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Best of DEED

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Boulder; Hunter Porterfield Ewen, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jiffer W Harriman Jr, University of Colorado; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #12312Aesthetics of Design: a Case Study of a CourseMs. Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Boulder Katherine Goodman is currently a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder in the ATLAS Institute, working toward a Ph.D. in Technology, Media, and Society. Her research is in engineering education, with a focus on fluids and design courses. She holds a B.S. in mathematics and a masters of professional writing. She has previously worked as a technical writer and project coordinator, and as an instructor in composition at the University of Southern California and the Community College of

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Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Young-Jae Lee, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

having taught at in the departments of chemical engineering, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa, depart- ment of food technology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria and conducted research at Institute Nationale Polytechnique de Lorraine in Nancy, France, at Gesselschaft Biotechnologie Forschung in Braunschweig, Germany and Industrial Biotechnology Center, University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. He currently teaches Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater treatment, Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment and Project Management and Sustainable energy development courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Morgan State University. His research areas are application of biological systems in the solution and

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Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #13710Incremental Self-Assessment Rubrics for Capstone Design CoursesProf. James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia Professor James Trevelyan works part-time as a Winthrop Professor in the Mechanical and Chemical En- gineering School at The University of Western Australia, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and also practices as a mechanical and mechatronics engineer developing new air conditioning technology. His main area of research is on engineering practice, and he teaches design, sustainability, engineering practice and project management. He is well known internationally for pioneering research that

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Na Gong, North Dakota State University; Jinhui Wang, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

including the different areas in ECE, faculty, undergraduate and graduate programs, class sizes, and salaries of graduates. Dr. Smith also answered the girls’ questions such as application requirements and curriculum design. 2 ECE-GIRLS 2014 Activity Dec. 8, 2014, Monday 4:15 pm Orientation (Long-Sleeve Shirt and Flash Driver Pick-up) 4:30 pm – 5 pm Meeting Department Chair Dr. Scott C. Smith 5 pm – 5: 40 pm Meeting Female Professors in Engineering 5:40 pm – 6:45 pm Demonstration and Discussion of Senior Design Project by Dr. Mark Schroeder

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International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University; Brian Barkdoll, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

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International

engineering program at UniversidadTecnològica Boliviana in La Paz.The program commenced with a campus-wide solicitation of participation. While thisprogram is designed to draw students from two existing sustainable developmentprograms, the undergraduate program was only recently approved by the University; Page 12.375.2hence for this first year, all undergraduates could apply. Six students were notified inmid-December, and had until mid-January to accept the offer.The American student teams and one faculty member will reside in Bolivia for all of June2007. Before then, teams and projects will be developed. To aid in the first, monthlymeetings will be used

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Dale S. Deardorff, Rocky Peak Leadership Center

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #10735An Implementation of Innovative Thinking in The Entrepreneurship Cur-riculum for EngineersDr. S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge Dr.S. Jimmy Gandhi is an assistant professor at California State University, Northridge and is also The Director of The Ernie Schaffer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Dr.Gandhi teaches classes and has research interests in entrepreneurship, lean thinking, quality management, six sigma, project management and sustainability. Prior to coming to Cal State University, Northridge, Dr. Gandhi taught at The City University of New York and also at The Stevens

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Behnam Kamali

listed undercriterion III; “Program Outcomes and Assessment”. In particular, attempts are made to exposethe student to a number of important features of engineering profession in the 21 th century.Specifically, three important issues of globalization of engineering practice, the need for life-long learning, and the role of technical communications skills are addressed in this course.Moreover, the design of an engineering experiment is included in this course. In this article,following a detailed account of the structure of this course, we provide a list of several designprojects that have been selected for this course. A sample design project on fabrication andtesting of a simple AM radio receiver is described in some detail. Finally, a sample

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Franck; George Sehi; Surinder Jain

IMAGE & MARKETING OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: A Follow-up to A National Agenda for the Future of Engineering Technician Education (Funded by National Science Foundation Grant, NSF 99 – 53) George H. Sehi, Kathy L. Franck, Surinder M. Jain Sinclair Community College 444 West Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402-1460The Engineering and Industrial Technology Division of Sinclair Community College (Dayton,Ohio) administered a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) from January 1, 1995through December 31, 1996. The grant project sponsored a workshop at Sinclair CommunityCollege held on October 26 - 28, 1995 to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Krause; Chenoa Jensen; CASEY ALLEN; Michael J Batchelder; Daniel F. Dolan

