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Advances in Additive, Hybrid, and Digital Manufacturing Education

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #29831Remotely Accessible Injection Molding Machine for ManufacturingEducation: Lessons LearnedDr. Sheng-Jen ”Tony” Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano manufactur- ing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation laboratory at

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

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James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville; Aly Farag, University of Louisville; Asem Ali, University of Louisville; Islam Alkabbany, University of Louisville; Marci S. Decaro, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

IEEE-TIFS special issue on Face Recognition in the Wild (December 2014), and co-general chair of ICIP-2009. He is recipient of the University top Awards: Research (1999), Teaching (2009, 2011) and Trustees (2015).Dr. Asem Ali, University of Louisville Asem M. Ali received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt, in 2002, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA, in 2008, where he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory from 2008 to 2011. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineer- ing, Assiut University from 2011 to 2015. He is currently a

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Instruments and Methods for Studying Student Experiences and Outcomes

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John Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

registered professional engineer and on the NSPE board for Professional Engineers in Higher Education. He has been active in ASEE serving in the FPD, CIP and ERM. He is the past chair of the IN/IL section. He is a fellow of the Teaching Academy and listed in the Book of Great Teachers at Purdue University. He was the first engineering faculty member to receive the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engi- neering and Technology Education and the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and the ASEE Chester Carlson Award. He is a fellow

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Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

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Ariana C. Vasquez, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines

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and Learning, and as a project manager for a large scale longitudi- nal research study in high school science classrooms. Prior to joining Mines Ariana was a Survey Team manager at GLG in Austin, TX.Dr. Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines Amy Hermundstad Nave is a Faculty Developer in the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at the Col- orado School of Mines. She earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University before going on to earn her PhD in Engineering Education and MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research has focused on conceptual understanding in core engineering courses, op- portunities to support engineering students’ professional development, and

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christi Luks

Saving Time In and Out of Class: Video Exam Solutions Christi Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science & TechnologyAbstractDemands on faculty time seem to be increasing year after year. Technology has proven to beboth friend and foe in meeting our goals. This paper presents one instructor’s attempt to reducetime spent in class and in one-on-one sessions with students using video solutions to exams.Posting solutions to individual problems as well as written solutions has tremendously reducedthe number of questions about grading and has been well-received by students as a review toolfor final exams.IntroductionYear after year, faculty are pressured to remove hours from the curriculum while increasingcontent in

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Brittany Weber, Renewable Energy Society; Katelyn Renee Dunnagan , Renewable Energy Society ; Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

student ambassador for the technology department.Dr. Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University Matthew Aldeman is an Assistant Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches in the Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology programs. Matt joined the Technology department faculty after working at the Illinois State University Center for Renewable Energy for over five years. Previously, he worked at General Electric as a wind site manager at the Grand Ridge and Rail Splitter wind projects. Matt’s experience also includes service in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear propulsion officer and leader of the Reactor Electrical division on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. Matt is an honors graduate of

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Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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Jun Ouyang, University of California, Davis; Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis

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Electrical and Computer

the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2013. He was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Davis Millimeter- Wave Research Center (DMRC) at University of California, Davis from 2014 to 2016. Since July 2016, he has joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Davis as an Assistant Professor of Teaching. His educational research interests include curriculum innovation for teaching circuits, electronics and control systems, project-based learning, and the use of technology in teaching and learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work in Progress: Experiential Modules using Texas

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Brett Whorley; Camilo Giraldo; Arjun Kamath; Molly McVey; Meagan Patterson; Carl Luchies

. 2000. “The Future of Engineering Education II. Teaching Methods ThatWork.” Chem Engr Educ, 34(1), 26-39.3) Felder RM, Brent R. 2004. “The ABC’s of Engineering Education: ABET, Bloom’sTaxonomy, Cooperative Learning, and so on.” Proc ASEE, Session 1375.4) Freeman S, et. al. 2014. “Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science,Engineering, and Mathematics.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 111 (23), 8410-8415.5) Horton W. 2011. E-Learning by Design (2nd Ed.). San Francisco: Ffeiffer.6) MSC Software. “Adams Tutorial Kit for Mechanical Engineering Courses (3rd Ed.)”.7) Wankat PC. 2002. “Improving Engineering and Technology Education by Applying What isKnown About How People Learn.” J SMET Educ (1).

