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Nicholas A Baine P.E., Grand Valley State University

Development of a Parallel Stretch Programming Course to Improve Outcomes for Students with Minimal Computing Experience Nicholas Baine, Ph.D., P.E. School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Email: bainen@gvsu.eduIntroductionThis is a work-in-progress paper that introduces a new initiative to improve student success in anintroductory programming course for engineering students. Engineering students, regardless ofmajor, need to learn how to program. Most engineers will never write a program that the generalpublic will

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Haroon Malik, Marshall University; David A Dampier, Marshall University

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in a Programming Course Haroon Malik, David A. Dampier College of Engineering and Computer Sciences Marshall University Huntington, WV 25755 Email: malikh@marshall.edu; dampierd@marshall.eduI. INTRODUCTIONMany undergraduate students in the USA come from a wide variety of backgrounds anddisciplines and approach the study of computing. Given its importance, it is disappointing torealize that the teaching of programming (perhaps, more accurately, the learning ofprogramming) is a perennial problem. Experienced instructors are all too familiar with thestruggles of

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern Univer- sity, where he teaches first-year programming and user interface design courses. He earned his BSCSE in computer science and engineering from The University of Toledo and both his MS and PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He believes that effective learning occurs when students are provided with active, hands-on experiences that tie real-world practice with theory. Much of his current research involves design education pedagogy, including applying the entrepreneurial mindset to first-year programming projects by developing educational software applications for real-world clients, and streamlining

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Daniel Llamocca, Oakland University

Laboratory 7 Design applications that utilize the computer resources in a scalable fashion Final Project Work in a team environment to design a real-time multi-threaded embedded Final Project application and communicate the results in a written report and an oral presentation. Two main reasons have been identified that improve student engagement, learning outcomes,and student success5:▪ Multi-threaded/multi-core embedded software design: The class builds upon students’ prior knowledge on microprocessors and allows them to explore parallelization strategies

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

extraction[15]. In the future, the course willincorporate hardware platforms such as the NVIDIA Jetson Nano, TX2, and Xavier modules toperform execute deep learning algorithms on faster and dedicated GPU servers and workstations.The first course did not identify team-based activities as the content of each exercise could becompleted by each student individually. However, in future offerings of this course, team-basedprojects and learning outcomes assessment will be addressed as more complex projects areidentified and assigned.Bibliography[1] Cristian Iorga et al., “A Deep CNN Approach with Transfer Learning for Image Recognition,” 2019 11th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), Pitesti, Romania

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Holly Maribeth Plank, University of Pittsburgh

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STEAM, computer science, and engineering education inthird through eighth grade classrooms. I also incorporate critical technology integration andengineering education practices for preservice teachers in my master’s level science methodscourses. I ground my work in my commitment to continuously grow, learn, and unlearn inpursuit of the opportunity for a liberatory education for all students. Liberatory educationalscholars including but not limited to bell hooks, Paulo Friere, and Bettina Love provide theblueprint for my own pedagogical practice.Engineers of 2030 need the tools to achieve academically as well as to communicate effectively,grow personally, critically evaluate tradeoffs and synergies, and gain access to pathways ofopportunity in

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Tyler John Seelnacht; Zachary Owen Dickinson

Paper ID #35887STEM Project Experiences with Wireless Sensor NetworksDr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University Dr. Sundaram is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon Univer- sity. His areas of research include computational architectures for signal and image processing as well as novel methods to improve/enhance engineering education pedagogy.Mr. Tyler John SeelnachtZachary Owen Dickinson American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Work-in-Progress: STEM Project Experiences with Wireless Sensor

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Patrick Connolly, Robert Morris University; Madyson Orlando-Jepsen , Robert Morris University

