Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

David Olawale, R.B. Annis School of Engineering, University of Indianapolis; Payton Ashby Staman, University of Indianapolis; James T Emery II, University of Indianapolis

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Labs and experiential learning

meeting the low-cost requirements in such markets. The project was a part of thecourse requirements for a manufacturing processes course. The paper highlights how the studentssuccessfully worked in a virtual environment, engaged the client, designed the part and had the designedparts fabricated and shipped to the clients. In addition, the critical role of technical staff in providinghands-on learning experiences as well as in completing a project, particularly in a pandemic, ishighlighted. Key lessons learned from the perspectives of students, instructor, technical staff, and clientwere gathered through reflections and interviews.Key words: pandemic, projects, design, online, virtual environment, manufacturing processes, onlinelearning

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin; Nisha Abraham, University of Texas at Austin; Althea Louise Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

. Students were provided with a spreadsheet,shown in Figure 3 below, which they used to track their time (and other parameters) on varioustasks. Analyses of these data included: (i) identifying up to three aspects of their daily lives thatthe student wanted to focus on to look for any trends in the data or correlations between differentparameters; and (ii) interpretations of the weekly trends in the data. At the end of each week,students were required to write a one-page reflection on their usage of time, quality of time spenton various activities, and their analysis. Students were also encouraged to reflect on theirstrengths and weaknesses and strategies they would adopt to make changes or improvements. Proceedings of the 2021

Conference Session

Bridging Content and Context in the Classroom

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Ellen Ko, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

reflection on howour grading practices impact equity mirrors conversations around using standardized testingmechanisms like the SAT, ACT, and GRE for admissions decisions. These high-stakes examsmay hugely impact accessibility of higher education for certain demographics of students[18]–[20]. Mounting criticism of standardized tests have pointed out that performance appearstied to lack of preparation and under-resourced schools, rather than students’ ability to succeed inundergraduate or graduate degree programs [21]–[24]. As underrepresented students are stronglyaffected by using test score thresholds to admit candidates, several movements have proposedthat their use be discontinued.While grades are a deeply ingrained part of higher educational

Conference Session

Changing How We Pursue Change

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Valle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

helpengineers and their communities meet their needs, and clarifies that engineering does notinherently require technocratic solutions to communal problems and needs.PositionalityThe primary and secondary authors are both engineers, labor organizers with the AmericanFederation of Teachers (AFT) local GEO-3550, and children of union members fromworking-class backgrounds. Both were participants in the 2020 GEO-3550 abolitionist strike fora safe and just campus for all [29]. The first author was also taking graduate coursework inintroducing the concepts of engineering education research during the writing of this paper,which provided a critical reflective space for learning and grappling with theoretical frameworksand their applications. We reached out to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexandra Gendreau Chakarov, University of Colorado Boulder; Jeffrey Bush, University of Colorado Boulder; Quentin Lee Biddy, University of Colorado Boulder; Jennifer Jacobs, University of Colorado Boulder; Mimi Recker, Utah State University; Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado Boulder

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

professional learning model supports middleschool science and STEM teachers, many of whom have limited experience with computationalthinking, to implement these units in their classrooms.Professional LearningWe designed a professional learning approach, called the CT-Integration Cycle (Biddy et al.,2021; Gendreau Chakarov et al., in press), that supports teachers to design, adapt, implement,and reflect on instructional activities that use programmable sensor technologies. Thisprofessional learning model usually consists of an in-person summer workshop series and fourfull-day workshops throughout the school year. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the summerworkshop shifted to a remote platform, and the school year workshops shifted to 90-minutebiweekly

