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Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia (UDC)

National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, US Geological Survey (USGS), Xerox Corporation, Bush Foundation, and University of the District of Columbia (UDC). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Disruptive Technologies: An Educational Perspective Wagdy H. Mahmoud and Nian Zhang Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20008 USAAbstractPreparing graduates for professional career is one of main objectives of high educationinstitutions. In the past few years a growing number of disruptive technologies have emergedincluding Cyber Physical

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Christopher Lawrence Norve, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and he was a member of a team which received the CIMIT Kennedy Innovation Award in Boston. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Technological Advancements Applied to Cardiac Care Christopher Norve and Shankar Krishnan, Ph. D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MAAbstract:According to a report from the American Heart Association, over 92 million US adults have atleast one type of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Technological advancements in biomedicalengineering have been adopted in cardiac

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Baha Bachnak, The Pennsylvania State University; Nashwa Elaraby, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt. Her research interests include digital logic design using Field Programmable Gate Arrays for massively parallel data computations, electronic circuit design, and neuronal data processing for Brain Machine Interface applications. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Developing Lab Exercises for Logic Circuit Design using FPGAs Baha Bachnak, Nashwa Elaraby Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University-HarrisburgAbstractAn introductory course to digital logic design is a requirement for most electrical and computerengineering (ECE) programs. It is

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Timothy Matthew Murray, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

was a member of a team which received the CIMIT Kennedy Innovation Award in Boston. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Medical Wearables for Monitoring Cardiovascular Diseases Timothy Murray and Shankar Krishnan Ph. D. Wentworth Institute of Technology Biomedical EngineeringAbstract Millions of deaths occur each year due to cardiovascular diseases. By improving themanagement of care for patients with heart diseases, fatalities can be reduced. Innovations inwearable technologies are aiding in monitoring cardiac patients and managing their care moreeffectively. The objective of this paper is to review current wearable devices that

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Beth Carle, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology; MICHAEL E LONG LONG, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Institute of Technology. Prior to the cur- rent position he was a research scientist specializing in agent-based modeling of complex systems and taught statistics in the College of Science. He also has diverse technical and managerial experience in product development and manufacturing, holds 19 patents, and was an international consultant in Yield Management. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Mapping the development of applied critical thinking skills in engineering technology majors Beth Carle, Jennifer Schneider, and Michael Long Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USAAbstractMany

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Lisa L Greenwood, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jennifer Schneider, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Maureen S. Valentine PE, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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professional expectations continueto require increasingly more output, a management system based approach can ensure thatcontributing processes function efficiently. Curricula that incorporate and apply key standardsused in the US offer students a rich skillset and preparation for effective performance in theircareers.In November 2016, RIT was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST) for curriculum development to support the integration of standards andstandardization content into university curricula, as a means to strengthen education and learningabout standards and standardization. Faculty in RlT's College of Applied Science and Technology(CAST), Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental

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Chen Xu, New York City College of Technology; Ohbong Kwon, New York City College of Technology; Juanita But, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, City University of New York; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Robert Ostrom

Intelligence and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Veracruz, Mexico.Dr. Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Dr. Janet Liou-Mark is a Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Honors Scholars Program at New York City College of Technology. She is also a Co-Principle Investigator on three National Science Foundation (NSF) grants: Math Science Partnership (MSP) grant, Research Experience for Undergrad- uate (REU) grant, and Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE): Pathways into Geoscience grant and a Co- Principle Investigator on a Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant. Dr. Liou-Mark has organized several STEM-related

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Haiyan (Henry) H Zhang, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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, Powertrain / Automatic Transmission Design and Control - Time-delay System Control in Manufacturing Processes - Multidisciplinary Correspondence Methodology Based Design c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Virtual Prototyping for Mechatronics Ryne McHugh and Haiyan H. Zhang* School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 *hhzhang@purdue.eduAbstractThe major difference between the 20th century industrial products and the 21st century industrialproducts lays in that the latter are multidisciplinary

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Marcia Ford, Murray State University; Kevin T Perry AIA, Murray State University; Brian Giltner, Murray State University; Melanie McCallon Seib, Murray State University

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are the in the areas of construction materials and emerging technologies for the construc- tion and design industries.Mr. Brian Giltner, Murray State University Lecturer in the Institute of Engineering at Murray State University. Mr. Giltner is also a practicing civil and structural engineer with over 28 years of experience.Ms. Melanie McCallon Seib, Murray State University Melanie McCallon Seib is the Director of Education Abroad at Murray State University, where she has collaborated for office growth and study abroad program curriculum integration for nearly 17 years. She spearheaded creation of faculty recruitment, training, financial, and support structures at MSU to enable innovative faculty to build project

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

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include pedagogy, CubeSat, etc.Prof. Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches in CUNY Queensborough Community College. He also conducts research and mentors student research projects. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 An experiential learning strategy in introductory mechanics using transferrable knowledge from daily examples and feedback inquiry in the development of an innovative mindset Sunil Dehipawala, Vazgen Shekoyan, George Tremberger, Raul Armendariz, David Lieberman and Tak Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside NY 11364

