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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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Diversity

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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 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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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

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