Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

food production and food safety. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Peanut Trials on Raised Beds with Indoor and Outdoor FarmBot SetupsAbstractFarmBots are three-axis Cartesian robots quite similar to 3D printers that run on Raspberry Pi 3and Arduino-like microprocessor boards. These machines can seed, kill weeds, sense soil-moisturecontent, and irrigate plants individually over the raised bed area they serve. FarmBots can bemanipulated using web applications over smartphones. The Raspberry Pi Camera (Pi-Cam)integrated with the machine can be used for weed detection and time-lapse photography.FarmBot efforts on campus are integral to the ongoing “Smart Farming” project. The “SmartFarming” project

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Lubina, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

complexity. This sandbox encodes genetic dataand abstracts the concepts of behavior and genotypes using machine learning concepts. Besidesinputs and outputs, organisms’ internal networks are completely dependent on its encoded“genes”, a bit string, which includes connections between neurons and the properties of theneurons themselves. Such a sandbox was developed, conclusions and comparisons to nature weremade, as well as insights to possible expansion and application to education. In addition, thereare evaluations of configuration changes and its effects are recorded for each unique trial withinthe simulator. Analysis on similar projects are provided and how they may proceed against someproblems in design and theory. These applications are then put

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heydi Han, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Hector Palala, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

activitiesto foster community building was designed for this course. All the activities were related to thecontent studied in class but had an element of community building. We created two instrumentsto collect data: A series of open-ended questions and a survey using a 5-point Likert scale fromstrongly agree to strongly disagree. Results showed that a significant group of participantsexpressed positive perceptions of community and teamwork. Moreover, students felt encouragedto participate in all the group activities, team projects, and assignments to achieve the academicgoals for the semester. Students also felt in a safe environment to ask questions and to ask forthe help needed to succeed. The perceptions of students related to community building

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

fields [8][9]. These short individual learning modules should provide enough introduction andcomprehension of the three subjects to qualify as proceeding through the knowledge,comprehension, application, and analysis levels on the original Bloom taxonomy [10] or makingprogress toward factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge on the updated taxonomy [11].They will be broadly project-based and able to be evaluated similarly to other project / teamexperience exercises using skills evaluations and teamwork rubrics [12] [13].Figure 1 – Purdue University Agricultural Systems Management (ASM) undergraduate studentsworking on a John Deere® combine simulator, learning to use the onboard electronic harvestoptimization software. Under the terms

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Carey Balascio P.E., University of Delaware

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

hydrologic computer models arecreated for present and developed site conditions using information from CAD-file site plans andon-line resources. The longer studio meeting times also allow for incorporation of a class fieldtrip (week 10) to an active construction site and stormwater management facilities wherestudents can see the practices learned in class put to use. The emphasis on active learning ismanifest in the grading scheme for the course. The two exams are worth only 40% of the overallgrade while the before-class quizzes, problem sets, projects, and other active learningassignments are worth the balance.The “studio” designation for classes organized in the longer class-time studio format providesstudents with a more accurate expectation for

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Kelly Green, Salt Lake Community College; Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

/en5061943 [6] Safai, Nick, Carpio, M. Cyrus. A. Safai, A. Djobo, N. Wong, I. Gaichuk, “Teaching Engineering, Teamwork & Tolerance by Bringing Multi-discipline, Multicultural Students Together via a Project of Common Interest; Vertical, Hydroponic, Smart Garden With Global and Universal (Space) Applications”, ASEE Annual Conference, 2018

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Toluwalase Opanuga, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

engineering [15],engineering programs have focused on the alignment of course LOs, curriculum (e.g., classactivities, tasks, projects), and assessment to achieve the various educational outcomes necessaryfor professional practice.Two weaknesses of the alignment between the LOs and their assessment is that instructors rarelyuse LOs as a basis for student assessment, and students are rarely asked to use them as the basisof self-assessment of their abilities. When explicitly using LOs for assessment, instructors arebetter able to ascertain the extent to which students are achieving the LOs [3], [16], [17]. Whenstudents are asked to reflect on their abilities by referring explicitly to the LOs, their attention isdrawn to what they should be learning and