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Jacob Allen Poremski, Geneva College; Christopher Charles Jobes P.E., Geneva College

Detection technology. He is currently a Research Engineer study- ing EMI and performing FMEA analyses for underground coal equipment. Dr. Jobes has been teaching in Geneva College’s Engineering Department since 2007 and has been a full-time professor since 2015. His areas of interest lie in Engineering Mechanics, Machine Component Design, FInite Element Analysis, Kinematics, Robotics, Digital Systems Design, Mechanical Vibrations and Control Theory. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Synthesis of a Correcting Equation for 3 Point Bending Test DataAbstractA frequent requirement of a Mechanics of Deformable Bodies course is for students to

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2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

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Kimberlee Smith; Mario Beruvides

). Productive Workplaces: Dignity, Meaning, and Community in the 21st Century (3rd ed.). San Francisco, C.A.: Jossey-Bass.Kimberlee A. SmithKimberlee A. Smith received a Master of Science in Engineering Technology from West TexasA&M University and a dual Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Mathematics fromEastern New Mexico University. Ms. Smith currently serves as the Director of TRIO StudentSupport Services at Eastern New Mexico University. Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest

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Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

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Locke Davenport Huyer, University of Toronto; Neal I. Callaghan, University of Toronto; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Graduate Studies

learning skills that will make them competitivefor academic positions in higher education. The ability for graduate trainees to develop self-efficacy in teaching (individual beliefs regarding influence on student learning) is critical,supporting their transition to an independent academic career [9]. Consequently, the outcomesof relevant professional development programs for graduate students have great potential toinfluence next generation teaching approaches, and subsequent innovation in undergraduateeducation [10].Interestingly, and of relevance to our current model, self-efficacy varies for graduate students indifferent disciplines. It has been determined that a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,Math) environment is a negative predictor

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ECCD - Technical Session 2 - Solar Energy

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Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #31467The Scaled Omni-Directional Solar Tracking UnitDr. Saeed Sean Monemi, California State Polytechnic University Pomona Dr. Sean Monemi is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director of Smart Grid Laboratory at Cal Poly Pomona. He has many years of industrial experience and practiced engineering profession as an electrical engineer for Litton Industries. His professional experience includes working as a senior engineer and supervisor in one of the largest power company, Tennessee Valley Authority, in the areas of Substation Deign and Smart Metering. American

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Hybrid and Online Teaching of Mechanics

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Nicolas Nytko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Mechanics

the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Davis. Prof. West holds a Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems from the California Institute of Technology and a B.Sc. in Pure and Applied Mathematics from the University of Western Australia. His research is in the field of scientific computing and numerical analysis, where he works on computational algorithms for simulating complex stochastic systems such as atmospheric aerosols and feedback control. Prof. West is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award and is a University of Illinois Distinguished Teacher-Scholar and College of Engineering Education Innovation Fellow.Prof

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses

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Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joseph Callenes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Amin Malek, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Scientific Research Papers and a Postgraduate Textbook. Currently, he has two successful commercialized products and is the holder of 4 patents on Telecommunications Systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion in the Computing Classroom Bridget Benson, Joseph Callenes-Sloan, Amin Malekmohammadi Electrical Engineering Department, Cal Poly State University San Luis ObispoIntroductionThe need for a diverse and inclusive workplace is becoming well-recognized by the Techindustry. The Forbes Technology Council identified 12 ways diversity makes a difference inTech including increased creativity, better product solutions, increased ability

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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

The Advancement of Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Joel Abru, Christopher Cassidy, Jamie Kubeck, Jon Laos, Matthew McGarvey, Alexander Loui, Ray Ptucha Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USAAbstract As technology advances, the interest in fully autonomous vehicles has been a major focus for theautomobile industry. These vehicles are becoming increasingly intelligent and for simple tasks such ashighway driving, driver assistance can already operate with minimal interaction with a driver. It isanticipated that in the next decade, fully autonomous vehicles will transport humans in a more efficient,cost-effective, environmentally

