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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Dimitrie C Popescu, Old Dominion University; Emanuel PUSCHITA

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FundamentalsAbstract Teaching of fundamentals of communication systems varies widely across programs in US andabroad, mainly due to the type of undergraduate engineering programs and the depth of thecommunications field within the curricula. The variety is spread across electrical engineering andelectrical engineering technology programs, and programs with focus on telecommunications orwhich only offer core or elective courses in communications. Adding to the variety, someprograms include hands-on laboratory courses, others include simulation-based laboratories mostof the time using Matlab, while others may only include lecture courses with no labs. Theaccessibility of the new software defined radio (SDR) platforms offers the option to introduceunexpensive

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed Metwaly, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Farid Breidi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University – West Lafayette; Jose M Garcia, Purdue University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University

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, vol. 51, pp. 10–14,2022.[5] L. Williams and M. Reddish, “Integrating primary research into the teaching lab: benefits andimpacts of a one-semester cure for physical chemistry,” Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 95,pp. 928–938, 2018.[6] L. Haw, S. Sharif, and C. Han, “Predictors of student engagement in science learning: the roleof science laboratory learning environment and science learning motivation,” Asia PacificJournal of Educators and Education, vol. 37, pp. 225–245, 2022.[7] B. DeKorver and M. Towns, “General chemistry students’ goals for chemistry laboratorycoursework,” Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 92, pp. 2031–2037, 2015.[8] R. Felder, “Learning and teaching styles in engineering education,” Journal of EngineeringEducation

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Doug Laven, South Central College

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laboratories on every institution's campus. Additionally, distance and travel time are barriers for employees to update the skills employers need them to acquire. Traditional students face some of these same barriers. To help remove barriers, South Central College considered how its successful Mechatronics program could be expanded to support industry directly and, additionally, high school students. IMEC was built on the existing in-person Mechatronics program toFigure 1. iMEC Electronics Trainer

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Sotelo, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences; Carlos Sotelo, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Félix Martínez-Jiménez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences; Carlos Vazquez-Hurtado, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences; Ricardo Swain Oropeza, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences; José Isabel Gómez Quiñones, Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences

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equipment is acquired, Professors expressed that to implement and teachadvanced control strategies using the equipment is a challenge and complex enterprise. This, dueto the lack of: instructors and teaching assistants fully proficient in Quanser® technologies, andthe appropriate handbook on the subject of the minor.For the first concern, based on the material available on the Quanser® website, the leaders of theminor identified the practices needed to guarantee technical understanding. Then, in the 2024winter and summer, a hands-on laboratory experience was carried out by the R&D Manager incharge of Academic Applications of Quanser®. Here, several faculty, staff and students gathered14 times from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 pm.For the second concern

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mahdi Yazdanpour, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

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ABET accreditation requirements and program educational objectives. The courseintegrates a series of structured laboratory experiments that focus on key concepts such as time-domain and frequency-domain analysis, signal processing, frequency response and filtering, andsystem modeling. These hands-on labs, involving circuit analysis, RLC filters, op-amp circuits,audio boosters, volume unit meters, and timing circuits, aim to enhance students' practical skillswhile reinforcing their theoretical knowledge. The course culminates in a comprehensive finalproject, where students integrate their skills to design and implement a multi-functional signalprocessing system. By engaging in these activities, students develop competencies in problem-solving

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Dai Vian, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); April Cheung, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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sessions held over two semesters. A month before the firstseminar, a survey was distributed to faculty members to gather insights on integrating smartmanufacturing into SoET courses. To encourage more responses, the survey was sent againtwo weeks later.In the first two seminars, participants received innovative lecture materials aligned withmultiple modalities teaching approaches. They also received laboratory modulesincorporating relevant smart manufacturing equipment. Additionally, the seminarsemphasized designing course projects that utilize the smart manufacturing facility, focusingon integrating smart manufacturing technologies and applications into undergraduateeducation.During the first seminar, one mechanical engineering technology (MET

