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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Byul Hur, Texas A&M University

-Maker Faire would involve students from both universities.One option was to stop the implementation of Maker Culture until Covid-19 goes away. Of course,nobody knew when that would happen. The other option was to do as many things online aspossible. This paper discusses the detail implementation of Maker Culture in the Electronic SystemsEngineering Technology (ESET) program at Texas A&M University with Prairie View A&MUniversity participating as reviewers of the projects. The focus is on the organization of the Mini-Maker Faire and the related evaluations. Course ProjectStudents in the Control Systems course were told in the first lecture that they were expected to formteams to create a product

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Matthew Stephen Barner, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, such as sight distance and vertical curve equations. Five themes emerged from theethnographic data relating concept and context1:Theme 1 - Sequential relationship between project constraint identification and utility ofthe concept.Identifying project constraints preceded the utilization of concepts during the roundabout project.Project constraints consisted of client preferences, minimum standards set by relevant regulatingagencies, right-of-way limitations, scheduling, and stakeholder perception. Conceptmanifestation, such as roundabout and curve geometry, always followed site planningconstraints, such as right-of-way limitations and water drainage. Therefore members of theproject team utilized explicit transportation engineering design

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M3B: Learning in Context 2

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2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Richard T. Cimino, Rowan University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

is in progress at time of writing, is incorporating two major projects, each ofwhich is 5 weeks in duration.Rowan University is also a partner institution of KEEN, the Kern Entrepreneurial EngineeringNetwork. The goal of KEEN is to promote “entrepreneurial mindset” in students. Theentrepreneurial mindset as defined by KEEN is embodied by the “three C’s”: curiosity,connections, and creating value [1]. One of the predominant features of KEEN network activityis the collection and dissemination of exemplar curriculum that promotes the three C’s. Asearchable collection is available at [2].Faculty at Rowan University have devised a five-week project for FEC II that explores algaefarming, focusing on the production of algae-derived biofuels but

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

education to prepare engineeringgraduates for the competitive global market place1, 2. Among capabilities cited as deficient instudent preparation are professional skills and abilities to innovate technical products in thecontext of business conditions3, 4. Oftentimes, these topics are not given appropriate attention inengineering programs.Important professional skill development is often assigned to capstone engineering designcourses. These courses are the culminating experiences for undergraduate engineering students,and they often incorporate client-driven design projects that have significant professionalchallenges. Surveys of capstone design instructors, however, indicate that instructional focus andassessment of student learning vary greatly

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Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Manufacturing

, utilized a problem-based learning approach. It is important to understand each of the twomethods of teaching the course.Previous OfferingIn the Fall of 2005, the first time offering of the Manufacturing Process Engineering I course wastaught in a traditional lecture based manner. The course included the application of finiteelement analysis (FEA) utilizing Microsoft Excel. Individual modeling assignments tookextensive amounts of time and were applied to the modeling of chip-tool interface temperaturesin a machining operation and modeling the forces and pressures in metal forming processes suchas forging and rolling.1 In addition, multiple text book assignments were utilized, a 3-D solidmodeling project was created, one published research issue was

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Systems Engineering Constituents Tech Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

IPFW Professor of Systems Engineering and Director of the Center of Excellence for Systems Engineering. He is a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering, Project Management Institute, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Page 13.122.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Systems Approach to Engineering “Economics”IntroductionA new course has been instituted at the graduate level that emphasizes a systems approach toteaching finance, economics, cost accounting and cost

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2003 GSW

Authors

A. C. Rogers; Amir Karimi

design projects such as those involving cooling towers, heatpipes, convection test systems, cross and counter flow heat exchangers, a solar powered car, afurnace camera cooling system, flow network automation and control system, engine thermalcoatings, an engine test stand, and testers for thermal contact conductance and fluid viscosity. IntroductionThe mechanical engineering BS degree program at the University of Texas at San Antonio(UTSA) has placed into practice an emphasized process by which students gain experiencetowards implementing their academic knowledge towards the design and development ofoperational devices and systems. Such experience is associated specifically with the fields ofheat

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FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University; John Merrill, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

education, corporate training, and contract research. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for Engineers for Community Service (ECOS), a student-run organization at Ohio State; and teaches a Service-Learning course for Engineering students who travel to Honduras during Spring Break to implement projects on behalf of a rural orphanage. Page 13.352.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Decision-Making in the Design-Build Process among First-Year Engineering StudentsAbstractStudents in a first-year engineering program at The Ohio State University are required

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Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State University, Berks

