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Marisha Rawlins, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Pilin Junsangsri

Refining Competency-Based Grading in Undergraduate Programming Courses Marisha Rawlins Pilin Junsangsri Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Engineering School of Engineering Wentworth Institute of Technology Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, USA Boston, USA1 IntroductionTraditional grading and assessment in undergraduate university courses, including programmingcourses, usually use the following methodology. First, the instructor defines a grade breakdowncontaining

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James Accuosti, University of Bridgeport

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Paper ID #36042External Factors Affecting A Successful and Inclusive Secondary SchoolSTEM programMr. James Accuosti, University of Bridgeport Graduate Student Full-time School IT specialist American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022Factors Affecting the External Framework of a Secondary-School STEM Program James Accuosti, Graduate Student Technology Management, School of Engineering University of Bridgeport Bridgeport CTIntroductionScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math

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Filip Cuckov, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Marisha Rawlins, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Pilin Junsangsri, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Wayne Bynoe, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; José R. Sánchez, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Engineering Reimagined: (Re)designing Next-Generation Engineering Curricula for Industry 5.0AbstractThis paper presents a framework for redesigning engineering curricula to meet Industry 5.0demands and describes the reimagining process. While all our engineering programs executedthe process, this paper highlights the redesign of our computer engineering curriculum using theframework for illustrative purposes. The process commences with program faculty examiningthe latest curriculum via a set of guided questions to identify if and how it meets the future needsof industry and the learning approaches of our students, present and future. In the computerengineering case, the program faculty identified that the

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Diane Ward, Educator

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Engineering Outreach: Project-Based Learning for Elementary and Middle School StudentsAbstract: Parents have sought out engineering preparatory programming for their children whohave expressed an interest in the field as a college major and as a career. The supplementaleducational industry which has arose to train the hard and soft skills required to prepare studentscontinues to grow and transform the way elementary and middle school engineering education isshared. The cost of these supplemental programs is a future investment in that they provide anentry to engineering concepts, exploration of first principles, and project based learning. Newadditions to this market such as Ad Astra/Astra Nova and Synthesis have sought to

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Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Abhishek Kumar, Wentworth Institute of Technology

to draw free-body diagrams.1. INTRODUCTIONEngineering statics is typically offered in sophomore year for a mechanical engineering program.It is a gate-keeper course for any mechanical engineering program. Engineering statics is achallenging course for engineering students because vector operations, free-body diagrams, theconcepts of moments, reactive forces, behaviors of different supports, force analysis on trusses,structures, machines, etc. are difficult to be mastered [1~4]. Engineering statics is a veryimportant course for any mechanical engineering program. Lots of literature proposed andimplemented different approaches to facilitate students to be successful in engineering statics,such as mechanical breadboard [1], different teaching

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Katie Heckman, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Kassim M. Tarhini P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy

the success of practicing civil engineers as they develop and write a widevariety of documents. The ability to write concisely and clearly in the workplace is critical for thegraduate’s success in winning contracts and reducing liability. As information technology advances, it isessential that engineering educators encourage students to develop and improve their communication skills,especially technical writing in the context of the current and emerging information infrastructure. In theCivil Engineering Program at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), specific performanceindicators related to technical writing and information literacy have been developed and linked to severalABET Student Outcomes. Faculty members have developed

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Brian Bartelo, Student; Sean W Bartelo

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father is an aerospace and material science engineer. My dad teaches the mathematics as wellas how to throw a baseball. I have additional elective teachers and mentors who help me toexpand my STEAM knowledge. I meet with them on a regular basis who challenge me to deepdive into amazing, fun rabbit holes of learning.The popular television program, Young Sheldon, highlights the struggles and the triumphsassociated with academically accelerated students who tackle more challenging course loads,well before their classmates. I am one of those accelerated students, albeit more socially skilledas I feel collaboration is very important. Despite being in many online friend groups ofaccelerated students across the country, the depiction of Sheldon is

