Conference Session

Project-Based, Inquiry Guided, and High Performance Learning Environments: Effective Approaches

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Page 22.1341.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Student teams, a simulation or a real team experience?AbstractThe tradition in engineering education places students in teams during their senior year; likely aspart of a capstone laboratory or design course. In most cases teams were done on a “pick yourown partners” basis. Furthermore, no time was spent discussing teamwork, the importance ofteams, how teams should be structured or the skill set one needs to be an effective team member.To some extent, changes made by ABET to their accreditation criteria in 2000 have forced theengineering community to at least assess student teamwork. This, in turn, has motivated many totake a

Conference Session

Attracting and Retaining Students in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sameer Hamoush P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Ellie H. Fini, North Carolina A&T State University; Mahour Mellat Parast, University of North Carolina, Pembroke; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Fini, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Ellie Fini is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Her expertise is in Transportation and Construction Engineering. She conducts research in pedagogy assessment and instructional laboratory equipment. She also conducts research in the area of sustainable construction materials, pavement design and rehabilitation. She received her Ph.D. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Materials Laboratory at NC A&T State University. She is currently the principle investigator of four active NSF grants on sustainable construction materials. She has been involved in a

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

with the course? Q3 Is the team project useful to you? Q4 What was the level of “hands-on” experience has been achieved through the laboratory exercises? Q5 Please, provide an overall evaluation of the course. Page 22.1236.11The senior project design courses, using the renewable energy topics was offered for the firsttime in the 2009-2010 academic year. At the end of each quarter, all students have beenrequested to answer (with a five point scale: 1-very poor, 2-poor, 3-satisfactory, 4-good and 5-very good) an anonymous questionnaire as shown in Table 2. According to the results, the newproject-based approach

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Canfield, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Brittany Strachota, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

focuseson one school, identified here as Eastern Technical University (ETU). This analysis is restrictedto ETU’s first-year mechanical engineering curriculum, which typically involves students takingMechanics (ETU Physics), Calculus (ETU Math), Introduction to Manufacturing (ETUEngineering), and/or Introduction to CAD (ETU Design). Each course includes threecomponents: lecture, recitation, and laboratory. ETU’s curriculum generally identifies lectures asthe main venue through which content knowledge is imparted, while the recitation sessions areprimarily used as an opportunity to engage with the material through Q&A experiences andparticipation in group-work exercises. The laboratories serve as vehicles for specific skilldevelopment and attempt

Conference Session

Certifying Teachers in Engineering or Integrated STEM

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Jan B Hansen, University of Saint Thomas; Sarah H. Cohn, Science Museum of Minnesota; Brian Phillip Jensen, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

variety of disciplines. This course was developed as part ofan NSF CCLI (Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement) grant, and is offeredthrough the School of Engineering. A team of engineering faculty members, educationfaculty members, and a K-8 educator collaborated on the course.Course LogisticsThe catalog description for this course is as follows. This is a one-semester survey of engineering topics. Topics will span machine design, manufacturing, thermodynamics, electronics, computer programming, and chemical engineering. The course will have weekly lab sessions, which will allow students to apply what they are learning from lectures in a hands-on setting. Emphasis will be placed on how the material is used

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

skills is clearly at odds with what is commonly found in Page 4.335.1most undergraduate engineering curricula. In fact, many of the studies in engineering educationhave identified, among other things, the lack of hands-on laboratory experience, multi-disciplinary or systems perspective, understanding of information technology, and understandingof the importance of teamwork as shortcomings of most of the current curricula [1–8]. Also, thecomplex set of skills summarized above cannot be provided by a few courses in an engineeringcurriculum. Ideally, the ability to work in teams and to use the computer as a platform supportinginterdisciplinary

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Ruthie Lyle; Ranil Wickramasinghe; Lisa Schaefer; Kevin Nickels; Jodi Reeves; David Noyce; Annie Pearce

value of groupassignments. In the beginning of the semester, the instructor thought he had stressed theimportance of teamwork in the workforce and the fact that success in the next semester’slaboratory course would depend on group performance. However, the mid-semester evaluationshowed that the message had not been communicated to the students. Therefore, the instructorexplained in greater detail to the students that the group assignments were designed to help themin the laboratory course that would follow. It is generally felt that the laboratory course is verydemanding so the students were happy to do anything that would help to improve their chancefor success in the subsequent laboratory course. Finally, the instructor explained that

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

S P Maj; D Veal

interfaces.Mainstream computer science education is well supported by journal articles on variousaspects of re-programmable hardware for educational purposes 6 and assembly language 7.Simulation has proved to be a very useful tool 8, 9, 10. Reid used laboratory workstations toallow undergraduate students to “build a complete, functioning computer - in simulation” 11.Pilgrim 12 took an alternative approach in which a very small computer was designed in classand breadboarded in the laboratory by students using small and medium scale TTL integratedcircuits. Thereby, according to Pilgrim, providing students with the “knowledge andexperience in the design, testing and integration of hardware and software for a smallcomputer system” 12. According to Parker and

