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Emily Deterding, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Nathan Agyeman; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carter Keough, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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participants. Before any hands-ontraining was done, each facilitator was required by the IRB to complete a Human SubjectsResearch (HSR) basic training offered by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative(CITI). After completing the training, the facilitators were required to go to a two-hour class tolearn how to be effective facilitators for PAR focus groups. The class started with the explanationof PAR as a framework that involves researchers and community members working together tobring constructive change, with the goal of prioritizing the perspectives of the communitymembers. After getting a better understanding of PAR, the class shifted to how focus groups mayhelp to accomplish this type of collaboration. A focus group may be used for

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

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operating frequency in the UWB frequency range (3.1 GHz). Not only did the BW dramatically improve, but so did the HPBW, reflection coefficient, VSWR, realized gain, and resolution for the Opt.4 design with a smaller 𝑊𝑚𝑖𝑛 . All four optimized models had various improvements compared to the initial design. Based on the simulated results and analysis performed, the Opt.4 model was determined to be the better design due to being the only model that met the desired antenna characteristics from Table 2. For comparison, previous work was researched to gauge the applicability of this proposed antenna (Opt. 4) for microwave imaging. The Vivaldi model for radar and microwave imaging applications proposed in [9] had a BW from 2.9 GHz to above 11 GHz

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

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active duty militarystudents successfully completed the program and as a result RPI had some of the largest NuclearEngineering graduating classes in the nation [4]. For the purpose of technological synergy withother disciplines, the Nuclear Engineering Department at RPI was eventually combined with theMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Programs to form the Mechanical, Aerospace, andNuclear Engineering (MANE) Department. The Navy-Malta Program provided unprecedented access to demographics historicallyunderrepresented in Engineering Education. The success of the program motivated a small groupof Engineering Education Researchers to maintain and expand this unprecedented access afterprogram termination. Initially focused on NSE

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

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most helpful for their learning in this class, etc.Table 1 shows the number of responses collected for each of the three reflection pieces.Table 1: A breakdown of the number of responses received for each reflection piece. Reflection Responses (n) Initial Reflection Piece (IRP) n = 50 Reflection Piece 1 (RP1) n = 49 Reflection Piece 2 (RP2) n = 40The INCLUDE project research includes two hypotheses that were evaluated in the contextof this I-course:1) The department adoption of a comprehensive suite of inclusive academic strategies will increase the engagement and learning outcomes of neurodivergent students in

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Gagik Sarkisian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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 Engi- neering at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He is a member of IEEE. He has published 17 journal and conference papers and holds two WO patents. His current research includes platform-based antennas, antenna characteristic modes, direction finding systems and algorithms, microwave imaging, radar signal processing, scattering problems, and medical electro-textile sensors. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Deployable Log-Periodic Dipole

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Eric Concannon, Northeastern University; Casey Goyette, Northeastern University; Emily Michelsen; Zephaniah Hatano Langley; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

was difficult to differentiate data betweentransducers. Our second testing setup utilized Matlab’s integration with Arduino (Appendix 3a).It directly input live data from the mouse pad and generated two different types of graphs: a meshgrid graph and a bar graph. The prior provided the relative electrical potential energy generated atthe locations of each transducer. The latter gave us a concrete measurement of the voltage beinggenerated by individual transducers. Fig 8: LEDs as diodesDuring our initial testing, we found that there were values being displayed by the graphs while thetransducers were at equilibrium. Through research, we discovered that we were experiencingfloating values through the analog

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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

technical writing instructions that are sharedwith students and mapped to various courses throughout the curriculum. The faculty have developedspecific assignments and grading rubrics designed to progressively assess student communication skills andimprove student development in technical writing.Recent evaluation of the curriculum during the 2021 fall semester resulted in the initiation of acomprehensive study to investigate how and when technical writing is taught in the civil engineeringcurriculum. Faculty members were interviewed to identify gaps in teaching and assessing technical writingskills in the curriculum. Preliminary assessment of the results indicate that students gain experience in awide variety of technical writing assignments such

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Anna White, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Paper ID #35857Direction Finding Using a Single Cellphone AntennaAnna White, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyProf. 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 Engi- neering at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He is a member of IEEE. He has published 17 journal and conference papers and holds two WO patents. His current research includes platform-based antennas, antenna characteristic modes, direction finding systems and algorithms

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Claire Marie Dollins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Meghan Scruton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eli Ross Breitbart Frischling, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Joshua Patrick O'Grady, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Paper ID #36010Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of A 3D Printed Violin for the PublicMs. Claire Marie Dollins, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Senior undergraduate Mechanical Engineering and Data Science student at Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute. Currently working on my capstone research project with the Department of Mechanical Engineering.Meghan Scruton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute My name is Meghan Scruton and I am a senior studying Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Design at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Eli Ross Breitbart Frischling, Worcester Polytechnic Institute I am Eli Breitbart

