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Jason Bruns

©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 535Although automation can also improve quality, financial costs need to be considered whilekeeping profitability factors in mind [3]. So, why haven’t these invaluable tools been prioritizedfor secondary and post-secondary learners? That is a good question. Lean practices encompasspractical problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, personal life efficiency, careerreadiness, sustainability, adaptability, life skills, business concepts, troubleshooting, andinnovation. Not only are these tools useful in industry applications, but these skills are also vitalto prepare students both

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David Labyak; Scott Wagner

Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 315controls, safety valves, and other fluid power components across the globe. Donald Engineeringdistributes top quality fluid power and motion control products, accessories, and providesengineering solutions for their customer needs. The company president from Donald Engineeringand the global vp of safety business development from Ross Controls both provided guestlectures, training materials and equipment stations with safety sensors and with integrated safetylogic devices to help develop the course

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Jay Porter; Alok Verma; Mohamed Gharib; Andrew Moore

Engineering program was expanded to the university’sbranch/remote campuses in Galveston and McAllen and several Engineering Academies Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 465(partnerships with two-year schools) around the state. This expansion substantially increased thenumber of freshmen seats in engineering. For example, the Galveston campus admitsapproximately 500 freshmen engineering students each fall, or ten percent of the freshmen class.The benefits of having a distributed General Engineering program have become

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Maged Mikhail; Peter Zafiro

actuators are replacing conventional pneumatic cylinders in more and moreapplications. The main reasons to replace pneumatic actuators include poor efficiency, high costs Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 445for commissioning, reconfiguration, service, and maintenance, and the limited controlcapabilities of pneumatic systems. Another huge benefit of electromagnetic actuators issignificant carbon footprint reduction. In addition, they provide greater flexibility in the designof production processes and production

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H. Bryan Riley

. Examples of advanced technologies include autonomous vehicles,cloning, fusion, 3D printing, on-demand drug manufacturing, facial recognition, digitalcomputing, advanced materials, and many other applications such as those listed in Table 1.These technologies are producing significant benefits to aid humankind to solve demandingsocioeconomic challenges and technological issues. However, the pitfalls must be studied andconsidered with appropriate levels of constraints. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 345

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Mohammad A. Zahraee; Niaz Latif

programhelps faculty identify the local/regional industry in the faculty member’s field and sets up athree-week internship for the new faculty in their first summer semester. The college pays thefaculty for this three-week internship. Following is a sample list of different experiences byfaculty over the past three years, as listed by faculty: • Shadowing a different department each week. • Travel to different construction sites (for construction management faculty) to tour projects with a lead engineer. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education

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Sidney Martin; Marilyn Barger; Catherine Davis

are needed for an engineering technologist. This research intends todetermine the needs of a skilled engineering technician and to what extent the manufacturersrequire the engineering technician to know about cybersecurity. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 345As Industry 4.0 expands, cybersecurity is expected to be an integral part of manufacturing flooroperational technicians' responsibilities and part of the security team to protect equipment on themanufacturing floor [1]. Cisco [2] reports that 54% of

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Jungwon Ahn

for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 515Researchers have explored the potential for distinctive and innovate teaching pedagogies influid-thermo related courses within engineering technology programs. A study by Ayala andPopescu [1] showed the benefits of a flipped classroom format in fluid mechanics classes forengineering technology students. Additionally, Martin [2] implemented active learning principlesinto an engineering technology fluid mechanics course, resulting in higher exam scores andstudent benefits. Choudhury and Rodriguez [3] demonstrated a reformed

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Maurizio Manzo

without overwhelming students about the theoretical background ofequations that the commercial software uses to achieve the desired solution.MEET 3940 Applied Fluid Mechanics Course at the University of North TexasThe fluid course taught at the University of North Texas, as a part of the mechanical engineering Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 515technology program, covers classical topics in the field, that are algebraic equations based suchas Bernoulli and continuity equations that are written in terms of

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James Kribs; Jackson Brown; Angelique Shackleford; Darius Mcklin

lack of competency, the largest amount of respondents stated that a lack of qualification in IT Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455related technologies, was the largest barrier [5]. In order to combat this lack of competency whilepotential workers in engineering and engineering technology programs should be exposed toIndustry 4.0 technologies, even briefly, so that potential workers could have opportunities todevelop these preparatory skills through their undergraduate or graduate education.A key concern is the

