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Posters and Workshops

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis; Paul Talaga, University of Indianapolis; Suranga Dharmarathne, R.B. Annis School of Engineering, University of Indianapolis; Joseph St. Clair Glassmeyer IV, University of Indianapolis; Silas Spencer Ratliff, University of Indianapolis; Jonathon David Magos; Sulman Tariq; Miguel Castanon III; Jared Hamilton

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Workshops and Posters

in. With the attachment being designed forsimplicity, material and manufacturing cost remain low, making the attachment appealable tousers. This simplicity allows for repairs and maintenance to be carried out by individuals withlittle mechanical knowledge. BUV Ministry plans to implement this solution as an optionalattachment for those end users that choose it. Currently, the team is working on material testingfor the pouch material and the methods to attach these materials together. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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Posters and Workshops

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis; Najmus Saqib, University of Indianapolis; David Olawale, R.B. Annis School of Engineering, University of Indianapolis; Tyler J Nolan, University of Indianapolis; Teangelo Rayner, University of Indianapolis; Tyson Burton; Jacob Michael Rohrig

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Workshops and Posters

Stanford d.School, such astranslation worksheets and empathetic interview, the team identified and honed in on a set ofcritical requirements needed for the treadmill’s redesign. Next, the team moved on to the ideationand conceptual design phase to develop either a design focused on retrofitting an existingtreadmill or creating a more robust treadmill design. This process, after receiving feedback at theend of a planned stage gate review, ultimately produced a novel custom treadmill design thatreduces the overall time needed to simulate different terrains during a patient's therapy session.With help from expert designers, the team came up with a custom design that will allow thetherapists to easily and safely remove slats and replace them in a

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Helen Douglass; Peter LoPresti

people like them could be engineers and if they were likely toconsider engineering in their future education and career choices. Teachers were also askedabout if their formal teaching would be improved related to planning, participation and/orteaching the camp students during RET. Responses from teachers include: “I need to establish amission involving the drones rather than free flight”, “I feel more comfortable…because I knowwhat to expect and the students gave really smart responses I didn’t even think about”, and “Itwas extremely helpful to work with the kids to see what worked, what could be improved.” Ofthe 18 students who were selected from applications to attend the camp, there wererepresentatives from public, private and home school

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

activities in their lectures. Hands-on learning inthe form of laboratories presented a challenge, especially when delivered asynchronously.Careful planning and re-evaluation of laboratories was important to determine how to achieve © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencethe learning objectives for each session. For on-line asynchronous laboratories faculty eithersimplified the experiments allowing students to perform it at home or produced pre-recordedvideos of experiments and gave students simulated data to do the analysis. When students wereable to go back to NWAF but faculty was unable to travel abroad, instruction was comprised ofpre-recorded

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Bryan Hill; Kim LaScola Needy

, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencestudents placing into College Algebra which places students on a five-year academic plan,ultimately increasing their cost of study. Several colleges are offering math bridge programs,mostly focused on historically underrepresented students. One institution is offering studentsthree options to ‘level-up’ over the summer.Across the SEC institutions, most colleges saw an increase in DFW rates in introductory andsophomore level engineering courses such as thermodynamics, statics, and dynamics due to thepandemic. Many colleges are beginning to offer supplemental instruction and tutoring for thosehigh DFW rate courses.Finally, engineering deans were asked if their institution

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Saffeer M. Khan; Mohamed Ibrahim

iterative process: (1) understand cost and performance requirements,(2) analyze functions, (3) plan tasks, (4) model and prototype, (5) fabrication, and integration, (6)testing and evaluation, and (7) documenting and reporting progress. To train students in thisprocess, the electrical engineering curriculum includes an Electrical Systems Laboratory as a 2-credit final semester course. A design project is an important element of the course and constitutes50% of overall grade in the course. The topics include discrete components, integrated circuits(ICs), programmable logic controllers, and LabVIEW for test, measurement, and control.MethodologyAs a first step, students are grouped in teams of 2 to 3 members. Careful consideration is given toensure

