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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 4

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Luciana Debs, Purdue University Programs; Bryan John Hubbard P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Construction Engineering

finished at the same time, one might have to wait until the second is done;  parallel teaching – in this mode, the instruction is planned jointly by both (or more) teachers, but it is delivered to only half of the class. An example given by researchers is the use of this type of teaching to explain different points of view of a same topic where each half of the class is instructed on the same topic, but through two different points of view. Then, the whole class can come back together and discuss on the topic using those two points of view;  alternative teaching – in this type of co-teaching, one instructor is responsible for a larger

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Study Abroad Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 9

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Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Nelson A. Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University; B. David Tyler, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack P. Eng. P.E., Western Carolina University; Lauren R. Bishop, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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International

, budgetaryconstraints, logistics planning, and internal collaborations [7][8]. Any of these can cause a trip tobe canceled. Despite all the challenges, we were motivated and determined in this initiative inthe College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University (WCU), inspired bythe student transformation during a trip and the mutual mentoring among faculty members whoshare the same passion. This paper shares mentoring and coping strategies for faculty memberswho are interested in offering faculty-led courses, especially the assessment-driven course designto achieve student learning objectives. The key to succeed is to be flexible, patient, andcollaborative.Global learning has shifted from an option to a priority, and teaching effectiveness is

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First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #1

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Nisha Abraham, University of Texas at Austin; Nina Kamath Telang, University of Texas at Austin

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First-Year Programs

, as well as overall course grades.The historically successful and evidence-based Supplemental Instruction (SI) program wasintroduced at The University of Texas at Austin in 2015 through a collaboration between theSchool of Engineering and the Sanger Learning Center. The supported courses include freshmanlevel introductory courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and report high percentagesof D’s, F’s, Q’s (drops), and W’s (withdraws). This report investigates the impact of explicitmetacognitive training and lesson planning for SI Leaders and two rounds of explicitmetacognitive instruction in SI sessions for these courses.I. Motivation for StudyWhile most K-12 educators and administrators are trained to implicitly structure their

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Are You Experienced? Approaches and Tools for Experiential Learning

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Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Austin Hart; Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology; William Jordan Cashel-Cordo, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

important aspect of teaching this course is gettingstudents familiar with the steel frame and common connections which are used in theconstruction of a frame. This paper presents the construction of a steel frame sculpture withdetailed beam to column and column to footing connections. This frame was constructed as astudent project completely on campus. American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)motivates faculties and students nationally to design and built a steel sculpture for theiruniversities by providing construction plans for them. Although the authors used AISC’s idea tobuild the steel sculpture, the sculpture presented in this poster is not built the plan provided byAISC. A tree shaped sculpture was drafted in SketchUp and the sculpture

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 1

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Mia Minnes, University of California, San Diego; Sheena Ghanbari Serslev, University of California, San Diego ; Madison Edwards

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Computing and Information Technology

spoke to specific actions and behaviors they plan to take after the internship experience, reflecting their heightened maturity and sense of direction. Additionally, the internship illuminated the importance of building interpersonal skills, exhibiting personal growth, and developing attributes of lifelong learning. In contrast to these conclusions, pre- and post-survey analysis for the MSLQ with the same group of students reveals specific areas where student motivation decreased after the internship experience. These findings point to the important formative role internships can play in an undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering program and shed light on the lessons universities can learn about leveraging

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Michael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

practice plan reading. The main motivation for instructors to incorporatethis software in their classes is to expose students to technology they will encounter aspractitioners, especially significant since contractors view these drawings as a legal descriptionof their scope of work. Therefore, the production and interpretation of the documents requiresthat they exhibit a high level of accuracy, specificity, and clarity.This paper focuses on the use of Bluebeam markup and grading in architectural engineeringcourses to enable communication between faculty and students during the iterative structuraldesign process. The paper provides sample student hand calculations, sketches, and CADstructural drawings with Bluebeam markups provided by practitioner

