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Board 79: Experience from S-STEM Project: Engaging Undergraduate STEM Students with Prototype Development Projects

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Aschalew Kassu, Alabama A&M University; Anup Sharma, Alabama A&M University
Tagged Topics: Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

question, no response is recorded under neutral,disagree and strongly disagree. Unlike group-project activities incorporated under some of theengineering curriculum, which is composed of students with the same major discipline andclassification and typically lasts a couple months or the formal senior capstone design projectswhich extend throughout a semester or two of the students’ senior year, the MAKERS prototypedevelopment team are composed of students from diverse background and classification workingtowards a specific goal. All students are required to actively participate and contribute to theproject, attend periodic meetings, and present the prototype development project at the jointannual STEM conference of all the participating

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Board 42: Integrating Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines: Supporting an Externally Collaborative Project-based Interdisciplinary Culture (EPIC) for Learning using Trace Metal Analysis

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

, optimizing sample preparation methods andimproving workflow in and around the new instrumentation. A principal objective in thesecond year of the project was to establish ongoing undergraduate research projects,obtain preliminary results and perform initial data interpretation. This was accomplishedfor multiple projects in years one through three and continues for several projects thatremain ongoing.Impact on Faculty Development and Collaboration and Undergraduate ResearchThe fifteen projects took several forms, adapting to the existing academic framework ofthe Institute. Some projects were embedded in undergraduate project-based coursework,some were part of “Capstone” projects and some were entirely extra-curricular studentprojects. The framework

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Board 56: Assessing Interest and Appeal of Engineering in a High School Program Designed to Enhance Entry into Engineering in an INCLUDES Project

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

age/education/experience of their various audiences. At the Innovation Showcase, participants interacted with graduating engineering seniors who demonstrated their capstone projects, many of which were industry sponsored. • An Evening with Undergraduate Engineering Students Participants and their parents networked with undergraduate students to learn about the college going experience first-hand from those who are in college and are closest to the participants. • Opportunities to Build an Engineering Identity Industry professionals from General Motors, Intel, and other major technology companies and university students who have held internships and conducted undergraduate research

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Board 112: Contextualizing Learning: Exploring the Complex Cultural System of Learning in Engineering Makerspaces

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Megan Tomko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Oumaima Atraoui, James Madison University; Caroline Clay, James Madison University; Zachary Harris De Bey, James Madison University; Johannah Daschil, James Madison University ; Bethany Popelish, James Madison University
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

structure of an engineering curriculum and the learningthat occurs outside of the classroom in makerspaces. Ethnographic methodologies of participantobservation, unstructured and semi-structured interviews enable exploration of how students (1)interact within and construct the culture of makerspaces; (2) talk about makerspace culture asimportant to their commitment to engineering; (3) learn within makerspaces; and (4) choose thetype and direction of projects.This paper specifically describes the ethnographic methodologies used to track four differentundergraduate student teams participating in a two-year senior capstone project, as well as studentsparticipating in a sophomore design class in which they use makerspaces to build a human

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Board 9: Measuring Change: Research Updates Helping Engineering Students Tackle Complex Sustainability Problems

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University ; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Robin Anderson, James Madison University; Charles McDonald Cowan II, Wake Forest University; Justyn Daniel Girdner, James Madison University
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

dimensionsBonus Category (consider project holistically)X1. Uses and/or creates innovation(s) in its specific field to achieve sustainabilityX2. Worked with experts from other disciplines to enhance process or final designThe rubric has been tested with students and their projects in order to iteratively completesubstantive validation and begin structural validation of the Sustainable Design construct,following the Benson model [2]. The first structural study was conducted in Spring 2018 with 51engineering student users for formative assessment of their preliminary capstone project work. Inaddition to individually scoring their projects, students also worked with their capstoneteammates to arrive at consensus scores for each criterion and provide

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Board 35: An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Academically Talented Low-income Engineering Students