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James Kribs

lack of competency, the largest amount of respondents stated that a lack of qualification in IT Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455related technologies, was the largest barrier [5]. In order to combat this lack of competency whilepotential workers in engineering and engineering technology programs should be exposed toIndustry 4.0 technologies, even briefly, so that potential workers could have opportunities todevelop these preparatory skills through their undergraduate or graduate education.A key concern is the

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Mohamed Zeidan; Ahmad Fayed; Mehmet Bahadir

theworkplace. Research results showed that some of the top weaknesses in engineering curricula(according to industry perspective) include the lack of understanding of safety, regulatory and Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 435liability. Industries also complain that new graduates lack experience with the design process andhands-on activities because engineering schools focus too much on teaching theory [6-8].Engineering technology programs have made progress in addressing some of these issues byadding more hands-on

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Rabah Aoufi

certain machine through Ignition Perspective (Example: current speed of a motor, uptime, etc.). Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455 • Managers can view automated reports (Example: employee efficiency, production/machine downtime). • Connection to a PLC and database to view both live and past data.Figure 1 shows how this Ignition software platform plays the role of glue and cement connectinga variety of interfaces. This makes the hub an HMI, or human machine interface, allowing theuser to build

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Aleksandr Sergeyev; Scott Kuhl; Bester Mangisoni; Gurveetsingh Ajmani; Mark Kinney; Michael Masters; Kellon Petzak

Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 335enable specific time slots for the users to request training on the teleoperated FANUC robot. Theuser section of the portal is used to request time and receive training. During the training, theuser utilizes a web-based interface to control and program the FANUC robot and receives a real-time video feed of the robot's motion from two webcams, providing a close-up and overall viewof the robot. In this paper, the authors provide the details of the system, including hardware andsoftware options. The

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Teddy Ivanitzki; Ashok Agrawal

companies make upnearly 40% of the IPERF companies. These startups are also interested in employing postdocsand other individuals at the post-graduate level. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 535The IPERF program continues to contribute to the increase of postdoctoral and post-graduateentrepreneurs and graduate Fellows. The program is positioning and inspiring diverse Fellows tostart their own firms or join the modern industry, create jobs, win innovative research grants, andattract investment during their

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Mauricio Torres; Ying Shang; Zakariya Al Hamouz

mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, electrical engineering,electrical engineering technology, biomedical engineering, industrial and manufacturingengineering, mechatronics and robotics engineering and computer engineering. Its biomedical,mechanical, and electrical engineering degree programs are accredited by the EngineeringAccreditation Commission of ABET [1] . Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 315Many manufacturing companies producing high value-added products are hosted in theNortheast Indiana

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Afshin Zahraee

theaforementioned schedule. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 445Most students, 73% from the data gathered dating to 2016 within the CEMT program at PNW,fabricate a problem or project, such as a build out or expansion of an existing project, andperform cost estimates, take offs, schedules, scope of work, etc. on the project. Ever since 2019,there has been a push within the COT and within the CEMT program to turn these projects intopartnerships with industry. The CEMT program has a growing industrial advisory board, whichis a

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Darrell Nickolson

with this. Theseven core elements and principles of design that all design programs highlight are line, shape, color,value, form, texture, and shape. The premise is how do they impact symmetrical and asymmetricalbalance, pattern, emphasis, movement, and proportion, and basic user function. How do we designand develop spaces that maximize the end-user’s productivity? Combining all this into cohesive yet Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 315energy efficient finished building is not an easy task. After some

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Ghazal Barari; Brian Sanders

Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 515start time and 𝑞𝑖 be the conditional probability of failure (death), the survival probability to 𝑡𝑖 orbeyond is: 𝑆(𝑡𝑖 ) = ∏𝑖−1 𝑗=1(1 − 𝑞𝑖 ) Eq. 1In this project, a learning activity is analogous to a medical treatment. We apply this approach topredict students’ success.This versatile analytical tool has found applications in various domains, including education. Inthis literature review, we explore the

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Nathan Luetke; Orlando Ayala

create activelearning environments, particularly an injection-molded shell-and-tube heat exchanger for heattransfer concepts [6]. Lofton (2022) shared his approach, experiences, and recommendations forflipping a heat transfer course for seniors in a mechanical engineering program at the University Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365of Evansville [7]. Kuo et al. (2019) used videos to teach a heat transfer course and presentedvideo analytics and assessment data on a recent effort to enhance student learning [8].While

