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

currently Michael is a principal engineer for the locomo- tive modernization team. Michael is a registered Professional Engineer, Certified Six Sigma Blackbelt, and is a US Patent holder. Michael is also active in the Erie section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is an adjunct faculty member of Gannon University, teaching courses in mechanical engineering.Dr. David Gee, Gannon University Faculty Advisor, ASME Student Chapter American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference Undergraduate Engineering Machine Design Projects R. Michael†, M

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Mike Simard PE, Villanova University

Paper ID #35250Project Management Implementation in a Capstone Design CourseProf. Mike Simard PE, Villanova University Mike is an engineering leader with over 30 years’ experience in start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. Mike possesses both a Bachelor and Masters in Mechanical Engineering, as well as an MBA. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) and Certified Estimat- ing Professional (CEP). Mike has held senior positions in engineering design, project management and operations in the power generation, biomass conversion and building material industries. He has led a va

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Daniel K. Jones P.E., State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute; Joanne M Joseph, SUNYPOLY

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Paper ID #35268Multi-semester Projects to Improve Braille Instruction for VisualImpairmentsDr. Daniel K. Jones P.E., State University of New York, Polytechnic Institute Dr. Jones is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at SUNY Poly in Utica, NY. His teaching interests include machine design, mechanical measurements, vibrations, instrumentation, and assistive technology for people with physical disabilities. His recent research interests include measuring and analyzing EEG signals from the brain in response to visual stimuli.Dr. Joanne M Joseph, SUNYPOLY Joanne M. Joseph PhD is Psychologist and

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University

Paper ID #35252An International Wireless Connectivity Capstone Design Project forElectrical and Computer Engineering StudentsDr. Pritpal ”Pali” Singh, Villanova University Dr. Pritpal Singh is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Villanova University. He re- ceived a BSc in Physics from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1978, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Sciences/Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981 and 1984, respec- tively. Dr. Singh teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of semiconductor microelectronics, renewable energy systems and

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Zuyi Huang, Villanova University

Paper ID #35292Design a Modeling STEM Outreach Project to Promote High-School Stu-dents’Interest in Math-Related ResearchZuyi Huang, Villanova University Zuyi (Jacky) Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Villanova University. He teaches Chemical Process Control (for senior students) and Systems Biology (for graduate students) at Villanova. He is enthusiastic in applying innovative teaching methods in class to educate students with modeling and control skills. His research is focused on developing advanced modeling and systems analysis techniques to manipulate microbial biological

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

Paper ID #35307Teaching with GIS: Developing a project-based framework to teach civilengineering using softwareDr. Kevin A. Waters P.E., Villanova University Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University with a specialty in water resources engineering and GIS.Dr. Virginia Smith, Villanova University Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Water Resources in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She received her PhD studying hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, and sediment transport at the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at

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

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good ofsociety 2) learning new, valuable technical skills, in our case the study project management skills, withthe longer term hope of working for the public sector who’s technology infrastructure and technologyservices are known to quite outdated due to in house expertise. public policy makers for the good ofsociety,The instructional mini-modules in this report were designed with two objectives: 1) raise studentawareness and knowledge about serving the good of the public through work at Public Sectors who are invery much need in technology. In fact, the dated technology in house of Public sectors have affectedquality of services they can be offered to the general publics. The second purpose is to introduce teachcommunity colleges students

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

Paper ID #35260Vertically Integrated Engineering Service-Learning: Program DesignDr. Jordan F. Ermilio, Center for Humanitarian Engineering and International Development, College of Engi-neering, Villanova University Jordan Ermilio has been directly involved with the engineering design and implementation of community development projects in countries throughout Southeast Asia, Central America and Africa. He served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines and has worked with Oxfam International in East Timor. He is the co-founder of the Villanova Engineering Service-Learning Program and is currently the director of

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Shari Klotzkin, Binghamton University; Howard S Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; David Klotzkin, State University of New York at Binghamton