, and SAEFormula SAE are well established regional and national engineering competitions designed toencourage good project-based engineering education and designed to demonstrate thatengineering can be fun along with being challenging. They are designed to allow students tolearn elements of design, organization, planning, teamwork, manufacturing, and competition. Atthe South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, multidisciplinary teams are established forall of these competitions as well as for solar car competitions and formally supported through theCenter for Advanced Manufacturing and Production (CAMP). Team leaders are typicallychosen from students who are members of CAMP. The teams are comprised of students at allclass levels from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeff Knowles, Oregon State University; Stephanie Adams, Oregon State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas - Austin, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. Dr. Shekhar also holds a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. He is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher Award at the University of Michigan; and serves as a PI/Co-PI on multiple projects funded by the National

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Omar Ochoa, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

(constituents, customers) into the team responsible for developing the project. This integrationallows the project requirements to be adjusted during the development process, providing anopportunity to adapt and respond to the needs of the stakeholder in a timely manner. In addition,the regular reviews by customers, and other stakeholders, and the continuous feedback resultingfrom these reviews improves the quality of the final product. Figure 1. Scrum Process (Sutherland and Schwaber, 2007)Figure 1 presents the major components of the Scrum framework. In this framework, there areseveral opportunities for the stakeholders to provide feedback throughout the projectdevelopment process [5]. The following is the list of these feedback

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Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College Industry Partnerships

Page 22.1285.2expensive, making them inaccessible to many in our society. Service-learning can help fill thisgap by leveraging the time and energy of students and their professors, teachers and mentors. Participants in early engineering-related service-learning experiences do not have to belimited just engineers nor those who think of themselves as future engineers. In the universityprograms, multidisciplinary teams are required and the same goes for high schools. For examplethe EPICS program at Purdue University draws from 60 majors, across engineering and outside.These kinds of projects need students who think of the people first and can react and evaluate asa user who is not as familiar with technology. While high school students

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Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

Course for Engineering StudentsAbstractFor Spring 2011, a senior-level robotics course (first taught in Spring 2010) had been revisedaccording to principles for “Smart Teaching” described in the book “How Learning Works”.Homework, laboratory sessions and anchor projects had been redesigned to provide betterscaffolding for students with 2 different but complementary engineering backgrounds, and alsofor a better flow towards the theme of humanoid robotics. The e-portfolio tool EMMA wasintegrated into this course as a collaboration and feedback tool between instructor and students tohelp improve student algorithm development work, but EMMA was not found to be responsiveenough nor useful for this kind of use.IntroductionIn the Summer 2010, the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

J. A. Bragg; Stephen P. DeWeerth; Clinton D. Knight

leveraged in such a way that the students produce, as a final project, anengaging, interactive demonstration of a basic ECE concept; many of thesedemonstrations have already found their way into the classroom in other courses. Theresult is a course with dual, complementary goals: teaching Java-based programmingconcepts and developing computer-enhanced educational courseware.I. MotivationEngineering topics, especially those in Electrical and Computer Engineering, are oftentaught by first presenting the underlying equations and then, by exploring thoseequations, revealing the topic’s fundamental principles. This approach, while common,has the unfortunate effect of postponing intuitive understanding of the topic until wellinto the process, when the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

B. S. Sridhara

submitted a proposal in the Spring of 1996. We were selected as oneof the top 30 teams to compete in Sunrayce 97. The solar car project gave our students aunique learning experience in areas such as Engineering Mechanics, Machine Design andcomposite fabrication. It also provided an opportunity to apply their theoreticalknowledge to practical situations, gain hands-on experience, and at the same time, getcredit for their work. The project has been a great success and we are looking forward tocompeting in the race in June, 97. Introduction Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is located in Murfreesboro, about30 miles to the south of Nashville. MTSU, which was founded in 1911, is the fastestgrowing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University; Tom Brown, Eastern New Mexico University

AC 2010-2310: EMPHASIZING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK ANDENHANCING COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF ACONCEPTUAL BUSINESS PLANMohamad Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University Mohamad H. Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University Mohamad H. Ahmadian is a professor of Electronics Engineering Technology at Eastern New Mexico University. He also serves as ABET/TAC program evaluator for electronics and computer engineering technology programs. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before starting Ph.D. work, he worked three years as a project engineer.Tom Brown, Eastern New Mexico University Tom Brown, Eastern New Mexico University Tom

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Case Studies in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Lepe, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Jacqueline L. Huynh, University of California, Irvine

