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ME Division 9: Enhancing Lab Experiences

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caleb Levi Head, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Lawrence E. Whitman P.E., Kennesaw State University; Srikanth B Pidugu P.E., University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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study process. This work will influence the main study conducted in 2025, where practicessuch as peer review and assignment editing/revision will be implemented in a senior-levelmechanical engineering materials testing laboratory.Literature ReviewThe literature review covers four main topics: the definition and importance of technical writing,proposed solutions in the engineering curricula, the importance of laboratories in engineeringeducation, and industrial collaboration in the engineering curricula.Technical Writing: Definition & ImportanceBlickle and Passe broadly describe technical writing as “writing which deals with subject matterin science, engineering, and business.” [5]. Of the two styles of thought, associative andsequential

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ME Division 11: Beyond the Build: Communication, Collaboration, and Reflection

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fabian Sorce, Imperial College London; Idris Kevin Mohammed, Imperial College London

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to sheet metals using a combination of experimental, numerical and analytical methods to aid his teaching.Dr. Idris Kevin Mohammed, Imperial College London Idris is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. He formerly did PhD research on the fracture of confectionery wafers and now lectures Design & Manufacture to second year Mechanical Engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 The effect of imposed word limits on academic performance in technical reports written by Mechanical Engineering undergraduate studentsSummaryTechnical report writing is typically prevalent in all STEM-related undergraduate

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ME Division 7: Making it Matter: Projects and Communication

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

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,Chi-Sq).Figure 2: Student responses to the prompt “As a result of the [+1 or +3 Semester course], howhas your confidence with each of the following concepts or skills been affected?” *p<0.01 forChi-Squared comparison of response profiles between +1 and +3 Semester groups.As a whole, individual students reported that they contributed to most, but not all, technicalcommunications skills related to team deliverables (Figure 3). Equitable involvement wasreported by over half of all survey respondents for every task; and fewer than 10% of studentsreported less involvement on tasks than their peers. Report writing and data organizationdemonstrated the most involvement overall, with statistical analyses and data analysis having theleast

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ME Division 3: Modern Tools and Methods in Structural Analysis and CAD

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jamie Szwalek, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Christopher Carducci, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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instructors to maximize peerlearning and communication skills in a third-year mechanical engineering course. Thisincorporates both (peer-to-peer) design reviews and reflection work for a computer aideddrafting (CAD) design project. To determine effectiveness, an anonymous Qualtrics survey wasdeveloped and administered to students to determine the impact on their learning experiences,skills, and engineering identity in Part I of the study. Previously, there was only one open-endedquestion that did not yield many responses regarding its impact. The continued study (Part II)seeks to address some of these issues and includes a re-administration of the Qualtrics survey toa second cohort of students in the class. The revised survey contains six new

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jingru Benner, Western New England University; Michael J Rust, Western New England University; Raymond J. Ostendorf, Western New England University

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Education, 2025 Implementing Mini Modules in Core Mechanical Engineering Courses to Enhance Student EngagementAbstractActive learning promotes student engagement by emphasizing their active role in the learningprocess, contrasting with traditional lecture-based teaching. This study explores theimplementation of four active learning strategies in a senior-level Mechanical Engineering course(Heat Transfer) at Western New England University: peer discussions, weekly self-assessedquizzes, flexible assignment deadlines, and self-selected team formation for collaborativeprojects. These strategies were designed to be easy to adopt without compromising lecture timeor content coverage. Surveys and feedback help to understand the

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ME Division 11: Beyond the Build: Communication, Collaboration, and Reflection

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allison Lee, Campbell University

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: Exploring the impacts of emotional investment on student-chosen projectsAbstractBackground: It is often noted that students with intrinsic motivation for a specific topic or projectput forth more effort to learn and understand that topic. Story driven learning (SDL) techniqueshave been used in engineering classrooms to help connect students both to their peers and to thecourse materials in ways that promote self-efficacy and overall learning. In a senior-level systemdynamics course, students were asked to choose their own projects to model and analyze areal-world system. Even with this freedom, the instructor has noticed a general lack ofself-efficacy—students’ personal belief in their own abilities- to model something useful

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ME Division 12: Innovative Approaches to Thermodynamics

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles L. Keesee, University of Jamestown

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grounded inreality (isentropic efficiencies had be based on what real powerplants were currently using). Sincethis was solely a paper design assignment, the budget for this plant was assumed to be unlimited.Students were asked to provide at least a general idea of the size and footprint of their plant as wellas possible locations for it to be built. Adding a flare of competition to the project an additional 10points was awarded to the student(s) who designed the most efficient cycle each year. Studentswere also required to take the paper to the university student writing center. The goal of thisappointment was to help the students with the overall quality of their writing. Most students usedtheir appointment for help with overall structure