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Paper ID #35281A Hands-On Online Summer Arduino Workshop for Middle School StudentsDr. Shari Klotzkin, Binghamton University Shari Klotzkin has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Southern California and has taught undergraduate mechanical engineering classes at Penn State, Temple University, and Binghamton University. Currently she is working on a project at AMAG Consulting.Dr. Howard S Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor-Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Retired Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. In 2019 Dr

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Peter Mark Jansson, Bucknell University

senior ECEstudents to gain skills in effective consulting by using their own acquired ECE skills to help meet a real-world client’s technical needs. This assignment was incorporated into the seminar as either a 20-hour or40-hour project depending upon how many modules of the course the senior year student wasotherwise engaged with. The Action Technologies® workflow model was used assuring the customer’sconditions of satisfaction would be met. This novel module allowed students to learn the four key stepsof: preparation, negotiation, performance and acceptance. The 14 ECE seniors involved in this pilotchose from nearly 20 available projects and got to decide which projects would best apply their skillsetsas electrical or computer engineering

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Jennie Perey Saxe, University of Delaware

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describes course content, delivery, interactive activities, and student feedback to date, andin doing so offers a model for similar course development in other engineering curricula.IntroductionIn our relationships and in our workplaces, humans are constantly communicating. In thepractice of civil and environmental engineering, where projects are designed and built for publicuse and benefit, engineers must be skilled at communicating with the array of diversestakeholders that will be affected by their work. In 2019, the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) published the Third Edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge(CEBOK3) [1]. The purpose of the newest edition was to update the competencies needed forcivil engineers entering and

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Adriana Fasino, Rowan University; Jessica Rodgers, Rowan University; Jay Kenneth Petersen, Rowan University ; Brandon Alexander Jarrett, Rowan University

and creating self sustaining systems. While there are many solutions forsustainability issues ranging from complex large scale wind turbines to simple solutions such ascollecting rainwater, every step towards a more sustainable world is a step in the correctdirection. When it comes to our university’s sustainability practices there is definitely room forimprovement. One such improvement, and the main objective of this project, is to better theoverall sustainability and well being of Rowan’s inhabitants through the addition of indoorgreenery. The implementation of plants inside buildings has been proven to improve air quality byfiltering pollutants, dust, bacteria, and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which candecrease the

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Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

participated in the on-line service experience. Half theclass chose the service option and half chose to program a simulation. The service-learningoption involved tutoring middle school and high school students in math, responding to fourwriting prompts or reflections, and a project. The project entailed the undergraduates creatingtheir own lesson and activity about probability which was offered to the entire tutoringcommunity. Each tutor first presented a brief lesson about a statistics topic such ascombinations, dice, cards, and other topics typical early on in a probability course. Theundergraduate tutors created a game board with categories drawn from the brief lessons theyoffered immediately prior to the game. Every correct answer was awarded a

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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

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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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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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Paper ID #35270Development of a Surgical Lamp for Ethiopia by Undergraduate Innovatorsfor Global HealthMr. Kyle P Fuller, Northeastern University Mr. Fuller earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from Northeastern University in December 2020, with a concentration in Biomedical Devices and a minor in Sustainable Energy Systems. He spent three years as a member of NU-IGH as part of the club’s design group. As Design Lead during the 2019-2020 school year, Mr. Fuller led the design, prototyping, and testing of the club’s surgical lamp project. His work at Northeastern and professionally involves the design of electromechanical systems

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Yixin Xiong, Penn State University; Stephen Porter, Penn State University; Swaroop Ghosh, Pennsylvania State University

Paper ID #35261A Reconfigurable and Modular Hardware for Remote Learning of AnalogCircuit DesignMr. Yixin Xiong, Penn State University Yixin Xiong is a senior student at the Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in circuits and electronics. His interests in circuits were developed in a music pro- cessing circuit design project in a major course, and enhanced in later higher-level circuits design courses. He is planning to attend graduate school after graduation to study deeper in this field.Stephen Porter, Penn State University Stephen is a recent graduate of Penn State

