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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Danielle Marie Fredette, Cedarville University; Nathan Jessurun, University of Florida

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basics ofsoftware engineering, and how they do or do not make use of that material in their projects, withthe intent to improve our course for future years. Specific items to evaluate over the next cycle ofthe course are also identified.As noted by the author of [1], senior capstone design work is a valuable part of an engineeringcurriculum, giving many students their first experience working on a team to complete a largeproject on a relatively long time scale. However, many students, especially those with lesstechnical experience from internships or co-ops, come into senior design with weaknesses. Theseweaknesses might include unfamiliarity with how to plan for and manage constraints such as timeand money, discomfort with being dependent on

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Beyond the Capstone: Integrating Authentic Experiences that Promote Learning and Excitement

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Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Building Bridges – Spanning the gap between the classroom and professional practiceOne of the ABET Inc. civil engineering program requirements is for the curriculum to preparegraduates to design a system, component, or process in at least two civil engineering contexts.Additionally, ABET Inc. requires the curriculum to include a culminating major engineeringdesign experience that incorporates appropriate engineering standards and multiple constraints, and isbased on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work. While there are various ways toaccomplish these requirements, many programs use a capstone design project or experience. Thepaper outlines how the civil engineering program at

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Camilo Ordonez, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Tomas Fajardo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Shayne Kelly McConomy, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Joshua James Blank, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Mechanical Engineering

multimedia final presentation. Throughout the semester, students providedtheir opinions and suggested improvements for each deliverable. The contents of this workdetail the different deliverables and the tools the students were given to help gain a foundation inmechatronics, design skills, and project management typical of senior capstone design projects.The paper also presents lessons learned and proposed directions for future improvements. Toprovide some specific examples of the projects and the main deliverables, a website1 wasdeveloped with a sample of representative student work. I. IntroductionThe class EML3811 Mechatronics I is a required course taken by all mechanical engineeringstudents during their Sophomore or Junior year at the FAMU

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3

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Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

attach to their helmets or shirts.• For mine tailings remediation, students developed a conceptual design to use remediated tailings as raw material to make construction bricks.• For miner’s safety and health, students identified a number of ergonomic backpack designs to minimize back injuries when carrying ore out of mine shaftsEDNS 491-92 Engineering for Community Development (ECD) Capstone Design Studio. Tocontinue addressing the problems associated with design for industry mentioned above, wedeveloped a design studio environment inside of our university’s Capstone Design course thatallows us to bring in multiple ECD projects at the same time, requiring different time frames fortheir completion, and different skill sets required

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

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Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #28835Unconscious Bias in Peer Ratings of International Students’Contributions to First-Year Design Projects?Dr. Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE) and Director for the Engineering Plus program. She has served as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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Jeong Hin Chin, University of Michigan; Yuan Gao, University of Michigan; Herbert Li, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, California Institute of Technology; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan

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Student

involved in describing the products of open-ended design scenarios. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Predicting Team Project Score: It’s More about Team Harmony and Less about Individual PerformanceABSTRACTTeam-based assignments and other collaborative learning methods are common in undergraduateengineering programs across the world, and they are especially prevalent in first-yearintroductory engineering courses as well as final-year capstone projects. Team-based learninghas been shown in previous studies to improve students’ academic achievement, persistence,intrinsic motivation, and attitude toward subject areas compared to more traditional methods oflearning, and it can

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ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

projects including fixing electric car started in an experimental engineering project coursewhich was taught first time in the department in lieu of a capstone project course. There were acouple of team projects in this course including electric car project. Due to time constraints in theclass the project was incomplete. However, same and more students were interested to work onthe same project either as volunteer basis or enrolling in an independent/directed study courses.Faculty advisors worked with students on weekly basis and created a time/work log for eachstudent to fill out the work progress and details of the duties. Every week the project progress isreviewed by the project advisors and students together. Each student was given time to

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Innovating Ethics Curriculum and Instruction