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olugbenro Ogunrinde, Tarleton State University; Isabella-Kharissa Pena, Tarleton State University; Tyler Rider, Tarleton State University; Billy Gray, Tarleton State University

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withthe technologies that they teach [5].Additionally, Cheng et al. write that, “… employers hold a view that responsibility for graduateemployability needs to be shared between students, HEIs (higher education institutions) andemployers …” and “… for this to function effectively employers will need to increasecollaboration with HEIs to make their needs known, to increase student internship opportunitiesand to provide employees with professional on-the-job learning” [7]. One of the conclusionsfrom this study was the partnerships that must exist between industry, the colleges anduniversities, and the students to ensure a prepared and functional work force.One of the major challenges encountered by most companies implementing Industry 4.0 ishaving

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harpreet Auby, Tufts University; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University

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Engineering Education, 2019, Accessed: Oct. 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1220296[24] M. Koretsky, C. Kelly, and E. Gummer, “Student perceptions of learning in the laboratory: Comparison of industrially situated virtual laboratories to capstone physical laboratories,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 540–573, 2011, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00026.x.[25] A. P. Fagen, C. H. Crouch, and E. Mazur, “Peer Instruction: Results from a range of classrooms,” Phys. Teach., vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 206–209, Apr. 2002, doi: 10.1119/1.1474140.[26] T. Gok and O. Gok, “Peer Instruction in chemistry education: Assessment of students’ learning strategies,” Learn. Strateg

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 2

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Logan Beaver, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University

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Vehicles.16. Arce, D., Balbuena, J., & Cuellar, F. (2019, December). A Low Cost Self-Driving Cars Project Based Course for Undergraduate Students in Developing Countries. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education (TALE) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.17. Lotfi, N., Novosad, J. A., & Phan-Van, H. (2019, June). A multidisciplinary course and the corresponding laboratory platform development for teaching the fundamentals of advanced autonomous vehicles. In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.18. Brown, N., Rojas, J. F., Moon, A. K., Alhawiti, A., Patil, P. Y., Kadav, P., ... & Asher, Z. D. (2024, March). Development of a 3-Credit Multidisciplinary University Autonomous Vehicles Course

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fatemah Shehab, The Ohio State University

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and interactions. This paper evaluates theuse of BLE beacons as part of a real-time social interaction capture system, called IDEAS. Ina laboratory setting, the relationship between beacon signal strength (RSSI), distance, and ori-entation was examined to validate a proximity detection metric. A preschool classroom studyfurther tested the ecological validity of the real-time location system by comparing interactionsdetected by the automated system with those recorded by a traditional researcher-led method. Inorder to align the differing sampling methods of IDEAS and the traditional researcher-led method,we developed an algorithm to down-sample the beacon data. The results suggest a partial align-ment between beacon-detected interactions and

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sunil Mehendale, Michigan Technological University

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. 01CH37193),vol. 2, pp. F2A-F23vol. IEEE Computer Society, 2001.12. Flotterud, John D., Christopher J. Damm, Benjamin J. Steffes, Jennifer J. Pfaff, Matthew J.Duffy, and Michael A. Kaiser. "A micro-combined heat and power laboratory for experiments inapplied thermodynamics." In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress andExposition, vol. 54914, pp. 233-240. 2011.13. Mettes, C. T. C. W., A. Pilot, H. J. Roossink, and Hennie Kramers-Pals. "Teaching and learningproblem solving in science: Part II: Learning problem solving in a thermodynamics course."Journal of chemical education 58, no. 1 (1981): 51.14. Haber‐Schaim, Uri. "The role of the second law of thermodynamics in energy education." ThePhysics Teacher 21, no. 1 (1983): 17-20.15. Dukhan

