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Stephen Wilkerson; Joe Cerreta; Andrew D Gadsden

Multispectral Analysis of Farm Corn Crops: A Project-Based Learning (PBL) Program Stephen Wilkerson, Assistant Professor, York College, York, PA Joe Cerreta, Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide Department of Flight A. D. Gadsden University of Alberta, Canada, T6G 2R3 Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada In this paper, we examine the learning objectives of using drone aircraft for themultispectral analysis of farmer crops to increase yields while decreasing annual costs.Specifically, we examine the corn, soybean, and winter wheat

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Matthew Rhudy

force students to thinkcarefully about their words and effectively improve their learning within the course. This ismotivated by the idea that if students have less to write, they will have more time to think abouttheir writing, as well as to reflect and revise, which is a critical component of improvingcomposition as well as developing self-criticism skills7. Since most engineering students plan towork in industry, real-world context is useful for giving them an idea of the types of writing theymay encounter in their future career.ImplementationTo satisfy the proposed objectives, five unique assignments were designed for the course whichinvolves the completion of five multi-week laboratory projects. By considering differentassignments for each

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Leonard Anderson; Aslah K Alshaiea

sub-disciplines (Intradisciplinary) as well as with professionals from other fields(Interdisciplinary). One of the learning outcomes of the two-course capstone design sequence atWentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts is an intradisciplinary team designexperience.In the first course of the capstone design sequence (CIVE4000), teams of five students developand initiate the design of their original project with each project covering five different civilengineering sub-disciplines. Each student on the team is responsible for one of the technicalareas of their project. During the laboratory sessions, the students must work together with thedifferent civil engineering disciplines on their team as well as meeting with the

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Tobias Ferl; Stephen Hills

A Control System for a Small Autonomous Sailing Vessel Tobias Ferl and Stephen Hills Department of Engineering, Electrical Engineering United States Coast Guard AcademyAs a yearlong undergraduate project, we are developing a 1.2-meter autonomous sailboat for atrans-Atlantic attempt, from New England to Ireland, in the summer of 2020. The control systemfor the sailboat requires sensors for wind and location, a solar rechargeable power system, a low-powered microcontroller, and mechanical actuators for sail and rudder control. In addition to thehardware design, we are also developing custom software for autonomous navigation and controlof an

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Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen; Joseph Vaglica

enrolled in the construction management program atWayne State University Engineering Technology Division are encouraged to participate in theannual ELECTRI International/NECA Student Chapter Competition on electrical constructionmanaging projects. The main competition component is the challenge to propose an energyupgrade design and simulation for a facility providing community services to achieve a net zerofacility by incorporating energy saving measures and distributed energy resources based on theunique needs of the buildings and climate. Students are expected to provide detailed technicalsolutions in the proposal by examining the past year utility expenses, planning the renovationdesign, estimating new system costs, and demonstrating energy

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Mana Seifaei; Salah Badjou

mechatronics capstone designproject in the context of a traditional electrical engineering program at Merrimack College, aprimarily undergraduate college in Massachusetts. The electrical engineering (EE) program wasintroduced about a decade ago and is ABET-accredited. The college offers no master’s EEprograms.. Senior students are required to take a capstone design course in the form of a one-credit “Design Project I” course in the fall semester and a continuation course “Design ProjectII” (3 credits) in the spring semester.!!————————————————————————————————————-1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Merrimack College, Andover, Massachusetts !1!Prior to joining Merrimack College in fall 2018, the

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Salah Badjou

results in designs that are not optimized. A mechatronic systemsapproach involves the simultaneous optimization of all aspects of the design over its life cycle.The Mechatronics course was designed as a first course in mechatronics that makes use of themore advanced mathematical knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering seniors. Thecourse emphasized mathematical modeling and a term project involving the design of amechatronic system was required. Twelve of the enrolled students were electrical and one wasmechanical engineering majors. All aspects of mechatronics were covered, including:mechatronics system design, modeling and simulation of physical systems, sensors andtransducers, actuators, system control, signals and systems, signal

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Michael Martin

), would typically be taken in the freshmanyear. The core of the CNC concentration are the three MF classes which focus on CNCprogramming of mills and lathes. The first class of the sequence is MF233. This course is broken into two sections; which areCNC programming for a vertical mill, and CNC programming for a lathe. Both of these topicsreview manual G&M code programming, as well as CAM programming utilizing Mastercam inconjunction with Solidworks 3D modeling software. One of the highlights of this course is aproject in which the student must complete a project of some type. The projects are usually aservice to the community or university. Examples of projects completed in MF 233 are fluidtransfer valves for the university power plant

