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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Tak Cheung; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly A Riegel, Queensborough Community College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Paper ID #21000Qualitative content analysis of lab report discussion in introductory physicsfor engineering and technology studentsProf. Tak Cheung Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects.Dr. sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College Sunil Dehipawala received his B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY.Prof. Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan, Queensborough Community College; sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY.Mr. George Tremberger Jr, Queensborough Community College c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Linking facts with judgment: a critical thinking activity in introductory calculus physics for engineering students Vazgen Shekoyan, Sunil Dehipawala, Raul Armendariz, George Tremberger, David Lieberman, and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics DepartmentAbstractOn the popular website, Wikipedia, critical thinking has been summarized as “an objective analysisof facts to form a

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Emily Alexandra German, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Niki Taylor Taheri, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology; Shouling He, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

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Diversity, Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

SchoolIntroductionIn the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects nearly three million new jobs in STEMby 20201, which requires capable individuals with educational backgrounds in STEM to fill thepositions. However, in 2009, the U.S. Department of Education stated that only 16% of USstudents obtained a STEM-related degree out of 1.6 million bachelor’s degrees2. The lack ofcreativity and perspectives in STEM from the limited labor pool becomes a serious concern forthe society. The reason for students to be less willing to pursue a STEM degree in college can bevarious, for example, lack of quality preparation in mathematics and science or lack of financialsupport. Among the factors, an important reason is the lack of general knowledge

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Paper ID #20978Enhancing Students’ Hands-On Skills of Wireless Technology Using NetworkSimulatorsDr. Te-Shun Chou, East Carolina University Dr. Te-Shun Chou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at ECU. He received his Bachelor degree in Electronics Engineering at Feng Chia University and both Master’s de- gree and Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering at Florida International University. He serves as the program coordinator of the Master program in Network Technology for the Department of Technology Systems and the lead faculty of Digital Communication Systems concentration for the

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Mid Atlantic Papers

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2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

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Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

scale, disparate data. He is currently working on a project that ambitions to design a system capable of providing students customized motivational stimuli and performance feedback based on their affective states.Dr. Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Tucker holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor in Engineering Design and Industrial En- gineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also affiliate faculty in Computer Science and Engineering. He teaches Introduction to Engineering Design (EDSGN 100) at the undergraduate level and developed and taught a graduate-level course titled Data Mining–Driven Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers