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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Michele H. Miller; Debra D. Charlesworth

experience.Average responses to those are summarized below.Question AvgIf you were able to fund your own graduate study (or won a fellowship that paid all 3.80your expenses), how likely would it be that you would choose a research project similarto the one you are currently working on (0 very unlikely to 5 very likely):How rewarding do you find your grad school experience? (0 not rewarding to 5 very 3.88rewarding)How challenging do you find your research project to be? (0 not challenging to 5 too 3.74challenging)Do you feel that success on your research project is mostly within your control or does 2.71it mostly depend on lots of other factors? (0 in my

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Rafic Bachnak P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

experiments on campus, six experiments that involved analysis andsoftware simulation, and a final project with an oral presentation. Some final projects includedhardware and software while others were limited to circuit design and software simulation. Thispaper briefly describes six remotely performed exercises that used Multisim to perform circuitanalysis and simulation and help students learn the course material. While there were severalchallenges, overall students were able to perform the experiments and successfully complete afinal project.IntroductionA report by the United Nations estimated that closures of schools and other learning spaces dueto the COVID-19 pandemic impacted 94% of the world’s student population in 2020 [1]. Thisincluded a

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2008 GSW

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour; William Nguyen; Paul Wagner

, and convenient way. This method requiressimple setup by the users. Design SpecificationFigure 1 displays different parts of this project. In this project 16-bit Micro-controller 68HC12,DSP board by Texas Instruments, Liquid Crystal, Keypad, Speaker, and a Microphone are used.The audio feedback suppressor is designed to do real-time filtering noise of an audio signal usingDSP. The 68HC12 is used as the mean of interfacing with the users and display system status.The 68HC12 interfaces with a keypad and a LCD. The keypad is for the user to select thefiltering modes to improve the quality of the audio output. The LCD is to display the welcomemessage as the system power up and the user selection mode. In this

Conference Session

The Challenges that Two-year College Students Face when Transferring to a Four-year College for Engineering and Engineering Technology Program

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Sophia Isabela Barber, Pasadena City College; Sophia Isabella Ibargüen, Pasadena City College; Chloe Sharp, Pasadena City College ; Aaron Reedy, DataClassroom; Tanya Faltens, Purdue University, Main Campus; Yu-Chung Chang-Hou, Pasadena City College; Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena City College

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

Honors Society, is a Student Research Mentor, is a Dean’s Honors student, and also serves her community by sitting on the Academic Commis- sion Committee, the Student Services Committee, and the ICC Funding Committee. Additionally, in her free time, Sophia decided to teach herself Python and is now leading the research project Studying Statis- tics in Python. In the future, she hopes to become a physician-scientist studying preventative measures for Alzheimer’s disease and treatments for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. ¨Ms. Sophia Isabella Ibarguen, Pasadena City College Sophia Ibarguen is a first-generation college student of immigrant parents, who is majoring in Biology and minoring in

Conference Session

Ethics, Mindfulness, and Reform During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Thomas A. De Pree, University of New Mexico; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

conference.COVID-19 has both exacerbated and made more obvious the unevenness and inequities in oureducational practices, processes, and infrastructures. This paper is an extension of a broadercollaborative research project that accounts for how an exceptional group of engineeringeducators have taken this opportunity to socially broaden their curricula to include not just publichealth matters, but also contemporary political and social movements. Engineering educators forchange and advocates for social justice quickly recognized the affordances of diverse forms ofdigital technologies, and the possibilities of broadening their impact through educationalpractices and infrastructures of inclusion, openness, and accessibility. They are makers of whatGary

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Making in Design Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Danielle M. Saracino, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kelly Sadel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

aims to answer the question: Do design competencies and learning types differ acrosslearning communities with varied degrees of making integrated into the curriculum? And if so,how?2 BackgroundMersand [12] broadly defined makerspaces as “places where participants may work together tocreate and co-create knowledge and physical or digital products” (p. 175). Activities can rangefrom engineering, tinkering, circuitry to crafting and forms of artistry, as well as much more [4,13]. Makerspaces are open spaces for any student to work on academic, extracurricular, orpersonal projects, and for many, makerspaces are the embodiment of learning by doing.Over the last fifteen years, the number of makerspaces has increased dramatically as the MakerMovement

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 5

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anastasia Kurdia, Tulane University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

courses complementing the primary major, and atwo-semester capstone project course; 10 courses worth 30 credit hours in total.Figure 1: Program outline. Shaded courses form a required core. Arrows to electives are notdrawn, different core courses are prerequisites for different electives.2.2 Core coursesThe goal of the core courses is to develop fundamental knowledge and skills. All core courseshave non-credit weekly labs associated with them.2.2.1 Introduction to Computer Science IIntroduction to Computer Science I (Intro I) course is designed for students with no priorbackground in computing. It has two central aims. The first aim is to enable the students todevelop computational solutions to practical problems: • Break a

