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2005 GSW

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Rafic Bachnak; Korinne Caruso; cody ross; Carlton Prewitt

summary. Thesummer program includes presentations at high schools, invited speakers, field trips,hands-on laboratory activities, and science and technology exhibits1 [9]. Specifically, theprogram involves attracting 11th grade students to attend a two-week Science andTechnology workshop. At this level, students are ready to make decisions that affectthem for the rest of their lives; selecting the college they wish to attend and choosing the1 This project is funded in part by the CSREES-USDA, award # 2002-38422-12160field of study they wish to pursue. It is anticipated that this innovative approach,focusing on the 11th grade, can serve as a model for other Hispanic-Serving Institutionsand for future national efforts.The workshop is designed to

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ASEE-NE 2022

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Rinchen Tsewang Sherpa, University of Connecticut, Civil Engineering; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut

systemrecords the received signal. Figure 3 shows the signal reader and figure 4 displays theoscilloscope, which in some cases such as this research is used to support testing. Figure 3 | Image of Resonant Frequency Tester reader Figure 4 | Image of Oscillometer paired with Resonant Frequency TesterThe use of the described RF test method is for detecting changes in the dynamic modulus ofelasticity for the specimen, whether it be in the laboratory or the field. Certain factors that mayinfluence testing and the respective results are moisture content, strength, and damage state ofthe specimen6.Surface Resistivity Testing (ASTMD257/AASHTO T358)9,10Surface resistivity (SR) is the ability of a material to withstand the

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Developing Lab and Research Skills for BioE/BME Students

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eileen Haase, The Johns Hopkins University; Natsuki Furukawa, The Johns Hopkins University; Brooke Hardesty, The Johns Hopkins University; Akash Patil, The Johns Hopkins University; Amanda Ruci, The Johns Hopkins University

) provide students with hands-on laboratory skills, and (iii) offer studentsengaged in an online course in-person experiences and the corresponding academic and socialbenefits.The objective of this course is to develop critical thinking, teamwork and collaborative skills, aswell as the ability to use physical laboratory equipment to obtain and analyze data. Weeliminated some of the homework problems to account for the time spent in preparation for lab,the lab sessions, and writing the post-lab reports. The labs accounted for 10% of the total gradeand included a prelab quiz, a post-lab report, and one or two exam questions for each lab.The three labs were: 1. Introduction to Pipetting 2. DNA Extraction, PCR, and Gel Electrophoresis 3

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Ozoemena Chika Anyaegbu; Emmanuel Abiodun Dada, Prairie View A&M University

- partment of Chemical Engineering 2012-2018 • Taught Chemical Process Safety CHEG 4103, Senior Design and Professionalism I CHEG 4473 , Senior Design and Professionalism II CHEG 4483, Process Design and Analysis CHEG 4043, Design of Process Engineering System CHEG 4183, Chemical En- gineering Laboratory CHEG 1021(Summer, Bridge Program), Engineering Project Management GNEG 3061, Introduction to Petroleum Engineering GNEG 5193 & CHEG 4103; Heat, Mass, and Momen- tum Transport CHEG 3013, Introduction to Thermodynamics I & II CHEG 2043 & 3053, Unit Opera- tions CHEG 3023, Chemical Process Safety CHEG 4103-P23, Introduction to Energy Systems, CHEG 3113and MITES Summer Program. • Developed curriculum for Chemical

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanaz Motamedi, University of Florida; Mckenzie Landrum, University of Florida; Tara Ippolito, University of Florida; Austin Hayes

,we decided to modify it in a manner that allows more room for an active-learning experience.Baumgartner [4] recommended a laboratory-alternating approach that allowed for more frequentexposure to high-level concepts. This model was deemed most useful where the linkage betweenunderlying theories and practical applications must be taught linearly, in other words, the conceptscontinuously build upon each other [4]. The original model consists of a cycle of mini-lectures andmini laboratory tasks. We decided to modify this model with in-class exercises replacing the labtasks and, instead, having a singular, independent laboratory session. 5Flipped

