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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Itzel H. Armenta, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Jorge Eugenio de la Garza Becerra, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Engineering Physics and Physics

. Moreover, wewould like to thank the Physics Department and the Mathematics Department ofTecnologico de Monterrey and, especially, the Physics Education Research and InnovationGroup for all the support received throughout this project. Finally, we would like to recognizethe Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Medicine and Health Sciences for the resources andsupport given throughout this project.References[1] N. Chomsky, Language and Mind, 3rd edition. Cambridge, NY: Cambridge UniversityPress, 2006.[2] L. S. Vygotsky, Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes,Revised ed. edition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978.[3] A. Dominguez, I. Hernandez-Armenta, y J. de la G. Becerra, “Towards a Full

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ERM Technical Session 13: Student Learning and Contexts

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ziang Xiao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Shiliang Zuo; Jinhao Zhao, Tsinghua University; Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael L. Philpott, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julia Laystrom-Woodard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Angela Wolters, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Brian S. Woodard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

) for the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3) at UIUC. At the national level, she served as the Executive Director of the biomedical engineering honor society, Alpha Eta Mu Beta (2011-2017) and is an ABET evaluator (2018-present).Ms. Angela Wolters, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Director, Women in EngineeringDr. Brian S. Woodard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dr. Woodard received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign in 2011. His Aerospace research interests currently focus on the effects of icing on the aero- dynamics of swept-wing aircraft. In engineering education, he is also interested in project-based learning and

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Technical Session 6: Modulus Topics Part 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Erdei, University of South Carolina; Brantly Edward McCord, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Computers in Education

University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. David Whittinghill is an Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology and Computer and Information Technology. Dr. Whittinghill’s research focuses on gaming, simulation and computer pro- gramming education and how these technologies can more effectively address outstanding issues in health, education, and society. Dr. Whittinghill leads projects in pediatric physical therapy, sustainable energy simulation, Chinese language learning, virtual reality, and games as a tool for improving educational out- comes. Dr. Whittinghill is the director of the Games Innovation Laboratory (www.gamesinnovation.org). c American Society for

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Computing Research II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Institute of Technology.; Mardigon Max Toler, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Computing and Information Technology

Toler, West Virginia University Institute of Technology Mardigon Toler is a student of Computer Science and Mathematics at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, finishing a bachelor’s degree in both fields in spring 2019. His interests include digital audio, digital signal processing, and distributed and parallel computing. His past projects have included applications of AI to real-time music accompaniment as well as real-time software-based audio synthesis using Fourier transforms. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Investigating Communication Patterns for Distributed Fast Fourier TransformsIntroduction Fast

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Dacunto, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Development” focuses on engineering incontext in the developing world– i.e., developing solutions with respect to political, social,environmental, and economic factors, instead of just engineering ones. A water treatment systemfor a remote village may be highly effective, but if it cannot be operated or maintained by thepeople whom it is supposed to help, it is of no real use. In the same way, latrines that generatebiogas for people to use as cooking fuel may sound like a good idea, but if they are equippedonly with western-style toilets they may not be culturally acceptable and the whole project willfail. Through these two small examples, one can see how a geographer and an engineer cancreate a better solution by working together than they can

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University Northwest; Ricardo A. Calix, Purdue University Northwest; Dhruvkumar Patel

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Instrumentation

multiple wireless sensors. Wi-Fi for connectionbetween wireless node and Raspberry Pi and client-server communication for data transfer fromwireless node to Raspberry Pi were used in their project. Raspberry Pi application was extendedto home automation and Rao and Uma built the home automation system using Raspberry Pi [4].Raspberry Pi is located between router and home IoT devices to provide the updated data andremote control through Internet. Another application is surveillance system. Prasad and et. al.used it to collect and store the data from surveillance cameras and updated data can be seen at thesmartphone through cellular network [5]. In education, Raspberry Pi is mostly used to teachprogramming who cannot afford a high-end computer. It

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Mechanics Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bidhan C. Roy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Mechanics

: Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion, Wiley, 2010. 9. D.R. Woods, Problem-based learning: How to gain the most from PBL, Watertown, ON, 1994. 10. D. Pfahl, O. Laitenberger, G. Ruhe, J. Dorsch, and T. Krivobokova, “Evaluating the learning effectiveness of using simulations in software project management education: results from a twice replicated experiment.”, Information and Software Technology, Vol 46, pp. 127-147, 2004. 11. M.M.Waldrop, “The Science of Teaching Science”, Nature, Vol. 523, pp 272-274, 2015.Appendix 1Table 1: Rubric to measure student engagement (Total number of students two sectionscombined = 63. OEP stands for open-ended problems) How often have you done each of the following in Never 1 to 2 3 to 5

