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Stephen C. Donnelly; Savanah G. Godwin; Nghi K. Ngo; Kaleb B. Manley; Edgar C. Clausen

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Draining a Tank through Multiple Orifices: An Improved Lab Experiment in Fluid Mechanics Stephen C. Donnelly, Savanah G. Godwin, Nghi K. Ngo, Kaleb B. Manley and Edgar C. Clausen University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical EngineeringAbstractThe junior-level draining of a tank experiment has been given more flexibility by employingsharp-edged, rounded-edge and straight-bore orifices. Steady-state experiments were carried outto determine the discharge coefficients for the orifices, yielding coefficients which ranged from0.63-0.83. Transient experiments were

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Carson Emeigh; Austin Griswold; Rumayel H. Pallock; Jaideep Sahni; Morgan Schake; Udochukwu Anuta; Jessica Deters; Sangjin Ryu

mold was washed and cured as done previously inRef. [16]. The mold was washed in 99% IPA for a total of 50 minutes. During washing, the moldwas shaken on a digital shaker at 160 rpm. Additionally, it was removed from the IPA and blownoff with compressed air every 10 minutes. This helped to remove the excess resin. Once washed,the mold was placed into the UV oven to finalize the resin solidification. It was exposed to UVlight for four cycles, totaling 40 minutes. Finally, the mold was placed into a conventional ovenovernight at 130°C. This finalized any chemical reactions occurring within the resin, allowing forPDMS to cure on the interface of the mold and PDMS.Figure 7: (A) 3D-printed plastic master mold for the channel modules. (B) Fabricated

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Biosciences Courses in the Higher Education Setting,” Front. Educ., vol. 6, no. August, pp. 1–13, 2021, doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.711619.[9] R. Hill, “The Future of STEM in Higher Education is Hybrid,” pp. 2022–2023, 2022.[10] H. C. Lane et al., “Triggering STEM interest with Minecraft in a hybrid summer camp.,” Technol. Mind, Behav., vol. 3, no. 4, 2022, doi: 10.1037/tmb0000077.[11] W. Wang, K. B. Ewoldt, M. Xie, A. M. Mestas-Nuñez, S. Soderman, and J. Wang, “Virtual Summer Camp for High School Students with Disabilities - An Experience Report,” SIGCSE 2023 - Proc. 54th ACM Tech. Symp. Comput. Sci. Educ., vol. 1, pp. 458–464, 2023, doi: 10.1145/3545945.3569818.[12] LIYSF, “The Best Virtual STEM Camp During the

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Meghann T. Pytka; Tucker Krone

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Kaylee Cunning; Joseph Tighi; Braden Olson; Nitish Bastola; Isabela Bueno; Jamilla E. S. L. Teixeira; Jessica Deters

of 2-5 mm was provided for thisresearch. Figure 1 - The polypropylene waste used in this study: (a) site visit; (b) collected sample.The critical inherent property of PP is its melting point, which significantly influences thebehavior of PP within the HMA mixture. When incorporated using the dry method, PP canfunction as a constituent particle, a modifier for the mixture, a modifier for binding, or acombination of these roles [7]. According to prior literature sources [19,30,32-35], the assumedmelting point range for the PP employed in this study was 160°C to 165°C. To allow the meltingof PP and better PP-aggregate adhesion, several studies used temperature beyong the meltingpoint [15,29,32, 38]. Therefore, to ensure the proper melting

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Ian Popp; Claudia Smith; Heather Walker

-engineers.htm[2] Galbraith, A., & Schluterman, H., & Massey, L., & Crisel, B., & Rainwater, C. (2022,August), Exploring the relationship between initial mathematics course in college andengineering graduation rates Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition,Minneapolis, MN. https://peer.asee.org/41507[3] M. Smith. “Computer Science For All.” The White House.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/01/30/computer-science-all (Accessed August21, 2023)[4] S. Kivi. “30 Best Engineering Books for Kids—Teaching Expertise.”https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/best-engineering-books-for-kids/ (AccessedAugust 21, 2023)[5] de Vries, M. J., Gumaelius, L., & Skogh, I.-B. (2016). Pre-university Engineering