Conference Session

Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Jay Phillip Jefferson, Florida International University; Jade Moten, Florida International University; Sung Eun Park, Florida International University; D'Aundray James Adams, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

acrucial, albeit often overlooked, element of promoting the success, persistence, and retention ofminority students within STEM disciplines [11]. Furthermore, recent studies have highlightedthe relationship between race and gender (for example) in STEM identity development,demonstrating the importance and effectiveness in understanding identity in shaping Blackstudent experiences, particularly regarding student engagement as well as barriers to successwithin STEM majors [12] [13].Regarding HBCUs, these institutions seek to provide and preserve cultural aspects that are notgenerally reflected or offered to minoritized students within Predominately White Institutions(PWIs) and broader society. In reviewing the impact of institutional climate on

Conference Session

Faculty Development 1: Social Justice Research

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Katie Johanson, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Richard Carroll Sinclair, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

transcribed by a third-party service and permanently deletedonce reviewed and cleaned.Reflexivity and Positionality. Prior to data analysis, the researchers engaged in the process ofreflexivity, in which experiences, beliefs, values, and assumptions on the ways in whichmentoring is used in academe to support the career development of faculty were reflected uponindividually and discussed collectively (Watt, 2007). Reflexivity is integral in qualitativeresearch because it forces the consideration and exposure of researcher bias through analyticalreflection and dialogue. The theoretical underpinnings of the pragmatic lens were revisitedduring the reflexivity process to ensure practical implications were foundational to the way inwhich the transcripts

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jake Walker Lewis; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, and the role of engineersin societal decisions about technology” [4, p, 683]. Macroethics are reflected in engineering codesof ethics. For example, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) code of ethics addedenvironmental protection, sustainability, and treating all persons fairly/equitable participation in1976, 1996, and 2017 [5], respectively. The update in 2020 moved to a hierarchical stakeholdermodel that places obligations to society and the environment first [6]. The ASEE code of ethicsincludes sustainable development and social justice [2]. Engineering educators need to teachstudents about both macroethical issues and microethics [2], and stay current as the ethicalexpectations of the profession evolve.Engineering education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

thatcan paint the evolution of students’ knowledge and skills over time over a set of learningexperiences (Clements & Sarama, 2004; Simon, 1995; Sztajn et. al., 2012; Corcoran, Mosher &Rogat, 2009; Maloney and Confrey, 2010). We use a theoretical framework based on adaptiveexpertise and design thinking adaptive expertise to further advance a design learning continuum(Hatano and Inagaki, 1986; Schwartz, Bransford & Sears, 2005; McKenna, 2007; Neeley, 2007).Project OverviewThis research project has been to explore and understand how open-ended, hands-on makingwork and activities are reflected in the learning trajectories of students and their learning gains inthe product-based learning, undergraduate engineering classroom. The aim is to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. During his time at Rose-Hulman, Sriram has served as a consultant in Hadoop and NoSQL systems and has helped a variety of clients in the Media, Insurance, and Telecommunication sectors. In addition to his industrial consulting activities, Sriram maintains an active research profile in data science and education research that has led to over 30 publications or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporat- ing reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineering curriculum. Sriram has been fundamental to the revamp of the entire software engineering program at Rose-Hulman. Sriram is a founding member of the Engineering Design program and continues to serve on the leadership

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Hartenstine, Western Washington University; Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University; Joseph Arthur Brobst, Old Dominion University; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

contribute to the development of students’ self-efficacy, identity, andsense of belonging? and 2) How does early exposure to computer science through courseworkand career awareness affect the experience of CS/M Scholars? Data sources are focus groupinterviews, surveys of the Scholars and a comparison group, and Scholars’ written summaries ofconversations with their mentors. The summary presented here draws upon the latter two datasources. The summaries written by students reflect their perceptions of the mentoring experienceand along with the focus groups and surveys provide multiple points of triangulation, givingimportant insight into their experience with the program overall.Survey Sample – Scholars & Comparison StudentsAll CS/M Scholars are

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg; Kathryn Fernández, George Mason University; Julie Shank, George Mason University

