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Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ha Thu Le, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Paper ID #27861Bringing students to real-world training environment through service-learningsenior capstone projects with K-12 outreach activitiesDr. Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Jenny Zhen Yu received her Ph.D. (2006) from University of California, Irvine (with Prof. Peter Burke). In 2006 she became a Lead Nanofabrication Engineer at RF Nano Corporation. She was one of the First Employees for this leading carbon nanotube company, which was co-founded by doctoral advisor Peter Burke, to commercialize her Ph.D. thesis work, this thesis formed the core basis of the company technology. She

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Matthew J Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Mary Angela Beck, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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to a panelof industry experts. At these briefings, the team members and DTL publicly defend both theirtechnical work and their collaborative work as a team.The primary objective of this paper is to report the preliminary results of a study conducted inFall 2018 to determine whether senior students were prepared to work collaboratively in largeteams over extended periods of time, to identify any gaps in preparation, and to pinpoint thesources of such gaps. To this end, the study’s methodology included capstone team membersand collecting follow-up written surveys; team composition and team projects in all requiredAE and ME courses were also documented and patterns identified.The research revealed a clear gap between what was required from

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Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly; Enrica Lovaglio Costello, CalPoly; Aaron W Keen, California Polytechnic State University; Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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 a  collaborative, cross­disciplinary environment in which Art and Design students integrate coding  and algorithmic thinking in creative works and in which Computer Science students apply the  principles and methodology of design thinking to visual applications. The minor is composed  primarily of existing courses with the addition of a two­quarter long capstone project, in which  teams of students from mixed educational backgrounds work together to make a final creative,  technical project.  We also present demographic information about the three years of mixed  disciplinary cohorts that have been admitted to the CIA minor.  Each cohort averages 11 students

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Christine E King, University of California Irvine

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) are previously developed ground rules systemsrepeatable in lower-division undergraduate engineering courses that perform group work? 2)does student team cohesion improve when team-specific ground rules are established prior toperforming group projects? The system was applied to a large undergraduate group engineeringproject that focused on a design-build-test application of bioengineering principles usingcomputer-aided-design. The sophomore level biomedical engineering course provided 21 teamsof 5-6 students with a student contract that established which particular ground rules areacceptable given the team’s culture. Students were encouraged to use their ground rules and teamcontract throughout the course’s group project to improve team

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Pejman Akbari, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona ; Brad Kevin Thomas, Electro Mechanical Systems Engineering Technology; Christopher John Tait, Cal Poly Pomona; Colby Stark

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University, Pomona in June 2018. During his senior year at Cal Poly Pomona, CJ contributed to the design and manufacturing of the Radial Wave Engine. After graduation, he worked as a Research Engineer testing the Radial Wave Engine at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. Continuing his career in the Aerospace industry, CJ works as a Design Engineer at HiRel Connectors, Inc.Mr. Colby Stark c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Development of a Novel Engine Test Rig for Research and Educational PurposesAbstractThis paper overviews a senior design project conducted by three undergraduate engineeringstudents at California State Polytechnic

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Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Sonya Dick; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, SLO; Julia Holton, California Polytechnic State University: Department of Kinesiology and Public Health

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. During senior capstone design courses, electrical engineers capturedthe three-dimensional motion of art students as they “painted” in three-dimensions. A secondengineering group teamed with music majors to analyze the motion of music conductors [10].These types of projects provide engineers with a greater appreciation for the humanities, andgive humanities majors a better understanding of how technology can be incorporated into theirown disciplines. We have also had success in having multi-disciplinary collaborations in capstone designprojects; these were year-long collaborations between kinesiology and engineering students [9].Our current project was on a much smaller scale and involved disciplinary courses with specificlearning

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Farbod Khoshnoud; Dario Robinson; Bruno Marco Quadrelli; Clarence W De Silva

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service-learning can be offered as part of students’ senior (capstone) design projects, when the NAE GCSPis not available to the students. Service-learning can facilitate the integration of applied research into the real-worldapplications [13]-[28]. This paper promotes research-informed service-learning approach inproject-based service-learning by integrating research into service-learning through education. Inthis paper, examples of research-informed practice for university graduate and undergraduateprojects are given, and service-learning is discussed as a powerful tool in education. The paperfurther discusses case studies of research-informed service-learning as a complementary approachto project-based curriculum and educational activities

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Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University; Fang Lei, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Delbert D Willie, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Chrysler, Northern Arizona University; Liangbo Xie, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University

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regular NAU graduate programs in EE or CS. For the remainder ofthe students, some of them were accepted to graduated programs from other U.S. universities, orthey decided to return to China to pursue career or graduate school there. In addition to highGPA, these students were evaluated highly among NAU faculties, including those courseinstructors and Capstone project mentors. In particular, a group of the 3+1 students developed aninstrumented bike and cell phone applet for their Capstone project. This work was thensubmitted as a conference paper and received the Best Student Paper Award in the smart sensorsection at the 2018 International Symposium in Sensing and Instrumentation in IoT Era (ISSI) inShanghai, China9.Comparison of teaching

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David A Trevas, Northern Arizona University; John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University

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Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. His educa- tional responsibilities are primarily in Engineering Design and Manufacturing. Dr. Tester has conducted funded research projects in biomechanics and engineering education. Dr. Tester’s scholastic interests frequently integrate Undergraduate Engineering Education topics, typically in the area of the design of interdisciplinary engineering courses and curricula. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Improving Machine Design Instruction by Developing Computational Design ToolsAbstractIn a traditional machine design course, the analysis of machine components and systems involvelengthy, multi

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Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Rich Yonts, Teradata; Benjamin W Cashman, National University; Richard S. Clark, National University ; Brett Nieman

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-wayhash that makes undetectable modification extremely expensive, yet verification trivial. This canbe done in myriad ways as long as the agreed upon hashing algorithm is used. Our argument isthat any university, or other institution, that wishes to publish data publicly, non-refutably,unalterably, yet securely, can, with minimal effort, implement blockchain technology.This work also demonstrates the effectiveness of requiring small groups to complete relativelysmall projects on current “hot topics” in computer science and engineering in courses throughouta degree program as a way to stimulate student interest which some will then choose to explorein more depth in a Capstone Project.Bibliography1 Lewis, A. (Feb. 29, 2015) Bits on blocks, a gentle