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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; Soobin Seo, Washington State University; Tahira M Probst, Washington State University; Joseph M Hewa, Washington State University

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in soft skills such as interdisciplinary understanding,communication, and collaboration skills throughout participating in the interdisciplinary NRTprogram.1. IntroductionIn the rapidly evolving landscape of technology and innovation, the conventional boundaries thatonce confined individual fields of study are becoming increasingly blurred. Moreover, acceleratedby the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of work is undergoing momentous change. Nearly half ofall occupations (including those in production, transportation, extraction, agriculture, andmaintenance/repair) are at risk of being automated within the next two decades [1]. At the sametime, labor shortages within the U.S. have plagued post-pandemic recovery efforts and areparticularly dire for

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MECH - Technical Session 14: Advanced Pedagogical Techniques

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Israd Hakim Jaafar, Utah Valley University; Matthew J Jensen, Utah Valley University; Sean Tolman P.E., Utah Valley University; Amanda C Bordelon, Utah Valley University; Bennington J Willardson, Utah Valley University; Janis P Raje

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Diversity

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development of soft-skills and attributesvalued by the student and future employers or graduate schools. Mentors will also interact withscholars at CAM activities. They will submit documentation on these activities for assessmentand tracking progress. Faculty mentors also meet annually to discuss and review their efforts.The CAM Project Management Team will also investigate the impact of these mentoring andgroup-based activities on faculty workload. It is noted that each faculty member of the CAMProject Management Team will devote 1 month of his/her 9-month annual contract to thisproject.Peer mentoring is recognized as a best-practice strategy for promoting college student success(Collier, 2017). Undergraduate mentors may provide student-relevant

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 5: Preparing the Future Workforce

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin, Texas A&M University; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Carlos R. Corleto, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University

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the global engineering teachingcommunity through our library system.Acknowledgment This work is supported by National Science Foundation Grant EEC-2022275 to createopportunities for revolutionizing the preparation of students. We thank Lani Draper, eSAILInstructional Designer, for her help in developing the module videos.References[1] R. J. Marandi, B. K. Smith, R. F. Burch, and S. C. Vick, “Engineering soft skills vs. engineering entrepreneurial skills,” Int J Eng Educ, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 988-998, 2019.[2] R. Reagans and E. W. Zuckerman, “Networks, diversity, and productivity: The social capital of corporate R&D teams,” Organization Science, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 502-517, 2001.[3] P. Pazos et al

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MECH - Technical Session 5: Virtual Learning and Technology Integration

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pooya Niksiar, The Citadel; Blakeley Hunter Odom, The Citadel

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empowering women inengineering/technology: A case of success at Northen Kentucky University (NKU) andCincinnati State Technical and Community College (CSTCC)”, Proceedings of the 2020 IEMSConference, 26, 88-97, December 2022.[3] D. Che, D. Clark, D. Shaw, G. James. (2012). “Lessons Learned from Starting an SAE BajaProgram in a Small Liberal Arts College”. ASEE, June 2012.[4] P. C. Wang et al., “Robotics Mentorship as a Cross-Disciplinary Platform to FosterEngineering Soft Skills”, ASEE, June 2023.[5] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/deepracer/latest/developerguide/deepracer-console-train-evaluate-models.html#deepracer-train-models-define-reward-function[6] https://blog.deepracing.io/2023/03/01/join-the-aws-deepracer-league-2023/#more-1361[7] https

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MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Lurana Crowley, Washington State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

. IntroductionMechanical engineering programs often offer introductory engineering courses (MechanicalEngineering 101 or Engineering 101) for their first-year students to provide a broadunderstanding of engineering principles, practices, professions, and problem-solving skills [16].These courses tend to incorporate hands-on group activities, fostering active engagement withthe discipline and honing crucial soft skills like communication and teamwork. Unlike otherlower-division mechanical engineering courses, such as Statics and Dynamics, the content ofthese introductory engineering courses exhibits notable variation across programs, some areproject-based others focus more on giving students an idea of what engineers do with guestspeakers and field trips. Indeed

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MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac Koduah Kumi, Old Dominion University; Stacie I Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Danielle Marie Rhemer, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Beemt, A., MacLeod, M., Van der Veen, J., Van de Ven, A., van Baalen, S., Klaassen, R., & Boon, M. (2020). Interdisciplinary engineering education: A review of vision, teaching, and support. Journal of Engineering Education, 109(3), 508-555. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20347 8. Vogler, J. S., Thompson, P., Davis, D. W., Mayfield, B. E., Finley, P. M., & Yasseri, D. (2018). The hard work of soft skills: augmenting the project-based learning experience with interdisciplinary teamwork. Instructional Science, 46, 457-488. 9. Fisher, K., & Newton, C. (2014). Transforming the twenty-first-century campus to enhance the net-generation student learning experience: Using evidence-based design to

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Sterling, Auburn University

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“escape”. The features aretypically themed in context of a larger narrative which often meets the genre expectations of theselected story. In addition to the fundamentals, participants strengthen their communication andleadership abilities, alongside other soft skills important for professional engineers throughouttheir careers [1].There are some challenges to implementing this type of education tool, including, but not limitedto, the time-consuming process of creating the room, designing and fabricating the puzzles, andthe fixed nature of the solution [8]. Instructors must take care to update the room each semesterto avoid the solution becoming widespread, diluting the educational benefit.To address the typical drawbacks while maintaining the