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Brian Hong, MathWorks; Afsaneh Ghanavati, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Brian Hong Afsaneh Ghanavati bhong@mathworks.com ghanavatia@wit.edu Training Services Electrical and Computer Engineering MathWorks Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs technology trends continue to evolve, educators must adapt to a rapidly changing landscape.Simulation is an important component of new industry trends, allowing the design and planningof complex systems [1]. The earlier students are introduced to simulation in their degree program,the more proficient they will become. Virtual labs offer a natural starting place for students tobegin learning about simulation. The challenge for educators is the time

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Yiannis A. Levendis, Northeastern University

the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Dr. Levendis’ current research is dealing with topics related to Combustion, Alternative Energy Sources, Air Pollution and Acid Rain prevention, Incineration of Municipal Wastes, Engine Performance and Emissions, Combustion Diagnostics and Pyrometry, Polymers, Materials Devel- opment and Polymeric Coatings. Dr. Levendis has published over 300 technical papers and holds 11 US and several International patents. He has been elected Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Fellow of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), Fellow of the Combustion Institute and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a member of various engineering honor

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Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island

project aremanifested by their numerous references in the scientific and technical literature. The Rion-Antirion Bridge has been awarded nine international awards by the international scientificcommunity. The following are a few: The 2006 Outstanding Structure Award from theInternational Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, the 2006 episode ofMegastructures on the National Geographic Channel [15], the 2011 the episode of RichardHammond's Engineering Connections [16], and the 2015 episode of the Science Channel seriesImpossible Engineering [17].Educational Use:The subject of this paper may be used as a case study in a course or certification program on“Bridges” [18]. Students can address the problem, identify it, and propose possible

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Vacharaporn Paradorn; Sunita Rajni Virk Singh Poma; Nathan Agyeman; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Tiana Robinson, University of Massachusetts Lowell

bridge and aca- demic program for new engineering students, preparing them with research, communication and leader- ship skills. Her research interests are in computational and data-driven modeling of physical systems in acoustics and communication networks, model-based systems engineering, user-centric design of emerg- ing technology and engineering education.Dr. Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell Dr. Susan Thomson Tripathy received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University in 1989. Her doctoral research was funded by a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation grant, and utilized ethnographic fieldwork in rural Bihar, India, to analyze the politiTiana Robinson, University of Massachusetts

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Jim Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Emily Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Malcolm Kenneth Porterfield, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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3 Mile Island (1979) and Chernobyl(1986) slowed and later reversed NSE program growth [10]. NSE programs around the nationwere eliminated, including decommissioning of campus-based reactors, as student enrollmentsharply declined. In response to low enrollment and limited research funding, NSE programsacross the nation merged with other programs such Environmental Engineering or Physics. While leaders can agree that a regulated curriculum that effectively teaches STEMconcepts is important, there is no clear agreement on how STEM education is defined. TheNational Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity that collects andanalyzes data related to compulsory and higher education. The NCES uses Classification

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Hugh L Mcmanus, Northeastern University; Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University

continuous im- provement methods can be applied to a wide variety of problems, including healthcare, business agility, and engineering education.Dr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Human-Machine Systems, Facilities Planning & Material Handling, and Capstone. She is the Director of Senior Capstone Design in Industrial Engineering as well as the Founding Director of the Galante Engi- neering Business Program at NU. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has also been an active member of Northeastern’s Gateway Team, a

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SUPARSHYA BABU SUKHAVASI; Khaled Elleithy, University of Bridgeport; Abdelrahman Elleithy, William Paterson University; Ahmed El-Sayed, University of Bridgeport; SUSRUTHABABU SUKHAVASI, University of Bridgeport

computer science from the University of Bridge- port in 2007, 2008 and 2013 respectively. Dr. Elleithy is a member of the technical program committees of many international conferences. He served as a member of the technical program committee of the Annual International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering virtual conferences 2010 – 2014 and the technical program committee of 2016 Annual IEEE Connecticut Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation. Dr. Elleithy is a member of several technical and honorary societies. He is a Member of IEEE, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and the honor society of UPE. American

