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ETD - A Technology Potpourri III

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fredrick Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Leeann Reynolds

the differences.Figure 1 shows a schematic of the test set-up. It consists of a common toaster oven with a holein the side to accommodate a small diameter test sample. There is a thermocouple mounted tothe inside of the oven to monitor the temperature. A dial indicator is mounted to measure thethermal expansion of the bar. A stopwatch (not shown) is placed next to the dial indicator.Students collect data consisting of the movement of the dial indicator and the time on thestopwatch using a video camera. The use of the video camera allows the students to get accuratereadings of deflection and time for further analysis. Figure 1Overview of the Procedure:This exercise is based on the concept of thermal

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Mechanical Engineering: Online Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bo Yu, University of Wisconsin - Platteville

price is far beyond the affordability of the students. There is usually softwaresuch as MATLAB, Simulink, and Python that can be used to model control systems and simulatethe responses. However, it would still hinder students from observing the real application of thetheory. In the past few years, Arduino microcontrollers have been used widely in controlseducation due to its low-cost and portability [1-3]. To enhance students’ learning at home and helpstudents connect the theoretical knowledge to actual situations, this paper shares the experience ofincorporating a cost-effective and portable experimental platform into the automatic controlslaboratory course. Each student receives a lab kit to experiment with modeling and control fromhome

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Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Dorribo Camba; Kristin Bartlett, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

STEMprofessionals to solve problems in the real world [1]. Performance on spatial ability assessmentsis correlated with selection and performance in STEM courses [2].Though spatial ability testing has a long history, more recently, many researchers are finding thatsome widely-used spatial tests are confounded by other factors that do not necessarily fit with thetraditional definition of spatial ability. This paper discusses a potential limitation of the PurdueSpatial Visualizations Test of Rotations (PSVT:R) [3], which was designed to measure spatialability, and is one of the most commonly used tests of spatial ability in engineering designgraphics research [4].The PSVT:R consists of 30 multiple-choice questions that are presented in an analogous

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Monica McGill, CSEdResearch.org; Leigh Ann DeLyser; Angelica Thompson; Eric Snow; Stephanie Wortel-London; Luronne Vaval

Powered by www.slayte.comCentering and Exploring Capacity for Schools toOffer Equitable CS Education (Work in Progress) Monica M. McGill1 , Eric Snow2 , Leigh Ann DeLyser3 , Stephanie Wortel-London4 , and Luronne Vaval5 1 CSEdResearch.org 2 Evidence-Centered Research and Evaluation 3, 4, 5 CSforALL 1 monica@csedresearch.org, 2 evidence.centered@gmail.com, 3 leighann@csforall.org, 4 stephanie@csforall.org, 5 luronne@csforall.org April 21, 2022 Abstract A school’s

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Design and Robotics

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Chandra Asthana, Elizabeth City State University; Kuldeep Rawat, Elizabeth City State University; Paul Gordy, Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach

problems andhands-on lab activities illustrate new approaches to introduce students to graphical techniquesand robotics through excel software and scope of laboratory experiences, respectively. Thecourse trains students how to use excel tool to graph and interpret the data through visualizationand introduce them to simple computer programming for path planning and navigation of robots.The initial observations and results are in favor of promoting visualizations and concepts ofrobotics.IntroductionVisualization and robotics are rapidly developing disciplines in engineering and science. The useof visual aids in learning process has been recognized by many educators and researchers [1-3].Various studies report that 75 percent of all information

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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Arash Takshi; Chris Ferekides, University of South Florida

). Along with acquiring new knowledge in the realm of electronic circuits,the students are expected to enhance their skills of analyzing and designing circuits. The skilldevelopment requires practicing various circuits through examples and assignments [1, 2]. Theauthor, a faculty member of a large south-eastern public university, has offered weeklyassignments, quizzes, and exams to his classes over the last 11 years and from own experiencerealized that the traditional feedback system of grading students’ works by TAs and returningthem days or weeks after their submissions was not effective enough.Giving feedback to students has been recognized as an essential element in the education systemsfrom kindergarten to college. While numerical grades have

