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Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Vikash V. Gayah, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

inquiry-based learning activitiesintended to be implemented in 2020. However, these activities were not implemented as planneddue to the COVID pandemic. Instead, the course was taught using normal methods andtechniques, except for the transition to a hybrid format. Lectures were performed synchronouslyonline, while field-based laboratory activities that were intended to reinforce the concepts taughtin the lecture were performed in-person. Due to social distancing regulations, instructions on thelaboratory activities were provided virtually (instead of in-person in prior semesters) andimmediate assistance was only available through phone calls or video conferencing. The resultssuggest that the remote instruction approach was able to maintain the

Conference Session

Perspectives on Engineering Education During COVID-19

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

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New Engineering Educators

received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering in 2009, and his M.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics in 2012, both from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University. In 2019, he received a Ph.D. from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of the University of Pittsburgh, in developing optical fiber sensors for monitoring harsh environments. Since 2019, he has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the same department of the same school. Zaghloul is a recipient of multiple research and teaching awards, and since 2016 he has been appointed to the Postgraduate Research Program at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) administered through Oak Ridge Institute

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1981 North Midwest Section

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O. Hawaleshka

team of consultants hasafter very careful evaluation of the Philippine situation developed manypropos.ed changes and improvements, some of which have al ready been impl emen-ted.Actions:proposed by the Engineerin~··Edut~tion Project.Since one of the most glaring deficiencies of the Philippine engineeringschools is a near-total absence of acceptable laboratories with equipmentin operating order, the Project has allocated considerable sums as loansto a selected group. of 20 universities for the express purpose of upgradingtheir buildings and equipment. These universities (as listed in Table 3 ofref.2) are nearly all of the better developed establishments in the enginee-ring field. The expenditures are very closely monitored and should

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

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Shamim Mirza, California State University at Long Beach

students to get proper education. E-learning can be achieved in three modes: (1) virtual face-to-face, i.e., synchronous, (2) lecturesare recorded and uploaded for the students, i.e., asynchronous, and (3) hybrid which combinesboth face-to-face and synchronous/asynchronous learning. However, teaching an engineeringlaboratory class is not suitable in the first two modes as laboratory classes are designed to givehands-on experience to the students. Hybrid method which includes hands-on experimentalcomponent is more appropriate for the lab classes. However, due to the pandemic, only fewstudents could participate during the face-to-face session while others observed the experiment inthe virtual classroom. Therefore, this added difficulty for majority

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2003 GSW

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Robert R. Bittle; R. Stephen Weis; Becky B. Bittle; David Yale

energy conversion and power distribution systems. During morningsessions, materials covering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and electro-mechanical machinesare presented and discussed. Afternoon sessions in the laboratory are used to reinforce themorning topics and typically generate new questions for explorations. During the past twosummers, a complete energy conversion system consisting of a water wheel and a smallgenerator has been built and the performance characterized. A special emphasis is made oncharacterizing system losses. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for

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2008 GSW

Authors

Gary Rubendall; Sergio Chacon; Mequanint Moges

Session 12-8 Project-Based Learning of Telecommunication Networking Gary Rubendall, Sergio Chacon and Mequanint Moges Engineering Technology Department University of Houston AbstractThis paper presents a student project in the telecommunications course that has beendeveloped to provide a solution that is an improvement over a baseline design. Thebaseline design is the Optical Network Research Laboratory, a telecommunicationsnetwork used by the College of Technology and the AT&T Technology Laboratory fortraining and research. The project uses

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2008 GSW

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Jerry K. Keska; Chengyi Ma

detect flow patterns is based on experimental research for two-phase flow. This work was conducted in a vertical pipe using two sets of optical systems tomeasure the variations of interfacial phenomena caused by different flow patterns. A detailedanalysis of the output signals in time, amplitude and frequency domains using NI ELVIS(Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite), MatLab and LabView software will revisethe impact of flow patterns on the resistance change of opto-detectors used in both optical systems. IntroductionThe process of flow pattern recognition in two-phase flow is currently and widely considered as arandom, unpredictable process, and it has continuously challenged the

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2008 GSW

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Ian A. Gravagne; Kenneth Van Treuren

objective of the educators to keep the courses accessible to engineeringmajors of any stripe (e.g. electrical, mechanical, biomedical, general, etc.) possessing theappropriate prerequisites. Energy is, at its best, a naturally interdisciplinary subject, though thereare pedagogical challenges inherent with teaching to such a broad audience. Another challenge isthe introduction of appropriate computational tools in the courses, which is the subject of thispaper. TRNSYS in Solar EnergyTRNSYS (“Transient System Simulator,” pronounced “tran-sis”) was originally developed at theUniversity of Wisconsin in the 1970s for numerical analysis of solar hot water heating systems.The UW Solar Energy Laboratory continues its

