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

Paper ID #35979Links among student club projects, senior design projects, andinternational competition projects, a case studyDr. Lin Zhao, Gannon University Lin Zhao received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. From 2002 to 2007, she was first a Research and Teaching Assistant and then a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Applied Electrostatic Research Center, the University of Western Ontario. Since 2007, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gannon Uni- versity, Erie, PA, where she is currently a Professor. Her research

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Paul Holloway, Ohio Northern University; Lee Fricke; Grant Allen Crites; Kevin Neil McLane

The Big RacProblem DefinitionThe purpose of this project is to design and build a lockable longboard rack. This rack willprovide space for students to keep their longboard safe while they are in a building, as well askeep the walls and floors of the building clean from damage.This project has the potential to be extremely useful and valuable to many parties. First off, therack will offer students a place to store their longboards without worrying about their boardsbeing stolen. Second, the longboard rack will keep buildings much cleaner, as the walls inbuildings are scuffed up and damaged from longboards being leaned up against them. With thelongboards out of buildings, maintenance will not have as much to clean, which will be morecost

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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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Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Jonathan Alan Meckley, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

the Plastics Engineering Technology program at The Pennsylva- nia State University at Erie, The Behrend College (PSB) for 10 years. He is now the Program Coordinator. He has been teaching full-time since 1999 and part-time since 1990. In 2008 he was promoted to Associate Professor. Mr. Meckley has been a firm believer in the need for better writing for engineering and won ”Best Paper in the Injection Molding Division” for the Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference in 2008. During his time at Penn State, he has been involved with Senior Project teams and advised on their papers. One of his goals with his lab courses was to increase the quality of lab reports with a focus on explaining why the

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

Dayton, Ohio, he is a Dayton Public Schools and West District Science Fair Judge for the Montgomery County and the Miami Valley of Ohio. He has had significant and dynamic involvement with numerous research and/or engineering projects ex- ecuted for over thirty (30) organizations over a span of thirty-seven (37) years, including General Electric, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Great Lakes Center for Truck Transportation Research (GLCTTR), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), The Boeing Co., McDonnell Douglas Cor- poration, the US Army Tank-automotive Command (TACOM), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), etc. Through these research and project interactions, he has served

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

elementary and middle school children (2005-2009) • Supervised 30+ design/research projects involving 83+ undergraduate students • Hosted numerous outreach programs for 2000+ pre-college students • Combustion Institute KSA Country Chap- ter founding member • Supervised three annual teams of international design exchange students from France conducting research/design at U of Iowa and Industry • Served as industry liaison between U. of Iowa and HNI Corporation for nine years • Served as a member of industry advisory board for Col- lege of Engineering at the U. of Iowa representing HNI • Reviewer for Energy and Sustainability Journal since 2010 • Developed and implemented three strategic plans to earn KSA national, ABET and

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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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mixture of professional backgrounds and experiences. Throughout the semester, thestudents are expected to show evidence of significant individual contributions to the team efforts,consideration related to design’s effectiveness, material selection, ergonomics, safety, cost, effecton the environment, ethics, ease of production, etc. The course offers the perfect platform forimplementing the Engineering Unleashed’ s mission to graduate engineers with anentrepreneurial mindset (EM) and KEEN’s mission to teach technical skills while fosteringcuriosity, connections, and creating value [1], [2].As part of the course, all teams are required to make two presentations to their peers and thecourse instructor, and to submit a Project Proposal and a Final

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

an engineering design project involving undergraduate engineeringstudents in a junior-level machine design class. The project involves the design of a multi-stage,parallel shaft, gearbox used as a speed-reducer. The main objective of the project is for thestudent to experience the open-ended, iterative nature of the design process. This paper furtherdiscusses a student-led honors project involving not only the design but also the construction of alow-cost gearbox demonstration unit. The gearbox demonstration unit is designed and built togive future students in the machine design course a visual, hands-on way to understand andinternalize the working of gear trains as either speed reducers or torque reducers. The paperdiscusses how the model

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

tools in order to function effectively in the engineering industry. Inrecent years, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) haveburgeoned to successfully reduce or eliminate human interaction while yet processing largeamounts of data.The broad description of the introductory course in applied artificial intelligence is to designphysical systems requiring a background in digital signal and image processing, artificial neuralnetwork architectures, and specific programming skills in C/C++/Python. The students will haveindividual and team responsibilities as they function on project teams tackling real-worldapplications of AI. In addition, possessing the knowledge and skills to design and implementmodels in the

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Anju Gupta, University of Toledo; seyed alireza rozati, The University of Toledo

. Gupta’s current collaborators span from National Institute of (NIH), Oak Ridge and Idaho National labs, Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), Masten Space, and Materion. She has served as an ad hoc reviewer for NSF, NASA, ACS proposals, and several high impact scientific journals. She is an active member and volunteer of AIChE, ACS, NATAS, and ASEE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Magnetic Field Homogeneity of Helmholtz Coil integrated with a Hotplate for High Temperature Sintering: A Multidisciplinary Senior Design Project Chaitanya Mahajan 1, Seyed Alireza Rozati 2, Anju Gupta 2