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

select group of teaching faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at NU. In addition, she serves as a Faculty Advisor for Senior Capstone Design and graduate-level Chal- lenge Projects in Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. Dr. Jaeger-Helton has been the recipient of over 15 awards in engineering education for both teaching and mentoring and has been involved in several engineering educational research initiatives through ASEE and beyond. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Catalyzing Capstone Project Success through Readiness Reviews and Reflection

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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

initial designs in the late 19th century [9].These machines have key components such as a load frame, upper and lower crossheads withgrips, and at least one lead screw or driving mechanism. When materials testers first came to be,the testing force was applied to a specimen through the use of a gear train and hand crank andwas measured using a weighing table along with scales and a poise. Modern-day testers, such asa commercially available Instron machine, typically utilize either hydraulics or a motor for forceapplication and often have an automatic digital readout for forces to plot stress-strain curves. Materials testers generally have a fixed and a driving crosshead, with the load cell fixedto the driving crosshead to measure the forces

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Cuong H Pham, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Introduction to Computer Science + Society: A Multidisciplinary Course for All1. IntroductionEngineering education with a narrow focus on technology may have made sense in the past, itfails to meet the needs of 21st-century students, who will enter industries that fuse theHumanities with various forms of technology. Having a strong background only in STEM fieldswill not prepare tomorrow’s leaders for the complex social issues they will navigate. Broad,rigorous training in the liberal arts will meaningfully complement Engineering education.Multidisciplinary training in a variety of methods of research and interpretation preparesgraduates to tackle complex problems with the humility and confidence to conceptualize theirinvestigation in a

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Rinchen Tsewang Sherpa, University of Connecticut, Civil Engineering; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut

Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Prof. Jang’s research interests include smart structures, structural health monitoring, wireless sensor networks, and engineering education. At UConn, she has taught 9 undergraduate courses and 2 graduate courses, including a new graduate course she developed based on her research in structural health monitoring and sensors. Prof. Jang is the recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Engineering Educator award from UConn, and the 2018 Civil Engineering Educator of the Year award from the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers. She has served as the faculty advisor of the American Society of Civil Engineers

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Daniella Giannotti, Roger Williams University; Hannah Darling, Roger Williams University

coefficient of power. The diameter and way the blades were cut from the pipe sections attains adesigns. They are a great way to introduce sustainable energy concepts, and function theoretical tip speed ratio that should produce near the optimal coefficient of power.as supplemental energy in off-grid applications. The aim of this research is to provide an evaluated (a) (b) (c)set of best practices to build these

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Jiaqiao Liang, Wentworth Inst. of Tech.; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Louis Munson; Chandler Chen

has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing.Mr. Louis MunsonMr. Chandler Chen American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 SEWAGE PIPELINE INSPECTION TOOL & ROBOTAbstractPipelines are essential infrastructure for water supplies, oil/gas transportation, and sewagetransportation. Of these, sewers are often affected by their operation environments whereuntreated

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

-wasting actions we routinelyperform, we decided to create a survey to find out how common the action really is. Out of 47 respondents,100% responded “Yes” to a question asking, “If you are seated in a chair that has the capabilities of rotation,do you find yourself spinning in said chair (either consciously or unconsciously)?” Out of these 47 “Yes”responses, 23.4% claimed they spun in their chairs the entire time they were seated, 51.1% claimed theyperformed this action most of the time they were seated, and 19.1% claimed they spun some of the timethey were seated in the chair. Based on these results, we deduced that spinning in one’s chair is a commonenough action to base our design on.Therefore, our early research was on the physics of rotation

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

students, undergraduate topics shouldinclude electrochemistry as well as battery and super capacitor energy storage. Thermodynamiccourses should cover chemical potentials, solutions, and flow through membranes to analyze SGE.If the goals of the COP26 are going to be met by 2050, current engineering students will not bedesigning Rankine cycle power plants, but alternative energy systems. An in-depth review of theabove-mentioned techniques, along with examples of the benchtop undergraduate researchexperiments with Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) and Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) conductedat Wentworth and graduate level research experiment with mixing entropy battery (MEB)conducted at Northeastern will be given in this paper to illustrate the need

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areas is well-known. Engineering outreach programs seek tointroduce these concepts at a young age to the widest and most diverse audience possible.To introduce the concept of engineering to the spectrum of students, engineers volunteer asmentors and participate in outreach organizations. These programs can open doors to innovation,internships, and increase the visibility of the profession. When presented through a PBLframework, engineering concepts do not initiate a pre-conceived notion of difficulty,inaccessibility, or bias. After school PBL programs provide project kits and assist in prepping fornational engineering challenges. Emphasis is placed on producing a project that students can takehome after completion. Engineering mentors make the

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Kai Ren, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Paper ID #35769Lab-Based Antenna Course Using Full-Wave Numerical Simulation SoftwareFEKOProf. 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 Engi- neering at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He is a member of IEEE. He has published 19 journal and conference papers and holds two WO patents. His current research includes platform-based antennas, antenna characteristic modes, direction finding systems and algorithms, microwave imaging

