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Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

designing a biochemical-modelsimulation project since 2014, aiming to offer easy and affordable access of high-school studentsand teachers to a self-sustained engineering education program. Our project is based upon a freemodule-based platform (i.e., trial version of MATLAB Simulink) for solve ordinary differentialequation (ODE) models for bioreactors like cell-growth bioreactors and microbial fuel cells. Theresearch question studied in this work is whether the real-life related ODE models, along with aSimulink-based modeling platform, is helpful to attract high-school students’ interest in using mathto solve engineering problems. Four evolving versions of the project have been implemented inthis work, and the survey results were thorough studied

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Jordan F. Ermilio, Center for Humanitarian Engineering and International Development, College of Engineering, Villanova University

areas of international development: technical support forcommunity development, capacity building, and the engineering design of humanitarian technologies. Thetransition of the service-learning program into a college center, creates new opportunities to provideresearch services to partners and coursework related to sustainable development. The integration of researchand curriculum includes a graduate level concentration in International Development as a part of an MS inSustainable Engineering program, and an undergraduate minor in Humanitarian Engineering. 11.2 Program Development Whereas, the center was only recently established, the engineering program at Villanova University hasa long

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James R. Rentsch, Aerospace Industries Association; Jason M Merret, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

guidance for Airworthiness education programs.  Airworthiness Engineering Academic Curricula (NAS9945-1)  Airworthiness Engineering Education & Training – Civil Aviation (NAS9945-2)  Airworthiness Engineering Education & Training – Military / Defense (NAS9945-3)  Airworthiness Engineering Education & Training – Emerging Technologies (NAS9945-4)By providing standard definitions and expectations of education curricula and professional levelsof Airworthiness Engineering related roles, Industry, academia, airlines, and government will allhave a foundation on which to build a stronger and more knowledgeable airworthinessworkforce.4.2 ASTM International StandardsASTM is a globally recognized standards

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Ross A. Lee, Villanova University; Giles Wozniak, Villanova University; Alicia Piscitelli, Villanova University; Anitha Devi Kannan, Villanova University; Andrew Jester, Villanova University, Sustainable Engineering Program

and innovative packaging systems. He has authored or coauthored over 35 patents and publications. He has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Michigan State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester.Giles Wozniak, Villanova University Giles Wozniak is a Graduate Assistant in Villanova University’s Sustainable Engineering Program. His background is in civil and architectural engineering from Drexel University and he has spent a number of years in the field before beginning his master’s full-time. At Villanova he has worked with companies such as Bala Consulting Engineers and The Boeing Company to advance their sustainability initiatives. In 2019 he presented his work with Boeing on

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Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, PDip (CM), Architect, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

Architects, Long Island Chapter Educator Award, 2019. She is currently serving as Chair of the Department of Architecture and Construction Management. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Assessment of an Architectural Engineering Technology ProgramAbstract:Reviewing degree programs periodically beyond ABET accreditation self-studies or collegeassessment report requirements can yield valuable insights. Course offerings of similar programsatother institutions can be compared, feedback from students and recent graduates assessed and thejob market for graduates re-examined. In 2019 the author of this paper was awarded a campusTitle III Students First

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Frank E. Falcone P.E., Villanova University; Gayle F Doyle, Villanova University

Paper ID #35290The Career Compass Professional Development ProgramProf. Frank E. Falcone P.E., Villanova University Professor Falcone is the Director of Professional Development & Experiential Education in the College of Engineering at Villanova University. His current primary focus is the leadership and management of the College’s Professional Development Program entitled CAREER COMPASS. His primary fields of technical interest and experience are in Hydraulics, Hydrology, Fluid Mechanics, Water Resources and International Water Resources Master Planning. In addition to teaching numerous technical courses, he has

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Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia; Ludwig C. Nitsche, University of the District of Columbia; Dong Hyun Jeong, University of the District of Columbia

aligned with studentlearning outcomes. In this paper, the course and program assessment strategies utilized by theComputer Science and Engineering programs at the University of the District of Columbia asthey prepared for a virtual accreditation visit will be presented. Examples of performanceindicators and rubrics developed to help faculty determine if students are meeting studentoutcomes will be given, along with (i) systematic procedures for digital collection and evaluationof assessment data, (ii) archiving and well-organized web-based presentation to the accreditationboard, and (iii) maintaining effective consultation with advisory boards and program constituentswithin the constraints of social distancing. We also discuss the surrounding

