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Incorporating the Community into the Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Owen J. Meehl, Ohio State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Paper ID #27281Thermodynamics for Citizenship: Entrepreneurial Engineering through Project-based LearningDr. Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University Ann D. Christy, PE, is a professor of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering and a professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University (OSU). She earned both her B.S. in agricultural engineering and M.S. in biomedical engineering at OSU, and her Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Clemson University. She worked for an engineering consulting firm before entering academia and continues to collaborate with the consulting industry. She has taught courses

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Grace Lynn Baldwin; Sarah Larose, Purdue University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Paper ID #33197Using Board Spectrum Technological Projects to Introduce Diverse StudentPopulations to Biological & Agricultural EngineeringDr. Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dr. Carol S. Stwalley, P.E. joined the Minority Engineering Program team in the fall of 2007 as Recruit- ment and Retention Analyst. She earned her Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. from Agriculture and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. Dr. Stwalley has more than 20 years in di- versity work, with considerable background working with K-12 students from the Women in Engineering Programs at

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Clarissa Belloni, Ohio State University

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these humanitarian engineeringprograms is that this may be a way to improve retention of women within engineering.Humanitarian courses, including humanitarian engineering senior design capstones and service-learning study abroad programs, have higher enrollment of women than their traditionalcounterparts. Analyzing the motivations of participants in these programs reveals that womengravitate towards projects that allow them to become a “global professional” and “make adifference” while men want to “make a difference” by working on “exciting immersive real-world projects.” Thus, women seem to prefer projects that make a difference to other peoplewhile men choose work that they personally find to be exciting. However, within the existingresearch

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Travis Ford, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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) have beenincorporated with AIRSPACES (Autonomous Instrumented Robotic Sensory Platforms toAdvance Creativity and Engage Students) project supported by Maryland Space GrantConsortium. Broad goals of the project are aligned with USDA’s “environmentally friendlyagriculture” and NASA’s “earth science” mission objectives.As part of the AIRSPACES project, the UMES team has developed and integrated autonomousplatforms such as autonomous boats, autonomous ground robots, as well as unmanned aerialsystems, to advance sustainable agricultural practices.Farmbot, a small autonomous farming machine, has been recently acquired by the “SmartFarming” and “AIRSPACES” project team at UMES for conducting precision farming fieldexperiments on a small scale. The

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University; Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Eric Steven Hall, North Carolina State University; Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

mathematics undergraduates.Dr. Praveen Kolar, North Carolina State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Investigating Impact of Disruption to Biological and Agricultural Engineering Senior Design Capstone Courses due to COVID-19AbstractSenior Capstone Design is a culminating course of the undergraduate engineering curriculumwhich gives students the opportunity to work in teams on designing a solution to real-worldproblems submitted and mentored by industrial and research project sponsors. In Biological andAgricultural Engineering disciplines, these projects can involve tasks such as field datacollection, laboratory experiments or fabrication of

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alicia A. Modenbach P.E., University of Kentucky; Michael "Mick" Peterson, University of Kentucky

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

skillsets to continue workingcollaboratively in a virtual environment, and the class was more effective at including externalstakeholders in the process.However, several challenges also became apparent. The loose structure of the course, hastyadjustment of the project scope to accommodate remote work, and loss of access to informationand resources had a significant impact on the students’ experiences. Final project outcomes werelimited by circumstances, since the second semester is focused on fabrication and test. For somestudents, the experience and expectations for the more hands-on part of the project wereparticularly impacted. Added challenges associated with grieving the loss of a final semester,graduation ceremonies, and uncertain career

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lisa Deane Morano, University of Houston, Downtown; Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

wheresustainability is only in environmental engineering or biology, this minor is open to every students.Undergraduates interested in sustainability can also apply for Experiential Learning in CUAS (EL CUAS).Through EL CUAS, 8 to 10 undergraduates per year work collaboratively in a yearlong program wherethey complete courses, participate in professional development and carry out a project with a sustainabilityor urban agricultural focus. Students selected for the experiential learning (both science and non-sciencemajors) gain valuable project management skills, communication skills and the ability to scientificallyanalyze project data. All groups are also required to design and build technology to solve a sustainabilityor urban agriculture problem. Thus

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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John J. Classen, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Alison V. Deviney, Biological and Agricultural Department, North Carolina State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

students appreciate the technical, economic, and socialchallenges related to implementing new animal manure management technologies in aproduction environment that already includes an established regulatory framework.The first tool was the concept map. The goal of the project was to explore the complexinteractions of various stakeholders and agents of food animal production. Students in theundergraduate class were asked to create a concept map, in the form of a diagram, of the NorthCarolina swine industry with a focus on manure management and environmental impacts andprotections. Each of the six students in the graduate class additionally created their map from theperspective of a different stakeholder group. Students also reviewed and provided