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Scott J. Conrad

QUALITY OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON by Scott J. Conrad University of Wisconsin ABSTRACTThis paper summarizes a project undertaken by three undergraduatestudents at the University of Hisconsin-Madison to assess the qualityof engineering education. The project involved developing a surveyinstrument to measure 11 qualityn and administration of the survey toundergraduates, recent graduates and faculty. Results and highlightsof recommendations generated by the survey are also presented. 22

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Shelly Tan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College Industry Partnerships

c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Academic and Industry Collaboration – A Literature ReviewAbstractAs part of a larger project determining best practices for establishing and maintaining effective,sustainable, collaborative relationships between academic and industry professionals, thisreview will outline the available materials and, conversely, the multiple gaps that exist regardingcourse content, methods of teaching, and practical experience relating to preparation for careersin engineering and engineering technology. Currently, there is no clear agreement on whichprinciples and practices best enable industrial partners and academic institutions to establishand maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships. In fact

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

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Ross A. Lee, Villanova University; Giles Wozniak, Villanova University; Alicia Piscitelli, Villanova University; Anitha Devi Kannan, Villanova University; Andrew Jester, Villanova University, Sustainable Engineering Program

successful designs, discover biomimetic projects that are currentlyunderway, and experiment with biomimetic strategies to better solve the problems by achievingthe benefits without the issues. This curriculum helps change the mindset and foster creativity inthe next generation of engineers who will be tasked with solving the problems of the future. Thispaper will explain the course in greater detail, and how its approach differs from conventionalengineering education. It will provide perspectives from students of different disciplines who havetaken the course, co-instructed in the course, and are currently applying their changed mindset totheir research and jobs.IntroductionTeaching the next generation of engineering students to solve problems

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2003 GSW

Authors

Mohammed E. Haque

/construction/architectural engineering especially in SC areas. As anexample of a graduate project, this paper demonstrated an ANN and GA based knowledge modelwhere the customer’s preferences regarding comfort and safety issues in a large residentialmultistory flat housing scheme was studied. Architecture/engineering is an applied science wheremany lessons can be learned from existing structures, their successes and failures, andincorporating them to find out new techniques for a better structure. This implies that thedesigner should be able to derive from each previous design some qualitative values, especiallyon user’s approval regarding building’s safety and comfort quality as to assure a successfuldesign. Architects/design engineers are quite often

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2008 GSW

Authors

Jerry K. Keska

laboratory for a course in Instrumentation and Measurements.The course, designed for the undergraduate junior level, was a two-semester course for a total offour credits, and it took place in conjunction with a one-hour classroom lecture in mechanicalengineering. A modified version of this approach, however, can easily be used at all levels of themechanical engineering curriculum. This laboratory’s development process began by writing asuccessful proposal for outside funding in order to create a hands-on teaching laboratory. A two-semester long, open-ended project was utilized, a process which required the students to come upwith creative approaches to problem solving. Consequently, a full-cycle learning experience tookplace. The students began with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Heather Lee Perkins, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Andrea Lidia Castillo, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

.Heather Lee Perkins, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Heather graduated from the Applied Social and Community Psychology program in the spring of 2021, after completing her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She has par- ticipated in various research projects examining the interaction between stereotypes and science interest and confidence, their influence upon womens’ performance in school and the workplace, and their pres- ence in the media and consequences for viewers. Her primary research interest is science identity, STEM education, and participation in online communities. American c Society for Engineering

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Making in Design Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Wettergreen, Rice University; Joshua Brandel

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Design in Engineering Education

flagship first-year engineering design and Prototyping and Fabrication course. This practical hands-on course increases student proficiency in the development of prototypes using low fi- delity prototyping, iterative design, and advanced manufacturing tools. Dr. Wettergreen’s efforts to scaf- fold prototyping into all of the OEDK’s design courses were recognized with Rice’s Teaching Award for Excellence in Inquiry-Based Learning. In 2017, four faculty members, including Wettergreen, combined the engineering design courses at the OEDK to create the first engineering design minor in the US, cre- dentialing students for a course of study in engineering design, teamwork, prototyping, and client-based projects