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Computers in Education 9 - Technology I

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheng Liu, University of Wisconsin - Stout; jian chang, Texas Instruments, Inc.

discuss what can be done in an electronics course to possibly retain students in ECEprograms.Microprocessors, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and microcontrollers are all essentialcomponents in electronic systems. The electronics course offers two levels of design experiencesto students: 1) circuits and electronics and 2) PCB designs for manufacturability. These twoexperiences incorporate microcontroller and environmental sensor interfaces, in addition toBluetooth connectivity and motor driver integration. As a result, this allows students to use thecircuit interfaces on their PCB to build complex systems for smart home, automation, mobile,and industrial applications.Herein, we detail the incorporation of PCB development in the

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PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aziz Shekh-Abed, Ruppin Academic Center; Nael Barakat, The University of Texas at Tyler

circumstances.Keywords: Project-based learning, electronics students, COVID-19 pandemic, distance learningIntroduction Project-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered learning strategy that aims to foster deeperlearning through active exploration of real-world problems [1]. PBL enables students to learn bydoing, applying ideas, and solving real-world problems [2]. In addition, PBL provides room forindividualized learning and achievement while working within a team environment. Implementing PBL among high school students has shown promising results [3]. PBL resultedin improved students’ cognitive ability and problem-solving skills while dealing with complexengineering problems. In light of these findings, PBL was introduced to high school studentsbefore

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Statics and Dynamics Topics

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

stiffness, keff . Theeffective lumped damping of a mechanical system is determined by equating the energydissipated over one vibration cycle to that of a viscous damper with an effective coefficient, ceff 1 .When multiple lumped stiffnesses or masses are involved as part of a larger system, it may bepossible to combine them together to determine the equivalent or overall stiffness or mass, whichwill be explored in more depth. For complex, real-world setups, lumped parameters may beestimated from the step 2 or frequency response of the system.In this paper, the spring connectivity diagram (SCD) approach is introduced as a way to combinethe stiffnesses of a system of springs and continuous elements such as beams, rods, and bars. Inadvanced texts 3

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Peer Mentoring/Learning, Teaching Assistants, and Career Mentorship

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University; Andre Phillion, McMaster University; Shelir Ebrahimi, McMaster University

of Teaching Assistants in a First-yearEngineering Course During the PandemicAbstractThis complete evidence-based practice paper examines the synergy of the roles of TAs (teachingassistants) and IAIs (instructional assistant interns) in the remote teaching and learning of anewly redesigned level 1 Engineering course. This study asks: In what ways do the similaritiesand differences among IAIs’ and TAs’ roles and responsibilities enhance first-year students’learning experience in an online course amid the pandemic?Using the lenses of collaborative teaching and community of practice (CoP), we examined howTAs and IAIs perceived their roles as they worked together to mentor first-year students. Ananonymous and voluntary online self-assessment

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Pedagogy in Chemical Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Adler, University of Washington

students performing better relative to themean. A seventh year of data collected during 100% remote teaching (due to the Covid-19pandemic) is more difficult to interpret, but exhibits some of the same favorable features in thegrade distribution. This paper also describes some of our practical observations and challenges insuccessfully implementing a flipped class.MotivationThe last 25-30 years has brought a significant revolution in K-12 education, incorporatingprinciples of formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and effective classroommanagement [1, 2]. These principles have become foundational for teacher training programsthroughout the U.S., much like thermodynamics, kinetics, and transport phenomena are widelyrecognized as

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CIT Division Technical Session #7

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhang, University of Louisville

: 1 • Participants from outside of the host institution: • Participants from institutions with limited 8 of 10 research: 5 of 10 • Participants from underrepresented groups: 3 of 10Geographically, four of the students are from Kentucky. The six out-of-state students include one fromeach of the six states: California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and Arkansas. These areasspan across from the East Coast and the Midwest to the West Coast, covering three different time zonesincluding Eastern, Central, and Pacific. Given that California is 3 hours behind the EST, we tried tomake online events asynchronous whenever possible. For our group meetings and other

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Innovative Changes to the Typical Civil Engineering Coursework.