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Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

four to complete design projects that are the samescope and scale of typical capstone design projects. For working on this project, the studentengineers earn three credits of design and three credits of professionalism. The design creditsaccount for the actual engineering work associated with the project while the professionalismcredits account for the non-technical tasks associated with the project, such as communication,professional development and teamwork. One set of professionalism assignments, of particularinterest to this work, is to write reflection journal entries designed to support the studentengineers’ metacognitive processes and cement important learning. Often, reflections connect toactivities done in our one credit seminar where

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Green Energy Manufacturing and Sustainable Energy Management

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Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Toshika Fegade, Drexel University; Yu-Chieh (Jamie) Wu, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation, Manufacturing

areas aswell as in thermal-fluid, energy conversion and mechanical areas from various levels of instruction andaddressed to a broad spectrum of students, from freshmen to seniors, from high school graduates to adultlearners. She also has extended experience in curriculum development. Dr Husanu developed laboratoryactivities for Measurement and Instrumentation course as well as for quality control undergraduate andgraduate courses in ET Masters program. Also, she introduced the first experiential activity for AppliedMechanics courses. She is coordinator and advisor for capstone projects for Engineering Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Project-based Learning with Implementation of

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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Jacob Murray, Washington State University, Everett; Lucrezia Cuen Paxson, Washington State University, Everett; Soobin Seo, Washington State University, Everett; Mark Beattie, Washington State University, Everett

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdisciplinary course design has been one of the key interests amongresearchers in the field of engineering education. A cross-disciplinary learning (CDL) frameworknoting that CDL facilitated effective learning which increased motivation and satisfaction ofstudents was presented in [5]. The importance of project-based interdisciplinary learning washighlighted by [6] asserting that entrepreneurial mindsets are significantly enhanced throughtaking interdisciplinary engineering capstone courses.Advancements in various engineering foci require interdisciplinary cooperation, yet studies havefound the lack of communication between engineers and other fields of study is often a limitingfactor in developing effective working teams. Special efforts to design

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2

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Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sunni Haag Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rebecca Watts Hull, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adhiraj Bhagat, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #30163Contextualized design projects in graphics and visualization course:Student perceptions and sustainability systems-thinking knowledgeDr. Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Raghu Pucha is a Senior Lecturer at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Insti- tute of Technology, in the area of CAD/CAE and Manufacturing. Dr. Pucha teaches computer graphics and design courses at Georgia Tech., and conducts research in the area of developing computational tools for the design, analysis and manufacturing of advanced materials and systems. Dr. Pucha has three provisional U.S. patents and

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Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

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Braden K. Oh, Olin College of Engineering; Justin Haruaki Kunimune, Olin College of Engineering; Jonah Spicher, Olin College of Engineering; Lauren Anfenson, Olin College of Engineering; Rebecca Christianson, Draper Labs

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Aerospace

electromagnetic fields to determine physical dimensions of the thruster.Project-based learning has become a popular method for improving engagement in physics andengineering education, 1,2,3 particularly with respect to providing a capstone experience forstudents to apply what they’ve learned in a class. However, such projects are rarely initiated,designed, and completed by students, despite the demonstrated efficacy of self-direction. 4 Thestructure of this project was novel in that it was not intended as a show of understanding ofconcepts we had already been taught, but as a context in which to teach ourselves the conceptsneeded to complete the project. Instead of being a supplement to an introductory physics course,the goal of this project was to

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Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

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Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware; Catherine A Fromen, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #29183Putting Course Design Principles to Practice: Creation of an Elective onVaccines and ImmunoengineeringProf. Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware Joshua Enszer is an associate professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He has taught core and elective courses across the curriculum, from introduction to engineering science and material and energy balances to process control, capstone design, and mathematical modeling of chemical and environmental systems. His research interests include technology and learning in various incarnations: electronic portfolios as a means for

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Labs & Projects - New Opportunities

