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Christopher Lawrence Norve, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #244062018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Technological Advancements Applied to Cardiac CareChristopher Lawrence Norve, Wentworth Institute of Technology Biomedical Engineering Student at Wentworth Institute of Technology Expected Year of Graduation: 2020 Area of Interest: Emerging Trends in Biomedical EngineeringDr. Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology Dr. Shankar Krishnan is the founding chair of the Biomedical Engineering program and an endowed chair professor at Wentworth Institute in Boston since 2008. He received his Ph.D. degree from the

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Beth Carle, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology; MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology

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chair in Applied Critical Thinking in Academic Affairs and a professor in the Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety within the College of Applied Science & Technology at RIT. She is responsible for leading the university wide effort to infuse applied critical thinking across the RIT student experience. In addition, she leads the RIT Collaboratory for Resiliency & Recovery, supporting the data to decision pipeline in emergency response and recovery, a local volunteer HAZMAT commander, and has been recognized for her work in situational awareness and decision-making.Dr. MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Michael E. Long is a Research Analyst at the Rochester

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Marcia Ford, Murray State University; Kevin T Perry AIA, Murray State University; Brian Giltner, Murray State University; Melanie McCallon Seib, Murray State University

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Paper ID #243502018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Project-based study abroad programs in Engineering Technology: Challengesand lessons learnedDr. Marcia Ford, Murray State University Dr. Marcia Ford is an assistant professor in the Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM) Pro- gram at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. She teaches undergraduate and graduate infor- mation communication technology and cybersecurity courses. Her research focus is intelligent personal assistants and smart home devices. Her interests also include developing and leading study abroad

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Haiyan (Henry) H Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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– Present Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue Univer- sity, West Lafayette, Indiana 1994 - 2007 Senior Specialist, Automatic Transmission Engineering, Chrysler Technology Center, Chrysler Corporation, Michigan 1992 - 1994 Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1990 – 1991 Research Assistant, University of Akron, Ohio 1986 – 1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 1983 – 1986 Research Assistant, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Research Interests - Mechatronics, Precision Machine Design - Digital Hydraulics, High Efficiency Hydraulics - Electric Vehicle

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Lisa L Greenwood, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Paper ID #244072018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Setting a Course for Student Success: Standards-Based Curriculum and Capacity-Building across Risk Prevention Management System DomainsDr. Lisa L Greenwood, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Lisa Greenwood is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Envi- ronmental Management and Safety at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Greenwood has been involved in national and international environmental standards development for over 15 years, and re- cently led the U.S. delegation on

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Karla Karolin Peña, Student; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

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Paper ID #243992018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6The Effects of Peer-Led Workshops in a Statics CourseMelanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology Melanie Villatoro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology at NYC College of Technology. She teaches a variety of courses in the civil engineering major including statics, strength of materials, concrete, steel, soil mechanics, and foundations. Melanie’s approach to teaching builds on developing rapport with her students. She is highly effective in

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Jose M Reyes Alamo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology

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ISU he worked in the Smart Home Lab researching topics in Software Engineering, Smart Homes, Pervasive Computing, Formal Methods, and Wireless Sensors. He published several papers and completed his dissertation entitled ”A framework for safe composition of heterogeneous SOA services in a pervasive computing environment with resource constraints”. In ISU he was also involved in several other activities like organizing the GMAP Symposium, participating in student organizations, and working as research assistant. After graduation he worked for a trading software company in New York City but once again his love for academics brought him back, this time as a professor in Computer Engineering Technology at CUNY - New

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Data Mining–Driven Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers by Design” (SBD) program, Dr. Tucker supervises students from Penn State during the summer semester in a two-week engineering design program at the ´ Ecole Centrale de Nantes in Nantes, France. Dr. Tucker is the director of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement (D.A.T.A) Laboratory. His research interests are in formalizing system design processes under the paradigm of knowledge discovery, optimization, data mining, and informatics. His research interests include applications in complex sys- tems design and operation, product portfolio/family design, and sustainable system design optimization in the areas of

