Conference Session

Communications and Ethics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Amy Renee Holdegraver, Mississippi State University ; Morgan Green, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36653Improving Engineering Student Professional Communication throughMini-Laboratory ReportsAmy Renee Holdegraver, Mississippi State University Mechanical Engineering Graduate StudentMs. Morgan Green, Mississippi State University Morgan Green is an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mississippi State University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education, where her research is focused on the devel- opment and assessment of professional skills in mechanical engineering students. Other areas of interest and research are engineering education outreach and the application of hands-on

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Vanessa M Barth, George Mason University; Johnnie William Hall IV, Laboratory and Machine Shop Manager

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36531SeaPerch and SeaGlide Camp ImplementationDr. Leigh S McCue, George Mason University Leigh McCue is an Associate Professor and Chair of George Mason University’s Department of Mechan- ical Engineering.Vanessa M Barth, George Mason University Vanessa Barth is a PhD Student in the Mechanical Engineering department at George Mason University.Mr. Johnnie William Hall IV, Laboratory and Machine Shop Manager My work with the Mechanical Engineering Department at George Mason University started August of 2018. One of my major rolls has been assisting senior ME students with the fabrication process of their

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Which is More Equitable: Hands-on Labs, Virtual Labs, or No Lab at All? Charles Newhouse and Matthew Swenty Professor Virginia Military Institute / Professor Virginia Military InstituteAbstractLast year, the Virginia Military Institute’s (VMI) Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)Department investigated the depth and breadth of engineering laboratory classes both at VMI andnine peer institutions in the Virginia Region as defined by the American Society of Civil Engi-neers (ASCE). The study concluded that engineering laboratory experiences were still valued

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George Prpich, University of Virginia; Natasha Smith, University of Virginia

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Disciplines George Prpich and Natasha Smith University of VirginiaAbstractEngineering Laboratory courses are used to teach many of the core professional developmentcompetencies that are required of engineering graduates. Safety is one competency that is highlyvalued by industries (e.g. petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, aeronautical) that hire from a varietyof engineering disciplines, but is not commonly taught across the disciplines. In this paper, wediscuss a work in progress to transfer safety pedagogy from a Chemical Engineeringundergraduate laboratory to a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate laboratory. First, wepresent results from a baseline safety culture survey that

Conference Session

Gamification

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

John David O’Brian III, Mississippi State University; Sara C. Vick, Mississippi State University; Nazanin tajik, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

, laboratory, or field activities.An inevitable drawback is that the limitations of time, money, and space play a large role inaccessing such physical resources. The proposed research explores the role of virtual realitylearning (VRL) platforms and other virtual learning environments (VLE) in providing hands-onexperience of conceptual knowledge. Mississippi State University engineering undergraduatestudents were surveyed regarding their experiences with and opinions of virtual learningenvironment integration into their engineering courses. This technology was favorably receivedby students, regardless of prior experiences with VLE in a classroom setting. Open-endedresponses provided insight into student perceptions of the benefits and drawbacks of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Scott Schultz, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

method only offers a small glimpse of the intricateplanning, design and control required in today’s complex manufacturing environment.An alternative means of a consistent production experience for Industrial Engineering students isa hands on laboratory experience as part of the students’ curriculum. One such lab is described © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferenceby Ssemakula, et al.4,5. Ssemakula’s lab spans several courses as Wayne State University whichhas students designing, machining and assembling a functional engine.This paper describes another laboratory type experience used in an Introduction to IndustrialEngineering course at Mercer

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Priya T Goeser, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

hand drafting andsketching, (ii) to learn the application of such standards to solid modeling and orthographicdrawings (iii) to understand the basic principle of product design, manufacturing process andinterpret the terminologies in job shop drawings and (iv) to participate in a group engineeringactivity, and understand what it takes to be a team playerAt Georgia Southern University, ENGR1133 is a semester long course (16 weeks) and meets twotimes a week for 50 minutes each meeting with a required 170-minute weekly laboratory. Mostinstructors teach the course using a mixture of short lectures and in-class exercises illustratingthe concepts and applications of the concepts. The laboratory time is primarily used for furtherpractice with free

Conference Session

K-12 and Outreach

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Stacey Rathbun, George Mason University Television; Ali Khalid Raz, George Mason University; Daigo Shishika, Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University; Cynthia Smith PhD, George Mason University; Erin Hagarty, George Mason University; Richard Wood, George Mason University ; Cameron Nowzari, George Mason University; James Yang, George Mason University; Erin Williams, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

holds a temporary faculty appointment with the U.S. Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center at Crane, Indiana and has worked with Naval Postgraduate School, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL), the United States Missile Defense Agency, and Honeywell Aerospace. He holds a BSc. and MSc. in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, and a Ph.D. in Aero- nautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. He is a co-chair of International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Complex Systems Working Group and a Certified Systems Engineering Profes- sional (CSEP). He is also a senior member of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Institute of Electrical and