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Hunley, Michigan State University; Joshua Whitman, Michigan State University; Seungik Baek, Michigan State University; Xiaobo Tan, Michigan State University; Drew Kim, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

this K-12 program, educational kits of an EAP-based actuator that mimics the basiccontractile mechanism of a muscle cell have been developed. Using these kits, 15-20minute hands-on sessions for 3~4 student groups were offered as a part of Cardiovascularand Tissue Mechanics Laboratory experience for the participants of WIMS for Teens andWomen in Engineering, both of which emphasize participation of groups Page 15.715.4underrepresented in STEM areas. 33. Biomimetic DeviceThe biomimetic device was based on the function of the sarcomere, the basic contractileunit of a

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shelley, United States Air Force

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

satisfaction. CPI is one of the results of applicationof statistical process control, which originated in Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1924 byDr. Walter Shewhart1. ABET evaluation criteria espoused application of continuousimprovement philosophies to Engineering Education with the Engineering Criteria 2000published in 19962 and continue to propagate the application with the current standards3.The practice has become so ingrained in American industry that in May 2006, all USDepartment of Defense (DoD) activities were required to implement CPI and theContinuous Process Improvement Transformation Guidebook was published4. Thepersonnel conducting this study were trained in CPI through DoD activities and broughtthat experience into the educational

Conference Session

Launching Successful Academic Careers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken, Arkansas State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

NEE often obtain start-up funds,equipment, laboratory space, office furnishings, computer systems, etc. can add to thisperception of favor. They may, indeed, identify problems, needs, and opportunities in theunit, and feel that their insight and creativity, when coupled to valid ideas andexperiences from their previous institution, can effectively address these.Such NEE may frequently visit the director, chair, or dean with observations, concerns,and ideas. The administrators, usually fully aware of such, usually give the NEE tacitattention and even apparent agreement (in principle). The administrator did usually helphire him/her, and, in the name of support and courtesy, is obliged to listen.Unfortunately, this can also help fuel the NEE’s

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Parikh, Stanford University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Kenneth Goodson, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

performance.This paper concludes with recommendations for fostering engagement in undergraduate coursesand plans for future work. Our results linking course performance with completion of extra creditassignments will spur further study of how to best encourage learning in heat transfer courses.Course BackgroundThe introductory heat transfer course held in Fall 2009 had three required components: an in-class component, an at-home component, and a laboratory component. In addition, there wereoptional components that students could choose to pursue including attending the teachingassistant-led sessions or completing extra credit assignments. There were 61 students enrolled inthe course, and 60 students agreed to participate in this engagement study.There

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Prins, James Madison University; Eric Pappas, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

large laboratory benches and can also beused for assembly tasks. The construction space contains workbenches, tools, and materials forconstruction. Additional details on the training and construction space can be found in ourprevious paper.19A) Boot Camp DescriptionStudio boot camps are inhave three components: 1) safety and procedural rules, 2) tool usageinstruction, and 3) tool usage exercises. Our safety rules are fairly standard and address properattire as well as decorum. A list of our rules can be found in our previous paper.20 During theinstruction portion of boot camp, we attempt to cover tool operations required for simpleconstruction based on our best estimate of what tools will be most useful. To this end we includecutting with hand

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Chintalapati, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

information: actively (engagement in discussion or physical activity) or reflectively (introspection) 4. Their progress towards understanding: sequential (step by step incrementally) or globally (large jumps)Learning outcomesLearning outcome refers to the perceived knowledge gained by the students through the use ofdifferent methods of teaching or studying. Methods of teaching or studying typically includereading of textbooks, performing experiments in laboratory setting, and using informationtechnologies. Assessment of learning outcomes often include quantitative measures for notionssuch as motivation to learn, real world applicability, and knowledge or learning awareness 13.IV. Research TechniquesEye tracking and its role in usability

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Student Development

discipline in a localcompany or research laboratory. During their year abroad,GSEP scholars regularly participate in “webinars” integratedinto GSEP meetings for the on-campus participants, helpingto engage, motivate, and prepare future cohorts for theirupcoming year abroad.Finally, GSEP scholars return to NAU to complete Capstoneexperiences and remaining coursework in their fifth year. Asexperienced global professionals, these students continue toparticipate in GSEP meetings, serving as role models andmentors for younger GSEP cohorts.The investment of an additional year of undergraduate studyis rewarded with a second BA (or dual minor, in the case ofChinese and Japanese) in a foreign language, a formalCertificate in International Engineering and

