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Mathematics Division Technical Session 5: From Functions to Big Data–A Hands-on Challenge

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Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University ; Cadavious M. Jones; Carl Pettis; Uma Kannan

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the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Applications of Linear Algebra applied to Big Data Analytics1. IntroductionThe digital universe (the data we create and copy annually) is doubling every two years and willreach 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) in 2020 [1]. The stored digital data volume has grownexponentially over the past few years [2, 3]. In 1986, only three exabytes of data existed and in2011 it went up to 300 exabytes [3], and at the end of 2020 it might

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

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Cynthia Lester, Georgia State University; Sahithya Reddivari, Georgia State University; Forough Ansari, Georgia State University

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Fellow and has been a White House invitee discussing STEM Inclusion. Dr. Lester holds professional memberships in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).Dr. Sahithya Reddivari, Georgia State University Sahithya Reddivari is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Georgia State University. She teaches freshman and sophomore engineering courses including, Introduction to Engineering, Engineering De- sign and Graphics (2D and 3D modeling) and Statics. She has developed experiential learning projects for first-year engineering students through the Instructional enhancement grant awarded by the Center for

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

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Stacey L. Vaziri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Phyllis Leary Newbill

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beliefs, experiences, and practicescharacterize community members or organizations who support or encourage rural students tochoose engineering?The interviews explored the participants’ perceptions of their community overall, resources thathelped students explore postsecondary options, barriers students faced to enrolling inpostsecondary education/engineering, understanding of engineering as a field both generally andfor students from that community, and ways Virginia Tech can be a better community partnerand fulfill its mission as a public institution. This project aims to broaden participation inengineering by gaining a holistic understanding of the communities that effectively supportengineering major choice for rural students and provide

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Faculty Development Evidence-based Practices!

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John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia

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and Learning (SOTL)—that has salient implications for ENED research and practice beyond thestudy’s context. We are aware of other frameworks that delineate between SOTL and discipline-basedresearch educational based on the degree of methodological rigor (e.g., Streveler et al., 2007), but weconsider that distinction to establish barriers to entry that are antithetical to the goal of onboardingengineering faculty to ENED research. Our ENED research programming includes: 1 1. ENED research incubator – Weekly meetings where EETI leadership helps faculty translate their ENED research project ideas into opportunities for grant proposals and

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Relationships Between Skills and Knowledge Domains

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Ryan H. Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Daniel F. Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Kimberly Karen Osberg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Paper ID #28642Correlating the student engineer’s design process with emotionalintelligence.Dr. Ryan H Koontz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Ryan Koontz received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1999 and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 2002 from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT). In 2004, Ryan joined the Center of Excellence for Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Projects (CAMP) as the manufacturing specialist. He currently instructs students of CAMP through the design and manufacturing process and helps produce parts for the co-curricular teams of CAMP. He completed

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NSF Grantees: Learning Tools (Hands On)

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Blake Herren, University of Oklahoma; Nyree Mason; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

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of Mechanics. Therefore, it is difficulty for engineeringstudents to truly understand the relationship between material structures and their mechanicalperformance. In general, this knowledge is not introduced in any undergraduate solid mechanicscourses. Only top students who can be involved in solid mechanics related research may have anopportunity to learn certain knowledge through undergraduate research projects. Most coursesonly require students to practice simplified engineering problems by solving equations withoutunderstanding the real reasons for certain material behavior [4-6].Additive manufacturing (AM) has been employed in many undergraduate education programs inthe last decade. Due to their unique material processing methods, 3D

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NSF Grantees: Sustainability

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Bhaskar Chittoori P.E., Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Robert Hamilton P.E., Boise State University; Debakanta Mishra, Oklahoma State University; Sondra M. Miller, Boise State University

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aspects.Through this NSF funded project, the authors are exploring a new strategy of teaching S&Rconcepts to civil engineering students. The goal is to permeate the S&R concepts into the CEcurriculum by injecting content into existing curriculum from freshman to senior years. Toachieve this goal, the research team selected twelve courses that range from freshmen to senioryears from the current Boise State Civil Engineering curriculum to introduce S&R concepts viaactive learning modules designed to help students understand the underlying philosophies ofS&R and their importance to civil infrastructure. Eight of the twelve courses are required courseswhile the remaining four are senior electives. This paper details the procedures followed

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

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J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Amy Annette Rogers; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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students in the United Statesare prepared for a pathway to STEM degrees in college. In addition to new engineering activities addedto science class, various types of dual credit engineering courses for high school students are offeredalong with plans for an Advanced Placement (AP) introduction to engineering course in the comingyears. Dual credit introduction to engineering courses, like the NSF-funded Engineering For US All(E4USA) project, are poised to offer high school students rigorous engineering content and theopportunity for college credit [2].1.1 Background- ENGR 102 HS dual credit programENGR 102 HS is one such dual credit engineering course that is modeled after the introduction coursefor engineering majors at the University of Arizona

