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Nadir Yilmaz P.E., Howard University; Hyung D. Bae, Howard University

students to easily use suchanalysis packages at undergraduate levels. This paper discusses an undergraduate course,Computer Aided Engineering, and how it integrates design, analysis and optimization under thesame course.Overview of Computer Aided Engineering in Mechanical Engineering CurriculumMechanical Engineering curriculum is based on 120 credits and offers traditional courses as wellas various specialties including energy, applied mechanics, aerospace and manufacturing/designin the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. A recent change to thecurriculum included development of a new course, “Computer Aided Engineering”, in responseto demands of students as well as faculty who expect students to have advanced design (CAD)and

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Curriculum Integration through Engineering Projects on a Centralized PlatformAbstract: This paper discusses aspects of the restructure of the electrical and computer engineering(ECE) curriculum around a centralized engineering project platform to link the learning experienceand promote system integration skills in undergraduate courses on Circuits, Electronics, PowerElectronics, Control, Test and Measurement, and Electric Drives. The ECE department haslaunched the curriculum integration initiative to create an industry-like learning environment forstudents. In this learning environment, freshmen are likened to interns, sophomores are viewed asengineers-in-training, juniors are considered as junior engineers, and seniors

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Deanna H Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Shuchen Cong, Carnegie Mellon University

and climate, and engineering education and policy. She received her B.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Duke University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.Ms. Shuchen Cong, Carnegie Mellon University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Engineering Capstone Course From Multiple PerspectivesIntroductionAn engineering capstone course serves as the culminating experience of an engineering student’sundergraduate curriculum. The EPP Projects course, the capstone for the Engineering and PublicPolicy additional major program, has provided decades of students – both undergraduate anddoctoral

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Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Jeremy G. Roberts, West Virginia University

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while grading their fellow group members with full scores in the peer evaluationregardless of whether they were really happy about their performance.In addition, the late millennial generation and Generation Z students were criticized to be “moresensitive” and general lack of professionalism when encountering conflict in the workplace. Tobetter equip freshman engineering students with knowledge to handle team conflict, a “conflictresolution” session will be integrated into the existing “teamwork and project management”module in the course. The curriculum design was under collaboration with faculty from bothengineering college and business college with expertise in team building and projectmanagement. The new “conflict resolution” session that

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Kristin Brewster, West Virginia University; Patrick O'Donnell

to help with the transition from high school to college and provides academic support.Patrick O’Donnell American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Procedures and Outcomes of an Engineering Living-Learning CommunityAbstractAt a university serving around 21,000 undergraduate students, a first-year engineering programpartnered with the campus residence life to create an Engineering Living – Learning Community.The goal of this program is to allow students in a certain major to live and learn with their peers.Learning opportunities come from common curriculum and strategic programming, which isdeveloped in tandem by the

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Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

the main themes of their students’ outcomes, namely, ‘development of an engineeringidentity’, suggests that faculty should work with students as colleagues just like what engineersat work do. In the process, faculty shares their own thought process in how to approach and useapplied research methods to solve a problem.Pearson, et al conducted studies to describe the rationale and implementation of an appliedresearch experience into an Exercise Science (EXS) curriculum, and to evaluate EXSundergraduate students’ perceptions of an applied research experience [10]. An EXSmeasurement course was chosen for implementation of an applied research experience. Theapplied research experience required groups of students to design, implement, and evaluate

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Bhuvana Ramachandran, University of West Florida; Chathapuram Ramanathan, University of West Florida,; Mohamed Khabou, University of West Florida

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Paper ID #31920Advancement of Women in Engineering: Past, Present and FutureDr. Bhuvana Ramachandran, University of West Florida Dr. Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran, who has more than 20 years experience teaching Power Engineering, is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of West Florida. Her many research areas include Auction Strategies in Electricity Markets, Real Time Power System Modeling and Simulation using Software Tools, Integration of Distributed Generation, Storage and Plug-in-Hybrid Vehicle into the Grid, Smart Grid and Micro Grid Scheduling and Economics, and Phasor

