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Bilquis Ferdousi, Eastern Michigan University

andresponses to their peers were graded with feedback following the formative assessment method.This helped students improve their discussion posts and responses in the next discussion topics.The impact of applying formative and summative e-assessment practices in the active learningenvironment was demonstrated in this case. Students who tried to improve their writing skillsfollowing feedback provided by the instructor in the SpeedGrader in Canvas learningmanagement systems were successful in achieving planned learning objectives. Rather thanoveremphasizing summative assessments, more emphasis was given to formative assessmentpractices. It has been found that combining summative assessments and formative assessmentpractices, with more emphasis on

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Mary M McCall M.A., University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

Paper ID #44620Developing Teamwork Skills Across the Mechanical Engineering CurriculumMs. Mary M McCall M.A., University of Detroit Mercy I taught Technical Writing and Business Communication at the university and community college level for more than 30 years before retiring in May 2023. My current focus at Detroit Mercy continues to be the Embedded Technical Writing Program for Mechanical Engineering, now in its seventh year.Dr. Nassif E Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy Nassif Rayess is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at University of Detroit Mercy. He was part of the efforts to introduce entrepreneurially

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Chan-Jin Chung, Lawrence Technological University; Joshua E Siegel, Michigan State University; Mark Wilson, Michigan State University

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publishingconcepts, mentored in designing and testing hypotheses, and then involved in two challengesrelated to self-driving and networked vehicles. Two teams of 4 designed, implemented, testedvarious self-drive and V2X algorithms using real vehicles on a test course, analyzed/evaluatedtest results, wrote technical reports, and delivered presentations. After the summer program wasover, the technical reports were published in peer reviewed conferences and journals.Survey results show that students attained significant & real-world computer science skills inautonomous vehicle development leveraging real vehicles available. The programs alsoProceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section ConferenceCopyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering

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Claudio Freitas, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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pedagogy in FYE.Introduction According to Chatman [1-Pg. 19], narrative is essentially a way of organizing text. Thenarrative structure must be brought to life through various forms: in writing, as seen in storiesand events; through spoken words and acting, as in plays and films; in drawings, comic strips,and actions; and even in music. Recognizing its potential to convey stories, scholars begun toexplore narrative as a powerful tool to enhance teaching and learning experience. The applicationof narrative pedagogies, also called story-based pedagogies, spans extensive research over thelast decades [2], [3], [4]. While recent studies still explore the potential of narrative an storytelling ineducation [5], [6], [7], little is known is terms

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Nicholas Brown, Western Michigan University; Johan Fanas Rojas, Western Michigan University; Alyssa K. Moon, Western Michigan University; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University; Pritesh Yashaswi Patil, Western Michigan University; Parth Kadav, Western Michigan University; Kira Hamelink, Western Michigan University; Wendy R. Swalla, Western Michigan University; Zachary D. Asher, Western Michigan University

offering.Specifically how the course was intentionally developed to include practical applications ofindustry-standard writing and to center student learning with regular feedback and practice. Next,we break down the core concepts for autonomous vehicle engineering across engineering andcomputer science disciplines. We address the issue of prerequisites and how the class conceptswere ultimately organized and how existing university research and computer labs were utilized.Lastly, we also discuss group dynamics and techniques for ensuring course project teams havediverse majors. Our results section is primarily composed of survey results from our third courseoffering. We show the evolution of skills from the mechanical engineering students and thecomputer

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Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Department of Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824There are many things that a university must focus on when deciding on what to teach ourincoming and ongoing students. For engineering we hope that during their first years on campusstudents become acquainted with ethics, writing, speaking, and all the “soft skills” associatedwith the more liberal side of the institution. Many people do not realize that our students willsink or swim with their ability to function in a society that does not contain 100% engineers. Butthat is of little concern to many who simply say that controls, fluids, thermal sciences, and themany other engineering topics are the

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Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University