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Ngawang Gonsar; Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of Minnesota

-person vs. remote) influenced science identity development.In what ways does participation in regular research group meetings impact science identitydevelopment?The weekly pulse survey focused on the REU students’ perceptions of identity related to theirparticipation in research group meetings. While regular research group meetings were a regularfeature of all the REU host laboratories, two remote REU students (Kiara and Saanvi) did notparticipate in these research meetings. Kiara was a unique case as she participated remotely fromKorea and the time difference precluded her participation. In both cases, the REU students metweekly with their PI and mentor rather than engaging with the full research group. Table 3 sharesthe results of the weekly

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Andino, Arizona State University; Fethiye Ozis, Carnegie Mellon University; Adnan Abdullahi, Arizona State University; Emily Henderson, Northern Arizona University

, the onlineassessments of content knowledge resulted in average scores of 74% (at NAU) and 89% (at ASU)on the 11-question assignment, thereby signifying good individual knowledge of the content.Additionally, students’ perceptions of the activities were captured, and revealed that studentsfound the activity interesting, engaging, and useful in promoting their learning of particles in theair. From a pedagogical perspective, this collaborative project was able to fuse traditionalclassroom-based basic teaching and learning of concepts with an applications-based activity in airquality engineering courses that are not set up as laboratory courses. The techniques that arediscussed in this paper are ones that can be translated to other courses

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Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Taylor, University of Washington

individuals with a broad range of abilities. IncorporatingUD, disability, and accessibility concepts into engineering courses is important in order toprepare tomorrow’s engineers to take into consideration the needs of a diverse set of users.Additionally, including these topics can serve to increase the participation of students withdisabilities and other underrepresented groups in the engineering classroom [2].The importance of preparing students to engage in UD and consider accessibility in their designwork is gaining recognition. Efforts to incorporate UD into engineering education includeengineering design and laboratory projects [3,4]. Many engineering programs offer designcourses focused on assistive technology, providing a clear opportunity

Conference Session

PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Recktenwald, Portland State University; James Hook, Portland State University

Paper ID #37426Evolution of an invention education summer camp as abridge from high school to college STEM (Evaluation)Gerald W. Recktenwald (Associate Professor) Gerry Recktenwald is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Portland State. His research interests are heat transfer, fluid mechanics and numerical analysis applied to building energy, hypothermia, solar power production and cooling of electronics. In addition to technical areas he does research on active-learning, problem-based learning, and laboratory-based pedagogy in engineering education. Gerry is the director of the

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2005 GSW

Authors

Vanessa Svihla; Ronald Barr; Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino

challenges, they were organized into four topical areas: 1. The Iron Cross (IC), one challenge; 2. The Virtual Biomechanics Laboratory (VBL), three challenges; 3. Jumping Jack (JJ), three challenges; and 4. The Knee, one challenge.The same instruction and testing methodology was used for each of these topical areas. First,some general background lectures on the topic were given using Powerpoint slide showsprepared by the first author. The students then took a pre-test and completed an affect survey Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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2005 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Seniors Survey: A survey is conducted every semester in the capstone designcourse to assess the opinions of graduating seniors on their success in achieving programoutcomes and on their attitudes toward the department. The results of the surveys are reviewedand summarized by the Chair and senior faculty and presented to the entire faculty at thedepartmental meetings.Student Exit Interview: The department chair interviews a diverse pool of graduating studentseach semester. Students provide feedback on their educational achievements, quality ofinstruction, facilities, laboratory equipment, and future plans. They also make suggestions onhow to improve the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Computing, Technology, and AI

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brooke Odle, Hope College; Kate Finley, Hope College; Victoria Longfield, Hope College

Paper ID #37917A Module on Ethics and Social Implications of Computingfor Introductory Engineering Computing CoursesBrooke Odle (Assistant Professor) Dr. Brooke Odle is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Department at Hope College. She and her team of undergraduate researchers are interested in developing interventions to reduce risk of musculoskeletal injury associated with manual patient-handling tasks. Courses she teaches include “Engineering Computing,” “Biomechanical Systems,” “Dynamic Systems Laboratory,” and “Mechanics of Materials Laboratory.” Prior to joining Hope College, Dr. Odle was a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey Lacombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

