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Sabah Abro; Ken Cook

ETD 365 Industrial-Style, Multi-Disciplined Senior Project Sabah Abro and Ken Cook Lawrence Technological University1. AbstractCapstone project courses are essential platforms for students in general and engineeringdisciplines in particular. These projects are used to build up students’ required professional skillsand prepare them for their future careers in a highly competitive global market. Programscurriculum are being reviewed, upgraded, and enhanced continuously to meet current and futurerequirements of engineering careers.Industry is rapidly leaning towards a

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Marilyn Dyrud; Hadi Alasti; Maurizio Manzo; T. Sean Tavares; Paul McPherson; Margaret Phillips

ETD 315 Mini-Grants Revealed Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology (retired); Hadi Alasti, Purdue University Fort Wayne; Maurizio Manzo, University of North Texas; T. Sean Tavares, University of New Hampshire; Paul McPherson, and Margaret Phillips Purdue UniversityAbstractEvery two years, the Engineering Technology Division solicits proposals for mini-grants,matching grants that help fund projects beneficial to the larger engineering technologyeducational community. This session features a brief explanation of the grant process(application, evaluation, and

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James Kribs

graduate research assistants. These types of projects have been developedin the sciences, and specifically biology and chemistry undergraduate programs (Ballen et al.,2017; Corwin & La, 2014). These courses are used as an alternative to conventional laboratorycourse with fixed objectives and predetermined results. The intent is to show undergraduatestudents how higher-level research is completed, without the standard “training wheels”.Students observe new unique outcomes, and get experience in a laboratory environment,including common practices within the field of study, as well as teamwork and collaborationwhile conducting research with unknown results (Ballen et al., 2017; Corwin & La, 2014).These types of projects have expanded into the

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Afshin Zahraee; Cheng Zhang; David Pratt; Chandramouli V. Chandramouli

ETD 335 Vertical Integration of Experiential Learning in Construction Curriculum with Industry Collaboration Afshin Zahraee, Cheng Zhang, David Pratt, Chandramouli V. Chandramouli Purdue University NorthwestAbstractThis paper proposes to vertically integrate experiential learning components in courses at variouslevels in the Construction Engineering and Management Technology (CEMT) program at PurdueUniversity Northwest (PNW). Specifically, this project focuses on engaging industryprofessionals to incorporate newly developed

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Marilyn Barger; Richard Gilbert

implementationphase.This paper (I) reviews the Industry 4.0 skill areas and skill sets as identified by the BostonConsulting Group; (2) presents the results from an NSF-funded special project, “PreparingTechnicians for the Future of Work” that identifies skill areas and skill sets cross-disciplineframework for technician preparation; (3) presents the results from NSF-funded projects“Conference to Explore the Impact of Future of Work Issues on Technician Education inFlorida,” and (4) presents the process for integration the Industry 4.0 technology-related skillsinto the BS Engineering Technology degree program at Daytona State College. This paper andpresentation report on these strategies and illustrate the overlap of important skills needed bymany engineering

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Hiren Gami

Engineering Technology-centric course. Inaddition, an online learning experience should not additionally impact students’ affordability,self-paced learning ability, and peer interaction on group assignments.Additionally, one must consider the student learning process and self-motivation while offeringonline courses in the Engineering domain. Several kinds of literature in past discussed theseaspects [8] - [10]. This literature discusses teamwork, group discussion, defining a goal, andcooperation. A highlight is also given to project-based Learning (PBL) – a successful methodthat fosters creativity, independent research, realizing theoretical concepts in practice,cooperative communication, and time management. The PBL can fail because that

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Xiaojing Yuan

teaching and support for qualityinstruction by focusing on four dimensions (core values, core principles, inquiry & analysis, andintegration of professional learning and educational development) at multiple scales (Individual– Community – Institution – Ecosystem) within the IHEs. Figure 2 shows the vision of NLC andits four dimensions and four scales.NLC provides an integrated platform for all those evidence-based high-impact practices (HIPs)that demonstrated positive effect on students learning and sustained success. Creating andadopting open educational resources (OERs) fulfills the core values of NLC – “Inclusive andEquity-Focused” and “Learning-Centered” – and supports the HIPs including project-basedlearning (PBL), to collaborative

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Zhiyuan Yu; Gary Drigel

ETD 415 Digitized Teaching Lab Development for Comprehensive Materials Testing System Zhiyuan Yu and Gary Drigel Miami UniversityAbstractEngineering materials course labs requiring tensile tester represents a challenge especiallyfor remote teaching. This project is to develop digitized teaching labs by utilizing a PASCOportable comprehensive material testing system. Three senior design students advised by twoMechanical Engineering Technology faculty members have developed digitized virtual lab.The system measures force with a max 1.6 KIP