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ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Montgomery III, Kennesaw State University; Madeline G Bishop, Kennesaw State University; Sydney Jones, Kennesaw State University; Vanessa S Young, Kennesaw State University; Sagar Patel, Kennesaw State University; Erin Keeney, Kennesaw State University; Coskun Tekes; Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University; Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University

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UniversityErin Keeney, Kennesaw State UniversityCoskun TekesDr. Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University Dr. Utschig is Director for Scholarly Teaching in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and Professor of Nuclear Engineering. Formerly, he was Assistant Director for CETL and the Office of Assessment at Georgia Tech, and Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Lewis-Clark State College. He has extensive experience consulting with faculty about evidence-based approaches for teaching and learning and assessing their impact. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications on teaching and learning and has facilitated or presented hundreds of times on this topic. He completed his PhD in Nuclear Engineering

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ME Division 15: Grading Practices and Student Performance

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Mendez, Purdue University

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2024 9 8 89% 2023 12 6 50% Capstone 2024 6 2 33% Total 34 20 59%The surveys for both courses included the six statements shown in Table 2. Possible responseswere strongly disagree (1), somewhat disagree (2), neither agree nor disagree (3), somewhatagree (4), and strongly agree (5). Most students agreed that the course grading method increasedtheir ability to implement the design process, complete an engineering design project,communicate effectively, and write organized project reports. Overall, students also liked thelearning environment in the course and preferred the grading system to the ones in

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammed A. Alrizqi, Cornell University; Allison Godwin, Cornell University; Junhyuk Kang, Cornell University; Beatriz Asfora, Cornell University

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learning) and Theme 3 (refiningcareer goals), showing how reflection can shape academic and professional aspirations.Abstract Conceptualization (AC) and Active Experimentation (AE)The transition from conceptualizing to experimenting is a dynamic process where students applytheir developed theories to real-world challenges. A poignant example is given by Zaher whoengaged in the analysis and scripting of engine timings using MATLAB: I think courses that have a Learning Studio component, you get to see… the difference between real-world and theoretical like results. So like for the forklift dynamometer, we had to think about the timing of the engine. We had to look at all those different signals, and we had to write a

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ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University

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rigid body kinematics and machine learning for design of mechanisms and robots. He has published 109 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and his research has been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), NY-state SPIR, NY-state Center for Biotechnology, Sensor-CAT, SUNY Research Foundation, industry, Stony Brook University, and SUNY Office of Provost. He received A.T. Yang award for the best paper in Theoretical Kinematics at the 2017 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference and the MSC Software Simulation award for the best paper at the 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) . He is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching by Stony Brook

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ME Division 10: Innovation in the Sophomore Year

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Stephen Barner, University of Portland; Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland

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additions that we plan to test out in the next implementation are requiringthe students to write a proposal for their learning activity or aid with clear final deliverable goalsat the beginning of the term and then do an in-class presentation or demonstration of theirlearning activity or aid at the end of the term. The proposal could be graded in a way thatprovides students feedback on whether they need to expand or reduce their scope and how to doso while setting clear benchmarks to meet by the middle and end of the term. The presentationcan provide another point of assessment while also providing an additional incentive for thestudents to produce something they are proud to present to their peers. Instructors with largerclass sizes could consider

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ME Division 7: Making it Matter: Projects and Communication

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sudeshna Pal, University of Central Florida; Sierra Outerbridge, University of Central Florida; Mohammadreza Chimehrad, University of Central Florida; Michelle Taub, University of Central Florida; Hyoung Jin Cho, University of Central Florida

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and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida. He coordinates two undergraduate programs – B. S. Mechanical Engineering and B. S. Aerospace Engineering. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed journal and proceeding papers. He has 12 and 6 patents granted in the U.S. and Korea, respectively, in the areas of sensors, microfluidic devices, and micro/nanofabrication. His current research focus is on miniaturized environmental sensors and sample handling devices. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. He worked as Research Engineer at Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) from 1993 to 1997. He received the NSF CAREER award in 2004 and was given

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ME Division 7: Making it Matter: Projects and Communication

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven

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LabVIEW.” • “The rigorous workload, combined with the instructor’s detailed feedback and high expectations, greatly enhanced my technical writing skills.”Suggestions for Course Improvement: • “Allow more time for students to explore their design projects freely.”Advice for Future Students: • “Be prepared to put in the work and embrace hands-on learning.” • “Start thinking about design project ideas at the beginning of the semester.”Learning OutcomesSurvey results indicate that 90% of students found the project beneficial. Key highlights include: • Hands-On Application: Projects enhanced the practical application of classroom principles. • Problem-Solving Skills: Open-ended challenges encouraged critical

