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2019 CIEC

Authors

William Shapiro

information. Obviously, practically everything is available online, this is a greatresource, but requires a lot of self-study to pick out the pearls of knowledge amongst all thevolumes of material to look at. Local distributors have trained sales professionals that cansummarize a lot of that data to deliver the main points. They are also a great resource for what’sgoing on in the industrial world, since they are exposed to so many different companies andindustries. And, one of the best ways to completely immerse yourself and go into as much detailas you could ever want, is to attend local and national trade shows. There is no other source thatcan give you this kind of access to information and factory representatives, across so manydifferent brands

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Charles Feldhaus; John Buckwalter; Elizabeth Wager

rethought. Experientiallearning, including work based internships and co-ops, is fast becoming an alternative to themore traditional capstone experience in STEM degree programs. According to a recent report byAlan Grose for the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, there is growingevidence that internships are among the most beneficial out-of-classroom learning experiencesavailable to students (Grose, 2017). According to Kuh (2008), because of their strong positiveassociation with increased engagement in other academically purposeful activities and improvedoutcomes in areas such as persistence, internships are designated as High-Impact Practices(HIPs), especially for students attending urban and minority serving institutions. In a

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan; Carey Snowden

employers need–and for internships, which take theplace of the research thesis in traditional Master of Science programs.1The Master of Science in Professional Science (MSPS) degree program at MTSU was started in2004 to provide middle Tennessee with a best-educated professional STEM workforce. Thedegree program requires students to take 21 credit hours of graduate-level coursework in theirconcentration and 15 credit hours of MSPS Business Core classes. All but one of these MBA-level core classes were designed for the program and are instructed by faculty from the JonesCollege of Business at MTSU. The other core class, covering applied statistics and probability, istaught by the MTSU Department of Mathematics faculty. This strong business core

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Elaine Cooney; Scott Deal; Andrew McNeely; Harry Chaubey

minors. o Technology Leadership and Communication: one graduate studentThe goals for this project were twofold: to design and configure a real-time DSP platform for themusic effects system and to provide an experiential learning environment where students couldapply best practices in engineering design. The students concentrated on the technical goals: • Choose a few common D.J. music effects to focus upon and develop algorithms for the effects • Select a real-time Digital Signal Processing (DSP) platform to implement the effects. (Three sample evaluation boards were purchased before the beginning of the summer for the students to test, but in the end, none of these were used. The students found a better solution

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Patricia Fox; Charles McIntyre

differences, it is important to have cultural training and to experience anotherculture in that particular country. One of the best ways for students to experience another cultureis to take part in a study abroad course and to immerse themselves in another country’s traditionsand customs. The Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Fellowship Study Abroad ProgramReport concluded, “What nations don’t know can hurt them. The stakes involved in study abroadare that simple, that straightforward, and that important. For their own future and that of thenation, college graduates today must be internationally competent.”5Not only should graduates be internationally competent, research indicates links betweenstudying abroad and improved graduation rates, as well as

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Elizabeth Dell; Anne Lucietto; Elaine Cooney; Liza Russell; Emily Schott

than twice as likely to enroll in an ET program versus Engineering. Wesuspect it may be due to traditional Engineering programs’ requirement of higher levels of mathand science classes, often lacking in under-privileged or underserved urban or rural high schools.Recently published research by the New York Equity Coalition supports this supposition.Understanding the reasons for the higher representation of these students in ET can provideinsights on the background of these students for developing effective practices and programmingto improve retention of this cohort. It would also provide useful information for increasing thediversity of traditional engineering programs. This paper presents initial findings from a work inprogress that is part

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2019 CIEC

Authors

David Goodman

for their employees. [5] They were interested in learning from our faculty, a certifiedenergy auditor with USDOE funding in the energy efficiency area, and willing to share theirtraining program and international experience and perspective. Our faculty attended a trainingevent, shared energy audit equipment, and discussed best practices for collecting data fromindustrial systems.Course OverviewThe new course, ECET-53800: Energy Management, is an interdisciplinary course thataddresses the demand for multi-skilled engineers by blending electrical and mechanicalcontent that focuses on applications in industrial systems in manufacturing facilities andcommercial buildings. It is facilitated by one faculty member that teaches in

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Tolulope Awojana; Te-Shun Chou

for the RPGplayers. While playing the game, a message is received from an old friend murdered instructing you tolook for the killer with a reward of money and life insurance in return[11].2.2. Category 2: One Player GameThis category involves the games played by one person where the individual would be tested based onthe understanding of cybersecurity concepts introduced in the application. Gestwicki et. al [9] conducteda research on the observations and opportunities in Cybersecurity education game design and identifiedCyberProtect as a medium of learning with a very rich pedagogical content. The game developed byCarney Incorporation was created for the Defense Information Security Administration. It is usuallyplayed in rounds with the

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Mason Caubarreaux; Cory Franklin; Luz Arrieta-Jimenez; Linda Strauss; Jason Church; Mary Striegel; Jafar Al-Sharab; Adeal Sobhe Matuk

water damage, as moisture cannot move equally throughout both materials. Theeffects of this water intrusion include spalling, stains, efflorescence, algae growth, and a decreasein insulating properties. The best way to continue preservation is to block moisture from enteringthe brick using a water repelling penetrant. This research will compare the most commonly usedpenetrants on low-fire brick and determine which product is best for preservation. Waterrepelling abilities as well as water vapor permeability will be tested using: Rilem tubes, afreeze/thaw chamber, and the ASTM water vapor permeability test. The penetrants being testedare: siloxane and room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone.Background Antique brick made circa 1500 BC – 1900

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Sean Tavares; Shawn Banker; Christopher LeBlanc; Jonathan Ferguson

University of New Hampshire wasestablished in 1973 as a centralized research facility within the Office of the Senior Vice-Provostfor Research. The UIC, located at the main campus of the University in Durham, NewHampshire, houses much of the shared, high end scientific, analytical instrumentation for theuniversity. The main campus is approximately 1 hour from the Manchester campus where theET Program resides.The mission of the University Instrumentation Center (UIC) is to support the research, teaching,and engagement missions of UNH by providing access to the best analytical instruments,scientists, and engineers. In support of the university’s engagement mission and as a broaderimpact requirement for many federal grant programs, the UIC partners

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Marylin Dyrud

,” and anobligation to provide a service to society;21 for John Kultgen, professionalism involves anresponsibility to repay society, a sense of altruism reinforced by offering service in the publicarena, including pro bono work.22 Continuing education is also an essential characteristic, as isautonomy in practice and a duty to support intellectual activity via professional organizations,publications, and conferences.23 Joan Callahan best summarizes professionalism when sheequates it to a “calling,”24 a deep, lifelong, passionate commitment that emanates from an“intrinsic motivation.”25ApproachesAs one of the ancient fields of study, ethics includes many approaches to analyzing moralquandaries have been developed over the centuries. Those