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Saeed Foroudastan

. The challenge requires students to construct a solar powered boat tocompete in several different categories including technical reports, visual displays,workmanship, sprint races and endurance events. Students learn to apply solar energy in atransportation efficient design and gain hands-on experience with sustainable energy and energymanagement. Each part is manufactured in the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)laboratories and more than 80% of the boat is built by hand.The Solar Boat project originated in 2004 by the MTSU Associate Dean of Basic and AppliedSciences, Dr. Saeed Foroudastan. Most students use this project to complete their Capstonecourse requirement, a necessity to graduate. Seniors help undergraduate level students

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Rebecca Book

completing groups projects are evaluated with rubrics in order to check if ethicalbehavior is being exhibited in dealing with peers. In the higher-level course, a rubric is used forassessment. Each of the students, after the project is completed, gives anonymous feedback aboutthemselves and colleagues using the following rubric: “Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright @2023, American Society for Engineering Education” ETD 445 Fig. 1. Example of group project rubric.Each student’s grade is based on the percentage of the rubric averages of all the

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Mohammad Moin Uddin; Keith Johnson; Craig Leendert

software used for these three CAD courses are mostly the same. Thispaper describes redesigning the three CAD courses with OER materials. The instructors whoteach the courses are involved in this OER project and will implement OER supported courses inSpring 2023. Use of free and open course materials send a positive signal to the students that theprofessor and the university care about them—view them as people with tight budgets, jobs, andfamilies—and want them to succeed in the class. Increasing access and fostering a greater senseof belonging makes students want to stay enrolled and graduate.IntroductionEngineering design is a crucial component of innovation and new product development.Effective engineering design can improve quality, reduce

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Susan Scachitti; Daniel Suson; Maged Mikhail

efforts becomemore varied resulting in camps, workshops, or other short sessions that focus on helpingprospective college students understand the various aspects of STEM disciplines.This paper details how Purdue University Northwest (PNW) took a novel approach to STEMoutreach by developing a peer-to-peer “STEM on the Road” (SotR) program. This initiative tookthe emphasis off recruitment and placed it on STEM college students sharing their collegiatecompetition and individualized research projects with high school and middle school students.The program helped the college students transport their projects, whether they were small hand-held electronics or full-sized competition vehicles, to area high schools and middle schools for aone-day exhibit

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE; Christopher Gabany

listingand further discussions of 10 ethics-related ABET assessments follow, showing the class, andoutlining the creative and fresh assignment methods to teach engineering ethics. The ethicalcomponents being considered are highlighted in each class description given below.I. EE/COE 1195 Engineering Practice (Design) And Professional DevelopmentAssignment: Final approved project design and grade for the course.Description: UPJ COE and EE students’ senior capstone project is proposed and designed duringEE 1195 / COE 1195. The course requires students to work in small design teams to solve asignificant engineering problem. Students propose, develop, and design a solution to a selectengineering problem. The course reinforces principles of the

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Nancy Sundheim; Jungwon Ahn

ETD 365 Multiple Avenues for Industry Input Nancy Sundheim, Jungwon Ahn St. Cloud State UniversityAbstractEngineering programs have many types of industry connections. Examples include industryadvisory boards, alumni, capstone projects working with local industry, guest speakers, fieldtrips, customized training for local industry, and professional organizations such as the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers.All of these connections can be leveraged to inform curriculum. This paper describes how theseopportunities have all been used to make changes to our

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Maged Mikhail; Hassan Hayajneh

, the goal ofthis partnership was to build a portable trainer system including a linear electromagnetic actuatorintegrated with an industrial controller to enhance the capabilities of engineering technologylabs. The objective of this project was to provide a demonstration presenting the ability ofelectromagnetic linear motors to be used in several industries, compared to many cases of thecommon pneumatic actuator. Electromagnetic linear drives can be integrated with manyindustrial controllers, such as the Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). They can beembedded as inputs such as switches, sensor I/O, or directly through a PLCs logic programming.Regarding the scope of this project, the authors created a state-of-the-art trainer system to beused

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Maged Mikhail; Hassan Hayajneh

