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Saurav Basnet; Amir Poudel

Opportunities and challenges due to COVID-19 during online education: A Case Study of NepalAbstract— Following the nationwide shutdown of educational A. Methodologyinstitutions (that started from 24th March 2020) due to COVID-19 pandemic, institutions have been offering its classes via A rapid assessment was conducted through group discussionsonline platform. With more than a month into the online model, and one-to-one interactions with the students, programthe case study was carried out to identify the existing challenges coordinators, faculties, and the principal. It was ensured thatand opportunities for achieving the planned teaching

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Courtney D. Giles

partners while working on meaningful real-world problems.Student feedback indicated a strong positive impact of in-person instruction (most other courseswere entirely remote). At-home students expressed some difficulty working in mixed-modalityteams and many teams struggled to manage team productivity regardless of modality. Furtherimprovements include streamlining project-planning assignments and strengthening the peer-and self-reflection components of the course. In fall 2021, we will consider the role of sense ofbelonging in the academic trajectory and retention of first year students.1. IntroductionFirst year experience courses for undergraduate students have long been associated withimproved retention and graduation rates in engineering and

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Kanwaljeet Singh; Christian Bach

. Benefits of establishing them is much higher ascompared to getting things done by the regular workforce. Like improvement in efficiency,reduction of manual errors (which can be easily overlooked by human), time efficient, increasein the accuracy level, also very cost effective. Robotic automation can bring instantaneous valueto the businesses including, headcount reporting, vendor record management, accountsreceivable and payable, reconciliations, software installation, cloud management, on board newemployees.Keywords: RPA (Robotics Process Automation), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), OCR (Optical CharacterRecognition), FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis), BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), FTE (Full TimeEmployee), AI (Artificial

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Jay A. Weitzen; Dohn Bowden

when they returned to on campus,while those that maintained hardware-based labs, only lacked a Zoom. In fact, our junior cohort showed up this fall, neverfew learning opportunities that would have been gained by in having been physically in the lab.person laboratory work. Based on pandemic experience and this Unlike many schools that shifted to a “simulation” basedstudy we plan to continue utilizing the personal learning device to laboratory curriculum, our students using their personalour in-person laboratory courses learning device “laboratory anywhere” modality, continued to maintain a fully hardware

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James Lamberchts; Anuja Kamat

be found on an unlisted YouTube video here (XXXXX—to be listed inthe final paper). Our initial plan was to discuss the content using a flipped-classroom concept.However, only a few students pre-watched the videos for the first class and others did not seeminterested. With so many things changing all at once with the on-line format, we decided not touse the flipped classroom as it would be yet another change, and we were concerned the studentswould find that much change to be too daunting. The pre-recorded videos were posted onblackboard and the students could watch them at their own time. We taught the class using Zoomat regular class times. Most students liked the narrated slides videos of lectures that were postedin addition to the live

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Basile Panoutsopoulos

thelaboratory parts of a science and an engineering level course are challenging and become moreso during the pandemic.Two engineering level courses were partially delivered and are planned to be delivered on ahybrid approach [2]. The hybrid approach consists of remote and face-to-face delivery of thesame course. The structure of the courses under consideration: Engineering Physics II –Electricity and Magnetism is Lecture (3 hours) – Recitation (1 hour) - Laboratory (3 hours), andLinear Electrical Systems and Circuit Theory for Engineers is Lecture (3 hours) – Recitation (1hour) - Laboratory (4 hours); The laboratory includes one hour-lecture and three hours hands onpractice. The lecture and recitation are combined and delivered two days a week on a

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Anusha Srinivas; Peter Stupak

-pulled hand. The student was treated as a Professional“Green Energy” golf cart that used the rotational Engineer in an Engineering-Solutions company – notmotion of one of the golf cart wheels to rotate a DC as a student. The focus was for the student to learn bymotor to generate electricity to charge a cell phone doing. The practical objective was to give the studentand a solar panel to power a thermoelectric cooler authentic hands-on experience in rapid prototyping,to chill a beverage. A secondary objective of the project planning, project execution, andcourse was to expose students, early in their careers communication, to relate to potential internshipand

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Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard

customer andengineering requirements, design their device, and create test plans. For Challenge 5, the designneeded to be fabricated and integrated with robot and the functionality of the device assessedusing their previously developed test plans. Alternatively, the students could demonstrate thefunctionality of their device virtually using computer aided design (CAD) tools or other means,as appropriate.The final challenge exercise required the students to synthesize multiple course concepts throughparticipation in a limbo challenge and in-class competition. As described by Zuhrie et al. [10],robot competitions can be used to enhance student motivation and learning outcomes. ForChallenge 5, the students were tasked to perform “limbo motions” in