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Engineering Technology

servo motor. The Ultraware setup and programming software for Ultra series acservo motor will be examined. The final design project is given to three student groups with fourmembers each. Each group builds a four-level elevator using a stepper motor as the prime moverand necessary sensors. The major criteria for the elevator project are application of HMI terminalfor the elevator control and accurate position control of the stepper motor. The assessmentmethod of the developed motion control components is included as the conclusion of this paper.IntroductionPenn State Berks offers a year-long PLC course for both EET (Electrical EngineeringTechnology) and EMET (Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology) students. Thefundamentals of PLC (EET220

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New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuang Xu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

something about it.Leading a student initiative to bring research opportunities to freshman and sophomore electricaland computer engineering (ECE) students, Xu directed the creation of the PromotingUndergraduate Research in ECE (PURE) program.The primary aim of PURE is to provide motivated undergraduate students with researchopportunities while they are freshmen and sophomores. At the beginning of the semester, PUREactively recruits both graduate and undergraduate students and facilitates the mentor-menteematching process. Then, over the course of the semester, the graduate student research mentorguides the undergraduate student through an educational research project. For manyundergraduate participants, PURE provides their first real exposure to

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Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; John Irwin, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

rating of instruction, senior exit exam, senior projectevaluation, and senior exit survey. This paper will discuss the program outcomes, both direct andindirect assessment tools, how these tools are used in the program outcomes assessment process,how frequently data is collected for each assessment tool, who is responsible for data collection,analysis, and how data is used for continuous improvements. The end-of-semester courseassessment, student rating of instruction, senior exit exam, and senior exit survey are assessedevery semester, while the senior project evaluation is assessed annually.The average results for each Program Outcome were obtained by using several assessment tools.The results revealed no major shortcomings in the EET students

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

which is realized through the integration of flexible software andmodular hardware. Its novelty of virtual instruments makes it a dominant tool for R&D, and alsoan appropriate training facility for higher education.Engineering Technology is featured with its emphasis on student hands-on skills. This projectwill cover all the major laboratories in both Electrical Engineering Technology (ELET) andComputer Engineering Technology (CPET) programs, such that students will be consistent intheir learning process throughout their undergraduate study. With the recent funding from NSF,we are now in the implementation stage. In the first step, some lab courses have been revamped,and those courses are mainly instructed by the project team. In the next

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; C. Stewart Slater

the ultimate flexibility to serve the new Engineering School atRowan College. A special feature of the new Henry M. Rowan Hall will be flexible laboratory modules that willallow for future modifications. The new engineering programs will be hands-on and team oriented and thus relyheavily on laboratory space to meet program objectives. Several examples of multifunctional laboratory spacesare those that can be utilized for clinic projects, multiple disciplines, teaching/research, and those thataccommodate multiple course instruction.Introduction In 1992, Henry and Betty Rowan pledged a $100 million gift to Glassboro State College [1]. Mr. Rowanis the founder and CEO of Inductotherm, Inc. which has headquarters in Rancocas, New Jersey

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Rakesh Nagi

coverstopics, enabling techniques/technologies, and case projects in agile manufacturing. It provides a core set offundamental tools, example applications and open research topics. The objective is to expose participants toagile manufacturing issues, and enable them to creatively synthesize and apply the tools covered to openresearch problems. It blends quantitative and qualitative material, from multiple disciplines of industrial,manufacturing and management engineering. The specific objectives of this paper are to discuss the design andexperiences of this course. Further, it is our desire to share the motivation behind the relevance of such acourse, and some of the challenges in designing and offering it. We would also like to propose some

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaochun Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University; Jerry Watson, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

, andmathematics areas. In the past four years, a longitudinal study has been conducted at NorthCarolina A & T State University to assess the effectiveness of the North Carolina Louis StokesAlliance for Minority Participation project. Key information such as demographic information(e.g., gender, ethnicity), and academic information (e.g., high school GPA, SAT score) about theparticipants in the project was recorded. Over the years, student performance was tracked duringtheir stay at the university and information about whether those participants went to graduateschool was recorded. Given the complex nature of the problem, a multivariate statisticalapproach - multiway frequency analysis was used to investigate the association among thevariables

Conference Session

Robots in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fernandez, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Richard Fischer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Paul Drews, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Maegan Grady, Saint Mary's College, University of Notre Dame; Robert Rucker, Vanderbilt University; Jessica Tham, Louisiana Tech University; Thomas Bierbower, Randolph High School

