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ET Pedagogy I

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #28402Energy Consumption Trends for AC Systems in a Typical HouseDr. Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute Dr. Shehadi is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at Purdue Univer- sity. His academic experiences have focused on learning and discovery in areas related to HVAC, indoor air quality, human thermal comfort, and energy conservation. While working with industry, he oversaw maintenance and management programs for various facilities including industrial plants, high rise residen- tial and commercial buildings, energy audits and condition surveys for various mechanical and

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ECCD Technical Session 5: Energy and Wind and Design

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Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

served as a Chair of Energy Conservation and Conversion Division at American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Pecen holds a B.S in EE and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University, an M.S. in EE from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming (UW, 1997). He served as a graduate assistant and faculty at UW, and South Dakota State University. He served on UNI Energy and Environment Coun- cil, College Diversity Committee, University Diversity Advisory Board, and Graduate College Diversity Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and more than 50 publications are in the areas of AC/DC Power

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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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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. 14Dr. AC. Megri 2020 ASEE Annual Conference Figure 14: Outcome 3 from ABET 15Dr. AC. Megri 2020 ASEE Annual ConferenceReferences:[1] Abou Hashem, Y., Dayal, M., Savanah, S., & Strkalj, G. (2015). The application of 3D printing inanatomy education. Med Educ Online, 20, 29847.[2] Berry, R. Q., III, Bull, G., Browning, C., Thomas, C. D., Starkweather, K., & Aylor, J. H. (2010).Preliminary considerations regarding use of digital fabrication to incorporate engineering designprinciples in elementary mathematics education. Contemporary Issues in Technology and TeacherEducation, 10(2), 167-172.[3

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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Alejandro H. Espera Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; René Alexander Soto-Pérez, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Electrical and Computer

of student learning [5], [6].Several assessment instruments have been designed in the past to check student’s understandingof basic concepts [7], [8]. Research suggests that students feel the need to have access to andfeedback on any identified misconceptions early so that they can plan on making a move tocorrect them [9]. Bull et al. (2010) used a computer-based method called the open learner modelas a means of highlighting first-year introductory electrical circuits students’ interest inacknowledging their misconceptions as a first move towards dealing with their difficulties inlearning as opposed to just receiving general feedback. The early detection of errors inknowledge among students allows the instructors to be dynamic and proactive

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Tammy Lutz-Rechtin

with students about the scale limitin an SOP (Kemsley 2010). Tragically students have died due to the lack of accountability andenforcement such as Sheri Sanji’s death at UCLA in 2008 (Kemsley 2019) and after a student’scomplaints were ignored at Beijing University in 2018 (Feng 2018). In response to theseincidences, a number of organizations including the American Chemical Society (ACS) and theAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) have addressed their concerns by creatingprograms directed at initiating and propagating cultures of safety as well as safety education(National Research Council 2014) (APLU Council on Research Task Force on Laboratory Safety2016) (Davidson 2018) (ACS nd a) (Center for Chemical Process Safety nd). However

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NSF Grantees: Student Learning 2

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Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Caleb Redshaw, Arizona State University; Abhishek Gupta; Shatrughn Gupta, Arizona State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Deanna Bailey, Morgan State University; Willie L. Thompson II, Morgan State University; Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Thompson served as PI for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) SDR Technology Program from 2005 to 2009 and designed an RF front end for a GPS receiver for Hubble Servicing Mission 2 in 2008. Dr. Thompson has over 15-years of experience in the areas of RF/microwave engineering and communication systems. His technical expertise includes RF/microwave component and circuit design, multi-band transceiver design, software-defined radio, embedded software/firmware, and system-on-chip (SoC) development.Dr. Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University Srividya Bansal joined Arizona State University in Fall 2010 as Assistant Professor. Prior to joining ASU she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University in

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Ahmed Ammar, Ohio Northern University; Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and graduated summa cum laude with his BS in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 2007. His research interests include cooperative control of networked multi-agent systems, resilient and fault-tolerant control, and networked control systems. He received the Best Student Paper Award in the area of Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization at the 2010 International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, and he received an Honorable Mention Award at the 2012

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Rebecca Mort

national conferences and her research has been published in journals such as Research in Higher Education, Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, and Journal of Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness. She received her doctoral and master’s degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa and her bachelor’s degree from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.Dr. Qing Li, Iowa State University Education Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Ph.D., Statistics, 2015 Dissertation: Change-Point Detection in Recurrent-Event Context. Advisor: Dr. Feng Guo, GPA: 3.9/4.0 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2010 Thesis