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Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Karla Karolin Peña, Student; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, CUNY

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Technology. She is also a Co-Principle Investigator on three National Science Foundation (NSF) grants: Math Science Partnership (MSP) grant, Research Experience for Undergrad- uate (REU) grant, and Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE): Pathways into Geoscience grant and a Co- Principle Investigator on a Department of Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) grant. Dr. Liou-Mark has organized several STEM-related conferences and national conference sessions on diversifying the STEM workforce. She continues to speak at confer- ences and conduct workshops on best practices for underrepresented minorities in STEM. Dr. Liou-Mark is selected as the 2017-2018 Scholar on Campus. She was

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Vasudeva Rao Aravind, Clarion University; Marcella Kay McConnell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

energy applications, and educational technology. He has published his work in more than 15 prestigious journal articles and presented numerous invited talks and conference presentations throughout the world. His current research involves nanoscale structure property exploration through microscopy, and effective use of educational technology in the undergraduate physics classroom.Dr. Marcella Kay McConnell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Marcella Kay McConnell began her teaching career in 2001 where she taught mathematics from basic mathematics for seventh graders to Advance Placement Calculus at Keystone High School and Karns City High School in Pennsylvania. In 2010, she took a position at Clarion University in a

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Jose M Reyes Alamo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology

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York City College of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 A Study of Online Assessment Tools to Practice Programming and Their Effect on Students Grades José M. Reyes Álamo CUNY - New York City College of TechnologyAbstract“Practice makes perfect” is an old phrase that proves true in many aspects of the life of acomputer engineer. Students in programming courses are reminded constantly by theirinstructors to practice in order to become better developers. Traditionally, book exercises havebeen used or assigned to students for practicing programming. However unless these exercisesare counted

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Harold R Underwood, Messiah College

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,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), ASEE, ASEE Annual Conference at New Orleans LA, 2016, pgs. 1-19.7 Stephen Frempong, “The Importance of Having a Critical Thinking Hands-On Project for Students in Electronic Communications Course,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), ASEE, ASEE Annual Conference at New Orleans LA, 2016, pgs. 1-19.8 Jiahui Song, Douglas Dow, “Using Telecommunication Instructional Modelling System (TIMS) in Communications Systems Course,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), ASEE, ASEE Annual Conference at Columbus OH, 2017, pgs. 1-9.9 Glen Popiel, More Arduino Projects for Ham

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Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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. He worked as a Component Engineer at Mini-Circuits from 2007 to 2009, where he became aware that standard values and ideal values for design do not always match. Since 2009, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Technology Department, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Application of Egyptian Fractions to Parallel Resistors Jeffrey L. Schwartz Queensborough Community CollegeAbstractProfessors of introductory electronics courses often want to use integer-based problems withinteger-valued solutions. This paper shows how applying the

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Wangling Yu, Purdue University Northwest (Merged with Calumet)

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York in 1992, specializing in control theory and electronic technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Analog Controller Design for Mechatronic Rotary Inverted Pendulum (Part 1) Wangling Yu1 and Hanlin Chen2 1 College of Technology, Purdue University Northwest, Westville, IN 46391 2 Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907AbstractThe mechatronic rotary inverted pendulum is a multidisciplinary multivariable control framework.To this fourth order dynamic system, this paper will involve the modeling, analysis, and analogcontroller design. The control approach

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Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Dilnesa T Nukuro, University of the District of Columbia; Zerihun G Biru Biru

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, and Sasan Haghani21 Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, 20082 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC, 2008Abstract A major cost of transportation for the US postal services is collecting mail from bluecollection boxes across the country, with their numbers steadily declining over the years, to saveon fuel costs. This cost could be significantly curtailed if boxes that contain mail at collectiontimes can be identified. This paper provides a detailed study and implementation of a smart maildetection and alerting system. The system detects

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Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia; Mohammad Ali Rahimi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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University studying for his Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Co-founder of Arcane Reality, a Virtual Reality gaming company. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 The design and Implementation of a Smart Switch Outlet Adapter Ali Rahimi1 and Sasan Haghani1,2 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the District of Columbia, Washington DC 20008AbstractThis paper focuses on the development of a Wi-Fi smart plug capable of remotely

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

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has been used to help a studentto boost up his/her spatial working memory to participate in critical thinking exercises on freebody diagrams. For example, the evaluation in the re-grouping of the forces appropriately alongan incline plane direction for a simple equation is critical to the success of solving the standardincline physics problem in which one object on the incline was connected to another verticallyhanging object. Our assessment data showed that engineering students did well whiletechnology students needed improvement in the cloze question instruction. Our data alsoshowed that the technology students would use associative learning in contrary to causalreasoning used by engineering students, also observed in children learning12

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

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engineering education, energy generation systems, consumer electronics, environment, and national security. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Towards Personalized Performance Feedback: Mining the Dynamics of Facial Keypoint Data in Engineering Lab Environments Christian E. López 1 and Dr. Conrad S. Tucker1,2 1 Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University. 2 School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs, the Pennsylvania State University.AbstractAccording to the National Academy of Engineering, the development of personalized learning isone of the grand engineering challenges of the 21st

