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Advances in Additive, Hybrid, and Digital Manufacturing Education

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Khalifa H. Harib, United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Adewale Oriyomi Oseni, United Arab Emirates University

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Manufacturing

the prototype’s subsystems.1. IntroductionThe inverted pendulum system is an example commonly found in control system textbooks andresearch literature. Balancing of an inverted pendulum on a cart has become a classical problemused in teaching control engineering, and for evaluating controller designs for under-actuatedsystems. This is due to the presence of interesting dynamical characteristics associated with thesystem including nonlinearity, instability, and under-actuation [1, 2, 3, 4]. Various designs ofinverted pendulum mobile robots were introduced recently, for example [5]. The objective of thecontrol system in this project is to balance the inverted pendulum by applying a force to the cartthat the pendulum is attached to. Building an

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Student Approaches to Problem Solving

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Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Mary Rola, University at Buffalo; Hoda Koushyar

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering, particularly for ill-defined engineering problems where thebeginning of the modeling process requires an engineer to make assumptions (e.g. modeling anoddly-shaped beam as a prismatic rectangle) and discretize elements (e.g. modeling theindividual forces of people on a bridge as a distributed load over the entire span) to simplify theproblem. Making assumptions and discretizing elements are part of engineering judgment [1].Engineering judgment is defined as “judgment to make a final call on the reasonableness of theanalysis or design” (p.287, [1]). In practice, engineering judgment can be equated to expertise,which is developed as an engineer spends more time in the profession.This study is part of a larger project studying students

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Making it Sticky: Ways to Reinforce Prerequisite Knowledge

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Jakob C Bruhl P.E., U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

example improved by 5% compared to those who did notexperience this spaced practice. Importantly, they also found that students who employed spacedpractice in this course performed better in the follow-on calculus course, as measured by examscores and final course grade.1 These three examples included only review of concepts from thecourse in which the students were enrolled but not concepts from prerequisite courses. These areremarkable as being among the few studies that have investigated spaced practice in actualclassroom settings rather than the laboratory and all but one focused on the effect on the earlystages of learning (i.e. within the course in which they were originally learned.)THE IDEABased on the literature about spaced practice and

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Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

showed enough promise that Dr. Cook decided to pursue funding for thefollowing year. In spring 2019, she assigned the project to the entire class in Elements of SteelDesign for the first time with funding from the makerspace grant. The following fall she ran thissame project with funding from the makerspace grant in Structural Design in Wood, a class shewas teaching for the first time. This course is structurally very similar to Elements of SteelDesign, and caters to the same population of upper classmen, the primary difference between thetwo courses is the change from steel to wood which leads to a shift in certain content andconcepts.Timeline Figure 1: Timeline of Project Development and ResearchMethods and Data

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ET Pedagogy II

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Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology

, critical thinking and reading, annotation, visualswith wordsIntroductionEngineering and technology students require reading skills for effectively summarizing technicalinformation and transforming it into actionable form. Students can sharpen reading skills withpractice under increasingly complex conditions. In the 2019 National Survey of StudentEngagement (NSSE) [1] of four-year colleges and first-year university students, 54% percentnoted that there were some to no assignments that required them to summarize the materials theyread, such as articles books, or online publications. In response to the question (1e) aboutwhether they had "Analyzed or evaluated something you read, researched, or observed," 38%noted to have some or fewer such

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Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Ruth Abigail Mower, United States Military Academy; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy; John Boyle, United States Military Academy, West Point; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

, gravitational, and fluid-pressuresub-components.1 1 𝑝𝑝 + 𝜌𝜌𝑉𝑉 2 + 𝛾𝛾𝛾𝛾 2If the specific weight of the fluid being analyzed is divided through each term of the Bernoulliequation, then an alternate form of the energy equation results where each term has a length andrepresents a type of head.2 𝑝𝑝 𝑉𝑉 2 + + 𝑧𝑧 𝛾𝛾 2𝑔𝑔 𝑝𝑝First, the pressure head represented by 𝛾𝛾 is the height that a column of the fluid

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Multidisciplinary Service and Outreach Projects