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Anstaett Metzler, The Ohio State University; Annie Abell, The Ohio State University; Russell K. Marzette Jr., The Ohio State University

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many workplace plans and initiatives togrind to a screeching halt. This curriculum renewal initiative of the mechanical engineeringprogram at Ohio State University was no exception. Over the course of 2020-2022, slowprogress was made on writing specific program goals to match each of the six guiding areasdeveloped during the 2019 retreat. Next, progress was made on developing the student learningoutcomes that would comprise each program goal. Starting in 2022, the curriculum committeewas finally able to move the project off the back burner and work with more focus and purposeto build out the student proficiencies, which are the fine-grained skills that make up studentlearning objectives.By the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, the

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ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Daniel Christopher, U.S. Air Force Academy; Vincent Italo Bongioanni, United States Air Force Academy; Lauren V Scharff, U.S. Air Force Academy

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policy for AI, it is relevant to share the boundaries bywhich this course approached using AI on assignments. In line with the university and departmentpolicies, this course allowed AI on homework and laboratory assignments while requiringstudents to document its usage consistent with receiving help from another resource (such as helpfrom a classmate). Each assignment type has unique limitations. Quizzes and tests, for instance,are individual effort so no outside help is authorized. Homework and laboratory write upsauthorize help from other students, but the work must be primarily that of the submitter. Thus werequire students to specifically state what they received help on for a given problem (e.g. helpwith a particular stein a problem, how to

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ME Division 4: Broadening Participation and Building Resilience

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University; Christopher John Greer, The Pennsylvania State University; Margaret L. Byron, Pennsylvania State University; Bladimir Alvarado Ramos; Reuben H Kraft, Pennsylvania State University; Angela Dawn Lesko; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

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Catherine G.P. Berdanier is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research expertise lies in characterizing graduate-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Creating Public Resources to Diversifying Content in Mechanical Engineering: Fostering Awareness and Ethical ConsiderationsAbstractThis paper explores an innovative

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ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wenhai Li, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Yue Hung, Farmingdale State College; Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Sen Zhang, State University of New York, Oneonta; Akin Tatoglu, University of Hartford; Zhou Zhang, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

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were provided with a setof options and could select all that applied, covering various aspects of the project process,including understanding project requirements, coding and implementation, using tools andlibraries, debugging and troubleshooting, teamwork, managing time and deadlines, presentationand report writing, and other challenges. The results are shown in Figure 7. Figure 7. Results to the“Challenge Faced” questionThe results reveal that coding challenges, encompassing both writing code for implementation anddebugging, were the most significant hurdles faced by students, with 6 and 5 votes, respectively.These findings align with the fact that many MET students have limited prior programmingexperience, making the

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ME Division 8: Measuring What Matters: Concept Inventories, FE Exam, and Learning Skills

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ozge Uyanik, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, Oklahoma State University

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visitors to the ”numerical methods guy” blog. This work also evaluates how flipped, blended, and adaptive environments effectively help engineering students learn content, hone group-working skills, and perceive their learning contexts. Kaw has published more than 130 peer-reviewed technical papers, and his opinion pieces have been featured in the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Tribune, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.Dr. Rasim Guldiken, Oklahoma State University My name is Rasim Guldiken. I am a John Brammer Endowed Professor and Head of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Oklahoma State University. I was also a Professor and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering at

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ME Division 6: Innovative Simulation and Extended Reality Techniques

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alex C. Szatmary, Hexagon

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faster product development and more comprehensive exploration of the design space.For these reasons, engineering students should learn simulation.Simulation is also revolutionizing engineering education. Like how writing can be taught directly(“learning to write”) or used to enrich learning of other subjects (“writing to learn”), we coulddescribe use of simulation in education as “learning to simulate” versus “simulating to learn.”One could be concerned about early introduction of simulation in the curriculum because it ischallenging and requires specialist knowledge to be used productively and safely. Indeed, itseems that mechanical engineering students typically learn simulation through upper-level orgraduate courses dedicated to a specific

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ME Division 10: Innovation in the Sophomore Year

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marino Nader, University of Central Florida; Ricardo Zaurin, University of Central Florida; Michelle Taub, University of Central Florida; Sierra Outerbridge, University of Central Florida; Harrison N Oonge, University of Central Florida; Hyoung Jin Cho, University of Central Florida

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research focuses on the role of curriculum on student access, success, and persistent.Prof. Hyoung Jin Cho, University of Central Florida Professor Hyoung Jin Cho is the Associate Chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida. He coordinates two undergraduate programs – B. S. Mechanical Engineering and B. S. Aerospace Engineering. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed journal and ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Paper ID #47611proceeding papers. He has 12 and 6 patents granted in the U.S. and Korea, respectively, in the areas ofsensors