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Faculty Development Division

collaboration inshared physical spaces. Faculty and GTA reflections on the changes to teaching and learning dueto the online pivot provide insight into support that can be provided to help instructional stafffacilitate implementation of ACL across various modes of instruction. The guiding question forthe current study was: How did the rapid shift to online instruction due to COVID-19 affectadoption of ACL in calculus courses?MethodsThis paper describes insights from interviews with faculty and GTAs who were teaching andsupporting Calculus I and Calculus II courses in the Spring 2020 semester. All faculty and GTAsinvolved in these courses and additional faculty involved in the course-based community ofpractice were invited by email to participate in

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles W. Patrick Jr, Texas A&M University

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Biomedical Engineering

of 294 students are assessed over five semesters. Average class grades andgrade distributions are statistically compared using ANOVA and Z test, respectively. Moreover,a 15-question survey was used to evaluate PBL through a five-level Likert scale. Selectedstudent comments from end-of-semester course surveys are included when informative. Finally,qualitative instructor reflections are presented.Preliminary Results and Reflections Course Grades: Grades were not curved in any semester and the type and level of formativeand summative assessments were equivalent, thus the mean average class grades offer directcomparison of mastery of learning outcomes assessed. There was no statistical differencebetween the final grades (p=0.2; average 91.3

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Mays, Michigan State University; Valerie A. Troutman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Geoffrey William John Grimm; Elizabeth Rose Pollack, Michigan State University ; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University

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Biomedical Engineering

they foundthroughout the challenge and that might have been useful for all sessions. The journal and theglossary not only reflected UIs found in many investigative point-and-click games (e.g., Phoenix Figure 1: Investigator A Terminal A) Students were given a unique Case ID. After pressing start, the terminal appeared with

Conference Session

Making in Design Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kate Youmans, Colorado School of Mines; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Louis Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas

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Design in Engineering Education

technical and professional knowledge to authenticproblems [7,8]. The shifts reflect the growing need for an engineering workforce prepared toaddress the increasingly complex and interconnected problems that engineers will face in the 21stcentury [9,10]. The growth in the number of first-year project-based undergraduate engineeringcourses and senior capstone design courses [11,12] provide opportunities to prepare engineeringstudents with progressive knowledge of engineering. In these courses, students engage inauthentic project-based learning activities designed to support their professional engineering skilldevelopment and increase their capacity for effective communication and problem solving[1,11].In conjunction with curricular shifts and the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jeanne L. Sanders, University of Nevada, Reno

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

mixture ofanecdotes, advice, and study findings contributing to participants’ knowledge of transitions intoengineering education, the RIEF grant process, and mentorship in engineering education. Groupactivities at the virtual workshops were focused on participants’ reflecting about their ownmentorship experiences and needs, their motivations for participation in EER, and ways theycould actively enhance their involvement in the EER community.Community Building in Year 2Our team’s Summer 2021 networking event was designed to reduce these barriers to entry intoengineering education research by facilitating mentor-mentee introductions. Participants in theevent are asked to create a short slide introducing themselves as either prospective mentors

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Ann Thompson, Loras College; Danial J. Neebel PE, Loras College; Robert S. Keller, Loras College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

when they apply to either graduate school or apply for an industrial position. Thesearticulation skills are practiced in class in the form of personal reflections. The four requirementsof the project are that the scholars work in a group, they use their new and growing STEMskillset, the project must benefit the community, and it must be sustainable. In this casesustainable means that the project itself can continue for multiple years, with new studentspossibly taking over. The projects that are currently under way include STEM educationprogramming, Mental Health Information, Expanding Local Food Options, and AssessingCollege Energy Usage.Program GoalsThe program, as funded by the NSF S-STEM grant, has four goals set forth in the