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus; Jeffrey Chiampi; Carol L. Morman PE, PS, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

worked in the information technology industry for over 10 years. His primary research interest is the application of Virtual Reality (VR) on engineering education. He recently received funding to create a VR lab to investigate the extent VR can be used to augment surveying education.Dr. Carol L. Morman PE, PS, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Dr. Morman is a Professor and Program Chair for the Land Surveying program at Cincinnati State Tech- nical and Community College. She received her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Northern Kentucky University, master of science in Civil Engineering from California State University, Fresno, and bachelor of science degrees in Civil Engineering and Land

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Grace Remillard, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Sarah Kamal, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Justin An, University of the District of Columbia; Charles Thompson PhD, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of NewYork, and a Ph.D. in Acoustics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation he became an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1987 he joined the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMASS Lowell as its Analog Devices Career Development Professor. Dr. Thompson has served on the executive boards of the Cooperative Research Fellowship program of Bell Laboratories (1991-1999) and the AT&T Labs Fellowship Program (1996-2006). At Bell Laboratories Dr. Thompson created with the Vice President of Research and Nobel laureate, Arno Penizas, the W. Lincoln Hawkins

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Brennan Patrick Miller-Klugman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Yali Izzo, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Corey Comperchio, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Marisha Rawlins, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Burlington, MA and R.W. Sullivan in Charlestown, MA. He has worked closely with AutoCAD and Revit, designing and preparing contract drawings that meet the National Electrical Code. He is driven to contribute to society through engineering.Dr. Marisha Rawlins, Wentworth Institute of Technology Dr. Marisha Rawlins is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT). Her research interests include computer architecture opti- mizations, embedded systems and devices used in teaching and healthcare, and methods and systems for improving teaching and learning. Dr. Rawlins received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Florida

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Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut ; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut

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to Associate Professor in 2013 and Full Professor in 2019 . Dr. Chrysochoou’s general research area is environmental geochemistry, with a focus on site remediation, characterization and reuse of industrial waste and construction materials. Dr. Chrysochoou’s serves as the Principal Investigator of the project ”Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation Revolutionizing Engineering Department program, this 5-year project aims at transforming educational practices and cultivate the potential of neurodivergent individuals to contribute to engineering breakthroughs American c

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Cuong H Pham, Wentworth Institute of Technology

the programming content. As one student suggested on the mid-semester course survey we conducted, providing students with a new programming concept, some related context, and then applied activities involving that concept within that context would be a great approach to integrating these diverse types of knowledge. Weaving the material together that tightly can be done, but it is complex work that requires expert knowledge of the student learning patterns at play. We are confident that we can do this next year. Secondly, students struggled with the analytical portion of their final projects. They carried out the technical work (to varied success, as is to be expected), but their reasoning for attempting specific types

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Ashanthi Shanika Maxworth, University of Southern Maine

element in program accreditations as well. Eachuniversity, each program, and each course administer this feedback collection processdifferently, using specific questions. This work presents a new student self-assessmentquestionnaire developed using the hierarchical Bloom’s taxonomy [6-7]. The purpose and theadvantages of this new questionnaire are discussed in the following paragraphs.This questionnaire was developed for an engineering electromagnetic course ELE 351:Electromagnetic Fields at the University of Southern Maine. Electromagnetics is mathematicallyintensive. When it comes to engineering students, although they have gone through calculuscourses in their first few years, approaching a problem from a different perspective might

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Mansour Zenouzi, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gregory J Kowalski, Northeastern University; Aliagha Rezvani

, interdisciplinary programs, and projects to prepare students todesign and simulate zero emission technologies. The following detailed descriptions of thesecalculations should be viewed in terms of the background needed to perform them and the impactthey have on the education of the next generation of engineers who will design and build thesedevices.In the following sections we review some of the non-membrane-based technologies of extractingsalinity gradient energy. Non-membrane electrode-based technologies including CapMix andmixing entropy battery (MEB) produce electricity during a batch cycling, which means thesetechnologies have not been shown to operate on a continuous cycle considering the current stateof the art. The literature indicates that the non