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, or support graduate students, it was examined carefully to determinewhether it was in fact accurate to call it a bridge program. The term “bridge” was interpreted in afairly broad sense, with the key characteristic being that such a program was designed to helpstudents who were not as well prepared for their program as their peers to bridge that gap, suchthat they were prepared to be successful. One definition that could be used would be that a bridgeprogram is one that is not part of a degree program’s standard curriculum, is designed to preparestudents academically and otherwise for success in that curriculum, and enrolls a cohort ofstudents in the program. By this definition, papers such as [6] were quite ambiguous, as the focusin this

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Claudia M Fajardo, Western Michigan University; Ghazal Rajabikhorasani, Western Michigan University

strong foundation in thermal-fluid disciplines.Table 1: Sample laboratory sequence for the Internal Combustion Engine course offered atWMU as part of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. CFR: collaborative fuel research. Lab Title Topics Hardware Technical writing, report structure, Laboratory Safety and Report 0 data processing and visualization Preparation Instructions techniques Analysis of Brake Performance Torque-work-power relationships Chassis 1 Parameters Friction and

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Eric McKanna, Ohio Northern University; Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University

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student to progress through, the gamefeatures extremely helpful simulation and labeling tools that allow students to perform real-timeexperiments and debugging, all without needing to write a single line of a hardware descriptionlanguage. Figure 2 shows how wire has a flowing color depending on whether it is high (green) orlow (red). For colorblind users, the game also has moving segments that pass through the activewires, while the inactive (low) wires are static. All components operate on the same clock, and thegame provides a clock counter that students can increment to observe changes based on dynamicinputs. In the component development sandbox, the game also provides a delay score, a gate score,and a critical path highlight.Decoder

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Morgan Elaine Bartley, West Virginia University; Andrew C. Nix, West Virginia University; Brian D. Woerner, West Virginia University

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Laboratory, “About the EcoCAR EV Challenge,” Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions, 2022. https://avtcseries.org/about-the-ecocar-ev-challenge/[2] Dillon, H., & VanDeGrift, T. (2021, July), Creating an Inclusive Engineering Student Culture Through Diverse Teams: Instructor-led and Student-led Approaches Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Virtual Meeting. https://peer.asee.org/32428[3] Pucha, R., & Dunbar, T., & Yow, R. (2022, August), Role of diverse teams and socio-cultural aspects on students learning in freshman design course Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/41820[4] J. Martins, “Write Better

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Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University; Samantha (Sami Bortz

. Students will then be required to utilize themin their projects, and improvements can be suggested through the engineering test planintermediate deliverable.4. Instructing students on how to perform a peer-reviewed literature search.Currently, engineering students at SRU are only required to take Critical Reading and CriticalWriting, neither of which emphasize technical communication. As a result, class time will bededicated to instruction on how to properly conduct background research and write a literatureand patent search, class time will be dedicated to. The STEM librarian at SRU will join thecourse and highlight what resources are available to students, which sources are to be consideredreliable, and how to properly cite others’ work. An

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Christopher Joseph Gioia; Louis Edward Christensen, The Ohio State University

same design efficacy of interest to this research studyand will serve as a foundation to the data collection.The other tool used is coding responses to open questions. This method asks participants torespond to open or close-ended questions verbally or through written responses. The responsesare then classified into pre-determined categories based on the participants’ descriptions.Hutchison-Green et al. conducted semi-structured interviews and analyzed the responses in thismanner23. They investigated the self-efficacy, expectancy, values, and career plans of first-yearengineering students. Through their 12 interviews they found that their first-year students weresusceptible to basing their self-efficacy on comparisons to their peers rather

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Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

., intensive writing courses,humanities and social sciences courses) but more demands for industry-oriented practicalactivities, mainly derived from their experiences at the co-op rotations. These results raiseconcerns about the lack of interdisciplinary approaches and the limited scope of the education ofour students. However, potential proposals in this regard face enormous constraints includingrestricted class schedules and credit unit requirements, non-existent coordination betweendifferent departments and schools, and dominant technical priorities of faculty. In addition, weface limited student pre-existent motivation for courses that they may perceive as no straight job-related, as they are mainly unaware of what is at the frontiers and beyond