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Khalifa H. Harib, United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Rihab Kamal M. Hamza, United Arab Emirates University; Muthanna Ahmed Aziz, United Arab Emirates University

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Mechanical Engineering

boardwith its ATmega328 microcontroller is used in the last four labs. Introduction to the Cprograming language used for microcontroller, has been started with relevant introductorymaterials on digital systems. With minimal or no prior exposure to microcontroller use, thenew development aims at developing students’ ability to implement microcontroller-basedapplications with a target to prepare them to handle automation and measurement and controlprojects in future courses and the capstone project. Table 1: The Scheduled lab experiments and Possible explanations The Lab Experiments Pressing Cause for this Experiment Lab 1: Introduction to the lab Familiarize the students with safety and general rules

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Perceptions, Reflections, Collaborations, and Student Support in Chemical Engineering

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Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Dawn McFadden, Pennsylvania State University

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Chemical Engineering

Professor at The Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Her primary focus is the Chemical Engineering Capstone Design course and Chemical Process Safety and Control. She brings her over 20 years of experience in industry to the classroom to help the students connect their learning with real world application. While the focus of her career was in Re- search and Development (including several process patents), it also included assignments in production and capital deployment. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Collaborative project-based learning approach to the enculturation of senior engineeringstudents into professional engineer practice of teamworkYu Xia, The Pennsylvania State

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Biomedical Engineering Curriculum and Design - June 24th

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Steven Higbee, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sharon Miller, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Biomedical Engineering

Continually Challenged with Integrated Design ProjectsAbstractIntroduction: The undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) curriculum should preparestudents to confidently approach complex problems, as graduates will enter the workforce in anenvironment of rising healthcare costs, decreasing average life expectancy, and significantsocioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. With this landscape, solutions to contemporaryproblems will require innovative thinking and groundbreaking medical technologies, suggestingthat the future of BME will be increasingly design-oriented. BME curricula generally includelaboratory and project components aimed at preparing students for senior capstone; however,students may begin capstone

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First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #1

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Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Carrie B. Myers, Montana State University

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First-Year Programs

Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work in Progress: Formation of an engineering identity in first-year studentsthrough an intervention centered on senior design projectsAbstractThis “work in progress” paper describes a multiyear project to study the development ofengineering identity in a chemical and biological engineering program at Montana StateUniversity. The project focuses on how engineering identity may be impacted by a series ofinterventions utilizing subject material in a senior-level capstone design course and has thesenior capstone design students serve as peer-mentors to first- and second-year students. A morerapid development of an engineering identity by first- and second-year students is suspected toincrease retention and

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Student Experiences with Undergraduate Research

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Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University; Nicholas B. Conklin, Gannon University

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Educational Research and Methods

Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA), April 21-23, 2017, Nagoya, Japan, pp. 275-278.[4] O. Lawanto and A. Febrian, “Student self-regulation in Capstone design courses: A case study of two project teams,” in Proc. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct 12-15, 2016, Erie, PA, pp. 1-5.[5] W. Lee, “Assessment of self-regulated learning in senior capstone design,” in Proc. 8th Annual Process Education Conf., June 14-17, 2018, Erie, PA, pp. 1-8.[6] M.M. Vázquez, M.C. Rodríguez, and M.L. Nistal, “Analysis of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies Oriented to the Design of Software Support,” in Proc. 2014 Frontiers in Education Conf. (FIE), Oct. 22-25, 2014, Madrid, Spain, pp. 1-9.[7] K. Arnsdorff, A. Chen, R. McCord, and S

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Biomedical Engineering Curriculum and Design - June 24th

