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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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research work the studentsconducted and may not be directly relevant to the education theme, but they represent a sample ofthe writing the student prepared at the end of the internship.2. Literature Review and Best Practices There are many works published on research internship as a vehicle for improving engineering education [4-11]. The target population for research internship varies from high school students [4], to undergraduate students [5], graduate students [6], and faculty [7]. A common observation in all these works is that internship experience does improve the educational outcome for the participants. When it is targeted for high school students, it can assist in increasing diversity in STEM disciplines by encouraging female

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Pradip Peter Dey, National University

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after discussing related easier concepts with intuitive representations.A Turing machine is an abstract machine proposed by the mathematician Alan Turing in 1936for defining fundamental aspects of computation [41]. The machine can elegantly present analgorithmic solution to any computable problem. Descriptions of Turing machines are includedalong with other automata such as Linear Bounded Automata, Pushdown Automata and FiniteAutomata, in modern automata theory textbooks [6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 32, 36, 37]. Turing machinescan be used for modeling dynamic aspects of computation at various levels of abstraction.Dynamic aspects of software can be modeled with statecharts which are simplified Turingmachines proposed by David Harel [12, 13

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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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-- Principle and Application of DSP Spring Electrical Systems Design and CQUPT -- Simulation NAU EE364 Fundamentals of ElectromagneticsAs shown in Table 1, there are always five NAU courses taught each fall, and four NAU coursestaught each spring at the CQUPT campus. Each course is assigned to one NAU faculty memberwith the exception that EE188 and EE188L are taught by the same person. This facultyassignment is based on several factors, such as, the request by CQUPT, that one NAU facultyinstruct only one course per semester in order to insure high quality for

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David A Trevas, Northern Arizona University; John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University

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default. Realizing that most ordinary users will never write any Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, so the access to the Developer tools, including the VBA Editor are normally disabled. This can be enabled with a click on an Option/Preference. Other powerful facilities are distributed as Add-Ins which are included with Excel, yet users must turn them on to have access. Solver is the most notable add-in. While Excel is not appropriate for finite-element analysis or large linear algebra problems, it can be applied successfully to many kinds of engineering analysis processes. 3. Excel is only for Windows computers. This is not true, in fact, Excel was originally created by Microsoft for Apple

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Sonya Christine Dick, Cal Poly Human Motion Biomechanics Laboratory; Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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✓ experimental errorsIn Table 3, the learning objective of “apply fundamentals to data” is referencing the students’ability to apply the dynamic principles given in Table 1 to their specific experiment.DiscussionThe main learning objective of this laboratory was to expose undergraduate dynamics students toanalyzing real-data using the methods they had been taught in class. Some students did notunderstand this, as they expressed that they felt the purpose was to get the right answer instead ofevaluating an open-ended problem. However, many groups were able to arrive at reasonableconclusions in their reports, fulfilling the main learning objective.There are some adjustments that could be made to the laboratory for future sections. First, theassignment

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Benjamin Hawkins, Cal Poly, SLO; James Eason, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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blood-glucose models. The blood-glucose model is also explored in the context of disease (diabetes) and changing system responses. 3. Euler’s Method, Insulin Pump (PID) In this last laboratory exercise, refocusing on computational skills, students are tasked with two major challenges: developing the appropriate mathematical representation of proportional (P), integral (I), and derivative (D) feedback and writing a differential equation solver applying Euler’s method (a technique discussed in prerequisite courses and developed in lecture).MATLAB® Grader™Each laboratory exercise is developed and tested using MathWorks MATLAB® Grader™ onlinetool. This tool is an excellent platform for developing coding

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Jay Tyler Davis II, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo; Sonya Dick; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Bradley Wash, California Polytechnic University, SLO; Julia Holton, California Polytechnic State University: Department of Kinesiology and Public Health

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, to complete 200 trials over 5 days of practiceand write a report with a line graph displaying their progress over the first week of practice.Number of successful catches is the dependent measure used. The students have the entirequarter to keep practicing, and can demonstrate their levels of learning by the end of the quarter. The two students who were used to collect the actual data continued to practice jugglingon their own, and then returned to the lab in 5 or 6 weeks to examine the level of skill they haveattained. 32 dynamic students came to the kinesiology class to observe the juggling trials. Half ofthe dynamics students met with the kinesiology students one day during the week, while theother half met with the students a

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Adrian Bituin, ASPIRES Program: Canada College & San Francisco State University; Krystal Kyain, Skyline College; Yardley Ordonez, Chico State University; Alec William Maxwell, San Francisco State University; Wen Li Tang, San Francisco State University; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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responded that they gained better understanding of research and science,indicating that the exposure to research with fundamental science offered by this program, at anearly stage of their educational career, provided students a better understanding on the researchprocess, where to start if given a real-world problem, and how to implement the researchoutcomes to tackle the problem. Traditional education focuses on the understanding of theory,but not necessarily applying it to real-world problems. This summer internship opportunityallowed students to relate theories to real-world problems, something that is not always offeredin the classroom. In addition, this process better prepared students to take on future research intheir field and helped

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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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the potential to enable computing capability using Quantum Physics.This is a fundamentally new approach to solving large and complex problems. In a traditionalcomputing system, all data and information are represented with 0 and 1 bits. These bits can existin either a 1 or 0 state which can be created using specific voltage or current levels in a digitalelectric circuit. In this method, there is a limit as to how quickly transistors in classicalcomputers can manipulate these bits to carry out calculations. As a result, many complex andlarge computations cannot be completed on classical computers.But quantum computing operates in a different way. It uses Quantum Bits, or qubits. Thesequbits are created and manipulated using two quantum

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Greg Placencia, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Pauline Salim Muljana, Old Dominion University

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assignment, finding an instructor’s office hours andlocation, or learning how to use an LMS feature. Adapting research on human factors in websiteand course design to LMS course structure could avoid such student issues and sitediscrepancies. Students from IE 225 – Fundamentals of Human Factors Engineering – classexamined issues with Blackboard Learn 9.1 course design during the spring 2018 quarter at CalPoly Pomona. This included peer surveys and time to complete certain tasks.Understanding Student UsersUnderstanding the primary and secondary users of a product is an integral component of userresearch and webpage design. Primary users interact with the interface directly while secondarydo not necessarily interact with the interface directly, but

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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