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

of responses for each question. Results indicate that ASMTstudents have some similarities with their engineering counterparts, but place a stronger focus onrelationships and building connections. Students valued the use of group projects as a way tobuild community and noted the importance of classroom management to build community.IntroductionAcross the country, many biological and agricultural engineering departments are also home toagricultural systems management/technology (ASMT) programs. From a historical perspective,nearly all these ASMT programs have evolved from traditional agricultural mechanizationprograms. This evolution parallels how biological engineering programs evolved from traditionalagricultural engineering programs. We

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Erin Ingram, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Tammera J. Mittelstet, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Julie Thomas, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

develop a an efficient model for STEM career education. Thomas has been active in professional associations such as the School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA-Past Executive Director and the Council for Elementary Children International (CESI-Retiring President). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Garden TOOLS: Engaging elementary students in technology-rich agricultural engineering projects in outdoor learning spacesAbstractAs demand for food and energy continues to grow, so, too, does the importance ofunderstanding agricultural systems and technologies. There is a need to prepare ascience-literate citizenry capable of making informed decisions related to food, energy,and

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nathan C. Rice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

bythe year 2050, and asked the important question of how are we going to feed that many people.The report put tangible boundaries around a “Wicked Problem” that was otherwise difficult tograsp [2]. The topic of feeding a rising global population has since been at the center of thepublic attention, and is a primary driver behind this research project, which stemmed from theNSF initiative, Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS) [3]. The focus on providing for a sustainable future also had rippling effects into the world ofserious games with over 60 video games coming out related to sustainability since 2006 [4]. Thetopics of these games are wide ranging but many adopt the model principles of the Triple BottomLine

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Rachel Ibach, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sydney E. Everhart, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leah Sandall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Paper ID #30453Participants of the Cultivate ACCESS Program (Work in Progress)Rachel Ibach, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rachel Ibach is a masters student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Applied Science program. Her assistantship project focuses on increasing participation of underrepresented groups in STEM-related agricultural career fields through a mentoring and development program that engages high school youth with undergraduate students and industry professionals.Dr. Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Jenny Keshwani is an Assistant Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tara Gupte Wilson, Wright State University; Ashley Nicole Venturini, Ohio State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

particularly beneficial to those with good time management skills and asense of high self-efficacy. As students and teachers were thrust into the world of distancelearning due to the global pandemic, high quality distance education that supports everyonebecame vital to the success of students.Course ContextThe 4-credit hour course that provides context for this study is a junior-level engineeringthermodynamics course based on mechanical engineering thermodynamics (as opposed to achemical engineering approach to thermodynamics) with some additional biological andbiomedical applications. This course itself has been offered annually at the Ohio State Universitysince 2012. A semester-long team design service-learning project was introduced to the coursein

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Western Michigan University; Pawan Ramchandra Galande

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

unit, soil and irrigation water analysis laboratory, nursery,earthworm production unit, medicinal and aromatic plant garden, sheep and goat farm, fruitorchard mother block, shade-net, and hydroponic project. The college has departmentallaboratories that are renovated and furnished with state of the art equipment. The college isaccredited by the university through 2018-19 and offers a three-year diploma program, whichadmits 90 students after graduating from high schools. The admissions are based on students’performances in the high school graduation examination, which is a government managed state-wide examination. The main objectives of the diploma program are, 1) to develop competence amongst itsstudents for solving problems related to

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catelyn A. Evans, Texas A&M University; Ezekiel Joseph McReynolds, Texas A&M University ; Hamidreza Sharifan, Texas A & M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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EngineeringAbstractBiological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) programs across the U.S. are aimed at teachingengineering principles and concepts of biology as they apply to both agricultural and biologicalsystems. There is a clear definition of what the undergraduate curricula should instill in studentsprior to entering into the workforce as defined by the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology, Inc. However, individual institutions determine the exact knowledge conceptswithin the coursework offered for students to be successful and prepared for their careers. Thisresearch project was motivated by the need to differentiate between the BAE programknowledge areas and a newly formed Environmental Engineering program in a southwesternUniversity’s Civil

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Maria Pantoja, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Franz J. Kurfess, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Irene Humer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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computervision and deep learning.The main goal of this paper is to report on our approach to close the gap between domain expertsin agriculture and computer scientists by developing a practical, hands-on activity in the form ofa workshop or tutorial specifically targeted at agricultural engineers and practitioners interestedin applying computer vision techniques to solve agricultural problems. The tutorial consists ofspecific examples like detecting and counting bees, segmentation of fruit trees and automaticfruit classification. The examples for the tutorials are chosen because of their simplicity ofimplementation and because they are also easily expandable into more complex projects. Forexample, the segmentation tutorial can be used to estimate

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Youngmi Kim, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

engineering problems, which are oftenopen-ended, complex, and ill-defined with many unknowns and variables. For example, studentsmay learn how to measure certain parameters or engineering properties related to a flow or heatexchanger system from these lab activities, but they do not necessarily understand how thosemeasurements are used in the design of flow or heat exchanger systems in food processing, whatother variables to consider, and how those variables are interrelated and can affect the design andoperation of such systems.The department curriculum includes a senior-level capstone design course for AE majors and amulti-semester project course for AET majors. In these senior-level project-based courses,students are tasked with applying their