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Sushobhan Sen, University of Pittsburgh; Jeffery R Roesler, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

is taught in a senior design class for upperclassmenand new graduate students. In order to encourage critical analysis of design standards, especiallyhuman-related factors, a new design project was implemented that incorporates Autonomous Vehi-cles (AVs). Working in multi-disciplinary teams, students were required to develop new geometricdesign standards for fully autonomous AVs together with human cyclists on a principal arterial inPuerto Rico. The class was given an introductory lecture on AVs, after which they were requiredto review the literature, modify existing standards, and implement the findings into their roadwaydesigns. The teams evaluated the human-related aspects of design by re-considering multiple ge-ometric design parameters

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

from the mapping of their and their partners’networks. While we appreciate the use of systematic literature reviews as means to map a field ordiscipline, this project hopes to enroll participants beyond those that publish in the field toinclude those that practice, teach, promote, and organize engineering for good [1].This mapping will serve complementary purposes of a traditional literature review. AuthorsBorrego et al [1] provide justification and motivations for a systematic literature review inengineering education or other interdisciplinary fields. These scholars describe how many of thejustifications for a thorough literature review are shared with our proposed mapping strategy—tracing historical development, describing state of

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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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Paper ID #35344Benefits of the virtual platform for K-12 STEM OutreachMelanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology Melanie Villatoro, an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Civil En- gineering Technology at NYC College of Technology, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York. Prof. Villatoro is passionate about student retention and performance, as well as STEM Outreach in K-12. She has served as Project Director for the National Transportation Summer Institute sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration multiple years. Prof. Villatoro leads a STEM

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Eric B. Dano, BAE Systems

humanitarian system/project is defined as, “an effort that has as its objective, theimprovement of a person or community [3].”The techniques to reduce complexity to the point where an achievable concept may be defined,are rooted in the practice of system architecture. From [4], architecture is defined as, “anabstract description of the entities of a system and the relationship between those entities.” Thearchitecture derivation starts by defining the functionality required to meet the higher levelconcept across all technical, social and economic domains. The architectural process thenderives the physical/logical instantiation of the system from the derived lower level functionality(i.e. Form follows Function [5]) and boundary properties. The system

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David RB Kraemer, The Johns Hopkins University

cables 1 $1.50 $1.509V batteries 2 $1.50 $3.00TOTAL approximate cost, USD per student $105.72Figure 4. Basic electronics course equipment kit.Table 2 shows the list of items purchased for each student in the basic mechatronics course.Spare parts were included for items that tend to fail. The class included a series of 10 laboratoriesand an open-ended project. Projects could be completed with the equipment included in the kit,or a limited amount of other parts could be purchased.Table 2. Equipment kit for basic mechatronics course, for each student

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Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

opportunities in the 21stcentury.To break this seeming impasse an interdisciplinary program between EE and ME had beeninitiated as an Engineering (BSE) degree in 2012, received accreditation in 2018 and in 2020obtained academic concentrations in Electromechanical Engineering (EME) and Energy andPower Engineering (EPE). The BSE EME and EPE programs resides in the new Department ofEngineering, Technology, and Management (ETM) in the College of Engineering at TempleUniversity, rather than within either the EE or ME Departments.The ETM Department has the responsibility to ensure all aspects of the program includingcontinuous improvement of the interdisciplinary curricula, co-operative work study assignments,capstone design projects and professional

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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

successful designs, discover biomimetic projects that are currentlyunderway, and experiment with biomimetic strategies to better solve the problems by achievingthe benefits without the issues. This curriculum helps change the mindset and foster creativity inthe next generation of engineers who will be tasked with solving the problems of the future. Thispaper will explain the course in greater detail, and how its approach differs from conventionalengineering education. It will provide perspectives from students of different disciplines who havetaken the course, co-instructed in the course, and are currently applying their changed mindset totheir research and jobs.IntroductionTeaching the next generation of engineering students to solve problems