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Tak Cheung

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Paper ID #244042018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Developing an engineering mindset: teacher enrichment strategies employingproject-based learning in optics and cosmic ray studyDr. sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College Sunil Dehipawala received his B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY.Prof. Vazgen Shekoyan Dr. Vazgen Shekoyan is a professor of physics and his experiences include pedagogy, CubeSat, etc.Dr. Raul

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York; Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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Paper ID #243442018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Solar Photovoltaic Modules Degradation Rate Comparison and Data Analy-sisDr. Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York Dr. Dugwon Seo is an assistant professor in Engineering Technology Department at Queensborough Community College. Dr. Seo has been teaching engineering technology courses including digital circuit, computer applications, computer-aided analysis, and renewable energy. Her research interest includes various renewable energy, digital circuit system, remote sensing, and technology

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Anne Schmitz, Gannon University; Nicholas B Conklin, Gannon University; Quyen Aoh Aoh, Gannon University

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develop workforces that foster innovation and thedevelopment of science, engineering, and technology. Now, these once-flailing cities are beingrenamed Brain Belts. Our university resides in Erie, Pennsylvania, a city where manymanufacturing facilities have shut down. In fact, Erie is often cited as a typical Rust Belt city. Asa first step toward enhancing the local workforce, our university offers a week-long campdedicated to stimulating interest in college attendance in underserved middle schoolers. Toencourage students to enter into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforceand help move our region towards Brain Belt development, we have added a day-longexperience to this camp. During this outreach, middle school students

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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years of experience in government, academia, and industry. He was a Senior Lecturer at Annamalai University, India, teaching civil engineer- ing for about 10 years. He also worked in Linton Institute of Technology as a Senior Lecturer in Ipoh, Malaysia, for three years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 STEM Awareness Starts at the Elementary and Middle Schools Rajarajan Subramanian1 1 Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgAbstractIs there a shortage of talented workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM) in America? Yes is the answer to this question when various

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest (Merged with Calumet)

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Paper ID #244102018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Controller Design for Mechatronic Rotary Inverted Pendulum (Part 1 andPart 2)Dr. Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest (Merged with Calumet) Dr. Wangling Yu is an assistant professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology De- partment of the Purdue University Northwest. He was a test engineer over 15 years, providing technical leadership in the certification, testing and evaluation of custom integrated security systems. He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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Integrated Projects Curriculum. His on-going project interests include improving flight track- ing and messaging systems for small planes in remote locations and developing assistive communication technology for those with cognitive and behavioral challenges such as high-functioning autism or PTSD. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Telemetry Project For an Introductory Communications Systems Course Harold R. Underwood1 1 Associate Professor, Engineering Department at Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PAAbstractAdvances in electronic communications technology require corresponding innovations in

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Baha Bachnak, The Pennsylvania State University; Nashwa Elaraby, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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well.IntroductionDigital logic design is a topic required by most ECE programs, based on curricularecommendations of IEEE and ABET. In such courses, students are taught how to design digitalcircuits to produce a set of output signals from a set of inputs through use of logic gates,registers, multiplexers, and other fundamental components. Students are also taughtfundamentals such as Boolean algebra, sequential logic, finite state machines, and combinationallogic. These skills are required to learn more complex concepts, for example, computerarchitecture, networking, and electronic systems. Thus, an early exposure to digital logic isnecessary for engineering students.As technology advances, universities and colleges struggle to prepare students for the tools

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Peng Li, East Carolina University

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, private cloud, public cloud, online learning.IntroductionLearning by doing is important for engineering and technology education. Cloud computingleverages efficient sharing of on-demand, self-managed, virtual infrastructures, allowing swiftdeployment and adaptation of curriculum and laboratory experiences in step with the advances inthe field. Adoption of cloud computing technologies is a clear trend in online learning.1,2 Someeducators have used cloud technologies for years. Others are still exploring ways of incorporatingcloud computing in teaching and learning. There are many different approaches of implementingcloud computing.2,3 For educators with little experience in cloud computing deployment, selectinga suitable cloud platform to use can

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Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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Paper ID #244362018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Application of Egyptian Fractions to Parallel ResistorsProf. Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College Jeffrey L. Schwartz received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 1993. From 1993 to 2001, he was a Product Design Engineer on car radios with Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation. His first full-time teaching job was at DeVry Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2007, which is where he first became aware of the traps that students fall into when learning basic electronics