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Cara London, Texas A&M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

? Y/N *Coding of each question were designed as follows: HMT – H Major Targeting, PI – Previous Information,RE – Recruiter Experiences. Each code is followed by a number, for the question in that construct and sub/follow-upquestions and indicated with a number and letterComparison of Learning Outcomes This project offers a thorough comparative analysis of learning outcomes between allengineering majors offered at a large public engineering institution in the Southeast. Allinformation was collected from the most recent published degree plan from that major [8]. Onlymandatory curricula were counted toward the comparison as we understand any student mayachieve mastery of other topics through elective courses. Additional criteria for

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Amy L. Kaleita, Iowa State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

semester.Like many programs across the country, our engineering degree program enrollments havegrown steadily (in our case, at nearly 5.4% annually since 2006, meaning core courses arevirtually double in throughput). Motivated by growing student numbers we embarked on aneffort to use video lecture delivery in two key courses taken by all engineering students in ourdepartment. We did so nearly five years prior to the writing of this work-in-progress, and herewe report on the development of the materials, our experiences using the video lectures in class,student responses to the video lectures, and experiences with sharing the video lectures with newinstructors.This project began in the 2013/2014 academic year, when were assigned to co-teach both theyear

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University; Nicholas Patrick Totaro, Louisiana State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

courses in the first year sequence, as well as instrumentation andmachine design in biological engineering. Nick also serves as the Undergraduate ProgramCoordinator and the Advisor of the Biological Engineering Student Organization.Marybeth Lima has served on the faculty of the Biological & Agricultural EngineeringDepartment at LSU since 1996. Her research interests include community-based engineeringdesign. Marybeth directs the LSU Community Playground Project, in which college andelementary school students work together to design playgrounds at local schools. Lima wasselected as an ASEE Fellow in 2012.

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Incorporating the Community into the Classroom

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hallie E. Supak, Texas A&M University; Victoria Baltazar; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Paper ID #27494Training Modules for Improved Storage Techniques to Reduce Post-harvestLosses of Maize in Ghana, Work in ProgressMs. Hallie E Supak, Texas A&M University I am a senior undergraduate student at Texas A&M University studying Biological and Agricultural Engi- neering. I have been working with my partner and co-author Victoria Baltazar since May on this project. We are apart of the Post-Harvest Engineering and Education (PHEED) research group under the super- vision of Dr. Janie Moore PhD focusing on post-harvest loss education and improvement in African countries with a special interest in women farmers

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan C. Rice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; Ashu Guru, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Caprianna N. Keeler; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Paper ID #23664Comparison of Game-based Learning and Traditional Lecture Approachesto Improve Student Engagement and Knowledge Transfer in STEM Educa-tionNathan C. Rice, University of Nebraska, Lincoln I am a masters student at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln majoring in Biological Systems Engineer- ing. My assistantship project focuses on developing an educational immersive simulation game to educate youth on the corn-water-energy-beef nexus and systems thinking.Dr. Ashu Guru, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Guru is a computer scientist and educational researcher who focuses on curriculum development in both

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Martin Chernosky, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University; Valentini A. Pappa, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey D. Sammons, Texas A&M University

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winner. He was recently named as the Center for Digital Education’s Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers for 2016.Dr. Valentini A. Pappa, Texas A&M University Energy Institute, Texas A&MMr. Jeffrey D. Sammons, Texas A&M University Associate Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Does Student Satisfaction Equal Learning? A Differentiated Design Strategy for Course Improvement:Lessons Learned from Learning Outcomes and Grade DistributionAbstractThere has been an increasing need for qualified engineers worldwide, and yet even withexpanding engineering programs, positions remain unfilled and projects suffer from lack

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joel Peterson P.E., University of Wisconsin, River Falls; Matthew Francis Digman, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Paper ID #23529A Comparison of Learning Outcomes and Learner Satisfaction in a CADDCourse with Flexible and Rigid DeadlinesDr. Joel Peterson P.E., University of Wisconsin, River Falls Dr. Peterson is a faculty member in the Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Wis- consin - River Falls. Dr. Peterson strives to bring the real-world lessons he learned in industry to students in the classroom. He is a registered civil engineer and teaches a variety of classes ranging from to project management to fluid mechanics.Dr. Matthew Francis Digman, University of Wisconsin, River Falls Dr. Digman received

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Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

and their associatedLOs, we were able to identify which KAs are most often used in the disciplines core curricula.Results & DiscussionThe investigative questions that were used to guide this research project were designed to allowus to identify key knowledge, skills and abilities graduates of a Bio-based engineering programpossess. This was done with the understanding that graduates from the program have a commontraining through their core courses, before venturing into a concentration which further shapesthe abilities of that student. Table 2 shows the LOs grouped to the four different concentrationsand core processes in the BAE program at this University. The core processes are LOs whichcross multiple concentrations and are integrated