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Felix Ewere, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

) Students view the capstone project as anopportunity to gain valuable experience, (3) The quality of the initial project presentation isimportant and (4) Students tend to look for projects that match their previous knowledge andexperience or projects where they can immediately see a solution.To perform well, students need a broader set of competencies beyond the academic competenciestaught in the classroom or laboratory. These accidental competences (i.e., competencies notdirectly linked to targeted instruction of stated learning outcomes in the curriculum) wereexplored by Ewere2. They identified sources of these accidental competences for AerospaceEngineering students and showed that more of the skill base required for Aerospace

Conference Session

Civil, Electrical, and Eng Tech

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Eve Klopf, High Point University; Hilda Goins, High Point University, Webb School of Engineering; Matthew Featherston Eaton, High Point University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

support undergraduate lab activities utilizing software-defined radios3. In thispaper, we present a comparison between using MATLAB with the Raspberry Pi 4 B and usingMATLAB with the mini PC.Using an intermediate computing device has the potential to simplify computer debugging issueswithin an undergraduate laboratory setting where students are using personal computing devicesas their primary computer and where they may also be working on engineering laboratoryactivities involving student-developed hardware, less typical software packages or drivers, orexternal power supplies or amplification.Raspberry Pi ConfigurationThe Raspberry Pi 4 B was used as an intermediate computing device has 4 GB of RAM and aQuad core Cortex-A72 processor4. MATLAB

Conference Session

First Year and Cross-Disciplinary

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel; Kevin Skenes, The Citadel; Timothy Aaron Wood P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36545A Review of Multi-Disciplinary Introduction-to-Engineering Courses andUnified-First-Year Engineering ProgramsDr. Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel Dr. Mazzaro earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2004, a Master of Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2006, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as an Electronics Engineer for the United States Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. For his technical research, Dr. Mazzaro studies the unintended behaviors of radio-frequency electronics

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36578Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) in Undergraduate Vibration ClassDr. Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University Chau Tran is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at NC State University. He is currently the course coordinator for capstone senior design and previously was the course coordinator for Vibration, the director for undergraduate advising and the director for undergraduate laboratory. He teaches senior design and Vibration annually. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NC State University in 1998

Conference Session

Gamification

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Amiri from Mason’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, who spent a recent summer in the Air Force Research Laboratory program with their Materials and Manufacturing Division, and Chi Yang from Mason’s Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics, College of Science, who has worked with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's Center for Innovation in Ship Design over multiple summers. o 2021-2022 AY ONR Lecture by Dr. Knox Millsaps This episode is a recording of the 2021-2022 Academic Year ONR Lecture at George Mason University by Dr. Knox Millsaps. • Target audience: general o You are not an atom. Do you

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Mary Lynn Mederos; Jennie M. Daigler, Mississippi State University; Morgan Green, Mississippi State University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

StateUniversity in 2022. Her work in this graduate program is focused on the development ofundergraduate hands-on laboratory education.Jennie M. DaiglerJennie Daigler is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi StateUniversity. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi StateUniversity in 2018 and 2020. She has high interest in undergraduate education and focuses onsolid mechanics classes and hands-on learning.Morgan K. GreenMorgan Green is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi StateUniversity. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi StateUniversity in 2017 and 2019, respectively and is currently pursuing a PhD in

Conference Session

Computer Science

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

face-to-faceopportunities for students to collaborate with others, such as peers and teaching assistants.Harris et al[27] also incorporated pedagogical practices to boost active and inclusive teachingconcepts that intended to be beneficial for all students, and especially those from minority orunderserved groups. Making online classes both active and inclusive will aid student learningand will also help students feel more connected to their learning, their peers, and their campus.This approach will likely help with performance, retention, and persistence of students.Habib et al[28] reported that the “limitations of online learning were also discovered andrecognized with laboratory and hands-on courses, many of which could not be taught with