, and make things.3 These spaces are basedin Piaget’s theory of constructivism, which describes how people learn and create new things 3 Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Educationusing prior knowledge and personal experience. Constructivism became the basis of Papert’stheory of constructionism; an application of constructivism to computers and other technologicaladvances.25 Maker spaces apply these theories by encouraging people to learn from each other ina group setting and further use that knowledge in their own creative

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Emad Y Tanbour, Eastern Michigan University; Suleiman A. Ashur, Eastern Michigan University; Ann Blakeslee, Eastern Michigan University

to assess it as we do. Those resultswill be presented in a future paper.Outcome 1 - Learn and practice flexible strategies for reading and writing for different purposes in a discipline.To help students acquire flexible strategies for reading and writing in mechanicalengineering, we considered all of the areas in which they must be knowledgeable (e.g.,engineering mechanics analysis and design, thermofluids, heat transfer, combustion, energyutilization engineering, ME materials, machine design & dynamics, and computer-aidedengineering). The intent was to provide students with experience reading scholarly andprofessional articles, including journal articles, conference proceedings, and product designliterature, in these various

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Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Donald V. MacKellar Jr., Gannon University; Tenger Batjargal

the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education them being hired by the team sponsor, IAMRobtics, and continued his career as an autonomous robot design engineer.IV Take awayThe progress of these three projects in a three-year period is a unique case study showing howmultiple factors affect the students’ research experience and the outcome of the projects. All threeprojects are closely related to the electrical and computer engineering curriculum. Students appliedwhat they learned in class to address local community problems and participated in professionalcompetition. A few take away observations:• For undergraduate student research, it is more effective to

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Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Josh Landel, The University of Toledo; Ethan Dunham, The University of Toledo

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result have many real-world applications. These calculations can include enginepower (or thrust) as well as engine efficiency.On the other hand, our project was a significant learning experience for programming andcombining the two worlds of thermodynamics and computer-science. Our group was a diversegroup of engineers, including mechanical engineering technology, computer-science engineeringtechnology, and construction engineering technology majors. One of the ways that our facultyadvisor combined our majors was the very nature of our project topic itself. The CSET major inour group would handle the software parts of our project while the MET majors would handlemost of the thermodynamic calculations of the project. This would all come to a head

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Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University; Nicholas B Conklin, Gannon University

Paper ID #36037An Electronic-Circuit Platform for Comprehensive PSpice Simulation andPCB TroubleshootingDr. Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University Wookwon Lee, P.E. received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Inha University, Korea, in 1985, and the M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the George Washington University, Washington, DC, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Gannon University, Erie, PA. Prior to joining Gannon in 2007, he had been involved in various research and development projects in industry and

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Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University ; Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Alexander Luis Odicino, Claremont Colleges Library

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University Emily Bongiovanni is the Psychology and Social & Decision Sciences Liaison Librarian at Carnegie Mellon University. She was previously the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Colorado School of Mines, where she supported faculty and students throughout the research lifecycle and promoted Open Science. She went to Denison University for her undergraduate degree and earned her Masters of Library and Information Science at the University of Denver.Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines Brianna is the Teaching and Learning librarian at the Colorado School of Mines. She collaborates with faculty to design and implement information literacy throughout the curriculum. Prior to her work at the School of

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Laurene Sweet, LeafBridge of UCP Cleveland; Alisa Jones, UCP of Greater Cleveland-LeafBridge Alternative Education Program; Colin K Drummond, Case Western Reserve University

Imaging andBioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R25-EB014774-07.The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent theofficial views of the National Institutes of Health.References[1] N. Stumbo, J. Martin, and B. Hedrick, “Assistive technology: Impact on education, employment, and independence of individuals with physical disabilities,” J. Vocat. Rehabil., vol. 30, pp. 99–110, Jan. 2009, doi: 10.3233/JVR-2009-0456.[2] B. Perelmutter, K. K. McGregor, and K. R. Gordon, “Assistive Technology Interventions for Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Comput. Educ., vol. 114, pp. 139–163, Nov. 2017

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Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University; Fayadh Alenezi, Jouf University