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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 RMU Engineering Department for six years, and was the Director of Outreach for the Research and Outreach Center in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. In 2019, Dr. Kerzmann joined the Me- chanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS) department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the advising coordinator and associate professor in the MEMS department, where he positively engages with numerous mechanical engineering advisees, teaches courses in mechanical engineering and sustainability, and conducts research in energy systems. Throughout his career, Dr. Kerzmann has advised over eighty student projects, some of which have won regional and international awards. A recent project team won

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Emad Y Tanbour, Eastern Michigan University -School of Engineering

Merit Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) USA, 2001 • Ph.D. Scholarship Award, JUST, 1992-1997 Synergistic Activities • Introduced Computer Aided Design for elementary and middle school children (2005-2009) • Supervised 30+ design/research projects involving 83+ undergraduate students • Hosted numerous outreach programs for 2000+ pre-college students • Combustion Institute KSA Country Chap- ter founding member • Supervised three annual teams of international design exchange students from France conducting research/design at U of Iowa and Industry • Served as industry liaison between U. of Iowa and HNI Corporation for nine years • Served as a member of industry advisory board for Col- lege of Engineering

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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

un- derstanding. She integrates Trauma-Informed, relational practices with a Universal Design for Learning. Dr. Sweet offers a unique perspective as mother and advocate for a college student with complex disabil- ities. In collaboration with the Biomedical Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Sweet co-authored Finding Need in an Educational Setting: Starting with SETT, highlighting unique assistive technology for access to project-based learning for students with the most complex needs. Other publications include A.C.C.E.S.S. to the General Education Curriculum c and a peer-reviewed case study in the Pediatric Physical Therapy Journal.Ms. Alisa Jones, UCP of Greater Cleveland

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Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University; Fayadh Alenezi, Jouf University

coursewe cover the concepts of system design with the latest FPGAs (Field programmable gatearrays) w i t h multiple soft-core microcontrollers or with internal hard-core processors (Calledsystem on a Chip, SOC FPGA by Intel). This paper describes the details of the topics taught,textbooks used, software tools to use, the lab exercises and projects. We cover simple embeddedsystems applications. A list of Student projects done at the second half of the semester ispresented.We describe also the challenges faced in teaching such an advanced course. Some challenges arethe textbook does not cover the latest software tools, evolving standards and requirements, thenew FPGA software tools, and latest version of the hardware boards. We suggest techniques

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Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Alexander James Diehl; Timothy Huff, Ohio Northern University; Tyler Justin Hammel

. Other competitionincludes existing electronic signage and streaming devices such as Chromeboxes and Extrondevices. This product will comply with wireless and electrical safety standards, varying based onthe solution. Stakeholders in this project include the professors at the university, students or otherpersons wishing to seek a professor in their office, and the Information Technology (IT)department for integration with existing infrastructure.The proposed solution for our project is Solution B consisting of a E-paper 6-inch display withMulti-color performance. The main power source for this prototype is the Mini Solar Panelsattached to the exterior connecting to the Arduino Nano 33 IoT Microprocessor to control thedisplay. The device will

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

programming language to a small robot tool called the “floorturtle.”7 The floor turtle could be programmed to draw shapes, letters, and even pictures on theground.8 Papert argued that education was being limited by the physical tools available to theteacher and that “properly configured computer systems are so much more powerful than(traditional tools) ... (computers) can be used to provide representations of traditional knowledgewhich are more accessible and meaningful to learners.” 12With the success of Papert’s projects came the first academic community of EducationalRobotics researchers. They called themselves “LOGO Culture,” after the software that was usedto run the turtle robots. “LOGO was much more than a procedural programming language for

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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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oxidative stress in in vitro models of Parkinson’s disease. During her prior graduate and postdoctoral work in neurodegeneration, April mentored several undergraduate, graduate, and clinical researchers and developed new methods for imaging and tracking mitochondria from living zebrafish neurons. In her work for the EERC and Pitt-CIRTL, April Dukes collaborates on educational research projects and facilitates professional development (PD) on instructional and mentoring best practices for current and future STEM faculty. As an adjunct instructor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh since 2009 and an instructor for CIRTL Network and Pitt-CIRTL local programming since 2016, April is

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Varun K Kasaraneni, Gannon University; Lindsay Nicole Steis, Gannon University's Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS); Brady Johnson, Gannon University SEECS; Kaitlin Sidare; Tyler John Seelnacht, Gannon University; Hunter Telford, Gannon University ; Jacqueline Marie Sandquist; Scott Lee Fennell Jr.

