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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Shan Jiang, Iowa State University; Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Rebecca Mort, Iowa State University

Paper ID #32158A Community of Practice Approach to Integrating Professional SkillsTraining with Graduate Thesis ResearchProf. Shan Jiang, Iowa State University Dr. Shan Jiang is an Assistant Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Iowa State University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working with Professor Steve Granick on Janus particles. After graduation, he studied drug delivery at MIT Langer lab as a postdoc. He then worked at the Dow Chemical Company Coating Materials as a research scien- tist. He was the Dow Certified Green Belt Project Leader and

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Ann M Gansemer-Topf, Iowa State University; Qing Li, Iowa State University; Shan Jiang, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Nigel Forest Reuel, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Rebecca Mort

New Investigator Award and Dean’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award. Dr. Jiang has received funding support for both his research lab and education initiative from several federal agencies including NSF, USDA and NASA. He recently received an NSF-IGE award for launching a new Gradu- ate for Advancing Professional Skills (GAPS) education program, which integrates project management training with thesis research for graduate students. ¨ E. Okudan-Kremer, Iowa State University of Science and TechnologyDr. Gul G¨ul E. Kremer received her PhD from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engi- neering of Missouri University of Science & Technology. Her research interests include multi-criteria

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Katherine Gisi, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Phillip H Jones III, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

autonomous vehicle application. The course has three lecture hours and two labhours each week. The weekly labs are guided by undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants.The lecture and lab content and flow are highly integrated. The final project is introduced earlyin the semester and phased in through class and lab activities prior to exclusively working on itin lab.The mobile robot in the lab can be controlled with Open Interface commands from a TexasInstruments LaunchPad microcontroller board to the Roomba robot. The microcontroller boardinterfaces to input/output devices added to the robot, including an infrared sensor, ultrasonicsensor, and servo motor (used to get scans of sensor readings). The entire robotics platform isreferred to as the

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Nicholas Alan Smith, Wichita State University; Roy Y. Myose, Wichita State University; Syed J Raza, Wichita State University; Elizabeth Rollins

Fall, 2013 as an Engineering Educator. Teaching basic courses in solid mechanics since.Elizabeth Rollins American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Correlating Mechanics of Materials Student Performance with Scores of a Test over Prerequisite MaterialAbstractBackground – It can be difficult to differentiate the effects of curriculum and instructionalchanges from differences in student preparation and capabilities.Purpose – In this work we will determine whether a test over prerequisite material from Staticsand Calculus can be useful in predicting performance in Mechanics of Materials courses.Method –This “pre-test” involves the application of

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

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Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., Marquette University; Margaret L McNamara P.E., Marquette University; Richard J. Povinelli P.E., Marquette University; Daniela Castillo-Perez, Marquette University; L. Noelle Brigham, Marquette University

Paper ID #32222Staying Connected – Interactive Student Learning during the COVIDTransition to Remote LearningDr. Jeffrey A. Starke P.E., Marquette University Jeffrey Starke is a retired United States Army Colonel who served as an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy. He currently serves as a Professor of Practice and is the Executive Director for the Masters’ Across Boundaries Graduate Engineering Program at Marquette University. COL(R) Starke specializes in environmental engineering with interests in drinking water, public health, and microbial- mediated processes to include renewable energy