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Focus on ETAC Accreditation

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Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Lorrington A. Hamilton, New York City College of Technology; Luis Alberto Aponte, New York City College of Technology; Sergey Drabkin, New York City College of Technology; Mauricio Cardenas, New York City College of Technology

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is organized as follows, in the following section, we describe our assessmentmodel, including the course used for assessment and its structure, the selected performanceindicators for the scoring rubric, details of the two laboratory assignments designed to assess theprogram-specific criteria and examples of the recently-added final design projects for assessmentof students’ design abilities. Then, the next section describes the assessment implementation,including an overview of the collaboration between the assessment coordinator and instructors.After that, the following section presents the assessment results and lists the cycles for datacollection and analysis of assessment. Then, in a different section, online teaching, we discuss

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2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

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Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Paper ID #35224Studying the Experience of Electrical and Computer Engineering Studentsin a Face-to-Face Electronics Laboratory Course during COVID-19 PandemicDr. Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Siddharth Vyas is a full-time lecturer of Electrical Engineering at the California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in circuits and electronics. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Instrumentation at the Medicaps Institute of Technology and Management, Indore, India, and an MS in Electrical Engineering

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Thermal Fluid Related

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Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University; Eric Marsh, Pennsylvania State University; Stephen Lynch, Pennsylvania State University; H. J. Sommer III, Pennsylvania State University; Sean N. Brennan, Pennsylvania State University; Tak-Sing Wong, The Pennsylvania State University; Brian M. Foley, The Pennsylvania State University; Jean-Michel Mongeau, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel H. Cortes, Penn State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

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Paper ID #32607A New Approach to Equip Students to Solve 21st-Century GlobalChallenges: Integrated Problem-Based Mechanical Engineering LaboratoryDr. Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Siu Ling Leung is an Assistant Teaching Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Pennsylvania State University. She is developing a new engineering laboratory curriculum to empower students’ cognition skills and equipped them to solve real-world challenges. Her past engineering education experience includes undergraduate curriculum management, student advising

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Virtual Instruction of Chemical Engineering Courses

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Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University

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Paper ID #34768Operation and Student Perceptions of a Large-scale, In-person UnitOperations Laboratory Course During the Covid-19 PandemicDr. Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University Andrew Maxson is an assistant professor of practice in chemical engineering at The Ohio State University where he teaches Chemical Engineering Unit Operations. He earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Ohio State. Having worked as a manufacturing process engineer for ten years, his focus is on optimizing the process of teaching, as well as hands-on

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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Steven M. Beyer, United States Air Force Academy; Brian James Neff, United States Air Force Academy

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

was a squadron commander for the 746th Test Squadron at Holloway Air Force Base where he directed developmental test activities for GPS and Inertial Navigation Systems. Col Neff is a 2007 graduation of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School and continues to be adjunct faculty there, teaching Fundamentals of Electronic Warfare and Electro-Optics. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 µSAFABOT: A Robotics Learning Platform for a Hands-On Laboratory Based Approach in an Introductory ECE CourseAbstract This paper focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of an introductoryelectrical and computer engineering course

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1: Mechanical and CAD Track

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Nina T. Jones, University of Florida; Sean R. Niemi, University of Florida; Matthew J. Traum, Engineer Inc.

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

contract engineer at Engineer Inc., a Gainesville education enterprise that designs and distributes STEM laboratory kits to remote learners. She is currently working as an intern in an effort to expand her scope to the aerospace field.Dr. Sean R. Niemi, University of Florida Sean R. Niemi is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UF, and founder of the MERGE (MEchanical engineeRing desiGn pEdagogy) Lab focusing his research and teaching efforts on Capstone Design, Mechanical Design, Design for Manufacturing, and Instrumentation Design. Sean co-advises the UF Rocket Team (Swamp Launch), mentoring a group of interdisciplinary students in developing a 10,000 ft. apogee rocket for the

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Biomedical Engineering Postcard Session (Best of Works in Progress)

