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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush, North Carolina A&T State University

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2Dr. AC. Megri 2020 ASEE Annual ConferenceUniversity as the lead and several universities as the sub-recipients. The activities of thisconsortium are carried out in partnership with four national research laboratories. Theconsortium agreement favors greater coverage of expertise, the inclusion of technical forcesfrom several universities and laboratories, for a much greater impact through the interactionand collaboration as well as a greater coverage of research areas, equipment and labs.Launching and managing a functional consortium with multiple partner universities andlaboratories is often a complex task, because of the difficulties associated to the programs’complexity at a

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Mechatronics and Robotics II

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Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Monique Jethwani, Columbia School of Social Work; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Paper ID #28855Workshops for Building the Mechatronics and Robotics EngineeringEducation CommunityProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in EECS in 1987

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Mechatronics and Robotics II

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Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Kenechukwu Churchill Mbanisi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David M. Auslander, University of California, Berkeley; Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Majid Molki, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Promoting Open-source Software and Hardware Platforms in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering EducationAbstractThe evolution of Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (MRE) has enabled numeroustechnological advancements since the early 20th century. Professionals in this field are reshapingthe world by designing smart and autonomous systems aiming to improve human well-being.Recognizing the need for preparing highly-educated MRE professionals, many universities andcolleges are adopting MRE as a distinct degree program. One of the cornerstones of MREeducation is laboratory- and project-based learning to provide a hands-on and engaging experiencefor the students. To this

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Mechatronics and Robotics I

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Brandon Miles Gardner, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore ; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Rakesh Joshi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Fredrick Landon Bickle, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Mark E. Williams, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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water body. The STRIDER team consistsof a small group of engineering majors as well as students from other fields collaborating to meetthe requirements set by scientists at the Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety Laboratory(EMFSL) of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); under the advice of a few facultymembers at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES). STRIDER currently has thecapability of providing critical geo-located measurements; pH, Oxidation Reduction Potential(ORP), and Dissolved Oxygen (DO) values at the surface and other specified depths. This data canbe interpolated over the surface, as well as across the depth to provide a three-dimensionalrepresentation of the variation of water quality parameters of a

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Mechatronics and Robotics I

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Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Michael A. Gennert is Professor of Robotics Engineering, CS, and ECE at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he leads the WPI Humanoid Robotics Laboratory and was Founding Director of the Robotics Engineering Program. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the University of California Riverside, PAR Technology Corporation, and General Electric. He received the S.B. in CS, S.B. in EE, and S.M. in EECS in 1980 and the Sc.D. in EECS in 1987 from MIT. Dr. Gennert’s research interests include robotics, computer vision, and image processing, with ongoing projects in humanoid robotics, robot navigation and guidance, biomedical image processing

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Mechatronics and Robotics I

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Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Huang, Trinity College; Hunter B. Gilbert, Louisiana State University; Musa K. Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; He Bai, Oklahoma State University; David M. Auslander, University of California, Berkeley

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2016-2019 at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany.Prof. Musa K Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island Musa Jouaneh is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering at the University of Rhode Island where he has been working since 1990. His research interests include mechatronics, robotics, and engineering education. Dr. Jouaneh founded the Mechatronics Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island, is the author of two text books on mechatron- ics, is the developer of mechatronics-based tools for engineering education, and is the recipient of several c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Mechatronics and Robotics II

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James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Nikhil Bajaj, University of Pittsburgh; Vishesh Vikas, The University of Alabama; Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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heat transfer. He has held a summer research position with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories and has also served as a consulting mechatronics engineer with two startup technology companies, in the areas of force sensing in gaming devices and the control of multi-actuator haptics. His research interests include nonlinear dynamical and control systems, and the analysis and design of mechatronic systems, especially in the context of cyber-physical systems—in particular making them secure and resilient.Dr. Vishesh Vikas, The University of Alabama Vishesh Vikas is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Al- abama, Tuscaloosa (UA) and the director of the Agile Robotics Lab at UA

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Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

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Lynn Albers, Hofstra University; Edward H. Currie, Hofstra University; David M. Rooney, Hofstra University; Robyn Alma, Hofstra University; Travis Chen Shen, Hofstra University

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receipt of pledged financial supportguaranteeing the program’s solvency for at least the next four years.In addition to the scholarly work produced, helping both faculty and students professionally, theprogram also ensured greater utilization of laboratories during what was previously a relativelyslack time between the end of one academic year and the start of the next. By making availablethe skilled labor of highly talented students, the program also is producing a noticeable shift infaculty research areas toward topics that dovetail well with programs that emphasizeundergraduate education.The summer of 2019 marked the fourth year of the official program, and the sixth of any paidsummer research experience. Table 1 shows the growth of the number