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CPDD Session 1 - Generating Intellectual Excitement for Professional Learners

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Ben Bernard, North Dakota State University; Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Continuing Professional Development

conference papers, in addition to making numerous other conference presenta- tions. Straub’s research spans the gauntlet between technology, commercialization and technology policy. In particular, his research has recently focused on cybersecurity topics including intrusion detection and forensics, robotic command and control, aerospace command and 3D printing quality assurance. Straub is a member of Sigma Xi, the AAAS, the AIAA and several other technical societies, he has also served as a track or session chair for numerous conferences. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: Comparison of ‘Boot Camp’ and Traditional Academic

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Student Division Technical Session 2

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Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Student

education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 How to Be a Graduate Student (Before I Forget): A Collection of Experiential Wisdom 1. The Case for Sharing WisdomOverall, the number of graduate and doctorate degrees awarded in the US has grown over the course ofthe early 21st century [1]. Fields like engineering and education have been producing PhDs for severaldecades, however recent shifts technology have changed the process of a PhD drastically [2]. The specificnew field of a PhD in engineering education came formally into existence in 2004 with the creation ofPurdue’s School of Engineering Education [3], with programs at

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Flight and Control Simulators for Virtual Learning

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Meron Lindenfeld, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York; Louis A. Scala, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York

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Aerospace

School, he learned about the technology of aircraft and earned FAA Certification as an Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic. He continued his studies at the State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College (S.U.A.T.C.) in Farm- ingdale, New York, studying Aerospace Technology, following this by obtaining BS and MA degrees in Technical Education from New York University. Lou began his career as collegiate aviation educator at the Vaughn College of Aeronautics, as an aircraft maintenance technical instructor, and returned ”home” to Farmingdale State College in 1982. During his tenure at FSC, Professor Lou, has taught many sub- jects related to aircraft and engine technology, the history of aviation

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NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (2)

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Alark Joshi, University of San Francisco; Gian Bruno; Xornam Apedoe, University of San Francisco; Sophie Engle, University of San Francisco; Sami Rollins, University of San Francisco; Matthew Malensek, University of San Francisco

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, like when you’re prepping for interviews or what wewere talking about networking with different people, we know the environment they’re in, so we know how to approach them.” We are encouraged by these survey results and student comments. We will continue to build on this early arrival experienceas an important part of the larger project to prepare low-income, academically talented students for the technology workforceby offering a comprehensive suite of structured opportunities to learn from and contribute back to the departmental, technical,and broader local community.AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION, JUNE 2020 5

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NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 2

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth Long Lingo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jeanine Lee McHugh Skorinko, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

: Princeton Univerity Press, 1990.[4] S. R. Bird, "Unsettling universities' incongruous, gendered bureaucratic structures: A case- study approach," Gender, Work & Organization, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 202-230, 2011.[5] S. A. Morimoto, A. M. Zajicek, V. H. Hunt and R. Lisnic, "Beyond binders full of women: NSF ADVANCE and initiatives for institutional transformation," Sociological Spectrum, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 397-415, 2013.[6] D. Banerjee and A. L. Pawley, "Gender and promotion: How do science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty members survive a foggy climate?," Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, vol. 19, no. 4, 2013.[7] M. F. Fox and C. Colatrella, "Participation

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First-year Programs: Focus on Students

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Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ilene J. Rosen, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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First-Year Programs

. Ilene J. Rosen, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey lIene Rosen has been an educational administrator serving students in higher education for 35 years. She earned her doctoral degree in educational psychology from Rutgers University Graduate School of Ed- ucation. Currently the Associate Dean for Student Services at Rutgers, School of Engineering, she also served as the director of several programs including the NJ Educational Opportunity Fund Program at Rutgers School of Engineering, the NJ Governor’s School of Engineering & Technology, and the North- ern NJ Junior Sciences Symposium. Rosen has been recognized as the Educator of the Year in Higher Education by the Society of Hispanic Professional