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina A&T State University; Sameer Hamoush, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. The students were also asked to do research on thedifferent methods of 3D printing that the Department of Energy labs are involved in.The students are taught the basic function of the Autodesk Inventor program and carried outseveral activities to expound the students' understanding of Autodesk Inventor. Among theprojects, the students researched and designed tool holders for standard household tools. Theyalso designed and virtually assembled a weathervane prototype. Several projects have beenperformed, including 1) designing and 3D printing tools holder; 2) designing safe childrenplayground equipment.To have a better understanding of Additive Manufacturing, students watched various videos onseveral 3D printing technologies. Also, students

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Managing Dual Careers

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Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

unit/college administrator. With panelistsfrom four different universities, all in different stages in their careers, an engaged audience thatincludes instructional faculty at all levels, academic leaders and those considering an academiccareer will learn from this panel.Introduction and BackgroundA study by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford [1] reported that a majorchallenge facing many academic institutions is attracting high quality individuals who have adual-career partner, to join their faculty. For the purposes of this discussion, a dual-career partneris a member of the dual-career couple, who also seeks an academic faculty position. Althoughthe proportion of dual-career academic couples has not changed in 4-year

Conference Session

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

program in the second summer simplified research activities, implemented adesign and manufacturing project while having frequent feedback and assessment sessions usingclicker.I. IntroductionThe state of Texas enjoys its manufacturing output of $232.2 billions or 15.2% gross stateproduct in 2014, yet Texas has only 7.6% of its workforce in manufacturing [1,2]. Figure 1shows the manufacturing growth in Texas, in terms of real Gross Domestic Product (inflation-adjusted GDP) is almost double that figure of the whole USA [3]. The growth rate for real GDPin Texas has been approximately 57% since 2009 (Fig. 1), but the numbers of manufacturingemployment has been fluctuating in the range ± 6% (Fig. 2). The robust contribution has beendue to the fast

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

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Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

; Exposition,Seattle, WA.Roberts, L. (1997). One oppression or many. Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 4, 1/2, 41-47.Royce, Josiah. (1885). The moral insight, in The religious aspect of philosophy: A critique of thebases of conduct and of faith (pp. 131-170). Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.Scarry, E. (1985). The Body in pain: The making and unmaking of the world. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press.Shuman, L.J., Besterfield-Sacre, M., & McGourty, J. (2005). The ABET “professional skills”-Can they be taught? Can they be assessed? Journal of Engineering Education, 94, 1, 41-55.Zhu, Q., & Jesiek, B.K. (2017). A pragmatic approach to ethical decision-making in engineeringpractice: Characteristics, evaluation, criteria, and implications for

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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Rockwell Franklin Clancy III, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Charlemagne Manuel, University of Michigan Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Richard James Clancy, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

aboutethics-related issues. These methods have been used to explore regional differences in valuesfrom obituaries, folk conceptual dualism, and the authorship and organization of texts, forinstance, but not the ethics-related views of engineering students.[1]–[3]Data for analysis comes from free-response, reflection questions about topics interspersedthroughout readings on global engineering ethics. These are hosted on https://cgae.sjtu.edu.cn, awebsite used for a semester-long, two-credit hour course on engineering ethics, “GlobalEngineering Ethics,” at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute(UM-SJTU JI), a foreign-Chinese educational venture in Shanghai, China. Versus fixed-response, multiple choice questions

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs I

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Jikai Du, SUNY College at Buffalo

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Engineering Technology

mechanical engineering technology problems, and to fosterin students personal development to ensure a lifetime of professional success and an appreciationfor the ethical and social responsibilities of a mechanical engineering technologist and a worldcitizen. To realize such goals, especially for the education of Millennials and Generation Z,faculty need to have deeper understanding of “our” students. The characteristics of Generation Zmay include that they are the most diverse generation, grew up with smart devices, demonstratemore current online behaviors, expect modern experience but take tech for granted, are morelikely to try and figure out problems on their own first, etc. [1-5]. Such understanding will enablefaculty to develop more confidence

