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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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Eva Cosoroaba, University of Vermont

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #29566Helping Students Write it Right: Instilling Good Report Writing Habitsin a Linear Circuit Lab CourseDr. Eva Cosoroaba, University of Vermont Eva Cosoroaba is a lecturer in the Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Department at the Univer- sity of Vermont. She received her PhD form the University of Texas at Dallas in December of 2017. Cosoroaba was a research assistant in the Renewable Energy and Vehicular Technology (REVT) Labora- tory and a teaching assistant at UT Dallas. Her expertise lies in electric machines and design, multiphysics simulations, and magnetohydrodynamics and its possible use for

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First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Michael Zabinski, Fairfield University; Ryan Munden, Fairfield University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #28309Walking on Water Term Design Project in Fundamentals of EngineeringDr. Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University Djedjiga Belfadel is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Bio Engineering department at Fairfield University. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from University of Connecticut in 2015, in electrical engineer- ing. Her interests include embedded systems, target tracking, data association, sensor fusion, machine vision, engineering service, and education.Dr. Michael Zabinski, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CTDr. Ryan Munden, Fairfield University Dr. Ryan

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

University Dr. Bryner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. He teaches courses in thermal-fluid sciences, experimental engineering, and air-breathing and rocket propulsion. Prior to joining Embry-Riddle he worked for over ten years in the propulsion and energy fields doing design, analysis, and testing on both the component and system level. His current research interests are development of engineering laboratory courses and gas turbine engine component design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Fundamental Instrumentation Course for Undergraduate Aerospace

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NSF Grantees: Workforce Development (ATE)

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Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Technician EducationLayer 2 protocol (link-layer) communications represent the critical path element in the publicand industrial realms. The interconnection of nodes (host, routers, switches and WiFi) throughindividual links in the end to end path is fundamental for information mobility. For specificinformation, the datagram is “encapsulated” as a link-layer frame with that frame transferred intoa target link.This specific example, condensed to the previous three sentence paragraph, accents technicianeducation issues. First, it is not clear that the language used to state the example is uniformacross the computer networking community. Second, it is not clear what the roles of the 4-yearand 2-year professional technologists, engineers and technicians

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

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Madeline Nelson, University of San Diego; Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego; Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego; Diana A. Chen, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

fundamental concept that is commonly taught in foundational engineering classes inthe “middle years” where students often struggle to find relevance [1], [2]. Instructors deliverlectures on the processing, production, storage and delivery of energy for industrial andhousehold purposes. There are discussions about the resources used to create energy and how tobetter use those resources. Sometimes engineering considerations of energy focus on quantitiesand numbers involving efficiency and costs. Energy continues to be one of those engineeringtopics that is siloed and discussed in isolation without a social, cultural, or environmentalcontext.The conceptualization of energy within a sociotechnical framework is critical for the formationof future

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Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

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Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University; Ashlynn Kogut, Texas A&M University; Michael Ryan Golla, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Libraries

description. For example, “it is both mandatory and extremely helpful” and “b/c itwas very beneficial and gave us guidance.” The next most prevalent specific reason was for helpwith their topic (24; 16%). For example, “librarians are great at helping narrow down a topic tosomething we can reasonably write about” and “it helped focus our efforts in finding a topic.”The only reasons provided for not scheduling an appointment were graduating and beingcomfortable with databases.Discussion The students’ feedback was important in assessing teaching effectiveness and consideringfuture changes on consultations. In the fall 2018 questionnaire, the subject librarian wanted toknow if a library session was needed prior to this class. During some

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NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 2

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth Long Lingo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jeanine Lee McHugh Skorinko, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

graduate schooltraining, which socializes future faculty toward traditional definitions of scholarship that remaindeeply held: that scholars create new knowledge for academic communities and demonstratetheir expertise in writing; and that discovery research is harder and requires more expertise thanteaching or service [24] [37]. In a multi-institutional case study of reform institutions, O’Mearacharacterized a “culture war” around decisions about promotion to full professor, wrapped up ininstitutional self-image and values of prestige associated with traditional scholarship [24].Ratcheting up of research expectations to improve rankings has also been identified as asignificant barrier [37]. In addition, CAOs have reported difficulty in expanding

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Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

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Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Richard T. Mangum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

might be all but one. In this method,students can also choose to work towards the grade they want in order to spend their timeelsewhere (Nilson, 2015). Another instructor might use a mix of traditional grading and pass/failgrading. For example, to earn an A in a course, a student may have to receive an average examscore of 80%. The instructor can also set bars for specific grade levels such as a C resulting fromfailing a peer evaluation. In all of these systems, missing one element on the overall gradechecklist results in a lower grade.As all elements become pass or fail, the specifications for an assignment must be made veryclear. Writing good specifications is a lot like writing good requirements for a project. Just likerequirements in