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Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Alexander J De Rosa, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

but notsufficient for success in an engineering career. In addition to instilling high levels of contentknowledge within their students, it is clear that engineering programs must prepare their studentsto effectively apply their content knowledge in a range of contexts.Expertise refers to individuals who possess a level of content knowledge necessary to be able tooperate productively within a given field (Bransford, 1999). In general, a few identifyingcharacteristics of experts and expertise have been described: 1) their knowledge is more than aset of memorized facts or processes related to the field, 2) experts are able to notice meaningfulfeatures and patterns of information that is hidden to novices, 3) experts organize their

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Robert Michael P.E., Gannon University; Michael P Sirak PE, Wabtec Corporation; David Gee, Gannon University

function effectively on a team.”Reference [2], shows how design projects can be used to foster self-directed learning (SDL).This paper details how various course design projects are used to help students gain knowledge Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conferenceof high-level engineering software programs through SDL while satisfying ABET outcome 7 to“acquire new knowledge.”Finally, References [3 – 6] detail various senior capstone projects whereby groups of students arepartnered with industry and faculty to solve large, complex engineering problems. These papersare good examples of how senior capstone projects can support multiple ABET outcomes whilegiving students much needed industry experience.2. Design Projects

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Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

current discussion.ABET Student outcome number 2 is “an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutionsthat meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well asglobal, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors”[2]. This closely parallels thedesign consideration in the principles of humanitarian engineering defines above. In effect, itcodifies the concept that an important ‘constraint’ to be applied to design is the need to take intoaccount humanitarian principles at the same time as focusing on traditional needs related toperformance, reliability, cost, etc. Hence there is a specific requirement to ensure thatengineering programs consider humanitarian principles, and have measures in place

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Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Tanner J Huffman, The College of New Jersey; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado Boulder

Paper ID #35262Informing Authentic P-12 Engineering Outreach EffortsDr. Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is the undergraduate program coordinator and a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UMBC, Director for the Center for the innovative, teaching, research and learning and she is the Associate Director of Engineering Education Initiatives at COEIT. Her research is focused on solving problems relating to educating and developing engineers, teachers, and the community at all levels (k12, undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and faculty development). She

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Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

-Atlantic section as well as ASME and IEEE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Virtual Service-Learning Tutoring Experience for EngineeringUndergraduatesAbstractIn the fall semester 2020 a service-learning option was provided to students enrolled in aprobability and statistics class that is required of all engineering majors. The instructor hadpreviously participated in service-learning seminars for faculty at the university who wereinterested in using that pedagogy in their classes. This paper reviews the seminar program, thebackground of the community partner, the nature of the service-learning experience and thequalitative reflections of the students who

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Dorothy W. Skaf, Villanova University; Vito L. Punzi, Villanova University

ExperienceAbstract In 2019 the World Health Organization reported that clean drinking water is unavailable to2.2 billion people worldwide. Water contamination can include multiple issues, includingsuspended solids, turbidity, dissolved organics, and heavy metals, as well as bacteria or otherpathogens. Problems such as water quality may attract students to engineering as a means topursue a career dedicated to improving the human condition. Opportunities for students to furthertheir knowledge and awareness of humanitarian issues within the undergraduate curriculum canenhance their knowledge of these career paths and build on research or extra-curricularopportunities related to humanitarian engineering. The authors have sponsored water treatment projects

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Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Chizhong Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Paper ID #35320Embedding Engineering Ethics in Introductory Engineering Courses usingStand-Alone Learning ModulesDr. Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Ashish Borgaonkar works as Asst. Professor of Engineering Education at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Newark College of Engineering located in Newark, New Jersey. He has developed and taught several engineering courses primarily in first-year engineering, civil and environmental engineer- ing, and general engineering. He has won multiple awards for excellence in instruction. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and

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Eric B. Dano, BAE Systems

theclassical methods defined in Table 1. Many schools require a senior capstone project to solidifywhat the undergraduates learned over their previous years. Topics should be chosen to ensurethat case studies, ESE and multi-discipline interactions are incorporated to add a system thinkingelement to each capstone project.It is worth examining if undergraduate systems engineering and industrial system engineeringdegree programs include architecture related courses earlier than other degree programs. Asurvey of curriculums [24] shows that they do not. This is likely because the art of architecturalsynthesis is often too abstract to teach and too difficult to grade at the undergraduate level. Mostundergraduate engineering assignments start with well