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Natascha Trellinger Buswell is an associate professor of teaching in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Irvine. She earned her B.S. in aerospace engineering at Syracuse University and her Ph.D. in engineering education at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in inclusive teaching conceptions and methods and graduate level engineering education.Jacqueline L. Huynh, University of California, Irvine ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Preparing the Future Aircraft Design Workforce: Filling Knowledge Gaps Using Engineering Design ToolsAbstractUpholding the current and projected growth in the aerospace industry

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; David Quick; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

linear or sequential processfollowing basic research as portrayed in 1945. Rather, creative engineering projects in industryfrequently drive the need for directed strategic research efforts at universities when necessary oranticipated in order to gain a better understanding of the natural phenomena involved.New technology is brought about by a very purposeful and systematic practice of engineeringinvolving the deliberate recognition of meaningful human needs and the deliberate engineeringcreation of new ideas and concepts to effectively meet these needs though responsible leadership.Engineering practice and its resulting outcome technology have been redefined for the 21stcentury.1 Engineering must no longer be misconstrued as “applied science

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First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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First-Year Programs

awareness of each other’s thinking and shareddecision making associated with their design process and final reporting. What an effective teamneeds are executive skills for managing a design process that transitions their ideas into a plan,research, build, test and refine cycle. Project management tools can support the processes ifteam leaders know how to track and facilitate the process. One of the goals of this first yearengineering course is to develop these skills in the team members so they can effectively usethem for future design activities like senior design and multidisciplinary projects in industry. In this paper, we present results from a qualitative analysis of student responses to open-ended questions designed to elicit their

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Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca L Norris, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; M. Cengiz Altan, University of Oklahoma; J. D. Baldwin, University of Oklahoma; Wilson E Merchán-Merchán, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

groups and providing learning opportunities to those whomay otherwise be overlooked.Although we have been working toward these goals for some time, our department has beenparticularly active in these endeavors over the last year. We are currently participating in aNational Science Foundation funded program titled Transforming Engineering Culture toAdvance Inclusion and Diversity (TECAID), to implement and investigate culturaltransformation projects in mechanical engineering departments. We believe our faculty, staff,and students can benefit from increased awareness of and empathy for others, and we believethat participating in this program will help us achieve our desired atmosphere of inclusion. In thispaper, we will present our efforts in

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2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University; Nathan Howell, West Texas A&M University; Emad Manla, West Texas A&M University

the students’enrollment, number of students dropping the courses, students’ satisfaction with their courses, andtheir access to the laboratories, machine shop, and technology resources. Students were surveyed atthe end of each course. Problem-based and project-based courses from third and fourth-yearengineering are selected for this study. Courses include select junior and senior level courses andcapstone senior design from the mechanical, civil/environmental, and electrical engineering programs.The pandemic situation with its challenges has provided the faculty with a unique opportunity to learnbest practices in promoting students learning and engagement in such situations.Keywords: COVID-19; face-to-face, hyflex, and online instruction

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

John Reap, Quinnipiac University

pedagogy in introductory engineering [3], design skilldevelopment in courses between introductory cornerstone and final capstone [4], and even uniteclinical and engineering students [5]. Some universities are exploring the best ways toencourage faculty to incorporate makerspaces in their curricula. This may take as simple a formas pop-up “inreach/outreach” demonstrations that expose faculty and staff to makerspaceequipment [6]. For those seeking a higher intensity experience, B-Fab, a fabrication workshoporganized by Bucknell University, trains faculty to use equipment often found in a makerspacewhile exposing them to related pedagogical theory and example makerspace STEM projects [7].Carnasciali and coauthors surveyed faculty given three

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Computer Science

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Xiang Zhao, Alabama A&M University; Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

) [12],Problem-Based Learning (PBL) [13], Project-Based Learning (ProjBL) [14] and Game-BasedLearning (GBL) [15] have gained more prominence and national recognition in higher education.One of the successful evidence-based designs for teaching science and engineering courses is theProblem-Based Learning (PBL). PBL is a pedagogical model in which students are the centerof the learning process. Students become the active learner who connect domain knowledge toreal-world challenging problems, and work collaboratively toward their solutions. The instructorprovides resources and mentorship to students on how to tackle the problem, not the solutiondirectly. The major advantages of PBL include deepening students’ critical thinking, stimulatingstudents

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PCEE Session 4: Resource / Curriculum Exchange