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Ryan G. Rosandich

?shown in Figure 1, the vast majorityof mechanical engineering graduates (including those with masters degrees) go into practice, soit follows that the educational system should emphasize the preparation of graduates forengineering practice. Some of the weaknesses observed by industry representatives in recentmechanical engineering graduates are stated below. Observations from industry2: Graduates do not reflect the current and growing diversity in the general population Engineering graduates lack practical, hands on experience Graduates are not able to formulate and solve complex, multidisciplinary, system- level real world problems. Graduates are not prepared to provide leadership and drive innovation at the

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Michael A. Rother

seems to reflect an attitudeon the part of industry that the company liaisons will have to do a lot of work for little or nobenefit. Another concern which potential sponsors often express is that much of the material inany project offered would be proprietary. Since the final design reports are in the public domain,many times companies decline to participate on this basis alone. To get around this obstacle, Igenerally point out that we can change specific numbers in the reports, so that there would betwo versions, one for the company and one for the university. In several of the projects whichhave been completed in the last seven years, some process information has been omitted tosatisfy industrial interests.2. Characterizing Projects

Conference Session

WEDNESDAY PLENARY: Featuring Best Zone and PIC Papers & Corporate Member Council Keynote Speaker, Sponsored by EngineeringCAS

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Masood Shahverdi, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles

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Corporate Member Council

frameengineering design decisions. The course also provided an opportunity for students to get toknow about the community partners and be introduced to the project. We took field trips to thecommunity partner organizations and students were asked to share reflections on needs theyidentified, and hypothetical case studies were created out of the BOOST projects. The studentsalso learned to communicate and interact professionally with the community partners. Studentswere assigned to project teams and met with the faculty mentors to begin forming team bondsand brainstorming conceptual designs, and discussing potential ethical issues that wouldinfluence their decisions. Since the Summer program was only six weeks, this preliminary phaseduring the Ethics course

Conference Session

Design Teams 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

the lack of experiential opportunity mayhave impacted the latter group’s motivation to interact with the product or collaborate with oneanother, thus limiting their collective understanding of the product. All groups experienced more P3 (attempting to solve) than any other collaborativeprocess, reflecting the same trend revealed in historical data of engineering students solving non-scaffolded ill-structured design tasks [10]. Indeed, the group with the highest P3 also had themost physical interaction with the product, suggesting that the other three problem-solvingprocesses were not as inherent to hands-on learning. As ongoing research has since found thatmore balanced participation among the four processes can improve students

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

Authors

Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island

. presentation of the material before the experiment. Mathematical description ofsignals or functions.Figure 07. Measurement of the resistance of a resistor using a multimeter.The Face-to-Face Laboratory:The face-to-face experiments part of the laboratory course, consists of fully contactedexperiments by the students at the College’s laboratory under the direction and supervision of theinstructor.The students work individually and in teams. This approach fully reflects the industrial approachwhere engineers work either on a specialized part of a project, alone or on a part of a big projectalong with other engineers. The approach prepares them for industrial employment. Thelaboratory consists of one experiment in a three-hour time once a week. The

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ann Gansemer-Topf; Shan Jiang; Nigel Reuel; Gul Okudan-Kremer; Qing Li; Rebecca Mort; Dong Chen

semester, students presented a project charter on their thesis projects thatdemonstrated their knowledge learned about related PTM skills, approaches to utilizing theseskills in their thesis research, and their learning experiences at the GAPS course. Throughout thesemester they also engaged in reflective writing assignments focused on their application ofskills to their work. A copy of the course syllabus is included in Appendix 1.Purpose of the Paper/Research QuestionsAlthough COVID-19 altered our original intention of in-person course and networkingopportunities, we chose to develop an online course as a way to pilot test some of the materialand assignments. Given the novelty of our approach and project, it was critical to develop anassessment

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Brian Dick P.Eng., Vancouver Island University

in this environment, students were notexpected to meet face-to-face; all interactions between students and their instructors would takeplace virtually. This paper specifically focuses on the cornerstone project, one of the keydeliverables of the second-term engineering design course (ENGR 121). It describes how thisproject was adapted to allow for individual students within teams to be isolated during theirwork, and provides reflection on the impact of these changes on the student learning experienceand development of specific graduate attributes required by the Canadian EngineeringAccreditation Board (CEAB) [5]. Further investigation to better qualify the impact will takeplace over the next year.Project ApproachProject DescriptionAt the