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; John D. Lynch, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #29040Perspectives and practices of undergraduate/graduate teaching assistantson writing pedagogical knowledge and lab report evaluation inengineering laboratory coursesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is Associate Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and his research interests include writing transfer of engineering students and writing pedagogy in engineering lab courses. His

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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Brian J. Skromme, Arizona State University; Wendy M. Barnard, Arizona State University

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Electrical and Computer

c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Turning Mesh Analysis Inside OutAbstractElementary linear circuit analysis is a core competency for electrical and many other engineers.Two of the standard approaches to systematic analysis of linear circuits are nodal and meshanalysis, the latter being limited to planar circuits. Nodal and mesh analysis are related byduality and should therefore be fully symmetrical with each other. Here, the usual textbookapproach to mesh analysis is argued to be deficient in that it obscures this fundamental dualityand symmetry, and may thereby impede the development of intuition and the understanding ofthe nature of “mesh currents.” In particular, the usual distinction between

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First-year Programs: Research and Spatial Skills

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Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Alexander James Egyed, Ohio State University; Olivia Vick, Ohio State University; Michael Parke, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

offerings give students experiencewith engineering design, problem-solving processes, computer programming, and a weeklylaboratory experience that introduces students to different engineering disciplines and teachestechnical writing through assignments given after lab experiences. The second semester coursescontain graphics and computer-aided design content, as well as consisting of a multi-weekproject that students work on in teams. Table 1, below, shows the first semester course optionsthat students select, as well as the typical second semester options that follow the completion ofthe first semester course. The focus of this paper is on the content and structure of thenanotechnology project in the fundamentals of engineering honors

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Promoting Communication Skills

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Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Judith Shaul Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Charlie Bennett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-defined theoretical framework, forexample, “Vygotsky’s theory of scaffolding” and “zone of proximal development (ZPD),”[which is] “the learning zone between what students can do by themselves and what cannot beachieved without the explicit support of an instructor.” The authors also make interestingdistinctions such as writing as metacognition, writing as disciplinary meaning-making, andwriting as technical communication. All of these strategies both strengthen the researchpresented and increase the potential impact of the methods and findings reported in the paper.Conclusions: what does our analysis demonstrate or suggest and what should we do?Perhaps the most significant finding emerging from the research and analysis presented here isthat

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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Lijun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Dongxiao Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology ; Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Zhonglian Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Hai Lin, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

elective experimentation courses before graduation. The course reported in thispaper is redesigned as an exemplar of the elective experimentation course which can supportaccreditation in multiple programs.Prior to the redesign, the course had highlighted engineering operational skills, includinghands-on making, experiment, and test and technical communication skills, especiallytechnical writing skills, and it had been highly praised by students, who felt they achieved alot in this course, and the course portfolios—including the articles written by students and theartifacts completed in the class—were very helpful in job search or applying for theenrollment of a graduate school.The newly designed course was implemented for the first time in the

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Teaching Statics: What and How?

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Amir H. Danesh-Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Aimee Monique Cloutier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

, rather than on fundamental engineering concepts.Therefore, we believe it is beneficial to present to students a more universally applicableproblem-solving framework that is can be used for solving many different types of engineeringproblems.The systematic problem-solving approach presented in this paper is intended to free studentsfrom a reliance on limited problem-solving approaches that they may perceive as beingapplicable to only a small number of circumstances. This approach emphasizes a few basic stepswhich can be applied to a wide variety of problems in statics or in other courses.  Severaltextbooks use a systematic, structured problem-solving approach, including Sheppard andTongue [3], Plesha, Gray, and Costanzo [4], and more recently

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Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

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Joanne Dera, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries

the ability to generate questions isfundamental to all engineering problem-solving. The ability to develop a research question isalso an essential information literacy skill that provides focus, strategy, and structure to aresearch paper. Critical thinking, writing and research skills, are important course componentsthat students will continue to develop throughout their academic and professional careers.At New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), a mid-size technology university, the instructorsand university reference librarians collaborated to create a research assignment [1]. Thisassignment was given to students in a First-Year Engineering Course, Fundamentals ofEngineering Design (FED101) starting in the fall semester of 2017. This

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First-Year Programs: Maker Spaces in the First Year