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

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Caleb James O'Malley, University of Florida; Ashish Aggarwal, University of Florida

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attend lectures in person on any given day.In addition to watching lectures, students complete one project-based homework assignmenteach week. These assignments involve reading, writing, solving and reasoning about a mini-project like single problem in MATLAB which are expected to be difficult. Due to theirdifficulty, students are able to collaborate with other students, attend office hours, and access theinternet for help throughout the week.The other course resources offered are standard among any introductory programming course:practice exams, office hours, and some additional content on the course’s online page. Thestructure of the exams is also fairly standard. About half of the exam involves solving problemsby writing out programmatic

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Faculty Development Research

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Sarah Hoyt, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Claire Fletcher Honeycutt, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Arizona State University; Ke Liu, Arizona State University

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Paper ID #29123Extending Faculty Development through a Sustainable Community of Prac-ticeSarah Hoyt, Arizona State University Sarah Hoyt is currently the Education Project Manager for the NSF-funded JTFD Engineering faculty development program. Her educational background includes two Master’s degrees from Grand Canyon University in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Administration. Her areas of interest are in student inclusion programs and creating faculty development that ultimately boost engagement and per- formance in students from lower SES backgrounds. Prior to her role as project manager, Sarah worked as

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University

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Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (CRESMET), and an evaluator for several NSF projects. His first research strand concentrates on the relationship between educational policy and STEM education. His second research strand focuses on studying STEM classroom interactions and subsequent effects on student understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 2800 times and he has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.Lydia Ross, Arizona State University Dr. Lydia Ross is a clinical assistant professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

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Developing Technological Literacy in Students

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Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York

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dilemma andpossible solutions [27]. Likewise, Jones [28] believes that to bring awareness to key ethicalissues, these issues should be discussed in every computer course throughout the curriculum.Jones[28] suggests that it is important that students learn the technical aspects of the computertopic and the ethical issues related to that topic. Like Quinn [26], Jones [28] suggests the use ofethics-related projects tailored to the computer topic covered. Chowdhury [29] also agrees withQuinn [26], Metcalf et al. [27], and Jones [28], and suggests embedding ethical and moral issuesthroughout the computer curriculum. Chowdhury [29] recommends the use of role-play, drama,simulation, educational games, debates, discussions, projects, group work and other

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

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Emel Cevik, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Whitfield, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University

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BS degree in electrical engineering (1975) from California State University, Sacramento, and his MS (1980) and DE (1983) degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. His educa- tion and research interests include project management, innovation and entrepreneurship, and embedded product/system development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Professional Development Activities for SecondarySTEM Teachers and Students’ Engineering Content Knowledge and AttitudesAbstractTo promote an integrated Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (STEM) educationin K-12 school levels and cultivate STEM literacy in the society, there is a growing interest

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First-year Programs: Focus on Students

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Goli Nossoni, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven

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asked to recordtheir personality profile on the survey. The survey had two main questions requiring students torank their interest level and strength in topics discussed in the course. Projects in the courseemphasize different engineering disciplines while developing students’ professional skills inteamwork, technical communication and problem solving, along with creativity,entrepreneurship and sustainability. The course is described in detail and the survey instrument isreproduced in Reference [1]. Students rank ordered the topics from the one that appealed to themthe most (#1) to the one that appealed to them the least (#7). They also ranked a list of nineattributes related to topics covered in the course from the one in which they were the

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2016 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Alex Avery; Joe Hudden; David Ruan; Eric Schulken; Cody Smith; Jessica VanGiesen; Michael Zielinski; Ray Ptucha

Autonomous People Mover Alex Avery, Joe Hudden, David Ruan, Eric Schulken, Cody Smith, Jessica VanGiesen, Michael Zielinski, Ray Ptucha Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA of majors work in groups to complete projects over the course ABSTRACT of two semesters. The class structure dictates that the firstMost automobile forecasters predict that by the mid-2020’s semester be devoted to design, research, and planning, whileautonomous driving will transform the automobile market. the second semester is to be

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Susan Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katharine Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, UMBC

meet theirneeds. To date, we have piloted the first two of the minor’s approximately six courses. The firstis a variation on the existing Computer Science I course required for majors but restricted to non-majors. Both versions of the course use the Python language and cover the same programmingcontent, but with the non-majors assigned projects with relevance to non-CS disciplines. We usethe same student assessment measures of homework, projects, and examinations for bothcourses. After four semesters, results show that non-CS majors perform comparably to majors.Students also express increased interest in computing and satisfaction with being part of a non-CS major cohort.The second course was piloted in fall 2019. It is a new course intended

