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Preparation for Graduate Research

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Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Paper ID #28675Assessing Engineering Ph.D. Students’ Research Experiences: What isImportant to Assess?Mr. Eric Holloway, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Eric Holloway currently serves as the Senior Director of Industry Research in the College of Engineering at Purdue University, where he focuses on industry research in the College of Engineering. From 2007-2013, Eric served as the Managing Director and the Director of Instructional Laboratories in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. As Director, he was in charge of the building and implementation of the Ideas

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Cody Crosby; Anita Patrick; Margo Cousins; Laura Suggs; Mia Markey

scholars weregrouped upon their arrival on campus, thereby enriching each other’s experiences and streamliningthe administrative organization (Cousins, Demont, Suggs, & Markey, 2018). All subsequentanalysis combines observations gathered from CUReS and BUILD participants.REU ProgrammingCUReS and BUILD visiting scholars were assigned a faculty and graduate student mentor (anarrangement the authors have found highly effective in past iterations of this REU (Cousins et al.,2018)) and a corresponding laboratory upon their arrival on campus. During the ten-week program,these students spent most of their available time conducting high-level research in their assignedresearch group. The laboratory settings varied significantly based on the faculty

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WIP It! Faculty Development Style!

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Heather Dillon, University of Portland; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Douglas E. Melton, Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

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Faculty Development Division

Paper ID #28673Intercollegiate Coaching in a Faculty Professional Development Programthat Integrates Pedagogical Best Practices and the EntrepreneurialMindsetDr. Heather Dillon, University of Portland Dr. Heather Dillon is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portland. She recently served as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education. Her research team is working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, fundamental heat transfer, and engineering education. Before joining the university, Heather Dillon worked for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a senior

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NSF Grantees: Entrepreneurship

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Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and maintaining resources on the APS Careers Website. As the principle investigator for the APS PIPELINE project, she also devotes significant amounts of time to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship education in physics. Before coming to the APS, Dr. Bailey did research in nuclear physics at Indiana University, Bloomington in the area of few-body systems. In 2008 she received the Konopinski Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching from the IU Physics Department. She graduated with her PhD from IU in 2009. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Physics: The PIPELINE Network

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Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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and understanding, designs and implements assessment tools in education, researches on the use of technology in the classroom and physics laboratory, and conducts research on the determination of what are the main factors that influence learning and understanding of first semester engineering students. Monica is currently collaborating with the Educational and Academic Innovation Unit, UNIDA (for its acronym in Spanish) at the School of Engineering of the Andres Bello University, where she works as teacher trainer in active learning methodologies, she teaches undergraduate courses in Environmental Management and Energy and Circular Economy, and is a thesis advisor on the engineering programs at this institution

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aasakiran Madamanchi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Scott R. Bartholomew, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Vetria L. Byrd, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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SCMcurriculum [10], and is proven to be very effective and popular across all levels of programsincluding undergraduate, graduate, and executive education [11]. Developed by MIT′s SloanSchool of Management in the 80s, the Beer Game was originally created to teach students systemsconcepts and systems thinking [12]. However, as the content area of SCM continues to expand, sodo the Beer Game learning extensions which now span demonstrating the bullwhip effect, risk-pooling, and technology integration, to name a few [13]. In response, student participants get thechance to actively learn about the benefit of supply chain awareness and communication, theimportance of supply chain collaborative strategic decision making, and the benefit of working asa team to

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NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

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Ronald B. Bucinell, Union College; Rebecca Cortez, Union College; Holli M. Frey, Union College; Joanne D. Kehlbeck, Union College; Michael E. Hagerman; David A. Cotter, Union College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

1993, he has taught courses and laboratories in engineering mechanics, design, and entrepreneurship. His other responsibilities include undergraduate academic advising, senior design project supervision, undergraduate research supervision, and graduate research supervision. Dr. Bucinell has advised the SAE Baja, SAE Formula, and projects related to the ASME Human Powered Vehicle project. Dr. Bucinell has directed the International Virtual Design Studio project that ran in collaboration with the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey; Altim University in Ankara, Turkey; and ESIGELEC in Rouen, France. He also founded a chapter of Engineers Without Boarders at Union College and has traveled to Boru Village

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Team Facilitation and Effectiveness

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P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Gibin Raju, University of Cincinnati

