Conference Session

Classroom Methodologies

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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Brian S. Woodard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Tiffany Wenting Li; Ziang Xiao, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Michael L. Philpott, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Classroom methodologies, Diversity

onlinewithout the standard use of pencil and paper sketching. Upon closer investigation of the data, male studentsimproved more than female students did. Further study is needed to determine if these results arerepresentative of typical trends and how the training could be modified to result in more equitable outcomesfor all the students.IntroductionDecades of research has consistently shown that spatial skills are one of the strongest predictors of futuresuccess in STEM coursework and STEM careers independent of math and verbal ability. Wai et al. [1] andShea et al. [2] reviewed numerous longitudinal studies with many thousands of participants to concludethat spatial skills are critical to developing expertise in STEM. Additionally, visualization

Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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La'Tonia Stiner-Jones, The Ohio State University

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Diversity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access

disadvantaged students for dental school. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35165Work-in-Progress: Preparing the Next Generation of Biomedical Engineering Researchers by Leveraging a Research Experience for Undergraduates La’Tonia Stiner-Jones* The Ohio State University stiner-jones.1@osu.eduAbstractUnderrepresented minorities (URM’s) and women comprise 30% and 50% of the U.S.population, respectively. In the Biomedical Engineering (BME) discipline they compose 8% and37% respectively1. Thus, the

Conference Session

Classroom Methodologies

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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John H. Mott, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Classroom methodologies

suggestions for improvement. Aculture of continuous improvement is facilitated through documentation of program improvementsuggestions and disposition. This paper describes this structured approach that has been developedto facilitate graduate program assessment.1. IntroductionAssessment of programs is a necessary component of accreditation self-studies and site visits.Graduate programs sometimes seek professional certifications in addition to their regionalaccreditations. While many undergraduate programs have been both regionally and professionallyaccredited for a number of years, graduate programs may be newer to the professional accreditationprocess. Graduate and undergraduate programs may apply for AABI1 (Aviation AccreditationBoard

Conference Session

Posters and Workshops

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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Yang Victoria Shao, UIUC

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Workshops and Posters

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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Abdussalam Alawini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Peilin Rao, UIUC; Leyao Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lujia Kang; PING-CHE HO, PureStorage

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Labs and experiential learning

WIP: TriQL: A Tool for Learning Relational, Graph and Document-Oriented Database Programming Abdussalam Alawini* Ping-Che Ho* Lujia Kang* alawini@illinois.edu pingche2@illinois.edu lujiak2@illinois.edu Peilin Rao* Leyao Zhou* peilinr2@illinois.edu leyaoz2@illinois.eduAbstractDatabases are pervasive and vital to the use and security of sensitive data such as in medical,financial, scientific, and consumer contexts 1 . However, with the abundance of database models(types), such as the relational, graph, and document-oriented databases, learners often find itchallenging to

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Belinda B. Wang P. Eng., University of Toronto

students became ever more importantin a virtual learning environment. We responded to students’ feedback quickly; when studentsmissed a lab session or two for personal or technical issues, we promptly scheduled extrasessions so that students would not miss valuable learning opportunities. Labs in a design courseare vital for students to truly grasp the concepts and gain practical experience.AssessmentAfter overcoming the major obstacle of online content delivery, we tackled one of the mostcontentious issues for online courses – assessment. Many institutions have adopted proctoringsoftware such as Examity and ProctorU. Our faculty however, has strongly discouraged the useof proctoring systems for several key reasons. 1) Proctoring software does not

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Matthew Jordan Ford, Cornell University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

include solid mechanics and engineering mathematics. Among other teaching awards, she received the 2020 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Teaching Award. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A low-cost materials laboratory sequence for remote instruction that supports student agency M. Ford, S. Fatehiboroujeni, E.M. Fisher, H. RitzUnder the new ABET accreditation framework, students are expected to demonstrate “an abilityto develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and useengineering judgment to draw conclusions” [1]. Traditional, recipe-based labs provide fewopportunities

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Sreeram Kashyap, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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Diversity

, internships, undergraduate research, and service learning arerecognized as “high-impact” experiences [1]. While institutions may include high-impactexperiences as part of the curriculum, they can also be accommodated through co-curricularprogramming models. For example, at the University at Buffalo, the School of Engineering andApplied Sciences has an Engineering Intramurals program that brings together students frommultiple engineering disciplines to work on problems from industry, community groups, andtechnical competitions.While co-curricular activities can include a wide array of activities that occur outside of thecurriculum, the interest in this work is on co-curricular activities that would be relevant to theprofession. These would be