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AEE Journal

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Jenna L. Mueller; Mary Elizabeth Dotson; Jennifer Dietzel; Jenna Peters; Gabriela Asturias; Amelia Cheatham; Marlee Krieger; Baishakhi Taylor; Sherryl Broverman; Nirmala Ramanujam

apply to more open-ended problems. Studentslearned how to use mechanical energy to recharge their flashlights, which tied into their physicscurriculum. They also learned how to identify needs in their community and engage stakehold-ers to develop solutions to these needs. Approximately 23 students participated, 19 of whom had­participated in the previous curriculum. Building on this momentum and under the leadership of a WISER teacher, the engineering clubhas thrived since 2015. As students quickly mastered flashlights, a WISER faculty member helpedthem apply their design skills to create a diverse set of projects for science competitions. Thoughthey had not participated in competitions previously, the WISER students quickly found success

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ENT Division Technical Session: Entrepreneurship and IP

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Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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marketing. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, studying with the inventor of the blue and white LED, and an MBA from the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business.Dr. Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with

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ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

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Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, City of Espoo; Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University

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: Barbara helps teams generate creative environments. Companies that she has worked with renew their commitment to expanding paths from creativity to innovation. She also helps individuals answer challenging questions when she teaches some of her methods to engineering, design, business, medicine, and law students. Barbara sometimes uses her storytelling methods as a form, and storytelling as rapid prototyping to help student and industry leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to delivery. Barbara also uses story as a projective prompt in her experiments. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Challenge Me, Disagree with Me: Why

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Promoting Communication Skills

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Bruce Kovanen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ryan Ware, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Megan Mericle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J. Patrick Coleman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Celia Mathews Elliott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John S. Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; S. Lance Cooper, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; John R. Gallagher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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-yearintervention project designed to enhance writing in engineering and STEM. The examplesdescribe reflective, writing-to-learn activities for first-year orientation courses; scaffoldedapproaches for laboratory and problem-based-learning classes; and directed peer review andresponse to reviewer comments in middle- and upper-level courses. The paper concludes byaddressing the vital role STEM faculty play in socializing their students into ways of thinking,being, and writing in their disciplines and demonstrates how a process orientation to writinginstruction can help faculty achieve that goal.Section I: IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has identified effectivecommunication as a key criterion of engineering

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Instruments and Methods for Studying Student Experiences and Outcomes

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Zhen Zhao, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University; Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University; Megan O'Donnell, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye, Arizona State University

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Social Psychology. Prior to joining UOEEE, she supported the research and program evaluation efforts of Maricopa County Adult Proba- tion Department, coordinated and executed the research and program evaluation for a large Department of Justice Second Chance Act grant. These efforts included monitoring, assessing, and evaluating the impacts of program outcomes. Since joining the UOEEE in 2015, Dr. Cook-Davis has led research and evaluation activities for over 50 separate grant-funded programs or initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agri- culture, National Institutes of Health, and The Kern Family Foundation. These projects

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Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

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Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

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might be all but one. In this method,students can also choose to work towards the grade they want in order to spend their timeelsewhere (Nilson, 2015). Another instructor might use a mix of traditional grading and pass/failgrading. For example, to earn an A in a course, a student may have to receive an average examscore of 80%. The instructor can also set bars for specific grade levels such as a C resulting fromfailing a peer evaluation. In all of these systems, missing one element on the overall gradechecklist results in a lower grade.As all elements become pass or fail, the specifications for an assignment must be made veryclear. Writing good specifications is a lot like writing good requirements for a project. Just likerequirements in

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International Accreditation and Credentials: International Division Technical Session 1

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Junaid Qadir, Information Technology University, Lahore, Pakistan; Aamir Shafi, National University of Computing and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Ala Al-Fuqaha, Hamad Bin Khalifa University; Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Alfaisal University; Kok-Lim Alvin Yau, Sunway University; João Ponciano, University of Glasgow; Sajjad Hussain, University of Glasgow; Muhammad Ali Imran P.E., University of Glasgow; Sajid Sheikh Muhammad, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; Rao Naveed Bin Rais, Ajman University, UAE; Muhammad Rashid, Umm Al Qura University; Boon Leing Tan, Xi'an International University

