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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson; Emma Grob-French; Patsy Maddy; Nancy Noyes

improving teamwork developmentand communication skills to improve the quality of the final products and the teamwork skillsdevelopment within the class.KeywordsService learning, programmingIntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering (ABET) requires engineering programs documentseven student outcomes on key program educational objectives. Of these seven outcomes, the 5thoutcome is “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meetobjectives.” Teamwork has long been acknowledged as an important skillset valued by futureemployers. While this outcome is often evaluated in capstone projects in the senior year,fundamental

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Brina J. Blinzler; Veera B. C. Sajjanapu

learning is frequently used inengineering pedagogy [1]. In this paper, recent student projects throughout the undergraduatecurriculum are analyzed to demonstrate the swiftness of NLP tool adoption. Based on this pushfrom students to include NLP generated text, images and videos into student projects, there is animmediate need for standardizing tool citation formats and frameworks for the amount of NLPwork generally acceptable for various academic works. Perhaps there is even a new type ofcitation/acknowledgement that is required. This paper attempts to frame the requirements,analyze the current patchwork of standards and propose a more uniform solution.KeywordsUndergraduate Education, Technical Writing, Machine Learning, Natural Language

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kaycie Lane; Jason Hawkins

students tocite the AI with a date and time accessed along with the explanation of the code. When designing thispolicy, we decided to acknowledge the fact that students will have access to AI tools in their futurecareers and wanted to put the emphasis on using AI to help write quality code students understand insteadof banning AI’s use altogether in the class.DiscussionBased on our initial implementation of CIVE 202 in Spring 2024, we have provided a brief list ofchallenges, successes and improvements related to the course structure presented above. A more in-depthanalysis of the results from implementation is currently being conducted according to IRB protocols,however, we provide a summary of our key observations to help readers evaluate whether

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ibukunoluwa E. Salami; Segun S. Oladipo; Logan A. Perry

instructions in theirhomework submission, which affected the grades they receive for their submissions. A quotefrom one of the instructors showed that: “So, for example, since the beginning of class I keep reinforcing the idea that when you have a statics problem, setting up the problem is really important. Don't just start writing equations and writing numbers for me. Set up your problem, draw your free body diagram. But today I will start grading the new set of homework that is due today, and I bet you there's still going to be more than half of the students not drawing free body diagrams.” PTA1This instructor explained they must penalize students for not following instructions and thisplays a huge role in

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Kasey L. Moomau; Jessica Deters; Emily Fitzpatrick

attitudes toward service learning among undergraduate engineeringstudents. An undergraduate club at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is designing a robotics kitwith similar functionality to the Lego Spike system but at approximately one-third of the cost.The kit, estimated to be fabricated for less than $130 per unit, will offer opportunities forstudents to develop coding skills in Python alongside block-coding interfaces. This innovativeapproach combines cost-effectiveness with expanded coding capabilities, addressing thedisparity in access to STEM exploration experiences among K-12 students from differentsocioeconomic backgrounds. The pilot intervention plan involves implementing these kits inafter-school STEM clubs at local middle schools

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Balaji C. Kartikeyan; James E. Steck; Alok Menon

students compare theparameters they obtain from flight test to the theoretical values they learn in class. According toKhan et.al, the course fosters teamwork and communication by having the students work in teamswith pre-assigned roles of test director, test pilot, and test engineer.Relevance to Wichita State’s Flight Dynamics CurriculumThe “dynamics” course sequence at WSU is like many AE programs. At the undergraduate level:1) Basic Dynamics, 2) Fundamentals of Atmospheric Flight, 3) Introduction to Space Dynamics,4) Flight Dynamics and Control and at the graduate and senior technical elective level: 5)Advanced Flight Dynamics I. In the flight sequence, AE 324, Fundamentals of AtmosphericFlight: Studies the atmosphere, aircraft and aerodynamic

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Jillian B. Schmidt

Aerospace Structures 2 course and toadapt and improve the active learning activities for future semesters.KeywordsActive learning, aerospace engineeringIntroductionAerospace Structures 1 is a fundamental course in the Aerospace Engineering program thatintroduces students to basic structural analysis techniques for aircraft and spacecraft. Studentsenrolled in this course are typically in their junior year, and they have the option of taking thecourse in the fall or spring semester. Approximately 80 students per year enroll in AerospaceStructures 1, with a fall semester enrollment of around 25 students and a spring semesterenrollment of around 55 students. This course meets three times per week, Monday, Wednesday,and Friday, for 50 minutes each day

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Alejandra T. Velasco; Abhishek Juneja

construction and item writing," Handbook of survey research, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 195-230, 1983.[28] S. Carpenter, "Ten steps in scale development and reporting: A guide for researchers," Communication methods and measures, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 25-44, 2018.Alejandra Torres VelascoMs. Torres is a Ph.D. student in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University ofKansas. Currently, she is a graduate research and teaching assistant in the Chemical andPetroleum Engineering Department at KU. She is deeply passionate about advancing the field ofchemical engineering education. Her commitment and excellence in teaching were recognizedwith the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award in the spring of 2024.Abhishek JunejaMr. Juneja is a

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Hamzah Mousa; Margarita O. Genes; Adam C. Lynch

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Comprehensive Case Study of Project Based Learning in Engineering Hamzah Mousa1, Margarita Orozco Genes1, Adam Carlton Lynch2 1-Wichita State University – Department of Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Engineering 2- Wichita State University – Department of Applied EngineeringAbstract In the contemporary engineering education system, project-based learning is now seen as aninnovative pedagogy that maintains the constructive collaboration of content knowledge and real-world practice. PBL exposes students to real-life problems, increases the practice of problem-solving coupled with teamwork, and the fundamental skills

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Adam C. Lynch; Ridge Towner

transformation initiatives and enhancing theoverall understanding of systems engineering in diverse industrial contexts.Keywords: Digital Transformation, Systems Engineering, INCOSE Vee Model, PBL1.0 Introduction1.1 Background Digital transformation represents the integration of digital technology into all areas of abusiness, fundamentally altering how businesses operate and deliver value to customers. Thistransformation is not limited to the digitization of paper records but extends to comprehensiveshifts in business models and processes. Examples of digital transformation include the adoptionof cloud computing, implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, utilization ofbig data and analytics, and the integration of