Paper ID #35912A course on Advanced SOC FPGA in Embedded systemsDr. Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University Dr. Subramaniam Ganesan, is a Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. He has over 30 years of teaching and research experi- ence in Digital Computer systems. He was the chair of the CSE department from1991 to 98. He has published over 100 journal papers, more than 200 papers in conference proceedings, and 3 books. He published a book on Java in 2003. He developed a custom DSP board with software for his DSP book. He is a senior member of

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Matthew James Bellafaire, Oakland University; Timothy E Mayer, Trine University; Edward John Corlett; Osamah A. Rawashdeh P.E., Oakland University

Evaluation of Dead Reckoning Navigation for Underwater Drones using ROS Matthew Bellafaire Timothy Mayer Department of Electrical and Computer Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering Trine University Oakland University Angola, IN 56703 Rochester, MI, 48309 Email: tmayer18@aol.com Email: mbellafaire@oakland.edu Edward Corlett Osamah Rawashdeh, PhD, PE Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical

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Emad Y Tanbour, Eastern Michigan University -School of Engineering

, Gap Analysis of Engineering Course Learning Outcomes using NCEES FE Exam, Abstract submitted and accepted to ASME 2015 Interna- tional Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Huston, Texas Nov.13-19, 2015 • Butler, P. B., Tanbour, E., Rahman, S., and Smith, T. F., ”Virtual International Design Teams,” Proceedings of 2002 ASEE Midwest Section Meeting, Madison, WI, September 2002 Significant Other Publications • M. F. Alzoubi, E. Y. Tanbour and R. Al-Waked (2011), Compression and Hysteresis Curves of Nonlin- ear Polyurethane Foams under Different Densities, Strain Rates and Different Environmental Conditions, IMECE11 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA • E. Y. Tanbour (2011), Institutional Effectiveness, the Point Of

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

(CNC)machines, 3D scanning, 3D printing and additive manufacturing will continue. And with thespread of new technologies, we will also see an expansion from digital manufacturing to smartmanufacturing8. Industry 4.0 or 5.0 will drive the future of manufacturing, manufacturing Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © American Society for Engineering Education 6engineering, and its study with machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), digital twinsalong with computer-aided engineering (CAE), digital threads, IIoT and cyber-physical systems,and extended reality (augmented reality AR, augmented virtuality or virtual reality (VR), andhybrid

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Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Venkata Sai Vishwaknath Reddy Penumalli , University of Pittsburgh; Markos Norman Petkopoulos, University of Pittsburgh

the Utility of Tomorrow competition, outperforming fifty-five international teams to bring home one of only five prizes. Additionally, he has developed and taught fourteen different courses, many of which were in the areas of energy, sustainability, thermodynamics, dynamics and heat transfer. He has always made an effort to incorporate experiential learning into the classroom through the use of demonstrations, guest speakers, student projects and site visits. Dr. Kerzmann is a firm believer that all students learn in their own unique way. In an effort to reach all students, he has consistently deployed a host of teaching strategies into his classes, including videos, example problems, quizzes, hands-on laboratories

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Scott Duplicate Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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second year engineering students. Scott received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, with a focus on global engineering education. His current research areas include cultural competency in engineering education, pedagogical inmoves through game-based and playful learning, and engineering ethics education. Scott has recently received funding through the National Science Foun- dation (NSF) to conduct research on the impact of game-based learning on the development of first-year students’ ethical reasoning, as well as research on the development of culturally responsive ethics edu- cation in global contexts. He is an active member of the Kern Engineering Entrepreneurship Network

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Alexia Leonard, The Ohio State University; Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University