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Shannon Bate; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland College Park; Mary Bell, University of Maryland; Suzanne Ashour-Bailey, University of Maryland College Park

opposed to one-on-one advising. Some first-year students felt more intimidated askingquestions in a group Zoom setting than they would in person. Also, the student experience variedbased on their breakout room and their advisor’s comfort with technology. In order for oursessions to be successful, we had to ensure we had a clear and concise communication plan. Practitioners interested in implementing a virtual program utilizing a flipped advisingmodel should carefully consider what information is most important to share with incomingstudents. This information should be clearly communicated via the Modules but also must bereiterated through live sessions. For example, our team facilitated a Q&A session with studentsin order to emphasize

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Zhanping You; Sanjeev Adhikari

of materialbehavior can significantly increase innovation and cost savings. Homework is assigned to studentsto allow them to practice class concepts. The most important parts of the class are the lab 2experiments (and field trips when possible) and the sustainable material concepts. Exams are givento assess the outcome of the lecture and homework. The entire course plan is illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1: Course plan illustrationObjectivesThe first objective of this paper is to present the experience of teaching the Civil EngineeringMaterial class, which deals with fundamental knowledge of materials and the

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Molly Elizabeth Burke, Gannon University; Sydney Tate Hanratty; Lydia Nemeth, Gannon University; Kaylee Grace Hatfield, Gannon University; Daniel Noah Hughes; Jacob Dominic Rudy; Morgan Louise Schreck, Gannon University; Nikoly Dos Santos, Gannon University

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Diversity

looking into three shape options:  Spherical Testing  Pill-shaped  Box-like • Watertight— To mimic the lake’s underwater conditions, we plan

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Huiru Shih P.E., Jackson State University

) has established aconcentration in Emergency Management Technology to prepare students to be leaders in timesof crisis. The university approved the curriculum for the EMT program in the Fall of 2010. Theprogram began admitting students in Spring Semester of 2011. The curriculum focuses on topicssuch as emergency planning, incident command, disaster response and recovery, hazardidentification and mitigation, agency coordination, community emergency response, GeographicInformation System (GIS), and technology applications1.The EMT program aims to offer an up-to-date curriculum as well as laboratories for its students.In order to attract more support for EMT program, the faculty members have submitted severalproposals to local and federal

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Prabha Sundaravadivel, The University of Texas at Tyler

Engineering, and Construction Management. Located in the central-eastTexas, UT Tyler aspires to be a primary educational and economic driver of East Texas and UTTyler’s strategic plan includes supporting student involvement, promoting discovery that benefitsEast Texas, and provide workshops to guide students through the research cycle4. The mainchallenge in designing such an interdisciplinary programming course material for electrical andmechanical engineering students is their level of familiarity with programming. Because of the useof C, C++ in the Electrical engineering courses, the Undergraduate curriculum for ElectricalEngineering degree, requires students to take programming courses from Computer ScienceDepartment in the Freshmen year. These

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aws AlShalash

learned.Although project-based learning allows students to be able to deduce and apply conceptseffectively, students continue to struggle to communicate their work and results effectively fromsuch experiential learning and other projects. Thus, to overcome the deficiencies in writing skillssuch as poor grammar and formatting, and effective literature review in reports, an instructionalscaffolding plan has been developed and implemented in two junior level courses in parallel(Mechanical System Design and Thermal Fluid Laboratory course). The scaffold activitiesinclude incremental class activities and assignments as well as access to support resources. Thescaffolding activities in the instructional plan will allow students to develop confidence

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2003 GSW

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Farrokh Attarzadeh

functions, includingpaying attention, memorizing, analyzing, and judgment. They are seldom exposed to informationdirected at generating new ideas and visualizing the nonexistent, which are primarily thefunctions of the right brain. Similar sentiments are expressed by Michael LeBoueuf 4 when hestates, “Creative abilities are the oil wells of our mind.” The Proposed ApproachA feasibility plan was designed and implemented. It consisted of three components: (a)presentation of the idea, (b) demonstration of the EMFA gadgets, and (c) conducting the survey.The plan was put to test in four senior classes: ELET 4108 (a project-based laboratory inMicroprocessor Interfacing), ELET 4300 (Unix Operating System), ELET 4309