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Albert Lozano-Nieto, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

discipline, it is also used to (1) mapout how these different subsystems relate to the EE/EET courses in their academic program and(2) discuss the societal impact of electrical engineering in improving quality of life forindividuals with certain disabilities. Instead of a traditional lab report, students are required tosubmit a short paper identifying courses in their curriculum that will cover the different partsused in the experiment as well as humanitarian benefits of electrical engineering in general [7].Figure 1: Low-cost microcontroller-based EMG systemEffects of power on resistors.- Introductory lectures on electrical engineering discuss powerratings of resistors as well as the use of high-power resistors in specialized applications.However

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Paper ID #35265Cutting-edge Tools & Technologies: Teaching Engineering OnlineDr. Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Rajarajan Subramanian is currently serving as Associate Chair of Civil Engineering and Construction (SDCET) programs in Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. Previously, he worked as Transporta- tion Engineer at Maryland State Highway Administration. He earned his Ph.D. and master’s degree in engineering from the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida. He has 30 years of combined experience with government, academia

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Jennie Perey Saxe, University of Delaware

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and in-person communication materials –targeted to specific audiences using information organized in the message map – to support amock public engagement for a local, notional engineering project. Over the lifetime of thecourse, possible project topics have included: implementation of a city-wide rain barrel program;road closures resulting in permanent changes to traffic patterns; linking pedestrians with publictransit; and a new curbside composting program. Semester projects bring together the thematicbuilding blocks of the class and require project teams to produce a related, discipline-specific setof communication materials. This simulates the process an engineering project team may followto perform outreach to key stakeholder groups in

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Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University

featuring pedagogy and skillsdevelopment. For example, Variawa et al. [6] mentions an engineering pedagogy course as partof a year-long sequence for training PhD students for academic careers. In addition, theUniversity of Cincinnati has a “Preparing Future Faculty” program [7, 8] that prepares graduatestudents for academic careers.At Villanova University, the course EGR 9200 Teaching Engineering in Higher Education , thefocus of this study, was initiated in Spring 2013 as the first in a sequence of two one-creditcourses aimed at providing engineering Ph.D. students an opportunity to learn about engineeringpedagogy and to apply it in the classroom. The students who complete the two courses earn acertificate along with their Ph.D. degree. The course

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Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

].These rebellious engineers have a lot to learn from each other but first they need to understandhow they are positioned with respect to one another. A thorough mapping of their practices couldengage a broad audience of like-minded engineers that may have only bifurcated because of theirdisciplinary and institutional positionality. Engineers’ good intentions and their “desire to help”have created robust educational programs, yet scholars question engineering for globaldevelopment’s ability to actually improve the human condition [13, 28]. Post-developmentliterature claims that these humanitarians could be doing more harm than good throughneocolonialism power relations [29, 30]. In addition, others ask whether these efforts areintended to benefit

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

toclean water and sanitation in the community of San Pablo, Belize in 2000 [1]. This experiencemotivated him to engage engineering students in the design and deployment of clean watersystems in this rural community. He was further inspired to launch the Engineers withoutBorders organization in 2002 [1]. Most of the opportunities focused in the water, sanitation andhygiene (WASH) areas and primarily attracted civil and mechanical engineering students inglobal development projects. The first humanitarian engineering minor program was started atthe Colorado School of Mines in 2003 [2]. Again, the engineering majors who were primarilyattracted to this program were civil and mechanical engineers. Water distribution projects havebeen designed by US

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Farrah Fayyaz, Concordia University

Paper ID #35341”Making learning whole” with the use of pre-recorded videos for basicengineering coursesDr. Farrah Fayyaz, Concordia University Dr Farrah Fayyaz is a Lecturer in the Center for Engineering in Society in Gina Cody School of Engi- neering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She got her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. She has taught Electrical Engineering related courses for almost twenty years now. Her area of research is

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Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University; Virginia Smith, Villanova University

how they can utilize technology to enhance studentlearning.This course covers basic principles of GIS and their use in spatial analysis and informationmanagement. Through use of a core project that thematically ties this course together, studentsdevelop a knowledge base and technical skillset in valuable engineering skills such as projectlayout, data management and sharing, spatial analysis, and graphical communication for reportsand visualizations. Additionally, students learn basic programming skills in Python,complementing their GIS skillset with computational analyses that can enhance workflow andefficiency. The nature of the course encourages self-learning and independence. This GIS coursemay serve as a model for future software-based