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Field, University of Southern Indiana; David Ellert, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

almostinsignificant, was that the amount of knowledge gained in a PBL class. So, giving the worstinterpretation of these study results, PBL students learn more skills, slightly less knowledge, andretain more of the knowledge two years later when compared to non-PBL students.Using a PBL approach has the advantage over the more traditional case study because while theuse of case studies adds realism and improves student engagement, there has not been shown anysignificant difference in the conceptual understanding of the students by the use of case studies2.Several instances of thermal sciences classes implementing a PBL approach can be found in theliterature as well. PBL techniques have been incorporated into a thermal science laboratory classby using inquiry

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

Scienceengineering electives, 33 eng. coursesdesign/conduct experiments, all laboratory science and all laboratory science andanalyze/interpret data engineering courses engineering coursesdesign a system/component/ Freshman Design, Senior Sophomore Design, Senior Design,process to meet needs Design, 31 other eng. courses 18 other engineering coursesfunction on multi- Freshman Design, Senior Sophomore Design, Senior Design bdisciplinary teams Designidentify, formulate, and solve Freshman Design, Senior Sophomore Design, Senior Design,engineering problems Design, 31

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erastus Njage; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Bert Davy; Pamela Leigh-Mack; Masud Salimian

2004, a well-developed set of performance tasks were added to the coursewhich necessitated a format change. A mathematics faculty continued to teach the lecture part ofthe course, and an engineering faculty taught the added laboratory component, where theperformance tasks were implemented. No additional course credit was given for the added two-hour laboratory component, which met once a week. The fifty-two engineering freshmenenrolled in the course were selected based on their placement exam results. Basic Algebra, Pre-Calculus I, Comprehensive Pre-Calculus and Calculus I are the possible entry courses for newfreshmen. The innovative Pre-Calculus course content was most closely aligned with theUniversity’s Comprehensive Pre-Calculus course

Conference Session

Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanford Meek; Mark Minor

curriculum to its current state. This will befollowed by a brief discussion of future improvements in Section 5, and concluding remarks andin Section 6.2. Course Content Undergraduate mechatronics education at the University of Utah is provided by a two-semester course sequence at the third year of the Mechanical Engineering program. The course isa fundamental component of the Mechanical Engineering design experience. Subject materialincludes mechanisms, sensors and actuators, micro-controllers, systems modeling, and feedbackcontrol. As typical of undergraduate curricula, lecture and homework assignments are used tobuild an understanding of fundamentals that are then reinforced by laboratory experiments andfinally practiced in a course

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, University of Florida; Tonika Jones; Jodi Angela Doher; Kurtis Gurley, University of Florida; Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, University of Florida; Adrienne Leigh Provost, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

UF, as shown inFigure 1. Full-scale designs were constrained in size by the Prusa print volume (25 cm × 21 cm ×21 cm), and participants were allowed two full print volumes, if needed, to make a model. U.S.participants completed two design iterations. The first round was a quarter scale mock-up fortesting in a 20 cm x 20 cm suction-style wind tunnel fabricated from cardboard by STEMTankstaff, shown in Figure 2. Using feedback from the tests at quarter scale, participants redesignedand printed full-scale models for testing at UF’s 120’ x 20’ Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel at thePowell Family Structures & Materials Laboratory. Fig. 1: Participant designs were first 3D printed at 1/4 of the intended scale. Fig. 2: A tabletop fan-driven

Conference Session

Capstone & Senior Design Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Kristina Rojdev, NASA; Daniel Carrejo, NASA; Anthony J. Colozza

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(ESET) in conjunction with their Mobile IntegratedSolutions Laboratory (MISL) accepted this challenge, and over the course of 2013, several undergraduate students in aCapstone design course developed five wireless DC Smart Plugs for NASA. The wireless DC Smart Plugs developed byTexas A&M in conjunction with NASA’s Deep Space Habitat team is a first step in developing wireless instrumentation forfuture flight hardware. This paper will further discuss the X-Hab challenge and requirements set out by NASA, the detaileddesign and testing performed by Texas A&M, challenges faced by the team and lessons learned, and potential future work onthis design.IntroductionNASA has been focusing on deep space missions, and new technologies are necessary

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, The University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

practice and constructive feedback in four activities: (a) reading oftechnical articles for form and content, (b) weekly group meetings where students give shortpresentations on their progress, (c) the formal presentation of a poster at the end of the semester,and (d) writing a technical paper for potential submission to a conference. The writing of thetechnical paper is what the author dubbed a “stretch goal” – something that is a desired goal butis dependent on the progress of the research. Page 24.1023.3The students also were required to keep a laboratory notebook to help them acquire skills inrecording their results and to encourage them to