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Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

an introductory course in engineering fundamentals atthe J. B. Speed School of Engineering (SSoE) at the University of Louisville (UofL). The course,titled Engineering Methods, Tools, and Practice II (ENGR 111), is the second component of atwo-course sequence and is primarily focused on application and integration of fundamentalengineering skills introduced and practiced in the first component of the sequence (ENGR 110).Fundamental skills integrated within ENGR 111 include 3D printing, basic research fundamentals,circuitry, communication, critical thinking, design, engineering ethics, hand tool usage, problemsolving, programming, project management, teamwork, and technical writing. The course isrequired for all first-year SSoE students (no

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 8: Modulus Topics

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Aneet Dharmavaram Narendranath, Michigan Technological University

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Computers in Education

matrix, K1, possesses all the properties that make it an unconstrainedstructure. Stiffness matrices that are extracted from commercial packages may also be used andthis can be done in the future (please see summary section). The logic to identify these wouldremain the same. At the time of writing of this work-in-progress paper, a fundamental,one-dimensional spring element problem is used to provide a stiffness matrix.nSize =34;K1 = r e p m a t (K, n S i z e ) ;The second matrix (K2) is K1 with it’s non-zero elements replaced by -rand*rand. This is not astiffness matrix as it lacks the property of being symmetric and having non-zero, positive diagonalelements.K2 = K1 ;K2 ( any ( K2 ( : ) ) ) = −r a n d . ∗ r a n d ;The third matrix (K3) is a

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Feeling the Heat - Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

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Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Ryan Barb, Florida Atlantic University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #29075A Visual and Intuitive Approach to Teaching and Learning the Concept ofThermodynamic EntropyDr. Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Raviv is a Professor of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University. In December 2009 he was named Assistant Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. With more than 30 years of combined experience in the high-tech industry, government and academia Dr. Raviv developed fundamentally different approaches to ”out-of-the-box” thinking and a breakthrough methodology known as ”Eight Keys to Innovation.” He has been sharing his

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Innovative Approaches to Improving Student Learning

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Matthew James Scarborough, University of Vermont; Katherine D. McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

affective learning outcomes improved forchemistry-related outcomes in an introductory environmental engineering course. Furthermore,this study demonstrates that including writing assignments with case studies can benefit studentlearning. Case studies may be especially beneficial for motivating students to engage with andlearn material that could otherwise be deemed as unimportant for their chosen field of study.IntroductionEvery undergraduate student majoring in civil and environmental engineering at the Universityof Wisconsin - Madison is required to complete an introductory course in environmentalengineering. A major component of this course is applying chemistry to solve environmentalengineering problems. The specific problems relate to acid

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Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

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Timothy Aaron Wood, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

shootinghoops knows the feeling of the ball leaving their hands only to immediately know that the shothas missed both hoop and backboard. Embarrassment sets in, even as reality is still working outthe implications of a badly missed shot.A strong mental model is not directly teachable. Instructors cannot simply hand the student theirown internal understanding of the world. The instructor can help, with words, equations anddiagrams; but fundamentally, developing a strong mental model and the engineering judgementthat goes with it requires careful observation of the first model, reality [5]. By seeing andconsidering the behavior of the world, daily and continually, the engineering student can becomea competent practicing engineer. Where the engineering

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ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum I

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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Bruce Oestreich, Rowan University; Ted Howell, Rowan University; Jennifer Tole, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #30141Integrating Entrepreneurial Mindset in a Multidisciplinary Course onEngineering Design and Technical CommunicationDr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He earned his BS from Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute (92) and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (98). He has pub- lished two books, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics” and ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance.” He has also published papers on effective use of simulation in engineer- ing, teaching design and engineering economics, and

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Embedded Systems and Cybersecurity in ECE

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James Peyton Jones, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #28311A Hands-on Introduction to Embedded Systems & IOTDr. James Peyton Jones, Villanova University James Peyton Jones is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and a member of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Control at Villanova University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Hands-on Introduction to Embedded Systems & IOT J.C. Peyton Jones Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova PA 19085AbstractTraditional curricula often teach low-level fundamentals of digital

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Computers in Education Division Technical Session 4: Digital Learning Part II

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Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel

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Computers in Education

course at The Citadel [1], [2]. The simple architecture providessufficient complexity to demonstrate fundamental programming concepts. The entire system ismodeled in VHDL and can be simulated to demonstrate operation of the processor. Memory-mapped input/output (I/O) provides the external interfaces necessary to demonstrate examplemicrocontroller applications, when synthesized to a field programmable gate array (FPGA).Serial communication is widely used to connect external devices to computer systems. Thecommunication interface, which receives and transmits serial data, is commonly known as aUART (universal asynchronous receiver transmitter). The serial data format uses standard bittiming and framing. The protocol can be implemented in software

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NSF Grantees: K-12 Session 2