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, 2018.[4] C. E. Davis and P. S. Pulat, “Redesigning the circuits for non-majors course with the additionof a robotics project,” in Proc. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, GA, USA,2013.[5] S. Moaveni, Engineering fundamentals: an introduction to engineering, 5th edition, CengageLearning.[6] PWM LED dimmer using NE555 [online]. Available: https://www.electronicshub.org/pwm-led-dimmer-using-ne555/[7] H. Rueda, K. Simmonson, J. Richardon, E. Efendy, R. Webster, and B. Newell, “Analysis ofstudent motivation in an introductory engineering technology gateway course, ” in Proc. ASEEAnnual Conference and Exposition, Baltimore, MD, 2023.Yayu Peng ( Member, ASEE, Member IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree from ChongqingUniversity, Chongqing

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Kaycie Lane; Logan Perry

expansion of this study at the departmental level. The study aimed to explore thefollowing research questions: (1) How do structured definitions of each design factor help to improve student’s ability to identify design factors? © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference (2) How do structured activities (both individual and group-based) give students the necessary information to generate specific examples of each design factor in relation to both (a) general engineering projects and in relation to (b) a discipline-specific design project?Recommendations presented as part of objective three will provide insight

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Meagan Patterson; Prajnaparamita Dhar

incorporating inclusiveteaching practices across the curriculum. Further, while the underrepresentation of AfricanAmerican, Latinx, and Native American engineers increases as level of education increases,support focused on retention of graduate students from diverse backgrounds is limited. This projectaimed to promote inclusive teaching practices within a graduate program in chemical engineering.The project involved a) fostering inclusive teaching practices in select core graduate courses, b)offering workshops on inclusive teaching practices for faculty and graduate teaching assistants,and c) data collection from students on department climate, sense of belonging, classroomengagement, and barriers faced. In this paper, we have discussed the inclusive

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Aubrey L. Schultz; Jay McAllister III

into one master list on Microsoft Excel. The journals and correspondingdatabases and descriptors were put into columns. The entries were combined for journalsappearing in multiple databases, including databases and descriptors (see Fig 2).Fig 2. A screenshot of the Excel sheet showing the formatting used in this analysis. Column A containsthe names of the journals. Column B contains the databases that the adjacent journal appears in. ColumnC contains the keywords used to describe the journals.After combining entries, the lists of databases and descriptors were put into arrays separated bythe string ";" Then, two external functions, one to remove duplicates from the array [11], and oneto alphabetize elements inside of the array [12], were used

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Joel R. TerMaat; Kristopher J. Williams; Christopher D. Wentworth

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference A cross-sectional study of undergraduates’ ethical reasoning skills at a liberal arts institution Joel R. TerMaat (1), Kristopher J. Williams (2), and Christopher D. Wentworth (1) (1) Department of Engineering and Physics, Doane University, (2) Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Doane UniversityAbstractLiberal arts institutions, given their inherent purpose, are arguably well-positioned to promotethe ethical development of science and engineering students. When assessed using the DefiningIssues Test (DIT2

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Edward C. Greco; Zahra Zamanipour

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Discrete Convolution Visualization Utilizing a Jupyter Notebook Edward Carl Greco, Jr. and Zahra Zamanipour Electrical Engineering Department, Arkansas Tech UniversityAbstractTo engage students in active learning of discrete convolution, a Jupyter notebook was generatedand shared with students in the Signals & Systems course. Discrete convolution operation and itsproperties along with two general examples, medication administration, and the statisticalprobability density distributions, are presented in this paper. The examples were chosen to bedifferent from standard examples in textbooks so that students would

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Preston Ward; Michael Hempel; Hamid Sharif

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference A novel Approach to Engineering Education Laboratory Experiences through the Integration of Virtual Reality and Telerobotics Preston Ward, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif pward6@huskers.unl.edu, mhempel@unl.edu, hamidsharif@unl.edu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstract Hands-on laboratory experiments are an essential part of engineering education at theundergraduate and graduate levels. However, establishing and maintaining these laboratorycapabilities is expensive, time-consuming, and often requires

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Chun-Hsing Ho; Nyawa Allieu

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference In-Classroom Dynamics and Pacing Strategies to Improve Student Learning: Lesson Learned from a 100-Level Course Chun-Hsing Ho 1 Name and Nyawa Allieu 2 1. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska-LincolnAbstractThe paper presents in-classroom teaching strategies to immediately adjust lecture deliverymethod and instructional pathing to reflect student learning feedback and progress. A mid-termstudent survey was conducted to collect student comments and gain their

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Ian Tognoni; Steve E. Watkins