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2008 GSW

Authors

Juan Hernandez; Michael Alegre; Dragan Siljegovic; Robie Calong; Farrokh Attarzadeh; Ankur Shukla; Vishal Naik

that field for more than 2 years while studying. He plans to do graduate studies inrisk management.ROBIE CALONGRobie Calong is currently a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering Technology atthe University of Houston. His interest, after graduating in Fall 2008, is to pursue a career in hardware developmentand plans to study in Audio Engineering. He is open-minded to learn many different ways and takes prior measures,for example, one of his major interests is to mainly research and develop different methods in problem solving. Hecurrently resides in Pearland, Texas, where he primarily focuses on his studies, while in his leisure time he playsbasketball, surf the interest for new technologies, etc.FARROKH

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Philipp, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Olfa Nasraoui, University of Louisville; Jason Immekus, University of Louisville; Jody Zhong, University of Louisville

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

curriculumdevelopment in Big Data, especially machine learning, to experienced science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) middle and high school teachers. We hosted two summercohorts in the labs of the engineering school at our metropolitan research university before thepandemic forced us to postpone the third planned cohort until it is safe to meet in person. Thispaper illustrates the importance of the in-person cohort experience for developing teachers aslearners and facilitators of computational thinking using the concept of machine learning.Machine learning (ML) models are now being used increasingly in many sectors, ranging fromhealth and education to justice and criminal investigation. Hence, these algorithmic models arestarting to

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Robert Kelley Bradley, Lamar University; James C. Curry, Lamar University; Victor Zaloom P.E., Lamar University; Brian Craig P.E., Lamar University; Berna Eren Tokgoz, Lamar University; Alberto Marquez P.E., Lamar University; Yueqing Li, Lamar University; Maryam Hamidi, Lamar University; Weihang Zhu, University of Houston; Xinyu Liu, Lamar University; Acyut Kaneria

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

including significant math andscience requirements and limited degree plan flexibility, the effectiveness of online engineeringprograms might be significantly different than other undergraduate education programsespecially those outside of STEM. Our experience indicates that an online BS pathway attracts adiverse range of students who are traditional underserved by engineering education as discussedin section 4. This paper also documents our outreach approach (section 2) and student success(section 5).As the background on the program, the department offers a BS in Industrial Engineering, a BS inIndustrial Technology, a MS in Engineering (Non-thesis), a MS in Engineering Science, a MS inEngineering Management, and a Doctor of Engineering degree. In

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Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Reed Marshall ; Daylen James McGhee, United States Military Academy; Lixrine Epie Ngeme, United States Military Academy; Joseph Carl Price ; Aaron T. Hill Jr., United States Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, United States Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., United States Military Academy

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Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

self-motivation, distractions, technical issues,and computer illiteracy. These virtual issues are huge, problematic factors that affect studentsacross the board, regardless of the subject matter. However, given than many already perceivethat STEM subjects are too hard to begin with make it even more difficult for teachers trying toeducate and inspire students in a virtual environment. Taking all this into consideration, it isimperative for faculty to effectively plan an outreach that provides an environment for studentsto feel comfortable venturing into fields of studies which they do not feel comfortable with.Building upon this current body of knowledge, our outreach plan sought to integrate necessaryaspects of teaching that would be fun

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International Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Luca Quadrifoglio, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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International

research and attraction of funded international graduate students. Maria started working at Texas A&M in 2005 as Assistant Director for Latin American Programs and in 2009 she was promoted to Program Manager for South America in the same office. During her time at the Office for Latin America Programs she created, managed and developed projects to enhance the presence of Texas A&M University in Latin American and to support in the internationalization of the education, research, and outreach projects of the university. She was charged with the development and implementation of a strategic plan for Texas A&M in South America. While at the Office for Latin America Programs, Maria was also part of the team

