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Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California

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Paper ID #27784Student-Created Podcasts in the Engineering Communication ClassroomDr. Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California I teach Advanced Engineering Communication to upper division engineering students at the University of Southern California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Student-Created Podcasts in the Engineering Communication ClassroomAbstractIn most early research on the use of podcasts in advanced education, students are consumers ofpodcasts that are often recorded lectures. However, recent scholarship analyzes the educationalvalue of student-generated

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Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly; Enrica Lovaglio Costello, CalPoly; Aaron W Keen, California Polytechnic State University; Christian Eckhardt, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

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Paper ID #27807A cross-disciplinary minor to engage student’s creativity and engineeringskillsDr. Zoe J. Wood, Cal Poly Whether it is creating computer graphics models of underwater shipwrecks or using art and creativity to help students learn computational thinking, Professor Zo¨e Wood’s projects unite visual arts, mathematics and computer science. Via her NSF funded research projects she works with colleagues and students on robotics and computer graphics algorithms for shipwreck discovery and mapping which resulted in the discovery of a rare World War 2 airplane wreck. She works to increase the number of

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Michael Gee, Canada College; Anthony Akash Lal; Alex E Hercules; Tyler Sheaves, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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determined and motivated as they progress through their educational pathways.1. Introduction Background: With funding from the Department of Education, Canada community college and San Francisco Sate University have collaborated to offer research internship experience to the under-represented community college students. This program has been conducted for several yearsnow and every year it impacts close to 20 community college students. The community collegestudents are selected for this program based on criteria of diversity, technical background, and fit.The program covers four disciplines of Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering.In each discipline, there is a faculty research advisor at San Francisco State University who

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Xi Zhou, Northern Arizona University; Fang Lei, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Delbert D Willie, Northern Arizona University; Andrew Chrysler, Northern Arizona University; Liangbo Xie, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Phillip A Mlsna, Northern Arizona University; Jie Yang, Northern Arizona University

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candidates directly. In this facultyrecommendation process, the student must have a GPA higher than 3.5, and the TOEFL/PIE testscore must be higher than 70. During the recommendation process, the teaching faculty verballyinterview the candidates in person to evaluate effective communication on specific topics, andassess the possibility for the candidates to succeed in NAU. Then a report is compiled to thedepartment director and the associate director for undergraduate programs, so a decision can berendered.Table 3 lists data collected from the first and second cohort of students. In the first cohort, a totalof 32 students transferred to NAU in the fourth year. Among them, fourteen students transferredthrough the normal process, fifteen were accepted

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Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ha Thu Le, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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schoolstudents 3-D printing techniques. Both projects aim to motivate participated students to applyengineering knowledge to serve people. The two projects proved to be exciting experiences forthe college students. They are highly engaged and motivated to work on the projects. Weobserved that the senior project teams become more responsible and proactive regarding theirwork. They applied critical thinking skills and creativeness in developing 3-D printing programs,building the solar charging station, making presentations, and implementation of the entireprojects. At the conclusion of the projects, we have donated the solar charging station of $1700value to the community partner. Overall, the experiences have opened the student eyes andminds to the real

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He Shen, California State University, Los Angeles; Nancy Warter-Perez, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Jane Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles

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Angeles.Dr. Jianyu ”Jane” Dong, California State University, Los Angeles Jianyu Dong is a professor in electrical and computer engineering and currently serves as the Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at Cal State LA. Her area of expertise is video compression/communication, multimedia networks, QoS, etc. With a strong passion in Engineering Education, she has been engaged in multiple funded projects and initiatives to increase the participation and success of students from undeserved, low-income communities in engineering areas.Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles Ni Li, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State

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Mohammad N Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Shatha Jawad Jawad, National University

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workforce development inemerging computing fields such as quantum computing is enormously challenging because thesefields are not yet fully understood. Students are not adequately prepared because quantumphysics and math are perceived to be difficult by most students. Courses are not offered in mostcolleges because adequate resources and supports are missing. The United States House ofRepresentatives has recently passed “The National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R. 6227)” whichincludes emphasis on workforce development; however, actual allocation of funds has not beenmade yet[2]. Developing a workforce in quantum computing is strategically important, but littleor no progress has been made so far due to lack of adequate planning, support and actions

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Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Gustavo B Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Masood Shahverdi, California State University, Los Angeles; Ni Li, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles

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as BOOST, was to help theengineering students at Cal State LA capitalize on their potential for engineering innovation andsocial capital.During BOOST, teams of rising sophomores, with mentorship from faculty and near-peers,spend six weeks of their summer innovating and working collaboratively on Engineering projectswhich serve one of four highly impactful local community organizations. BOOST studentsexperience the engineering design process from concept through to delivery, as well as peermentorship and faculty interaction, while working on engineering projects, which serve theirlocal community. The potential to meaningfully serve their communities while developing theirengineering expertise inspired teams of rising sophomores, along with

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Yongping Zhang P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ; Wen Cheng P.E.; Ahmed Elaksher P.E., Cal Poly State ; Xudong Jia, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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companies,food service, etc. to ensure the proposed budget was reasonable. There were also many otherconsiderations to account for such as classroom capacity, classroom availability, software availability indifferent lab rooms, temporary log in to engineering labs, instructors/field trip hosts’ availability, supplies,time frame, and safety and liability. All costs were to be covered by the program, but students needed tocommute to the university. After compiling all the pieces of information necessary, the proposing groupdecided to recruit up to 40 high school students (9th-12th grade) across five counties in SouthernCalifornia, to maximize the impact on the region. It was also decided that a three-week program over thesummer from June 11 to June

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Farbod Khoshnoud; Dario Robinson; Bruno Marco Quadrelli; Clarence W De Silva

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thedifferences is available in Appendix B). Key concepts for successful partnerships ([13] and [14]) include engagement of communitypartners and students, personal interactions, faculty members visit to the community basedorganization, shared ownership and collaboration through ongoing interaction andcommunication, and defined community needs (see Appendix C for more details). In order to design a successful partnership and building collaborative relationships, partners inservice-learning should have a shared vision and clearly articulated values, tangible incentives forpartners (acknowledging self-interests as well as shared interests), a sense value for the bondsalready formed among people, means for allowing frequent and open communication on

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Lily Xiaolei Chen, California State University, Los Angeles

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, PATHFINDER4, a computer-based evacuation modelingtool is introduced.2. Think out of the box—connecting textbook with the real worldNext, what would be the best teaching approach to achieve the teaching goals andlearning outcomes? According to educational research,project-based learning (PBL) hasbecome a favored pedagogical model for teaching engineering knowledge and skillsin addition to chalk-and-talk teaching. Through engaging students in the investigation ofauthentic problems, PBL can enhance student participation in active and self-learning andpromote critical and proactive thinking5,6,7. Therefore, during course design, it wasdetermined that it would be insufficient to limit the learning of human factors in firescience and engineering on paper

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Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Maciek Czyz

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University in 2015 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering, and is interested in student learning in engineering. In particular, her work focuses on various aspects of students’ develop- ment from novice to expert, including development of engineering intuition, as well as critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.Maciek Czyz Maciek Czyz is a senior studying aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has been there for two years, after previously completing a degree in physics. He is involved in several organizations and projects on campus, one of which is a NASA Space Grant to develop a tool to improve student intuition in space mechanics. Maciek will be interning at NASA’s Jet