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underrepresentedminority (URM) students in engineering have not drastically increased overtime [2, 3]. While thefield of chemical engineering does appear to have more diverse graduates than other engineeringdisciplines (e.g., mechanical and computer science), it remains that certain minority groups areinappropriately represented in contrast to their population in the United States [2,3]. Forexample, as of 2019, only 5% of practicing chemical engineers identify as Black despiterepresenting roughly 12% of the total US population [4]. Further, within the past 5 years, thepercentage of Black Americans working as chemical engineers has remained largely the same,even dipping to just under 4% in 2017 and 2018 [4]. At The Ohio State University (OSU), URMstudents (African

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Wookwon Lee P.E., Gannon University

Jan. 22, 2022 at https://www.mpoweruk.com/performance.htm.[4] Raspberry Pi Power Supply, [online] last accessed on Jan. 22, 2022 at https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html.[5] W. Lee and N. Conklin, “Assessment of student learning experience in two exemplary engineering projects,” in Proc. ASEE Annu. Conference and Exposition, June 25 - 28, 2017, Columbus, OH, pp. 1-15.[6] T. Batjargal, W. Lee, and N. Conklin, “Implementation of simultaneous multi-streaming of live solar eclipse video via 5.8 GHz AirMax,” in Proc. 8th Annual Academic High-Altitude Conf., Oct. 27-28, 2017, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 1-8.[7] B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc., “ELNIX Industrial Ethernet Switch EIR405-T: User Manual,” Doc

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Robert Michael P.E., Gannon University; David Gee, Gannon University; Paul Kummannoor Benny, Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania; Peter Caulfield

is used in class to show relationships between torque, speed and powerusing a visual, hands-on device. The design project supports ABET Student Outcome 5 and 7:Ability to function effectively on a team, and Ability to acquire new knowledge.1. Introduction: The use of design projects in the undergraduate engineering curriculum is critical to formingwell-rounded and well-prepared engineers upon graduation. Such projects give students thechance to implement the skills they learn in various courses, helping solidify concepts whichmight otherwise be quickly forgotten, providing the opportunity for self-learning to expandstudents’ skillsets, and above all, lending both breadth and depth to students’ knowledge. Theseprojects, moreover, allow

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Samuel Joel Rainey, Geneva College; Christopher Charles Jobes P.E., Geneva College

Jobes P.E., Geneva College Dr. Jobes is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, a Professional Engineer certified in Pennsylvania with his own consulting company, and is a Research En- gineer for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Center. He worked for the U. S. Bureau of Mines in control and navigation of a computer-assisted mining machine from 1987 through 1997 earning his Professional Engineering certification from Pennsylvania in 1989. Dr. Jobes has since been working for NIOSH in Mining Equipment Safety, Jolting and Jarring Abatement in Mining Machinery, underground refuge alternatives, and Interventions to Enhance

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Abayomi Joseph Ajayi-Majebi P.E., Central State University

engineering standards that govern the simulation modeling operations9) Study the requirements and characteristic of the project that qualify it to be a complexengineering project as required by ABET Criterion 3, student outcomes 1 - 310) Study, purchase and learn to use the ARENA Simulation Modeling System to capture thecomplexity of the manufacturing operations.11) Specify the existing layout of the manufacturing operations and develop two alternativelayouts for the comparative operations to move toward an optimized layout12) Develop a preliminary version of the simulation model for a chosen layout to provide averification of the feasibility of the modeling approaches.13) Using collected or data obtained from the shop floor codify a simulation model

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; John Andrew Keith, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

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) Education 1983. Universidad Simon Bolivar. Caracas, Venezuela. Bachelor in Chemical Engineering. 1990. University of Pittsburgh. M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering 1992. University of Pittsburgh. Ph.D. in Chemical EngineeringDr. April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh April Dukes (aprila@pitt.edu) is the Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director for the Engineering Educational Research Center (EERC) and the Institutional Co-leader for Pitt-CIRTL (Center for the Inte- gration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) at the University of Pittsburgh. April studied at Winthrop University, earning a BS degree in Chemistry and BA degree in Psychology in 2000. She then completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Pittsburgh, studying