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2024 ASEE-GSW

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Sanjoy K. Bhattacharia, West Texas A&M University; Fisseha Meresa Alemayehu, West Texas A&M University; Tyresse Xavier Law, West Texas A&M University; Saman Aria, West Texas A&M University

designproject. The need for this project stemmed from research involving the creation and assessment ofsolid rocket fuel samples made using recycled polystyrene as an eco-friendly alternative bindingagent. The scope of this study, however, was limited by the fact that university lacked the facilitiesto study the ignition and subsequent combustion behavior of the samples. A laboratory combustionchamber would allow for the obtaining of combustion data for this study. Additionally, the chamberwould open the door for the university to conduct more studies involving energetic materialsproviding professors and students alike more opportunities to become involved in the field ofcombustion and energetic materials.The evaluation of the project activities

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Eric McKanna, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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Eric McKanna, Dr. Firas Hassan Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Computer Science Ohio Northern University Ada, Ohio 45810 Email: e-mckanna@onu.eduAbstractTuring Complete1 is a game released on the Steam2 platform designed to teach digital logic andcomputer architecture concepts through a series of challenges and problems. Its skill-tree approachcovers digital logic, binary arithmetic, and memory. The end goal is to create a turing completecomputer through building blocks developed during each different section of the tree. In this paper,we suggest adapting and modifying problems from the game to

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Morgan Elaine Bartley, West Virginia University; Andrew C. Nix, West Virginia University; Brian D. Woerner, West Virginia University

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timely adjustments to DEI strategies require ongoingattention. 8 Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering EducationThis data-driven approach, coupled with strategic goals and objectives, positions the team forcontinued progress. Foreseen challenges provide opportunities for proactive solutions to furtherenhance the impact of DEI initiatives within the team.AcknowledgementThis work has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through Argonne Laboratories,as part of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge.References[1] Argonne National

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Diverse Pathways in Engineering Education: Exploring Experiences and Opportunities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dessaray Monique Gorbett, University of Texas at El Paso ; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas at El Paso; Cristina Villalobos, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Sara E. Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso; Ariana (Ari) Arciero, University of Texas at El Paso; Josef Aaron Sifuentes, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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URMs.Research has shown that post-baccalaureate programs provide participants knowledge on thegraduate school and employment application process and keys to success in STEM careers orgraduate studies [7].The project's goal was to provide an enriching experience to students unable to participate inresearch due to the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic or academic schedules.This just-in-time experiential educational opportunity aimed to provide post-baccalaureates to:(1) acquire another professional credential to make them more marketable in the STEMworkforce, (2) gain laboratory knowledge should they decide to pursue an advanced certificate ordegree as part of their long-term goals, and (3) attend professional development workshops

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University; TIAN LUO, Old Dominion University

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). Barriers to creativity in engineering education: A study of instructors and student perceptions. Journal of Mechanical Design, 129, 761–768.[5] Stouffer, W. B., Russel, J., & Oliva, M. G. (2004). Making the strange familiar: Creativity and the future of engineering education. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.[6] Machechnie, J.R. & Buchanan, A.H. (2012). Creative Laboratory Model for Large Undergraduate Engineering Classes. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 138, 55-61.[7] Liu, Z., & Schonwetter, D.J. (2004). Teaching Creativity in Engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education, 20, 801-808.[8] Baillie, C., & Walker, P

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Principal Skinner's Secrets: Cultivating STEM in Remote Locations, Steamed Hams!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Claudia J. Morrell, STEM Equity Initiative, LLC; Sandra Staklis, RTI International; Kevin A Jordan, RTI International

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Paper ID #42431Professional Development for STEM Teachers in Rural Counties to BroadenParticipation in EngineeringDr. Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh Taryn Melkus Bayles is a Professor, Teaching Track, in the Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, and serves as the Undergraduate Program Director. She has spent part of her career working in industry with Exxon, Westinghouse, Phillips Petroleum and Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (now NETL). Her industrial experience has included process engineering, computer modeling and control, process design and testing, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aubrey Nicholas Birdwell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jack Cook, The Evergreen State College; Richard S Weiss, The Evergreen State College; Jens Mache, Lewis & Clark College

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Paper ID #41475Board 289: From Logs to Learning: Applying Machine Learning to InstructorIntervention in Cybersecurity ExercisesAubrey Nicholas Birdwell, Georgia Institute of Technology Aubrey Birdwell is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and previously completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at The Evergreen State College. His research is focused on computing education, particularly in the domain of cybersecurity. Aubrey has worked extensively on developing an application aimed at teaching cybersecurity content