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Therese M. Azevedo, Sonoma State University; Natalie Hobson, Sonoma State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

math [1].This paper focuses on math anxiety as it occurs in the classroom. The authors would be remiss ifthey did not acknowledge that anxiety associated with math is not only found in the classroombut even outside of academia [2]. The scope of this paper, however, will analyze commonfactors which may contribute to the emergence of math anxiety for students in academia andspecifically whether females and minority students are impacted differently from males and thegeneral holistic student population.Literature ReviewMath anxiety occurs when one lacks confidence or is hesitant when using math, as alsoevidenced from the research study of college student’s anxiety involving simple math problems.One of the biggest issues when one has math anxiety

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

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Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natalie Hobson, Sonoma State University; Therese M. Azevedo, Sonoma State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Math Anxiety: Engineering Technology Students Problem Solving Through Rational or Experiential ContextAbstractMath anxiety is a pernicious problem. The issue manifests in a variety of ways, some avoid mathcompletely, while others enact coping skills to avoid the use of math. This study surveys studentswho are pursuing Engineering Technology degrees and delves into the tendencies of the studentsand how they utilize certain types of problem-solving techniques. The survey utilized theinstrument Cognitive-Experiential Self Theory (CEST) [1]. The survey will help to learn theextent to which the students rely on the rational and experiential context of their lives

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations

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MiKyla Jean Harjamaki, Playful Learning Lab; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Krista Schumacher, University of St. Thomas; Abby Bensen, University of St. Thomas; Emma Michelle Monson, University of St. Thomas

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Mathematics

featured choreographedtreadmill dances, massive Rube Goldberg machines, and stop motion animation using laser cuttoast. This paper will focus on engineering education materials and applications for two of theband’s videos: ● “The One Moment” music video incorporates high speed photography, projectile, and flip books to make a four-minute music video out of 4.2 seconds of footage. ● “Upside Down & Inside Out” music video was filmed while simulating the effects of microgravity through parabolic flight (see Figure 1). Figure 1: “Upside Down & Inside Out” music video includes members of OK Go in microgravity.What is OK Go Sandbox? Because of

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2: Poster Presentations

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Yosi Shibberu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Mathematics

teaching an undergraduate course in deep learning in a mathematicsdepartment. Also presented are data that suggest that weak programming skills may not be assignificant an obstacle for STEM majors as the author originally feared.IntroductionDeep learning—sometime referred to colloquially as AI—is at the center of a wave of innovationthat is changing the way consumers interact with products. It is being used to solve challengingtechnical problems such as autonomous driving in unstructured environments or enabling robotsto grasp arbitrary objects. Deep learning is a special type of machine learning that automates thegeneration of useful data features. An introduction to deep learning for mathematicians isprovided by Higham et at 1 .Deep learning is

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Core Skills

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Ada E. Barach, Ohio State University; Connor Jenkins, Ohio State University; Serendipity S. Gunawardena, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

thesefundamental concepts” [1]. The first and most famous concept inventory, called the ForceConcept Inventory (FCI), was developed as a diagnostic test for force concepts in physics and waspublished by Hestenes et. al in 1992 [2]. As the use of concept inventories grew in popularity dueto the success of FCI [3, 4], more assessments were developed in areas such as physics,chemistry, astronomy, geoscience, and others [5]. Concept inventories are often given before andafter instruction (referred to as the ’pre-test’ and ’post-test’ in the literature) [4]. Thisdemonstrates the use of concept inventories as effective assessment tools. Faculty can gain insightinto student understanding and develop teaching and assessment techniques [6].In 2011, Allison Tew and

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

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Sabrine Griffith, Harvey Mudd College; Spencer Rosen, Harvey Mudd College; Eleanor Byrnes, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

cognitive load of the laboratory experience and thereby reduced learning.1 IntroductionKolb’s experiential learning theory ​[1]​ suggests that students learn from experience by cyclingbetween states of concrete experience, reflective observation, active experimentation and abstractconceptualization. This theory has been applied successfully to the design of engineeringlaboratory courses ​[2]​, and inquiry-based interventions that specifically attempt to invoke thetransition from concrete experience to reflective observation have shown some success ​[3]​. Thiswork tried to build on Kolb-based examples by examining another method of inspiringreflection: interactive questions in web-based laboratory manuals.Interactive questions in this context refer

Conference Session

Assessing Ethics Learning

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David S. Greenburg, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

exposed to formal and informalexpectations.IntroductionThe role and latitude of the engineering profession continues to change rapidly. Global issues,technological innovation, expansion of discipline boundaries, and increased professionalexpectations highlight the importance of Engineers acting ethically as they make choices duringtheir professional practice of engineering [1]. Engineering graduates are expected to havetechnical knowledge, skills, and abilities to think creatively and critically, effectivelycommunicate, and work in teams to solve challenging problems that are built on a foundation inprofessional and ethical practices, therefore the development of ethical judgment skills is a keycompetency for engineering students [2

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 4: Tips and Tools

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David Mussulman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Angrave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karle Flanagan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Natalia Ozymko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rittika Adhikari, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jacqueline Osborn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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New Engineering Educators

learning, and advising. The surveyfeedback suggested equity of staff attention and not overlooking student engagements, especiallyin large courses, as the biggest benefit of adopting the Queue.1. IntroductionThere is an increasing need to facilitate quality instruction in large enrollment courses. In orderto address this need, we have previously described the development and early use of an onlinequeuing system for education [1]. The Queue is an open-source application that allows studentsto add their name and question to an online queue (or virtual line) that is monitored by coursestaff or advisors. Students can easily access the Queue web page with a cell phone, tablet, laptop,or another device. Both students and course staff can view which

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Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

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Samantha N. Cruz, Arizona State University; Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Taylor Lightner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods

stakeholders may impact this process. Thepurpose of the current study is to investigate engineering education stakeholders’ awareness,interest, influence, and use of published research for carrying out routine tasks. 1. What is the impact of awareness, interest, influence, and use of published research on routine activities? 2. What are the associations among awareness, interest, influence, and use of published research? 3. Are there differences in levels of awareness, interest, influence, and use of published research across career tracks, work organizations, organizational roles, and types of research read/consumed? • Awarnessofpublishedresearch Cognitive

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K-12 and Bridge Experiences in Engineering Education

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Timothy Ryan Duckett, University of Toledo; Gale A. Mentzer, Acumen Research and Evaluation, LLC

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Educational Research and Methods

computational thinking in engineering and mathematics: A work in progress examining the development and validation of a non-programming assessment This work in progress presentation chronicles the development and validation of an assessment thatmeasures student computational thinking skills (CT). As evidence of the growing need to integrate CT intoproblem-solving, particularly for ambiguous, open-ended problems, the International Society forTechnology in Education created CT Competencies that coincide with the K-12 Computer ScienceFramework. In its simplest form, CT is “procedural thinking” [1] but over the past 25 years its definition hasgrown and evolved matching that of computers [2]. Definitions vary among researchers

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

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Chean Chin Ngo, California State University, Fullerton; Sang June Oh, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

BSME program designs and implements its curriculum to preparestudents in either mechanical or thermal systems. This paper is also intended to discuss how eachprogram incorporates first-year experience, hands-on laboratory experience, and capstone designexperience in the curriculum. In summary, a map of higher education in mechanical engineering-related programs is provided in the first part of this paper, while the latter part will be helpful foreducators to learn of the current mechanical engineering curriculum trends in the United States.Introduction The bachelor’s degrees awarded in mechanical engineering has increased by 84% from17,375 in 2009 to 31,936 in 2018 [1]. Most mechanical engineering programs have experiencedfirst-hand the

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Daniel Hochstein, Manhattan College

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Mechanics of Reinforced Concrete” is presentedduring the fourth week of the semester.Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts?This lesson begins with the instructor preparing the classroom before any students arrive by writingon the board the question “Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts?” and displaying a portionof a reinforced concrete beam that has previously been loaded to failure (Figure 1). Once all ofthe students all arrive, the instructor divides the class of approximately 20 students into 5 groups.He then askes each of the groups to apply the statement to the flexural strength of the beam and toeither prove the statement to be true or false. Figure 1: Reinforced Concrete Beam Displayed During the LectureAfter