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Besser, University of St. Thomas; Anna Roiger, University of St. Thomas; Nick Pawlak; Emma Sullivan, University of St. Thomas

lifelong learning plan tosupport one’s own professional development. Additionally, the civil engineer should advocatefor lifelong learning in the practice of civil engineering [1].In addition to the practical need for an ability to acquire new knowledge and the professionalendorsement of this need, there is a recent and compelling justification for students to developnew knowledge using appropriate learning strategies. Recent challenges including pandemicstress, shifting learning delivery systems, mental health complications, loss of learningcommunities and decreased student motivation have sharpened the need to understand learningmotivation in the context of wellbeing. By providing learners with an understanding of how theylearn and how learning

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jayanta Banerjee, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

departments,namely, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and General Engineering (which is termed BasicEngineering in the US and Canadian engineering schools) had already made the situation complex for thestudents and difficult for their instructors, even before the calamity of COVID-19. In regular, conventionalclasses, during the in-presence lectures and on-the-table demonstrations, such heterogeneity ofbackground preparation among students coming from different departments, was partially controlled bythe instructor [1]. While the Industrial Engineering (IE) undergraduates are more familiar with thestatistical tools in data analyses and their interpretations (for having taken several courses in StatisticsandProbability Theories a priori

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LEES 3: Assessing/Addressing Mental Health

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey Beddoes, San Jose State University; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Powered by www.slayte.com In Their Own Words: How Aspects of Engineering Education Undermine Students’ Mental HealthIntroductionSeveral recent studies have documented high rates of mental health struggles among engineeringstudents [1]–[4]. To date, however, studies of mental health in engineering have been limited toprimarily quantitative surveys. This paper advances the research landscape by presenting findingsfrom an interview study with current and former engineering students. The interview data can helpexplain quantitative findings from previous studies and provide deeper insights into relationshipsbetween engineering culture and mental health. Semi-structured interviews were conducted withfourteen undergraduate

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Mathematics Division Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Koenig, University of Virginia

tounderstand the potential outcomes of the credit/no credit decision on student learning.Literature Review Student motivation is one factor that influences learning outcomes in a course. In thisstudy, there were at least three major factors that influenced student motivation that were uniqueto the Fall 2020 course relative to offerings prior to Spring 2020. Stress brought on by thepandemic would be expected to impact motivation [1]. All students were impacted by thepandemic, and although the magnitude would be expected to differ widely for each individualstudent, such factors are challenging to quantitatively assess. Additionally, students wereadapting to a primarily (if not entirely) online learning environment as opposed to the typical allin

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Aerospace Division Technical Session: New and Innovative Technologies in Aerospace

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dustin Birch, Weber State University

capability of a liquid fuel rocket. To date, only a few hybrid rocket designshave been developed to a production level configuration. This type of rocket motor technology remainslargely in the experimental domain. [1]The Concept Hybrid Rocket Demonstrator (CHRD) is a small scale, modular, low-cost hybrid rocketdesign, for use in hybrid rocket research as well as educational applications in senior capstonecurriculum for an undergraduate Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or Engineering Technologyprogram. Basic research activities include investigations of rocket fuel types and fuel grain portconfigurations, ignition systems, oxidizer delivery systems, rocket nozzle materials and aerodynamics,instrumentation schemes, and analytic modeling of rocket

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 5: Strategies for Increasing Classroom Engagement

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Deborah Hecht

data, the authors propose a five-element model forimplementation of STEM flipped classrooms. This model includes three student- focused andtwo instructor-focused elements.Literature ReviewThe research shows that many students are more interested in multimedia learning than usinga textbook (1). This provides a unique opportunity to use a flipped classroom model withmultimedia supports that can be accessed outside of class. Multimedia resources can takevaried forms including voice over Power Point, sourced videos, multimedia created by theinstructor. Bishop and Verleger (2) provide a survey of flipped classroom research inengineering and testing model-eliciting activities (3) and the many types of multimediaresources that can be used in flipped