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 9

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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analysis, we used mainly categorical response tallies and descriptive statisticsto identify portions of the survey with the most potential for follow-up study and hypothesisgeneration. We also performed a thematic analysis on free-response data to help support thesenext-steps ideas. A first trained annotator coded the full dataset and a second rater coded 10% ofthe data. The resulting Cohen’s kappa was 0.70, which indicates a substantial level of inter-raterreliability.Results and DiscussionOverall, the results show little difficulty accessing current course materials, as well as low levelsof interaction with peers and the teaching team during Ecampus coursework, as further detailedbelow. These realities of Ecampus coursework interactions are

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth West, University of Florida; Bruce Frederick Carroll, University of Florida; Jinnie Shin, University of Florida; Kent J. Crippen, University of Florida

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modeling: applications using mplus. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012.[22] C. Payne and K. J. Crippen, “A structural model of student experiences in a career‐ forward chemistry laboratory curriculum,” J. Res. Sci. Teach., Apr. 2023, doi: 10.1002/tea.21860.

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2024 ASEE-GSW

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Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Erick Benjamin Butler, West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University; Anitha Sarah Subburaj, West Texas A&M University

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founded in 1910 as a normal (teaching) university and joined the TAMU System in1990. Current enrollment at WTAMU in Fall 2023 was 9061 students, of which 796 wereundergraduate and master’s level students in the College of Engineering1. WTAMU has been aHispanic Serving institution since 2015 and 32.9% Hispanic as of the 2021-2022 Academic Year2.As of January 2024, the ABET EAC database lists 39 public and private universities in Texas thathave accredited engineering programs. Of these, nine universities are part of the TAMU systemincluding WTAMU. Geographically, WTAMU is the only university in the Texas Panhandle regionand one of just five universities (WTAMU, UTEP, UTPB, Angelo State, TTU) located in thewestern half of the state3.Industry

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2024 South East Section Meeting

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Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910

Paper ID #40921The Conversion of Capstone Senior Design to a Two-Semester FormatDr. Chau M. Tran, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC27695-7910 Chau Tran is an associate teaching professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at North Carolina State University. He is currently the course coordinator for capstone senior design and previously was the course coordinator for vibration, the director for undergraduate advising and the director for undergraduate laboratory. He teaches senior design and vibration annually. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical

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Technical Sessions 2

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2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

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Gonca Altuger-Genc, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Yue Hung, Farmingdale State College; Wenhai Li, Farmingdale State College

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deliverablesinvolved in these projects.MethodologySenior Project is a 3-credit writing-intensive applied learning course offered in the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology Department at Farmingdale State College. Enrollment to the course is by department chairapproval and students can only enroll in their last academic semester. The course is offered during bothspring and fall semesters to accommodate students with spring and winter graduation timelines. Everysemester faculty from Mechanical Engineering Technology department teaches the course. The seniorproject course meets once a week for 90 minutes. During this time, course professor covers courseannouncements, schedule related information, meets with each team one-on-one and discusses nextsteps. Senior

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson; Emma Grob-French; Patsy Maddy; Nancy Noyes

withoutexternal value, just assignments required by instructors that quickly fade once the semester iscompleted. Service learning provides an opportunity to create teamwork projects that haveexternal value. In this paper we will examine using a service-learning team project to promoteteamwork skills.CourseIntroduction to Computational Methods in Mechanical Engineering, ME 208, is a required first-year course for mechanical engineering majors at the University of Kansas. The course coversprogramming skills in MATLAB and C++ on the Arduino platform. The requirements of thecourse include an active-learning lecture within class exercises, weekly individual laboratories,weekly individual homework assignments, three exams, and two team projects. The

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Siobhan Rigby Oca, Duke University; Blake Hament, Elon University

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virtual and real autonomous robots in a teaching laboratory,” in 2016 IEEE Global En- gineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2016, pp. 621–630. [6] T. Tsoy, L. Sabirova, R. Lavrenov, and E. Magid, “Master program students experiences in robot operating system course,” in 2018 11th International Conference on Develop- ments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE), 2018, pp. 186–191. [7] L. Joseph and J. Cacace, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming: Best practices and troubleshooting solutions when working with ROS, 2021. [8] J. Gr¨onman, M. Saarivirta, T. Aaltonen, and T. Kerminen, “Review of artificial intelli- gence applications in the ros ecosystem,” in 2021 44th International Convention on In- formation, Communication and

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 10

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lara Perez-Felkner, Florida State University; Ciera Fluker; Tarik J. Dickens; Chelsea Armbrister, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