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Kevin J. O'Donnell

, drawn from a population of pilots trained in UAV operations.The survey will be administered to these participants, asking them to evaluate the proposed riskmitigation strategies. Some of the main topics included in the study are route planning, altitudecontrol, and separation of UAVs in flight. The study will assess the use of established urbanroadways as the main routing structure, where UAVs are visualized as flying cars above analready organized flow of traffic, the exposure of risk to pedestrians is minimized, obstacles suchas buildings are avoided, and vehicle enclosures serve to protect the occupants of motorvehicles. The study will also address the use of altitude control both to separate UAV traffic inopposite directions (and at

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

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Amanda Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, examples of prompts of elicit student ideas consisted of short phrases that theteachers used to better understand the students’ ideas. For example, Ms. Lane asked “What doyou mean?” and “So what is this?” when students were working on their plans. In otherexamples, when his students were testing their ideas, Mr. Smith asked, “What’s your solution?”,when Ms. Allen was trying to understand her students’ plan for their redesign, she asked “So thisis a flat mirror [drawn on the plan]?”, and Mr. Smith said “Just tell me your solution, if you hadto give the elevator pitch, you have 15 seconds here.” Although short, phrases such as these gavestudents opportunities to explain their ideas and to be responsible for explaining those ideas.They also helped

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First-Year Programs: Major Choice

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Amanda Christine Bordelon, Utah Valley University; Susan L. Thackeray , Utah Valley University; Sean S. Tolman, Utah Valley University; Jane M. Loftus, Utah Valley University

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First-Year Programs

be delivered as a discipline-specific or as a universal cross-disciplinary version.For this study, students were assessed with Likert-based survey questions about how they felt the classprepared them or engaged them for a career in engineering and if they planned to remain in their program.The survey was given at the end of the semester they took their respective Introduction to Engineeringcourse. Statistical p-values were calculated from the Likert scores with respect to the discipline area of thestudent, the instructor, the semester, and the demographics of the student class population. The coursewas delivered in one semester as a generalized mechanical-engineering focused design approach and thenin a second semester as the three

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Workforce Development (ATE)

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

B.S. in ME, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in IE. He is a member of ASEE, INFORMS, ASEM, and a senior member of IIE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Advanced Technological Education Project for High Value Manufacturing: Lessons LearnedAbstractProjects rarely go according to plan, but this is especially true of those that involve multipleinstitutions and have a significant degree of complexity associated with them. This work relatesthe experiences an Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project around high valuemanufacturing. The project was a collaboration with a Texas A&M University and HoustonCommunity College. The project comprised three main aspects

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ECCD Technical Session 4: Energy and Analysis

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Arash Kialashaki, California State University, Chico

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

ECMs is followed by areal industrial case study where the measure is implemented, and the annual energy savings wasrealized. Author also provides a discussion around the peak demand reduction, how it relates tothe energy savings that may be achieved due to installation of the ECMs.Finally, author recommends a field trip to help students visualize what they learned in theEngineering Thermodynamics course. This field trip would be visiting an on-site central utilityplant which most universities have to meet their heating and cooling loads. A step-by-stepprocedure is included at the end of this paper which streamlines the field trip planning processand helps the instructors to set and evaluate the goals of the trip. A paper-based

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Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Scott A Civjan P.E., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

is presented on how they effectively plan and execute field trips ofconstruction sites as part of a senior level design class. The focus of the paper is on structural andgeotechnical components of construction, though the recommendations are applicable to a widertour scope of topics and classes. Clearly defining the purpose and goals of the field trip,coordinating with construction managers and others involved in the project throughout theplanning and tour, and organizing the activity are all important to providing a meaningfulexperience that addresses the class learning objectives. A range of examples are presented oftours that have been conducted to demonstrate specific learning opportunities available atconstruction sites. Photos are

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NSF Grantees: Workforce Development (ATE)