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Empathy, Metacognitive Skills, and Perceptions of Success

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Lunn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cristi Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

weeks, 24 engineering students from five academicinstitutions were prompted to self-reflect and consider their pathways to and within theirdiscipline. Zaki’s framework of empathy served as the guiding lens through which weinvestigated: 1) How does an eight-week, extra-curricular, story-focused learning program affectstudents’ perceptions and levels of empathy? and 2) How does story-focused pedagogy impactstudents’ interpersonal interactions? Over the course of the program, we explored students’empathy development and their interpersonal interactions using a mixed methods approach.Students completed Davis’ Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) at the start and end of theprogram, along with providing their definitions of empathy. They also

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hans Mayer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andres Elzaurdia; Christian Clephan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Arturo Flores

useful data be collected? Can thedata be shared, or crowd-sourced, in such a way that the student community benefits from adiversity of experiments? Regarding data collection, given the ubiquity and power of an ordinarysmartphone – packed with various sensors and cameras - this seems like a natural choice. Theliterature contains examples of the use of smart phones and tablets for their sensors and imagingcapabilities in activities to support teaching of coupled oscillators [1], projectile motion [2], androlling motion [3], as examples. The authors of this paper were motivated to explore the use ofsmartphone-gathered data from at-home experiments in the context of an undergraduateengineering fluid mechanics course. But how to do this and for what

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Academic Progress, Retention, and Mathematics

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Elmore, State University of New York at Binghamton; Melissa Simonik; Meghan Crist, State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton

series. These responses contributed to a significant change to the first-year calculus courses in 2016 which had successful results in student outcomes. With thereduction in the aforementioned challenges in calculus, the focus has now been expanded tostudying the performance of students in their science and engineering courses with the goal ofimproving their perceived performance in those courses.This expanded study utilizes the same survey format as a previous study [1] with additionalmultiple-choice questions for science and engineering courses. These questions ask how wellstudents perceive they are doing in their math, science, and engineering courses, which campusresources they are utilizing for help, how hard they perceive the class to be

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Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lani Draper, Texas A&M University

from face-to-face toonline delivery while the university administration pushed for more student engagement. Ourchallenge was to reach a broader audience and develop content relevant to their immediate needswhile at the same time introducing them to our department and providing a means for them tocontinue their development with a wide range of workshops, on-demand content, and training.This lightning talk will briefly show how the department developed the curriculum, deliveredworkshops serving a large number of faculty during this shift in course delivery, and (byanalyzing registration and attendance data and web analytics) learned how to serve faculty in thefuture. 1. IntroductionAt the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, faculty

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ECE Division Technical Session 4: Student-centered Learning and Teaching Methodologies

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuchen Huang, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

students’ learning experience.We have found that SCTM worked well to help students’ learning experience across a diversestudent population, and they promoted DEI. The effectiveness of these SCTM is quantitativelyexamined by assessing the students’ satisfaction with the learning process and their exam scoresfor courses with and without these practices implemented. We believe that our implementation ofSCTM is effective and can be replicated elsewhere.1. Introduction and MotivationMany new faculty members struggle to become effective instructors. Teaching undergraduateand graduate Electrical and Computer Engineering courses poses its own challenge since most ofthe concepts are complex and abstract. Students often find some of the lecture slides

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Mechanical Engineering: Fluids, Heat Transfer

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jack Elliott, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Kevin Roberts

users, we sought to develop an interactive,no-cost learning tool for teaching PIV basics. To accomplish this goal, we first identified keyaspects of PIV data and processing most relevant to PIV output quality, to include image density,particle image diameters, and interrogation region size [1, 2]. With these parameters identified,we developed a synthetic image generator in the Python coding language for the purpose ofallowing learners to explore the impacts of each parameter by defining, generating, andanalyzing synthetic PIV images. To increase the accessibility of this tool, we incorporated thesynthetic image generator into a Django web framework [3] and hosted the site through theHeroku web-hosting platform [4] to create the final tool

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Computers in Education 2 - Programming 2

