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Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania

excited about engineering! American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 From Social Distancing to Enhanced Learning in the LaboratoryAbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic posed a particular challenge for laboratory-based learning. As manyinstitutions returned to in-person learning, social distancing (via reduced capacity) wasestablished within classroom spaces. Following these guidelines, our environmental engineeringlaboratory space could only accommodate one-third of the registered students in each of theSpring 2021 lab sections. To overcome this, I created a weekly rotational schedule of in-person,virtual, and field/home activities. This rotational schedule resulted in

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Rafic Bachnak P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

Laboratories and employment with Koch Industries. Dr. Bachnak is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, a senior member of IEEE and ISA, and a member of ASEE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Incorporating Software Simulation into Electric Circuit ExperimentsAbstract- A number of laboratory experiments in a sophomore electrical engineering course,Circuits and Devices, were revised to accommodate students’ needs during COVID-19. Thiswas accomplished while ensuring that a reasonable level of hands-on experience with electricalcomponents and basic laboratory equipment still took place. During the semester, studentscompleted three hands-on

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Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aws AlShalash

Paper ID #35693Improve Technical Communication Using Scaffolding Method in MechanicalEngineering CoursesDr. Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler Dr. Mohammad (Rafe) Biswas is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler Houston Engineering Center in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His expertise and interests include process dynamics and control, fuel cell systems and thermal fluid engineering education. He has taught courses in system dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, and thermal fluids laboratory. He also has advised and mentored several senior design

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Ivan L Guzman P.E., New York City College of Technology; Sara Gómez Woolley, New York City College of Technology

completionof an OER textbook was entirely altruistic. It is also a personal quest. As former students andnow educators, we have seen the cost of textbooks spiral out of control. We have also observedhow textbooks that were used as part of the education of the first author in the 1990’s, are stillmarketed several editions later with very little change in content, while still rising in cost. Withthat said, I immersed myself in this project to create an OER textbook with a sense of duty, assomething that needed to be done in order to help ease the burden of my students. What startedas a humble approach to publishing an OER soil mechanics laboratory manuscript, has flourishedinto a much more engaging and complete textbook by using commonly available

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Marvin Gayle; Danny Mangra

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. Concerns include how instructors are able to teach at a high level andconduct quality laboratory experiments remotely. Instructors were also mindful of the socialisolation of our students and the need to create a community remotely as we isolated physically.Changes to the assessment strategies also had to evolve, from the traditional multiple-choiceexam to other effective methods.KeywordsSTEM, Remote Learning, Learning Management System [LMS], Synchronous, Asynchronous.IntroductionThe rapid transition from in person to online modality was a necessary and swift response to theglobal pandemic. For educator accustomed to in-person learning the switch was jarring. A rapidtransition offered little time to thoroughly prepare for such a move. Educators

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Kiril Alexandrov Nikolov, The University of Texas at Tyler; Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Xuan Nguyen, The University of Texas at Tyler; Victor Eduardo Ortiz, The University of Texas at Tyler

the University of Texas at Tyler in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His expertise and interests include process dynamics and control, fuel cell systems and thermal fluid engineering education. He teaches courses in system dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, and thermal fluids laboratory at the Houston Engineering Center. He also has been advisor and mentor to several senior design project groups.Ms. Xuan Nguyen, The University of Texas at Tyler Xuan Nguyen is an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas at Tyler. Her interests include renewable energy, robotic, design, and automatic and HVAC systems. Also, she has a passion and interest in DIY projects

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Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

course (EMT 2461) is offered as an Associate-level capstone course to uppersophomores (AAS students) and lower juniors (BTech students). Each lesson has a one-hourlecture and a two-hour laboratory. The class meets every week. The course integrates the base ofseveral engineering technologies (electrical, electronics, mechanical, and computer). The capstoneproject aims to integrate knowledge, methods, and problem-solving skills that students learn inprevious courses. Before this course, students acquire some experience working with electricalcircuits, analog and digital circuits, embedded systems hardware development environments,oscilloscopes, function generators, digital multimeters, power supplies, C/C++ programming, andmore. The course is

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Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University

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Paper ID #35670Lessons Learned in Adopting a Multi-Site Combined REU/RET Program forExclusive Remote Participation Due to the COVID-19 PandemicDr. Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University Dr. Kofi Nyarko is a Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Morgan State University. He also serves as Director of the Engineering Visualization Research Laboratory (EVRL). Under his direction, EVRL has acquired and conducted research, in excess of $12M, funded from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Army Research Laboratory, NASA and Department of Homeland Security along with

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Dustyn Roberts P.E., University of Pennsylvania; Robert W Carpick, University of Pennsylvania

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researcher at Sandia National Laboratory. He served as Department Chair from 2011-2019, and currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for his department. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A DEI Task Force within a Mechanical Engineering DepartmentMotivation and BackgroundFaculty and staff can and do influence the climate of a department and achievement of students.Research shows the positive effects of choosing to implement evidence-based teaching practiceslike active learning and inclusive teaching [1], and having a growth mindset in relation to theabilities of students [2]. However, research also shows that the local