Conference Session

Mechatronics and Robotics I

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Kevin Stanley McFall, Kennesaw State University; Kevin Huang, Trinity College; Hunter B. Gilbert, Louisiana State University; Musa K. Jouaneh, University of Rhode Island; He Bai, Oklahoma State University; David M. Auslander, University of California, Berkeley

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Mechatronics and Robotics Education: Standardizing Foundational Key ConceptsIntroductionThe field of Mechatronics [1] and Robotics [2] Engineering (MRE) is emerging as a distinct aca-demic discipline. Previously, courses in this field have been housed in departments of MechanicalEngineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science, instead of a standalone department orcurriculum [3–5]. More recently, single, freestanding courses have increasingly grown into coursesequences and concentrations, with entire baccalaureate and graduate degree programs now beingoffered [6–10]. The field has been legitimized in recent years with the National Center for Educa-tion

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

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Jocelyn LaChelle Jackson, University of Michigan; Jeremi S London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Stephanie G. Adams, University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

shortage of scientists and engineers [14] and thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology [10] projected that the United States willneed to produce 1 million more STEM professionals to maintain our STEM preeminence in a globalenvironment. Students in STEM majors have traditionally come from non-Hispanic White or Asianpopulations and are also typically male [12]. However, U.S. demographics are shifting, and with thiscomes an increased need for attracting and retaining students with non-traditional backgrounds. In theU.S., among the students enrolled in undergraduate STEM programs in 2016, approximately 35.5% werewomen, 6.5% were African American/African American, 10.1% were Hispanic, and less than 0.4% wereNative American/Native

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Student Division Technical Session 3

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Jayanta K. Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity

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Student

resources, such as the mentee/mentor ratio, total yearsof the undergraduate program and the local culture are some of the factors that govern the effectivenessof mentoring.Key words: role model, peer mentoring, academic counseling, sponsor, international students.IntroductionThe dictionary definition of the word ‘mentor’ is “an experienced and prudent advisor”, stemming fromthe Greek name Mentor, the advisor of the king Telemachus [1]. Mentoring differs from academiccounselling in many ways. Both the mentor and the mentee need to know each other at a personal level,and thus a stronger bond develops between the two, maintaining a lasting relationship often throughouttheir lifetime. In the ancient epics of India, Krishna became the powerful mentor of

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

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Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 MESA Center Promoting Technical LiteracyAbstractIn 2007, the first MESA Center in Texas opened at our college. After twelve years, there is astory to be told and to be proud of it.MESA, which stands for Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement, is a nationalprogram that originated in California in 1970 [1], [2]. Its purpose is to support educationallydisadvantaged students throughout the education pipeline to excel in math and science so theycan go on to attain degrees in the fields of engineering, science, and mathematics. Due to itsSTEM foundation, the MESA Center

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

in four of theCollege of Engineering’s six departments. The program has deep roots within the regionalindustrial and commercial engineering community. Before becoming its presentinterdisciplinary form, formal engineering design programs in individual departments date backto the 1960s and informally long before that.[1] Its interdisciplinary projects span a wide rangeof engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, biological, agricultural, chemical,and materials, as well as computer science.Its success with Facilities projects has a history dating back to 1998 to an interdisciplinary waterand electricity project at a remote mountain site called Taylor Wilderness Research Station.[2,3]Several more student-designed solutions to

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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Dominic Zucchini, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Justin Chau, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Matthew Neal Mutarelli, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Missouri State University; Rohit Dua, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Microcontrollers andEmbedded Systems, concentrates on three aspects of embedded system design: A briefintroduction to a typical microprocessor working, ASM programming of a typicalmicrocontroller, and typical embedded application development using C programming. It is inthis course, students are first exposed to a typical RTL design. This embedded system course isrequired for CpE majors, but an elective for EE majors. In the past, the first embedded system course concentrated on the 8051 family ofmicrocontrollers [1]. Students were exposed to a typical microcontroller core working via asimple 8051 core called the WIMP51 [1, 2]. Students implemented a project in which they add afew instructions, in the 8051 microcontroller family, to the current