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Session - Virtual and Augmented Reality

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jose Diaz; Curtrell Trott; Fatahillah Iskandar; Ju Wang, Virginia State University; Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

differenttypes of digital manufacturing technology. El-Mounayri and Aw et al. [2] had developed a virtualmanufacturing laboratory of CNC milling. The laboratory environment provided the students: (a)access to a fully-functional virtual CNC milling machine, (b) training on the key operations of theCNC machine, (c) a lecture describing the components of the milling machine, and (d) a lecturedescribing the concepts of CNC milling. This virtual CNC machine was enabled by three softwaremodules: (1) a CNC Milling machine simulator, (2) a virtual-environment display engine, and (3)an intelligent-agent engine. The three modules was running on a single computer in a seamlessweb-based framework, which allowed students to access and run the virtual CNC machining

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Carol Shubin, California State University Northridge

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Students createda LinkedIn page, their resumes were critiqued, and engaged in mock interviews. Students weresent information about current job opportunities and internships regularly. They are required toapply for three internships. It has not been easy to establish close connections with employers;however, we have made some headway. Our seminar featured speakers from Google, Air ForceResearch Laboratory (Edwards and Kirtland), Wells Fargo, Amgen, Zest AI, NFlux AI, HRL,XYPRO, Equifax, JPL, Farmerˆas Insurance, PennyMac, Arete, Merck, and CACI International.Our program is partly concerned with developing linkages to industry and helping students getinternships and careers in data science. During Summer 2020, three students had internships atNFlux

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Milo Koretsky, Tufts University; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #33217Understanding Context: Propagation and Effectiveness of the ConceptWarehouse in Mechanical Engineering at Five Diverse Institutions andBeyond – Results from Year 2Dr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Brian Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Brian has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo since 2006. During the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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Aamir Fidai, Texas A&M University; Samiha Momin; Asma Salim Maredia, Texas A&M University; Insha Ashirali Umatiya

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First-Year Programs

-solver.However, these activities require access to equipment, peripherals, and sensors. Traditional thehigh cost of these laboratory equipment have made their use restrictive [7] [8]. In recent years,open source hardware and software has helped to reduce the cost of laboratory equipment andmake hands-on engineering education accessible to more students [9] [10]. Open source Arduinomicrocontroller has become the go to tool for researchers, academics, and DIY enthusiasts forprototyping control systems [11]. Arduino is a simple and easy to use device that has helped todemocratize prototyping and making for all [12]. Open source Arduino microcontroller hashelped to make scientific experimentation affordable and created more opportunities for first-year

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy

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Xinyue (Crystal) Liu, University of Toronto; Yasaman Delaviz, York University; Scott Ramsay, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

different methods of delivering engineering and science laboratorycontents in a remote learning environment. Remote or virtual laboratory content could beprovided through computer screens, where students interact with physical apparatus using remotecontrol and make observations with cameras installed in the labs [3]. Some other educationalstudies have explored having students use components and materials available at home [4], andin some cases where resources permit, delivering physical lab kits for the students to useremotely [5][6]. These studies on various practices have demonstrated the effectiveness ofdifferent types of remote laboratory delivery methods, however, in some disciplines and courses,physical hands-on experience is still essential

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 8

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Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Lee Keel, Tennessee State University; Charles David McCurry, Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Laboratory (AFRL). His academic research interest which correlated with his work at AFRL involve the areas of human and machine teaming, cyber-human systems, human and system Integration, control and intelligent control systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, and system engineering design American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-in-Progress: Enhance Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Education with CPS/IoT InfusionAbstract: Electrical engineers serve a vital function in our modern world. Currently,undergraduate electrical engineering (EE) students are in high demands to be hired with thehighest median

Conference Session

Hands-On in the Online Classroom

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Md Rashedul Hasan Sarker, University of Indianapolis; Najmus Saqib, University of Indianapolis; George D. Ricco, University of Indianapolis; Megan Hammond, University of Indianapolis; Alexander Quinn Ruble, University of Indianapolis; Bill Faton, University of Indianapolis; James T. Emery II, University of Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis

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Mechanics

Indianapolis. I like researching additive manufacturing as well as new forms of education for engineers.Mr. Bill Faton, University of Indianapolis I am a junior studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. I have interests in coding, additive manufacturing, and engineering education.Mr. James T. Emery II, University of Indianapolis James Emery is the Laboratory Manager for Mechanical Systems at the R.B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. Prior to coming to the University of Indianapolis James worked as a lead model maker at a scale model wind tunnel.Dr. Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis American c Society for

