:Undergraduate and GraduateProf. Tariq Khraishi, University of New Mexico Khraishi currently serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico. His general research interests are in theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and materials science. He has been involved for years in the scholarship of teaching and learning. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1

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Roy Uzoma Lan; Chinedu Okonkwo, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Ibukun Gabriel Awolusi, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jiannan Cai

infrastructure, construction education, and workforce development.Dr. Jiannan Cai Dr. Jiannan Cai is an Assistant Professor of the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She teaches Construction Materials and Testing, and Construction Estimating II, both at undergraduate levels. Her research interests are construction automation and robotics, artificial intelligence and its applications in construction, infrastructure, and built environment. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Colton Atkins, West Texas A&M University; Benton Allen, West Texas A&M University

secure external funding to support student research,industry-driven projects, and state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Partnerships with state andfederal agencies will further enhance opportunities for students to engage in research thatdirectly impacts agricultural innovation. Summary and ConclusionsThe ET-AG program at WTAMU represents a forward-thinking approach to agriculturaleducation, integrating engineering and technology to meet the challenges of modern foodproduction. Program development requires hands-on efforts supported by faculty and industrycollaborations. The ET-AG program is a new interdisciplinary initiative that will be expanded asboth undergraduate and graduate student populations continue to

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

courses are typically included in the EngineeringTechnology Curriculum for an electronics system program. At Texas A&M University, the ElectronicSystems Engineering Technology (ESET) program is offered. For the embedded systems courses thatthe author has been teaching, students learn about microcontroller architecture and microcontrollerapplications. For the class projects, students can be given comprehensive programming and projectdemo assignments as a class project toward the end of the course. And, some of the students wouldtake the Capstone project courses in the following semesters. In this paper, the author presented theskills and knowledge that can be used from underwater robots and boat platforms to benefit embeddedsystems courses and

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Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

embedded system course curriculum. A traditional embedded system curriculum coverslearning about microcontroller architecture and hardware and software aspects of microcontrollersand applications. In order to prepare students for more complex tasks required in embedded systemsand teach advanced topics of embedded systems, an Embedded Intelligent System Design course wascreated and initially offered in Fall 2019. Moreover, this course was also offered in Fall 2022 andSpring 2024. This paper introduces the topics of the course and practice session and term projectcontent in this embedded intelligent system design course. Course topics included Search algorithmsNumPy, Pandas, Sci-kit Learn, TensorFlow, Embedded Linux, and OpenCV. The primary