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; John Komlos, Villanova University; Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

Fundamentals (Fundamentals) course was developed in response to aninformal faculty survey to identify curriculum weaknesses, and it is intended to provide a strongfoundation in the civil engineering discipline6. It introduces students to tools and techniques,such as surveying, understanding maps and plan sets, field sampling, and data analysis, asrequired for their civil engineering curriculum as well as throughout their professional career.By incorporating software and surveying skills, the course also provides resume enhancement forfirst-year students seeking summer internships, which can further enhance their engineeringidentity7, 8.The objectives of the course are as follows: 1. Define the profession of Civil Engineering, 2. Develop

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First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati

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First-Year Programs

" ismotivated by a "strategic search for meaning" [11], [12].Approaches to learning are often manifested in the practice of learning strategies, which arebehaviors that students use for studying and learning course material, such as memorizing, re-writing course notes, planning and organizing materials, questioning self and others, andreflection [13]–[15].When students describe their approaches to learning and related strategies, they are answeringthese two questions [11]:  What do I want to get out of this? (i.e., the product of study)  How do I get there? (i.e., the process of studying)The former question is task-, motive-, and goal-oriented, while the process-focused questioninvolves choices of learning approaches and strategies in view of

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Motivation, Goal Orientation, Identity, and Career Aspirations

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University; Valmiki Sooklal, Kennesaw State University; Margaret L. Lowder, Kennesaw State University; Chan Ham, Kennesaw State University; Renee Butler, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

enrollment [19]. Therefore, the need for and potential of the S-STEMProgram at Kennesaw State University are enormous.Program expectations for students include progression items (target GPA, course enrollment andstatus), connective activities (faculty mentors, advisors, industry partners, outreach), and optionalactivities (living learning community, career services events, undergraduate research, studentorganizations, tutoring). Achievement of these expectations is driven through the mentor/menteerelationship where both provide and accept feedback, and advice and resources are activelysolicited and provided to encourage students’ responsibility for their learning. The first year ofthe project primarily focused on planning, marketing, and recruitment

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Capitalizing on COVID: Using This Disruptor to Change the Educational Model

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Paige West, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Natasha B. Watts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Civil Engineering

interactions – insightsthat help plan teaching activities and identify at-risk students [6]. Learning analytics also offer amore personalized learning experience for students than the current online environments wherecontent interactions and student struggles go unnoticed [8]. As evidenced by the COVID-19pandemic, online learning is a necessity for higher education. Our study highlights the utility oflearning analytics and how instructors can leverage them to develop successful online learningenvironments. This paper explains some of the capabilities of learning analytics from an online course inthe Canvas LMS. The paper will focus on student activity in an online construction managementcourse and their interactions with the lecture pages and

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Moses Ling, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa D. Iulo; David Eric Goldberg, Pennsylvania State University; Sez Atamturktur Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

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Architectural Engineering

Architectural Accreditation Boardstandards does not reference collaboration specifically, it states that “a professional degree program at thebachelor’s level shall provide an educational context enriched by other disciplines, including but not limitedto liberal and fine arts, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as opportunities for students to developother areas of interest” (LAAB 2021). For engineering, ABET (2019), requires all programs to have someexperience that has students “function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives”. Attempts at studio collaboration between departments of architecture, landscape

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Engineering Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Boshra Karimi, Northern Kentucky University; Mahdi Yazdanpour, Northern Kentucky University; Phil Lewis, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), and the BSc degree in Computer Engineering from Qazvin Azad University. He has over 11 years of experience in manufacturing industry. He has worked as a Process Quality Manager, Planning & Quality Systems Manager, Production Planning & Control Manager, and Material Control Supervisor at MAPNA and NeyrePerse industrial groups. His research interests include Intelligent Mechatronic Sys- tems, Medical Robotics, Companion Robots, Brain-Controlled Robots, Computer Vision, 3D Scene Re- construction, and Machine Vision. His current research is focused on designing and implementation of the gesture and mind-controlled robotic systems. His research has been published in peer