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Mohammad Ali Rahimi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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and Consumer Behavior," in Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 101, no. 11,pp. 2397-2408, Nov. 2013.5. Y. Thongkhao and W. Pora, "A low-cost Wi-Fi smart plug with on-off and Energy Meteringfunctions," 2016 13th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics,Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), Chiang Mai, 2016,pp. 1-5.6. M. by T. Dhar, “ESP8266 IoT Energy Monitor,” Hackster.io, 13-Sep-2017. [Online].Available: https://www.hackster.io/whatnick/esp8266-iot-energy-monitor-b199ed. [Accessed:04-Mar-2018].7. M. Tranchemontagne, “Hooked on Arduino & Raspberry Pi,” Moteino Kill-A-Watt:Hardware, 01-Jan-1970. [Online]. Available:http://www.mikesmicromania.com/2013/04/moteino-kill-watt-hardware.html

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Dilnesa T Nukuro, University of the District of Columbia; Zerihun G Biru Biru

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, and Sasan Haghani21 Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, 20082 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, 2008Abstract A major cost of transportation for the US postal services is collecting mail from bluecollection boxes across the country, with their numbers steadily declining over the years, to saveon fuel costs. This cost could be significantly curtailed if boxes that contain mail at collectiontimes can be identified. This paper provides a detailed study and implementation of a smart maildetection and alerting system. The system detects

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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include pedagogy, CubeSat, etc.Prof. Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 An experiential learning strategy in introductory mechanics using transferrable knowledge from daily examples and feedback inquiry in the development of an innovative mindset Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan, George Tremberger, Raul Armendariz, David Lieberman and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside NY 11364

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College

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cognitive loading for engineering and technology students. A maximum workingmemory loading for a student can be assessed with a design that compartmentalizes the longterm memory, short term information storage memory, and short term working memory for themanipulation of information. Innovative learning examples such as kinematics with algebraiccomplex numbers, relative velocity matrix transformation from 1-Dim to 2-Dim with createdcollision parameters, and collision with apparent mass from spring energy were delivered tostudents while the working memory cognitive loadings were controlled. Our assessment showedthat a critical thinking element is only recognizable after a student could reach the workingmemory capacity required in the solving of a

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Paul Jason Weinberg, Oakland University

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Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education. Inaddition, mechanistic reasoning is one of the core competencies listed in the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS) Engineering Concepts and Practices (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Mechanisticexplanations focus on the processes that underlie cause-effect relationships and take into account howthe activities of system components affect one another.While some assessment work has been accomplished in engineering education, to date mechanisticreasoning is an area where limited assessment development has been accomplished for pre-collegepopulations. The data in this study come from the calibration of the Assessment of MechanisticReasoning Project (AMRP) (Weinberg, 2012), designed to diagnose individuals

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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Zoe Zyvith, Rutgers University; Mark Thomas Trevena, Rutgers University; Andrew Yong; Ryan Lamantia; Lana E Sharp, Rutgers University; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Paper ID #243622018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6Geothermal Heating/Cooling in Massachusetts General HospitalZoe Zyvith, Rutgers UniversityMr. Mark Thomas Trevena, Rutgers University Student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Has conducted research in the past on safety risk modeling of unmanned air systems through NASA/NJ Space Grant Consortium fellowship program.Andrew YongMr. Ryan LamantiaMiss Lana E Sharp, Rutgers UniversityDr. Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia Sasan Haghani, Ph.D., is an

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Pubudu Samarasekara; Khushpreet Kaur

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Microstructure of Iron in Thin Film Magnets Prepared by Spin Coating and Sol gel Techniques Sunil Dehipawala1,Pubudu Samarasekara2,khushpret Kaur1 1. Department of Physics, Queensborough Community College of CUNY, 222-05, 56th Ave, Bayside NY 11364, USA. 2. Department of Physics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri LankaAbstractMagnetic thin films such as iron and nickel oxides have a variety of technological applications. Iron andNickel oxide thin films have been synthesized by the Solgel technique and spin coating method. Inaddition magnetic properties, Iron oxide thin films also exhibit semi