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Theresa Green, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University; Christina Marie Hartman, Utah State University; Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

undergraduate education levels must be explored. Oneapproach to introducing students to rigorous, discipline-specific content is through the use ofDisciplinary Literacy Instruction (DLI). DLI is an instructional approach that equips students toutilize the evaluative frameworks and reading and writing strategies that are employed by expertpractitioners in a particular discipline [1].Models of DLI for K-12 instruction have been introduced in subjects such as history [2], math[3], and science [4], but there has been little research exploring a model for DLI in engineering.Thus, this project aims to develop a model of DLI in engineering that can be used in both K-12and undergraduate engineering settings. This model of DLI will be informed by the

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Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

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Nicolas Hudon, Queen's University; Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen's University

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #29239Aligning the chemical engineering curriculum to a common problem-solvingstrategyProf. Nicolas Hudon, Queen’s University Dr Nicolas Hudon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s Uni- versity (Canada) since 2016. His teaching activities are mainly concerned with second-year fundamental courses. He is the recipient of the 2019 Carolyn Small Award for teaching innovation from the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering at Queen’s University.Dr. Louise Meunier P.Eng., Queen’s University Dr. Meunier studied mechanical engineering and worked for twenty years as an

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

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Lan He, Beihang University; Jingjun Yu, Beihang University

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Mechanical Engineering

incentive to learn targeted professional skills to become a successful engineer. ⚫ Integration: a suitable project should allow students to integrate knowledge from multiple courses and develop their teamwork spirt, hands-on experience, and multi- module integration abilities.According to requirements above and actual situation, it is proper to choose the “handwritingrobot” as a mechatronic project for emphasizing real-world connections and implication. Themain reasons are listed below: ⚫ Attractive enough and moderately difficult. The machine that can write is both intuitionistic and interesting for those undergraduate students who are new to mechanical engineering. It is a good way that can fit the philosophy of

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Promoting Communication Skills

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Lisa R. Volpatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alex Jordan Hanson, University of Texas at Austin; Jennifer M. Schall; Jesse N. Dunietz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Amanda X. Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rohan Chitnis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eric J. Alm; Alison F. Takemura, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute; Diana M. Chien, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

experiences for scientists and engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Evaluating Peer Coaching in an EngineeringCommunication Lab: A Quantitative Assessment ofStudents’ Revision ProcessesAbstract Communication is a crucial skillset for engineers, yet graduates ​[1]–[3]​ and theiremployers ​[4]–[8]​ continue to report their lack of preparation for effective communication uponcompletion of their undergraduate or graduate programs. Thus, technical communicationtraining merits deeper investigation and creative solutions. At the 2017 ASEE Meeting, weintroduced the MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab, a discipline-specific technicalcommunication service that is akin to a writing center, but

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

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Andrew R. Sloboda, Bucknell University

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Mechanical Engineering

complicated moving from two dimensions to three dimensions (e.g.moment of inertia) while others become both more complicated and less intuitive (e.g. angularmomentum). As the number of interacting bodies grows, this is only further exacerbated.One of the fundamental skills necessary to navigate this increasing complexity is the ability tocorrectly express quantities in different reference frames. However, students often find themathematics for translating between different frames to be dry and abstract, particularly ifintroduced early in a course. Thus, they may not gain the understanding of concepts, such asrotation transformation matrices, Euler angles, or quaternions, that they need for later success.In order to address this problem, a five-week

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

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Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

learn instrumentationand data acquisition principles that can be applied to systems that use hardware and softwarefrom other sources. The intent of the course and lab is to teach fundamentals and applicationsrelating to measurement and instrumentation and not the mastery of a particular tool. However,the opportunity to learn more in-depth LabVIEW programming skills and practices is availableto interested students.1 Note: the authors of this paper have no relationship with National Instruments other than customer - supplier andreceive no special financial considerations other than the academic discount available to all institutions of higherlearning. Figure 4 Simple data acquisition task in NI LabVIEW using the DAQmx architectureData

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Alternatives to Traditional Assessment

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Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University; Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University

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Educational Research and Methods

content, students are expected to write learningobjectives that explain what they will learn, to what level they will learn it, and how they willdemonstrate it. By writing learning objectives, students are taking part in the process ofmetacognition, which helps solidify both content and skills [16]. To give students ideas forobjectives, categories are given to the students from which they can choose. These categories areshown in Appendix A and range from literature review to data collection to conferencepresentations to business models.Bloom’s TaxonomyBecause of the large amount of freedom when writing objectives, Bloom’s 3D Taxonomy ofLearning [17] is used to help provide students with scaffolding. In the first week of class, studentsare taught