: A lot of check-ins where they ask you what your goals are, they force you to think what you want to do. Those are also really helpful and helped me achieve them too. Also based on focus group input about scholars’ interest in pursuing research, CREATEimplemented an undergraduate research experience program. Undergraduate research stipendshave been provided in year 2 to scholars who were interested in exploring research opportunitiesin engineering faculty laboratories. Nine scholars each spent 40 hours during the spring, summerand/or fall 2021 semesters in engineering research laboratories. At the end of each semester anevaluation of the scholars' performance was requested from the faculty research mentors. Theperformance

Conference Session

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emma Higgason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joseph Wight; A. John Hart; Gabrielle Enns

background is in mechanical engineering with a focus on manufacturing. Prior to joining MIT, she worked at an original equipment manufacturer.A. John Hart John Hart is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, and Director of the Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies at MIT. John’s research and teaching efforts focus on the science and technology of manufacturing. He is a co-founder of Desktop Metal and VulcanForms, and is a Board Member of Carpenter Technology Corporation.John Liu Dr. John Liu is the principal investigator of the MIT Learning Engineering and Practice (LEAP) Group, which applies design and systems principles to solving

Conference Session

ERM: Engineering Identity: (Identity Part 1)

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ciera Fluker; Lara Perez-Felkner; Kiaira McCoy, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

selected toparticipate in various additive manufacturing design, processing, and fabrication research projects.Over a ten-week program, students are mentored by faculty, post-docs, and graduate students, andparticipate in training via coursework as well as guided and tiered mentoring within and acrossmaterials science laboratories associated with project investigators and their teams.E. Sampling The sample included in this study consists of five representative students sampled from alarger group of 60 REU student participants surveyed and interviewed by the author team (Blackand/or Latinx women) across five cohorts. These students were drawn from the most recent pre-pandemic cohort (Summer 2019), to limit potential noise associated with COVID

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6: Monitoring, Evaluating and Research

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Alves, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University; Zenon Medina-Cetina, Texas A&M University; Sonia Garcia, University of Georgia

proposal. This includes administrative and ethical aspectsrequired for a standard submission to a sponsor. The format of the lecture sections includes lectures, presentations ofongoing research projects, and in-class exercises. The lectures segment are co-taught by instructors from universitiesin Merida and Texas A&M University, and students from our host universities attend this course.Visits to research laboratories consists of approximately six 4-hour lab visits, designed for the students to beexposed to hands-on research. Students will view and practice the use of the scientific method, and interact withresearchers to better understand the formulation of research ideas, to the implementation of their research projects.This segment of the

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Toriano Armèl Thomas, Norfolk State University; Bini Ben; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Sunday Adeyinka Ajala, Norfolk State University; Matthew Edward Bickett; Ryan David Shahan, Old Dominion University; Puspita Panigrahi, Norfolk State University

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Diversity

Si and GaAs electronic devices and semiconductor lasers at the research laboratories of GEC and ITT and published numerous articles in this field. He was a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Dominion University. He has advised 14 PhD and 20 MS students. He received numerous awards: Doctoral Mentor Award 2010; Excellence in Teaching Award 2009; Most Inspiring Faculty Award 2008; Excellence in Research Award 2004; and Certificate of Recognition for Research - NASA, 1994. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Member of the Electrochemical Society.Mr. Sunday Adeyinka Ajala, Norfolk State University Ajala Sunday received the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

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Kazi Meharajul Kabir, Prairie View A&M University; shuza Binzaid; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

ConclusionsIn this work, a novel design of EGP for bike lanes has been developed in the laboratory at theSMART Center at Prairie View A&M University. In this research, various experiments wereconducted to find proper materials, fluids, and mixtures for fabricating the EGP. Through theseexperiments, a type of polyester and micro-fleece fabrics were identified. These fabrics were coatedwith acrylic and adhesive mixtures of fluids in the prototype of the EGP. The EGP successfullyproduced energy from the three-feet EGP which was about 661.53 mW/s per PZT cell strip in theEGP by the running bike at 5 mph. Finally, it could be one of the sources to generate alternativeelectricity for society. Currently, This sustainable EGP can be used easily in many