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Tamer Ceylan

hope that it could assist other engineering programs seeking accreditation or re-accreditation. INTRODUCTION All seven engineering programs at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville went through the ABET accreditation process recently. This paper summarizes observations and reflections of an engineering educator about this experience. The author has been familiar with the process as a result of six engineering accreditation visits in his academic career since 1982. The engineering accreditation process has eight criteria (Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2006). It would be a mistake to think that a program deemed good or even strong in the collective and subjective opinion of the program faculty should therefore be accreditable

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kurtis G. Paterson

. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference4. AssessmentA two-pronged assessment strategy was used in the program: daily self-reflective metrics,and weekly narrative statements. Both instruments were used one week prior to and twomonths after the conclusion of the in-country portion of the program. The daily metricsinclude the following questions: 1. All things considered, how do you feel overall? 2. How do you feel physically? 3. How do you feel emotionally? 4. Regarding your understanding and contributions on the project, how do you feel technically?These questions were self-scored on a scale of 1 (horrible) to 10 (fantastic). There weretwo primary purposes of the daily assessment: to engage the

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Michael A. Rother

to their choices. However, I give them a limited amount of time to make theircontacts after November, since they have already been given ample opportunity. Their otheroption is to do an academic project with at least one reactor and two separation steps. In the lastthree years, no group has chosen an academic project, although the Verso/NRRI project in 2006-7 (see Table 1) amounted to an academic project when the group and company made the mutualdecision to stop the originally suggested work on bleach-water treatment. The issue of why it is difficult to get new industrial sponsors remains – and whether abetter solicitation method exists. As discussed above, the difficulty seems to reflect an attitudeon the part of industry that the

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Jonathan F. Hubler, Villanova University

learning and faculty-student interaction during class sessions by converting the course to an inverted format; (2)Incorporate more real-world examples and case-histories relevant to foundation engineering aspart of the active learning classroom sessions to increase engineering judgement and problem-solving skills; and (3) Develop students’ communication skills (written, oral, and graphical)through team-based problem-solving sessions in the classroom. It was proposed that assessmentwould be made on enhancement of student learning through evaluation of exam grades acrossmultiple years (2018, 2019, 2020) and through CATS (specifically reflection from students onthe inverted classroom experience). It was evident from the instructor’s point of view

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2008 GSW

Authors

Gregory P. Starr

to be smaller that a native code representation. • Multi-taking: because the p-code is fully stack-based, a process's state is defined solely by its stack and its program counter. It is thus easy to task-switch simply by loading a new stack pointer and program counter.IC includes a full library of math functions, RC-style servo and DC motor control, analog anddigital sensor support, and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix computers.Actuators and SensorsThe actuators typically used in the LEGO robots are LEGO 9V DC gearmotors and RC-stylegeared servos (which support position control). Infrared reflectance sensors (Fairchild QRB1114) are used for detecting the black tape of the maze, which various other sensors

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2008 GSW

Authors

Steve Menhart

output f, which is connected tothe least significant bit of port B. Note, the “|=” in the assignment results in output f beingturned on, while all other bits of port B are unchanged. If the “if” statement is not true, output cis off, or logic 0. The while(1) condition sets up a perpetual loop, causing the logical “if-else”statement to be executed indefinitely.Both figures 1 and 2 will implement f = a • b + c, however there are significant differences in theway they accomplish that. Figure 1, whether implemented using a CPLD or FPGA will result ina programmed logic circuit. The output f will reflect changes in the inputs a, b, and cinstantaneously, except for a small propagation delay of a few ns. The C code of figure 2 will beconverted to