1 2 3 4 Environmental Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Electrical Engineering , Biomedical Engineering , Computer Science5Abstract Project Statement Raised Garden BedsThe Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Engineer raised and Both garden beds are 7 x 4 ft. and will be placed in the courtyard area of PASSH (Figure 2b). One bedHome (PASSH) is a nursing home located wheelchair accessible garden will have flowers and the other will have herbs. Although unshown in the drawing, the beds will alsoin Erie, PA, that is

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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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Wesley Carpenter, The University of Akron

place in the latteryears of a 4-year MET program, this research can provide a baseline understanding of how METstudents approach design problems so better strategies can be developed to provide appropriatescaffolding as design skills are taught throughout the program.Introduction Mourtos emphasizes the importance of engineering design by considering design as theheart of engineering [1]. Design capstone experiences have been a staple of engineering andengineering technology programs and are excellent tools for bringing practical engineering intothe curriculum [2], however, typically such projects have been in the final year of typicalundergraduate program. Recently however, a resurgence in first-year, or cornerstone engineeringdesign

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Daniel Llamocca, Oakland University

preparing the next-generation Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education 1workforce on the features and challenges associated with embedded power microprocessors(e.g.: Intel Atom®), as well as to provide students with a hands-on learning experience. In this work, we describe the design and implementation phase of the project. The work isdivided as follows. Section 2 describes the finalized high performance embedded curriculum.Section 3 covers the implementation stage: the design and structure of the senior undergraduatecourse as

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

and Computer Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Engineering 32304 Oakland University Email: eddycorlett@gmail.com Rochester, MI, 48309 Email: rawashd2@oakland.eduAbstractThe motivation for this project was the creation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)navigation system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 2021Ocean Observing Prize, a competition aimed at developing innovative oceanic monitoringplatforms. The final AUV must operate for up to 6-months unassisted in deep water. Theseconditions create challenges for underwater

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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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Sydney Tate Hanratty, Gannon University; Kaylee Hatfield, Gannon University; Nikoly Dos Santos, Gannon University; Molly Elizabeth Burke; Lydia Nemeth, Gannon University; Morgan Louise Schreck, SEECS ; Jacob Dominic Rudy, SEECS; Daniel Noah Hughes

time this semester.save the lake. Next Steps As the project continues, we have several major stepsCurrent Buoys and Locations

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Johnathan Rettig; Tyler John Backs, Ohio Northern Univeristy

there was a single solution.After taking into consideration the concerns addressed by the peer review board and the client, anew solution (adapted from before) was developed. Calculations were performed to ensuresufficient heating of the water would occur and 3D models were created, shown to the client forfeedback, and remodeled.A parts list was assembled to find the necessary components as well as to determine the budgetnecessary to complete the project. During the construction of the budget request, cost reducingmeasures were taken wherever possible without jeopardizing the functionality of the solution. Asit stands, the client is satisfied with the current design solution and the product will be fullyconstructed and functional by the

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Jason Berberich, Miami University; Gary Robert Rudemiller, The Paper Science & Engineering Foundation at Miami University; PATRICK JAMES DIXON PE, PMP, DPAS

modern controls and automation technology.Consider these statistics as supporting data for the challenges these manufacturing companies facein staffing their facilities with engineers qualified to maintain, optimize and upgrade to an industry4.0 workplace. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook stated a2020 to 2030 job growth rate for industrial engineers as 14% and data scientists of 31% compared 1Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section ConferenceCopyright ©2022, American Society for Engineering Educationto an average projected job rate of 8%. The traditional fields of chemical, mechanical, andelectrical

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Colin K Drummond, Case Western Reserve University; Matthew L Moorman, Case Western Reserve University

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decision-making, including advances in under- standing wearable analytics for human performance assessment. He is active in developing experiential and co-curricular activities for students, the development of standards modules for design classes, and collaborative projects that address patient need.Dr. Matthew L Moorman, Case Western Reserve University Chief, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Learning from the Customer

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James E. Van Loon, Oakland University

• standards publishers; methods for discovery and access; volume and frequency of use; current challenges for access; and detail of integration into coursework • willingness to engage in a follow-up interview with the research teamWhenever possible, survey questions included a free-text response in addition to the multiplechoices available.The research was submitted to the university’s Institutional Research Board (IRB), whichdetermined that the project presented minimal risk and did not require ongoing review. A list offaculty email addresses for survey distribution and follow-up was provided by the university’sOffice of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA).Survey distribution and response ratesSurvey distribution to a convenience

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

. Many Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © American Society for Engineering Education 2universities are worried about investing in large manufacturing equipment of industrial caliber,and when they invest in those, it is for major research projects, not for teaching manufacturing.Spatial and maintenance requirements are also deterring factors for not starting a manufacturingprogram, adding to the cost worries. Another drawback of manufacturing education is the namerecognition. Students entering engineering education and their families often choose traditionalengineering disciplines over manufacturing, and the field is associated with the dirty and

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

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drink, smoke, play, gym, swim, lazy, travel, current health, hobby, study time, mood, sleep 2 Life-Style 14 time, motivation 3 Family income level, marital status, number of sibling, support, father education, mother education 6 4 Peer-related classmates, group study, friends 5 5 Subject structure, grading, policy, textbook, midterm-grade, assignment, quiz, project, attendance