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Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jia Zhu, Florida International University; Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University; Monique S. Ross, Florida International University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

particular area [8], such as project man-agement [9], marketing [10], big data[11], and so on. Using text mining to analyze the job postingsto develop the job profiles used for recruitment has been effective and efficient [12]. It can alsohelp to identify merging potential occupations [13] and to improve the quality of job matching [14].Text mining is one of the major tasks of NLP [15], which has been a topic of interest in variouseducational research including e-learning [16], gamification in education [17], higher education[18, 19], STEM education [20–22] and more. Prior studies have exemplified how applying NLPto job postings can generate job market trends that offered additional educational considerationfor CS education [23]. By utilizing

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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John H. Callewaert, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Kevin Cai Jiang, University of Michigan

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #33440Assessing and Communicating Professional Competency Development ThroughExperiential LearningDr. John H. Callewaert, University of Michigan John Callewaert is Director of Strategic Projects in the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering, University of Michigan. He previously served as a program director with the University of Michigan’s Graham Sustainability Institute, Director of the University of Michigan- Flint’s Office of Research, and the Director of the Institute for Community and Environment at Colby- Sawyer College. He completed doctoral study in Resource

Conference Session

Making in Design Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Danielle M. Saracino, Georgia Institute of Technology; Beyza Akgun, Georgia Institute of Technology; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. Beyza Akgun, Georgia Institute of Technology Beyza Akgun is a graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she received a B.S. in Me- chanical Engineering, a minor in Industrial Design, and a concentration in Automotive Engineering in May 2021. During her undergraduate studies, Beyza was involved in Georgia Tech Motorsports, the school’s Formula SAE team, research on prototyping in design, and assistantship in a project-based de- sign course. Following graduation, Beyza accepted a full-time offer at Triumph Integrated Systems in Connecticut as a project engineer, and she plans to further continue her education by pursuing graduate school in the future.Dr. Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Darryl A. Dickerson, Florida International University; Stephanie Masta, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

at Purdue University. She was co-PI of Purdue’s ADVANCE program from 2008-2014, focusing on the underrepresentation of women in STEM faculty positions. She runs the Feminist Research in Engineering Education Group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at pawleyresearch.org. She was a National Academy of Engineering CASEE Fellow in 2007, received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women, and received the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute in 2013. She has been author or co-author on papers receiving ASEE-ERM’s best paper award, the AAEE Best Paper

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

their results directly to the greater public. Engineers’ clearcommunication with these audiences ensures continuity in critical operations during times ofcrisis. Today’s engineering graduate must master effective communication skills to fosterproductive team dynamics, propose persuasive projects, provide valuable status updates tomanagement, and affect change within his or her organization—all while video conferencing.VMC, an alternative to face-to-face communication that occurs over an information technologyplatform, is positioned to occupy a more central role in engineering curricula.Preliminary analysis of student performance traits over three semesters indicates that studentscan measurably improve their presentation skills and interactions

Conference Session

Workforce Preparation at the Two-year College

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elodie Billionniere, Miami Dade College; Lawrence Eric Meyer Jr, Miami Dade Community College

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Two-Year College

and instructors assessment of student work and coursecomprehension. The net effect of these certifications is not only earned degrees, but employerability to validate prospective employee skill and knowledge outside of an academicenvironment.This paper presents the approach followed in developing in-depth, project-based learningopportunities using cutting-edge technology for the new academic pathway in cloud literacy andthe program outcomes. A discussion on the best practices and lessons learned whileimplementing the first year of the program is included.IntroductionThere is a significant shortage of experienced cloud professionals with 63% of U.S. organizationsexpecting this gap to widen in the next two years [1]. Cloud migration has

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2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Dana Dardoon, Cal Ploy Pomona; Yongping Zhang P.E.

serves on the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Transportation Plan- ning Applications as well as Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey Task Force. From 2009 to 2015, Dr. Zhang worked as Senior Transportation Modeler and Project Manager for South- ern California Association of Governments (SCAG); Prior to that, he was a Senior Transportation Analyst for Wilbur Smith Associates in Chicago from 2007 to 2009. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Impact of Virtual Teaching Technologies on Transportation Education During the

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Labs and Experiential Learning

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Gurcan Comert; Zulfikar Berk, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis; Balaji Iyangar; Esmail M Abuhdima, Benedict college; Negash Begashaw, Benedict College

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Diversity, Labs and experiential learning

. Petrulis is an independent consultant specializing in education-related project evaluation and research. He is based in Columbia, South Carolina.Dr. Balaji Iyangar Associate Professor in Computer Science.Dr. Esmail M Abuhdima, Benedict college Areas of research interest: Wave Propagation, Simulation of Radar Signals, Antenna and Electromag- netic Field Theory, RF design and systems. Biography: I received the Bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tripoli University, Libya in 1998 and 2009 respectively and my PhD from University of Dayton in 2017. I am currently working as assistant professor at Benedict College, Columbia, SC. Prior to joining the Benedict

