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Aidan Matzko, The Ohio State University Engineering Education Department; Brooke Morin, The Ohio State University

Paper ID #35528Simulated Custom Microcontroller for a Remote First-Year Software DesignProjectAidan Matzko, The Ohio State University Engineering Education Department Aidan is a graduate teaching associate at The Ohio State University’s Engineering Education Department, where he teaches the freshman Fundamentals of Engineering Honors (FEH) class sequence. He will be graduating with a BS CSE and MS ECE, and has a focus on cybersecurity.Brooke Morin, The Ohio State University Brooke Morin is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering at Ohio State University, teaching First- Year Engineering for Honors classes in the

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Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University

important for these future engineers to be exposed to multicultural,multidisciplinary teams early on. Also, these future engineers need to gain the experience ofbeing faced with difficult open-ended problems within this team environment, having to worktogether in these teams to solve the problems they are faced with, and then come together tocommunicate their design results. All of these experiences form the foundation of the objectivesof EGR 100 [3], [4].In addition to these skills, there is an emphasis in EGR 100 to prepare students for theengineering coursework needed to complete the degree by covering the fundamentals ofmathematics, physics, and problem solving within the course. It is important for students tounderstand the relevance of these

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Cassondra Wallwey, The Ohio State University; Abigail Clark, The Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Shaylin Williams, Mississippi State University

. Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University Dr. M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University. Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh investigates the use of digital sys- tems to measure and support engineering education. Current projects include leveraging writing to support programming skill development, using 3D weather visualizations to develop computational thinking skills for K-12 students, and exploring how instructors impact attention in large, computer-infused lectures. Dr. Mohammadi-Aragh also investigates fundamental questions about community, identity, messaging, and diversity, which are all critical to improving

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Jonathan Krones, Boston College; Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Russell C. Powell

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Diversity

: Design, Ethics, and EngineeringIn the fall of 2020, a multidisciplinary teaching team at Boston College (BC) taught a new,first-year, interdisciplinary engineering course called Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics,and Engineering (MMW). This course combines history of science and technology studies,engineering design and fundamentals, and Jesuit-Catholic modes of ethical and moral inquiry.The goal of the course is to ground the practice and profession of engineering in its social,cultural, and historical contexts while offering students critical tools for ethically-informedengineering decision-making. Open to all first-year students, MMW satisfies Core requirementsin history, natural science, and cultural diversity, and served as a pilot

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Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute

Institute Dr. Feinauer is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Military Insti- tute. His scholarly work spans a number of areas related to engineering education, including P-12 engi- neering outreach, the first-year engineering experience, and incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship practice in the engineering classroom. Additionally, he has research experience in the areas of automation and control theory, system identification, and energy resilience fundamentals. His work has been pub- lished through the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE); he is an active member of both organizations. He holds a