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Computers in Education

theaccomplishments of one of three robotics teams that participated in the summer roboticsworkshop in 2008. The program which is administered by NASA's Office of Education placesstudent teams at several NASA Centers engaged in robotics work. Robotics Team 1 at theMarshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville, Alabama was assigned to the Self-AwareSurface Networks (SASN) project. The SASN project is studies the use of networks to gatherdata from scientific instruments and to control robotic vehicles in scenarios similar to thoseanticipated when NASA returns to the moon or beyond. SASN project has a fleet of eight (8)small MARCbot robots acquired from the U.S. Army which have been modified with a prototypecommunications network. The project also has a

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepti Suri, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Software Development Laboratory: A Retrospective Abstract At Milwaukee School of Engineering(MSOE), undergraduate students work on a one academic year (three quarters) Software Development Laboratory (SDL) course sequence in their junior/senior year. SDL was created with a vision of providing a “real-life” team experience to students where they could unite theory and practice while working on large scale ongoing projects in the context of a standardized development process. This paper presents a retrospective on the pedagogical philosophy of the SDL and the specific challenges that we are currently facing in executing this

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

a framework for evaluatingethical behavior, and showing the breadth and excitement of the civil engineering profession.Case study examples of civil engineers and civil engineering projects now include humanitarianaid in refugee camps and the Three Gorges Dam in China. Students are required to attend ameeting of an engineering professional society, and the student chapter of Engineers WithoutBorders (EWB) has proven to be a popular option. The recent changes in this course fit with along-term plan to create an “Engineering for Developing Communities” certificate program forundergraduate students in the College of Engineering.BackgroundAn awareness of international issues is increasingly important for engineers, who are nowcompeting and

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Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan Thomas, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; Andrew Azman, University of Colorado-Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder

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International

2006-606: ENGINEERING EDUCATION THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING: TWOCASE STUDIESEvan Thomas, University of Colorado-Boulder Evan Thomas is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado at Boulder in Aerospace Engineering Bioastronautics. He is a civil servant employee at NASA's Johnson Space Center, working in the Life Support and Habitability Systems Branch in the Crew and Thermal Systems Division. Evan's research at CU-Boulder and at NASA is in Microgravity Fire Detection, analyzing the feasibility of a Modulated Laser Analyzer for Combustion Products (MLA-CP) for the crewed spacecraft environment. Evan has been leading EWB-USA projects in Rwanda and Nepal. He founded the EWB-JSC chapter at

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Behrend; E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Behrend

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Manufacturing

courses. Dr. Aqlan has also worked on industry projects with Innovation Associates Company and IBM Corporation. His work has resulted in both business value and intellectual property. He has published several papers in reputed journals and conferences. Dr. Aqlan is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and has received numerous awards and honors including the IBM Vice President award for innovation excellence.Dr. E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Behrend Dr. George Walters is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from Penn State Harrisburg, an M.S. in

Conference Session

Design in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University; Annmarie Mullen, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

’s, and use a case study from aspecific biomedical engineering capstone sequence to illustrate how the availability of rapidprototyping has impacted capstone projects and biomedical engineering education at theundergraduate level.The Early History of Rapid PrototypingRapid prototyping (RP) is the process by which a computer-aided design (CAD) file is used tocontrol an automated technology in order to produce a physical model.1 Its origin is often cited tobe with the release of the first technology by 3D Systems in 1987 and it was primarily used tocreate a first generation prototype to quickly verify a design.1 The first commercializedtechnologies in the 1990’s were based upon addition or removal of liquids, powders or solids(Table 1). Liquid

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Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

PapersLibrarians do not typically have opportunities to assist student engineering teams. Ourinvolvement is usually at the class lecture level. However, if given a chance, librarians are wellequipped to assist students with their research for team projects. A writing assignment in anupper-level engineering core course is a good way for librarians to become immersed in a classand to build relationships with students on a one-to-one and team level. As academicprofessionals, we have various mentors to assist us with job skills, promotion/advancement, andnetworking. Students have similar needs and librarians can be a safe source to discussinformation deficit areas and provide team dynamics coaching.Related LiteratureThe literature has many examples of

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy Harding, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; Thomas E. Mertz, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; William E. Genereux, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus; Sue A. Guzek, Kansas State University, Salina; Timothy Bower, Kansas State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Engineering Technology

efficiently used as a toolfor curricular decision making.Central to the overhaul is the student portfolio. Every computer course in the new curriculumutilizes the portfolio for recording and reflecting on the experiential learning that occurred in theclass projects. Not only does the portfolio provide data for assessment, but it demonstratesstudent abilities to potential employers.Another key component of the new curriculum is the studio. Borrowing from a tradition in artand architectural programs, we included six credit hour studios for third and fourth year students.This allows us to introduce a variety of topics that can be applied to relevant projects and helpstudents to make connections, giving them a broader perspective. First and second year

