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Seth W. Percy; Joshua E Perry; Carlos L Lück

Laboratory.laboratory for students to pursue the option ofconstructing one for them to retain for their [5] Chua, C. K; Leong, K. F.; Lim, C. S.personal uses. The kit is graciously made (2003), Rapid Prototyping: Principles andavailable by University of Southern Maine Applications (2nd ed.), World ScientificEngineering department through a Google Publishing Co, ISBN 981-238-117-1. ChapterDrive folder maintained for educational 6, Rapid Prototyping Formats. Page 237, "Thepurposes at STL (STeroLithography) file, as the de factohttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11- standard, has been used in many, if not all,M5BOZSZOnvVUSp3VZlTMdBq6YeIQb6?u rapid

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Salah Badjou

levels, and designed for both electrical and mechanicalengineering majors. It was proposed as an elective, in preparation for future programs inmechatronics.!Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of electrical, mechanical, and control engineering,and computer science [1,5-7]. To this should be added systems engineering as the combination ofthese disciplines in mechatronics design requires a systems approach. Mechatronics Engineeringeducators agree that mechatronics is as much a design philosophy inherently multidisciplinary, incontrast to traditional engineering disciplines [1,5-7]. Modern design systems are often complexand intelligence through microprocessors in the form of microcontrollers. DSPs or FPGAs. It iswell known that these

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Lisa Greenwood; Mark Indelicato; Miguel Bazdresch; Mike Eastman

Problem-Based Learning: A Tale of Three Courses 1 Problem-Based Learning: A Tale of Three Courses Lisa Greenwood, Mark Indelicato, Miguel Bazdresch, and Mike EastmanAbstractCourses in engineering and science are typically taught deductively, through transmission ofinformation from instructor to student, followed by practice problems to reinforce what wascovered in readings and lectures. Yet in our personal and professional lives, we learnexperientially – by facing a real situation and attempting to address it, and from our relatedsuccesses and failures.Experiential education emphasizes a mixture of content and experiences, connection oflearning to meaning and to

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Stephen Wilkerson; Joe Cerreta; Andrew D Gadsden

students to fly quadcopter drones infirst-person view (FPV). Students needed to master flying drones using standard RC controlsand navigate an obstacle course. To do this, we provided once-a-week drone flight instructionsand practice using computer simulators. Once the students were proficient at flying, we allowedthem to fly real drones indoors through obstacle courses. In a similar fashion to the FirstRobotics5 experience, the project used the drones as a means to expose students to STEM-relatedtechnologies. At the end of the program, a drone race was held on June 1, 2018 at the JohnCarroll High School in Bel Air, MD, with coverage by the local print press.Analysis The end goal was for the students in this project was to provide data to

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Diana S Dabby

Leadership.Grinter, L., 1955 (1994). Summary of the report on evaluation of engineering education.[Reprinted from Engineering Education, 46, 25-60.] Journal of Engineering Education, 93 (1), 74-94 (1994). http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/The-Grinter-Report-PDF.pdf. Accessed 13 June 2013.Holtmaat, A., & Svoboda, K. (2009). Experience-dependent structural synaptic plasticity in themammalian brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 10, 647-658.Hutchinson, S., Lee, l., Gabb, N., & Schlaug, G. (2003). Cerebellar volume of musicians. CerebralCortex, 13, 943–949.Lee, D., Chen, Y., & Schlaug, G. (2003). Corpus callosum: musician and gender effects.NeuroReport, 14, 205-209.Miller, R. (2008). Beyond study abroad: preparing engineers for

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Matthew Rhudy

motivating for engineering students. Laboratoryexperiences can also be effective in developing creative problem-solving skills and usingcommunication2, which has been identified as a critical skill for modern engineers3. Criticalthinking is an important skill in any discipline and is often refined through well-designed writingassignments4. Writing exercises incorporated within technical courses have been shown to beeffective in improving critical thinking among engineering students5. Specifically, short writingassignments can be implemented within upper level engineering courses to deepen studentunderstanding of concepts6. These assignments, while considered within some upper levelcourses, are not commonly implemented within laboratory courses

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Evan Lundburg; Erik Bardy

Free Convection Heat Transfer in Open System with and without Electrohydrodynamic EnhancementAbstractIn the food manufacturing industry, food is often dehydrated to a certain moisture content toincrease shelf life and reduce packaging for storage and transportation. Typical food dryingprocesses are usually energy intensive due to the use of dehumidified air at high velocities toremove moisture by forced convection. One method of food dehydration that reduces overallenergy consumption compared to forced convective drying is Electrohydrodynamic drying (EHD).This method uses a wire-electrode suspended above the food product supplied with a highvoltage. The electron flow through the air creates corona wind that causes a