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Kelsey Nicole Warren, Kansas State University; Charles Carlson, Kansas State University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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Biomedical Engineering

number of projects fall within the “sensors anddevices” area. Additionally, biomedical instrumentation has been an area of study for so long(e.g., when compared to a relatively new area such as tissue engineering) that a greater relativeweight in terms of the number of educational sensors and devices efforts is not surprising.Target students range in age from high school students (e.g., who attended summercourses/camps) up to seniors in college engaged in capstone design efforts. A large number ofpapers cited in the literature review were geared toward sophomore-to-senior-level students,whereas fewer were aimed at freshmen and high school students. This result may have beeninfluenced by the fact that many freshmen and high school courses attempt

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: 2019 Best PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers Live Q&A

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Georgios Georgalis, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Karen Marais, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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2019 Best Zone & PIC Papers

growing component of engineering education in the UnitedStates. Its perceived educational value is exemplified by its explicit mention in ABET’sCriterion 5, which requires engineering programs to provide a culminating design experience thatincorporates engineering standards and multiple constraints. Capstone courses and design-build-test projects allow students to synthesize and apply engineering knowledge, skills, and tools toopen-ended design problems. Students work and communicate in teams to complete tasks likegenerating requirements, and testing and integrating equipment. There appears to be widespreadconsensus that project-based learning is valuable, but, how well do these projects prepare studentsfor engineering challenges in professional

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First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

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Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico; Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; Webster R. Johnson, California State University, Chico; Joseph Greene, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #28813Assessing a Summer Engineering Math and Projects Bootcamp to ImproveRetention and Graduation Rates in Engineering and Computer ScienceDr. Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico Dr. Zahrasadat Alavi, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at California State University Chico, received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Wiscon- sin Milwaukee in May 2015. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Amirkabir University (Polytechnic of Tehran) with honors in 2007 and 2009 respectively, and another Master of Science from University of Wisconsin

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ENT Division Technical Session: Making and Maker Spaces

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Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Tech

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #31106”Teams Teaching Engineering”: A flexible hands-on project promotingmakerspace usage in large introductory lecture classesDr. Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Tech Kimberly Demoret is responsible for the Aerospace Engineering capstone design program at the Florida Institute of Technology, where she has been an Assistant Professor since 2015. Prior to joining Florida Tech, she worked for eight years at Kennedy Space Center on development of launch systems in support of NASA’s space exploration goals. She also spent 20 years in the Air Force as a developmental engineer and manager, earning her PhD in Mechanical

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Collaboration and Communication in Problem-based Learning

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Kakan C Dey P.E., West Virginia University; Md Tawhidur Rahman, West Virginia University; V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University; David Martinelli, West Virginia University; Karen E Rambo-Hernandez, Texas A&M University; Julia Daisy Fraustino, West Virginia University; John Deskins; L Christopher Plein, West Virginia University; Abhik Ranjan Roy, West Virginia University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #31050Development of A Holistic Cross-Disciplinary Project Course Experienceas a Research Platform for the Professional Formation of EngineersDr. Kakan C Dey P.E., West Virginia University Dr. Kakan Dey is an Assistant Professor at the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering, West Virginia University, WV, USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University in 2014 and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University in 2010. Dr. Dey was the recipient of the Clemson University 2016 Distinguished Postdoctoral Award. His primary research area includes intelligent

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); WEIHUA FAN

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Engineering Technology

) that gained 11university recognition. With the newly hired student support staff, the student leadership team hasbeen helping with the outreach to students, co-organizing and co-hosting student oriented events inthe college. Figure 4.3 Annual Leadership Development Retreat: SETS Cohort 2016, 2017, and 2018 Figure 4.4 SETS Annual Leadership Development Retreat Programs 2016 and 2017*iv The Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) has been a long-established tradition forthe last decade in the Computer ET and Electrical Power ET programs to allow their senior projectclasses present and demonstrate their capstone projects to

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High-impact Learning Practices