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John Robert Schedel Jr., United States Naval Academy; Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy

, while also serving in academic leadership positions. John is also an accomplished inventor and children’s author.Cmdr. Angela Schedel, U.S. Naval Academy Naval Officer, Helicopter Pilot, 1994-2005 Instructor, U.S. Naval Academy, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Dept, 2007-2013, 2015-2018 Science & Technology Liaison, Office of Naval Research, 2013-2015 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Straws, Balloons, and Tootsie Rolls: The Value of Hands-On Activities in the Engineering Classroom John R. Schedel, Jr.1 and Angela L. Schedel2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, United States Naval Academy

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Zoe Zyvith, Rutgers University; Mark Thomas Trevena, Rutgers University; Andrew Yong; Ryan Lamantia; Lana E Sharp, Rutgers University; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. His research interests include the application of wireless sensor networks in biomedical and environmental domains and performance analysis of communication systems over fading channels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Geothermal Heating and Cooling at the Massachusetts General Hospital Zoe Zyvith1, Mark Trevena1, Ryan Lamantia1, Lana Sharp1, Andrew Yong1 and Sasan Haghani,2,3 1 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854 2

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Dugwon Seo, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York; Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College

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education.Prof. Jeffrey L. Schwartz P.E., Queensborough Community College Jeffrey L. Schwartz received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 1993 and the M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, in 2001. Since 2009, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Engineering Technology Department, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, Queens, New York. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Solar Photovoltaic Modules Degradation Rate Comparison Dugwon Seo and Jeffrey L. Schwartz Queensborough Community College, City University of New

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Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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years of experience in government, academia, and industry. He was a Senior Lecturer at Annamalai University, India, teaching civil engineer- ing for about 10 years. He also worked in Linton Institute of Technology as a Senior Lecturer in Ipoh, Malaysia, for three years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 STEM Awareness Starts at the Elementary and Middle Schools Rajarajan Subramanian1 1 Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgAbstractIs there a shortage of talented workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM) in America? Yes is the answer to this question when various

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Anne Schmitz, Gannon University; Nicholas B Conklin, Gannon University; Quyen Aoh Aoh, Gannon University

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tounderstand and avoid technical jargon. We purposely kept the instructions minimal to encouragecreative thinking. For our outreach program, we chose the one video that we felt was the mostengaging and best explained the construction of the Foldscope. Most of the student created videoscan be found on YouTube. • Picked for outreach program: https://youtu.be/wHtVDxxKBx4 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjfvh82pv08&t=56s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2fpUViXdsI&feature=youtu.be 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference, April 6-7, 2018 – University of the District of ColumbiaAssessment of student uses of technology, communication skills, and attitudes towards servicelearning. At the end of the project, students were given a

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Peng Li, East Carolina University

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, private cloud, public cloud, online learning.IntroductionLearning by doing is important for engineering and technology education. Cloud computingleverages efficient sharing of on-demand, self-managed, virtual infrastructures, allowing swiftdeployment and adaptation of curriculum and laboratory experiences in step with the advances inthe field. Adoption of cloud computing technologies is a clear trend in online learning.1,2 Someeducators have used cloud technologies for years. Others are still exploring ways of incorporatingcloud computing in teaching and learning. There are many different approaches of implementingcloud computing.2,3 For educators with little experience in cloud computing deployment, selectinga suitable cloud platform to use can

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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Tak Cheung

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Cheung CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside NY 11364 USAAbstractThe three principles of K-12 engineering education, namely, design, science knowledge, andmindset development have been implemented in a program designed for teacher enrichmentusing optics and cosmic ray projects. The design guideline of using disposable products wasimposed such that the designs can be translated effectively from a community college settingwith technician support to a high school standalone setting. The transformation principle of aphysics question to a design driven question was illustrated with examples from mechanics as afoundation for paradigm shift, and then extended to optics and particle counting. The physicsprinciples were

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

Design (EDSGN 561). As part of the Engineering Design Program’s ”Summers by Design” (SBD) program, Dr. Tucker supervises students from Penn State during the summer semester in a two-week engineering design program at the ´ Ecole Centrale de Nantes in Nantes, France. Dr. Tucker is the director of the Design Analysis Technology Advancement (D.A.T.A) Laboratory. His research interests are in formalizing system design processes under the paradigm of knowledge discovery, optimization, data mining, and informatics. His research interests include applications in complex sys- tems design and operation, product portfolio/family design, and sustainable system design optimization in the areas of engineering education

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Paul Jason Weinberg, Oakland University

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Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education. Inaddition, mechanistic reasoning is one of the core competencies listed in the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS) Engineering Concepts and Practices (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Mechanisticexplanations focus on the processes that underlie cause-effect relationships and take into account howthe activities of system components affect one another.While some assessment work has been accomplished in engineering education, to date mechanisticreasoning is an area where limited assessment development has been accomplished for pre-collegepopulations. The data in this study come from the calibration of the Assessment of MechanisticReasoning Project (AMRP) (Weinberg, 2012), designed to diagnose individuals