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Dimitrios Stroumbakis P.E., City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; John Migniuolo, Mig-Tech Fluidics Design; Bernard Hunter

fully FDA/cGMP/ISO regulated environ- ment, working for Fortune 500 companies such as Bayer HealthCare now Siemens Healthineers where he was instrumental in realizing systems such as the Immuno-1, Opera, and Advia product family, receiving technical achievement awards for his innovative solutions on these product lines. Mr. Migniuolo operates as a recognized expert industry consultant helping start-ups, and established bio-fluidic companies aug- ment their system designs, with emphasis on innovation, reliability, cost control, system forensics and full design services as executive director.Mr. Bernard Hunter >> Bernard Hunter is the general lab manager of QCC 3D Printing Laboratories, responsible for

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Paige Janae Harvey, Morgan State University; Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University

, for real-time data collection and vulnerability assessment.AcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank the faculty, staff, and students from the Center for Reverse Engineeringand Assured Microelectronics (CREAM) Research Laboratory, Cybersecurity Assurance andPolicy (CAP) Center, as well as the Smart Cities Research Experience for Undergraduates andTeachers (SCR2) for their support.References[1] S. Vishnu, S. R. J. Ramson and R. Jegan, "Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) - An overview," 2020 5th International Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICDCS), 2020, pp. 101- 104, doi: 10.1109/ICDCS48716.2020.243558.[2] Joyia, Gulraiz & Liaqat, Rao & Farooq, Aftab & Rehman, Saad. (2017). Internet of Medical Things (IOMT

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Thomas S. Soerens, Messiah University

learningexperiences. Students liked much about the approach, finding the student instructors“personable”, “friendly”, and “approachable”, but students also found the student instructorsamateurish and inexperienced, making comments related to unpreparedness, disorganization, andunclear expectations. Suggestions included having the professor lead the course and having thestudent instructors as secondary instructors. The model in this paper differs from the Kendall andWilliams model in that the professor remains the main instructor and only about one-fourth ofthe lectures are delegated to students with the professor providing oversight and collaboration.Bailey [2] used a peer-teaching pedagogy in a laboratory course. Different student groupsperformed different

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Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mira Flynn, Olin College of Engineering; Sam Daitzman, Olin College of Engineering; Diane Lam; Zachary Riggins del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

, doi: 10.1080/00031305.1991.10475832.[28] A. H. Stang, M. Greenspan, and S. B. Newman, “Poisson’s ratio of some structural alloys for large strains,” J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., vol. 37, no. 4, p. 211, Oct. 1946, doi: 10.6028/jres.037.012.[29] P. E. Ruff, “AN OVERVIEW OF THE MIL-HDBK-5 PROGRAM,” Battelle’s Columbus Laboratories, AFWAL-TR-84-1423, 1984.AppendixInterview QuestionsThe following is a simplified listing of the interview questions. Data tables used in the study aregiven below.(1. Aluminum) “Look at this table of material property data. These are the measured elasticityvalues for a rolled aluminum alloy of the same composition and processing method. Reminder,elasticity is a property of a material that determines

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Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Rachida Satio Constance Kone, Morgan State University; ketchiozo wandji; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University; Caroline Kinyanjui, Morgan State University; Vinton Amsley Morris; Jay Jemal; Javaun Rose, Morgan State University

focusing on the cloud capabilities, the software, and hardware. Having our threat modeltarget different capabilities will give us a more detailed outlook on the system's complexity whilebringing forth new threats that may have gone overlooked. With this capstone project, students areable to learn some in-demand hands-on skills while gaining experience working as a team. Theproject also motivates students to become critical thinkers, leading to job market opportunities.AcknowledgementThe authors of this work would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable time andcomments. We also would like to appreciate the Center for Reverse Engineering and AssuredMicroelectronics (CREAM) Research Laboratory, and the Cybersecurity Assurance

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Otily Toutsop, Morgan State University; Paige Janae Harvey, Morgan State University; Kevin Kornegay, Morgan State University; Edmund Himmie Smith, Morgan State University ; Marcial Tienteu; Vinton Amsley Morris, Morgan State University; Dennis Ndati, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Aaron A Mcclenton; Andre Latte Dean Jr., Morgan State University School of Engineering

graduation. Students and teachersgained various engineering skills, such as team cooperation, presentation mastery, C and Pythonprogramming abilities, Internet of Things instruction, and cybersecurity principles.AcknowledgmentThe authors of this work would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable time andcomments. We also would like to appreciate the Center for Reverse Engineering and AssuredMicroelectronics (CREAM) Research Laboratory, and the Cybersecurity Assurance and Policy(CAP) Center for their support.References[1] Davies E. I. & Anireh, V.I.E. (2019): Design and Implementation of Smart Home SystemUsing Internet of Things Journal of Digital Innovations & Contemp Res. In Sc., Eng & Tech.Vol. 7, No. 1. Pp 33-42[2] J

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Joshua S Wiley, United States Military Academy; MICHAEL Robert GREIFENSTEIN, United States Military Academy, Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering; Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy

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leadership laboratory where cadets take onleadership positions within their own body, the Corps of Cadets, and in so doing develop eachother. Our sixth domain is directly relevant to cadets, rounding out our time comparison linkages.Establishing Worksheets for Study Period. We selected a mid-semester period of five weeks tocollect data over, which would ensure cadets were not still adapting to their schedules or preparingfor the end of their semester during the study but simply in the middle of a semester’s rhythm. 7Call for Participants. We queried over 100 cadets and faculty with our updated spreadsheet(faculty version and cadet version). These cadets and faculty represent a diverse set of majors