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Paula Alvarez Pino; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Mona N. Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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to enhance theoverall quality of life in their cities. Collaborative, community-based projects to improve thebuilt environment can serve as a laboratory for student engagement, providing valuableexperience in a practical, real-world setting. The UAB Civil Engineering department has made aparticular effort to involve undergraduate and graduate engineering students in community-basedinitiatives with the goal of enhancing engineering education while improving the communitiessurrounding the university.Such efforts need not be ad hoc. Because of the successful involvement of engineering studentsin community-based initiatives, the UAB Civil Engineering department has developed a 3-credithour elective course where students can be part of this

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Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering and Liberal Arts

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Denise H. Bauer, Methodist University

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university usually did not follow theseguidelines although they believed writing to be an important tool for student to learn andunderstand.Universities and colleges have implemented various forms of writing for engineers over theyears; however, the implementations have mainly been at the course level and not an overallcurriculum change [4]. The need to assess the ABET outcome communicating with a broadaudience is usually the main driver of these changes with programs assessing how well thestudents communicate within the criteria set for the respective assignments. This means that thewriting is usually limited to laboratory write-ups, small class project reports, and a capstonepaper (usually written as a team). In addition, most programs offer no

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima, Old Dominion University ; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University

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taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to the industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different engineering projects related to a wide range of industries from the petroleum and natural gas industry to brewing and newspaper industries. Dr. Ayala has provided service to professional organizations such as ASME. Since 2008 he has been

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Jessica Anne Rosewitz P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Paper ID #31532Work-in-Progress: Investigating student growth through amultidisciplinary qualifying project of an interactive ball wall displayto support Pre-K STEAM learning at a community early education and carecenterMs. Jessica Anne Rosewitz P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute Jessica has been interested in engineering education since her undergraduate days. She participated in the NSF PIEE Project, designing and implementing engineering lesson plans in a local Worcester 2nd grade classroom. Now, each year she hosts a high school junior for a week, demonstrating what it’s like in a research laboratory. During the summer

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Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

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Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jazmin Jurkiewicz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rachel Rosenbaum, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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that one of the majorresources of the students is a design laboratory. A space they have available for use that containsmultiple tools, machines, and equipment they can use at any time to work on their projects. Interms of mentors, students considered the GTA’s to be more approachable and most of the timepreferred to ask them questions than to ask the instructors. Office hours were perceived as lessvaluable. Participant # 7 (electrical and computer engineering) commented “2 TA’s there workingwith several students and is always answering questions about [coding] so you feel like those arethe only questions you are allowed to ask in office hours, everything else is not important” thefocus of the problem could have been the perception that the

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Mechatronics and Robotics II

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Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael D. Cook, Milwaukee School of Engineering; William C Farrow, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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hardware. The laboratory topics covered during the class are:MATLAB Programming • Week 1: Discrete I/O with switches and LEDS • Week 2: Analog I/O with DC motors, photocells, temperature sensors, force sensors, infrared sensors, and potentiometers • Week 3: PWM and servo motor control • Week 4: Coordinated control of a multi-axis servo motor robotic arm • Week 5: Introduction to stepper motors and two-axis positioning system • Week 7: 1D and 2D Scanning with two-axis positioning systemArduino C-Programming • Week 6: Introduction to C programming concepts and the Arduino IDE o Rewriting week 1 MATLAB Program to C o Coordinated control of stepper motor driven two-axis positioning system to

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University ; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University

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of multiphase flows while acquiring skills in high performance parallel computing and scientific computation. Before that, Dr. Ayala hold a faculty position at Universidad de Oriente at Mechanical Engineering Department where he taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses for a number of subjects such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Flows, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, as well as Mechanical Engineering Laboratory courses. In addition, Dr. Ayala has had the opportunity to work for a number of engineering consulting companies, which have given him an important perspective and exposure to industry. He has been directly involved in at least 20 different

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Innovations for Multidisciplinary Programs

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Michaela E. Amoo, Howard University; Jack Bringardner, New York University; Jen-Yeu Chen, National Dong Hwa University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jillana Finnegan, Boise State University ; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; Patricia D. Koman, University of Michigan; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Louise Logan, University of Strathclyde; Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Millis Trent, University of Pretoria; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Bennett C. Ward, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering

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tackled were data aggregation/fusion, distributed consen- sus, power control, scheduling and synchronization in wireless ad hoc networks, intrusion detection in a large scale wireless sensor network with Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), and coordinated probabilistic map construction by the mobile robotic sensor network (a multi-agent system) such as a group of UAVs. Dr. Chen obtained his PhD from School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA. Prior to his PhD study, he was with Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, CHTL, Taiwan. He is a 3GPP regular meeting delegate by the collaboration with ITRI, Taiwan.Prof. Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology Edward J. Coyle is the John B. Peatman