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Geneva, working on the West Area Neutrino Facility and North Area 48. Since then Jo˜ao has held several positions in teaching and management in higher ed- ucation at institutions across the UK, Middle East, Africa and Asia. At Leeds Becket University, Jo˜ao specialised in teaching Mobile and Fixed Networking Technologies and introduced compendium-based teaching practices and led the design and implementation of the first Mobile and Distributed Computer Networks postgraduate course in UK. Jo˜ao authored and managed a European Social Fund Project in Women in Engineering contributing to widening participation and inclusion of women engineers, developed and ran world-class innovative aca- demic practice methods in

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Alternative Methods of Teaching and Learning Mechanics

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Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Amie Baisley, University of Florida

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. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The ‘Typical Particle’ Approach to Learning Rigid Body DynamicsAbstractRigid body dynamics is a foundational course in all engineering curricula based upon themechanical sciences. It is one of three courses that make up The Mechanics Project, an effort at alarge R1 university in the southwest, to reimagine the learning experience in the sophomore-levelengineering mechanics courses (statics, dynamics, and deformable solids). The conversion ofthese courses to an objective-based system to assess mastery launched a reconsideration of thefundamental strands—the DNA—of the courses. The design objective of

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 9: Pedagogical Tools

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Dylan Keifer Finch, Virginia Tech; Stephen H. Edwards, Virginia Tech

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interests include computer science education, software testing, software engineering, and programming languages. He is the project lead for Web-CAT, the most widely used open-source automated grading system in the world. Web-CAT is known for al- lowing instructors to grade students based on how well they test their own code. In addition, his research group has produced a number of other open-source tools used in classrooms at many other institutions. Currently, he is researching innovative for giving feedback to students as they work on assignments to provide a more welcoming experience for students, recognizing the effort they put in and the accomplish- ments they make as they work on solutions, rather than simply

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Design Methodologies 1

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Alexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Henry David Banks, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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step towards the development of a repeatable and reliable experimental instrumentfor use in academic research and engineering classrooms.The research presented in this paper is a continuation of a NSF funded project to evaluate theimpacts of teaching functional modelling in an engineering design curriculum [4]. During theinitial phases of the project, students in engineering design courses were given a series ofexperimental instruments or homework assignments to assess their ability to recognize productfunctionality, interpret and understand customer needs, and to explain or decompose a complexsystem. Students in prior studies had either previously learned functional modeling [3] or weretaught functional modeling as an intervention between

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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

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Adrienne K. Scott, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madalyn D. Kern, University of Colorado, Boulder; Julie E. Steinbrenner, University of Colorado, Boulder

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very different in each department. Lead TAs have the freedom to developtheir own projects to improve specific aspects of teacher training and professional developmentwithin their own department. In the Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering Department, the LeadTA primarily focuses on training and supporting all first-year doctoral students (both first-yearTAs and first-year students that are not TAs). The initiatives carried out by the Lead TA and thePaul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering Department for the first-year doctoral students will be themain focus on this paper.To become the Lead TA in our department, a student applies for the position and is accepted oneyear before they intend to serve as the Lead TA. The year before their term starts

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First-year Programs: Research and Spatial Skills

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Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

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will be noted in the Results and Discussion Section.Project ApproachThis section will cover five major areas to be considered when starting an undergraduateresearch program: • Sponsorship • Setting the goals & scope of the program (includes how goal attainment will be assessed) • Budgeting: program expenses & funding • Matching undergraduate research students with faculty • Logistics & implementationFor each topic above (with the exception of the last topic) there will be two sections: one with adescription of how to address the topic from a theoretical perspective, and one with the details ofhow the topic was implemented for the SURE program.SponsorshipPrior to starting any major project, sponsorship should be

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Jeff Cunion; Brigitte Barbier

profitability10. SAP is the world’s largest provider of ERP software and serves over 437,000customers in more than 180 countries11. In addition, 92 percent of the Forbes Global 2000 useSAP in some fashion. The latest SAP S4/HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance)product is arranged in functional modules related to typical business system functions including: • Buy (Material Management – MM) • Sell (Sales and Distribution – SD) • Make (Production Planning – PP) • Track (Financial Accounting and Controlling – FI and CO) • People (Human Capital Management – HCM) • Store (Warehouse Management – WM) • Project (Project System – PS) • Maintain (Enterprise Asset Management – EAM) • Services (Customer Support – CS

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Aleksandr Sergeyev; John Irwin; Adrienne Minerick

research option with thesis, and a report. Theresearch option will allow students to work with MET, EET, ECE, and ME-EM faculty membersat Michigan Tech on various applied research projects, with the goal of enhancing their knowledgein practical applications. The most desired option, by both students and industry (see surveybelow), is an internship with industry. Students who choose the internship option will be able toparticipate in at least one internship opportunity and will acquire up to a maximum of 3 credits fora single opportunity with the maximum of up to 6 credits with multiple opportunities. The number Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New