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachariah E. Fuchs, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

second year students and serve as a motivating introduction to the program. The coursesoften use prototype boards to interface sensor and actuator modules from a system-levelintegration perspective. There are also courses at the other end of the spectrum that focus on thelow-level development of microcontroller firmware and how microcontrollers interface withindividual sensors, actuators, and other devices. Due to the detailed nature of the material, it canbe challenging to present these topics and labs within the context of an overarching project whilestill limiting the scope to fit within a single term.Pinball machines integrate many core topics of electrical engineering, computer engineering,mechanical engineering, and computer science in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University; Robert Gettens, Western New England University; Denine A Northrup, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #34692Using Rapid Prototyping to Realize Design: Mindset and EngineeringSelf-EfficacyDr. Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University Andrea Kwaczala is an assistant professor at Western New England University in the biomedical engineer- ing department. She teaches Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering Laboratory Courses, Senior Design and Prosthetic and Orthotic Design. She focuses on hands-on labs centered on student engagement and project based learning. She works in collaboration with Shriners Hospitals for Children where her re- search focuses in the design of assistive technologies to help people with

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research in- terests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Dr. Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (started 2008). Education B.A. in Liberal Arts Engineering from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL); B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX); M.S. in Computer Science from University of Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Caitlyn Aaron

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Is it Rocket Science or Brain Science? Developing an Approach to Measure Engineering IntuitionIntroductionSolving complex 21st century engineering problems requires an ability to judge the feasibility ofsolutions. This engineering judgement is an essential skill for today’s engineering practitioners.It is imperative that we prepare the future engineering workforce to exercise this judgement,informed by engineering intuition, while avoiding graduates who simply take output at facevalue without critical analysis. This requires that we first understand the construct of engineeringintuition.This project seeks to characterize and develop

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Russell Korte, George Washington University; Barry J. Sullivan, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Heads Association; Miguel Velez-Reyes P.E., University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engage joint PWI-MSI teams in the US education and research enterprise. The IECis a novel collaboration among nearly 20 MSIs, most of whom participated in an NSF fundedmulti-year, engineering education project. This new organization was built on the idea that thiscollaboration can be leveraged and moved to the next level to provide higher capacity building ateach of the consortium members. The hypothesis is that there are windows of opportunity openthrough establishment of research and educational collaborations between its MSI members withPWI research-intensive institutions. This is especially true since its member institutions serve aunique population of minority students. The IEC is developing the infrastructure and programs tofacilitate

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Travis Ford, University of Maryland Eastern Shore ; Jesu Raj Pandya, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Instrumentation

Instrumentation CourseFieldwork reported here was conducted with appropriate social distancing and safety protocols.The undergraduate student assistants readily acknowledged the relevance of the experience withthe course material. The campus administration decided to advance the semester by two weeks dueto the pandemic so that the semester did not stretch beyond the Thanksgiving holidays andencouraged faculty to offer all courses remotely. Instrumentation, as well as other courses offeredby the primary author, were taught remotely using the Blackboard Learning Management System(LMS). The cloud connectivity of the wireless solar-powered soil moisture sensor network allowedthe author to demonstrate project results to all the students in the Instrumentation

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University; Marie Cassar, Saginaw Valley State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

’ project funded by Michigan Space Grant Consortium. She is the author/co-author of 2 book chapters, 4 journal papers, 31 conference and symposium IEEE/ACM papers, and 3 of which has won the best paper award. In 2009, Dr. Muraleedharan was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award and also received her Certificate in University Teaching from the Future Professoriate program at Syracuse University. She is the reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Neurocom- puting, and Systems and Cybernatics, Wiley Security and Communications networks. Dr. Muraleedharan has participated in many professional and service activities university wide. In summer 2015, she in- structed Middle school Robotics and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Grace Lynn Baldwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette ; Sarah Larose, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

continues into the second year.These positive results indicate that it would likely be advantageous to transition this program to amulti-university project to more effectively demonstrate the robustness of the process for RisingScholar students.I. Background and structure of the Rising Scholars ProgramThe project, NSF S-STEM 1644143: Rising Scholars: Web of Support used as an Indicator ofSuccess in Engineering, is a research/scholarship program that was initiated in September 2016at Purdue University. The research portion of the program was designed to determine whetherhaving a strong support network could outweigh high school grades and test scores in predictingsuccess in STEM majors, particularly engineering. ‘Rising Scholars’ (RS) is the