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John L. Krohn

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Paper vs. Computer: Are Printed Thermodynamic Property Tables Still Important John L. Krohn Arkansas Tech UniversityKeywordsThermodynamics, property tables, computers, faculty paperAbstractWith the advent of computerized thermodynamics tables, students no longer necessarily need tolearn the use of printed tables and the difficulties of interpolation. However, the question arises,at least in the author’s view, of whether full dependence on computerized tables removes thestudent further from a basic understanding of what the properties represent and what is a

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Mahmood Jebur; S. Ranil Wickramansinghe

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Design of an Integrated Electrocoagulation-Microfiltration System for Community College Laboratory Experiments Mahmood Jebura, S. Ranil Wickramasinghea a Ralph E Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, United StatesAbstractIn collaboration with faculty at NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) anintegrated electrocoagulation-microfiltration (EC-MF) system was designed for use in laboratoryexperiments as a part of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers(RET) program. Here

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Ishita Tandon

The “I” in INCLUSION Ishita TandonBiographical Information –Ishita Tandon is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Kartik Balachandran’s lab in the Department of BiomedicalEngineering. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology engineering from India. Her research involvesdeveloping multiscale in vitro and in vivo models of heart valves aimed at studying the early detection andmonitoring of calcific aortic valve disease. She has received the American Heart Association PredoctoralFellowship and the University of Arkansas Doctoral Academy Fellowship along with multiple other honorsand travel grants. She has also published 8 peer-reviewed articles, a book chapter

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Saffeer M. Khan; Mohamed Ibrahim

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Power Supply Design Project in Electrical Systems Laboratory Course Saffeer M. Khan, PhD, P.E. and Mohamed Ibrahim, PhD Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, ARKeywordsEngineering design, project-based learning, power supplies, testing and validation, faculty paper.IntroductionEngineering Design is an important element of engineering curriculum to prepare future engineersin implementation of engineering design cycle by creating a new product or process to meet adefined need under cost, practicality, and safety constraints. The primary goal is to train theengineers through a 7-step

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Heather Walker

the classroom andlearning overall. The benefit of connections between students and the university community hasbeen well-established in literature. Therefore, for students in the chemical engineeringthermodynamics course at the University of Arkansas during 2020, an attempt was made toincrease student-student and student-faculty connections through a variety of means. Theprimary goal was to support the mental health of vulnerable students and increase classroomengagement and learning.In the fall of 2020, the thermodynamics course was being taught as a synchronous hybrid courseusing Zoom technology. Attempts were made to increase both student-student connections andstudent-faculty connections using a variety of methods. Student-student

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Todd Easton

  Online Versus In Person Student Learning Outcomes Todd Easton Mechanical Engineering University of Utah todd.easton@utah.eduAbstractDue to the Covid-19 pandemic, many undergraduate students were forced to take courses onlineinstead of in person. This paper discusses the student learning outcomes of some courses that havesections with both an online and in person sections. A junior level industrial engineering courseshowed that the in person students performed significantly better, statistically speaking. Incontrast, a graduate course in an online graduate program had

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Manuel D. Rossetti; Bryan Hill; Ronna Turner; Wen-Juo Lo; Ed Pohl; Xintao Wu

other related STEM disciplines, 2) engage MDaS students in immersive preparation forretention initiatives, 3) engage MDaS students in professional development initiatives, and 4)evaluate program components on the enrollment and graduation of the students. This extendedabstract and presentation will provide an overview of the program and its planned initiatives.Keywordsfaculty paper, scholarship program, STEM, data scienceIntroductionThe demand for STEM-trained professionals with data science skills is booming. STEM-relatedcompanies recognize that firms with effective data science capabilities have a significant marketadvantage. The ability to draw insight from enormous volumes of data helps these companiesmake effective, time-critical decisions

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Kevin R. Lewelling

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Assisting Students with Internships Kevin R. Lewelling Kevin R. Lewelling, University of Arkansas Fort smith, 5210 Grand Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72904AbstractAssisting students with appropriate internships is critical for their future success. Often thequestion arises, how does a faculty member become involved in this process? This extendedabstract seeks to give some recommendations for faculty members in assisting their students withthis process.One tool a faculty member can develop to be involved in student internships is to compile andretain an up-to-date list of possible local/regional/national

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Thomas W. Smith; Natacha Souto-Melgar; Edgar C. Clausen

possible tonormal physical lab operation while maintaining safe operation during COVID. Thesemodifications included moving some labs to demos or virtual operation, changes in lab groupsize, the use of lab videos as preparation for lab and on-line presentations by the students.Student comments on COVID lab operation are presented and the effects of the modifications onthe relevant ABET student outcomes are discussed.Keywordslaboratory, unit operations, chemical engineering, teaching, COVID-19IntroductionWe will all remember the spring of 2020. Most people in the U.S. first heard of COVID onMarch 6, when a Carnival cruise ship containing 3,500 passengers was not allowed to dock inSan Francisco because 21 of the 46 people tested were positive for