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in experimental mechanics, piezospectro- scopic techniques, epistemologies, assessment, and modeling of student learning, student success, student team effectiveness, and global competencies He helped establish the scholarly foundation for engineering education as an academic discipline through lead authorship of the landmark 2006 JEE special reports ”The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and ”The Research Agenda for the New Dis- cipline of Engineering Education.” He has a passion for designing state-of-the-art learning spaces. While at Purdue University, Imbrie co-led the creation of the First-Year Engineering Program’s Ideas to Inno- vation (i2i) Learning Laboratory, a design-oriented facility

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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Eva Cosoroaba, University of Vermont

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #29566Helping Students Write it Right: Instilling Good Report Writing Habitsin a Linear Circuit Lab CourseDr. Eva Cosoroaba, University of Vermont Eva Cosoroaba is a lecturer in the Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Department at the Univer- sity of Vermont. She received her PhD form the University of Texas at Dallas in December of 2017. Cosoroaba was a research assistant in the Renewable Energy and Vehicular Technology (REVT) Labora- tory and a teaching assistant at UT Dallas. Her expertise lies in electric machines and design, multiphysics simulations, and magnetohydrodynamics and its possible use for

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

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Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello; Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Engineering Physics and Physics

. Phys., vol. 69, no. 7, pp. S12-S23, 2001.[13] D. Sokoloff, “Teaching Electric Circuit Concepts Using Microcomputer-Based Current/Voltage Probes,” in NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Microcomputer- Based Laboratories, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992.[14] R. R. Hake, “Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses,” Am. J. Phys., vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 64-74, 1998.[15] G. Zavala, “An Analysis of Learning in a Multi-Strategy Active-Learning Course of Electricity and Magnetism for Engineering Students,” in Eleventh LACCEI Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, pp. 1–10, 2013.[16] S

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A Technology Potpourri I

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Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Lisa Deane Morano, University of Houston, Downtown; Hung Pham; Anish Khatiwada, University of Houston, Downtown; Jonathan Lopez

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Engineering Technology

also included multiple USDA-NIFA funded programs that have led to the creation of new curriculum and experiential learning opportunities through the CUAS. She teaches multiple courses in environmental biology and sustainability and she organizes an experiential learning program where students work in teams to build solar-powered technology that addresses a need in urban agriculture.Hung PhamMr. Anish Khatiwada, University of Houston-downtown Anish Khatiwada graduated with Suma Cum Laude honors from the University of Houston - Downtown with a Bachelor’s in science in the year of 2015. Anish majored in Control and Instrumentation Engi- neering Technology and has a minor in Mathematics. Anish was a member of the

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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Hang Zhang, Beihang University; Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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College Industry Partnerships

. Hang Zhang’s academic and research interests include global comparative education, higher education administration and entrepreneurship education. She possesses rich teaching and training experiences in K-12 and higher education.Dr. Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University Ming Li is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies Univer- sity, Beijing, China. He received B.A. in Qingdao Agricultural University, M.Ed. in Shandong Normal University, and Ph.D. in Beihang University. From March 2013 to June 2013, he studied in School of En- gineering Education at Purdue University as a visiting scholar. After obtaining the PhD title, he worked as a postdoctor at the Institute of

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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Paper ID #29312A Study of Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions of Engineers and Conceptionsof EngineeringEmel Cevik, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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James Peyton Jones, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

. Eke, E.M., Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering, Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Pacific Southwest Regional Conference, San Diego CA, pp.150-161.9. California State University, Fresno, Introduction to Microcontrollers, https://web.archive.org/web/20110221100533/http://optics.csufresno.edu/~kriehn/teaching/ece1/ece1_files/labs/ ece1-lab1.pdf10. Daugherity, M., Introducing Programming and Problem Solving with Arduino-based Laboratories, 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa FL, paper # 26661.11. Lehman, W., Huang, C-L., Venkatsha, M., Yousuf, A., Teaching Pic Microcontroller In Eet Program, 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland OR, pp. 10.1224.1 - 10.1224.11.12. Farook, O., Sekhar, C

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

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Tyler Milburn, Ohio State University; Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University

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the honors track of the first-yearengineering program.In the honors track, the first course in the two-course sequence has two primary components: thelecture portion and the lab portion. The lecture portion of this course is taught by the instructor,utilizing an inverted classroom approach [5], while the laboratory portion of the course is taughtby a Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA), focusing on introducing students to variousengineering disciplines through team-based lab experiences and technical writing assignments.The instructional team for the lab consists of one GTA and four Undergraduate TeachingAssistants (UTAs). The GTA runs the weekly two-hour lab sessions by presenting the necessarybackground content and lab procedure information

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ECCD Technical Session 3: Energy and Multidisciplinary