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

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Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Menglai Yin, Cal Poly Pomona; Tim Lin

(Electrical Circuit Analysis I Laboratory) and ECE 2200 (Microelectronics Circuits).They learned the fundamental laws of electric circuits, applications to circuit analysis, matrixmethods; the behavior of semiconductor devices including diodes and MOSFETS, and theapplication of large signal models to single stage amplifiers to determine voltage transfer curves.This lab course was scheduled to meet once a week, on Thursdays from 4:00 PM to 6:50 PM inECE 9-431 operating systems laboratory. There were 13 experiments in the lab for the total of 13weeks related to design, construction and characterization of microelectronic diode and transistorcircuits with an emphasis on large signal performance. The most current course information waskept on Blackboard

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

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Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

course (EMT 2461) is offered as an Associate-level capstone course to uppersophomores (AAS students) and lower juniors (BTech students). Each lesson has a one-hourlecture and a two-hour laboratory. The class meets every week. The course integrates the base ofseveral engineering technologies (electrical, electronics, mechanical, and computer). The capstoneproject aims to integrate knowledge, methods, and problem-solving skills that students learn inprevious courses. Before this course, students acquire some experience working with electricalcircuits, analog and digital circuits, embedded systems hardware development environments,oscilloscopes, function generators, digital multimeters, power supplies, C/C++ programming, andmore. The course is

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2008 GSW

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren; Ian A. Gravagne

to support this project during their spring 2007semester. The Senior Design Class installed a solar photo-voltaic panel and a Sevonious-typewind turbine on the roof of the museum. The controls for these alternative energy producers, aswell as a static display solar panel and a second wind turbine, will be part of the public exhibit.For another part of the exhibit, seniors in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (ME Lab)course built a wind turbine display complete with LED lights to show the magnitude of thepower produced when a fan was operated at various speeds. Another team of seniors in ME Labinstrumented wall simulations to measure the temperature drop across different insulationmaterials. A similar display on the effects of window

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathy Ann Gullie, Gullie Consultant Services LLC; Barry J. Sullivan, Inclusive Engineering Consortium; Megan Bekolay ; Dean T. Spaulding ; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

for a start-up company delivering packet voice services. He was a full-time member of the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University for more than six years, and has taught there as an adjunct ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #34598 faculty member. He also worked as a member of technical staff at Bell Laboratories. He received the B.S.E.E. and M.S. degrees from Marquette University, and the Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, all in electrical engineering. Dr. Sullivan has served as an associate editor of the

Conference Session

Faculty Development 2: COVID-19 Impact on Faculty

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Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University; Patricia R. Backer, San Jose State University; Laura E. Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University; Liat Rosenfeld, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

questions were based on the students’survey developed by the researchers at Georgetown and HEDS [14-15] , and modified accordingto the peculiar aspects of our university. Because many of the engineering classes at SJSUinclude laboratories, projects or other group experiences, we wanted to create our own survey toask faculty members about these experiences. The research questions of the study are: 1. What are the impressions of faculty members to the learning environments in engineering courses after the switch to remote learning in Spring 2020? 2. What was the impact of the switch online in Spring 2020 to lab classes?COVID-19 forced many universities to transition quickly to remote teaching. Since Spring 2020,there was been many articles

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session (Works in Progress)

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Eric Gary Fuller, University of Florida

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Biomedical Engineering

, medicine, andmore. For example, an “Engineering Education Island” virtual world was created via SecondLife [3]. This island featured a virtual laboratory with multiple floors and exhibits such as ACgenerators and DC motors. For creating detailed laboratory exhibits Second Life might be anideal platform. However, users must download software and register for an account, and thecreation of scenes is a labor-intensive task for the instructor. For simple, ready to use scenes tohost small group discussions Mozilla Hubs is a more efficient platform for both instructors andstudents.Figure 1: Mozilla Hubs poster session example. Two students are in a virtual forestdiscussing a draft of a senior design poster. Instead of having all eyes on all participants

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

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Praveen Meduri, California State University, Sacramento; Lawrence David Landis, Intel Programmable Solutions Group; Perry L. Heedley, California State University, Sacramento; Tyler Sheaves, Intel Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

-signal integrated circuits for companies including Intel, Sacramento (formerly Level One Com- munications), Crystal Semiconductor, and Harris Semiconductor. In 2003 he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at California State University, Sacramento, while continuing to consult with industry on a part-time basis. In 2005 he co-founded the Mixed-Signal Design Laboratory (MSDL) at Sacramento State with Professor Thomas W Matthews. His interests include high-speed data converters, low-jitter clock generation and distribution, high-speed serial data communications, switched- capacitor circuits for analog signal-processing, low-voltage analog design in deep sub-micron CMOS processes, and mixed