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Lisa Greenwood; Mark Indelicato; Miguel Bazdresch; Mike Eastman

network services, applications and levels of security.This research project is focused on a PBL approach to learning outcome 3.The Scenario The fall semester of 2018 presented an opportunity to rebuild our instructionallaboratory for telecommunications systems following a renovation of that space. Studentswere asked to inventory, install and bring on-line the remaining equipment following therenovation. This required mounting hardware, making cables and re-establishingcommunication with all equipment – routers, switches, servers, IP phones and various otherdevices required to create networks to implement networking protocols.The Problem/Framework The problem statement created an environment for students to learn

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Praneetha Kuppili; Shrutika Ambade; Raj Tailor; M. Ali Montazer

industries, majority of the responses seen was Data Science and ArtificialIntelligence as seen in Figure 3. 6 Figure 3: Application of technologies to various industriesWhen we look at the amount of understanding the freshmen have towards Blockchain we seefrom the Pie diagram in Figure 4, that majority of the freshmen did not have any understandingof the blockchain. Only 5.849% of the freshmen indicated that they understood well or verywell what blockchain is. Figure 4: Freshmen’s Understanding of BlockchainWhen the students were asked about taking working in teams for projects in Blockchain,Cryptocurrency and Data

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Pong P Chu

device that contains a collection of generic logic cells and interconnectsthat can be configured (i.e., “programmed”) to perform a specific function [2,11]. As thetechnology advances, the capacity and capability of FPGA devices continue to grow and mixed-signal blocks, such as an ADC (analog-to-digital converter), are incorporated into the devices.Since the power usage and thermal management are an important aspect of an FPGA baseddesign, the development software suite includes a power analysis tool. These make FPGAprototyping board a good experimental platform to study the power and thermal characteristics. Xilinx is one of the major FPGA manufactures and our project uses an entry-level board,Arty-A7, for the experimental platform. The

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Salah Badjou; Pierre-Richard Cornely; Richid Dahmani

providing cost-effective online education and training inscience and engineering using the latest advances in technology and a project-based and systemsapproach. Currently, it offers certificates in mechatronics and mathematical modeling [1]. Onlineeducation is known to offer many advantages, and has grown considerably in the last fewdecades. One area of great potential for growth is in science and engineering. It is an area stillsubject to a subtle but not significant barrier to market entry [4].The role of API in the partnership included the design and delivery of suitable online curriculathat satisfy the needs of ENC, including:• electromechanical/mechatronics engineering• mechanical engineering• biomedical engineeringAccording to the Bureau of

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Hiren Gami; Reza Abrishambaf

, the processing outcomes fed machine learningalgorithm to reveal the direction of a travel. The direction of movement is estimated with morethan 95% of accuracy. In a test building site, multiple of such sensor modules are distributedthroughout a building. These modules send incoming and outgoing movement data to the sensorfusion node connected to the data logging computer. The data pattern is carefully analyzed tooptimize the energy usage of university hallways lights and other appliances. Furthermore, dataanalysis and automatic building lighting control is explored as a part of an upcoming summerscholarly activities. This project is involving group of undergraduate senior level students of our engineeringtechnology program. Students

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Pratik Dudhat; Qing Li; Sijin Ren

piezoelectric energy harvester studied in this project consists of a vibratinghost structure, a cantilever beam with an attached piezoelectric layer mounted to the host structure,and an energy harvesting circuit connected to the piezoelectric layer. When the host structure isvibrating, the vibration energy is absorbed by the piezoelectric material which deforms and inducesa voltage output across their electrodes. This voltage can be stored in a battery or some storagedevice for potential use.Deriving a dynamic model is crucial in order to design a piezoelectric harvester with optimizedperformance. In this preliminary study, we focused on developing a simulation model ofpiezoelectric harvester using the ANSYS workbench simulation software. In the next

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Evan Lundburg; Erik Bardy

abroad. The ESCcollaborates with Oniris to enhance the experience of students. Oniris is an institution of highereducation that concentrates on food science engineering and veterinary science. It is an affiliatewith the French Ministry of Agriculture. Students have structured opportunities in the fall tointeract with Oniris students and faculty through joint classes and social activities. [7]Starting in 2015, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department completed a series ofcurriculum adjustments to allow senior electrical engineering students to be added to the ESCprogram and spend their fall semester at the ESC. During this time, electrical engineering studentsbegin their senior design project. These projects are carried out in

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Elena Brewer; Anthony Dalessio; Sarah Giersch; Nancy Louwagie