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Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; DeDe Griffith, Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College; Cheri Greer, Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, process monitoring/control, data science, cyber-physical systems, and cloudcomputing to drive manufacturing operational excellence. The convergence of IT and OT iscritical to allow interaction across the four layers of automation, within the automation pyramidstandardized by the International Society of Automation (ISA) in 2010 [7], where, Level-0:Sensors/actuators (field-level); Level-1: Real-time control systems (control-level); Level-2: Datamanagement, modeling, learning (supervisory-level); Level-3: Manufacturing operationsmanagement (plant-level); Level-4: Business planning and logistics (enterprise-level).Application areas span equipment health and status updates provided to consumers of machineryand HVAC systems, mobility avenues (e.g

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Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Shelly Tornquist, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

additional teachers was also provided byindustry and Gene Haas Foundation. The industrial partners also contributed with complimentaryprofessional training and free computer-aided drafting and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) softwareto participating teachers and their schools. The program trained 29 teachers in the previous two summers. The teachers publishedtheir lesson plans and implemented in their classes with the new activities and knowledge thatthey have acquired during the training. Some teachers participated in a regional conference,guided and brought their students to different competitions, and won numerous awards includingthe first prize in robotics competition at the state level. Issues from the first summer was learntand rectified; the

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First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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Michael Elmore P.E., Binghamton University; Peter J. Partell, Binghamton University; Meghan Crist, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

Director of Institutional Research and Planning for the university. Partell received his doctoral degree in Political Science from Binghamton University in May 1999 and his bachelor’s de- gree from the State University of New York, College at Buffalo. In his role as Associate Dean, Partell is responsible for the Watson School’s academic programs and policies, academic support programs, cur- ricular planning, accreditation, space planning, and enrollment planning and management. Some of his accomplishments as Associate Dean include spearheading the graduate enrollment growth strategy that resulted in an increase in graduate enrollment of 400 students over a 4-year period, managed a $4 mil- lion teaching and graduate

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First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

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Scott Martin Hanson, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); Austin James Allard, Turtle Mountain Community College; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University; Paula Jean Comeau, North Dakota State University; North Dakota State College of Science; Megan Even, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Daniel John Luecke, North Dakota State University; Jean Ostrom-Blonigen, North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; Kelly A. Rusch, North Dakota EPSCoR and North Dakota State University

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First-Year Programs

. Participants employed multiple self-generated hands-on methods toestimate the volume of trash collected by molding the bags of trash into cylindrical, rectangular,and ellipsoid shapes to simplify the estimation of their volume. They then combined theirunderstanding of geometry and algebra with critical thinking to design their own methods forestimating the volume of the various types of trash collected.Participants also explored how to develop a business/financial plan for the operation of arecycling business in their community for the fictional purpose of submitting a proposal to thetribal government. The plan used profit and cost equations to analyze the trash data. Lessoncontent emphasized algebra and ratios, while instructional methods emphasized

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Joel B. Shoemaker, Madison Area Technical College; Steven Michael Ansorge, Madison Area Technical College; Adam Gusse, Sunvest Solar, Inc; Nicholas J. Hylla, Midwest Renewable Energy Association

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

, and recommended practicesfrom the Madison College experience are detailed. Madison College completed a SolarRoadmap in order to prioritize and sequence investment in solar across the multiple buildingsand campus locations operated by the college. The featured installation was the first projectwithin that plan. A ten-step guide on how to create a solar roadmap is shared, so that otherschools can learn from Madison College’s experience and replicate the process for their owninstitutions.Introduction - The Opportunity for Schools to Pursue Solar EnergyThe past two decades have seen massive growth in renewable energy while aging and obsoletecoal fired electrical plants are increasingly being retired. This is illustrated in Figure 1 by thegrowth