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Shan Jiang, Iowa State University; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Rebecca Mort, Iowa State University

worked on binder platform development for different commercial products. Dr. Jiang edited the first book on Janus particles and has published more than 50 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Jiang was awarded with the Racheff-Intel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. The technology he participated in developing at Dow received the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and the R&D 100 Award. He recently received the ACS Younger Chemists Committee Leadership Development Award, the 3M non-tenured faculty award, ACS-PRF New Investigator Award and Dean’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award. Dr. Jiang has received funding support for both his research lab and education initiative from

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First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2

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Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

freshman year of their engineering curriculum. At the end of the freshman yearthe reported values of self-efficacy, the intrinsic value of learning engineering, and the utility valueof engineering all decreased from the initial values reported when students entered their freshmanyear. This research also showed that intrinsic interest in engineering and the utility value ofengineering were better predictors of career path than self-efficacy.1.2 Brief Description of AcES ProgramThe Academy of Engineering Success (AcES) program was established in 2012 to increaseretention of students who are traditionally underrepresented in engineering with the goal ofultimately diversifying the engineering workforce. The program has been funded through an NSFS-STEM

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First-Year Programs: Major Choice

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Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University; Jason Mathews, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

students toengineering topics. Additional work could also explore the engineering enrollment gender diversityeffects of recruitment efforts targeted to the daughters of engineers.References [1] B. Kniveton, “The Influences and Motivations on Which Students Base their Choice of Career,” Research in education, vol. 72 , 2004. [2] Jaffee, E. M. and D. Riley. “It Kind of Chose Me: Agency and Influence in Women’s Decision to Major in Engineering.” Proceedings of 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY, June 20-23, 2010, AC 2010-441. [3] Kauffman, P., Hall, C., Batts, D., Bosse, M., and L. Moses. “Factors Influencing High School Students’ Career

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ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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Abdullah Al Hadi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Rajab Challoo, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

State TransformerAbstract:Future of smart grids is mostly dependent on the latest advances in research on Voltage SourceInverter (VSI). The VSI mainly consists of power electronic devices i.e. IGBT, MOSFET, etc.with high switching frequency operation. High power converters are now being considered forthe transmission and distribution of power systems such as in high voltage DC (HVDC)transmission, flexible AC transmission systems (FACTs), and STATCOM, etc. Along with theseapplications, solid-state transformer (SST) is getting much attention for the high-powertransmission and distribution systems. SST facilitates HVDC power transmission with reducedtransformer size, low cost, and easy mobility. A three-stage three-port

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ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

research interests. He has also been PI or Co-PI for various research projects United States and abroad in power systems analysis and protection, load and energy demand forecasting, renewable energy, microgrids, wave and turbulence, radar and remote sensing, instrumentation, atmosphere physics, electromagnetic compat- ibility, and engineering education.Prof. Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Lucian Ionel CIOCA received the M.Sc. in Machine Tools (1993) and B.Sc. in Occupational Safety, Health and Work Relations Management (2010). In 2002, he becomes Dr. Eng. (Ph.D degree) of Pet- rosani University, Romania and now he is professor at ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu - Romania, Faculty of

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Ying Lin, Western Washington University; Steve Sandelin

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #31380An Integrated Mixed-signal Circuit Design Course ProjectDr. Ying Lin, Western Washington University Ying Lin has been with the faculty of Engineering and Design Department at Western Washington Uni- versity since September 2010 after she taught for two years at SUNY, New Platz. She received her MS in Applied Statistics and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, NY, respectively. Her teaching interests include first-year Intro to Electrical Engineering, circuit analysis, signas and systems, and upper-division digital Signal Processing courses. Her research areas focus on statistical

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A Technology Potpourri I

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Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Megan Gibson

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

of AC/DC Power System Interactions, distributed energy systems, power quality, and grid-connected re- newable energy applications including solar and wind power systems. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of ASEE, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, and ATMAE. Dr. Pecen was recog- nized as an Honored Teacher/Researcher in ”Who’s Who among America’s Teachers” in 2004-2009. Dr. Pecen is a recipient of 2010 Diversity Matters Award at the University of Northern Iowa for his efforts on promoting diversity and international education at UNI. He is also a recipient of 2011 UNI C.A.R.E Sustainability Award for the recognition of applied research and development of renewable energy appli- cations at UNI and

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 7

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Stacey V Freeman, Boston University; Sandra Lina Rodegher, Boston University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

, 2010).Improving the Engineering Pipeline Through University & Community-Developed Museum-Based Educational KitsInformal Science Learning Benefits. Rather than competition for traditional schooling, informalscience education organizations, such as museums, play a complementary role in enhancingstudents’ interest and exposure to STEM learning. For example, field trips are a commonintersection between informal science education and schools that most educators believe areworthwhile for student learning (Anderson, Kisiel, & Storksdieck, 2006; Cox-Peterson, Marsh,Kisiel, & Melber, 2003; Kisiel, 2005). Trips to places like science centers, natural historymuseums, zoos, etc. “have the potential to situate learning within a rich and