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Richard L Wilson, Towson University

the history of philosophy artifacts have been in a neglecteddomain artifacts came into focus as objects of philosophical study only at the beginning of themodern era.” [9]. Artifacts have been ignored and devalued and relegated to a lesser status thannatural objects by many philosophers and they are not considered to be an important subject ofstudy. According to Lynne Rudder Baker there are five criteria that are related to what have beenidentified as ”genuine substances’ or entities that are irreducibly real and she suggests that artifactshave been discredited on the basis of all of them” [1]. 1. Fs are genuine substances only if Fs have an internal principle of activity. 2. Fs are genuine substances only if there are laws that apply to

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Raymond K.F. Lam, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York

c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Compressive Mechanical Properties of Three-Dimensional (3D) Printed Thermoplastics Raymond K.F. Lam, Michael Orozco, Erick Mendieta, Bernard Hunter, and Joseph Seiter Queensborough Community College, The City University of New York, New York, U.S.A._____________________________________________________________________________________________1. Introduction Impact and adoption rate of 3-dimensional (3D) printing in manufacturing will increasedramatically over the next few years. The market for 3D printing technology itself is expected togrow to $5.2 billion by 2020 [1]. One example is General Electric (GE)’s decision to deploy 3Dprinters to manufacture

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Shahrokh Etemad, Fairfield University

for the construction of experimental set-up and assembly todevelop the convective heat transfer correlation.Instrumentation and Equipment: ● Wind Tunnel (Armfield C2 Subsonic) (Figure 1) ● Heating Dernord Cartridges: (Length = 10.7″, Diameter = ¾″, Power = 120V) (Figure 3) ● Thermocouples (3 K-Types) attached at 3 different heights providing average temperature. (Figure 4) ● Thermocouple Readout (PerfectPrime TC41, 4-Channel K-Type Digital Thermometer Thermocouple Sensor, (-200 to 1372°C)) ● Extech DC Regulated Power Supply (Model #382213) ● Aluminum Plate with heating rod assembly (Figure 2) ● Manual anemometer to measure the flow velocity OR use pressure measurement to calculate the local velocity

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University; Vincent Leung, McMaster University; Andre Phillion P.Eng., McMaster University; Melec Zeadin, McMaster University

EMBER’s offerings promote a successful academic,social, and personal transition into first-year engineering.Introduction “Having completed the program, I feel a lot more prepared to start university in general, and I am a lot less apprehensive about starting classes online.” EMBER participantEntering university from high school is a critical transition. Identity formation is at stake [1], andthe process can negatively impact wellbeing [2]. Research calls on universities to create relevantprograms to support first-year undergraduate students’ transition to their new university [3].In return, several universities have presented proactive programs that develop

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Bosco Yu, McMaster University; Liza-anastasia Dicecco, McMaster University; Dakota M Binkley, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada and Université de Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France; Hatem S. Zurob

-disciplinary, project-based engineering course (ENG 1P13)that is part of the first-year engineering program at McMaster University. This paper focusesspecifically on the materials science and engineering (MSE) aspect of the course. First yearstudents are exposed to MSE content through a series of realistic projects with supporting lab andlecture content. The course content has been adapted for online delivery during the pandemic.Insight into the effectiveness of teaching materials science within a multi-disciplinary projectenvironment and best practices for remote learning will be highlighted.1. Introduction Modern tools and technologies that facilitate remote learning provide educators withexciting opportunities to transform traditional

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Bosco Yu, McMaster University; Hatem S. Zurob, McMaster University; Mymoon Wahid Bhuiyan Mr., McMaster; Andrew Lucentini

virtuallaboratories in order to provide experiential learning opportunities and hands-on experiments tostudents during the lockdown and social restrictions from the global pandemic (COVID19), aswell as for future use in virtual learning situations. For the science emulators implemented thus farin the first-year engineering course at McMaster University, the student feedback has been thatthey are easy to work with and fun to use; overall, the feedback for materials science laboratorieswas almost unanimously positive.1. Introduction Science and engineering laboratory activities provide a highly valuable experientiallearning opportunity to students, providing them with an intuitive understanding of abstractscientific concepts [1-2]. They also provide

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Matthew Jordan Ford, University of Washington Tacoma; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

excellence initiatives. Her main teaching interests include solid mechanics and engineering mathematics. Among other teaching awards, she received the 2020 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Teaching Award. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 1. Introduction In this extended abstract we report on the strategies used in an introductory fluidmechanics course that transitioned from a fully in-person mode of delivery in Fall 2019 to ahybrid mode in Fall 2020. The course was delivered in a fully in-person mode in 2019,consisting of two weekly lectures and a recitation session by the main instructor of the course. In2020 on the other hand all lecture