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois, Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois, Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ludwig C. Nitsche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade
Tagged Topics: Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the summer prior tostarting at the university. These activities include a summer bridge program, a freshmanengineering success program, an introduction to engineering design course, a guaranteed paidinternship program, a service-learning project, two professional development seminars, and anenhanced capstone experience. In addition, students are supported by peer, faculty, and industrymentors.MotivationThe challenge of recruiting and graduating low-income engineering students is multi-faceted. Ofparticular importance to the University of Illinois at Chicago as a Minority Serving Institution, isthat racial and ethnic minoritized are often also low-income students. Solutions have focusedprimarily on broadening access via outreach, aggressive

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Board 138: Understanding Academic Makerspaces through a Longitudinal Study at Three Universities

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Timothy Sawchuk, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ethan Hilton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

equipment as required for class projects • Voluntary Involvement - students who self-reported using makerspace equipment for projects not required for class, such as personal projectsThe engineering design self-efficacy (hereafter EDSE or self-efficacy) questions on the survey,developed by Carberry, Lee, and Ohland [10], sought to understand student perceptions regardingtheir abilities to conduct engineering design tasks. From the scores reported by students on thesequestions, we were able to get a quantitative measurement for their confidence, motivation,expectation of success, and anxiety surrounding engineering design tasks. The scores wereanalyzed across different comparison groups to see existing trends.University

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Board 87: Design Process Geometries: Shapes and Learning Trajectories of Engineering Students’ Design Process Concept Maps

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Yue Liu, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

’ Design Process Concept MapsIntroductionIn our ongoing exploration of this EAGER EEC NSF-funded project, we share results of thedesign concept maps part of our research project. This paper is intended to share formativedevelopment of a coding scheme to assess and evaluate drawings by undergraduate engineeringstudents of their engineering design process. There is a spectrum of student responses anddeveloping a taxonomy, or categorization, is helpful to better understand where students beginand end from a design project learning experience. This can then inform and illustrate the waysin which students balance breadth and depth and learn and apply their engineering know how.Design may appear throughout a curriculum or be substantiated as a capstone

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Board 53: Program to Integrate Mobile, Hands-on Experiments into the ME, AE, and ECE Curriculum

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert S. Kadel, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Topics: Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation awardnumber 1626362. Dr. Abby Ilumoka is the program manager. The authors offer their sincerethanks to all of the students that have participated in the Vertically-Integrated Projects team onHands-On Learning at Georgia Tech..References:[1] N.G. Holmes and C.E. Wieman, “Introductory physics labs: We can do better,” PhysicsToday, Vol. 71, No. 1, 38 (2018); doi: 10.1063/PT.3.3816[2] M. Koretsky, C. Kelly, and E. Gummer, “Student Perceptions of Learning in the Laboratory:Comparison of Industrially Situated Virtual Laboratories to Capstone Physical Laboratories,Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 100, No. 3, pp 540-573, 2011.[3] A. Hofstein and V.N. Lunetta, V.N., "The Laboratory in

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Board 22: Systemic Transformation of Evidence-based Education Reform (STEER)

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida; James Franklin Wysong Jr., Hillsborough Community College; Peter Stiling, University of South Florida; Gerry G. Meisels, University of South Florida; Robert L. Potter, University of South Florida
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

this grant, he advised over 500 individual calculus students on their course projects. He was given an Outstanding Advising Award by USF and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university (Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award) and state (TIP award) levels. Scott is also a co-PI of a Helios-funded Middle School Residency Program for Science and Math (for which he teaches the capstone course) and is on the leadership committee for an NSF IUSE grant to transform STEM Education at USF. His research is in the areas of solution thermodynamics and environmental monitoring and modeling.Dr. James Franklin Wysong Jr, Hillsborough Community College Dr. James Wysong has

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Board 60: PeerLogic: Web Services for Peer Assessment