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Bruns, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Brian Grogan, Siemens Digital Industries Software

taught in a semester double-period blockschedule.Standards & Guiding Principles: • Next Generation Science Standards • Career and Technical Standards • National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science Education, Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas • Common Core Math and English Language Arts StandardsActivities/Tutorials: Activities/tutorials are methods by which students are provided with the“just in time” knowledge, procedures and/or skills that are required to complete a project orproblem. The concept of just in time means that the activity/tutorial is provided right when thestudent needs it; the optimal teaching and learning moment. An activity/tutorial is a means to anend, not an end in itself. Properly

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Mechanical Engineering: Fluids, Heat Transfer

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiyuan Liu, Syracuse University

examples of how data analytics has beenapplied in the field of mechanical engineering. The course content arrangement is based on the dataanalytics lifecycle: problem discovery – data understanding – data preparation – data visualization –model building – conclusion/decision making. Statistical concepts related to each stage are introducedto the students along with the corresponding programming basics in R-studio. Parallelly, the semester-long project is assigned to the student groups from the first day of lecture. Each group is required toselect a real-world dataset and complete the data analysis using data cleaning, data preparation, datavisualization, regressions, and several machine learning algorithms. To help the student bettercomplete the

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 9

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Tan, Texas Tech University; Sampa Halder; Luke LeFebvre, University of Kentucky

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

contributions in developing hybrid 3D bioprinting process, antimicrobial implantable devices, lab-on-a-chip, and fouling- resistant water filtration systems. He is also leading a cross-institutional education project at TTU focusing on transformative pedagogical strategies for biomedical innovation to catalyze the interdisciplinary col- laboration between engineering students and medical students. To date, Dr. Tan has published over 50 refereed research papers and 2 book chapters. He has secured over $1.2 million in federal grants including the NSF CAREER Award. He is the faculty advisor of the IISE student chapter at TTU.Sampa HalderDr. Luke LeFebvre, University of Kentucky Luke LeFebvre (PhD, Wayne State University, 2010

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabrielle Grace Hershey; Gabriel Louis Anderson; Savannah Svedman; Grant Miller; Samantha Lynn Lakin, Illinois State University; Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University; Jin Ho Jo; Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Sustainable Energy Research Group at ISU. Dr. Jo is an honors graduate of PuAllison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University Allison Antink-Meyer is a pre-college science and engineering educator at Illinois State University.Dr. Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University Matt Aldeman is an Associate Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches in the Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology programs. Matt joined the Technology department faculty after working at the Illinois State University Center for Renewable Energy for over five years. Previously, he worked at General Electric as a wind site manager at the Grand Ridge and Rail Splitter wind projects. Matt’s experience also includes service

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Johns Hopkins University; Alissa Burkholder Murphy, Johns Hopkins University; Jenna Frye, Johns Hopkins University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

skills needed for responding innovatively and responsibly to today’s challenges. Her technical background in electrical and com- puter engineering and experience in industry coupled with her teaching experience in computing and human-centered design have informed her scholarship, which centers on advancing how engineers design concepts and products that are both innovative and aligned to actual needs through empathic formation.Alissa Burkholder Murphy, Johns Hopkins University Prof. Alissa Burkholder Murphy: Alissa is the founder and director of the Multidisciplinary Design Pro- gram at Johns Hopkins, where engineering students from various disciplines collaborate to tackle design challenges with project partners in

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Fayed, Southeastern Louisiana University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

circuits from scratch throughprototyping, soldering surface mount electronic components, testing and troubleshooting, calibration andanalyzing error in measurement and propagation of uncertainty. In addition, students will utilize dataacquisition and analog to digital conversion techniques with Arduino microcontrollers and custom shieldsto read and save data collected during the trip to an SD card. Among many other skills, students will learnand practice teamwork skills, project management, planning, cost analysis, risk management, failureanalysis, project documentation, as well as professional reporting and presentation. Along with theselearning outcomes, students will analyze the collected data and compare results to theoretical values,when

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Nathan Wayne Brubaker, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Daniel Albert Bohbot, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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Instrumentation

is the ESP8266 Wi-Fimodule, which implements the IEEE 802.11 family of protocols. These devices are inexpensive andsuitable for embedded applications in a wireless communications systems course. The CommunityEdition of PyCharm is available for free and can be used as the software development environment.The goal of this paper is to introduce a series of labs, utilizing the Digi XBee3 module, that can beused within a variety of courses, including a wireless communications systems course. Possibletopics for lab projects include: network connectivity, analog-to-digital conversion, sensor datacollection, pulse-width modulation (PWM), digital input/output, Universal AsynchronousReceiver/Transmitter (UART) communication, and inter-integrated