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2020 PPC

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Neil C. Ruz

% Note: Majors are grouped based on the most recent delineation of majors that fall under Note: Figures are students with an associate degree or higher. STEM categories are based the science, technology, engineering, or on fields outlined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. mathematics (STEM) field outlined by the Source: Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data Department of Homeland Security. received August 2017 through a Freedom of Information Act request. Source: Pew

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 6

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Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University; Brandon Marroquin, Sam Houston State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #30462BYOE: Design and Development of Simple Robotic ArmDr. Iftekhar Ibne Basith, Sam Houston State University Dr. Iftekhar Ibne Basith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA. Dr. Basith has a Ph.D and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Windsor, ON, Canada with concentration on 3D IC, MEMS and Testing. Dr. Basith has published several IEEE transactions, articles and conference proceedings over the last few years. His research interest lies on Robotics, Tesing of 3D IC, MEMS, Analog/ Mixed-Signal

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Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

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Tania K. Morimoto, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Carolyn L. Sandoval, University of California, San Diego

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #30975Assess Experiential Learning OutcomesTania K. Morimoto, University of California San Diego Tania K. Morimoto received the B.S. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 2012 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 2015 and 2017, respectively, all in mechanical engineering. She is currently an Assistant Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and an Assistant Professor of surgery with University of California, San Diego. Her research interests include robotics, haptics, and engineering education.Prof. Nathan Delson, UC San Diego Nathan

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Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

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Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado at Boulder; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder; Lyndsay Rose Ruane; Dennis Akos

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Diversity

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Aerospace

focuses on how mathematical models are taught in undergraduate engineering science courses and how these models are used in analysis and design. Before CU he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michi- gan and the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in 2008.Miss Lyndsay Rose RuaneDennis Akos c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020IntroductionComplex aerospace systems increasingly rely on integrated software to function, resulting in an industrydemand for

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 9: Pedagogical Tools

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Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #29362gruepr, an Open Source Tool for Creating Optimal Student TeamsDr. Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University Dr. Hertz earned a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University in 1999 and then a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Following this, he worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor in September 2008, leading a lab that researched the effects of composition

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Stephen Boedo

Singularity Functions Revisited: Clarifications and Extensions for the Deflection of Beams of Non-Uniform Flexural Rigidity under Arbitrary Loading S. Boedo Department of Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623 email: sxbeme@rit.edu Abstract The engineering design process involves understanding of the applicability ofstructural elements associated with a particular application. Beam structural elements arethe prototypical example, and it is not surprising that beam stresses

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2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Mohamed Alshaer; Paul Cotae

ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, 2018 Cornell University April 20-21, 2018ON IDENTIFYING THE CRITICAL NODES AND VULNERABLE EDGES FOR INCREASING NETWORK SECURITY Mohamed Alshaer Paul Cotae University of the District of Columbia University of the District of Columbia School of Engineering and Applied School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Sciences Department of Electrical and Computer Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering EngineeringAbstractThe recent increase in

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

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Ron Averill, Michigan State University; Geoffrey Recktenwald, Michigan State University; Sara Roccabianca, Michigan State University; Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez, Michigan State University

. Enabled by technology and socialnetworking, the rapid proliferation of these detrimental strategies is increasing, and their longterm impacts are just now being fully realized. Based on our observations, the net effect is thatthe current level of learning is well below what is needed for an engineering graduate and muchlower than most currently-used course assessment methods would indicate. This is a world-widetrend, and its potential consequences are perilous.When implemented holistically, the SMART Assessment model has produced consistentlypositive results, irrespective of instructor or student cohort. Compared to a standard assessmentmodel with graded homework and “correct approach”-based partial credit on exams, students incourses that used

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NSF Grantees: REU 2

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Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #31465Outcomes and Assessment of Three Years of an REU Site in Multi-ScaleSystems BioengineeringDr. Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia Dr. Timothy E. Allen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Allen’s teaching activities include coordinating the core undergraduate teaching labs and the Capstone Design sequence in the BME department at the University of Virginia, and his research interests