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Elizabeth Mays, Michigan State University; Valerie A. Troutman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Geoffrey William John Grimm; Elizabeth Rose Pollack, Michigan State University ; Michele J. Grimm, Michigan State University

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Biomedical Engineering

Paper ID #33650Work in Progress: Creative Biomechanics Project Using an InteractiveDigital Experience as an Alternative Laboratory (IDEAL) – Phase 2Dr. Elizabeth Mays, Michigan State University Elizabeth earned her BSE and MSE in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. She then earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Elizabeth is currently a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Michigan State University, with a focus on Engineering Education research, specifically with using creative teaching methods to encourage student engagement, learning, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Matt Frye, Oregon Institute of Technology; Wendy Michelle Olson, Washington State University-Vancouver

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an Assistant Professor of Communication at Oregon Institute of Technology, where he pri- marily teaches technical and professional writing courses. At OIT, Matt is also the Technical Commu- nication Curriculum Coordinator for both primary university campuses and their online campus and the chair of the university Assessment Commission’s executive committee.Wendy Michelle Olson, Washington State University-Vancouver American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Multidimensional Linguistic Analysis of Multiple Undergraduate Writing SamplesCollected from Engineering Students in Entry-Level Laboratory Courses at ThreeUniversitiesAbstract:This study aims to identify

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Lessons Learned from Remote Teaching in an Internationally Dual Degree Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic Rossana Villa-Rojas and Mei Lu Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-LincolnKeywordsESL students, remote teaching, COVID-19 pandemic, dual degree program, faculty paper.AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic forced education systems worldwide to adopt online teaching andlearning. Faculty faced challenges to provide high quality instruction, activities and keepstudents engaged in a virtual classroom. International students residing outside the geographiclocation of their teaching

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 3: Education Track

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Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho

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, provided as an alumni gift, make for an experiencethat student find to provide them an advantage in their first round of job interviews and on theirfirst career positions.References[1] Herbert L. Hess, Joseph D. Law, and Brian K. Johnson, “New three-Level UndergraduateCurriculum for Teaching Electrical Energy Subjects,” Annual Conference of the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, June 2004, pp. 9.945.1-9.945-8.[2] Herbert L. Hess, “The Minty Boost® as an Exciting Laboratory Experience in LearningPower Electronics and Instrumentation,” Annual Conference of the American Society forEngineering Education, Seattle, June 2015, pp. 26.1581.1-26.1581.10.[3] Daniel W. Hart, Power Electronics, First Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill

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2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Victor S. Frost

not keep track of any student responses; the interactive questions are included to provide rapid feedback regarding their understanding of the material. Broadly, the questions are either True/False or require a numerical solution. The True/False questions often address system performance trends and trade-offs. Figure 9 contains several examples of in-line questions. Remote Learning This ebook supported the remote teaching of the fundamental concepts of communication systems in the spring of 2021. The EECS 562 Introduction to Communication Systems course at the University of Kansas is a four-hour class including a laboratory. For many years the existing laboratory used the TIMS (Telecommunication Instructional Modelling System) system from

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Aurenice M. Oliveira

to the industry with the latest technologies in their fields.Most of the instructors, however, face the challenge of teaching both non-majors and majors,sometimes even in the same classroom. The aim of this article is to discuss the main challengesand to share teaching methods that the author has used to encourage active learning andengagement among major and non-major students in an Electrical Engineering Technologyprogram. The author addresses the use of technology for teaching, the use of lecture timeeffectively, the importance of well-designed laboratory experiments, and use of simulation tools.Assessment tools have indicated that the teaching methods used have been successful in meetingthe teaching goals.Keywords: engineering education

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Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton

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Chemical Engineering

applications in separation pro- cesses and the design of advanced composite materials. About engineering educational research, Vasquez is working on the analysis of assessment methods to improve teamwork, open-ended laboratory experi- ments, active learning, and implementing computational tools to understand chemical engineering con- cepts. Vasquez has a vast experience teaching the Unit Operation Laboratories for six years and has taught many other junior-level chemical engineering courses.Dr. Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton Michael Elsass is the Director of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his B.Ch.E in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton and his M.S. and