. However, vacuum technology is ahighly specialized area. It is costly to develop, deliver, and sustain technical programs(curriculum, equipment, instructional talent, numbers of students available locally) at communityand technical colleges. Therefore, finding a way to share programmatic resources becameessential. The partnership with Normandale Community College’s (Normandale CC) existingVacuum Technology program was developed as a result.Normandale CC offers a curriculum in Vacuum Technology using video conferencing(telepresence classroom) to teach classes synchronously to distance sites. This distanceeducation mode was developed as part of a NSF-ATE funded project and incorporates a hands-on component utilizing a Vacuum Equipment Trainer (VET

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M. Nazrul Islam; Joseph Abel; Qinghai Gao

trained on the hardware tools and softwarealgorithms for cryptography, identification of user, authentication of user and data, monitoring ofcritical digital activities, and prevention from intrusion. Students will also be engaged in real-lifeproblem solving process through design projects. Graduates of the program will be equipped withskill in state-of-the-art technology in the field and hence be competent to serve the public andprivate sectors to ensure security and privacy in the digital world and to help development andgrowth of the community.AREAS OF EXPERTISEThe curriculum will incorporate the following areas of expertise. 1. Computer Programming 2. Digital Logic and Systems 3. Cryptography 4. Computer Network 5. Data Security 6

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Thomas Ask

materials, 3) thermodynamics, 4) fluiddynamics, and 5) heat transfer.Examples of student work are shown in Figures 1 and 2.Figure 1 –Student painting representing mechanistic and non-mechanistic insights, sentient andtranscendent knowledge.Figure 2 – Student drawings representing tension, compression, shear, flexure, torsion, stressconcentrations, fatigue, buckling, impact, and corrosion.OutcomesThe results of five years of conducting these creativity exercises in an introductory mechanicalengineering class are anecdotal and are based on less than one hundred students. When askedabout the abstract image project in which they were required to draw an abstract image of anassigned abstract noun, students reflected on their work in three ways: 1

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Ugur Zel

-designedinfrastructure to measure and develop student outcomes which are not related only withknowledge. The verbs used in Criterion 3 student outcomes like; apply, design, conduct, use,communicate, function are mostly action based verbs and needs to be measured by using differenttools other than brain-based assignments like written/oral exam, project or term paper.In this study, a draft model of measuring student outcomes is offered. This model mainly contains“Potential Assessment Center (PAC)” application and “Individual Development Plan (IDP)”. PACis a process where assessors work with students to collect evidence of an outcome (competence),using the tools (exercises) tailored specially for the purpose of measuring the student outcomesthat comprise the

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Hindhuja Dhanasekaran; Siddharth Selvam; Jeongkyu Lee

Analysis of human activities on smart devices using Riak TS Hinduja Dhanasekaran, Siddharth Selvam, Jeongkyu Lee University of Bridgeport Abstract—In this paper we have definition – “Extremely large data setsimplemented Riak TS which is a time that may be analyzed computationally toseries-based database. It is a key value- reveal patterns, trends, and associations,based database and has time as especially relating to human behaviorimportant parameter. During the and interactions”.implementation of the project we haveunderstood the installation process, We should also

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Brandiff R Caron

of engineering activities. Such ability includes an understanding of the interactions that engineering has with the economic, social, health, safety, legal, and cultural aspects of society, the uncertainties in the prediction of such interactions; and the concepts of sustainable design and development and environmental stewardship. 10. Ethics and equity: An ability to apply professional ethics, accountability, and equity. 11. Economics and project management: An ability to appropriately incorporate economics and business practices including project, risk, and change management into the practice of engineering and to understand their limitations. 12. Life-long learning: An ability to identify and to

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A. Richard Vannozzi; Leonard Anderson

peers to bea valuable experience. Title: A Student Centered, Active Learning Approach to the Delivery of a Visiting Professional Lecture SeriesBackground:The Wentworth Capstone Experience consists of a two semester eight (8) credit multi-disciplinary project-based curriculum. The Wentworth Institute of Technology employs acooperative education model that includes two required co-op experiences. One during theSpring semester of their Junior year and one during the Fall semester of their Senior year. To“make-up” for these two required co-ops during traditional Spring/Fall semesters, Juniors andSeniors attend classes full-time in the Summers of their Junior and

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Jikai Du; Chad M Walber; Shawn E Thompson; David J Kukulka; Edward Purizhansky

learning, and how tobetter infuse 21st century skills into the classroom. As a result, new teaching strategies arenecessary so that faculty can have deeper understanding of students and can develop moreconfidence in working with today’s students. Such new strategies will help the transformationand adoption of high impact educational technology, and deepen faculty’s passion for teachingand the process of learning. Collaborations between faculty and industrial partners can be an efficient approach toimprove engineering technology education [16-20]. Such collaborations may includecollaborative lab delivery, student research mentorship, senior design project supervision, etc.Such collaborations can not only get faculty familiar with resources