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Chelsea Q Linvill, United States Military Academy Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy

education, transitioning to either a remote systemof education or halting schooling all together. In total, over 80% of the World’s students tochange their education plans [1] [2]. West Point created numerous workshops and classes forfaculty centered on remote teaching approaches. There were many lessons learned during theSpring semester which were incorporate during Summer classes and into the Fall semester of2020. The Environmental Engineering Sequence (EES) is one of seven three-courseengineering sequences offered non-engineering majors at the United States Military Academy.All non-engineering majors must select an engineering sequence as part of the requiredcurriculum to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree. The middle course of

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Michael Shenoda, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

cost that shouldbe addressed by OER use in Engineering Technology. These include: (1) meeting requiredstudent learning outcomes, (2) improving student attitudes regarding educational access, and (3)fostering adaptation of the material to enhance student learning and provide current information.Previous work with this consideration by the presenter includes the establishment of aframework for evaluating the effectiveness of implementing OER in an Engineering Technologycourse, and comparison of the performance of OER use in a cost estimating course compared toa non-OER "control" section of the course also being offered in the same semester. The currentwork tracks continued implementation of OER in later offerings of the same course. It

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Making an Olin Grand Challenges Scholars Program: Co-Creating with StudentsOlin College established its Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) in 2010, one of the firstthree programs in the country that created a set of curricular and co-curricular experiencesintended to motivate and empower engineering students to address pressing 21st century globalissues [1]. Olin’s original program was designed collaboratively by students, faculty, and alumni,and was intended to be primarily student driven. Over time, the needs of the student bodychanged as Olin grew into a more established institution. Thus when a new GCSP director

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Kathryn Dimiduk, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University; Orlay Santa, Cornell University

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Diversity

needingsignificant and more specialized support, their departments frequently encourage them to seekassistance to increase their teaching skills. For various reasons (research, too many classes, highservice load, etc.), there is a large population of teachers between the groups described abovewho could use help increasing their teaching and communication skills as shown in the middlelevels of the teaching skills hierarchy in Figure 1. This population of teachers may not attendMTEI programming, but will frequently respond well to information tied to their specificcourse(s) that is timely and time efficient to implement. Reaching all faculty, including in thislast group, has guided the design and implementation of the mid-semester course feedbackprogram.MTEI

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Christopher Zarod; Xingwu Wang, Alfred University

analyzer view. With this toolbox, impairments and variousvisualizations can be used to enhance the concept of communications. For example, signaltransmission and noise impairments are important issues in communications. One can establishmodels which are useful for learning the underlying theory and practice by focusing on the keyconcepts, systems, and/or components. To find support for this possible addition of curriculum at Alfred University, apreliminary survey was conducted with sophomore engineering students. The survey consisted of4 questions. 1. Would you be interested in taking a class that deals with 5G WirelessCommunication? 2. Would you be interested in learning basic 5G MATLAB coding? 3. Wouldyou be interested in learning methods

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island

, themethod of measurements, collecting the data themselves by reading the instruments on theircomputer screen. The students collect the data and complete the appropriate Tables in theirlaboratory handout. The processing of data is done by the students either individually or inteams. An external camera is used to record video and audio and record in the learningmanagement system. The recording are available afterwards to the students by posting thecorresponding link in the Blackboard page of the laboratory. The Zoom [1] and Blackboard [2]services have been used for direct communication. The personal preference of the instructor is touse Zoom for the lecture, presentations, Socratic discussions, and remote laboratory experiment,because he can see the

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Abdelrahman Elleithy, William Paterson University

%. With these results, we conclude that the possibility of tracking a singlepseudonym consistently in an area of a half square mile is virtually impossible. Keywords—Ubiquitous, Privacy, Security, Location Privacy I. INTRODUCTION One of the significant concerns with technology is data access and availability to otherunknown parties. Ubiquitous computing provides access to computational resources anywhere andanytime[1]. This concept can be perceived as an overreach of technology into people's lives. Havingsurrounding individuals, from the moment they open their eyes in the morning to the second theyclose their eyes at night, has its pros and cons. On the bright side, having unlimited access

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Jennifer Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

experience be as equitable as possible, the requirement that the tested materialbe composed of a hydrogel was expanded to any absorbent material. This change allowed manystudents to study easily accessible absorbable materials such as paper towels.Feisel and Peterson listed 13 objectives typical to lab courses [1]. This approach to designing andperforming a remote lab allowed for achievement of experimental design and implementation aswell as selecting appropriate measurement tools. This experience also increased the creativityrequired by the students. It is not common for an underclassman student to be so resourceful andhave to find their own measurement tools or collect supplies from their environment for anexperiment.Approximately two-thirds of