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

researchdirections.2. The holistic engineering approachGrasso and Martinelli argued that pursuing the concept of the “unity of knowledge” will yield anew definition of engineering which is more fitting for the times ahead [2], [4], [5]. The unity ofknowledge is the integration of knowledge across disciplines to deal with complex problems.Many engineering curricula include general education requirements in the form of coursesoutside of the discipline. However, institutions rarely take the next step and offer connectionsamong these courses to integrate or “unify” students' learning.The engineering education community has embraced the idea of incorporating multi-disciplinaryand cross-disciplinary elements into the curriculum [6]. At the same time, in its Body

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Arjumand Ali, Grand Valley State University; Mahdi Norouzi, Grand Valley State University

Conference Proceedings, Jun 22-25, 2003, p 11408-11411. 4. Felder, R. M. and Silverman, L. K.,(1988), “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” Engineering Education 78(7), pp. 674-681. 5. Jensen, E. (1998), “Teaching with the Brain in Mind,” Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 6. Klegka, J.S. and O'Donovan, T.E.,(2002), “Using SIMULINK as a design tool”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Jun 16-19, 2002, p 8505-8517. . 7. Metzger, R.P. and Rodriguez, A.,(2002), “An Interactive Modeling, Simulation, Animation, and Real-Time Control (MoSART) flexible Inverted Pendulum Environmnet”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Jun 16-19, 2002, p 1-9. 8. Rao, S.S

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Natalie Grace Bowen, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University

, humidity, and atmospheric pressure sensor (BME280) to collectweather data; an IR and visible light sensor (SI1145) to convert readings into UV index values;and a lab grade pH probe to measure outdoor water quality. This data will be sent to the cloud,using Adafruit IO, allowing students access in order to further analyze and identify weathertrends.Figure 1. The sensor components of this project are all connected to Raspberry Pi via I2C .The sensors are all connected to the Raspberry Pi using the Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus.This interface allows for each sensor to be connected to the Pi on the same bus, only requiringeach sensor to be connected by two pins, the SCL (serial clock) and SDA (serial data), allowingfor many devices to be

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Varun K Kasaraneni, Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University; Saeed Tiari; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

curriculum emphasizes the integration of communityservice and enhances the learning experience of the students. In addition, SL providesstudents with opportunities to apply their knowledge to a real world environment. TheUniversity mission directs us to prepare our students to be global citizens by offeringcomprehensive, value-centered learning experience with emphasis on leadership, andsocial responsibility. To accomplish this mission, faculty are encouraged to incorporateservice learning as part of the curriculum. Freshman engineering students are introducedto SL as part of FYS. During fall of 2019, the freshman engineering class was presentedwith a problem of constructing the SFD to help achieve the UN-SDG of food security,nutrition, and

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Chandika Annasiwatta, Muskingum University; Sandra Soto-Caban, Muskingum University

education. As a member of an underrepresented group in her field, she is a strong advocate for women participation in STEM. Dr. Soto-Cab´an is a Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). She is also member of the engineering honor societies Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Design of a Cost-effective Bending/Compression EducationalLaboratory Test Apparatus – an Integrated Project Based Learning ActivityAbstractThis paper is focused on an undergraduate design project on the design and

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Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College of Flint; Athanas Mutani Manyama, Baker College

and advise the American Institute of Architecture Students - Baker College Flint (AIAS-BCF) from 2005 to 2019. He was an adjunct faculty member at the same institution from 1990 – 1993. He has extensive experience in teaching various courses in areas such as architectural de- sign, building codes and construction, structural analysis, structural design, building cost estimating, land surveying, CADD applications, and statistics. He is a graduate of the Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Architectural and Building Engineering from Technical University of Budapest, Hungary. His institutional and community services include supervising and judging the Science Olympiad competi- tions for

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Yabin Liao, Penn State Erie; Sheng Liu

, “Introducing cooperative learning into a dynamics lecture class,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, pp. 69-72, 1996.[10]. V. Carbonell, and C. Romero, “Interactive simulations as teaching tools for engineering mechanics courses,” European Journal of Physics, vol. 34, no. 4, 2013.[11]. M. M. Tajvidi, and N. Fang, “Application of Computer Simulation and Animation (CSA) in Teaching and Learning Engineering Mechanics,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2015[12]. L. G. Gray, and F. Costanzo, “The interactive classroom and its integration into the mechanics curriculum,” International Journal of Science Education, vol. 15, pp. 41-50, 1999.[13]. R. J. Roselli, L. Howard, and S. Brophy