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University ; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

a science methods class (n = 15). The paired classes collaborated inmultidisciplinary teams of 5-8 undergraduate students to plan and teach engineering lessons tolocal elementary school students. Teams completed a series of previously tested, scaffoldedactivities to guide their collaboration. Designing and delivering lessons engaged universitystudents in collaborative processes that promoted social learning, including researching andplanning, peer mentoring, teaching and receiving feedback, and reflecting and revising theirengineering lesson. The research questions examined in this pilot, mixed-methods research study include: (1)How did PSTs’ Ed+gineering experiences influence their engineering and science knowledge?;(2) How did PSTs

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First-year Programs: Core Skills

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Anthony T. Cahill, Texas A&M University; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

Partnering with PhysicsAbstractThis work-in-progress paper will describe an effort at curriculum reform for the first yearengineering program at Texas A&M University. A variety of motivations for, and challengesencountered in this effort are discussed, which highlight how educational change often takesplace in tension between educational theory and institutional constraints. Preliminary discussionof results and future plans for assessment are discussed.IntroductionRetention of engineering students continues to be a concern nationally [1]. There are perhapsadditional pressures for improvement in retention at large state institutions, where legislatureskeenly watch metrics such as retention, and where the institutions have a mission to serve

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Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

data for a planned multiple semester longer term project.This paper contains (1) motivation and goals for this work, (2) outcomes and learning objectives,(3) instructions on how to design this kind of assignment, (4) the video assignment write up, (5)the rubric for the video, (6) the rubric for peer feedback, and (7) the rubric for reflection. Thispaper focuses on the structure and instruments used during the course.About the CourseArtificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to tackle more and more of the real-world problemsaround us. EECS 4901 Special Topics: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence will introducestudents to the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI). During this course students will lookat various problems being solved

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Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla López del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Careers (PEARLS) and for Building Capacity at Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure (RISE-UP). Both projects are funded by NSF.Dr. Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico Mayag¨uez (UPRM). She graduated with a BS in Industrial Engineering from UPRM (1983), a MSIE (1985) from Purdue University, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (1996) from The Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching and research interests include: Discrete Event Simulation, Facilities Planning, Material Handling Systems, Women in Academia in STEM fields

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Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Yewande S. Abraham, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

including construction schedul- ing, planning and control and sustainable building construction and design. Her research is in sustainable built environments, occupant comfort and behavior, indoor environmental quality, and building energy consumption. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Importance of Active Learning in an Undergraduate Course in Construction SchedulingAbstractStudents in construction majors require a variety of skills and knowledge to thrive and leadchange in the industry. The learning process should incorporate strategies that ensure studentsacquire knowledge in the right environment, using up-to-date tools and technology that willsupport

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Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

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John Komlos, Villanova University; Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

sophomore-level course introducing students to tools and techniques, such assurveying, understanding maps and plan sets, and field sampling, required for their CivilEngineering curriculum as well as throughout their professional career. This course wasoriginally a project-based course that included many of these core aspects of Civil Engineeringbut used outdated equipment such as theodolites for surveying and planimeters for measuringareas on maps, rather than modern technologies. Subsequent iterations of the course haveincluded more up-to-date technologies but lacked cohesion, covering a range of topics and CivilEngineering disciplines but not in a way that clearly connected them together.Project-based learning is a type of inquiry-based learning

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New Developments in ECE

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Alan Johnston, Villanova University; Edward Stephen Char Jr.

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Electrical and Computer

orbit.The AMSAT CubeSat Simulator features a Raspberry Pi Zero W-based multi-board stack and a3D-printed frame structure. It was designed to be low cost (less than $400 USD in componentsper Simulator, significantly less than the $20,000 USD for a spaceflight-ready CubeSat) and useoff-the-shelf parts. It is fully open sourced, with all software and plans available on GitHub [4].The development has been sponsored by AMSAT as part of its educational outreach mission,and the development is ongoing.II. Villanova University ECE Freshman Projects course philosophyECE-1205 ECE Freshman Projects is one of the first electrical and computer engineering coursestaken by freshmen at Villanova University.For the 2009-2010 academic year, the College of

