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Tyler J. Smith

the mostimportant in a given curriculum, the forward-thinking educator, not trapped in their academic silos,is likely to embrace an interdisciplinary mindset. This can be facilitated through aninterdisciplinary degree program specifically designed to allow students to study in multipledisciplines (perhaps across colleges) and by faculty that run those interdisciplinary classes, as wellas by conducting research with colleagues in different disciplines.The National Science Foundation defines convergence as the “deep integration of knowledge,techniques, and expertise from multiple fields to form new and expanded frameworks foraddressing scientific and societal challenges and opportunities.” (National Science Foundation).5Though not new, the idea

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Julie Mendez

, external flows, and compressible flow. There were 7 laboratory experiments:pressure measurement, Venturi meter, flow loss, vertical flow through an orifice, horizontal flowthrough an orifice, flow meters, and fluid friction. The lecture portion of the course met twice perweek for 75 minutes during a 15-week semester. The laboratory sections met approximately onceevery two weeks for 110 minutes.When the course was next offered in 2019, due to a program curriculum change, the coursebecame a 3-credit lecture, and the laboratory portion was moved to a separate course. The lecture © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedingscourse met twice per week for 75

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Sinan Onal

2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings Exploring the Potential Benefits and Risks of ChatGPT in Engineering Education Sinan Onal Department of Industrial Engineering Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville sonal@siue.eduAbstractThis paper examines the potential benefits and risks of using ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot developedby OpenAI, in engineering education by generating sample questions and answers and solving samplemathematical problems related to course subjects in the industrial engineering curriculum. The

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Rustin Webster; Matthew Turner; Brittany Newell

successful in their futurestudies and ultimately in their careers. The original intention from stakeholders when developingthe experience was that the two courses would be strongly integrated (i.e., coupled) across alldimensions. For example, instructors would collaborate on course design and curriculum, thematerial students received passively in lecture would be applied actively in lab, and instructionalscaffolding would be prioritized (Kanu, 2017). From the Fall of 2016 through the Fall of 2022 (six instances), ENGT18000 was taught by aMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) associate professor (now Emeritus) andENGT18100 by an Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) associate professor at PPNA. Thearchival of course syllabi and end-of-semester

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Joey Reyes; Monica M. McGill

for such studies that include: Acceptability, Demand,Implementation, Practicality, Adaptation, Integration, Expansion and Limited Efficacy Testing.Acceptability and Demand are two areas in which we made judgment calls–our future researchplans call for a way to identify gaps in equity-focused research in CS education. Therefore, webelieve using the CAPE framework may be an acceptable way to identify those gaps and thedemand was our own based on our future research needs. The latter areas of Adaptation,Integration, Expansion, and Limited Efficacy Testing are used to test feasibility of those who useand adapt the process and integrate it in their research, integrating into their practices, expandingthe usage of it beyond its original intent and

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Brandon Fulk; Kyubyung Kang

(CEM) curriculum has remained11 fundamentally unchanged since its development in the late 1970s. There is a call to12 reform construction engineering education for students' future development before they13 enter the construction profession (Bernold, 2005). CEM will be positioned as a leader in14 the reform because of the resources accessible to the CEM program:15 • Academia - Purdue is home to the first School of Engineering Education (Purdue16 University, 2022).17 • Learners - students who must complete 36 weeks of experiential learning as part18 of the degree requirement.19 • Profession - industry relationships established with an active Industry Advisory20 Board (IAB) and industry

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Jiaxi Li; Ninghan Zhong; Rob Kooper; Lawrence Angrave

the meanings of those terms plays an important role inachieving success in the curriculum. Yet, due to the varied learning outcomes from stu-dents’ high schools, college freshmen without sufficient prerequisites may face obstacleswhen learning domain-specific terms because not all of them are covered in the class-room due to the limited lecture time and the scope of the course. Computer-based learning platforms can provide new learning tools and features thathelp mitigate this problem. For example, a web-based dictionary where every student isable to access and edit content would be a valuable platform for students to share, learn,and consolidate knowledge in domain-specific terms. However, in order to implementand adopt these features

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Ryan Fries; Chaya Gopalan; Ravali Vennu

in Structural Steel Design," in ASEE 1265th Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.[7] Y. A. Mehta, A. Ali, P. Bhavsar, S. Park and K. C. Dey, "Integration of SHRP2 Solutions into Civil Engineering Curricula at Rowan, Temple, Villanova, and West Virginia Universities," in 2018 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, 2018.[8] L. S. Lee, R. Kisst Hackett and H. Estrada, "Evaluation of a Flipped Classroom in Mechanics of Materials," in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, WA, 2015.[9] R. Clark, A. Kaw and M. Besterfield-Sacre, "Comparing the Effectivenss of Blended, Semi-Flipped, and Flipped Formats in an Engineering Numerical Methods Course," Advances in Engineering Education, vol. 5, no

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Benjamin D. McPheron; Devin J. Goodrich; Michael Q. Mullinix

results suggest that theselabs effectively introduced students to PLCs, ladder logic, and pneumatic systems.IntroductionLaboratory experiences are an essential part of engineering education, allowing students to gainconcrete understanding of engineering concepts through experimentation on physical systems,augmented by simulation, test, and measurement hardware and software [1,2]. However, it canbe challenging to fit many laboratory-specific courses into an engineering curriculum at aliberal-arts focused institution; leading faculty to adopt a mixture of in-class, virtual, take-home,or homework-style lab experiences [3]. One area where these experiences can be particularlyuseful is in control systems education, as students may struggle to bridge

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D. W. Mueller; Josue Njock Libii; Donna D. Holland; O. David Momoh; Peter A. Ng; Reynaldo M. Pablo; Suleiman Ashur

astudent reaches the junior level of an undergraduate curriculum, it is practically a certainty that thestudent will graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Unfortunately, that is not the case at PFW. A reviewof institutional data regarding the graduation rates of rising juniors in the College of ETCS from2006 to 2015 reveals that only 27.5% of new juniors completed their degrees in two years; 58%completed their degrees in three years; 64% in four years; 72% in five years; and 82% in six years.The ranges of percentages within the college and the corresponding weighted averages are shownin Table 1. Some of these students get discouraged and quit altogether. Therefore, the significanceof this project is that it will shorten the time it takes students to