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ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Lee Russell, Grand Canyon University; Maria Zafonte, Grand Canyon University

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Educational Research and Methods

the reporting of havinga close relative in the field. As the National Academy of Engineering asserts, engineering is not avery public facing discipline for the most part [2] and so while it is understandable that themajority of student who select engineering as a major may not fully understand all that theprofession entails, the researchers thought that having a relationship with an engineer might be amitigating factor in perceptions of the profession.Additionally, these results differed from the findings in Besterfield-Sacre, Moreno, Shuman, &Atman [3] that skill perceptions differed by gender. The current research did not reveal any suchdisparity in how females and males view engineering skills.LimitationsThis project was initiated in

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Wireless Technology

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merlinda Drini, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York

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Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #24860Power and Channel Aware Routing in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksDr. Merlinda Drini, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York Dr. Merlinda Drini joined the Queensborough Community College in September 2011 and currently holds an Associate Professor position in the Engineering Technology department. She earned her Ph.D. in Elec- trical Engineering, June 2009, from The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. She is a recipient of the awards in mentoring various students on undergraduate research projects. Her research areas are computer networking

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tatiana A. Cardona, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jennifer Snyder, Valencia College

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Engineering Management

management and project management in the MS&T.Dr. Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Elizabeth Cudney is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineer- ing Department at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and MBA from the University of Hartford, and doctorate in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri – Rolla. In 2018, Dr. Cudney received the ASQ Crosby Medal for her book on Design for Six Sigma. Dr. Cudney received the 2018 IISE Fellow Award. She also received the 2017 Yoshio Kondo Academic

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Technical Session 6: Modulus Topics Part 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saed Talib Amer, Khalifa University; Jaby Mohammed, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Ali Bouabid, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

) environmentwith facilitated graphical user interfaces.MethodologyIn the beginning of this study, the students are asked to fill a survey that reflects their attitudetoward following sustainability rules, and how far are they willing to contribute to upholdingsuch rules, and finally, how do they feel about advocating it to their acquaintances. The surveywas given, initially, to the students in the beginning of the semester without any introductions tosustainability; then, was given again in the end of the project with different phrasing seeking toobtain genuine and open answers. The two implemented survey questioners are appended in theend of this report (Appendix A). The preliminary stages introduced the students to the successfulproblem-solving

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Technical Session 1: Issues Impacting Students Learning How to Program

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raquel Landa, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Yolanda Martinez-Trevino, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #25836Relevance of Immediate Feedback in an Introduction to Programming CourseDr. Raquel Landa, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) Part-time teacher at Tec de Monterrey since 1999, with a Ph.D. in Education, a Master in Information Technology Management and a Major in Electronic Systems. Currently involved in Innovation projects related to engineering and programming courses. ˜ Tecnol´ogico de MonterreyYolanda Martinez-Trevino, c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Relevance of Immediate Feedback in the Introduction to Programming

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 6

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

operational amplifier design yet can be analyzed usingtraditional nodal analysis techniques. At the University of Virginia it is also a central element inthe design project for the 3rd course in our Fundamentals sequence, an ECG system with digitalsignal processing for filtering and analysis.Instrumentation amplifier experiments are a staple of many undergraduate laboratoryexperiments in electrical and computer engineering, biomedical engineering, and physics, and wehave surveyed the types of experiments that are presented. In some cases, these experimentsdiscuss the circuit within applications based around a Wheatstone bridge [7]. In most otherscenarios, an amplifier is constructed, and signals are applied at one input while grounding theother and

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Pre-College Engineering Education Focused on Female Students

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Rachel Farah, University of St. Thomas; Tami Brass, St. Paul Academy and Summit School

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

project?" "What artifacts in theroom might also connect?" When students discuss a shared, recent experience, theirobservations were richer and more relevant. In either event, introducing the crosscutting conceptsformally made the future group and individual conversations related to the concepts moremeaningful. Allowing for wait time for students to look at the list of concepts and also betweenconversations surrounding ideas was crucial in helping students process this new academiclanguage. As students referred to the same concepts in multiple engineering challengesthroughout the day, they were doing more than solving a specific problem. They were knowinglylooking for cause and effect, asking what structure might best serve a function, even trying

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan; Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

integrity of the discipline itself. Of course, nearlyhalf a century of science and technology studies scholarship has demonstrated that engineeringwork is always cultural and political: humans make decisions about what projects to pursue andwhat design factors to prioritize amid a complex set of social, political, and cultural demands[e.g., 15-17].Prior research has speculated a possible connection between the prevalence of this ideology andinequality in engineering. Specifically, depoliticization justifies an unequal status quo in theprofession by prescribing broad avoidance of engagement with concerns like inequality within“real” engineering work. This scholarship argues that depoliticization functions as a mechanismsof inequality reproduction at