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Faculty Development Lighting Talk Session 1: COVID-19 Focus

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Sherecce Fields, Texas A&M University; Luciana R. Barroso, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

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Faculty Development Division

&M University. He has been a faculty member at Texas A&M since 2002, where his technical specialty is water resources engineering, planning, and management. Prior to this position, he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Georgia Tech, where he taught undergraduate courses for 7 years. His professional activities have included projects in East Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Alaska’s North Slope, and throughout the ”lower 48 states.” His current activities at Texas A&M cover a wide spectrum from K-12 outreach and recruiting to undergraduate curriculum design to retention, monitoring, and post-graduation engagement.Dr. Sherecce Fields, Texas A&M University Sherecce Fields, PhD

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zahraa Krayem Stuart, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Kathleen Dinota, Stony Brook University; Hechuan Wang, Stony Brook University; Amanda Esposito, Stony Brook University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the heart of our effort at the remote Summer Engineering Academy outreachprogram that was spearheaded as a template for synchronous and asynchronous remote learning for middleschool participants.Program PlanningWhen the university banned all in-person meetings for the summer of 2020, it was decided that a remoteengineering experience for middle school participants would be offered as a pilot program to help developfuture remote programs. In this paper, we will describe our pilot Engineering Academy from planning tocurriculum development and delivery. The Academy was conducted for a total of five sessions over a period oftwo and a half weeks in July of 2020 and covered a variety of topics related to engineering. Both synchronousand

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Koopman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Robert S. Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

are widespread in undergraduate experiences ingeneral, with a participation rate of at least 60% [10]. Other data from the National Survey ofStudent Engagement suggests that as of the 2017-2018 academic year, 52% of seniors hadcompleted or were in progress of internships or co-ops, with a further 23% of respondentsplanning to do one [11].Internships may play a unique role in engineering career paths. According to the National Surveyof Student Engagement, engineers were more likely to complete or plan to complete aninternship or co-op than most other fields (with 58% of seniors having completed or being inprogress of an internship or co-op and another 26% planning to do one in the future) [11]. Do etal 2006 suggests a link between internships

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia; Ludwig C. Nitsche, University of the District of Columbia; Dong Hyun Jeong, University of the District of Columbia

continuity planning worksheets so they can detail how they will continue teachingand learning activities. Furthermore, looking toward the ensuing summer session and fall 2020semester, CAL developed a Blackboard-based workshop to train faculty to the level of “OnlineTeaching Certification” (OTC). This training was made mandatory for all UDC faculty under anewly designated “Emergency Remote Instruction” (ERI) mode. Most faculty utilized virtualconference software and email to continue engagement and communication with learners, movedcourse materials and submissions to an online management platform, and created and usedexisting videos and resources to deliver information. In the School of Engineering and AppliedScience (SEAS), one of the most important

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering to sales engineering to design engineering. He has also functioned as an engineering technology faculty for three years at Zane State College in Zanesville, Ohio, where he developed and taught courses that included CAD, solid modeling, statics, strength of materials, machine design, and statistical process control. He is currently active in curriculum development and education research focused on capstone design.Dr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling & Analysis, Human-Machine Systems, Facilities Planning &

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maria Manzano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emma Della; Gerome Cacho; Drew Miller; Dennis Derickson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

has grown to serve over 720 participants each summer with multiple one-weekfully residential and virtual sessions. Funding support from industries such as NorthropGrumman, Raytheon, and Boeing has increased allowing EPIC to serve more low-incomeparticipants.Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, when most universities simply shut down theirengineering summer pre-college programs, EPIC swiftly changed its programming to a fullyvirtual program and served over 400 participants. EPIC created a new curriculum, activities,training, and planned on how to solve issues such as participants' ability to use school-issued orpersonal chromebooks. Intensive home-laboratory activities with mechanical, electrical, andsoftware elements were created