Conference Session

Renewable Energy in Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); KETKI GHAISAS, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

investment, maintenance andreplacement costs as the renewable sources can complement each other. However the evaluationof the correct type of renewable energy system needs to be done so that the system needs to beoptimized, usually through designed software packages for modeling, analysis and optimization.In the last two decades there have been significant advances in renewable energy technologies,as well as increased demands for engineers and technicians trained in these areas, requiringinnovative curricula, new courses and laboratories to educate students to work in this rapidlydeveloping industry and to help professionals become acquainted with these new technologies.However, the pace of change in education curriculum is growing exponentially due

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J. Sealy Jr., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

-levelcourses, the lab managers distribute the appropriate lab equipment to the remote sites at the startof the semester. Remote student laboratory check-offs are typically handled by faculty andstudent alone via webcams and web conferencing software during scheduled office hours.Next we sought to improve office hours for distance courses through the use of webconferencing software and pen-tablet technology which allowed students and faculty to write onthe same electronic piece of paper.4 With the growth of the program, we expanded our use oftechnology to allow real-time troubleshooting of lab equipment/work and the assessment ofhigher-level design projects at a distance.5After spending the last several years about improving distance course logistics

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nizami Z Vagidov, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Vladimir Mitin, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Athos Chariton Petrou; Joseph L Zawicki Zawicki

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

midterm exams. As a result thestudents do not put a uniform effort in learning during the course but, under pressure from theirother courses, apply themselves to the EFW course for only a short period of time just before theexams, resulting in an uneven and incomplete learning.To overcome the problems described above we are developing a conceptually novel one-semester EFW course for engineering junior undergraduate students and establishing a newundergraduate EFW laboratory. This course is a four credit-hour lecture/lab course (three credithours are for the lecture component and one credit hour for the lab component of the combinedcourse). A novel style of teaching this EFW course is based on the interactive approach –experiment – theory

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Adriana Becker-Gomez, Rochester Institute of Technology (KGCOE); Carmen A Bovalino III, Rochester Institute of Technology, Student; Michael B Jones, RIT; Derrick Brazil, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael R Caldwell, Graduate Student Rochester Institute of Technology; sajin george, RIT

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

masters and is now working with Prof. Page 23.1195.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 The Embedded Development Tools You Did Not Have When Growing UpAbstractIn this paper we give a broad overview of the embedded tools that engineering technologystudents at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have been discovering and using forcourses, laboratories, senior design and in their personal projects. By no means is this anextensive but a comprehensive list of embedded debugging tools used by students and faculty inour department. The important

Conference Session

Thermodynamics

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

commercial thermal cycle, analyze its performance and discuss thedifference between the actual device and the theoretical model. Students were also required tobuild a small physical model of the device using straws, wires, plastic cups and paper. By doingthat students could better visualize the device and its components.Toro et al.40 presented a desktop scale Rankine cycle with a solar-powered boiler for use as ahands-on laboratory experiment. Patterson41 collected real-life thermodynamics examples in abooklet. The examples were intended to enhance teaching of thermodynamics by increasing theaccessibility of thermodynamics principles, and to raise the appeal of thermodynamics tostudents. The examples were designed using the 5Es approach: Engage

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Yasser M. Al Hamidi, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Marwan K. Khraisheh, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #43749Student-led Multi-Disciplinary Approach for the Design of Experiments inEngineering: A MethodologyMr. Osama Desouky, Texas A&M University at Qatar Osama Desouky is a Technical Laboratory coordinator at Texas A&M University in Qatar. Osama is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas A&M University at College Station. He is responsible for assisting with experimental method courses, 3D printing, mechanics of materials, material science, senior design projects, and advanced materials classes. Osama’s professional interests include manufacturing technology, materials

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaiyuan Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuxiang Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ishfaq Aziz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Mohamad Alipour, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

deformation. To achieve this goal, our design requires the user to movetheir hands at a speed inversely proportional to the member stiffness, stopping deformation ifthis constraint is violated. To assess the effectiveness of these techniques, we introduce threegame scenes within our study with beams under tension, compression, bending, and torsion.Preliminary results from an early pilot user study show the promise of the proposed platformin inducing a sense of stiffness. The proposed application provides a promising pathway forimmersive experiential learning of engineering concepts that would otherwise requireexpensive laboratory experiments.IntroductionStructural mechanics involves studying members' force and displacement distribution underdifferent

Conference Session

Engineering Futures: Navigating the Pathways of Education, Inclusion, and Professional Growth

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Zaccheus Sikazwe, University of the Incarnate Word; Stephanie Weiss-Lopez; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #41408How to Develop a Culture of Coding for the Future: A Case Study of themegaGEMS Coding AcademyGeorge Zaccheus Sikazwe, University of the Incarnate Word George Z. Sikazwe is an undergraduate electrical engineering student at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Sikazwe is passionate about applying engineered solutions to real-world problems. As a student research assistant in the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Research Laboratories his focus is in computational intelligence, specifically applications of deep learning onto hardware. For the GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math, and Science