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Vahid, University of California, Riverside; David May, University of California, Riverside

new possibilities. The paper describes a heuristic,incorporated into a tool, that automatically awards points to students for following anincremental development process. The heuristic uses a deplete/replenish approach (similar to"energy level" in video games). Violations of incremental development rules deplete a student'sincremental-development points. One kind of violation is exceeding an added-code thresholdbetween runs, such as adding no more than 20 lines, to encourage incremental development.Another violation is an autograder submission-separation threshold, such as 1 minute, todiscourage spamming the auto-grader and instead to encourage self-testing. The heuristic scalesthe depletion proportional to the extent of the violation. To

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Empathy, Metacognitive Skills, and Perceptions of Success

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Kendrick Langenbach, Northeastern University

provides students with more valuable information about engineering designprocess, but also is capable of educating the everyday person about the basics of engineering aswell as the importance of an innovative approach.IntroductionThis paper shares a sample project illustrating a new teaching approach via innovation. One of theeducational objectives of the Experiential Engineering Education [1]-[2] and this paper is to reformengineering education by moving away from the boundaries of traditional classroom-basedapproaches to project-based approaches using real world situations. This new teaching approachcan improve the effectiveness of engineering education.This work was carried out within the framework of an innovative teaching approach used in

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Biomedical Engineering Division: Integrating Design Across the BioE/BME Curriculum

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa Taylor, University of Washington

Powered by www.slayte.com Integrating Universal Design and Accessibility into Bioengineering CurriculumDefined as the design of products and environments to be useable by all people, to the greatestextent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design, universal design (UD) andits associated principles [1] offer a framework for teaching students how to design products for adiverse set of users. Despite the importance of preparing students to design inclusive productswhich are accessible to individuals with a broad range of abilities, these topics are not commonlyaddressed in engineering curricula. Our aim is to make teaching UD and accessibility toundergraduates more manageable by

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CIT Division Technical Session #11

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; Jonathan Ramirez

. 11- IntroductionMagnetohydrodynamics (MHD; also magneto-fluid dynamics or hydromagnetic) is the study of the magneticproperties and behavior of electrically conducting fluids. Examples of such magnetofluids include plasmas, liquidmetals, salt water, and electrolytes. The word "magnetohydrodynamics" is derived frommagneto- meaning magnetic field, hydro- meaning water, and dynamics meaning movement. The field of MHDwas initiated by Hannes Alfvén,[1] for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1970.The fundamental concept behind MHD is that magnetic fields can induce currents in a moving conductive fluid[2],which in turn polarizes the fluid and reciprocally changes the magnetic field itself. The set of equations thatdescribe MHD are a

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Admissions, Transfer Pathways, and Major Selection

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Elmore, State University of New York at Binghamton; Koenraad Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Nicole Alfarano, State University of New York at Binghamton

choice questions: (1) What is your intended engineering major? (2) How sureare you of your decision? In these initial years of the study the results of the two-question surveywere compared with the actual end-of-semester or end-of-year declaration numbers. In an effortto know more about the impact of the program as well as what factors influenced studentdecisions in the 2020/2021 academic year, the authors needed to be able to track individualstudent responses to their declarations. To do this, the surveys were no longer anonymous and asecond survey was added at the end of the semester to see what factors influenced the decisions.Like most other programs, the 2020/2021 academic year was heavily impacted by COVID-19pandemic related restrictions

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CIT Division Technical Session #3

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Ellis; Godmar Back, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Walter Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kirk Cameron, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Crystal Pee

. The research group has expanded access to systems research to a broader group of students, many of whom have continued in the field. The assessment revealed that students are benefitting from the knowledge acquired and exchanged within the research group. This report is designed to share approaches we have implemented thus far, outcomes, and a reflection on areas for future improvement. KeywordsUndergraduate research, diversity, inclusion, computer systems, practical skills, high impactpractices. 1 IntroductionThe field of computer systems has a woefully low representation of women and people ofcolor. Our research team is designed to broaden participation in computer systems byproviding a positive undergraduate research experience. Early