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SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Stirgus; Morteza Nagahi, Mississippi State University; Junfeng Ma, Mississippi State University; Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Deborah K. Eakin, Mississippi State University

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Systems Engineering

exploration, sys- tem of systems, virtual reality and complex systems, systems simulation, risk, reliability, and vulnerability in critical infrastructures with applications to diverse fields ranging from the military to industry. His pub- lications appeared in several ranking journals including the IEEE Systems Journal, and the Computers & Industrial Engineering Journal. His total awarded projects exceed $ 4.2 M including National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD), Industry, and other Research Laboratories.Dr. Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University Lesley Strawderman received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 2005. She has also received a M.S.I.E

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon S. Wu, California State University, Fullerton; Yong Seok Park, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Student Experience Survey - HIP Course CONSIDERABLE TIME AND EFFORT 1.11 How many hours, in a typical 7-day week, do you spend preparing for this course? Less than 1 hour 1-5 hours 6-10 hours More than 10 hours To what extent do you agree with the following statements: 1.12 I had to spend a lot of time and effort in order to do well in this course. 1.13 This course challenged me to reach higher academic or personal goals than I thought I could. REFLECTIVE AND INTEGRATED LEARNING 1.14 How many times, over the entirety of the course, have you worked on an assignment or project that required integrating ideas or information from

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Designing Opportunities for Youth Engagement in STEM

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Molly Y. Mollica, University of Washington; Alyssa M. Spomer, University of Washington ; Brianna M. Goodwin, University of Washington; Shawn Israel, University of Washington, Departmet of Rehabilitation Medicine; Anat Caspi P.E., University of Washington; Heather A Feldner, University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

] and some images are from [4-5].Toy Project at the University of North Florida areworking to engage students and community members by teaching toy adaptation adapting anddonating accessible toys. Toy adaptation involves modifying electronic toys to make them moreaccessible to children with diverse abilities. This includes deconstructing a toy and soldering auniversal activation port within the toy’s circuitry, such that a variety of alternative switches canbe used for toy activation (Fig. 1).Previous studies from other groups have found that toy adaptation is effective in enhancing first-year engineering students’ understanding of the field of engineering, and the connection betweenengineering and society [6-8]. Additionally, our previous work

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Engaging Community through STEM partnerships

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Schaffer, Santa Clara University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

with the hope that students would also: Develop educational materials and hands-on STEM activities as a service to the community Develop project/time management, organizational, and leadership skills. Develop effective listening/collaboration skills while working with community partners. Recognize and understand ethical responsibilities of engineers.Course History:This course was created in 2014 and was, initially, a two-unit course that served as a vehicle forthe outreach, discussions with partner liaisons, and assignments. Soon after, one to two “lunch andlearns” were included each quarter to provide a more convenient avenue for guest speakers anddiscussions. In 2015, the course took on its current three-unit format with a lecture and a

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University; Chunhua Dong, Fort Valley State University

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Computing and Information Technology

education. He is the author of numerous research and pedagogical articles in his areas of expertise and has obtained several externally funded projects in the fields of computing and engineering.Dr. Xiangyan Zeng, Fort Valley State University Xiangyan Zeng received her Ph.D. in computer science from University of the Ryukyus, Japan. She is currently a professor of computer science at Fort Valley State University. Her research interests include image processing, pattern recognition and machine learning.Dr. Chunhua Dong, Fort Valley State University She received the B.E. degree in 2010 from Quanzhou Normal University, China, the M.E. degree in 2012 from Hainan University, Hainan, China, and the D.E. degree in 2016 from

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Aerospace Engineering Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nithil Kumar Bollock, Saint Louis University; Matthew Patrick O'Brien; Yan Gai, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Stephen M. Belt, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

,situation awareness, anxiety, stress, and emotion in real aircraft and flight simulators [1, 3, 6-16].A few studies have used pilot performances to correlate and understand the psychologicalaspects of pilots [7, 10, 17, 18]. The present project seeks to extend this research by using highfidelity experiments to explore neural functions carried out in a realistic training environmentand focusing on the physiological evolution related to student pilots’ training and educationprocess.METHODOLOGYParticipants and Procedures A total of five participants were recruited from a four-year undergraduate professionalpilot degree program. Each participant completed five sessions. The EEG of Participant D failedto be recorded in one session. Therefore, a

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SED Technical Session: Instructional Experiences

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azad M. Madni, University of Southern California; Dan Erwin, University of Southern California; Ayesha Madni, University of Southern California

