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Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Hannah Benes, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Annelise Larson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, Texas State University

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Dr. Bedillion received the BS degree in 1998, the MS degree in 2001, and the PhD degree in 2005, all from the mechanical engineering department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a seven year career in the hard disk drive industry, Dr. Bedillion was onDr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, Texas State University Dr. Karim Muci-Kuchler is a Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator at the Ingram School of Engineering of Texas State University. Before joining Texas State University, he was a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Experimental and Computational Mechanics Laboratory at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Iowa

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Systems Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B Oerther P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oerther

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Diversity

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would suggest swapping the Guatemala and the Caribbean models. The Caribbean model was solvable and particularly interesting. The Guatemala model was more abstract and would be better suited for the term project. 8 Maybe going over one example model to solve a real life problem during the initial weeks of class would help us to understand better how to approach the rest of the models. 9 Modeling is relevant and an interesting way to think about students future careers and can be applied to just about any situation if not all. The course should be available to younger students so they can use it to help to

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amin Azad, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

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has worked as a consultant and researcher in tech companies. Amin’s hobbies include exploring the outdoors, trying new food, and traveling.Dr. Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto Professor Emily Moore is the Director of Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. She leads research and teaches on topics such as how engineers lead and learn to lead both as students and in practice. She has published on engineering leadership, equity in engineering, and incorporating systems thinking into complex decision making. Emily was appointed as Director of ILead in October, 2018 after more than twenty years in industry. Emily started her career at the Xerox Research

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Thompson, University of Connecticut; Matthew D. Stuber, University of Connecticut; Song Han, University of Connecticut; Abhishek Dutta, University of Connecticut; Hongyi Xu, University of Connecticut; Shengli Zhou, University of Connecticut; Qian Yang, University of Connecticut; Fei Miao, University of Connecticut; George M. Bollas, University of Connecticut

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infor- mation science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, USA, in 2002. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering, University of Connecticut (UCONN), Storrs, CT, USA. His general research interests lie in the areas of wireless communications and signal processing. He received the 2007 ONR Young Investigator Award and the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi- neers. He was an Associate Editor for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS from 2005 to 2007, IEEE

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Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Drzymalski, Temple University

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of non-traditional assessments and projects as well as tools andmethodologies for translating that into the curriculum.IntroductionAs educators we are compelled to incorporate practices which foster a diverse and inclusiveenvironment and prepare students for success in a global society. In engineering, too often thisgoal is comprised mainly of efforts that aim to ensure more equitable distribution of race andgender in the student body and the faculty. While this is worthwhile in itself, we must be awareof the implications. Educating a diverse population to be successful in their career signals theneed to utilize teaching practices and that allow all students to be successful and also to educatestudents about issues pertaining to diversity

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Brennan, Tufts University; Mohammed Tonkal, Tufts University and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University

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settings commonly found in the real world. Systemsengineering practices are applicable to most if not all future classes, careers, and situations thatthe students will experience in their coming years; allowing them to become comfortable withthese tools early on improves the chances they will succeed in the future.Systems engineering is an integrated part of Project-Based Learning approach (PBL); this is ateaching tactic where students work with real-world practices, define goals, and execute a projectalong the way 1 . Project-based learning also helps students learn soft skills and experienceleadership roles 2,3 . Additionally, educators have found PBL inspires collaboration betweenstudents and allows teachers to just intervene when students ask

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Systems Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sara Kraemer, Blueprint for Education; Emi Aoki, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Flore Stecie Norceide, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ola Batarseh, Dassault Systemes

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various stages of their careers, several in the manager and director role, and most all with thetitle of systems engineer. They understood the DoD and USAF directives for promoting the useof MBSE in their work on the acquisition of systems but were unclear on how DE would berolled out or applied in their work. While DE is not a new field for defense contractors, it is arelatively new set of skills for those in the government who typically generate requests forcontracts and acquire systems designed by contractors. The digital transformation paradigm isexpected to create a common set of digital models and associated data that can serve as a meansof communication and exchange of information between vendors and government procurers. Tosupport these

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Marymount University; Abhilasha Mishra, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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with industry-standard tools in their future careers. Providing students with hands-on experience using these tools helps prepare them for the practical challenges they'll face in the workplace.ConclusionThe course described in this paper accomplished its goal of teaching systems thinking conceptsand skills to engineering students using a control system model and relevant applications.Feeback from students shows that the course was well-received and they enjoyed their learningexperience. While there was not a required textbook, the supplemental materials provided by theinstructor, including handouts, videos, and PPT presentation were considered as sufficient forlearning the course material. Key highlights of the course include: 1

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division (SYS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrett Goodman, Miami University; Suman Bhunia, Miami University; Peter Jamieson, Miami University

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4 20% 91% PR: CoT; zero-shot In-class Participation N/A 2.5% (assumed) 100% N/A Career Assignments N/A 2.5% (assumed) 100% N/A Final Score 88.56% (Letter Grade B+)5.2 Benchmarking CSE 274Table 2 provides the breakdown of grades for different CSE 274 assessments. ChatGPT-4excelled in both the Final Exam and Midterm Exam, scoring 90% in each. Then, for Labs,ChatGPT-4 achieved a score of 97.2%. Next, in Quizzes, ChatGPT-4 scored 92.14%. Finally, thehighest performance was observed in Homework Projects scoring 98.40%. The tool consistentlydemonstrated high performance across various course components, achieving an overall score of93