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony J Petrosino Jr, University of Texas, Austin; Walter M Stroup, University of Massachusetts

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-Director of the Kaput Center for Innovation and Research in STEM Education, Principal Investigator on the NSF-Funded Group-Based Cloud Computing for STEM Education Project, Associate Professor of STEM Education, Founder of the Nationally Recognized UTeach STEM Certification Program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 2017 ASEE Conference Group-Based Cloud Computing for STEM Education Anthony Petrosino and Walter M. Stroup The University of Texas at Austin/ University of Massachusetts, DartmouthAbstractThis project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students andTeachers

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ConstDiv Technical Session 2 - Safety

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University

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Construction Engineering

Paper ID #25244Thirty-hour Safety Course for Construction Technology Academic ProgramsDr. George D. Ford, Western Carolina University Dr. George Ford P.E. is the Director of Mississippi State’s Building Construction Science (BCS) pro- gram. Dr. Ford has 15 years of industrial experience including corporate work, and 16 years of teaching experience at the post-secondary level.Dr. Saeed Rokooei, Mississippi State University Saeed Rokooei is an assistant professor of Building Construction Science at Mississippi State University. Saeed obtained his bachelor’s degree in Architecture and then continued his studies in Project and

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Architectural Division Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Edward Williams III, Western Kentucky University; Fatemeh Orooji, Western Kentucky University; Shahnaz J. Aly, Western Kentucky University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering

years professional experience in the architecture and construction industry in residential, commercial and mixed-use projects. She has 8 years of experience in teaching and research in areas of architectural design, sustainable design, historic preservation and BIM. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integration of Virtual Reality (VR) in Architectural Design Education: Exploring Student experienceAbstract The architecture industry significantly relies on visual communication. Virtual reality helpsdesigners create a greater sense of realism and a better understanding of a project by designingwhile immersed in them. That technological advancement has the

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Daugherity, Abilene Christian University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

accomplishes the additional goal of exposing students to different fields ofengineering and physics. Many of our students have no prior experience in programming orcircuits, so these activities provide a fun first exposure to these fields.Students purchase a very inexpensive kit with an Arduino Uno and all of necessary componentsto build many projects. We start with a basic LED circuit and then carefully sequence class andlab activities that gradually introduce more complex components and programming skills. Thefirst major project is a light meter using a photoresistor and servo to display ambient light levelson a calibrated scale. Other projects include displaying Morse code with LEDs, a temperaturemonitor, a proximity alarm, and a robotic arm

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ENT Division Technical Session: Competitions, Challenges, and Teams

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

lauren.n.singelmann@ndsu.edu enrique.vazquez@ndsu.eduAbstractWe present a distributed, scalable, student-driven method for both defining a set of projects andsubsequently assigning students to project teams. This process has been implemented within amixed online/in-person multi-university course comprised of both undergraduate and graduatelevel students who are predominantly, but not exclusively, pursuing engineering degrees. OurInnovation Based Learning (IBL) course seeks to provide students with maximum freedom andresponsibility for their own learning; we seek to radically rethink and reduce the organizationaltasks normally performed by the instructor. Re-assigning these tasks to the students creates newopportunities to learn soft skills such as

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sayyad Zahid Qamar P.E., Sultan Qaboos University; Majid Al-Maharbi, Sultan Qaboos University; Josiah Cherian Chekotu, Dublin City University

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Materials

of his experience as a researcher/academician, he has been actively involved in research and accredi- tation work related to engineering education. His technical research areas are Applied materials and manufacturing; Applied mechanics and design; Reliability engineering; and Engineering education. As part of the Applied Mechanics and Advanced Materials Research group (AM2R) at SQU, he has been involved in different applied research funded projects in excess of 4 million dollars. He has around 200 research/technical publications to his credit (2 research monographs/books, 2 edited book volumes, 5 book chapters, 145 publications in refereed international journals and conferences, and 32 technical reports). He is

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

CourseAbstractThis study reports on addition of a simulation module based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA)to Mechanical Engineering Materials and Laboratory course at University of Hartford. The studyaddresses two topics: (1) mastering different levels of knowledge with the help of simulations,and (2) honing new simulation skills. The course has a weekly lab session where studentsperform various materials testing such as tensile, shear, bending, and impact. The lecture portiondeals with the theories behind materials’ formation, bonding and how those relate to the materialproperties. In the recently added simulation module, students were assigned projects to simulatethe mechanical testing procedures performed in the lab. The simulations were done using