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students’ suits) among members of this REU community, including students and facultyresearchers as well as key staff and teaching faculty who can be key points of contact and guidance for studentsnavigating these challenging career and academic learning curves.C. Individual Interviews Findings from our analysis of individual interviews revealed undergraduate participants’ experiences in thesummer research internship programs further developed their engineering identity. Notably, participantsdescribed feeling more comfortable in research lab settings and confident in their ability to progress in theirengineering programs. Another common theme was participants’ appreciation for the opportunity to engagehands-on with research. Specifically, they

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

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David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Michael Cross, Norwich University; Ali Al Bataineh, Norwich University; Toluwani Collins Olukanni; Majd Khalaf, Norwich University

identification, machine learning, and energy resilience. He holds a PhD and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky.Dr. Michael Cross, Norwich University Michael Cross is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, teaching classes in the areas of circuits, electronics, energy systems, and engineering design. Cross received degrees from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Vermont.Ali Al Bataineh, Norwich UniversityToluwani Collins OlukanniMajd Khalaf, Norwich University Majd Khalaf is a senior undergraduate student at Norwich University, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is deeply passionate about DevOps engineering and machine learning. Majd has

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Viyon Dansu, Florida International University; Yashin Brijmohan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bolaji Ruth Bamidele, Utah State University; Abasiafak Ndifreke Udosen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lexy Chiwete Arinze, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Adurangba Victor Oje, University of Georgia; Deborah Moyaki, University of Georgia; Melissa J Hicks, Pennsylvania State University; Bono Po-Jen Shih, Pennsylvania State University

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the engineering power industry and education sectors and is known for his thought leadership in capacity building and engineering education.Bolaji Ruth Bamidele, Utah State UniversityAbasiafak Ndifreke Udosen, Purdue University, West Lafayette Abasiafak Udosen is a professional Mechanical Engineer in Nigeria and a doctoral research scholar at ROCkETEd laboratory, Purdue University, United States. He earned a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Eng in Energy and Power Engineering both in Nigeria. Over the years he has had the privilege of teaching courses such as Thermodynamics, Measurement and Instrumentation, Engineering Metallurgy, System Design, and Quantitative research methods at the University of Nigeria

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 11

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew L Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Merrimack College

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Year Engineering Experience committee, supervisor of the LTU Thermo-Fluids Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and faculty advisor of the LTU SAE Aero Design Team. Dr. Gerhart conducts workshops on active, collaborative, and problem-based learning, entrepreneurial mindset education, creative problem solving, and innovation. He is an author of a fluid mechanics textbook.Dr. Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Merrimack College Maria-Isabel Carnasciali is the new founding Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Computational Sciences at Merrimack College (MA). Previously, she spent 13 years at the University of New Haven (CT) where her last role included four years as Assistant

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barry M. Lunt, Brigham Young University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; David A Wood, Brigham Young University

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Modeling Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques to Analyze 17 2020 Computing Persistence in Undergraduate Programs A Comparison of Network Simulation and Emulation 15 2016 Virtualization Tools Implementing Building Information Modeling in 14 2011 Construction Engineering Curricula Teaching Modern Object-Oriented Programming to the 14 2014 Blind: An Instructor and Student Experience Since neither downloads nor citations are perfect measures of impact, we combined thetwo scores and present the top 10 rated papers in Table 6. Table 6 largely shows that downloadsdrives the final scores for impact

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #42473Growth of Student Awareness within a Discipline-Agnostic Introduction-to-EngineeringCourseDr. Gregory J. Mazzaro, The Citadel Dr. Mazzaro earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2004, a Master of Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2006, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as an Electronics Engineer for the United States Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland. For his technical research, Dr. Mazzaro studies the unintended behaviors of radio-frequency electronics illuminated by

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Spotlight on Diverse Learners

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Minkyung Lee, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University

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in Science and as Associate Director, Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh; Director of Research & Development for a multimedia company; and as founding Director of the Center for Integrating Research & Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. His current efforts focus on innovation of teaching practices in STEM fields and systemic change within higher education.Dr. Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi is an Assistant Research Professor, and Assessment and Instructional Specialist at Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Also, he has BSc and

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1 - Sustainability & Environmental Justice

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Mueller, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Samuel Thomas Walsh, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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of implementing SDGs into curriculum. Not only will a wide variety of topics beingrained into engineering education, but student experiences must reinforce this learning.Options exist to create a “living laboratory” out of the campus “for the implementation anddeployment of [SDGs]” [13]. Implementing SDGs into project work often demands localizedand unique solutions acknowledging the greater system which any project exists within. Asystems thinking and entrepreneurial mindset offers the potential to identify needs and designinnovative solutions in the realm of sustainability. SDG-oriented course learning objectives candirect and motivate inclusion of topics of sustainability within course material and teachings[14].As with any topic of

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ribhav Galhotra, Nanyang Technological University; Panting Yu, The University of Edinburgh; Jiafei Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University