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Room IS 105Worcester Polytechnic InstituteTeaching laboratories is an essential component of chemical engineering education. They are designed to help students think criticallyabout chemical engineering principles and practices by planning and execution of experimental work followed by reflection, analysis, andinterpretation of data. However, operating teaching laboratories with social distancing measures poses significant logistical and safetychallenges, and alternative modes of delivery could be a realistic way forward in adapting engineering curricula to the post COVID-19world. This paper is aimed at identifying common approaches and strategies implemented in transforming hands-on labs into hybrid, virtualor remote operation to achieve

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Wei Wei

I. I NTRODUCTION drawbacks of TPAs: (i) TPA are not due immediately, and Computer programming is a critical component of the Com- hence students are more likely to procrastinate [8], [9]. As anputer Science discipline. It is considered a problem solving example, if a programming assignment is due in two weeks,process, including formulating, planning and designing the many students will not start working on it until one weeksolution, translating, testing, and delivery [1]. For students to before the due date. (ii) When completing a TPA, studentsbe proficient in computer programming, they need to learn the

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Sarah Dulac; Jacques Ross; Joseph Silveira; Chandler Jardin; Andrea Elloian; Kevin Raggiani; Dylan Souza; Tyler Viera; Alec Peinkofer; Darion Gregory; Konrad Jamro; Hamed Samandari; Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh

flow velocity where VIV occurs is known asthe lock-in region. A floating offshore platform can lose its stability under VIV, which is theobjective to be investigated in our study. This project was completed for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth MechanicalEngineering Senior Capstone project and the team, in collaboration with business students fromSt. Bonaventure University to compete in the 2021 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition(MECC) that was sponsored by the Department of Energy. The MECC provided the challenge touniversity students to develop a market-research-supported business plan, pitch their plan and havethe option to compete in the build and test portion of the competition where the proposed energydevice is tested

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Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard; Margarent B. Bailey; Michael G. Schrlau

. Work Self-Efficacy Learn to improve on my past performance. Work Self-Efficacy Be sensitive to others’ feelings and attitudes. Work Self-Efficacy Function well at work even when faced with personal difficulties. Work Self-Efficacy Listen effectively to understand opposing points of view. Work Self-Efficacy Make a plan of your goals for the next five years. Career Self-Efficacy Accurately assess your abilities. Career Self-Efficacy Determine the steps needed to successfully attain your career goals. Career Self-Efficacy Persistently work toward your career goal even when you

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Sarira Motaref P.E.

project (2 weeks after signupand 2 weeks before deadline) to receive feedback from the instructor and implement suggestedchanges in their final submission.An anonymous survey will be conducted at the end of the fall semester to collect the students’feedback and compare the results with collected data from previous cohorts. To determine theeffectiveness of changes made in the 2021-2022 cohort, the instructor will evaluate and comparethe quality of projects submitted in the past three cohorts.The Number of projects submitted in each track will be monitored and compared to find thepreferred track among engineering students. The instructor will plan to expand resources for theareas that students show the most interest.ConclusionA series of optional

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Kanti Prasad; Abdul Syed

sizing so as to improve transistor gain and minimize losses. The author proposes an innovative method of inferring Smith Charts obtained in Advanced DesignSystem (ADS) and then validating them with Matlab codes in an academic setting which includes theEECE.5170-MMIC Design and Fabrication, and EECE.5050-Microwave Electronics courses. Itincorporates thorough class room understanding of (1) Transmission Line theory fundamentals, (2) MMICDesign, and (3) Smith Charts, which are of vital importance to create perfectly matched networks in thedesigns. A case study of designing a high power amplifier involving IMN, OMN and ISMN is planned to bepresented and validated using Matlab codes. ADS Simulation results of insertion and return losses for all

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Nancy K. DeJarnette; Ruba S. Deeb; Jani M. Pallis

). Oftentimes inschools, an attempt to focus on STEM can lead to actually ‘siloing’ science and math as separateentities. Teacher preparation, until most recently, did not include the integrated subjects ofSTEM, which was not only true at the 7-12 grade levels, but especially true at the elementaryand early childhood levels. The lack of effective teacher training for STEM content and theNGSS negatively impacts K-12 students as they lack positive engaging hands-on experiences inSTEM education that is very motivational. Prepare and Inspire [1] states that “we must inspire allstudents to learn STEM and, in the process, motivate them to pursue STEM careers.” There is adirect link between teachers’ self-efficacy in their ability to plan and facilitate