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Technical Session M5C

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Srinivas Mohan Dustker, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, Full Papers

, & J. Eyler, The impact of a college community service laboratory on students’ personal, social, and cognitive outcomes. Journal of Adolescence, 17, 1994, pp. 327–339.[5] Eyler, J., & Giles, D.E. (1999). Where’s the learning in service-learning? San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass.[6] A. W. Astin, L. J. Sax & J. Avalos, J. Long-term effects of volunteerism during the undergraduate years. Review of Higher Education, 22(2), 1999, pp. 187–202.[7] A. R. Bielefeldt, K. Paterson, C. Swan Measuring the value added from service learning in project-based engineering education. International Journal of Engineering Education, 26(3), 2010, pp. 535-546.[8] O. Pierrakos, R. Nagel, E. Pappas, J. Nagel, T. Moran, E

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Technical Session S2C

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Workshops

• Assessing student learning and experience 10 o Models to assess • Tools and resources 5 • Questions and discussions 10 • Workshop evaluation 5References[1] M. Lima & W. Oakes. Service Learning: Engineering in Your Community 2nd ed.,Oxford Press, 2014[2] Eyler, Janet, “Reflection: Linking Service and Learning—Linking Students and Communities”, Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 58 Issue 3, 2000, Pages 517 – 534[3] D. E. Giles, & J. Eyler, The impact of a college community service laboratory on students’ personal, social, and cognitive

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Technical Session T1B

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2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University

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Full Papers

interests include innovative laboratory experiments for undergraduate instruction, engineering design for first-year stu- dents, and encouraging women to study engineering. For the three years prior to teaching at Michigan State University, she taught freshman and sophomore engineering courses at Rowan University. While at Rowan University she was Co-Director of RILED (Rowan Instructional Leadership and Educational De- velopment), the advisor for the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and given the ASEE Campus Representative Outstanding Achievement Award. Her teaching experience also includes work as a graduate student facilitator and engineering teaching consultant at the University of Michigan

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Best Diversity Paper

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiayun Shen, Clemson University; LaToya McDonald, Clemson University; Marian Kennedy, Clemson University

skill development, and an overview of the researchprocess for enrolled students. Using prior published work on pre-research programs and the materialsdeveloped for the ‘Research Foundations’ program offered at Clemson, the authors included a series ofmodules within a Canvas portal for the enrolled students: (1) What is research, and who are researchers;(2) What can you expect to do as an undergraduate research assistant; (3) Basic safety training andResponsible Conduct of Research training; (4) Documenting your research in laboratory notebooks; (5)Finding research articles and building a reference library; (6) Reading research articles and understandingthe peer review process; (7) Writing an abstract for conference submission, (8) Disseminating

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: DEI, Flipped Classrooms

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall Manteufel, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Amir Karimi, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tutors to Cheat onEngineering Exams”, in Proceedings of ASEE Gulf Southwest Section Annual Conference, Albuquerque,NM, 2020.[8] A. Karimi and R.D. Manteufel, “An Experiment with Flipped Classroom Concepts in aThermodynamics Course”, in Proceedings of ASEE Gulf Southwest Section Annual Conference, Austin,TX, 2019.[9] R. F. Ramos, “Addressing Muddy Points Early in the Semester Increases Student Learning in aBioinstrumentation Laboratory Course”, in Proceedings of 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, 2015.[10] S.J. Krause and S. Hoyt, “Enhancing Instruction by Uncovering Instructor Blind Spots fromMuddiest Point Reflections in Introductory Materials Classes”, in Proceedings of 2020 ASEE AnnualConference, 2020.