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Nicole Wagner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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study of remote, hands-on, and simulated laboratories.” ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, vol. 14, issue 2, pp. 1-27, Aug 2007. https://doi.org/10.1145/1275511.1275513.[10] C. Viegas, A. Pavani, N. Lima, A. Marques, I. Pozzo, E. Dobboletta, V. Atencia, D. Barreto, F. Calliari, A. Fidalgo, D. Lima, G. Temporao, and G. Alves, “Impact of a remote lab on teaching practices and student learning.” Computers and Education, vol. 126, pp. 201-216, Nov 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.07.012.[11] M. Brereton, S. Sheppard, and L. Leifer, "How students connect engineering fundamentals to hardware design: observations and implications for the design of curriculum and assessment methods

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

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Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Risa D. Hartman, University of Texas at Austin

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Pre-College Engineering Education

educators from schools with higher needs, suchas larger number of at-risk students or higher drop-out rates. After completing safety training and receiving basic information about lithography,laboratory tools’ use and scientific background of their projects, teachers start their research asmembers of a faculty research group, mentored by a trained graduate student. At the end of theprogram, teachers are expected to prepare and present a scientific poster to summarize theirresearch and a lesson plan that will be implemented during the following school year and submittedto the website Teach Engineering [22]. The lesson plan presentation always registers highattendance from NASCENT faculty and staff, administrators and teachers from the school

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2008 GSW

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Steve Menhart

Session 17-2 Teaching a Modern Digital Systems Design Course: How to Select the Appropriate Programmable Devices and Software? Steve Menhart Department of Engineering Technology University of Arkansas at Little Rock AbstractFaculty face many tradeoffs and choices when they are called upon to select the programmablelogic and associated software that they will use in their digital courses and that is the primaryfocus of this paper. The integrated lecture/laboratory digital systems design course in

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Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

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M Abdullah Canbaz, Indiana University Kokomo; KeeJoh OHearon; Michael McKee, Indiana University Kokomo; Md Nour Hossain

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Computing and Information Technology

stronger than imagined. system for achieving this end goal. ● Lack of User Knowledge and Awareness: the sophisticated functionality of IoTs requires Our study aims to create a guideline for establishing serious awareness of the threats and reasonably affordable, relevant IoT cybersecurity vulnerabilities [16], [17]. Users’ lack of laboratories configured primarily for use at teaching knowledge can make them victims of social institutions. Furthermore, we deliver a set of engineering attacks. algorithms that can be used to better

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

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Ramsin Khoshabeh, University of California, San Diego; Vikash Gilja

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Electrical and Computer

would have studentsbuild a complete system from start to finish, expose them to a broad spectrum of the ECE areasof focus, and require that they apply architectural thinking in designing and applying goodsoftware development principles. Furthermore, we designed the course to be a mostly-flippedclassroom to maximize student engagement and support. Considering that it is a hands-oncourse, we went to great lengths to make sure that the student project kits would be easilyaccessible and not require the students to utilize a laboratory environment.Related WorksWhen we consider hands-on education using embedded systems, we stand on the shoulders ofgiants. In designing this course, we worked closely with our Teaching and Learning Commons toincorporate

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Perspectives on Engineering Education During COVID-19

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Amr Hassan, University of Pittsburgh; Ahmed Dallal, University of Pittsburgh; Mohamed A. S. Zaghloul, University of Pittsburgh

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New Engineering Educators

National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) administered through Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A Survey-Based Study of Students’ Perspective on Different Remote Teaching Styles During COVID-19AbstractAfter the outbreak of the coronavirus in early 2020, most educational institutions worldwide hadto rapidly switch to online learning as a precautionary measure. The sudden change in the teachingstyle had left both the instructors and the students with a lot to do in just a short period of time.Many challenges and obstacles in the new learning environment hindered the