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

rankings and one second-place rankings from its peer assessors. At theother end of the chart, someone who received all last-place rankings has the shortest compositebar. The service can also display self-assessment rankings on the same scale as peer-assessmentrankings.6. Team formationDesign projects are frequently assigned in courses (often capstone courses) where a limitednumber of student teams can pick each project topic. While many criteria can be used to formteams, one of the most important is that students are assigned topics that they have an interest in,and background for, a specific topic. The problem involves both aggregating students into teamsand assigning teams to topics. The design space is very large, and an optimal solution

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Board 156: Making Inspired by Nature: Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers and Children in Maker-centered Learning and Biomimicry

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Douglas C Williams, University of Louisiana; Aimee Barber, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Peter Sheppard, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

excellence. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Making Inspired by Nature: Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers and Children in Maker-centered Learning and BiomimicryIntroductionMakerspaces, innovation labs, and creativity spaces are gaining traction in K-12 schools andcommunity centers. This exploratory project, Making Inspired by Nature , brings together the artof making, the disciplined practices of design thinking, and the creative practices of biomimicryto engage preservice teachers and children in building innovative solutions to real worldproblems. To achieve this, this project is (a) building and evaluating digital resources andhands-on activities for engaging elementary children in

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Board 108: Evaluation of Collaborative REU Exploring the Energy Spectrum from Body-heat Harvesting to Smart Grid Technology

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter
Tagged Topics: Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

adjunct associate professor in the Technology, Engineering, and Design department at NC State and earned her doctorate in Technology, Engineering, and Design in the College of Education at NC State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Evaluation of collaborative REU exploring the energy spectrum from body-heat harvesting to smart grid technologyEngaging in research is one of the few and critical project-based learning experiences of theundergraduate engineering career. Typical students are rarely exposed to authentic applicationsof engineering design, research, and/or multidisciplinary content until the capstone course at theend of their undergraduate curriculum

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Board 134: Engineering Education Using Inexpensive Drones

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Randy Michael Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education; John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

- resented youth in after-school programs, which was developed and deployed over the past 3 years with support from an NSF ITEST grant.Mr. John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR John Ristvey, M.S., (UCAR, Principal Investigator), is development lead for Engineering Experiences in collaboration with Dr. Tammy Sumner, Srinjita Bhaduri, and Dr. Randy Russell. He provides expertise in Out of School Time (OST) programming with student supports and STEM education. Ristvey coordinates each of the teams and lead the design team as well as the work of the advisory board. He has conducted extensive research and development work in STEM OST projects such as Cosmic Chemistry (Institute for Educational Sciences, Department of Education) and

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Board 133: Scaling and Assessment of an Evidence-Based Faculty Development Program for Promoting Active Learning Pedagogical Strategies

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Kristi Glassmeyer, Arizona State University; Sarah Hoyt, Arizona State University
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect conceptual change and associated impact on students’ attitude, achievement, and per- sistence. The other is on the factors that promote persistence and success in retention of

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Board 23: RET in Functional Materials and Manufacturing

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Scott W. Campbell, University of South Florida; Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

500 individual calculus students on their course projects. He was given an Outstanding Advising Award by USF and has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the department, college, university (Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teaching Award) and state (TIP award) levels. Scott is also a co-PI of a Helios-funded Middle School Residency Program for Science and Math (for which he teaches the capstone course) and is on the leadership committee for an NSF IUSE grant to transform STEM Education at USF. His research is in the areas of solution thermodynamics and environmental monitoring and modeling.Dr. Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida Venkat Bhethanabotla obtained his BS from Osmania

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Board 151: Broadening the Participation of Rural Students in Engineering: Preliminary Findings on the Perspectives of Key Community Members

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stacey L. Vaziri, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Tech; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Tech ; Phyllis Leary Newbill, Virginia Tech
Tagged Topics: Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design

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Board 142: Neurocognitive Evidence on the Impact of Topical Familiarity in Creative Outcomes

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rafal Jonczyk, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland; Janet van Hell, Pennsylvania State University; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