), driven bysupport from the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) Foundation and the“PMMI U Skills Fund” exemplifies that unity. Using industry-standard software, equipment, andresources, like that provided by LinMot Inc. USA, allows students and workforce trainees tolearn using the newest equipment, learn about emerging technologies in packaging andprocessing, and provide a pipeline of workforce-ready talent. In this paper, the authors explainthe steps to design, fabricate, and build a testbed trainer to be used with the existing trainers inthe hands-on activity laboratories, student/industry projects, and capstone design. This project isa good tool for students to practice utilizing innovative technology and hands-on skills using

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Mohsen Azizi

specifically trained for renewable energy industries. In this National ScienceFoundation (NSF) sponsored project, state-of-the-art equipment and laboratory materials aredesigned and developed for the engineering technology students to get exposure to the relevanttheories and get hands-on skills on the functional knowledge of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.The new course “Solar PV Planning and Installation” and the associated laboratory experimentsare designed, developed, and continuously improved in collaboration with the external advisorycommittee (EAC) including industrial partners. This new course provides the students with thepractical and experimental skills required by the industry jobs in the field of solar PV design,installation, and

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Michael Markovich; Masoud Fathizadeh

running through the system, while theother will ozonate the water running through the system. Living Waters also provides hygieneeducation. This education teaches the importance of having clean water and why keeping goodhygiene is needed. They also provide some demonstrations. To aid in diagnostics and usagetracking, Living Waters desires a way to monitor their water purification system. They want tohave a way to determine if the system is used and functioning properly to produce clean waterthat is acceptable for drinking. For this project, sensors, actuators, controllers with telemetrycapability were added to the water purification system to serve as a way to monitor systemoperation.BackgroundPurposeThe purpose of the project is to provide

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Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang

Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1.5 million grant toIndiana Tech to purchase technical equipment to support engineering- and manufacturing-relatedcertification programs. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan [5]. The supportedprograms are • Programmable Logic Controller Certificate • Cybersecurity & Data Analytics • Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing Certificate • Automation Certificate • Cybersecurity & Information Management • Artificial Intelligence Certificate • Printed Circuit Board Design CertificateThe Additive Manufacturing Certificate is the focus of this paper.3. Project Description3.1. Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing certificateThis program

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Gregory Lyman; Jeffrey Wilcox

ETD 365 Implementing Renovated Robotics Platforms in Engineering Technology Laboratories Gregory Lyman and Jeffery Wilcox Central Washington UniversityAbstractAs an update to the introductory paper submitted at the 2019 CIEC conference [1], data will bepresented as to the implementation of the retrofit project regarding acceptance within thecurriculum. In 2018, the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) team at Central WashingtonUniversity (CWU) started a renovation project on seven ATLAS robotics platforms built in the1980s. From consultation with

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Hiren Gami

via the terminal. They can perform thisstep independently on Raspberry Pi or connect it with the local computer and log on via the IPaddress of Raspberry Pi. Now, download the model and run the model on Raspberry Pi.In the next step of this interactive simulation, they connect to the Raspberry Pi with the low-costsimplified 5-axis robot arm [17], as shown in Fig. 2. A similar robot arm is widely used byhobbyists or designing Arduino-based basic robotics projects. This arm can be easily connectedto microcontroller platforms such as Arduino Uno board or Raspberry Pi. The onboardelectronics allow students to tune various servo motors manually and via microcontroller serialconnections. In addition, the servo driver board can also allow connection

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John Irwin

participants U.P. wide impacted by COVID-19 to transition to high-skill, high-wage employment and career pathways. The grant is part of a$17.8 million competitive grant awarded to Michigan Department of Labor and EconomicOpportunity (LEO) by the U.S. Department of Education. Michigan Tech, Manufacturing andMechanical Engineering Technology (MMET) Department will use the funds to support theseindividuals, resulting in industry-recognized credential attainment and reduced educational debt.Partnerships with eight local companies resulted in 40+ employees participating in fluid powertraining to date as part of this 2-year project. The introduction to fluid power components andsystems is 20 hours, run as two sessions (4) hours per day for one week to

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Gary Mullett

Education (ATE) program that focuses on two-year college technical education [11]. The majority of this support has been in the form of grantsthat fund projects or resource centers or centers of excellence that promote the dissemination ofinformation about new emerging technologies, provide faculty development opportunities, orintroduce/ research innovative teaching methods. One of the broad areas that the NSF-ATEprogram emphasizes is advanced manufacturing at the two-year college level. As notedpreviously, the ASEE Workforce 4.0 initiative also addressed two-year college technicianeducation but not as expansively as four-year engineering education. Indeed, the recent Industry4.0 Workforce Summit almost exclusively emphasized engineering versus