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Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut

industry, teamwork is requiredmost of the time. Incorporating Cooperative Learning (CL) into an engineering program givesstudents an opportunity to practice problem-solving and communication skills in a 'simulated’professional environment [6]. To improve student engagement and enhance peer-to-peerinteractions, active learning strategies such as think-pair-share, collaborative problem-solvingactivities, and brainstorming were offered during class time. These active learning methodsfacilitated the instructor-student interaction which was challenging to provide in a largeclassroom.Teamwork Problem Solving ActivitiesIt was expected that an assessment activity to evaluate the students’ learning (on the topic of theday) during class time may motivate

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Michael G Joseph, University of Bridgeport; Khaled Elleithy, University of Bridgeport

Paper ID #35963A Closed-form Algorithm to Shadow Segmentation using a Single ImageProf. Michael G Joseph, University of Bridgeport BS and MS in Computer Science and Engineering PhD student at the University of Bridgeport, Computer Science and EngineeringDr. Khaled Elleithy, University of Bridgeport Dr. Elleithy is the Dean of the Collage of Engineering, Business and Education at the University of Bridgeport. He is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. His research interests includes wireless sensor networks, mobile communications, network security, quantum computing, and formal approaches

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Tedi Qafko, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Trevyn Larson; Andrew Michael Seredinski, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Paper ID #36244Determination of hBN thickness by optical contrastTedi Qafko, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyMr. Trevyn LarsonDr. Andrew Michael Seredinski, Wentworth Institute of Technology Andrew Seredinski is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. He completed his PhD in Physics at Duke University in 2020. His research interests are in van der Waals materials, superconductivity, nanoscience, and physics education. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Determination of hBN Thickness by Optical

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Tim Reno Baci Snow, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael James Cuddy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kevin Neidhart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Griffin O’Neil, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fiona Zoutendyk, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Robert Daniello, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

-interface panel, acontrol monitor with advanced programming and sensors, industry-grade extensometers, andmore, thus making them expensive for teaching applications, and in some cases isolating the userfrom the physics of the testing process. The team’s sponsor would like to offer the ability to useand learn from a basic materials tester to undergraduate students enrolled in materialsscience-related courses and projects in order to produce stress-strain curves and assist in thestudy of materials. As the capabilities of commercially-available testers are generally muchgreater than what would be required for classroom and demonstration use, this team was taskedwith developing and manufacturing a design and prototype for materials testers for use by

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Gabriella C Butler; Hailey Dooley, Northeastern; Liam O'Buachalla; Matthew John Urbano; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

Paper ID #36023Harnessing the Renewable Energy of ChairsMs. Gabriella C ButlerMiss Hailey Dooley, Northeastern First year student at Northeastern University pursuing a B.S. in chemical engineering and biochemistry.Mr. Liam O’Buachalla,Mr. Matthew John UrbanoProf. Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Bala Maheswaran, Ph.D. Northeastern University College of Engineering 367 Snell Engineering Center Boston, MA 02115 American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 How Daily Human Activity Can Produce Useful Energy: Proposal for Harnessing the

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Allan Estuardo Rodas, Raytheon Company; Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Paper ID #35765A Wideband Vivaldi Antenna for Drone-Based Microwave Imaging SystemMr. Allan Estuardo Rodas, Raytheon Company I am a Systems Engineer at Raytheon Technologies for almost 5 years and a current graduate student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program specializing in Electromagnetics and Microwave Sensing expected MS EE in 2023.Prof. Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology Dr. Kai Ren received the Ph. D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus in 2017. Currently, he is an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer

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Stephanie DeCarvalho, University of Massachusetts- Dartmouth; Jun Li, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Sarah D Dulac, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

assurance manager at Dassault Systemes SIMULIA before joining UMass Dartmouth in 2016. His research and teaching interests are on computational mechanics and materials, in support of design and manufacturing, energy, and biotechnology.Ms. Sarah D Dulac, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Finite Element Analysis of 3D - Printed Implants in Knee ReplacementsAuthors: Stephanie DeCarvalho, Sarah Dulac, Dr. Jun LiUniversity of Massachusetts DartmouthMechanical Engineering DepartmentAcknowledgmentThe first author SD was supported by the XSEDE EMPOWER program under National