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1981 North Midwest Section

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G. L. Pratt; K. R. Kaufman; L. F. Backer; J. Walter; M. Ziejewski

the EMA test cycle will soon be initiated. Dr.Everett Pryde, Research Leader, Oilseed Crops Laboratory,Northern Regional Research Laboratory, USDA, Peoria,Illinois is cooperating on these tests. The EMA AlternateFuels Committee is monitoring these tests. Twelve tractors are also being operated in NorthDakota fields on blends of sunflower oil and diesel fuel.Flower Power, Inc., P.O. Box 26, Grand Forks, ND 58201, issponsoring the project and NDSU is providing the dataanalysis. John Deere, Allis-Chalmers, and J.I. Case arethe manufacturers represented in the program. The tractorsrange in power from 120 hp to 250 hp. Six tractors arebeing run on a 25% blend of sunoil and diesel fuel. Theremaining tractors operate on a 50% blend. A

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

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2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

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Rustin Webster, Purdue University, New Albany

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Labs and experiential learning

Webster* Purdue University rwebste@purdue.edu ABSTRACT A free professional certification exam was adopted as an ad hoc individual remote lab in anintroductory course on the study of polymers and composites after the course was transitioned toremote education due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic in the spring of 2020. Attempting theCertified SOLIDWORKS Associates – Additive Manufacturing (CSWA-AM) exam andwatching the prerequisite 10-part online video learning path helped to replace student learningthat traditionally would have come from various other hands-on laboratory activities. Twenty-five engineering technology (ET) students

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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

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Qingli (Barbara) Dai

(Unigraphics NX) into the curriculum ofstrategically selected academic partners worldwide. Michigan Tech was one of only twoU.S. universities selected for the initial four academic program partner sites. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE North Midwest Sectional Conference 1Today NX is the key CAD/CAM/CAE software used in our mechanical engineeringcurriculum and utilized in our laboratories [1]. It is integrated throughout our curriculumbeginning with the first year, to learn solid modeling using NX. Sophomore students useNX in the lab portion of the course “Integrated Design and Manufacturing” to create thetool paths to produce a designed part. Junior students use NX in the Product Realization Iand II courses. Senior students use NX in

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Niklas Cyril Bitters, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

for student research in the design andoperation of intelligent and autonomous vehicles, project activities on this platform will enablestudents to gain valuable laboratory and project experiences. This can be accomplished throughthe inclusion of exercises on this platform in graduate and undergraduate courses offered as partof the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) curriculum. Graduate ECE courses, such asimage processing, neural networks, and embedded system design would be choices for projectactivities on this platform. Typical courses in the undergraduate ECE program are digital logicdesign and programming in C/C++/Python. The platform will promote student participationacross the ECE program in competitive design events for the next

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

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Lorena Isabel Velásquez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

tocommunicate with each other and to the teaching assistants (TA’s).[2]Laboratory StructureMethod of DeliveryWith a total of one hundred and nineteen students, alterations to weekly laboratory sessionsrevolved around minimizing exposure and keeping students safe by broadcasting the lab sessionlive in a Zoom conference meeting while still holding an in-class session. The in-person sectionwas properly socially distanced based on New Mexico COVID restrictions. There were two TA'savailable in the physical classroom to guide students, one undergraduate, and one graduate TA.The Zoom call was hosted by additional graduate and undergraduate TA's to ensure that studentshad the opportunity to receive support at any time throughout the lab session. All students

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2008 GSW

Authors

Nana-Kwaku Danquah; Patrick Mensah; Samuel Ibekwe; Guoqiang Li

Session 12-17 Determination of Thermal Expansion Coefficients of High Temperature Materials Nana-Kwaku Danquah, Patrick Mensah, Samuel Ibekwe, and Guoqiang Li Mechanical Engineering Department Southern University Baton Rouge AbstractResuscitating a dilatometer that was moved from one laboratory to the other, and has not been usedthereafter proved a daunting task in the quest to measure the thermal expansion coefficient of a hightemperature material. This poster presents the challenges faced, the solution obtained

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2008 GSW

Authors

Walter W. Buchanan; Jerome Tapper; Alireza Rahrooh

exchanged. Results of Relationship-Building ActivitiesA spreadsheet was developed and maintained of the persons visited during the 55company visits as well as the persons taken to the 20 football games at Texas A&MUniversity. After a little more than a two year period over two million dollars in cash plusequipment donations have resulted. One of the most impressive results was a milliondollar endowment for a new fluid power laboratory. It is also apparent that moredonations are on the way. Similar tactics and results have taken place at the other twoauthors’ institutions. Summary and ConclusionsThe result of all these efforts have become obvious and are now really paying off. Wenow