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Alok Verma; Paul Potier; Irfan Khan; Andrew Moore; Vanicha McQueen; Sepideh Maleki

digitalization and automation of port and transportation operations, food security, and coastalresilience. From 2014 to 2018, the economic activity in American seaports increased by 17% to$5.4 trillion, accounting for about 26% of the country’s $20.5 trillion gross domestic product(GDP). ETD 355 Fig.1. Projection of America’s Blue Economy [5], [6].On the other hand, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended STCW 95 (alsoknown as the Manila Amendments) on June 25, 2010, to introduce the certified position ofelectro-technical officer in place of electrical officers. This was enacted to make modernelectrical engineers competent to

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Benjamin Gaston; Ramy Harik; Kuis Alva; Jesse Warren

smart manufacturing principles was designed and is beingimplemented in the Northeast campus of Midlands Technical College. Connectivity and datautilization are explained with the use of the equipment and software installed in the classroom.Students started using the data acquisition station on Summer 2022. The remote temperaturemonitoring system was installed at the beginning of the Fall 2022 semester.AcknowledgmentWe want to thank to the South Carolina Research Association (SCRA) and the University ofSouth Carolina (USC) for the grant that makes possible the purchase of the equipment. The grantis part of the collaborative project: “Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for FutureManufacturing across South Carolina” currently in progress

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Kim Gaines; Caleb Allen; Johnica Mitchell; Shirley Walker-Herrington

engineering technology instruction. The grant project has anoverarching goal of improving student engagement and learning outcomes of first-time in college AfricanAmerican engineering technology (Electrical and Computer, Mechanical, and Nuclear) students, and allengineering technology students in general. Grant activities commenced October 1, 2021, and the grant team ispresently taking steps to procure a contractor for the construction of a VAR lab. Additionally, the grant team isdeveloping a program of study specific to dual enrolled students within the college’s service area that will leadto a college credential at the Technical Certificate of Credit award level.PurposeThe VARiETy grant initiative seeks to demonstrate improvement in academic

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Vatsal Maru; Adam Lynch

objectives and conducting assessments. Outcomebased education (OBE) is a critical educational development [1], employing both traditionalassessment methods of homework, quizzes, exams, and papers throughout each term as well asnewer paradigm techniques of flipped classrooms and PBL projects which are transformingcurriculum and students alike [2].Furthermore, the competency of the institution, particularly at the tertiary university level, maybe directly or indirectly measured by national and international rankings of the entire institutionor of academic units therein, such as a college. ABET assists with ensuring competency ofinstitutions on a global scale by ensuring minimum levels of preparation of qualifications forindustry [3].Likewise, one may

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Teddy Ivanitzki; Rashida Johnson; Ashok Agrawal

underrepresented groups.Lessons Learned from SBPRDF and IPERF ProgramsDuring 2021 and 2022, ASEE disseminated a range of surveys. These surveys were completedby postdocs from the previously administered SBPRDF fellowship, as well as IPERF fellowswho participated in the program. In addition, the ASEE project team created a survey forparticipating NSF Phase II host companies. The analysis of those two surveys shows potentialdifferences and commonalities in the goals and outcomes of the two programs, and also theopinions of the Fellows and the host companies about these two programs.Technical Focus of Companies Participating in the Fellowship ProgramsThe IPERF team is discovering that most high-tech startup companies participating in the twoprograms

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Mert Bal; Reza Abrishambaf

simulator. The ability tocombine Arduino or physical computing with browser technologies can give designers andtechnologists a great advantage to prototype real-time control projects in a more efficientmanner.In the past, Arduino was usually connected to external applications such as Processing togenerate interactive services. Based on the research we have conducted we have identified a fewpotential methods for establishing methods to have Arduino communicate with a web browserand implement actions as a controller. Among a few available methods were using websockets14and a server-end connection. These systems would require additional wrapper software interfacesthat need to be developed using Python or similar programs. This would result in a

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Matthew Schnell; Kathryn Newton

, including risk and capital budgeting assessment. This course was designed to becentered around a course project which involves a mock industry scenario complete withfinancial data and strategic goals. Students will be required to work in small groups to developthree alternative strategies for smart technology implementation.Students will be exposed to various Industry 4.0 technologies through weekly lectures,supplemental readings, and discussions to inform their strategies. Each week, students will begiven a case study over a smaller mock industry scenario along with practice problems. The goalof the course is to provide students with the tools they need to demonstrate how projectinvestments in Industry 4.0 technologies can generate new business