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Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, diversity in engineering education, technical communication in engineering, and thermal energy-efficient technologies.Dr. Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University Cindy Howard Reed is the Assistant Director for Student Research and Graduate Equity and an Assistant Teaching Professor in the College of Engineering at Penn State. She has a MS in Environmental Health Engineering and PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and received her BS in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. Prior to her position at Penn State, Dr. Reed conducted research in the field of indoor air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute of Standards and Technology.Dr

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

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Ozgul Yasar-Inceoglu, California State University, Chico

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Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Historical perspective of nanomaterials Advanced materials Materials, structure, and nanosurface Energy at nanoscale Nanoscience phenomena, bulk to quantum properties Characterization techniques X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Raman Spectroscopy Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Fabrication methods of nanomaterials, “bottom-up”, “top-down” fabrication Chemical synthesis and modification of nanomaterials Non-thermal plasma technique to synthesize nanomaterials Nano-electro mechanical structures (NEMS) Applicationsnanomaterials. These observational laboratory

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ET Pedagogy II

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Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; John B. Napp, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton

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Engineering Technology

book-length overview of PBL in engineeringeducation around the world. PBL has been used in medical education since the 1960s and it’s anatural fit for other applied science disciplines. Hsieh and Knight (2008) have written anexcellent overview of what PBL is and how it can be integrated into an engineering course toteach information literacy skills. The authors describe a pilot and an enhanced study comparingPBL and traditional lecture-based pedagogy in a first-year engineering course. The authorsconcluded that PBL was more effective in knowledge transfer, participation and interest thanlecture-based instruction. Fosmire and Macklin (2002) describe a way for librarians to formpartnerships with teaching faculty to enable the integration of

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Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

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Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Andrea Goncher, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #29706Structure of a Human-Centered & Societal-Based First-Year MakerspaceDesign CourseDr. Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida Dr. Pamela Dickrell is the Associate Chair for Academics of the Department of Engineering Education, in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Her role focuses on effective teaching methods and hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduate student engagement and retention. Dr. Dickrell received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, specializing in Tribology.Dr. Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida Lilianny Virguez is

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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Asmit De, Pennsylvania State University; Mohammad Nasim Imtiaz Khan, Pennsylvania State University; Karthikeyan Nagarajan, Pennsylvania State University; Abdullah Ash Saki, Pennsylvania State University; Mahabubul Alam, Pennsylvania State University; Taylor Steven Wood, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Manoj Varma Saripalli, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Swaroop Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University; Kathleen M. Hill, Pennsylvania State University; Annmarie Ward

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, University Park Stephanie Cutler has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Her dissertation explored faculty adoption of research-based instructional strategies in the statics classroom. Currently, Dr. Cutler works as an assessment and instructional support specialist with the Leonhard Center for the Enhance- ment of Engineering Education at Penn State. She aids in the educational assessment of faculty-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Dr. Swaroop Ghosh, Penn State

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 20

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Joseph O. Arumala PE, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Joseph Nii Dodu Dodoo, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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were able to fly a pattern coursearound a simulated Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico County Airport. Demonstration flight with adrone was conducted inside the confines of the teaching laboratory. Figure 5 shows some AirTransportation ActivitiesFigure 5 STI Participants using the X-Plane II Flight Simulator (L) and Flight Charts (R)Water TransportationThe water transportation studies were yet another major turning point in the students’ experience.During a ferry trip from Lewes, Delaware to Cape May, New Jersey the students were given anassignment to calculate the average speed of the ferry for the trip both outbound and inbound. Theyused the timer on their smart phones to measure the time from the initial movement of the ferry tofinal docking

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Capstone, Undergraduate Research, and Projects in ECE

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Rod Blaine Foist, California Baptist University; John Butler, California Baptist University; Gibson Fleming, California Baptist University

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering, California Baptist University, Class of 2020, gibsonfleming@outlook.com c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Electronics Lab Project—Tutorial and Design of Printed Circuit Board “big_blinky”Abstract - Laboratory projects can be strategically used to improve the Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) curriculum across all four years, according to National Science Foundation(NSF) research in which we participated. In this “spiral model” approach, lab component themesare introduced in the freshman year and revisited with increased sophistication andinterconnection in the following years. Labs are thus used as a “cohesive framework” thatconnects and

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Preparation for Graduate Research

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Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University; Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Bruce Gluckman, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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-led projects while also supporting instructors to improve their teaching in the classroom. Previously, Dr. Cutler worked as the research specialist with the Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Worldwide Campus (CTLE - W) for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Ms. Yu Xia, Pennsylvania State University Yu Xia is a doctoral candidate in Learning, Design, and Technology program in College of Education and research assistant in Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education in College of Engineer- ing at Penn State. She is currently doing research of collaborative learning in various learning contexts.Dr. Cliff J. Lissenden, Pennsylvania State University Cliff J. Lissenden, Ph.D. (University