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L. Bennett II, Purdue University, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, School of Engineering Technology; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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understanding of engineering technology students. She teaches in an active learning style which engages and develops practical skills in the students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Course on Renewable Energy How to Revamp the ContentAbstractThe field of renewable energy is constantly changing and adapting to the needs of our society asnew developments and knowledge are presented. As a result, courses that focus on and provideinsight into these topics can quickly become outdated. Thus, updating and managing theinformation presented in those courses becomes necessary to prepare future engineers andscientists and share the process used to provide students with the current state of

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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required more real-world planning (such as the use of a real laboratory). However, creatorscite the cost of maintaining a real laboratory and general lack of access to a lab as a reason forsimulating the environment in VR.Best practice: • Identify topics that fall into the DICE framework to justify the use of VR. • Carefully weigh the benefits of teaching in AR, VR, or sticking to traditional methods before making a commitment.Identifying PedagogyA common critique for VR use in education is that pedagogy comes second to the novelty of thetechnology [9, 21]. In teaching, pedagogy should be a priority, no matter the medium. Therefore,it is essential that instructors understand what educational theories align well with VR. The mostcommonly

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Norberg, Northern Michigan University

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anxious or unqualified to present complex material,particularly in technical courses. The faculty may resist peer instruction because of concernsabout maintaining control of the material delivery or being unsure of the method’s effectiveness.There could be class management challenges – too many students, managing allotted time, fairand even grading, how to ensure quality presentations by the students. Many of these challengescan be offset by structured guidance, clear rubrics, and highlighting the benefits of peerinstruction to the class. There are examples of success in a laboratory setting [10] in which astrong positive relationship between preparation and knowledge of the student-teacher wasshown as well as higher understanding of students

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 4

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Sidney E Martin III, Saint Petersburg Junior College; Ron Eaglin, Daytona State College

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needed credits within each category. However, students have two independent 3-credit-hour elective selection options. Monroe Community College is in Rochester, New York. The College offers an Associate ofApplied Science Engineering (A.A.S.) degree in several areas. The Biotechnology degreeprogram is presented inTable 7 in the semesterformat. The inspection ofTable 7 reveals the definingcharacteristics of theprogram. First, the programhas a four-credit-hourcourse structure. The“extra” hour accommodatesthe included laboratory inmost of the program’srequired courses. Second, the program’s course selection permits higher-level course options intheir respective discipline starting in the first semester of study.St. Lewis Community College is in

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion; Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University; Sandra L. Furterer, The Ohio State University; David L. Tomasko, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #49373ABET Accreditation for a Bachelor of Science in Engineering TechnologyDegree – Preparation for Readiness ReviewDr. Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion Dr. Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion Dr. Qudsia Tahmina is an Associate Professor of Practice at The Ohio State University at Marion and teaches first and second year engineering courses. She is also involved in curriculum development, outcomes assessment and ABET accreditation.Ms. Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University Kathryn Kelley serves as executive director of OMI; she has more than 20 years’ experience in program

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University; Donald Fehlinger, Drexel University

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time, budget, safety, and stakeholder needs and perceptions—that are less apparent intraditional classroom settings [10]. Accreditation agencies (e.g., ABET) increasingly recognizethe value of such experiences, as they cultivate practical competencies related to professional andethical responsibilities, communication, teamwork, and life-long learning (ABET, 2024, [14]).Consequently, the integration of PBL in the form of industry-sponsored capstones serves as apowerful instructional approach, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practicalapplication while preparing engineering graduates for the complexities of professional practice.However, teaching strategies employed in capstone/senior design courses are complex andvariate

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 9

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University

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Paper ID #49172Clean Energy Education Study Results and Recommendations: Curriculumto Change Lives and Address Climate ChangeDr. Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University Professor Brian P. Murphy, Ed. D. PE, SSBB, is a highly trained, motivated, results-driven higher education and engineering professional. He is inspired to teach in high-needs social impact areas, sharing industrial, military, and professional engineering expertise. Dr. Murphy is teaching Engineering Technology at SUNY Buffalo State University. Passionate about process improvement and environmentally friendly energy sources. Education: Naval