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NSF Grantees: REU 1

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Pavan Kumar Moturu, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Prabhakar Reddy Pagilla, Texas A&M University; Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

sustain the new development in manufacturing processes and technologies, it iscritically important that there is skilled workforce to support the industry. Prior research haspointed to a talent gap in manufacturing industry (Javdekar et al., 2016). To that end, multipleinitiatives are taking place on different levels. For example, at the industry level, many initiativesare being taken by the companies to bridge this gap, such as upskilling the current workforcethrough continuing education (Nepal et al., 2019), or partnering with an academic institution indeveloping appropriate program or curriculum (Nepal et al., 2016; Seemakula et al., 2010). At theuniversity level, besides offering academic degree programs in manufacturing or similar

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Faculty Development Research

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Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

% 23.4% CS/ACS 11.7% 28.0% ME 12.3% 0.00 0.06 0.12 0.18 0.24 0.30 Percent RepresentationFigure 1: Shown here is the relative representation of students in the surveyed college, and the relativerepresentation of students that responded to the survey. Disciplines represented include EnvironmentalEngineering (EnE), Physics (P), Construction Management (CM), Civil Engineering (CvE), Electrical Engineeringand Computer Engineering (EE/CE), Computer

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Kenneth Leitch; Erick Benjamin Butler

overall. The BS degree in civil engineering program began in 2010, followed later by theBS environmental engineering program in 2013. As such, the curriculum of the latter was re-aligned to that of the former to share curriculum, lab space, faculty, and other resources. Thispaper will highlight this alignment and the process by which a shared senior design capstone wasundertaken such that it would satisfy program outcomes and lead to ABET EAC accreditation.The lessons learned from the authors can be utilized by other universities that are adding one orboth of the civil and environmental engineering programs to their institutions. These ideas mayalso work with pairs of related but separately administered engineering majors (e.g. civil

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2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

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Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Gail P Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology; Guillermo D. Ibarrola Recalde, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

project staff. Codes were compared and discrepanciesresolved. The Inter-Rater Agreement between the coders was 88% overall.Table 1. Codes and Examples of Responses. Codes Definition Example Responses--Q2 What remains unclear to me and that I need to review further for the exam? AC All Clear (no problems) There's not much that is bothering. B Both concepts and procedures I need to further review the integrated rate law and graphing of the different rate orders. C Concepts What remains unclear to me is how or why the vant' hoff factor

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ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

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Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Fred Lacy, Southern University and A&M College

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

components and devices, and AC power,three-phase circuits, power quality, and blackouts. During the course activities the students willutilize common industry tools and software packages for renewable energy analysis, simulationand design, and become familiar and know the drivers and requirements of the smart grids.The syllabus provides a detailed course description, main topics, weekly readings, assignments,project dues dates, exam dates, course objectives, grading policy, instructor contact information,administrative issues, etc. The overall objective of this course is to provide students with both thescience and technology of different energy sources, alternative and renewable sources, powersystem operation, as well as the policies that heavily

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Zachary Brounstein; Elizabeth Armistead; Murali Duggina; Pallavi Sharma; Nathan Jackson

dimensions, were Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 2developed. The devices work by applying an AC or pulsed DC voltage to the bond pads. As currentpasses through the aluminum, resistance is present and subsequently thermal energy in the form ofheat propagates throughout the structure. Resistance is modeled in Equation 1 as a function of amaterial’s resistivity and the structure’s dimensions in the form of surface area and length

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Student Success, Learning Strategies, and Retention in the Aerospace Industry

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Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Aerospace

addressing the STEM workforce development has been to increase the representation ofunder-represented communities like African-American and in particular, African-Americanwomen (Landivar, 2013). The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which arechronically underfunded (Palmer et al., 2010), have been largely responsible for addressing theSTEM workforce disparity among Black aspirants (Palmer et al., 2010 and Perna et al., 2009).Although, the burden on HBCUs for addressing workforce disparity is overwhelming, the STEMinitiatives undertaken by them may be the most impactful in addressing this concern (Palmer etal., 2010). The author’s previous institution (TU), one of the most recognized HBCUs in the U.S.(Rankings, 2019), admits a

