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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Oludayo Samuel Alamu, Morgan State University; Marc J Louise Orque Caballes; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Xuejun Qian, Morgan State Univeristy; Jingwen Xue, Morgan State University; Yulai Yang, Morgan State University; Margaret Ajuwon; Seong Lee, Morgan State University; raghulkumar chandrasekaran, Morgan State University

overall fabrication process [1]. A more engaging learning method identifiesa critical need to maintain student interest and encourage young minds to seek/pursue a STEMfield of study and, ultimately, a career [2].Morgan State University (MSU) is one of the renowned Historically Black Research Universitiesin Baltimore, established in 1867 with more than 7,000 enrollments in both undergraduate andgraduate programs. MSU offers 60 distinct undergraduate degrees concentrated into 51 majorswithin 23 broad fields of study. Across all areas of study, MSU awarded 970 undergraduatedegrees in 2017-2018. Despite the continuous enrollment, the university still lags the few otherHBCUs in the country that offer Aerospace Engineering Program until the year 2018

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Rafic Bachnak, Penn State Harrisburg; Anilchandra Attaluri, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Ma'moun Abu-Ayyad

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Promoting Multidisciplinary Industry-Sponsored Capstone ProjectsAbstract:Engineering design problems are intricate in nature and require not only skills that involveinterdisciplinary education but also knowledge across disciplines. To promote and encouragemultidisciplinary projects, the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology at Penn StateHarrisburg has developed a model that facilitates the formation of teams to work on industry-sponsored capstone projects. These projects offer students invaluable educational benefits andhelp in preparing them for their future careers. This paper provides details about our approach toseek industry-sponsored projects and the process we follow to

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Susan Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katharine Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, UMBC

I does not satisfy ageneral university requirement and satisfies a major requirement for very few majors outside ofcomputer science and computer engineering. Second, the majority of students who take the non-majors section are upperclassmen (see Table 2). We speculate that offering a computing programthat students would enter at an early stage in their academic careers and also receive a minordegree would significantly encourage incorporating computing into their undergraduateeducation. In the meantime, we need to formulate better methods to reach and motivateunderclassmen. Semester Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Other Spring 2018 1 2 6 8

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Claire VerHulst, Johns Hopkins University; Karen Borgsmiller, The Johns Hopkins University

solving strategies and confidence, and • to assist students in determining whether engineering is a career they are interested in pursuing.Since the program began in 2006, a total of 4,651 students have completed the course. Moststudents who take Engineering Innovation are rising juniors and seniors in high school. All ofthem have completed algebra II, trigonometry, and chemistry or physics as pre-requisites.The program spans 20 days over four or five weeks. A typical class day consists of 2-3 hours ofnew content delivery through lectures and problem solving followed by 2-3 hours of hands-onprojects or lab activities. Students conduct remote measurements of building height, apply multi-dimensional ranking to a heterogeneous set of data