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Sabah Abro; Ken Cook

, X X Integral Calculus MCS3324 5. Apply Materials Science, Select TME4103, X X and measure Strength of Materials TME3223 Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 535 6.Analyze Manufacturing Processes X X

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Gary Mullett; Lara Sharp

community college in the state of Massachusetts’ community college system [5].For many decades the college has been successfully completing the technical aspect of ourmission and responding to the changing needs of local industry as it has evolved and morphed Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455over the years. Over the course of time, there have been dominate industries that have driven ourtechnical education mission. At one time, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) washeadquartered in Massachusetts and was the

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Ahmad Fayed; Mohamed Zeidan; Ephraim Massawe; Mehmet Bahadir

school requirement, the Louisiana Board of Regent (BoR) for Higher Education requirement, Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 435as well as the accreditation requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsCommission on Colleges.2.2. The ET ProgramAs an example, the structure of the ET program, its concentrations, and its relation with otherprograms and departments, are illustrated in Fig. 1. The five concentrations that are offered areComputer, Construction, Electrical Energy, Mechanical, and

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Sarah (Yin Yin) Tan; Song-Lin Yang; David Labyak

a trend towards similarity in preparedness(P=0.065). Both groups valued math and engineering courses while considering social science Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 505and humanities less preparatory. ETS students emphasized hands-on experiences and specializedcoursework. Non-academic factors like dormitory living, time management, internships, andleadership programs aided readiness.In the future, we will continue harnessing the programs and services offered by ETS, includingresearch mentors, career

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Behin Elahi

contentseamlessly integrates with the real-world environment. This technology operates by overlayingcomputer-generated information, such as images, text, or 3D models, onto the physicalsurroundings in real-time. AR adds a layer of digital content to the existing physical world [1],[2].On the other hand, VR immerses users in a completely simulated environment. VR is defined asa computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional environment, accessible for explorationand interaction by users via application of hardware such as VR headsets or other immersive Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education

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Afi Anuar; Vukica Jovanovic; Natnan Luetke; Hamid Eisazadeh; Isaac Flory IV; Mileta Tomovic; Anthony Dean

Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 315Jobs of the future will not be the same as they were several decades ago, so undergraduateeducation is adapting for preparing engineering technology students for the future of work,which includes more training on human and technology integration, coupled with cloudcomputing, integration of artificial intelligence, new communication technologies, andcybersecurity related technology changes [2-4]. The future of manufacturing will see anexponential increase in the application of cobots in automation, smart sensing technology,additive manufacturing, and

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Serdar Celik

instructional strategy; 85% ofthe responses were positive. Fallahi and Haney [2] studied the practicality of usingclassroom debates in discussing controversial topics. The method was compared to thetraditional form of open discussions. According to the students’ responses, they foundclassroom debates to be easier than conventional open discussions when conversingabout controversial topics. Omelicheva and Avdeyeva [3] explored the effectiveness Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365comparison of traditional versus active learning

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Md. Ali Haider; Jody Alberd

technology in their future careers,enabling them to understand IoT concepts, such as sensor networks, data analytics, connectivity Proceedings of the 2024 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 345protocols, and cybersecurity. Secondly, the learning model incorporates hands-on experiencesthrough project-based learning. Students will engage in IoT projects that involve designing andprototyping connected systems, developing sensor networks, and utilizing data analyticstechniques to extract insights. Furthermore, this learning model encourages

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Eli Westbay; Isaiah Storey; Francis Nkrumah, Jr.; Mert Bal; Reza Abrishambaf

middleware for Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2023, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 455robotic platforms. ROS provides all necessary features of an operating system and enables thedevelopment of applications in C++ and Python. ROS is published under the BSD license,allowing for commercial use of ROS [1]. It provides a large open-source robotics library withstate-of-the-art solutions for robotics tasks such as localization, path planning, image processing,collision avoidance and motion control. The ROS runtime environment manages the execution

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Saeed Foroudastan

and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2024, American Society for Engineering Education ETD 365The Solar Splash competition has been held annually since 1994, with the overall goal ofintegrating sustainable power systems into vehicles and boats [1]. Since the team startedcompeting, we have won over 35 awards and continue to improve our design. In 2022, we wonthe Outstanding Workmanship Award, Outstanding Hull Design Award, and OutstandingDrivetrain Design Award. We also won fourth place overall, and third place in the sprintconfiguration in the events. After analyzing the results of the 2022 Solar Splash, the teamdecided that the