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Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy; Cosme Alejandro Lopez Jr.; James Anthony Baglino, United States Military Academy ; Nicholas Perovich, United States Military Academy; Adriel Evan Moran, United States Military Academy; Adam Thomas Hebert, United States Military Academy; Anthony Bradley, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

served in the military for 23 years as an Engineer Officer with assignments around the world to include Afghanistan, Egypt, and Bosnia- Herzegovina. He is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia and a Project Management Professional. Aaron’s primary areas of research are engineering education, the behavior of steel structures, and blast. Aaron mentors students by serving as an advisor for capstone projects and through service as an Officer Representative for Women’s Volleyball and Men’s Basketball. His passion for teaching and developing tomorrow’s leaders resulted in his selection in 2009 for the American Society of Civil Engineers New Fac- ulty Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni

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Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

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Ross Aaron Petrella, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Lianne Cartee, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Devin K. Hubbard, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Kenneth Donnelly, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David A. Zaharoff, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; George T. Ligler, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Design Curriculum. He holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics from Furman University and M.Sc. and D.Phil. degrees in Mathematics–Computation from the University of Oxford, where his studies were supported by a Rhodes Scholarship. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Vertically Integrated Design Program Using Peer EducationIntroduction A yearlong capstone project for fourth year undergraduate biomedical engineering studentsis often put forward as the model for engaged, experiential learning [2, 3]. However, preparingstudents to undertake the breadth of such a project is often overlooked. In most undergraduateengineering curricula, there

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Design Methodologies 1

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Meagan Flus, University of Waterloo; Christopher Rennick, University of Waterloo; Ada Hurst, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

students apply design methods, they rarely practice needs finding.All Canadian undergraduate engineering students participate in a capstone project in their fourthyear. Engineering instructors at the University of Waterloo have identified a lack of opportunitiesfor students to practice their need finding skills prior to fourth year. As a result, a set of needfinding instructional activities were conducted in-class for one term. The objective of thisresearch is to conduct evidence-based program improvement by identifying the teachingpractices that improve need finding competencies in engineering graduates. More specifically, inthis ongoing study, the authors explore how students identify, select, and justify their capstoneproject problem; and

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Design Across the Curriculum 2

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Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Ryan J. Meuth, Arizona State University; Brent James Sebold, Arizona State University; Eric Prosser, Arizona State University

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Design in Engineering Education

requirements, use extensive team-based activities, and culminate in afinal project that often originates from industry or faculty research [1]. Capstone courses presentinstructors with a variety of challenges, including how to effectively mentor teams through thecapstone design process. This problem is compounded when operating at scale, in large R1universities like the one where the study took place, where it is difficult to find adequatenumbers of highly qualified mentors for the nearly 400 capstone students completing projectseach academic year. Despite the challenge, instructors recognize the value of providing qualitymentorship in the capstone design process and research has shown that quality mentoring iscrucial to student success [2-3].It is

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Biomedical Engineers and Professional Development - June 23rd

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Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro dos Santos, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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of topics such as regulatory affairs [1] and engineeringstandards [2]. Although the combination of technical and “soft skills” can be an importantdistinguishing characteristic of biomedical engineers in industry, it is challenging to effectivelyteach students professional topics in an undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum thatalso attempts to cover the breadth of engineering and life science topics that is the hallmark ofthe discipline.Recognizing the importance of professional topics, students are often required to implementthem in their culminating capstone design project. A common approach is to teach the topics inthe capstone design courses themselves, often by providing didactic sessions covering each topicjust before students

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Benjamin Chambers

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Computing and Information Technology

design is currently notyet well represented in undergraduate academic programs.In order to prepare our computer engineering students for the autonomous vehicle designexperience which can be considered as a complex embedded systems design, we offer twocourses on embedded systems. However, these two courses on embedded systems design are notenough to teach the students the skills that they need. In order to satisfy the ABET requirementsstudents in computer engineering program are required to take a capstone course. The projectsthat students do in this capstone course are embedded projects. This paper will describeautonomous vehicle projects that the students have done in this capstone course.IntroductionWikipedia defines autonomous vehicle as “ A