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Edinburgh Panting Yu earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. As a STEM teacher, she plays an integral role in Dr. Yeter’s Research Team, bridging academic research with daily educational practice. Panting brings expertise in educational and practical studies, providing a unique perspective on STEM+C teaching and educational innovation.Jiafei Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong Jiafei Wang is a master student majoring in STEM Education at The Education University of Hong Kong. He actively participates in Dr. Yeter’s Research, focusing on projects related to engineering education and computational thinking. Drawing on his experience as a mechanical engineer, Jiafei’s

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth K. Thompson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Alyssa A Burger; Emily Goff, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Catherine Heremans; Christopher Hogan, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Gina Ristani, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Guadalupe Ruiz, University of California, Riverside; Basak E Uygun, Massachusetts General Hospital; Keisha Varma, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Paper ID #42531Board 18: Work in Progress: The ATP-Bio REU Boot Camp: An InnovativeApproach to Building a Sense of Community in Support of Broadening Participationin Biomedical EngineeringDr. Seth K. Thompson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dr. Thompson is the current Engineering Workforce Development Program Manager for ATP-Bio and has previously held faculty appointments in the Department of Biology Teaching and Learning at the University of Minnesota and on the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. His published work includes papers on innovative approaches to

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Identity Formation and Engineering Cultures

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park

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ofdesigning and building technologies. However, they do this within the context of unique placesand among distinct milieu that reflects its own engineering culture [8]. Thus, engineering cultureand the development of engineering identity is inextricably tied to the places that reproduce itand contains within it specific organizational patterns, embedded norms and routines, sharedbeliefs, and values that often mediate how students engage with faculty, staff, and one another.In short, culture cannot be decoupled from the place in which it is experienced and imparted.Extant research delineates visible manifestations of culture as “ways of doing things” within theclassroom and laboratory spaces—which often prioritizes the teaching and development

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2024 ASEE North East Section

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Sunil Dehipawala, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Lexi grace Robinson; Harsha Rajapakse; Tak Cheung

reflection, multi-disciplinary learning accomplishments, ground-breaking innovations, collaborative studies, entrepreneurship, intellectual and ethical responsibility, and service to the scientific, national, and international communities.Prof. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Synchrotron X ray absorption student projects in community college and gateway for chemical engineering related educationAbstract:A Synchrotron radiation student project in our community college consists of data collection,data

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University; Samantha (Sami Bortz

Paper ID #44643Sustainability-Focused Project-Based Learning in a Heat Transfer CourseDr. Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University Chris Gioia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Slippery Rock University. He is the faculty adviser for the Formula SAE team at SRU, and is a member of the Department curriculum committee. Dr. Gioia teaches courses in Heat Transfer, Dynamics, Machines and Mechanisms, Mechani- cal Control Systems, and Capstone Design. His research interests include control systems, cyber-physical systems, project-based learning pedagogy, heat exchangers, and biodiesel production. Dr

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Erik Fisher, Arizona State University

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participants had responsibility for managing classroom dynamics inaddition to teaching STEM program curricula such as 3D printing, rocket science, robotics,microbit circuits, and building computers.Crazy Computer Build (CCB) was offered as a non-curricular or elective program for middleschool students that participants F and H implemented. CCB is especially interesting because ofits BPiS fan out. Beyond the STIR participants in Study 3, CCB enabled six high school internsemployed by X to earn career technical education (CTE) credits because they refurbished thepractice computers and take-home computers for 102 middle school students in Title I schools.Participant F, a female Hispanic deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) student and Xemployee

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Community Building and Student Engagement

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl B. Schrader, Wright State University

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on land that formerly belonged to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), home ofthe U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and five directorates. Technology companiessurround the university and base, creating a vibrant innovation hub. To this day, electricalengineering continues to play a large role in the workforce and in opportunity afforded thecitizenry, university and prospective and current students of all ages.In a proactive move to provide students more flexibility, electrical engineering faculty membersat Wright State University conducted an in-depth review of all course pre-requisites tostreamline the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) program and make it moreadaptable for students with diverse experiences to

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MECH - Technical Session 11: Integration of Problem-Solving and Design Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Funke, Ohio Northern University; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Merrimack College

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Provost. She is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and enjoys teaching thermo/fluids/energy and design related courses. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work In Progress: Addressing the Great Debate on Best Control Platforms in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractControlling and monitoring mechatronic systems has become increasingly important inmechanical engineering and, therefore, needs to be addressed in the mechanical engineeringcurriculum. The rise of open-source compact platforms such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi hasled to easier access and potential confusion on when to use which system. Arguments canfrequently be heard in faculty meetings: "Arduino is