IIE, a fellow of ASME, a former Fulbright scholar and NRC Faculty Fellow. Her recent research focus includes sustainable product design and enhancing creativity in engineering design settings.Prof. Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma Zahed Siddique is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of University of Oklahoma. His research interest include product family design, advanced material and engineering education. He is interested in motivation of engineering students, peer-to-peer learning, flat learning environments, technology assisted engineering education and experiential learning. He is the coordinator of the industry sponsored capstone from at his school and

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Board 4: Leveraging Undergraduate Curriculum Reform to Impact Graduate Education: A Case Study

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jennifer R. Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael F. Insana, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Gabriel R. Burks, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

design skills and mentoring and guiding student teams through the capstone design and a translational course following capstone design. In her Director role, she works closely with the departmental leadership to manage the undergraduate program including: developing course offering plan, chairing the undergrad- uate curriculum committee, reviewing and approving course articulations for study abroad, serving as Chief Advisor, and representing the department at the college level meetings. She is also engaged with college recruiting and outreach; she coordinates three summer experiences for high school students visit- ing Bioengineering and co-coordinates a weeklong Bioengineering summer camp. She has worked with the

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Board 130: NSF S-STEM: Transfer Success Co-Design for Engineering Disciplines (TranSCEnD)

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David J. Keffer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer Retherford P.E., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Chris Wetteland, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Mary kocak, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Travis Griffin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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for 5 of the 7 engineering majors at UT. 9Summer: Team Building Project A major focus of the TranSCEnD experience is a summer program where studentsvoluntarily participate in a multidisciplinary capstone group project. The high impactcapstone project will incorporate aspects of materials science and civil, environmental,mechanical, and electrical engineering to build a solar thermal heating system or both an offgrid/grid-tied solar electric system; the projects will alternate every other year. The projectswill supplement the summer lecture coursework with a hands-on experience that will give thestudents opportunity to cement a series of

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Board 1: In the Business of Innovation: Development of a Canvas Tool to Promote and Sustain Pedagogical Risk Taking by Faculty

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rohini N. Abhyankar, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

) program. The project’s overall aim is to support aculture of pedagogical risk-taking and realize an additive innovation mindset to promote faculty-teaching innovations at a large, southwestern public university. A specific research sub-goal ofthe project is to further understand how faculty development programs and initiatives caninfluence faculty-teaching practices. A modified version of the Business Model Canvas (BMC)[1] is employed to document the emergent activities of innovation driven, self-formed facultygroups over time. The Business Model Canvas is an organizational tool for capturing andcommunicating the critical elements of an evolving project’s ecosystem. Borrowed fromentrepreneurship practices, it is used to identify the necessary

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Board 6: A Program to Improve Manufacturing Learning Using Simulation and Automation

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie R. Ford, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Jessica Resig, Pennsylvania State University
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a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania since 1998. Dr. Walters worked in industry as a process controls and automation engineer for eighteen years prior to joining the faculty at Behrend in 2010. Most of his experience is in the design, development, and commis- sioning of PLC-based control systems for the food & beverage and cement industries. He has developed and teaches a course on PLC-based control systems for engineers. He also teaches a course on advanced digital design using FPGAs, a course on embedded systems using 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, and the two-semester capstone project sequence for electrical and computer engineers at Behrend.Dr. Jessica Resig, Pennsylvania State University Dr

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Board 128: Understanding Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) and Software-defined Networking (SDN) for Computer Networking and Security Education

Conference Session: NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection: 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mohamed Rahouti, University of South Florida
Tagged Topics: NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering education. Precisely, they have elaborated a variety of lab experiments and capstone projects which allowstudents for integrating a real-world testbed for various research and learning purposes. Furthermore, Mirkovic and Benzel [7] presented DeterLab, a open technology based on Emulab. This technology is anexperimental space/resource sponsored by the US National Science Foundation and Department of Homeland Security andthis facility is dedicated for online cyber security learning. In this facility, while students can reserve entities (available nodesout of 400 computing nodes in total) via an online interface, they are allowed to keep remote access (virtual session login) tovirtual nodes for a very short period of time only in order to