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Robert F. Saunders

health of students and theirquality of work. The rebuilding of the student/university community can be accomplishedthrough well documented practices in the classroom, laboratory, and student societies. Asuniversities open it will be necessary for the instructors to play a vital role in implementing thesepractices to help students rebuild a healthy community with in the university.KeywordsCommunity, student society,IntroductionOver the last year students, instructors and university communities have seen massivedisruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic and many of the disruptions have ramifications forthe years to come. The speed with which the pandemic moved on the university communitycaused educators to move quickly into teaching in an online

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Fan Yu; Johanna Milord; Sarah Orton; Lisa Flores; Rose Marra

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Students’ Evaluation Toward Online Teaching Strategies for Engineering Courses during COVID Fan Yu, Johanna Milord, Sarah Orton, Lisa Flores, Rose Marra University of Missouri ColumbiaExtended Abstract As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, courses at various educational institutions weresuddenly migrated online in the Spring 2020 semester. For many of the instructors, this wastheir first experience teaching engineering courses virtually. Instructors applied a range of onlineteaching strategies to assist students in learning better. The purpose of this study was to gatherstudent feedback

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Helen Douglass; Peter LoPresti

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Research Practice Partnerships: Faculty, Teachers and Secondary Students in Informal Engineering Education Helen Douglass and Peter LoPresti The University of TulsaKeywords“faculty paper”, “teacher research”, “research practice partnership”, “secondary students”,“informal engineering education”.Extended AbstractFor many years, an informal engineering day camp has been hosted by engineering andeducation faculty at a regional university in the Midwest. The camp has been evaluatedpositively by those who participate and their families, as well as state and federal funders. Eachsummer

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Ashlee N. Ford Versypt

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Holding Space to Talk about Race: The ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Conversation Series on Inclusion and Thriving Ashlee N. Ford Versypt Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Department of Engineering Education, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractIntroduction: The ASEE Chemical Engineering Division held a weekly discussion group duringthe 2020-2021 academic year called the Conversation Series on Inclusion

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Solomon Isu

honeinstrumentation abilities, supervisory skills, safety awareness, and innovation. Graduate students shouldbe encouraged to adopt a healthy mix of laboratory teaching assistantships and classroom-based teachingassistantships.Author:Solomon Isu obtained his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University ofTechnology Owerri, Nigeria, and his MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University ofArkansas. Solomon is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University ofArkansas.

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Randy Kelley; Brandon Dooley

Abstract Brain development is not a constant process. Parts of a human’s braindevelop sooner than other parts. Several medical researchers have discoveredthat the emotional portion of a human’s brain develops rather quickly. Theemotional portion becomes dominated in a person’s teens and early twenties.The rational side of the brain development begins to overtake the emotional sideas most people reach their mid-twenties. This is not always the case. Someyounger students are very rational thinking people while some adults neverdevelop out of the emotional dominated thinking. As seasoned engineering educators, most of us think rationally aboutproblem solving and how we learn. This guides us toward our “best approach” toteaching and

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Andrew Behrmann; Shamik Bhattacharya

Resource Overload in STEM Education and How Students Can Overcome ItAbstract:Matriculating medical students soon learn that most upperclassmen use outside resources on top oftheir school’s curricular content to study for exams. Some students go as far as only using outsideresources to study. I preemptively tried to identify which resources I would use to study for examsbefore starting medical school but was overwhelmed with the number of options. This was a similarfeeling to when I was preparing to take the MCAT, wasting time using online forums and videos todecide which resources to use and how rather than actually studying. This overwhelming number ofresources is not just a medical/pre-medical student phenomenon though. Online content

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Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Lessons Learned from Remote Teaching in an Internationally Dual Degree Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic Rossana Villa-Rojas and Mei Lu Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-LincolnKeywordsESL students, remote teaching, COVID-19 pandemic, dual degree program, faculty paper.AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic forced education systems worldwide to adopt online teaching andlearning. Faculty faced challenges to provide high quality instruction, activities and keepstudents engaged in a virtual classroom. International students residing outside the geographiclocation of their teaching

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Kabilananthan Asokan; Nur-E-Afra Anika; Bryar Pim

emphasizing why tackling this issue is of utmost importance © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceWith more and more farmlands being used to build industrial infrastructures, production of foodis lower causing supply of food to not meet the demand and eventually raising food prices. In orderto come up with a solution to tackle the food scarcity and increase the production, numerous stepshave been taken. One of the ways could be to come up with an innovative irrigation system thatwill help produce more plants if ideal conditions for plant growth is achieved. Automating theirrigation system will make sure soil moisture, temperature and light

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Jessica Bain

current fragility of the food systems in small island nations, there must be local,sustainable food production occurring on these islands. Implementing sustainable agriculturaltechniques which can withstand the weather events and support the local population are imperative tothe feasibility of these projects. Large scale greenhouse agriculture, hydroponic technology and othersustainable food production techniques within these communities can help subsidize food imports butalso ensure that the country is able to be self-sufficient in the event on a natural disaster which preventsimmediate food relief.In the next 30 years, smaller countries must be able to feed themselves and sustain their localpopulations. As the global populations increases and