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Mira S Olson, Drexel University; Joseph Hughes

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, Conflict Management for Engineers, Peacebuilding Skills, Peace Engineering Research Seminar. 2. Core Engineering Competencies (9 credits) –Systems Analysis for Peacebuilding, Risk Assessment, Introduction to Project Management 3. Research Competencies (9 credits) –Research Design and Qualitative Data Analysis, Data Based Engineering Modeling, Community Based Design 4. Social Dimensions of Conflict (6 credits) – To develop competence in fields pertinent to conflict, students will select two courses from approved offerings in Public Health, Politics, Science, Technology and Society, Communications, and Education. 5. Technical Focus Areas (6 credits) – To develop mastery in a technical field applicable

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

University,took on a project to invigorate and expand the airworthiness talent pool, to define commoncurricula for Airworthiness Engineering programs and to define professional levels based onexperience and responsibility. This effort would ensure and improve airworthiness complianceand safety for civil and military aerospace systems and embed the airworthiness discipline as partof the design and development life cycle of aircraft. As demands for certification of newaircraft-type entrants, such as UAS and advancements in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), therewill be an increase in demand for airworthiness professionals employed by both the FAA andaircraft designers / manufacturers to process aircraft certifications. Legislation is in place toleverage

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Matthew M Johnson, Penn State University; Tiffany M. Lewis, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools; Christine M Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Chantal Giroux Balesdent, Penn State University

Specialist at the Penn State Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS) and a former high school biology teacher. Her role at CSATS is to work with Penn State research faculty to bring current research to the classroom by developing content-specific professional development for precollege teachers. Tiffany’s main interest lies in helping teachers break down the walls of the traditional classroom by engaging students in the practices of scientists and engineers through classroom research projects based on authentic research.Dr. Christine M Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Christine Cunningham is an educational researcher who works to make engineering and science more relevant, accessible, and understandable

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Jonathan F. Hubler, Villanova University

aclass. Lessons learned from inverting the course and developing new problem handouts will bediscussed. The outcomes of the project show that grades for the lower 50th percentile of the classincreased. A significant increase was observed in homework grades, which potentially can beattributed to the inverted format that allowed for more time in class to work on example andhomework problems. In addition to the increased performance in grades for the lower half of theclass, positive feedback was received through comments on the teaching surveys. Overall, 17 of34 comments (50%) cited that they enjoyed the inverted format or in-class problem solvingsessions. These comments were unprompted and many comments did not include any referenceto the class

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Thomas E Ask P.E., Pennsylvania College of Technology

into aesthetic issues provided the surprising result that the decorative designproffered by the student, shown in Figure 2, was not preferred over a basic cylindrical form.A pleasant surprise was to learn that many popcorn devotees existed and were happy to helpcomplete the questionnaire. It seemed that devotees who would be willing to get an expensivepopcorn popping system were less concerned about aesthetics of any individual component asthey were the system’s ability to package nicely. Figure 2 – Ideation sketches of popcorn popper [8].Medical DeviceOne example of a student design project involved a tool that would extract a femur pin duringpartial knee replacement surgery [9]. The design research relied upon

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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

board member of the American Society of Engineering Education’s Precollege Engineering Education Division; as an advisor for Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab Satellite Network; as a committee member on the National Academy of Engineering project, Educator Capacity Building in PreK-12 Engineering Education; and advises the NSF funded INCLUDES project, STEM PUSH Network at the University of Pittsburgh.Dr. Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado Boulder Malinda Zarske is the Associate Director with the Engineering Plus program at the University of Col- orado Boulder and Chair of ASEE’s Commission on P12 Engineering Education. She teaches undergrad- uate product design and core courses through Engineering Plus as