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Multidisciplinary Experiences: Teaching in a Pandemic

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Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #32492Transition from the F2F to the Online Teaching Method During EmergencyStatus (Engineering Emergency Remote Learning)Dr. Bahaa Ansaf, Colorado State University - Pueblo B. Ansaf received a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering /Aerospace and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in me- chanical engineering from the University of Baghdad in 1996 and 1999, respectively. From 2001 to 2014, he has been an Assistant Professor and then Professor with the Mechatronics Engineering Department, Baghdad University. During 2008 he has been a Visiting Associate professor at Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT. During 2010 he has

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Working Against Unjust Social Forces

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Anna Marie LaChance, University of Connecticut; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut; Danielle Gan, University of Connecticut; Justyn James Paquette Welsh, University of Connecticut; Thomas James Pauly, University of Connecticut; Patrick Paul, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

undergraduate studying Chemical Engineering in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut with a minor in Environmental Engi- neering. He is both a highly motivated college student and an academically excelling learner. Thomas currently assists Dr. McCutcheon as an undergraduate teaching assistant for the course ”CHEG 3128: Chemical Engineering Junior Laboratory” in the UConn School of Engineering. He is also an active undergraduate research assistant studying the economic impact of ground-level ozone concentrations on American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021

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2008 GSW

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Farrokh Attarzadeh; Enrique Barbieri; Ankur Shukla; Prafulla Kesari

. Gallardo, Enrique Barbieri, “Toward Best Laboratory Management Practices,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, UTPA, March 28-30. 3. Farrokh Attarzadeh, Victor J. Gallardo, Deniz Gurkan, Enrique Barbieri, “Teaching and Graduate Assistants Training,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, UTPA, March 28-30.FARROKH ATTARZADEHDr. Attarzadeh is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology Department, College ofTechnology at the University of Houston. He teaches software programming, operating systems, digitallogic, and is in charge of the senior project course in the Computer Engineering Technology Program. Hehas developed a concept

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Capstone Design

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Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

-2021 to explore these questions. Though diverse inIn various educational settings, peer teaching and peer-assisted learning have been used as a way nature, they were united by the theme of students teaching and learning from each other.to promote student motivation and engagement and as a cost-effective way to supplementtraditional instruction [4] [5] [6] [7]. One strategy used in engineering schools is the use of 2019-2020 Capstone Design Project: Adding Arduinos to the first-year curriculum. Duringcapstone teams to design new experimental apparatus and develop instructional materials for the 2019-2020 AE capstone design cycle a faculty-defined capstone project with education as itsundergraduate teaching laboratories [8

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Manufacturing Division Technical Session - Online and Remote Learning Communities

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Taher M. Abu-Lebdeh P.E., North Carolina A&T University (Tech)

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Manufacturing

part of the consortium DOE project. This programhas several objectives:1) Through active teaching early college, as well as high-school students the modeling andmodels development and production using computer programs, as well as 3D-printing.2) Contribute to the success of existing STEM programs, by giving them case studies andapplications that Improve students' learning and communication skills3) Preparing skilled and qualified technicians that industry and research laboratories are inhuge need, after this revolution created by 3D-printing and new manufacturing.4) Make the early-college and high-school students aware of what happening in advancedmanufacturing (AM) applications to increase their awareness and interest in trackinguniversity

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Faculty Development 2: COVID-19 Impact on Faculty

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Dani Fadda P.E., University of Texas at Dallas; Oziel Rios, University of Texas at Dallas; Roopa Vinay, University of Texas at Dallas

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39.13% VirtualBefore the start of the Fall semester of 2020, the teaching modalities offered at our university werefinalized and named as: ‘Traditional Classroom/Laboratory,’ ‘Blended Hybrid,’ ‘Flexible mode,’‘Remote Virtual,’ and ‘Online.’ These are described below, and faculty were given a choice amongthese modalities to best suit their courses.All modalities must include video recordings of the lectures using cameras installed in theclassrooms to allow asynchronous viewing of the lectures with ADA compliant subtitles andtranscripts for students who cannot be on campus due to the pandemic. The traditional, the blendedhybrid, and the flexible modalities include face-to-face instruction with social distancing andpersonal protective