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deniz Nikkhah, University of California, Irvine; David Copp, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro; Natascha Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Gregory Diggs-Yang, University of California, Irvine; Hye Rin Lee; Lorenzo Valdevit; Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine

Paper ID #36681Experiences Of Faculty Mentoring Engineering TransferStudentsDeniz Nikkhah BME Grad student at UCIDavid A. Copp (Assistant Professor of Teaching) David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khosro Shirvani, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Marjaneh Issapour, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Conor Ricchetti, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

environmental hazards.The remaining four weeks of the program took place at the RELC located in Niskayuna, NewYork. This state-of-the-art training facility provided a classroom setting for handling theoreticalmodules and discussions and laboratory spaces for performing hands-on simulations. Laboratoryspaces contained industry-sized turbine equipment, such as decommissioned nacelles anddrivetrains. Faculty with experience as wind turbine technicians instructed both the theoretical andtechnical portions of the program, providing the participants with the opportunity to inquire aboutpotential hazards and dangers in the field.Technical EssentialsThe second week of the pilot program focused on understanding the technical knowledge, safetyprocedures, and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Rahman, Wichita State University

(previously known asPro/ENGINEER), ANSYS, etc., are used for design and analysis. The Mechanical EngineeringProgram at Wichita State University offers a design course as a technical elective. This course,titled Computer-Aided Engineering is an undergraduate/graduate level three credit hours course.The Mechanical Engineering Program at Wichita State University is accredited by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The computer-aided engineering course has a design project as part of the course. The courseincorporates a laboratory where CATIA part design, assembly modeling, and machining is taughtto students. The students are required to utilize CATIA for successfully completing the designproject. For this project, the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Deb Jordan, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines

School of Mines. He served as Chair, Disciplinary Literacy in Science and as Associate Director, Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh; Director of Research & Development for a multimedia company; and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. His current efforts focus on innovation of teaching practices in STEM fields and systemic change within higher education.Deb Jordan Director of the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at Colorado School of Mines; leading the team in their work with faculty and staff to continuously expand high-quality, research-based, and innovative learning experiences for

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Best of Works in Progress

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Kim, Duke University

as to the limits of engineering naturalsystems. To address our future intertwined with biotechnology and its ethical, legal,and social implications, we must develop curricula that addresses the role ofacademic, research, and industrial scientists in these debates and how to addresssocietal concerns with emergent technologies. In BME 590L/490L: BiotechnologyDesign I/II, a two-semester senior/master’s capstone design course at DukeUniversity, students prepare for academic and commercial development ofbiological products with topics in synthetic biology, fermentation, intellectualproperty, and regulatory controls. Lectures, discussions, and laboratory exercisesprepare students for independent design projects that are presented in the fall

Conference Session

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiangxiong Kong, Coastal Carolina University; Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University; Wout De Backer, University of South Carolina; Monica Gray, The University of Texas Permian Basin; George Hitt, Coastal Carolina University; Ryan Kerns

physics. His dissertation research was on charged-particle spectroscopy for measuring astrophysically important properties of radioactive nuclei. Following his Ph.D., he was a Post-Doctoral Scholar with the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and was later part of the founding faculty of the Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates, from 2009 to 2016, as a member of their Department of Nuclear Engineering. His teaching interests include engineering design education, engineering mechanics, and nuclear and radiation physics. His research interests focus on problems in radiation transport through matter, with applications to nuclear non-proliferation, detector design, and radiation dosimetry

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Jenny Le, Skyline College; Julie Shattuck

toindustry leaders and research facilities such as Apple, Tesla, Zoox, SA Photonics, Lam Research,Sanmina Corp, NASA Ames, and Department of Education Laboratories, including StanfordLinear Accelerator, Lawrence Berkeley, and Lawrence Livermore. Despite housing many of thelargest manufacturing and electronics companies, there has been a significant shortage andcritical need of skilled entry-level and mid-level electronics technicians in the Bay Area. In thisregion alone, there are a total of 10,200 electronics and electrical technician and related jobs witha projected growth of 21% in San Francisco and San Mateo County, and 19% in AlamedaCounty in the next ten years [1]. An industry assessment surveying 44 industry partners acrossthe nation