Conference Session

Graduate School

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University; Duoduo Liao, George Mason University; Larisa Olesova, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Information Technology at George Mason University, As- sociate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), Directtor of Laboratory for Collec- tive Intelligence, Co-Director of Personalized Learning in Applied Information Technology Laboratory (http://plait.gmu.edu/).Harry J Foxwell, George Mason University Harry is currently Associate Professor at George Mason University’s Department of Information Sciences and Technology. He earned his doctorate in Information Technology in 2003 from George Mason Univer- sity’s Volgenau School of Engineering (Fairfax, VA), and has since taught graduate courses there in big data analytics and ethics, operating systems

Conference Session

Mathematics and Material Science

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Powell, Tennessee Technological University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Retention and Graduation,” Journal of STEM Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Engineering Education (LITEE), 2018.[9] N. Islam & Y. Zhou, “Improving Engineering Students’ College Math Readiness by MSEIP Summer Bridge Program,” Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Volume 5: Engineering Education. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. November 9–15, 2018. V005T07A026. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2018-88685[10] S. Parsons, T. Croft, & M. Harrison, “Does students’ confidence in their ability in mathematics matter?” Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 28 no. 2, pp. 53

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Gafar Abbas Elamin P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

with Lab) applied the conservation principles to the vaporpower cycle, vapor compression refrigeration cycle, internal combustion engines (Otto andDiesel Cycles) and gas turbines (Brayton Cycle). The second course also covered the ideal gasmixture, psychrometry, air conditioning processes, inviscid flow, viscous flow in pipes, modelingand similarity, and external flow (lift and drag).Students’ Performance AnalysisTo gauge the level of students’ understanding of both subjects (thermodynamics and fluidmechanics), the students’ performance over the past two academic years was analyzed andcompared. For each of the blended courses (Thermal-Fluid Systems I and II) the students’understanding of the subjects was assessed by homework, laboratory

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 1

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tallahassee Community College; Dipendra Wagle

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

chemicalengineering curriculum at a mid-sized, rural, public, four-year university. Specifically, we presentpreliminary findings from previous versions of CHE 3550, Transfer Science II (Fluids), a three-credit hour course with an additional one credit of laboratory work, that inspired the work done toredesign this course for the Spring 2023 semester. These redesign efforts will systematicallyincorporate the Engineering for One Planet (EOP) model into core components of the designprocess that uses the Renaissance Foundry Model (i.e., the Foundry) as a guided strategy, whereinstudent-teams develop prototypes of innovative technology to address societal challenges asrequired outcomes in this course. Intentional activities will motivate student-teams to leverage

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Mihai Boicu, George Mason University; Jay Lalwani, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; Aditya Daga, Edison Academy Magnet School

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36590Analyzing Student Procrastination to Identify At-Risk BehaviorDr. Mihai Boicu, George Mason University Mihai Boicu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University, Associate Director of the Learning Agents Center (http://lac.gmu.edu), and Co-Director of Personalized Learning in Applied Information Technology Laboratory (http://plait.gmu.edu/).Mr. Jay Lalwani, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Jay Lalwani is a student and aspiring Computer Scientist attending Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Grade 12).Aditya Daga

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

George A. Hazelrigg, Mechanical Engineering Department, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Technology, NJIT), and MSE, MA and PhD degrees in aerospace engineeringfrom Princeton University. His experience includes Curtiss-Wright Corp., General Dynamics, theJet Propulsion Laboratory, Princeton University and the National Science Foundation. He hastaught at NJIT, UC San Diego, Polytechnic Inst., École de Technologie Supérieure, Université duQuébec, Montreal, Canada, Ajou University, Seoul, Korea, and George Mason University. He isalso an FAA certificated flight instructor in gliders with about 2,000 hours pilot-in-command time. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Whitehurst, Mississippi State University; Nathaniel Hyams, Clemson University; Morgan Green, Mississippi State University; Matthew William Priddy, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

Matthew W. Priddy is an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University in the Department of Mechan- ical Engineering. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2016), in addition to a B.S. (2008) and M.S. (2010) in Civil Engineering from Mississippi State Univer- sity. Dr. Priddy is the PI of the Computational Mechanics and Materials Laboratory (CMML) at MSU. The primary research focus of CMML is the finite element modeling of complex phenomena (e.g., ad- ditive manufacturing) and advanced material modeling of various material classes (e.g., metals) for the purpose of translating knowledge from research-based simulations to a tractable format for the larger en- gineering

Conference Session

Communications and Ethics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Brian Aufderheide, Hampton University; Otsebele E Nare, Hampton University; Garrick E. Louis, University of Virginia; Andres Clarens, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

explored the life cycle of systemsin the manufacturing, transportation, and energy sectors. In the laboratory, he is pursuingcomplementary research in the phase behavior and surface chemistry of carbon dioxide mixturesat high pressure. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023