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Ethical and Global Concerns

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Ellen Lynch, Australian National University; Jeremy Ingle Smith, Australian National University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

becalled upon to be deployed at short-notice for international (non-Australian) disaster response.In 2003, Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB-A) was established as an independentnational organisation. EWB-A’s focus was on long-term community development both inAustralia and overseas. When first established, this had a mission of working “withdisadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life through education and theimplementation of sustainable engineering programs,” in order to achieve sustainabledevelopment [15]. Before 2010, both RedR Australia and EWB-A provided expertise to localorganisations through placements and provided education and training programs in Australia.In 2011, the peak professional body for engineering in

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 9

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Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing and Information Technology

, M., Shakib, J., A Taste of Java-Discrete and Fast Fourier Transforms, American Society for Engineering Education, AC 2011-451.2. Shakib, J., Muqri, M., Leveraging the Power of Java in the Enterprise, American Society for Engineering Education, AC 2010-1701.3. Mallat, S., Zhang, Z., Matching pursuit with time-frequency dictionaries, IEEE Trans. Signal Process., 41, 1993, 3397-3415.4. Rangayyan, R., Biomedical Signals analysis. A case-study approach, IEEE Press on Biomedical Signals. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 20025. Feichtinger, H., Strohmer, T., Gabor Analysis and algorithms: Theory and applications, Editors. Birkhauser, Boston, 1998.6. Blinowska, K., Durka, P., The application of wavelet transform and matching pursuit to

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Haejune Kim, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Yu, G. H. Lu, S. Mao,H. Kim, and J. H. Chen, ”Selective Deposition of CdSe Nanoparticles on Reduced Graphene Oxide toUnderstand Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Hybrid Nanostructures,” ACS Applied Materials & Inter-faces. 3(7), 2703-2709, 2011 16. H. Peng, H. Kim, D. Luo, M. Marquez, Z. Cheng, ”Low-frequency acelectro-flow-focusing microfluidic emulsification, ” Applied Physics Letters. 96, 174103, 2010 17. H.Kim, D. Luo, D. Link, D. Weitz,M. Marquez, Z. Cheng, ”Controlled production of emulsion drops usingan electric field in a flow focusing microfluidic device,”Applied Physics Letters. 91,133106, 2007 American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Heat Transfer

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

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Cyrus Habibi P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Darius Fieschko, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Aerospace, Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #29671PLC Training in First Year Electrical Engineering ProgramDr. Cyrus Habibi P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville Cyrus Habibi is an Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2010. His primary research interests are in the field of signal processing, di- electric spectroscopy and sensors. Specifically, he is interested in developing novel medical devices. In addition to his technical research, he is also an active member of American Society of

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ET Pedagogy I

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Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Technology

students’ computer skills and simulation capabilitiesIV. Improve students’ understanding of other topics such as heat transfer and fluid dynamics EXPERIMENTAL SETUPA portable air-conditioning unit with a 12000 Btu capacity, brand Tripp Lite and modelSRCOOL12K was used as the testing unit as shown in Figure 3. The following are the brandsand models for the main units inside the AC unit: compressor model is LR3 – KA-C115ABBC-E(115 V – 50 A), fans are LIAN DA, Evaporator is MD781AL and condenser is MD711AL. Figure 3. Portable AC unit modified to build the air-conditioning trainerSeven thermocouples were initially installed after removing the outer shell of the unit (Figure 4aand 4b). The thermocouples were connected into a 24-channel

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Aysa Galbraith, University of Arkansas; Heath Aren Schluterman, University of Arkansas; Brandon Crisel; Candace Auburn Rainwater, University of Arkansas

the United States need some form of remediation (Schak et al., 2017) and evenmore are considered unprepared to be successful in rigorous college level courses. Studentpreparedness may be an indicator of student persistence in higher education, since students whoenroll in remedial courses are less likely to complete their degree (NCPPHE, 2010).Scott-Clayton and Rodriguez (2015) found that while $4 billion is invested annually in courses tohelp underprepared students, little positive effect has been attributed to the effort. They proposedseveral possible reasons why efforts may have little success including that exam placement maynot be an accurate method of placement, remedial courses may not actually be addressing orfocusing on the needs of

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ECCD - Technical Session 1 - Energy & Electrical Engineering

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Task Force Committees. His research interests, grants, and more than 50 publications are in the areas of AC/DC Power System Interactions, distributed energy systems, power quality, and grid-connected re- newable energy applications including solar and wind power systems. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of ASEE, Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, and ATMAE. Dr. Pecen was recog- nized as an Honored Teacher/Researcher in ”Who’s Who among America’s Teachers” in 2004-2009. Dr. Pecen is a recipient of 2010 Diversity Matters Award at the University of Northern Iowa for his efforts on promoting diversity and international education at UNI. He is also a recipient of 2011 UNI C.A.R.E Sustainability Award