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

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Rob Rouse, Southern Methodist University; Juan Torralba, University of Miami; Kathryn Krummeck; DiMitri Higginbotham, Good Shepherd Episcopal School

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

. After receiving their laser-cut pendants, studentsattached string to them to create wearable pieces of jewelry.Lessons Learned: Brief EncountersBased on our experiences with brief encounters, we have several recommendations for groupsinterested in delivering similar educational experiences to students at K-12 schools. First,consider planning activities in which student create simple tangible artifacts. We have observedthat when students know they will walk away with even a simple product, they are often highlyengaged. Second, invite students to use tools and technologies that they may never have used—or that they use infrequently at school. We have found that students typically show great interestin learning how to use new tools and

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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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Barbara L. Christe, State University of New York; Scott C. Dunning, University of Maine

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Engineering Technology

developingstrong student learners.Preparation of the self-studySelf-study development should begin with a review of the expectations of an accrediting body.Ongoing improvement and criteria compliance is crucial since gathering evidence to present in aself-study document should build on years of planning and data collection. The following areasof focus can be critical to a successful programmatic review.Identification of stakeholders and constituentsAccrediting bodies encourage close relationships between a program and the constituents of theprogram. Clear identification of the groups of people who form the stakeholders associated witha particular program is critical for useful exchange of information and continuous improvement.However, programs are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 1

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Subodh Bhandari, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Fang Tang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Amar Raheja, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Erika DeJonghe, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

multicopter UAV [3].Figure 1. Concept of operation: Obstacle avoidance system for a multicopter using optical flow.Figure 2 shows the test plan and vehicle trajectory during the flight test of the participants-developed obstacle avoidance algorithm on the multicopter shown in Figure 3. Figure 2. UAV trajectory during flight tests.In the figure above, purple line shows the actual vehicle trajectory. The green circles with numbersindicate the waypoints that the vehicle was commanded to fly to. After detecting the obstacles,the vehicle moved to the left or right and after completing the avoidance maneuver, the vehicleattempted to continue to the mission waypoint. When another obstacle was

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla López del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentín-Rodríguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

University, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (1996) from The Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching and research interests include: Discrete Event Simulation, Facilities Planning, Material Handling Systems, Women in Academia in STEM fields, Engineering in Education and Access to Post-Secondary Education. From August 2006 through February 2008, she was the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering. She was Co-Pi of the NSF’s UPRM ADVANCE IT Catalyst Project awarded during 2008. From 2008-2016, she was Co-PI of the USDE’s Puerto Rico Col- lege Access Challenge Grant Project. From 2015-2018, she was the Coordinator of the UPRM College of Engineering Recruitment, Retention and Distance

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Joel Abreu; Chris Cassidy; Jamie Kubeck; Jon Laos; Matthew McGarvey; Alexander Loui; Raymond Ptucha

program such as a program that runs a sensor or does a calculation on sensordata. A topic is essentially a data bus in which information can be transported to and from nodes. Thistransportation process is defined by subscribers and publishers. A node can subscribe to a topic thusallowing the program to receive any data being published from that topic. A node can also publish to atopic, thus allowing other nodes to access the data by subscribing to that topic. The software that runs theAPM is structured around this node-topic framework. Autonomous vehicles often require some form oflocalization, odometry, path planning, object detection, and object avoidance. These functions require anarray of sensors to support them.Localization: Successful

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Tammy Lutz-Rechtin

plan for their future profession. Reviewsby the students were very positive and informative but indicated that a flipped-classroom, as wellas a two-part course, maybe more impactful.IntroductionFaculty members often expect that professional skills, communication skills, and safety skills arelearned and recognized by graduate students as they work to progress on their degree path. Whilemost graduate programs do not focus on the formal education of these essential secondary skills,some students develop them on their own due to personal attributes and natural talents whilesome do not. Opportunities are often available which encourage professional development suchas managing other students, participation in conferences, leadership positions