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Annual ConferenceReferences[1] L. K. Hansen, K. G. Delahoussaye, Jr., and R. Guo, “Comparative Study of the Functionality and Cost Effectiveness of Electronic Laboratory Virtual Instrumentations,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2012.[2] B. I. Ishola, O. B. Akinwale, L. O. Kehinde, k. P. Ayodele, and O. O. Aboluwarin, “An Improve Operational Amplifier iLab with a More Realistic Looking Interface,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2012.[3] E. C. Eckhoff, V. M. Eller, S. E. Watkins, and R. H. Hall, “Interactive Virtual Laboratory for Experience with a Smart Bridge Test,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference

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Yaoling Wang; Carrie Clark

was a significant predictor of happiness (b = -0.53, p <0.001), while MLQ-Search did not demonstrate a significant effect (b = -0.22, p = 0.05).Similarly, the overall regression model exploring the predictors of perceived stress was alsostatistically significant (F (2, 52) = 14.70, p < 0.001). This indicates that MLQ-Presence andMLQ-Search together explained a significant proportion of variance in perceived stress.However, MLQ-Presence was identified as a significant predictor of stress (b = -0.57, p <0.001), while MLQ-Search did not exhibit a significant effect (b = -0.11, p = 0.35). Thesefindings emphasize the importance of MLQ-Presence as a significant predictor of both happinessand perceived stress

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Zina Ebrahim; Abdelrahman Awawdeh; Marc Maguire

strategies isstated in this paper. The effects of this redesign were measured through course evaluation andstudent feedback. This paper's goals are to a) provide a formwork to redesign undergraduate STEMcourses using backward design and active learning pedagogy b) reflect on the obstacles hinderingthe future application of these methods. Student feedback shows that the application of activelearning strategies for formative assessment increases students' engagement, improvescommunication, and provides the students with an opportunity to reflect on their understanding.Implementing the backward design method provides students with clear communication ofexpectations and what they are expected to learn throughout the course.KeywordsActive-learning

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Alexander Douglas

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Senior Capstone Projects: Student Success from an Impossible Design Alexander Douglas Missouri University of Science and TechnologyAbstractThe senior capstone design project in Mining Engineering consists of a mining operation pre-feasibility study adhering to the Security and Exchange Commission’s SK 1300 guidelines.Students begin with a drill hole and topology dataset and must complete the feasibility report tothe best of their ability. This includes geostatistical analysis of the drill holes, pit optimization,mine scheduling, equipment selection, mineral processing, reclamation, and market

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Robert Woodley; Amardeep Kaur; Theresa Swift; Steve E. Watkins; Rohit Dua; Michael Gosnell

an individual teacher. Two individual teacher Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Annual Conference Copyright © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Annual Conferenceoptions that are suitable to our needs are available for less than $10 per month (excluding anycurrent promotional pricing) as of July 2023.B. Kahoot! Question TypesFor the reasonably priced versions (under $10 per month), the question types include (a)Multiple choice with a single correct answer, (b) Multiple choice with multiple correct answers,(c) True or False, (d) Puzzle (arrange tiles), and (e) Poll. Higher payment options includeadditional question types, some of

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Joshua M. Sanchez; Ethan Weems; Han Hu

provided andscaled with the imported temperature field through linear interpolation. Figure 5 depicts thisprocess for HS3.Figure 5. Illustration of fin thickness modification of HS3 using FDD of temperature field.Images: a) temperature point map from COMSOL; b) temperature field applied to original HS3geometry within nTop; c) the final geometry with varied fin thickness.A similar procedure was followed for each of the three heat sinks. The differences between theoriginal and new designs are highlighted in Figure 6.Figure 6. Comparison between base design and field-driven design for each COTS heat sink.To test the original hypothesis, COMSOL was used to run another set of simulations for the newversion of each of the heat sinks. In the results

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Rebecca Kassa; Ibilola Ogundare; Brian Lines; Jake Smithwick; Kenneth Sullivan

assessed by this pilot study was between PM and FL jobs (general andspecialty contractors). The authors, encourage that a group difference be performed depending oncompany size, area, and other cultural and demographic characteristics. Third, the data was limited,especially for the FLs category. Collecting more data may show more relationships and differencesbetween the different categories.References[1] Albattah, M. A., Goodrum, P. M., & Taylor, T. R. B. (2015). “Demographic Influences onConstruction Craft Shortages in the U. S. and Canada”. International Construction SpecialtyConference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (ICSC) (5th: 2015).http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0076372 © American Society for