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Dimitrios Stroumbakis PE, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

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5-wk duration.It’s to be noted that this is the first series of experimental 5-week sub-track courses with the importantresearch goal of assessing very preliminary student awareness , knowledge and attitude in the publicsector context. Laboratory programs (in class and out of class) were designed to provide an experientialexposure of the professional skill(soft skills) and interdisciplinary skills which are the many benefits ofproject managementsSurveys administered at the start and end of 3-weeks of instruction (N=42) covered awareness, knowledge,and student attitude for the public sector. Results revealed a 70% awareness increase, an unchanged 90 %agreement on the value of the engineers’ duty to welfare of society, and a marginal desire

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Amy Voss Farris, Pennsylvania State University; Anna Eunji Kim, Pennsylvania State University; Junde Li; Swaroop Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University

. Her teaching encompasses engineering education, preservice teacher preparation, and computational literacies in the Learning Sci- ences. She is an active member in the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) and has published numerous journal articles and conference papers on children’s scientific and computational modeling in school settings. Her recent work argues that understanding computational thinking requires accounting for the perspectival, material, and embodied experiences in which children’s computing work is grounded.Ms. Anna Eunji Kim, Pennsylvania State University Anna Eunji Kim is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program at Penn State. Her research focuses on

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Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Laurin Moseley, CUNY New York City College of Technology

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outreach project at Daniel Hale Elementary School which provides civil engineering lesson plans, afterschool pro- grams, family workshops and field trips. Prof. Villatoro is the Project Director for the Peer Advisement program sponsored by Perkins and designed to increase retention of females across the School of Tech- nology and Design.Laurin Moseley, CUNY New York City College of Technology American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Benefits of the virtual platform for K-12 STEM OutreachAbstractThe number of students enrolling and graduating with STEM degrees in the United States mustincrease exponentially in order to meet the predicted job

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Mike Simard PE, Villanova University

Villanova UniversityAbstractProject management has become a standard practice in the fields of engineering,construction, and information technology, greatly reducing the number of failed projects.While fundamental technical content takes up the bulk of the typical undergraduateengineering curriculum, the capstone design project is an excellent opportunity to teachproject management principles through a project-based learning experience. While mostprograms include project management topics in capstone lectures few programs activelypromote applied project management. A few institutions have taken a more formal approachby creating dedicated project management courses or incorporating substantial projectmanagement materials in an existing course

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David I. Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

reinforcetheir math, physics, and graphics programming skills. This paper is ultimately a call to action toinspire other educators curious about leveraging the appeal of game physics and PBA.Preliminary evidence presented in the paper suggests that physics can be taught with gamephysics, but with two different groups of researchers (physics/engineering andgames/computing) tackling the approaches for different goals, much remains to be studied: • Assessment of game physics in teaching physics to game programmers. The author’s current course and related work are part of games and graphics curricula that lack the formal assessment seen in ABET and educational research studies. • Investigation of programming environments for non-programmers

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Kyle P Fuller, Northeastern University; Andrew J Lopreiato, Northeastern University; Raiden L Schodowski, Northeastern Univeristy; Alec W Silverman, Northeastern University; Samantha L Bowman, Northeastern University; Caitlynn E. Tov, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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First Year Engineering program. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Development of a Surgical Lamp for Ethiopia by Undergraduate Innovators for Global HealthAbstractFor populations in low-resource countries, access to proper healthcare is often hindered by a lackof functional medical equipment. In these settings, equity requires adjustment of traditionalengineering design priorities to maximize usability and benefit to the healthcare facility.Minimalism, efficiency, and on-the-ground practical value must be prioritized overembellishment, complexity, and state-of-the-art features.Northeastern University Innovators for Global Health (NU-IGH) is a student organization

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Eileen Haase PhD, The Johns Hopkins University

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their first day of class. Guided by an upperclassmen lab manager, students worked together in teams of five on a semester-long HealthInequity Design Challenge. Freshmen had a combination of individual and team assignments togain knowledge in both health inequity and the design process. Throughout the semester,students heard lectures from guest speakers and clinicians on a variety of topics relating to healthinequity and/or the design process including: Health Inequity in the Emergency Room, theDesign Process, Empathy in Design, Ethics in Engineering Design, Ensuring Diversity inClinical Trials, Social Justice, and Entrepreneurship. The course also included discussions oncase studies in ethics with faculty mentors and a design project utilizing