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Eric Anderson R.A., Farmingdale State College

Paper ID #35349Teaching Construction Management Capstone as a Remote CourseProf. Eric Anderson R.A., Farmingdale State College Eric Anderson is an architect and educator with more than thirty years in educational and non-profit facil- ities planning and management. He has overseen the planning and/or construction of over $ 1 billion of capital improvement for non-profit and educational institutions in New Mexico, West Virginia, Nevada, and New York. He is a registered architect in New York and West Virginia. Professional memberships in- clude the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Engineering

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

software. It details changes I made in the followingfall semester to create lecture videos using Camtasia, and integrating PowerPoint slides with narrated board-workusing a document camera. The paper concludes with lessons learned, and provides recommendations for thefuture when we return to normal in-person instruction.317 – Numerical Methods is a three semester credit course that, until recently, was a required course for allmechanical engineering students at our university [1]. 317 has been replaced as a required course by 117 –Introduction to Programming for Engineers, and is now an applied elective course. 317 focuses on numericalmethods to (i) solve a system of linear or non-linear equations, (ii) fit a linearized fitting function, (iii

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Cyrus K Hagigat, The University of Toledo

simulation software in place of the physical lab. It was quicklydiscovered that not only MULTISIM can replace the traditional labs, but it can also be a valuableteaching aid in enhancing student understanding of circuit analysis techniques.The traditional textbooks only demonstrate the final result of a circuit analysis using MULTISIM[1, 2]. The approach taken in this article is different. This article demonstrates using the softwareas an aid to check the intermediate steps of the hand calculation techniques that must be used ifno computer software were being used. An example which was a part of a lecture andinstructions for a lab assignment is presented where all steps of implementing the superpositiontechnique with the aid of MULTISIM for

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Paul Benjamin Crilly, United States Coast Guard Academy

will demonstrate this phenomenon using signals ofopportunity such as NIST’s 5 and 10 MHz time/frequency broadcasts. We also discussed howthe D-layer absorbs signals below 8 MHz and thus inhibits long distance transcontinental sky-wave radio propagation during the daylight hours.IntroductionRadio waves, like light waves normally travel in a straight lines. However, they can traverse theearth’s curve by means of diffraction, reflection, refraction or reflection. Signals that propagatebelow 10 km from the earth’s surface, are referred to as ground-waves, and those that propagatevia refraction or reflection off the ionosphere are referred to as sky-waves. These two means areillustrated in Figure 1. Ground wave propagation occurs over relatively

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2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

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Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University; Andre Phillion P.Eng., McMaster University; Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University; Shelir Ebrahimi, McMaster University; Colin McDonald P.Eng., McMaster University; Melec Zeadin, McMaster University; Bosco Yu, McMaster University

Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University,CanadaThomas DoyleDept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University,CanadaColin McDonaldIntegrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, McMaster University, CanadaMelec ZeadinPaul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, McMasterUniversity, CanadaAbstractThis complete paper examines the synergy of roles and responsibilities of teaching assistants(TAs) and instructional assistant interns (IAIs) in the remote teaching and learning of theintegrated first-year engineering course ENGINEER 1P13 (ENG 1P13).Viewed through the lens of a community of practice (CoP) [1], this paper explores the

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Jennifer Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

device from the fictitious VP ofresearch and from this developed the problem statement, utilized data and modeling to make designdecisions, and built the prototype which concluded with its evaluation (Table 1). Evaluation criteria,based on design specifications that students created collectively, included cost, portabilityquantified by size and weight, filtration effectiveness, and noise. Evaluating the effectiveness waseasily performed inside a transparent chamber using a fog machine and optical imaging of the fogclearing, resulting in a fun cumulative experience during the final weeks. Teamwork was evaluatedat regular intervals using peer evaluation and instructor observations. The design process wasassessed using design reviews at weeks 9 (in

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Adam Joseph Malecki, Gannon University; Alexa L. E. Littman; Elisabeth Patricia McAllister, Gannon University; Ethan Michael Regal, Gannon University; Masen Andrew Collins; Robert Michael P.E., Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University

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Diversity

social responsibility. A recent survey found that a clearmajority of students were willing to volunteer for weekend community service projects post-graduation [1]. A smaller majority were even willing to forgo some salary as a professionalengineer working at a company known for its support of community activism.Engineering FYS students lean on their background and/or inclination in engineering design andconstruction to help carry out their particular service project. In past years, engineering studentshave designed and built rooftop rainwater collection systems for garden use, vertical vegetableplanters for efficient space utilization, and composters for community gardens. Recently, first-year engineering students had the opportunity to