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Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

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Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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, K.W. Pritchard and R.M. Sawyer, Eds. Westport, CN, USA, Greenwood Press, 1994, ch. 5, pp. 85-98.[32] W. H. Leonard, “The laboratory classroom,” in Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, K.W. Pritchard and R.M. Sawyer, Eds. Westport, CN, USA, Greenwood Press, 1994, ch. 10, pp. 155-169.[33] M. L. Holshue, “First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States,” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 382, pp. 929-936, 2020.[34] President’s Office, private communication, March 2020.[35] KY3, “Missouri Reports 1st Coronavirus Death,” March 18, 2020.[36] R. Thebault, A. Hauslohner, and J. Dupree, “U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100,” The Washington Post, March 17, 2020.[37] AJMC Staff, “A Timeline of

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Design Teams 2

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Swapneel Thite P.E., University of New South Wales; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, NASA Headquarters; Eliathamby Ambikairajah, University of New South Wales

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Design in Engineering Education

undergraduate science laboratory classes," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 463-492, 2017, doi: 10.1002/tea.21373.[45] M. edx. "Working in Teams: A Practical Guide." Framework for Effective Teamwork Assessment inCollaborative Learning and Problem Solving (accessed 08/03/2021.[46] P.-N. Chou and C.-C. Chang, "Small or large? The effect of group size on engineering students’ learning satisfaction in project design courses," EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 10, p. 1579, 2018.[47] L. Daniela and A. Rūdolfa, "Learning platforms: How to make the right choice," in Didactics of Smart Pedagogy: Springer, 2019, pp. 191-209.[48] K. D. McConnell, E. M

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Haridas Kumarakuru, Northeastern University

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Study and Survey, ASEE Conference Proceeding, AC 2012-3390.9. Bala Maheswaran, Impact of a Design Project on Engineering Physics: Does motor design project motivate students? ASEE Conference Proceeding, AC 2013.10. Veljko Potkonjak, Michael Gardner, Victor Callaghan, Pasi Mattila, Christian Guetl, Vladimir M. Petrovi, Kosta Jovanovi, Virtual laboratories for education in science, technology, and engineering: A review, Computers & Education 95 (2016) 309-32711. MJ.Callaghan, K.McCusker, J.Lopez Losada, JG.Harkin and S.Wilson, Teaching Engineering Education using Virtual Worlds and Virtual Learning Environments, 2009 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control, and Telecommunication Technologies12. Al Ghamdi

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The Curriculum at Two-year College's Engineering Technology and Engineering Transfer Programs

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Paper ID #33022The Wild World of Wireless in the 2020s – What do we Need to be Teaching?Prof. Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College Gary J. Mullett, a Professor of Electronics Technology and Department Chair, presently teaches in the Applied Engineering Technology Group at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) located in Springfield, MA. A long time faculty member and consultant to local business and industry, Mullett has provided leadership and initiated numerous curriculum reforms as either the Chair or Co-Department Chair of the four technology degree programs that formerly constituted the

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Han-Way Huang; Nannan He

wereshipped. More than 95% of mobile phones, 90% of hard drive controllers, 40% digital TVs andset-top boxes, 15% microcontrollers, and 20% mobile computers are using the ARM processors.To keep up with the embedded industry change, we have updated the contents of ourmicrocontroller courses with the goal to keep up with the technology change and make ourgraduates more marketable. We have taught the ARM Cortext-M4 MCU in our secondmicrocontroller course and plan to also teach the simpler version of the ARM Cortex-M MCU inour first microcontroller course.Three major issues must be addressed in order to teach a new microcontroller. First, we need tochoose an appropriate Cortex-M4 demo board for students to perform laboratory experimentsand design