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Ahmed Hassebo, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Sharif IM Sheikh, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Wayne Bynoe, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Paper ID #35894Robust Cellular Connection-Based Smart Street Lighting System forSupporting Strategic IoT Smart City ApplicationsDr. Ahmed Hassebo, Wentworth Institute of Technology Ahmed Hassebo is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the school of Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT). Dr. Hassebo has been granted MPhil and PhD degrees of Electrical Engineering (EE) from The City College of The City University of New York in 2016 and 2019, respectively. He has been awarded the BSc of EE from Al-Azhar University, Egypt. His research interests including wireless

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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

Paper ID #35856Utilizing Virtual Reality to Support the ASCE UESI Student SurveyingCompetitionDr. Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus Dimitrios Bolkas, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor of Surveying Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus. He has a diverse geodetic and geoscientific experience that in- cludes terrestrial, mobile, and airborne laser scanning, digital elevation models, unmanned aerial systems, GNSS networks, geoid and gravity-field modeling. His main research interest is on building methods to increase, understand, and assess the

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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

curricula could leverage, and othercomputer engineering programs to identify how they are adapting to the same challenges. Thefindings from the research, detailed in the remainder of this paper, were used to fuel the thirdphase of Engineering Reimagined. The program faculty holistically considered all the feedback,including that of other university-wide committees. They focused on inclusive excellence andstudent retention to define the learning outcomes of the entire program and map them inknowledge areas, which are then encapsulated in classes (new and existing) that are finallyscaffolded in our next-generation computer engineering curriculum.IntroductionMore than ten years have passed since our institution, like many others worldwide, has

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Maxwell B Boulerice, Northeastern University; Megan Claire Baginski; Dominic Gomes, Northeastern University; Alexander S Nikolov, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

with this constraint by using materials we already had such as the motor and wiresfrom our SparkFun kits as opposed to buying a different motor. We had several initial design ideas as a result of research and brainstorming. One designwe came up with involved harnessing from the speed control of the revolving door, a brakingmechanism that keeps the door from spinning quicker than is safe. This initial design wouldharness the energy lost to friction and heat, essentially acting as a regenerative braking system.However, this design had two main problems. First, there is not a great deal of publicly availableinformation on the intricacies of revolving door speed controls, and we would need to know theins and outs of the speed control to

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Rithvik Rao Katikaneni, Northeastern University; Matteo Farah; Carlos Mario Martinez, Northeastern University; Kabato Burka; TOBECHUKWU CHIGOZIRIM ANIAGBOSO, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

andis more representative of the final prototype as when compared to the initial sketch. Figure 4 – Solidworks Based Design Drawing of Prototype (in 3D)With the design finished and having briefly planned the assembly of the prototype, all requiredmaterial was procured and the prototype was constructed. The construction took place in auniversity maker’s space where there was access to a soldering iron and certain other basic toolsand resources.Table 1 - Resource List Resource Name Qty. Place of Procurement Specification Thermoelectric 18 Amazon.com The Seebeck effect-based generators Generator Pads (TEG that will be used to produce electricity Pads

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Basile Panoutsopoulos, Community College of Rhode Island

Connecticut State University during the period 2010-2013. Previously, he worked for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, initially in New London, CT, and later in Newport, RI. He has taught courses in Physics, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering and Technology. His interests concentrate in Electromagnetics and Applications, Bioelectromagnetics, Energy Systems, Electric Circuits, Applied Mathematics, and Pedagogy (especially methodology and strategies in Problem Solving techniques). He volunteers in Robotics and Mathcounts clubs. Dr. Panoutsopoulos may be reached at Basile.Panoutsopoulos@ieee.org . American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022 A Case

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Emmanuel James Theodore; Saurav Basnet, WentWorth Institute of Technol; Brendan Gibbons; Cameron James Dore, Wentworth Institute of Technology

group decided itwould be easier to find an open-source design for the RaspberryPi enclosure. The other 3D-printed components were designedby the group. The camera has two 3D-printed parts. The first part is anattachment that houses the camera through a fiction fit. It has a Fig. 3. Initial prototype and dimensions of the back-view perspective of thecutout for the camera where it slightly protrudes, and it has an door mount (left) and side-view perspective of the assembly (right). The doorarea to fit the ribbon cable (Fig. 1). mount contains an opening for a peephole, a square design, and an

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Jake Robert Ross, Northeastern University; Kevin You-Ichiro Ohgami, Northeastern University; Nicholas Jasper Gillespie, Northeastern University; Owen Krivacek, Northeastern University; Benjamin Service; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

structure into three shorter pieces that would beconnected by hinges so that the longer pieces could be folded up into the middle, allowing for ourlongest dimension to be effectively cut in half. We decided that with this adjustment, our designof the initial structure of the seesaw was complete. With this done, we moved onto deciding whatmaterials we would use. We concluded that we would use 2”x4” pieces of wood for everythingother than the axle. For the axle, we used a wooden curtain rod with a 1⅜” diameter. We cut ourpieces of wood to their desired lengths according to our blueprint and constructed our seesaw usingscrews to connect necessary pieces to each other.Next, we began to design our system that would convert our up and down oscillating