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Systems Engineering

pedagogical digital twins in theeducation of automation engineers.Role of digital twin in MBSEModel Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) augments traditional systemsengineering by focusing on the creation and exploitation of domain models as theauthoritative sources of truth and the primary means for information exchangeamong engineering and project management personnel. However, MBSE, whichbegan with an initial focus on upfront engineering, is gradually working its way tospanning the full system life cycle. In particular, MBSE is currently addressingchallenges associated with verification and testing of the system model. This iswhere digital twin technology can play a key role. When incorporated into MBSE,digital twins can greatly enhance verification

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Faculty Development Round Table

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

project is to identify how wemight cultivate inclusive engineering cultures in the absence of critical masses of peopletraditionally underrepresented in engineering. Stated another way, this challenges us to considerhow we might actualize more diverse and inclusive engineering environments starting with thosealready present in large numbers. This suggests as opposed to waiting until we have largenumbers of individuals from diverse groups to address the issues impacting them, we start withincreasing the awareness of those from majority groups to the marginalized experiences ofpeople from underrepresented groups as they navigate heteronormative engineering cultures.One potentially transformative way of doing this is by shifting the mindsets of

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Clippinger, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Steven Nozaki, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Fredrick A. Nitterright, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

centers [9] and courses staffed by personnel with STEM-specificwriting expertise to ensure that effective communication is integral to undergraduates developingtheir professional identities [10].The value of teaching undergraduates the “five domains of writing knowledge” – genre,discourse community, process, content, and rhetorical [11] – is well established. Research onways to facilitate students’ abilities to transfer that knowledge among core and major coursesopens possibilities for developing coherent writing curricula [12]. As students developunderstanding of disciplinary genres, such as lab reports and design projects, and addressdifferent audiences for those genres, they can refine their ways of thinking and expression ofdisciplinary

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

-based and Project-based Learning inEngineering and Medicine: Determinants of Students’ Engagement and Persistance. Interdisciplinary Journal ofProblem-Based Learning, 6(2), 2012.

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 2

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts. His current engineering education research interests focus on community engagement, service-based projects and examining whether an entrepreneurial mindset can be used to further engi- neering education innovations. He also does research on the development of reuse strategies for waste materials.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado in CU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Louisiana State University, an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matt R. Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University; Hannah Ingram, Florida Polytechnic University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

ability to explore the solution spaceduring design, 2.) the ability to generate quality designs, and 3.) the ability represent andunderstand engineered systems. While the funded project work formally began in 2015, the PIsconducted initial studies on teaching functional modeling as early as 2011 [1], and in that workstated one of the research goals was to “… determine the value that functional modeling bringsto the design process.” This paper, and the accompanying poster aim to not only summarize andreport on work done during the NSF funding period, but to also provide the relative backgroundand context of the work and to foreshadow future design modeling research efforts.1 Introduction and MotivationTwo of the PIs became interested in the value

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Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reza Kamali, Utah Valley University; Matthew Meyers, Utah Valley University; Nima Kamali-Sarvestani, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

nano/microfabrication. Dr. Kamali’s work is supported by funding from National Science Foundation, Utah Valley University, and local/international companies. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE.Matthew Meyers, Utah Valley University An animation student at Utah Valley University, Matthew is a member of the research team responsible for creating the virtual reality simulations described in this paper.Mr. Nima Kamali-Sarvestani, Utah Valley University Nima Kamali is currently a junior student at Lone Peak High School, Highland Utah. His interests in Virtual Reality and nanotechnology led him to work with Utah Valley University on their nanotechnology project. He has interests in learning more about STEM education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan P.E., Rowan University; Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Sarah K. Bauer, Rowan University; Theresa F. S. Bruckerhoff, Curriculum Research & Evaluation, Inc.; Danilo Zeppilli, Rowan University; Stephanie Lezotte, Rowan University; Danielle Macey

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Hartman, Rowan University Professor of Sociology, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology Department and IRB Chair, Rowan Uni- versity. Co-p.i. of RED NSF RevED project at Rowan University. Editor-in-chief, Contemporary Jewry.Dr. Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University Beena Sukumaran has been on the faculty at Rowan University since 1998 and is currently Vice President for Research and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She served as Department Head for 7 years. Under her leadership, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program saw considerable growth in student and faculty numbers. Her area of expertise is in micro-geomechanics and has published over 100 peer reviewed conference and journal papers including

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Kurtis D. Cantley, Boise State University; Gary L. Hunt, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

mastery grading,this course would likely have one or two midterm exams and a cumulative final exam, inaddition to homework and possibly a small project. Often, 50% or more of a student’s gradewould be determined by the exams only. Illness, lack of sleep, or loss of study time due toexternal factors can often be detrimental to student performance. This traditional structure alsoprovides no motivating factors for a student to revisit the most critical topics after poorperformance on an exam. They will simply move on in their studies to the current topic, withoutmuch consideration that many of the concepts build on some previously established foundation.The mastery-based grading structure forces them to eventually demonstrate understanding of