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Sara E. Wilson

change in the future? © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Can one’s learning outcomes still be achieved with free use of generative AI? How might one teach about the current use of generative AI tools in parallel with a course’s learning outcomes? 4. Structure work such that generative AI is not as useful. Rather than require one outcome, such as a paper, one can structure assignments such that generative AI is not as useful to a course. For example, in a literature review paper one might require an iterative process of: a. generating an outline or a flowchart, b. then generating

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Pilot Study. 2020. doi: 10.18260/1- 2--22207. [6] S. R. Goldberg, J. Rich, and A. M. Masnick, Efficacy of a Metacognitive Writing-to- Learn exercise in improving student understanding and performance in an Engineering Statics course. 2015. doi: 10.18260/p.23925. [7] B. Lani, “Evaluating the effectiveness of a Statics recitation course,” Aug. 23, 2022. https://peer.asee.org/evaluating-the-effectiveness-of-a-statics-recitation-course-2022 [8] H. Ramming and J. A. Phillips, Improving retention of student understanding by use of hands-on experiments in statics. 2020. doi: 10.18260/1-2--20610. [9] K. Dong, Ed., Making Statics A Friend For Life. American Society for Engineering Education, 2003.[10] R

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andimplementation will take place in the Fall 2023 semester and results will determine additionalimplementation within the College of Engineering.References[1] “e-Portfolio | Center for Teaching & Learning.” https://teaching.berkeley.edu/resources/assessment-and-evaluation/design-assessment/e- portfolio (accessed Aug. 06, 2023).[2] G. L. Ring, C. Waugaman, and B. Brackett, “The Value of Career ePortfolios on Job Applicant Performance: Using Data to Determine Effectiveness”.[3] B. K. Kuykendall and 03/11/22, “Over Half of Students Surveyed See Coding Skills as Vital But Over a Third Lack Learning Access -,” THE Journal. https://thejournal.com/articles/2022/03/11/over-half-of-students-surveyed-see-coding-skills- as-vital-but-over-a

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relying on the DonkeyCar software, their experience and documentation established a solid foundation for the next year students to build their own software. b. WHAM Module: In the second year, a team of four students took the legacy from the previous team and upgraded the autonomous driving platform with i) new hardware configuration, ii) completely student developed software, iii) more detailed documentation and an open-source project repository named as WHAM. The project can be accessed via Github: https://github.com/willward20/WHAM. Interested readers may use this repository to start their own autonomous driving project. The WHAM

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included embeddedassessment questions related to three scales: (a) General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASES)by Nielsen et al. [11], with five items measured on a 5-point Likert scale. (b) The Individual TaskPerformance sub-scale (ITP) [12], comprising seven items measured on a 6-point Likert scale,assessing overall task performance. (c) Teamwork Effectiveness (TE) in Team-based ProjectsQuestionnaire [13], adapted and shortened for assessing students' teamwork effectiveness. Thestudy investigates the relationship between students' general academic self-efficacy (GASE) andtheir individual task performance (ITP), as well as their teamwork effectiveness (TE) in semester-long projects. The regression analysis indicates a direct but not significant

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Yuva M. Tammineni; Talha Khan; Rajeev Nair; Yimesker Yihun

Comparing Entrepreneurial Mindset Among Graduating Senior Students in Mechanical Engineering Through Course Selection/Training Strategy and Question Formulation Technique Yuva Manikanta Tamminenia, Talha Khana, Rajeev Naira,b and Yimesker Yihuna. a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS – 67260, USA 1845, Fairmount St. Wichita, KS, 67226 USA b Corresponding Author: Rajeev Nair Email: Rajeev.nair@wichita.eduAbstract: Engineering institutions are developing the need to invest in inculcating an

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Machinery textbook [15]. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceTextbook Problem: Design a four-bar linkage to move the object shown in Figure 1 through thethree positions shown using points A and B for attachment. All fixed pivots should be on thebase.This exercise integrated the problem with EMand was used to design an accessible cabinetdoor for people with disabilities and limitedmobility. Design requirements were set with atarget customer in mind, such as the doorneeding to open vertically with a slight tilt andrest on top of the cabinet due to spacerestrictions. The students were given 15minutes to comprehend the requirements, 15minutes to

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power supply from an Arduino, a ground connection on theArduino, and a 2.2K Ohm resistor were used for the flow rate sensor listed above. Figure 2shows the wire connections of the flow rate sensor [5]. After the sensor is connected to the powersupply, ground, and resistor, it is ready to be connected to LabVIEW to be coded. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencea. b. Connects to + 9239