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 19

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Tianshi Fu; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Pre-College Engineering Education

is not generated by robotics alone. Instead, it is specificapplications of robotics that can be used to attract underrepresented minorities. The worksummarized here illustrates that intentional curricular design for ER programs may be aneffective tool to increase student diversity in the STEM fields.Robotics as a vehicle to strengthen STEM conceptsPrevious ER implementations and research suggests the practicality of using a roboticscurriculum in order to promote meaningful learning of STEM concepts [5]. These ERimplementations have transformed traditional STEM education processes by teaching theoreticalconcepts through concrete robotics experiences. While some STEM subjects have laboratory,activities integrated into the course, many, such as

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Ludvik Alkhoury, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology

separate laboratory experiences in a computer lab. In each of the four (4) labsections, students are asked to form teams of three to work on the drone project.For this project, students are asked to (1) reverse engineer, (2) physically assemble, and (3)redesign a mini-drone. The objective of this project is to introduce engineering world – from allits angles – to students and teach them how to transform an idea into a real product. The studentsare asked to come up with their own designs to create a drone with improved capabilities byeither altering the basic drone body already provided or starting from scratch. For simplicity,design process is subdivided the into three (3) milestones as discussed below. Students spend thefirst nine weeks to learn

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Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

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Constanza Miranda, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Julián Iñaki Goñi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Bruk T. Berhane, Florida International University; Trinidad Sotomayor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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a master’s degree in engineering management at George Washington University in 2007. In 2016, he earned a Ph.D. in the Minority and Urban Education Unit of the Col- lege of Education at the University of Maryland. Bruk worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where he focused on nanotechnology, from 2003 to 2005. In 2005 he left JHU/APL for a fellowship with the National Academies where he conducted research on methods of increasing the number of women in engineering. After a brief stint teaching mathematics in Baltimore City following his departure from the National Academies, he began working for the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering (CMSE) in the Clark School of

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Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Experiences for Engineering Students

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Harold Ackler, Boise State University; Heidi Reeder, Boise State University; Abbey Louie

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Engineering Leadership Development

Paper ID #31187Integrating Professional Skills and Leadership into an UndergraduateEngineering ProgramDr. Harold Ackler, Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University Dr. Harold Ackler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Micron School of Materials Science and En- gineering at Boise State University. He teaches advanced undergraduate laboratory courses and manages the senior capstone program in the Micron School. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1997), all in Materials Science and

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Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

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Katelyn Dahlke, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

a specific laboratory environment.These later interventions do not help their understanding when they are initially taught theseconcepts. To address this, miniaturized hands-on modules have been developed to compelstudent engagement in sophomore and junior level engineering classes, specifically within theheat transfer and fluid mechanics classroom context. These highly visual low-cost desktoplearning modules (LC-DLMs) have been shown to improve student understanding compared topassive lectures, especially at higher Bloom’s levels such as evaluation and creation [4-5].Even with significant data to support the fact that active learning leads to more cognitive gainscompared to traditional lecture-based teaching, there are still perceived

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jonathan Kuchem; Nicolas Libre

real worldproblems through experimental activities in the lab. Students carried out experiments, calculatedmaterial properties, and applied them to a real-world mechanics problem. The project details arefurther described and show success in implementing problem-based learning into a lab format.Students have stated improved learning through the use of problem-based learning.IntroductionEngineering consists of taking abstract problems and developing scientific and creative solutionsto solve them. Therefore, improving critical thinking and problem solving skills are essential forpreparing engineering students for dealing with real world problems. In engineering coursework,traditionally taught courses sometimes lack teaching students how to solve

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Capstone/ET Projects II - General

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Adel Salama P.E., Austin Peay State University; Chin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University

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of Profes- sional Engineers and Member of IEEE since 1990. Also he is a fellow of Tennessee Academy of Science. He served as Department Chair from 2005 to 2015. He and the department faculty had extensive curricu- lum revisions for the Engineering Technology Department which has led to TAC of ABET accreditation 2008 and to ETAC of ABET 2014.Dr. Chin-Zue Chen, Austin Peay State University Dr. Chin-Zue Chen is a Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Austin Peay State Uni- versity in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he has taught and has been in charge of the robotics program since 1985. He initiated PLC, CAM, CIM, and Sensors & Vision Systems courses in earlier years of his teaching tenure. He