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Anuja Kamat; Naseer Yari

. Classroom Demonstrations 3. Lightboard Videos 4. Mastering Engineering 5. Leveling the Playing FieldWhiteboard – Reducing PowerPointWhether to use PowerPoint or not is always a debate among Physics/Engineering instructors. Theviews on this topic are polarized. The camp which uses PowerPoint presentations advocatesorganization, clarity, and precision. On the other hand, the instructors who advocate the use ofwhiteboard take pride in modification of class, spontaneity, personalization, and pace. This paperencourages a mix of both methods.For example, a problem question was projected on the whiteboard and students were also giventhe problem question on a handout. This ensured that students had the correct problem and thatthere was no time

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Wei Xie; Jared Auclair; Jinxiang Pei

operating environments and validate it by using the real problems.From Research Progress (B) to Education/Training (C): Innovation in research guides us inupgrading training and education. We actively transform new developed research methodologiesto education and training. First, research progress will be used to redesign the education andtraining programs. Second, we will disseminate our results to a wide audience, throughpublications, conference presentations, outreach education, and a project website. Third, we willdevelop the education software and online education video to facilitate both online and on-ground experiential learning.From Education/Training (C) to Research Progress (B): The feedback from education and trainingexperiences provides

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Peter Mark Jansson

highly suggest this to futurestudents because it opens up the door to what you could possibly be doing in real-life. Summerresearch was a great challenge, especially with how open ended it was, forcing me to take controlof a project, not just follow a set of instructions.” Researcher 2 reported: “It is for sure avaluable part of my educational experience at Bucknell. In the research, I was left with a broadopen ended project that posed some challenges that I needed to deal with in some way that wasnot taught in class or written in a textbook (i.e.: increasing the precision of the device bydecreasing overall resistance, figuring out how the protocol should be modified to fit the newadjustments, making and following our own decisions, deciding

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

-printed enclosure laboratory experiment implementation,resembling a handheld commercial conclusion, acknowledgements, andmultimeter. Students use the kit to design a references.multi-scale DC voltmeter, DC ammeter andAC voltmeter on a breadboard in the II. BACKGROUNDcircuits laboratory. A parts list and 3D The multimeter has been an essential tool formodel files are publicly available online for the engineer in practice. As technology hasother institutions and individuals to utilize. transitioned into the digital age, it has becomeThis project was student-led with close prevalent within the modern industry to usedigital handheld units. This device

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Brittany Anderson; Rafic Bachnak

fields, there is an increase in the demand for STEM talent.It is projected that STEM jobs will grow 13% from 2017-2027, compared to a 9% growth inother jobs. Although there has been a steady increase in STEM degrees (bachelor’s and above)since 2005, it is not keeping up with the increase in STEM jobs1. Combining the growth inSTEM jobs with a shortage of STEM graduates in the United States, it is imperative that studentsare exposed to STEM curricula earlier, and are better prepared for college in these fields2-5.Recent studies have shown that students participating in STEM programs while in high schoolhave an increased chance to succeed5-12. These programs can provide students with valuableinsight into their future and help to shape their career

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Diana S Dabby

. Research has shown they often suit a cognitive style known as field-independence,preferring solitary work and non-social environments. But industry and government continueto call for the cultivation of professional skills, i.e., leadership, teamwork, and communication,due to the increasing size and complexity of 21st century engineering projects.As is well-known anecdotally, engineering schools harbor large percentages of musicians. Brainresearch has shown that music-making has endowed these engineer-musicians withneurological benefits that already prime them for leadership, teaming, and communicativeroles; thus they are excellent contenders for meaningful professional lives.A project-based learning lab that builds upon the musical ability of

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Ramachandran Radharamanan

accident is much lower than with a CNCmachine. However, it is still advised to periodically check that the print is going smoothly. Thereare a number of issues that can happen randomly such as belt loosening or skipping a step whichcould ruin the print. Figure 10 shows printing in progress.Figure 9. Trimming the sides of the stock Figure 10. 3D Printing in progress3.2. Comparative Study on 3D Scanning (Fixed and Hand-held Methods)Part selectionThe EinScan system (Fig. 11) projects a visible light pattern onto the object and measures thedistortion of this pattern to determine the shape and distance between the camera and theobject16. Each image has to be merged to form a 3D scan. The EinScan software uses featuretracking to combine